Words and Proper Names

Hapax legomena bzw. nicht gesicherte Formen (cainim, clithem, etham, foídem, laissem, meisem/mesam, roem, sílem, sruithem, toirnem); Tierbezeichnungen (*betham, braichem, glaídem, legam, léom, sirem, toinnem, trichem/trechem); Bezeichnungen für Werkzeuge bzw. Gebrauchgegenstände (airnem, airtem, ceram, drolam, es(s)em, fíam, galam, genam/genum, ¹rúam, ²rúam, súainem); Personennamen (Aithem, *Segam, *Regam, Maram, Solam); Ähnliche Bildungen (mithem, ollam); Zusammenfassung.

Hapax legomena bzw. nicht gesicherte Formen (cainim, clithem, etham, foídem, laissem, meisem/mesam, roem, sílem, sruithem, toirnem); Tierbezeichnungen (*betham, braichem, glaídem, legam, léom, sirem, toinnem, trichem/trechem); Bezeichnungen für Werkzeuge bzw. Gebrauchgegenstände (airnem, airtem, ceram, drolam, es(s)em, fíam, galam, genam/genum, ¹rúam, ²rúam, súainem); Personennamen (Aithem, *Segam, *Regam, Maram, Solam); Ähnliche Bildungen (mithem, ollam); Zusammenfassung.

[1.] Two-gesture segmental matrix; [2.] Dependency Phonology; [3.] The lenition series in Irish; [4.] Lenition of stops; [5.] Lenition of liquids: /m/ → [ɯ̃]; [6.] Lenition of the liquids: /L N/ → [l n]; [7.] Lenition of the liquids: /R/ → [r]; [8.] Lenition of /s/; [9.] Lenition of /f/; [10.] Lenition in initial clusters; [11.] Summary.

A quantitative variable analysis of the nominal plural in the Irish of Iorras Aithneach; relevance of social networks discussed: -cha(í), -a(í), extension in (t)r.

Suggests that marginal .r. was sometimes used to denote passages of oral origin memorised by scribes.

Is identified with Raasay.

1. pléaráca; 2. ceairliciú; 3. geaileas; 4. rabún.

Argues these are related to rith ‘run’.

[1.] béarann; [2.] bhéarann; [3.] déarann; [4.] g(h)eobhann, fuigheann; [5.] íosann; [6.] tiocann; [7.] rachann; [8.] tchífeann; [9.] dhéanann; [10.] béann.

1. rachlais; 2. Samplaí sa chaint den réimír gú- (from gáu, gó ‘lie’, with meaning of ‘false’): (a) gúshnáth/gabhshnáth; (b) comhphocaide (< gúphocaide); 3. liaga (< liadha, from lia ‘flood, spate’).

On some of the incorrect and misleading meanings in Irish and Scottish dictionaries derived from glosses in Míchéal Ó Cléirigh’s dictionary, Focloir no Sanasan Nua (1643). 1. acht ‘danger’; 2. ailcith ‘a strand stone’; 3. aincheas ‘danger’; 4. aineach ‘horsemanship’; 5. airmid ‘a swan’; 6. aitheallach ‘a second proof’; 7. aithréos ‘manure’; 8. ala(dh) ‘a trout’; 9. argad ‘a hindrance’; 10. bacat ‘a captive’; 11. béim ‘a nation’; 12. coibhchiogh ‘ravenous, fierce’; 13. coichmhe ‘an udder’; 14. díchealtair ‘a park’; 15. fé fiadha ‘a park’; 16. fec ‘a weakness’; 17. feothán ‘a dormouse’; 18. glinn, grinn ‘a fort’, ‘a garrison’; 19. meirceann ‘a finger’; 20. rae ‘a salmon’; 21. rear ‘provision’; 22. samhlat ‘active’; 23. sithbhe ‘a city’; 24. soma ‘a flock of swans’; 25. talchara ‘a generous lover’; 26. tealgadh ‘eating, consuming’; 27. urghais ‘suppression of antiquities’.

Suggests the site of the royal meeting was Cnoc Buadha (Knockbo in the parish of Rahugh, Co. Westmeath).

bambairne; cníopaire; grabaire; guilpín; (p)leota; niúide neáide; raicleach; ráilliúnach; ránaí; reanglach.

1. Roinnt focal in -éad; 2. Dhá fhocal in -ús; 3. vardrús agus faithlios; 4. bab/bob; 5. lúmanaí; 6. raiclín; 7. Cúig ainm bhriathartha in -áil (siobáil, raitleáil, babáil, cuileáil, fraeicsáil); 8. gaillseach < gaibhlseach; 9. locáiste.

bambairne; cníopaire; grabaire; guilpín; (p)leota; niúide neáide; raicleach; ráilliúnach; ránaí; reanglach.

1. Introduction; 2.0 OIr. flechud, fliuch; 2.1 OIr. bráen; 2.2 OIr. folc; 3.0 OIr. feraid flechud; MIr. ferthain; 3.1 MIr. bā̆istech; 3.2 OIr. snigid; 3.3 EModIr. silid; 4.0 ModIr.: Introduction; 4.1 Munster; 4.2 cuir as auxiliary; 4.3 Scottish Gaelic; Manx Gaelic (uisge, sileadh; fliaghey, fliaghagh, ceau). Section 4 is based mainly on LASID quests 270, 846-48, 896.

1. Introduction; 2.0 OIr. flechud, fliuch; 2.1 OIr. bráen; 2.2 OIr. folc; 3.0 OIr. feraid flechud; MIr. ferthain; 3.1 MIr. bā̆istech; 3.2 OIr. snigid; 3.3 EModIr. silid; 4.0 ModIr.: Introduction; 4.1 Munster; 4.2 cuir as auxiliary; 4.3 Scottish Gaelic; Manx Gaelic (uisge, sileadh; fliaghey, fliaghagh, ceau). Section 4 is based mainly on LASID quests 270, 846-48, 896.

Explains the order of constituents of infinitival clauses in terms of infinitive postposing rather than raising (as argued by S. Mac Mathúna, A note on identical noun phrase deletion, in Ériu 26 (1975), pp. 122-143).

Identifies the 28 trees and shrubs listed in the eighth-century legal tract Bretha comaithchesa, which are divided into four groups of seven: 1. airig fedo ‘nobles of the wood’: daur ‘oak’, coll ‘hazel’, cuilenn ‘holly’, ibar ‘yew’, uinnius ‘ash’, ochtach ‘Scots pine?', aball ‘wild apple-tree’; 2. aithig fedo ‘commoners of the wood’: fern ‘alder’, sail ‘willow’, scé ‘whitehorn, hawthorn’, cáerthann ‘rowan, mountain ash’, beithe ‘birch’, lem ‘elm’, idath ‘wild cherry?'; 3. fodla fedo ‘lower divisions of the wood’: draigen ‘blackthorn’, trom ‘elder, bore-tree’, féorus ‘spindle-tree’, findcholl ‘whitebeam?', caithne ‘arbutus, strawberry tree’, crithach ‘aspen’, crann fir ‘juniper?'; 4. losa fedo ‘bushes of the wood’: raith ‘bracken’, rait ‘bog-myrtle’, aiten ‘gorse, furze’, dris ‘bramble, blackberry’, fróech ‘heather’, gilcach ‘broom?', spín ‘wild rose?'. Also includes brief discussion of lecla and aín, variant names for ‘rushes’, and native trees and shrubs not included in the four classes.

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

Identifies the 28 trees and shrubs listed in the eighth-century legal tract Bretha comaithchesa, which are divided into four groups of seven: 1. airig fedo ‘nobles of the wood’: daur ‘oak’, coll ‘hazel’, cuilenn ‘holly’, ibar ‘yew’, uinnius ‘ash’, ochtach ‘Scots pine?', aball ‘wild apple-tree’; 2. aithig fedo ‘commoners of the wood’: fern ‘alder’, sail ‘willow’, scé ‘whitehorn, hawthorn’, cáerthann ‘rowan, mountain ash’, beithe ‘birch’, lem ‘elm’, idath ‘wild cherry?'; 3. fodla fedo ‘lower divisions of the wood’: draigen ‘blackthorn’, trom ‘elder, bore-tree’, féorus ‘spindle-tree’, findcholl ‘whitebeam?', caithne ‘arbutus, strawberry tree’, crithach ‘aspen’, crann fir ‘juniper?'; 4. losa fedo ‘bushes of the wood’: raith ‘bracken’, rait ‘bog-myrtle’, aiten ‘gorse, furze’, dris ‘bramble, blackberry’, fróech ‘heather’, gilcach ‘broom?', spín ‘wild rose?'. Also includes brief discussion of lecla and aín, variant names for ‘rushes’, and native trees and shrubs not included in the four classes.

