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146 Notes.
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81 11-12 Not translated by Henn.
15 Imhert inhe, etc., "Take thou these that spells come
not from uncooked food", Henn.
83 12 íStóAft/írt/, " long-'preserved", Henn.
26 Co hcravd ccndfhmlkl, " to Irard Cinnfaeladh". Henn.
85 2 Z>(> íeíY/í (B_(7«r7r, " approaching a fold", Henn. Aegaire,
which usually means "shepherd", may here, as Stokes
suggests, mean " a flock of sheep", as damgaire means
"a herd of deer".
4 Ag all (t id, "a wild ox", Henn., wrongly.
7 Corrmil, " wasp", Henn.
87 24 Ticimm. bulli, lit. " I come a blow". Cf . p. 109, 3.
88 22 Dulse, Jr. duilesc. "Duleasg, or Salt- leaf, is a weed
growing on sea-rocks, and preserved by drying it on
stones in fair weather, and soon after, when occasion
serves, for eating. There is scarce any sea-shore
whereon it grows not." O'Flaherty, larconnaught,
p. 99.
23 Every ordinary (lit. natural) day. Cf. Marlowe,
Favstus :
" Let this hour be but
A year, a month, a week, a natural day,
That Faustus may repent and save his soul."
89 .5 Orlaeli, " youth", Henn., wrongly.
10 Cona secht cornib, " with his seven horns", Henn., con-
fusing corn, " horn", with corann, "crown". See G-loss.
24 Bii métail tiug, " of hard-pressed cheese", Henn., taking
métaíl =. máethail.
90 2 Biuulrish, Ir. hundraiss, some kind of edible sea-weed.
11 With their shovels. Cf. LL., 353a: Bar Dirmaid oc
glanad urdrochit a thaigi, oeu.t a ghlmsat 'na láim.
91 8 Cnna vi-brotharlumwib, "with their bare garments",
Henn.
9 Boc-brechtáin, "of egg-fritters", Henn., reading og-
brechtáin.
10 7i^/í)í"/í«?-í«<í, "tossing", Henn.
93 13 'Os tuil, perhaps leg. as t' shúil, "over thy eye".
14 'Os t' ingnib, " over thy joints", Henn.
95 16 J//í7í?/íM»í/', "an antidote", Henn.
20 Cnvielfi durnifri détu, " rub thy teeth with brambles",
Henn., thinking of English" thorn".