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456. Cridt-chiuil. See on JDargo li. 29.
46i. Cos-ullamh, 'ready,' or 'nimble foot,' name of a hound.
468. Mae na h-eilde. See on Danjo I. 90,
474. * Ooze,' lit., ' milk of the rock.'
478. From sranna comes sranna-ghaoth, 'whirlwind' {Darrjo
I. 77). The word is formed from the sound, like the 'scrannel
pipes' in Milton's Lycidas 124.
457. Geo, 'mistj'j.e., 'bewilderment,' 'anxiety' {Dargo I. 156).
When Fingal is distressed in the fight, he will no longer be able to
expect Gaul's aid.
488. Disting-uish air, genitive of àr, from air, 'upon.'
492. Ad chomhdhail, 'to thy meeting.' Cf. JDargo 27, 31, 42, 99.
496. So, in Temora i. 361, the dogs Bran and Luath mourn
Oscar's death — ' Bha Bran a' donnalaich r' a thaobh Luath grua-
mach nan raon fo bhròn.'
498. Lit., 'it is not worth while for them to see,' etc. See
Dargo ii. 71.
499. Lù-clioin is singular, but the plural pronoun sihh shows
that more than one is intended. So Virgil, ^n. ix. 525, begins
an address to the Muses, ' Vos O Calliope,' taking her to repre-
sent all the rest.
502. Cf. Dargo i. 304, 311, ' Cha dean eighe còmhraig a
dhùsgadh,'
506. Daol, ' the beetle,' as it flies round, is supposed to hum
the song of triumph over the fallen hero (Smith's paraphrase).
516. The two similes of the eagle's flight and of the whirlwind
are combined by the latter being supposed to blow under the
eagle's wings.
523. Cf. ' Ulainn nan tend,' Dargo r. 87; ' Mhalmhina nan
teud,' Cath-loda I. 8.
525. For the meaning of innis see on 1. 89.
546. Lù-chon. See note on 1. 9. The other reading, righ na
Strumhoin is perhaps to be preferred.
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