-ráith, -táich, -lámair, -fáig, -fáid.

Suggests the site of the royal meeting was Cnoc Buadha (Knockbo in the parish of Rahugh, Co. Westmeath).

Discusses the alternative names by which this site was known (Síd nÚamain, Síd nOchaill), and also addresses the question of the origins of Medb and her association with Síd Crúachan.

Analyses the itinerary of retreat described in Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó §§19-20 (as ed. by R. Thurneysen 1935): Mag Ailbe, Roiriu, Áth Midbine, Maistiu, Druim Criaig, Ráith Imgain, Fid nGaible, Áth mac Lúgnai, Druim Dá Maige, Áth Chind Chon.

Argues the Donegal church of Ráith Maige Óenaig was situated in the vicinity of Rateen rather than at Raymoghy.

1. Roinnt focal in -éad; 2. Dhá fhocal in -ús; 3. vardrús agus faithlios; 4. bab/bob; 5. lúmanaí; 6. raiclín; 7. Cúig ainm bhriathartha in -áil (siobáil, raitleáil, babáil, cuileáil, fraeicsáil); 8. gaillseach < gaibhlseach; 9. locáiste.

1. ara·chrin, at·baill, do·lin, at·gnin, etc. 2. -cuirethar.

Discusses textual attestations of the OIr. terms rámat, tóchar, slige, rót, lamráite, tograite, bóthar, conar, cosán, magrót, belach, clochán, sráit, etc.

bambairne; cníopaire; grabaire; guilpín; (p)leota; niúide neáide; raicleach; ráilliúnach; ránaí; reanglach.

English translation of CIH ii 600.1-601.11 (cf. Ériu 1.209). With language notes, analysis [a discussion of the terms rann ó bun, cró ó inn, and cró ar medón] , and technical vocabulary.

On the terms rannaigecht ‘unitary-stanza-making’ and deibide ‘differentiated, disagreeing (form)', the latter representing a substantivised adjectival derivative from deibe ‘difference, variety, disagreement’ + adjectival de, vs. GOI §392, where it is suggested that deibide derives from de + bíthe ‘cut in two’.

On the possible identification of Roen, king of Meath, with Rhain the Irishman of the Welsh chronicles.

Studies the meaning, chronology and distribution of these two place-name elements.

On the use and distribution of the place-name elements dún, ráth, lios, cathair, caiseal.

1. Old Irish Dagdae < Celtic *dago-dēuo- ‘good god’ ⁓ Slavic *Dažьbogъ; 2. Old Irish Macha < Celtic *Makasiā ⁓ Slavic *Mokošь; 3. Middle Welsh Pwyll, lit. ‘wisdom’ < Celtic *k^weislo- ⁓ Old Czech Premyzl ⁓ Primizl; 4. Gaulish ratet ‘he pledges, promises, guarantees’, Old Irish ráth ‘surety, guarantor, suretyship; guarantee, pledge’ ⁓ Slavic * rota ‘oath’.

I. Discusses the use of words to signify both an abstract concept and a person who embodies it, or both a collective and an individual member of the collective: cerd, dán, díberg, flaith, grád, nemed, ráth, naidm, aitire, cland, eclais, fine, muinter; II. The meaning of cétmuinter [Argues it meant ‘spouse’ and could be applied to both husband and wife].

Part I (Secular): (A) Armagh plain: Macha, Emain Macha, Oenach Macha, Drumconwell, Creeveroe and divisions; Loughnashade, Kings Stables, Ráth Cimbaíth, Tullyworgle, Bull’s Track; (B) South Armagh: Slieve Gullion, Sliab Monduirn, Sliab Fuait, Áth na Foraire, Béal Átha an Airgid, Dorsey, Loch Echtra, Nemed, Callan, Ardachadh, Cloenloch, Forkill, Midluachair, Fiodh Conaille, Fathom, Carnbane, Búrach Ulad. Part II (Lives of St. Patrick): Ind Fherta, Ard Macha, Ard Sailech, Telach na Licce, Tamlachta Bó, Cenngoba, Oenach Macha, Nemed.

Considers the place name Ráth Dáire.

On the use and distribution of the place-name elements dún, ráth, lios, cathair, caiseal.

Cinéal Eoghain and Inis Eoghain; Cinéal Conaill and Tír Chonaill; Cinéal Éanna and Tír Éanna; Cinéal Luighdheach and Tír Luighdheach; Cinéal Baghaine and Tír Baghaine; Tír Ainmhireach; Tír Aodha; Dún na nGall/Donegal; Early Christian settlement names [cluain; tulach]; Secular habitation sites as ecclesiastical sites [ráth]; Generic ecclesiastical settlement terms: domhnach; díseart; teach; cill.

Argues it is named after Máel Cothaid mac Máele Umai.

Argues that the earliest Echternach codices were strongly influenced by Irish scribal tradition. Rath Melsigi (identified as Clonmelsh, Co. Carlow), mentioned by Bede, is suggested as training ground for Willibrord’s mission to Frisia. Uuictberct, an Anglo-Saxon scholar, is identified with Ichtbricht on the witness list of Cáin Adomnáin. Posits a reference to Druim Léas (Drumlease, Co. Leitrim) in the Calendar of Willibrord. Incl. app. ‘Some field monuments in the townlands of Clonmelsh and Garryhundon, Co. Carlow’, pp. 43-49 by Thomas Fanning. Cf. K. Murphy, in Peritia 8 (1994), p. 169.

Repr. in D. Ó Cróinín, Early Irish history and chronology, pp. 145-172.

Examines the distribution of place-names in northern Britain which contain elements defined as P-Celtic. Appendix 1: Survey of place-name elements organized according to their degree of Pictishness (Category 1: P-Celtic words probably not borrowed into Gaelic: *aber or *abbor, *bren or *brun, *cēt, *cuper, *dol, *eclēs, *lanerc, *mig, *ogel, *pant, *pen, *pert, *pevr, *pren, ?*roth, *traus/*tros, Note on *nemed; Category 2: P-Celtic words borrowed into Gaelic but only attested in place-names: *cair, *carden, *gronn; Category 3: P-Celtic loan-words attested as common nouns in Gaelic: bad, dail, monadh, pett, pòr, preas; Category 4: Gaelic elements influenced by a Pictish cognate: ? beinn, blàr, càrn, dabhach, dùn, foithir, lios, ràth, srath); Appendix 2: The problem of Cardean; Appendix 3: A note on Keir; Appendix 4: Certain, probable or possible ‘Pictish’ names containing elements not discussed above.

Is identified with Raasay.

Is identified with Raasay.

áugaire, úgaire, óegaire, Bóguine, ráthbuige, sedguine, corrguine, cuthchaire, cáinte.

Lecc diice (duice, doice) (occurring in legal texts, such as Gúbretha Caratniad §15 and the legal commentary at CIH i 145.10-37, of which an English translation is given here) refers to ‘a physical defect which made a woman incapable of intercourse’; diice may, as suggested by R. Thurneysen (in ZCP 16 (1927), pp. 217-218 [Best² 2157]), represent do-ícce ‘incurability’ or, posssibly, an abstract based on diic, diing ‘difficult’.

Argues it is named after Máel Cothaid mac Máele Umai.

Suggests that this inscription may contain an Old Irish formula, interpreting ire as OIr. i ré ‘in the time’.

1. Codhalc; 2. Coparús; 3. cuitbéar/cuiptéar; 4. gaimiléir; 5. gallán; 6. losán; 7. póiméid; 8. réadóir; 9. smuilcín.

bambairne; cníopaire; grabaire; guilpín; (p)leota; niúide neáide; raicleach; ráilliúnach; ránaí; reanglach.

