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70 13 The gravy. The Ir. word is heocliail, whicli is glossed
hj beoil, "meat- juice". This was a favourite drink
with the Irish as well as the Scottish Gael. Cf.
Walter Scott's description of the Highland banquet
in the Fair Maid of Perth : " The hooped cogues or
cups, out of which the guests quaffed their liquor, as
also the broth or juice of the meat, which was held a
delicacy."
17 Phajitom. The Ir. seal is a general word for a superna-
tural apparition. It is formed from the same root as
.^cáth, " shade". See the Glossary.
32 The transl. should be " Dining on grains of pepper".
See the Glossary s. v. scell. Henn. has " eating in a
pepper-box".
71 6 Im' lepaid chain chumdachta, " iamj soit well-shaped
bed", Henn.
12 Beochail nárotháda, "that beochail ruins thee not",
Henn., wrongly.
20 Rohad do throioh, "giving warning to a miserable",
Henn. But troch f. originally means, I think,
" doomed to die, fey", then " coward". Cf . the
development of Old-Germ, reit/e in the former sense
to Mod. -Germ, feigfi, " cowardly". See the Glossary.
22 Tusliud cloohi fria crand, " deriving a stone from a
tree", Henn., confusing tusliud with tusmiud.
23 Sanaisfri hodur. Cf. céol do bodur, Book of Fenagh,
p. 106.
24 Dihadfor duhach, "oppressing the sorrowful", Henn.
But see dibad 2, in Wind. Worterb.
27 Esorcu darach. Ci. nirba hesorcon darach do dim,
nirba saiget i corthi, nirba buain mela a mecnaib
ibair, nirba cuindchid imbi il-ligi con, Rawl. 512,
fo. 113b, 2. Esorcu is the Middle-Ir. form for O. Ir.
essorcun. Cf. persu (p. 3, 5), Múrrigu, for persan,
Morrigan.
73 5 Táebfricoinfholmnig, " favouring a mad dog", Henn.
For the phrase toeb fri, " trusting", cf. ninl i n-Erind
din risi tabraim thoeb ingi Atha[i]r, Mac ocus Spirut
Ndem, LU., 119b, 36. ferr duind taeb do thabairt fri