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Glossarial Index.
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máeth-ruad 638 n. soft (and) red:
maetli-sroll 5374. 7415, soft satin.
maethán, pi. n. maetbáin 730, 'tender
twigs' SG. II 119, The word also
means 'gristle', O'Gr. Cat. 230.
maekhnech 1185, meaning obscure.
mag-sliab 885,910, 'a mountain rising
from a plain', SG. II 123.
mag-réid 4424 n.
maicne 6650, seems a scribe's mistake
for mainchine q. v.
maidnecht 287 n. negligence?
maill-néill 1749, (pi. oi mall-nél)
'numbing dcatbmists', SG. II 144.
mainches 689, 4103, 'endowment',
'benefaction' SG. II 117, 205. In
Fr. 49a mainehesa is taken to mean
'nuns', and is coupled with manaig
'monks': see 4103 n.
mainchine6650n.sermce.Compds:beo-
mainchine, marb - mainchine 91 v.
maindechtnaige 127 , maidnecht-
naige 288, negligence, inattention:
of. mainéachtnacli indevout,
negligent in spiritual affairs, O'Br.
niairge woe, a sister-form of mairg
Wind. Wtb.; fo bith-mairgi 1856.
maissige 6838, comeliness, deriv. of
maissech 'handsome' (maiseach,
O'Br.).
maitb 6622, 'gallantry', SG .II 247.
máithfech for moidmech vain-
glorious, máoithfeach, O'Br.
maithnige F. ace. sg. maithnighi /963 :
reading and meaning doubtfiil : cf.
gola tróga maithnecha, LB. 1401'
51, rogab mifrigi, 7 maithnechus
mór loseph, LB. 34a 13.
mara fuinend gi-ian 5954. mara raibi
in bangaisgedach 6959.
marb -maicne 3507, 3708, 5900, seems
a corru))tion of marhmaincliine.
marl) -mainchine 3506 n., 3707n.,
5900 n. service (to the church; by
the dead, in bequests to pious
uses: see beomainchine, supra.
Qiarcaidecht 3219 n.
marc-sluag 283n.Äorse-7iosi, cavalry.
mebrach 1963, 3115. 5414. 7305
reminiscent, a deriv. of mebuir,
Wind. Wtb.
medar-cbáin 5507 and LL. 81a 47.
cheerful (and) jolly, 'cheerily voci-
ferous', SG. II 235, 'gently merry',
O'Curry M. & G. Ill 415.
ymedban 737, meaning obscure.
medesc al 5305, meaning obscure.
melim me aning obscur e: geibhhiirigh, "V
rot-meala 1037, 'win mail, may it
serve thee! SG. II 127, rot-mela
sieg th'athar 4924, 'well mayst
thou wear thy father's spear!' SG.
II. Here rot-mela seems be cogn.
with /jiekw, neXofxaL and to mean
'may it(the mailcoat, the spear) care
for thee!' In the Caillech Bérre's
song,( Oím Merseiana i. 122), melim
means 'I wear' or 'I use' : cf . fxtkirtj
'practice, usage'. Verbal noun mea-
ladh 'enjoying, having, holding'.
P. O'C.
mell-galach 6708, 'tvarlike hilV (?), a
term for a quarrelsome member
of a household. SAiV^Xi-'V^^jAs
mellta 982, deceived: part. pass, of
^ mellaim. Wind. Wtb.
I meng F. fraud, deceit. Wind. Wtb.
ace. meing 6902, meingg SR. 3071.
mennchrott 4080 n., 6831 n. lute (lit.
'kid-harp').
mer quick, sudden, O'Br. mer in
seem chinnchon 5531, 'a mighty
ready bit of dog's head snapping and
snarling', SG. II 235.
meraigtliech 6132, mistaking, erring ?
deriv. of merugud.