On some of the incorrect and misleading meanings in Irish and Scottish dictionaries derived from glosses in Míchéal Ó Cléirigh’s dictionary, Focloir no Sanasan Nua (1643). 1. acht ‘danger’; 2. ailcith ‘a strand stone’; 3. aincheas ‘danger’; 4. aineach ‘horsemanship’; 5. airmid ‘a swan’; 6. aitheallach ‘a second proof’; 7. aithréos ‘manure’; 8. ala(dh) ‘a trout’; 9. argad ‘a hindrance’; 10. bacat ‘a captive’; 11. béim ‘a nation’; 12. coibhchiogh ‘ravenous, fierce’; 13. coichmhe ‘an udder’; 14. díchealtair ‘a park’; 15. fé fiadha ‘a park’; 16. fec ‘a weakness’; 17. feothán ‘a dormouse’; 18. glinn, grinn ‘a fort’, ‘a garrison’; 19. meirceann ‘a finger’; 20. rae ‘a salmon’; 21. rear ‘provision’; 22. samhlat ‘active’; 23. sithbhe ‘a city’; 24. soma ‘a flock of swans’; 25. talchara ‘a generous lover’; 26. tealgadh ‘eating, consuming’; 27. urghais ‘suppression of antiquities’.

Argues these are related to rith ‘run’.

Discusses the tract found in CIH i 218.31-223.21.

Discusses the terms recht litre and recht aicnid as used in the ‘pseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas már’ and interprets the episode as an allegory of the transition from pagan to Christian in Irish culture. Criticises K. McCone, in Peritia 5 (1986), pp. 1-35.

ad §7.4-8 (as ed. by. J. Carey, in Ériu 45 (1994), pp. 1-32); discusses the term recht fáide ‘the law of prophets’, and concludes that the story of the origins of Senchus már implicitly compares native Irish learning with traditional divisions of the Old Testament as set forth by St. Jerome and Isidore of Seville among others.

Discusses the terms recht litre and recht aicnid as used in the ‘pseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas már’ and interprets the episode as an allegory of the transition from pagan to Christian in Irish culture. Criticises K. McCone, in Peritia 5 (1986), pp. 1-35.

Discusses the terms recht litre and recht aicnid as used in the ‘pseudo-historical prologue to the Senchas már’ and interprets the episode as an allegory of the transition from pagan to Christian in Irish culture. Criticises K. McCone, in Peritia 5 (1986), pp. 1-35.

Rechtas and lánríge and their political significance in ODR, and analysis of the form and structure of the narrative.

Repr. in Coire sois, pp. 422-438.

Discusses the use of Gaelic legal terms and concepts in Scots law.

Repr. in Kinship, church and culture, pp. 379-397.

Rechtas and lánríge and their political significance in ODR, and analysis of the form and structure of the narrative.

Repr. in Coire sois, pp. 422-438.

Examines the basic models of inter-territorial dispute settlement illustrated in early Irish legal materials: cairde, rechtge, cáin.

Identifies and discusses personal names of certain or arguable Irish origin (Abniar, Adamnan, Bressal, Brón, Denma, Dengus, Faelfi, Fergus, Finan, Fladgus, Reachtchriðe, Salfach, Ultan; Cuna, Cunen, Honoc, Maethcor, Mucca, Ona, Onboth).

Studies the occurrence of the following terms: oratorium; dairthech; damliac; teampall, templum; eclais; erdamh, airdam; taigi aernaighi; cell, civitas; recles.

Identifications of the following place-names on the Limerick-Cork border: [1.] Cenn Ebrat/Febrat; [2.] Belach Legtha; [3.] Cenn Ebrat; [4.] Sliab Caín; [5.] Belach Ebrat / Febrat; [6.] An Sliabh Riabhach; [7.] Belach Lechta [Redsheard/Redchair; An Bhearna Dhearg]; [8.] ‘Lacht Mahon’ [Leacht Mhaghthamhna]; [9.] Conclusions.

Identifications of the following place-names on the Limerick-Cork border: [1.] Cenn Ebrat/Febrat; [2.] Belach Legtha; [3.] Cenn Ebrat; [4.] Sliab Caín; [5.] Belach Ebrat / Febrat; [6.] An Sliabh Riabhach; [7.] Belach Lechta [Redsheard/Redchair; An Bhearna Dhearg]; [8.] ‘Lacht Mahon’ [Leacht Mhaghthamhna]; [9.] Conclusions.

Corrects the headword “2 reg-'' in LEIA R-15 to reig-.

Hapax legomena bzw. nicht gesicherte Formen (cainim, clithem, etham, foídem, laissem, meisem/mesam, roem, sílem, sruithem, toirnem); Tierbezeichnungen (*betham, braichem, glaídem, legam, léom, sirem, toinnem, trichem/trechem); Bezeichnungen für Werkzeuge bzw. Gebrauchgegenstände (airnem, airtem, ceram, drolam, es(s)em, fíam, galam, genam/genum, ¹rúam, ²rúam, súainem); Personennamen (Aithem, *Segam, *Regam, Maram, Solam); Ähnliche Bildungen (mithem, ollam); Zusammenfassung.

Argues for a meaning ‘reliquary’ in annalistic texts. In Appendix: The individual annalistic entries.

Discusses implications of the use of certain words in sixth-, seventh- and early eighth-century Ireland, e.g. Lat. princeps, principatus, census, ius, regnum and Ir. toísigecht [sic leg.], flaith, flaithem, flaithemnacht, airchinnech, etc.

Argues for a meaning ‘reliquary’ in annalistic texts. In Appendix: The individual annalistic entries.

mag, machaire, róe, clár, réid, réide.

mag, machaire, róe, clár, réid, réide.

Argues that reilic in the legal commentary found in CIH iii 820.42-821.5 refers not to cemeteries but to the the making of oaths on relics.

Discusses mainly the origin and use of OIr. reilic; also comments on fert and rúam.

Discusses the terms fid, deach, réim, forbaid, alt, insce and etargaire as they appear in the Book of Ballymote version of Auraicept na n-éces.

(1.) Tablaí/paraidím agus réim; (2.) séimhse/seimeastar.

Discusses the Scottish Gaelic term rèiteach and the traditions surrounding the formal proposal of marriage in Gaelic Scotland.

Discusses the Scottish Gaelic term rèiteach and the traditions surrounding the formal proposal of marriage in Gaelic Scotland.

-ráith, -táich, -lámair, -fáig, -fáid.

Based on the speech of one houselhold in Na Machaireacha, Gaoth Dobhair, Donegal: 1. -/xʹə/ in 3 sg. fem. and -/fə/ in 3 pl. forms of the compound preposition i ndéidh, e.g. ina déidh-che ‘after her’, ina ndéidh-fa ‘after them’; 2. é féin following 3 sg. masc. prepositional pronouns; 3. Generalisation of ina sheasamh, ina shuí, etc. with every person; 4. Variation in article between an and an t- with masc. nouns beg. with s- in the nom. sg. (e.g. an tsiopa) and also with masc. nouns beg. with a vowel in nom. sg. and when preceded by a preposition (e.g. an airgead, ar an t-éadan); 5. ag goil + vn + object pronoun; 6. The direct in place of the indirect relative particle; 7. más mó … más fearr.

Studies the organization of the king’s banquet as described in Suidigud Tigi Midchúarta, discussing in particular the carving sequence and the hierarchically distributed cuts of meat: 1. lónchrúachait; 2. leschrúachait; 3. loarg; 4. muc formuin; 5. colpthae; 6. crúachait medóin; 7. cunn; 8. mael; 9. midimir; 10. milgetan; 11. camchnáim; 12. colpthae muc; 13. remor n-imdae; 14. dronn.

Criticises N. Backhaus’ approach (in CMCS 19 (1990), pp. 19-26) of examining the internal relationship of the remscéla, and argues in its stead in favour of investigating their relationship to Táin bó Cualnge, in order to define this tale-category.

In the light of Gallo-Greek ειωρου (preferred to Gallo-Latin ieuru), derives OIr. pret. -ír < *iyor- < *eyor- < *pepor-, and argues that ernaid and renaid are both < PIE * per- but differentiated by an enlargement -h₃- and -h₁-, respectively.

