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t-each so — is better with me this horse = I
prefer this horse : however the matter may-
be with others, for my part, speaking and
judging for myself, and after duly weighing
every element of the comparison, I con-
clude that this is, at least for me, the better
horse of the two. Similarly also may be
classified such examples as is annsa learn
= is more dear with me = I prefer ;
is coma leani = \s indifferent with me=I
don't care for; is caomh leant <?=is lovely
with me he=:I like him ; is bockd leat = \s
poor with thee = it is a pity, in your view ;
is trua^h leinn = \s sad with us = we regret
it; is cuimJme leo = \s remembrance with
them = they remember it ; 'nochd is trom
leant mo ckiadke = \.o-mg\\t is heavy with
me my heart ; t/ia e learn, leat — he is with
thee, with me=:he is a trimmer.
The following examples in Old Irish are
taken from Windisch's h^ische Texte : is lat
in fer, p. 224; bad maitit lint-sa, p. 210;
{is) cnntma lent, p. 140; is maith lind, p.
103.
From the examples here given it would