(i) Discusses Irish lexical material culled from Agallamh na seanórach: A. Words unrecorded in DIL [airchóítid, aithrigid, Arabthach, brandaige, ceólánach, daltacán, dúblugad, dubugad, fáenad, fidchleóracht, fogablánach, forlorg, listugad, máithrigid, mallachtad, mebraigthech, rengach, ruchtad, scandradach, tinnesnadach, tóbacht, toimígiud]; B. Support for former hapax legomena [círgallach, clocásach, comonórugad, dásachtach, delgach, galraigthech, gríanánach, grithnugud, mescda, onfaisech, ríganta, trechlam, úaignige]; C. Evidence for antedating [círgallach, coinsiasach, coimesóenta, dothaim, faillige, fáiltigud, maslaigid, meraigthe, salmchetlach, taidleóír]; D. Insights into sense and usage [branán, dumugud:, conách, sceimelbord, tollchenn].

(ii) Bird names not recorded in DIL [discusses ornithological vocabulary extracted from a poem included in the Reeves Agallamh beg. Téighim toiscc d’fhulucchadh Finn]: adaircín, adarcán, adarclóc, boinndergán,brúacharán, buideóc, cricharán, crichrán, crottach, glaiseóc, petta odor, ríabóc, ruilech, scréchóc, troisc.]

ad Onom. Goed. 388, 580. Argues that na Renna (gen. pl. na Rend, inna Renn) mentioned in the Annals of Inisfallen and the Chronicle of Marianus Scotus is to be identified as the Rhinns of Galloway; Dún Reichet (= Dunraigit) is identified as belonging to this area.

ad Onom. Goed. 388, 580. Argues that na Renna (gen. pl. na Rend, inna Renn) mentioned in the Annals of Inisfallen and the Chronicle of Marianus Scotus is to be identified as the Rhinns of Galloway; Dún Reichet (= Dunraigit) is identified as belonging to this area.

Biography of Sir Matthew De Renzy by Conchubhar Mac Bruaideadha, incl. a dedicated poem beg. Oraoid úaim go O Rénsi. From PROL SP 46/92/188; with Engl. transl.

I. ceimesdin/cemeas [Corm. LB 10.31; H 3. 18, 67c36 = CIH ii 611.12 (Dúil Dromma Cetta)] ; II. ord [Corm. Y 1030]; III. minarba [Corm. Y 901]; IV. bíail [Corm. Y 126]; V. rot [Corm. Y 1120]; VI. loscuirn [Corm. Y 838]; VII. bradán [Corm. Y 158]; VIII. lon [H 3. 18, 76a36 = CIH ii 622.31].

vs. T. de Bhalraithe, in Ériu 31 (1980), pp. 169-171. Suggests roisín derives from Fr. ressie.

Appendix: On the replacement of the old Celtic word for ‘star’ in Old Irish.

Examines the meaning and etymology of Ir. words in the semantic field for ‘star’: 1. ser; 2. rind; 3. rét; 4. rétglu; 5. *get; 6. airndrethach.

Appendix: On the replacement of the old Celtic word for ‘star’ in Old Irish.

Examines the meaning and etymology of Ir. words in the semantic field for ‘star’: 1. ser; 2. rind; 3. rét; 4. rétglu; 5. *get; 6. airndrethach.

Suggests that they originate in the 6th c. in imitation of Latin poetry and rhetorical style. Includes observations on Bergin’s law.

Argues that legal roscad and saga retoiric are one same style of prose, and criticises J. Carney’s opinion of their age and origin. Includes a transcript of a fragment of ‘rhetorics’ from Táin bó Cuailnge recension I (based on LU 5423-5427), with notes and tentative translation.

Focuses on the terms: dual, dualchas; dleasdanach; dligheach; dìlseachd, dìleas; còir; àite, ionad; oighre/éighre, oighreachd/éighreachd; staoighle; Breatunn; ceart, ceartas; fìreantachd; ceann, ceannas; eucoir, eucoireach, eucorach; annasach.

With a genealogical chart. Incl. ed. based on Bannerman’s own from MS TCD 1298 and commentary.

ad Onom. Goed. 388, 580. Argues that na Renna (gen. pl. na Rend, inna Renn) mentioned in the Annals of Inisfallen and the Chronicle of Marianus Scotus is to be identified as the Rhinns of Galloway; Dún Reichet (= Dunraigit) is identified as belonging to this area.

The association of nasality and certain voiceless sounds: 1. Rhinoglottophilia, 2. Glottorhinophilia; 3. The sporadic change mh > m and related changes: (i) mh > m; (ii) amhrán; (iii) ScG siobhag; (iv) bh > b.

Analysis of content and style of devotional stanzas appended to 20 dinnshenchas poems; use of Rí, Coimdiu, Dúilem, Fer adressing the Deity. Concludes that Cuán ua Lóchán (†1024) is the author. [1.] Introduction; [2.] ‘Loch Dergderc’ (beg. Inlinnse luaidim cach lá), `Áth Luain’ (beg. A ḟir théit i mag Medba), ‘Carn Furbaide’ (beg. Atá sund Carn uí Chathbath); Saltair na Rann; [2.] ‘Cleitech’ (beg. Cleitech in druí díles daith); [3.] ‘Crechmael’ (beg. In dremsa nach duairc oc dáil); [4.] ‘Es Ruaid I’ (beg. A ḟir dodechaid atuaid); [5.] ‘Lia Nothain’ (beg. Atá sunn fo choirthe chruaid), ‘Sliab Betha’ (beg. Atchíu lecht deoraid do chéin), ‘Druim Cliab’ (beg. Sunna ro boí Caurnan cas), ‘Cerna’ (beg. Cia bem sunn 'nar suide sel), ‘Loch nÉrne’ (beg. Loch nÉrne, ard a oscur), ‘Ard Macha’ (beg. In mag imriadat ar n-eich), ‘Temair III’ (beg. Temair togha na tulach); [6.] ‘Dubthir’ (beg. Dubthir Guaire, gním dia fail), ‘Nemthenn’ (beg. Dreco ingen Chalcmaíl chruaid), ‘Mag Luirg’ (beg. Is eol dam im threbthas tó); [7.] ‘Mag Muirisce’ (beg. A ḟir a Muirisc na marc); [8.] ‘Loch Néil’ (beg. Luaidim Loch Néil, násad nglé); [9.] ‘Benn Ḟoibne’ (beg. Eol dam co soirbe sercaig); 10. The rime dil: -ḟir and ‘Mag nAí' (beg. A ḟir, dia téis i Mag nAí); [11.] A poet’s enthusiasm for his subject.

On the etymology of OIr. rí, rígain and related forms.

Compared to OIr. rí, ríge .

Discusses the use of Gaelic legal terms and concepts in Scots law.

Repr. in Kinship, church and culture, pp. 379-397.

OIr. rí, rígain.

[1.] Goill, Lethghoill, Fionnlochlannaigh; [2.] Fionnghall; [3.] Rí Innse Gall, Dominus Insularum, Rìgh Fionnghall; [4.] Conclusion.

ad K. H. Jackson, The Gaelic notes in the Book of Deer, 1972, pp. 102-109. Further to the phonetic and lexico-syntactic aspects of the derivation of ScG morair from Pictish *mōr+maer.

Discusses the use of Gaelic legal terms and concepts in Scots law.

Repr. in Kinship, church and culture, pp. 379-397.

Argues that the diversity of titles used for the Hebridean rulers (and others) during this period is a literary device and is not interpreted politically.

Discusses the use of Gaelic legal terms and concepts in Scots law.

Repr. in Kinship, church and culture, pp. 379-397.

(i) Discusses Irish lexical material culled from Agallamh na seanórach: A. Words unrecorded in DIL [airchóítid, aithrigid, Arabthach, brandaige, ceólánach, daltacán, dúblugad, dubugad, fáenad, fidchleóracht, fogablánach, forlorg, listugad, máithrigid, mallachtad, mebraigthech, rengach, ruchtad, scandradach, tinnesnadach, tóbacht, toimígiud]; B. Support for former hapax legomena [círgallach, clocásach, comonórugad, dásachtach, delgach, galraigthech, gríanánach, grithnugud, mescda, onfaisech, ríganta, trechlam, úaignige]; C. Evidence for antedating [círgallach, coinsiasach, coimesóenta, dothaim, faillige, fáiltigud, maslaigid, meraigthe, salmchetlach, taidleóír]; D. Insights into sense and usage [branán, dumugud:, conách, sceimelbord, tollchenn].

(ii) Bird names not recorded in DIL [discusses ornithological vocabulary extracted from a poem included in the Reeves Agallamh beg. Téighim toiscc d’fhulucchadh Finn]: adaircín, adarcán, adarclóc, boinndergán,brúacharán, buideóc, cricharán, crichrán, crottach, glaiseóc, petta odor, ríabóc, ruilech, scréchóc, troisc.]

With discussion of related terms.

With discussion of related terms.

Examines instances of Cú Chulainn’s transgression of gender, identity and tribal boundaries, with reference to Julia Kristeva’s concept of ‘abjection’.

Suggests < PCelt. *rik^u̯etom < PIE *h₁r̥k^u̯-eto- ‘the shining thing’ (< PIE *√h₁erk^u̯ ) ‘shine, sing’.

Includes an appendix on the principal divisions in early Irish social ideology, the four main classes being áes dána, díberga, briugaid, féni (flaithi / ríg).

On the etymology of OIr. rí, rígain and related forms.

Discusses seven morphological and syntactical features already touched upon by W. Meid (cf. BILL 470, pp. 45-56). With regard to Old Irish, these are: 1. the gaisced type of neuter singular dvandva; 2. the morphology of rígain; 3. the ending *-s of the genitive singular of the neuter n-stems; 4. the feminine forms of the numerals ‘3’ and ‘4’; 5. the reduplicated s-future; 6. the perfect formation -ánaicc; 7. the elliptic construction conráncatar ocus Dubthach.

OIr. rí, rígain.

(i) Discusses Irish lexical material culled from Agallamh na seanórach: A. Words unrecorded in DIL [airchóítid, aithrigid, Arabthach, brandaige, ceólánach, daltacán, dúblugad, dubugad, fáenad, fidchleóracht, fogablánach, forlorg, listugad, máithrigid, mallachtad, mebraigthech, rengach, ruchtad, scandradach, tinnesnadach, tóbacht, toimígiud]; B. Support for former hapax legomena [círgallach, clocásach, comonórugad, dásachtach, delgach, galraigthech, gríanánach, grithnugud, mescda, onfaisech, ríganta, trechlam, úaignige]; C. Evidence for antedating [círgallach, coinsiasach, coimesóenta, dothaim, faillige, fáiltigud, maslaigid, meraigthe, salmchetlach, taidleóír]; D. Insights into sense and usage [branán, dumugud:, conách, sceimelbord, tollchenn].

(ii) Bird names not recorded in DIL [discusses ornithological vocabulary extracted from a poem included in the Reeves Agallamh beg. Téighim toiscc d’fhulucchadh Finn]: adaircín, adarcán, adarclóc, boinndergán,brúacharán, buideóc, cricharán, crichrán, crottach, glaiseóc, petta odor, ríabóc, ruilech, scréchóc, troisc.]

Discusses the metrical tract entitled Córus bard cona bairdne (Mittelirische Verslehren I, ed. by R. Thurneysen 1891 [Best¹, p. 53]). Includes a list of the metres associated with every grade.

Examines evidence from legal, genealogical, narrative, and annalistic sources for the use of the term tánaise ríg, and proposes this signified ‘the second in rank to a king’, while arguing that this institution was only a political ideal in early medieval Ireland and was not put into practice (and only partially) until later times.

Compared to OIr. rí, ríge .

Trí fhocal Nua-Ghaeilge: 1. Céimseata. 2. *gutalach. 3. climseáil.

Cúig fhocal ón mBéarla: 1. Rucust / rigeist / rógoiste. 2.Stráisplé. 3. deárlaí. 4. Cleaimideighs. 5. Sifil, sifleálann.

Trí ghnáthleagan cainte ag an bPluincéadach: 1. Cuirim foaina chosaibh. 2. Cac ar aithris. 3. Dhá uillinn.

Discusses the genealogical traditions connected with Fothad Canainne and Finn ua Baíscne, and also examines the meaning of the term fian.

Discusses the terms lámh-fhata, rig-fhota.

Considers the plausibility of the ascription to Máel Muru of the poems Can a mbunadus na nGoídel? and Flann for Érinn, and discusses what the available evidence allows to infer about Máel Muru’s background and career.

[1.] Goill, Lethghoill, Fionnlochlannaigh; [2.] Fionnghall; [3.] Rí Innse Gall, Dominus Insularum, Rìgh Fionnghall; [4.] Conclusion.

Corrects the headword “2 reg-'' in LEIA R-15 to reig-.

Focuses on the Fothairt saints Damnat, Brigit and Fintan, and argues that the characteristics of a particular saint’s cult were dependent on kindred, politics and territory. In appendix contains a translation of Bethu Phátraic lines 2195-2218 (as ed. by K. Mulchrone, 1939 [Best² 1993]).

rígteg, rígthech, tegdas chumtachta, tech már, tech midchúarda.

rígteg, rígthech, tegdas chumtachta, tech már, tech midchúarda.

Discussion of ia in unstressed syllables in OIr., including disyllabic forms in ïa, e.g. in verbal forms foídiam, égthiar, dringthiar, rigthier; also discusses relationship between -bïad and -betis of the substantive verb.

Explains the reference to number five in the entry on rincne in Cormac’s glossary (Corm. Y 1084).

Discusses the phrases signa diabolica and stigmatibus malignis occurring in Vita prima Sanctae Brigitae, as well as other references to tattoos in early Irish literature.

Appendix: On the replacement of the old Celtic word for ‘star’ in Old Irish.

Examines the meaning and etymology of Ir. words in the semantic field for ‘star’: 1. ser; 2. rind; 3. rét; 4. rétglu; 5. *get; 6. airndrethach.

A quatrain in praise of Rúdolf, Iohain, and Cúanu, with (etymological) glosses, composed in 1945 by O. J. Bergin (recorded by Gerard Murphy, discovered by Maartje Draak) in rindard, in reaction to Myles Dillon’s criticism of J. Strachan’s understanding of this metre. First line Rúdolf úasal ecnaid.

Argues that five short vowels were distinguished in unstressed position in Middle and Early Modern Irish poetics.

An Mhaoil ‘Moyle’, An Mhaoil Rua, Sruth na Maoile, Cúil Mhuine, Rinn Mhaoile, Oitir na Maoile, An Mhaoil ‘The Minch’, Mullach Íde, etc.

Addendum in Ainm 2 (1987), pp. 132-135.

The arable lands [ScG achadh, dail, goirtean, gead, io(dh)lann, claigionn, losaid, etc.]; The grazing lands [ScG ailean, bàrd, blàr, cluain, innis, lòn, machair, morbhach, magh, etc.]; Animal enclosures [ScG buaile, crò, cuithe/cuidhe, etc.]; Transhumance names [ScG airigh, rinn/roinn, both(an), sgail, etc.].

Rejects T. F. O’Rahilly’s emendation bhuineas an cruinneac don rinneac le rinn-scuaba (in Celtica 1/2 (1950), pp. 328-330) in Aogán Ó Rathaile’s poem Gile na Gile do chonarc air slígh a n-uaigneas. Suggests restoring to bhaineas an chruinne den rinne le rinnscuabadh (‘that removes the dew from the grass with sharp sweeping’) corresponding to John O’Daly’s original interpretation of 1846.

Rejects T. F. O’Rahilly’s emendation bhuineas an cruinneac don rinneac le rinn-scuaba (in Celtica 1/2 (1950), pp. 328-330) in Aogán Ó Rathaile’s poem Gile na Gile do chonarc air slígh a n-uaigneas. Suggests restoring to bhaineas an chruinne den rinne le rinnscuabadh (‘that removes the dew from the grass with sharp sweeping’) corresponding to John O’Daly’s original interpretation of 1846.

Rejects T. F. O’Rahilly’s emendation bhuineas an cruinneac don rinneac le rinn-scuaba (in Celtica 1/2 (1950), pp. 328-330) in Aogán Ó Rathaile’s poem Gile na Gile do chonarc air slígh a n-uaigneas. Suggests restoring to bhaineas an chruinne den rinne le rinnscuabadh (‘that removes the dew from the grass with sharp sweeping’) corresponding to John O’Daly’s original interpretation of 1846.

On the adverbial/impersonal use of the 3sg. m./n. of conjugated prepositions referred to in Bardical syntactical tracts.

1. Na réamhfhocail go dtí, go dtige (use as prepositions and conjunctions); 2. roisín / ruisín (< Engl. ‘rushing’ and not from Engl. ‘ration’ as suggested by some; furthermore, Engl. ‘russin, risheen, rusheen’ does not derive from Ir. roisín / ruisín).

1. Introduction; 2. The textual tradition of Rec. II [of TBC in LL]; Non-historical ro, dos-, ros-, rita-; 4. (Im)mus-; 5. The prefix im/fo; 6. The prefix con; 7. Con for co n-; 8. The origin of late preverbs and particles.

Argues these are related to rith ‘run’.

Includes a discussion of the etymology of the Old Irish terms áth, belach, bóthar, casán, conar, drochet, éol, rith, sét, séol, slige.

1. Two legends of Emain Macha: (1) Cess (or Noínden) Ulad; (2) The founding of Emain Macha by Macha Mongruad ; 2. TE [Tochmarc Emire] and the Dinnshenchas: (1) Conflicting views of Thurneysen and Gwynn; (2) A Dinnshenchas poem on the Boyne; (3) Other parts of the ‘riddling dialogue’; (4) A direct reference to TE in a Dinnshenchas text; 3. Cú Chulainn and the daughter of Ruad (TE §§80-4); 4. Scáthach’s prophecy for Cú Chulainn; 5. Affiliations of other LU texts: (1) Aided Nath Í; (2) Serglige Con Culainn (SCC); (3) Siaburcharpat Con Culainn (Siab. CC); (4) Immram curaig Máile Dúin; (5) Scél Tuáin meic Cairill; (6) Cethri arda in domain (‘The four quarters of the world’); 6. TBC: LU alterations and variants represented in YBL; 7. Togail brudne Da Derga (BDD); cf. Éigse 29, pp. 84-86; 8. Texts of minor tána (‘cattle raids’) lost from LU; 9. The textual tradition of the Irish Sex aetates mundi (SAM); 10. The textual history of Lebor Bretnach; 11. Scribe H’s work in two manuscripts: (1) In LU; (2) In Rawlinson B 502, ff. 1-12; 12. The probable date of scribe H: (2) ritire ‘rider, knight’; (3) Topographical glosses; 13. A reference to the Book of Dub Dá Léithe. Continued from Éigse 29 (1996), pp. 65-120.

Attempts to identify various epidemic diseases recorded in the Irish annals, ad 540–795: blefed, buide chonnaill (or crón chonnaill), samthrosc, bolgach, baccach, riuth fola, scamach.

in Leurbost Gaelic.

1. Introduction; 2. The textual tradition of Rec. II [of TBC in LL]; Non-historical ro, dos-, ros-, rita-; 4. (Im)mus-; 5. The prefix im/fo; 6. The prefix con; 7. Con for co n-; 8. The origin of late preverbs and particles.

OIr. ‘fixed’ ro < *pro and ‘movable’ ro < *r̥.

Concerns especially composition with the preverbs ro-, fo-, to-, ind-/en.

*e(p)i- in é(i)thech (with same base as díthech and fre(i)tech); *eti- in e(i)tech; ó^L < *au and *apo > *ao; OIr. ind-, imb^L, íar(m-), ol, sech, co^h, do^L, ro (idiosyncratic) related to L pro-sum.

Further to the author, in ZCP 32 (1972), pp. 18-35. Compares OIr. ro- with OHG ga-.

ad R. Thurneysen 1935 (Best² 1134).

Argues OIr. 3rd sg. pret. ·fitir is from an inherited 3rd sg. form corresponding to Venetic preterites in 3rd sg. -er, 3rd pl. -ers.

Argues OIr. 3rd sg. pret. ·fitir is from an inherited 3rd sg. form corresponding to Venetic preterites in 3rd sg. -er, 3rd pl. -ers.

Proposes an alternative explanation for the origin of the Old Irish set of verbs ending in -e(i)nnid/-einn in the present (such as ro·geinn, do·greinn, etc.), rejecting K. McCone’s derivation of this verb type from PIE ‘double nasal’ presents (in FS Watkins, pp. 465-476) and arguing instead that -nn- is the regular outcome of *-nd- when it was flanked by non-low front vowels.

Criticises E. Mac Néill’s translation of the opening section of Uraicecht Becc (in Best² 2172), showing that it is based on the glossator’s comment rather than the principal text, and accordingly suggests that Mac Néill’s airecar ‘is found’ should be substituted by the reading of the original text, either H 3. 18 arragar ‘is bound’ or BB agar ‘is pleaded’. Includes a translation of the original text of the eight following sections. Also criticises R. Thurneysen’s translation (in Best² 2164) of the legal terms aithne (MS aichnid) and aithnid.

ad R. Thurneysen, in ZCP 13 (1919), p. 105. Provides an example of the conjectured non-dissimilated roar from the Old Irish legal text Cáin Ḟuithirbe.

Focuses on the terms: dual, dualchas; dleasdanach; dligheach; dìlseachd, dìleas; còir; àite, ionad; oighre/éighre, oighreachd/éighreachd; staoighle; Breatunn; ceart, ceartas; fìreantachd; ceann, ceannas; eucoir, eucoireach, eucorach; annasach.

Proposes an alternative explanation of OIr. subj. -bria whereby it is derived from a CC subj. *-breusāt corresponding to a CC pres. id. *brusnati (> OIr. bronnaid), against H. Wagner, in ZCP 39 (1982), pp. 83-85.

druing, droing; glioscarnach; gruaim; goin; húiste; muiríoll; roc; strabóig; tascal-money.

Discusses the tract found in CIH i 218.31-223.21.

1. do-lin (pl. du-linat) ‘flows’; 2. ara-chrin ‘decays, fails’; 3. ro-cluinethar ‘hears’; 4. at-baill ‘dies’; 5. marnid ‘betrays’; 6. ro-finnadar ‘gets to know’; 7. -gnin ‘knows’.

Suggests the formula co-cloth ní, used to introduce saga rhetorics, refers to the act of poetic composition.

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

ad-bheir, do-ghní, ro-d fia (= OIr. rot-bia), aill in feacht n-aill (= OIr. neut. aill), dochum/chum, beidid (< MIr. beitit), roimh^l.

Logainmneacha bunaithe ar eolas bailithe ó Sheán (nach maireann) agus ó Mhuiris Mhaidhc Léan Ó Guithín, Dún Chaoin.

Anesus (Nesus), Bríg, Ciar, Conchliath, Damán, Feilic, Feimme, Medrán, Meic Mochoba, Modiúit (Modút), Ródán, Sénán, Sillán, T’eolas.

Lecc diice (duice, doice) (occurring in legal texts, such as Gúbretha Caratniad §15 and the legal commentary at CIH i 145.10-37, of which an English translation is given here) refers to ‘a physical defect which made a woman incapable of intercourse’; diice may, as suggested by R. Thurneysen (in ZCP 16 (1927), pp. 217-218 [Best² 2157]), represent do-ícce ‘incurability’ or, posssibly, an abstract based on diic, diing ‘difficult’.

Lecc diice (duice, doice) (occurring in legal texts, such as Gúbretha Caratniad §15 and the legal commentary at CIH i 145.10-37, of which an English translation is given here) refers to ‘a physical defect which made a woman incapable of intercourse’; diice may, as suggested by R. Thurneysen (in ZCP 16 (1927), pp. 217-218 [Best² 2157]), represent do-ícce ‘incurability’ or, posssibly, an abstract based on diic, diing ‘difficult’.

Lecc diice (duice, doice) (occurring in legal texts, such as Gúbretha Caratniad §15 and the legal commentary at CIH i 145.10-37, of which an English translation is given here) refers to ‘a physical defect which made a woman incapable of intercourse’; diice may, as suggested by R. Thurneysen (in ZCP 16 (1927), pp. 217-218 [Best² 2157]), represent do-ícce ‘incurability’ or, posssibly, an abstract based on diic, diing ‘difficult’.

mag, machaire, róe, clár, réid, réide.

Also on the róe, or formal duel used in early Irish law for the resolution of disputes.

Hapax legomena bzw. nicht gesicherte Formen (cainim, clithem, etham, foídem, laissem, meisem/mesam, roem, sílem, sruithem, toirnem); Tierbezeichnungen (*betham, braichem, glaídem, legam, léom, sirem, toinnem, trichem/trechem); Bezeichnungen für Werkzeuge bzw. Gebrauchgegenstände (airnem, airtem, ceram, drolam, es(s)em, fíam, galam, genam/genum, ¹rúam, ²rúam, súainem); Personennamen (Aithem, *Segam, *Regam, Maram, Solam); Ähnliche Bildungen (mithem, ollam); Zusammenfassung.

On the possible identification of Roen, king of Meath, with Rhain the Irishman of the Welsh chronicles.

Calls attention to the variant paradigm in fua- attested in Modern Irish for the past tense of téigh, and argues that this, along with the paradigm in chá- (cf. bardic cháidh and ScG chaidh), results from the blending of synonymous ro-fáith and do-chuaidh.

1. do-lin (pl. du-linat) ‘flows’; 2. ara-chrin ‘decays, fails’; 3. ro-cluinethar ‘hears’; 4. at-baill ‘dies’; 5. marnid ‘betrays’; 6. ro-finnadar ‘gets to know’; 7. -gnin ‘knows’.

Trí fhocal Nua-Ghaeilge: 1. Céimseata. 2. *gutalach. 3. climseáil.

Cúig fhocal ón mBéarla: 1. Rucust / rigeist / rógoiste. 2.Stráisplé. 3. deárlaí. 4. Cleaimideighs. 5. Sifil, sifleálann.

Trí ghnáthleagan cainte ag an bPluincéadach: 1. Cuirim foaina chosaibh. 2. Cac ar aithris. 3. Dhá uillinn.

Comments on the nominal formations from this verbal stem.

ad P. Schrijver’ derivation of OIr. -icc < PIE *(h₂)ēnḱ-, in Ériu 44 (1993), pp. 33-52 [4. OIr. -icc ‘comes, reaches’].

Studies the alternation between con- and cond- in forms of con-ric (some analysable as ro-icc preceded by relative con- or the conjunction coⁿ), and argues that the -d- in these forms is not a pronominal but the result of anaptyxis.

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

Ir. sorcóir, sorcoir and ScG sorcair ‘cylinder’ < roireoir (< roileoir), based on a miss-spelling by E. Lhuyd.

On the adverbial/impersonal use of the 3sg. m./n. of conjugated prepositions referred to in Bardical syntactical tracts.

ad-bheir, do-ghní, ro-d fia (= OIr. rot-bia), aill in feacht n-aill (= OIr. neut. aill), dochum/chum, beidid (< MIr. beitit), roimh^l.

Discusses the etymology of OIr. óinmit and the signification of the character of the fool in the literature.

On the adverbial/impersonal use of the 3sg. m./n. of conjugated prepositions referred to in Bardical syntactical tracts.

Discusses evidence for the hunting practice in medieval Ireland, collected from Classical Irish sources and presented in comparison with evidence from Fiannaigecht material. Incl. discussion of terminology associated with the hunting process.

The arable lands [ScG achadh, dail, goirtean, gead, io(dh)lann, claigionn, losaid, etc.]; The grazing lands [ScG ailean, bàrd, blàr, cluain, innis, lòn, machair, morbhach, magh, etc.]; Animal enclosures [ScG buaile, crò, cuithe/cuidhe, etc.]; Transhumance names [ScG airigh, rinn/roinn, both(an), sgail, etc.].

Examines the exclusive Celto-Slavic lexical isoglosses in EDPC (1. PC *ēskyo- ‘moon’ [OIr. éscae, ésca, éisce]; 2. PC *fitu- ‘food’ [OIr. ith]; 3. PC *lūtu- ‘anger, power’ [OIr. lúth]; 4. PC *ruxtu- ‘noise’ [MIr. rucht]; 5. PC *slowgo- ‘troop, army’ [OIr. slúag, slóg]; 6. PC *talskV- ‘fragment, piece’ [cf. OIr. tailm]; 7. PC *krissu- ‘belt’ [OIr. cris]; 8. PC *kat-yo- ‘throw’ [OIr. caithid]), and proposes some new etymologies (1. PC *obnu ‘fear’ [OIr. omun]; 2. PC *frāno- ‘mane’ [ModIr. rón]; 3. PC *gissā- ‘taboo, prohibition’ [MIr. geis]; 4. PC *wesnālā- ‘swallow’ [OIr. fannall]).

In the light of Gallo-Greek ειωρου (preferred to Gallo-Latin ieuru), derives OIr. pret. -ír < *iyor- < *eyor- < *pepor-, and argues that ernaid and renaid are both < PIE * per- but differentiated by an enlargement -h₃- and -h₁-, respectively.

1. Ieuru.

Ir. sorcóir, sorcoir and ScG sorcair ‘cylinder’ < roireoir (< roileoir), based on a miss-spelling by E. Lhuyd.

Analyses the itinerary of retreat described in Scéla mucce Meic Da Thó §§19-20 (as ed. by R. Thurneysen 1935): Mag Ailbe, Roiriu, Áth Midbine, Maistiu, Druim Criaig, Ráith Imgain, Fid nGaible, Áth mac Lúgnai, Druim Dá Maige, Áth Chind Chon.

1. Na réamhfhocail go dtí, go dtige (use as prepositions and conjunctions); 2. roisín / ruisín (< Engl. ‘rushing’ and not from Engl. ‘ration’ as suggested by some; furthermore, Engl. ‘russin, risheen, rusheen’ does not derive from Ir. roisín / ruisín).

vs. T. de Bhalraithe, in Ériu 31 (1980), pp. 169-171. Suggests roisín derives from Fr. ressie.

1. ara·chrin, at·baill, do·lin, at·gnin, etc. 2. -cuirethar.

-ráith, -táich, -lámair, -fáig, -fáid.

-ráith, -táich, -lámair, -fáig, -fáid.

Suggests this place name is an allusion to the Red Sea, which enables a comparison of Adomnán to Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt.

Pippane ‘lace, cord’ < Gaelic pípán; ron ‘seal’ < rón; trachle ‘bedraggle, spoil, weary’ < trochail ‘break down, decay’.

Examines the exclusive Celto-Slavic lexical isoglosses in EDPC (1. PC *ēskyo- ‘moon’ [OIr. éscae, ésca, éisce]; 2. PC *fitu- ‘food’ [OIr. ith]; 3. PC *lūtu- ‘anger, power’ [OIr. lúth]; 4. PC *ruxtu- ‘noise’ [MIr. rucht]; 5. PC *slowgo- ‘troop, army’ [OIr. slúag, slóg]; 6. PC *talskV- ‘fragment, piece’ [cf. OIr. tailm]; 7. PC *krissu- ‘belt’ [OIr. cris]; 8. PC *kat-yo- ‘throw’ [OIr. caithid]), and proposes some new etymologies (1. PC *obnu ‘fear’ [OIr. omun]; 2. PC *frāno- ‘mane’ [ModIr. rón]; 3. PC *gissā- ‘taboo, prohibition’ [MIr. geis]; 4. PC *wesnālā- ‘swallow’ [OIr. fannall]).

Argues that this is etymologically identical to rón ‘horse hair’; cf. LEIA R-42.

Pippane ‘lace, cord’ < Gaelic pípán; ron ‘seal’ < rón; trachle ‘bedraggle, spoil, weary’ < trochail ‘break down, decay’.

Argues that this is etymologically identical to rón ‘horse hair’; cf. LEIA R-42.

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

1. Introduction; 2. The textual tradition of Rec. II [of TBC in LL]; Non-historical ro, dos-, ros-, rita-; 4. (Im)mus-; 5. The prefix im/fo; 6. The prefix con; 7. Con for co n-; 8. The origin of late preverbs and particles.

Discusses the native medieval Irish etymological tradition (bélrae n-etarscartha) with examples taken from the Auraicept [ros], Sanas Cormac [cánóin, fiadnaise, prull], Aided Cheltchair meic Uthechair [Semuine], etc.

AU² ad annum 807.8.

AU² ad annum 807.8.

Using Fiodh Gaibhle in Co. Offaly and Sliabh na mBan in Co. Tipperary as case studies argues that the hunting grounds mentioned in Acallam na senórach and other narratives are based on real border zones between Gaelic territories where hunting was conducted. In Appendix: Places in Ireland, Wales and Scotland associated with hunting in AS.

Argues, based on an analysis of Irish early medical sources, that these terms refer to blood vessels.

Discusses Bretha nemed, dated to between 721 and 742, composed in Munster by three kinsmen: Forannán (a bishop), Máel Tuile (a poet) and Báethgalach hua Búirecháin (a judge). Incl. ed. with transl. of six verses of a poem beg. Aimirgin Glungeal tuir teand by Gilla in Choimded Ua Cormaic from RIA MS D ii 1 (Bk of Uí Mhaine). Old Irish version of Collectio Canonum Hibernensis Book XLII, chaps 1-4, ed. with translation and notes from Cotton Nero A 7. Some discussion of rosc and ‘Archaic Irish’.

Discusses in particular the use of roscada in early Irish literature.

§1 includes a discussion of the OIr. terms fáith, fili, bard, cerd, dúan, cétal, rosc, cubaid; §5. surveys medieval Irish versification.

Analysis of alliterative patterns in roscad beg. Fo chen a Chonaill cháin Chuirc.

Suggests that they originate in the 6th c. in imitation of Latin poetry and rhetorical style. Includes observations on Bergin’s law.

Argues that legal roscad and saga retoiric are one same style of prose, and criticises J. Carney’s opinion of their age and origin. Includes a transcript of a fragment of ‘rhetorics’ from Táin bó Cuailnge recension I (based on LU 5423-5427), with notes and tentative translation.

Discusses in particular the use of roscada in early Irish literature.

AU² ad annum 807.8.

I. ceimesdin/cemeas [Corm. LB 10.31; H 3. 18, 67c36 = CIH ii 611.12 (Dúil Dromma Cetta)] ; II. ord [Corm. Y 1030]; III. minarba [Corm. Y 901]; IV. bíail [Corm. Y 126]; V. rot [Corm. Y 1120]; VI. loscuirn [Corm. Y 838]; VII. bradán [Corm. Y 158]; VIII. lon [H 3. 18, 76a36 = CIH ii 622.31].

Discusses textual attestations of the OIr. terms rámat, tóchar, slige, rót, lamráite, tograite, bóthar, conar, cosán, magrót, belach, clochán, sráit, etc.

I. ceimesdin/cemeas [Corm. LB 10.31; H 3. 18, 67c36 = CIH ii 611.12 (Dúil Dromma Cetta)] ; II. ord [Corm. Y 1030]; III. minarba [Corm. Y 901]; IV. bíail [Corm. Y 126]; V. rot [Corm. Y 1120]; VI. loscuirn [Corm. Y 838]; VII. bradán [Corm. Y 158]; VIII. lon [H 3. 18, 76a36 = CIH ii 622.31].

Also: OIr. rot macin (BB) in Onom. Goed. is a scribal error for sod maicin (Bk of Lecan) (= ModIr Sódh Maicín).

ad R. Thurneysen 1935 (Best² 1134).

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

Examines the distribution of place-names in northern Britain which contain elements defined as P-Celtic. Appendix 1: Survey of place-name elements organized according to their degree of Pictishness (Category 1: P-Celtic words probably not borrowed into Gaelic: *aber or *abbor, *bren or *brun, *cēt, *cuper, *dol, *eclēs, *lanerc, *mig, *ogel, *pant, *pen, *pert, *pevr, *pren, ?*roth, *traus/*tros, Note on *nemed; Category 2: P-Celtic words borrowed into Gaelic but only attested in place-names: *cair, *carden, *gronn; Category 3: P-Celtic loan-words attested as common nouns in Gaelic: bad, dail, monadh, pett, pòr, preas; Category 4: Gaelic elements influenced by a Pictish cognate: ? beinn, blàr, càrn, dabhach, dùn, foithir, lios, ràth, srath); Appendix 2: The problem of Cardean; Appendix 3: A note on Keir; Appendix 4: Certain, probable or possible ‘Pictish’ names containing elements not discussed above.

Discusses the areal distribution of two word pairs consisting of loanword and its native counterpart: 1. nàbaidh and coimhearsnach; 2. cuibheall and roth.

Examines the early Irish lists of cles and discusses the individual feats, primarily those associated with Cú Chulainn in Táin bó Cúailnge (cf. TBC 1 ll. 1714-1719): 1. ubullchless; 2. fáeborchless; 3. fáenchless; 4. cless cletenach; 5.téchtless; 6. corpchless; 7. cless caitt; 8. ích n-erred; 9. cor ndeled; 10. léim dar néib/néim; 11. filliud erred náir; 12. gái bolga; 13. bái brasse; 14. rothchless; 15. ochtarchless; 16. cless for análaib; 17. bruud gine; 18. sian caurad; 19. béim co commus; 20. táithbéim; 21. dréim fri fogaist agus agus dírgud crette fora rind co fonnadm níad náir.

A call to established scholars working in the field of Irish language and its associated litertaure and culture to submit information on their researches to the committee, Coiste Náisiúnta Léann na Gaeilge, newly established by the Royal Irish Academy.

A passage from a letter (now RIA MS 12 L 9, item 146) from John O’Donovan to John Windele of Cork, dated 13 February 1845, regarding an Irish class taught by O’Donovan in the Royal Irish Academy.

[0. Some phonetic features]; 1. Various individual word types; 2. Elision of unstressed vowels; 3. The /r/ phoneme. Incl. a text phonetically spelt from Rannoch with translation. With map.

Claims that the development of preaspiration, epenthesis and vowel lengthening is an attempt to maintain syllabic length following the disappearance of geminated consonants. Also includes some discussion of geminated stops in Donegal Irish, -rt sequence in Scottish Gaelic, cluster and svarabhakti in Manx.

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

1. ara·chrin, at·baill, do·lin, at·gnin, etc. 2. -cuirethar.

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

Argues, based on an analysis of Irish early medical sources, that these terms refer to blood vessels.

Continued from Éigse 19 (1982), pp. 1-35.

Forty-eight names transcribed from MS Vaticanus Reginensis Latinus 191 with analysis of forms; suggests that the seventh name, Ruaton, may be a highly irregular rendering of Irish Ruadhán.

Argues, based on an analysis of Irish early medical sources, that these terms refer to blood vessels.

1. friofac / ruthag / ruaibh(r)ic, srl.; 2. craobhóg; 3. crúca; 4. fiochrán; 5. fioradh an duáin; 6. freithiún; 7. frídín, fríde; 8. frithionga; 9. friochan; 10. gob an duáin; 11. ionga; 12. luiseag; 13. lusa; 14. slip; 15. súil; 16. teanga.

Examines the exclusive Celto-Slavic lexical isoglosses in EDPC (1. PC *ēskyo- ‘moon’ [OIr. éscae, ésca, éisce]; 2. PC *fitu- ‘food’ [OIr. ith]; 3. PC *lūtu- ‘anger, power’ [OIr. lúth]; 4. PC *ruxtu- ‘noise’ [MIr. rucht]; 5. PC *slowgo- ‘troop, army’ [OIr. slúag, slóg]; 6. PC *talskV- ‘fragment, piece’ [cf. OIr. tailm]; 7. PC *krissu- ‘belt’ [OIr. cris]; 8. PC *kat-yo- ‘throw’ [OIr. caithid]), and proposes some new etymologies (1. PC *obnu ‘fear’ [OIr. omun]; 2. PC *frāno- ‘mane’ [ModIr. rón]; 3. PC *gissā- ‘taboo, prohibition’ [MIr. geis]; 4. PC *wesnālā- ‘swallow’ [OIr. fannall]).

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

Discusses mainly the origin and use of OIr. reilic; also comments on fert and rúam.

Lat. lodix glossed with Ir. sléic (means ‘pumice’, possibly related to slíachtaid ‘smoothes’), ruamnae (earlier form of rúamna ‘colouring matter, redish colour’), diol (‘fillet, diadem’): all exx. of ornamentum muliebre. Also suggests Ir. slíogadh ‘smoothing, polishing’ derives from ON slíkja ‘to smoothe’, although slíocadh forms may have been influenced by Engl. slick ‘to slick, polish, smooth’.

Lat. lodix glossed with Ir. sléic (means ‘pumice’, possibly related to slíachtaid ‘smoothes’), ruamnae (earlier form of rúamna ‘colouring matter, redish colour’), diol (‘fillet, diadem’): all exx. of ornamentum muliebre. Also suggests Ir. slíogadh ‘smoothing, polishing’ derives from ON slíkja ‘to smoothe’, although slíocadh forms may have been influenced by Engl. slick ‘to slick, polish, smooth’.

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

Forty-eight names transcribed from MS Vaticanus Reginensis Latinus 191 with analysis of forms; suggests that the seventh name, Ruaton, may be a highly irregular rendering of Irish Ruadhán.

Discusses passages of late legal commentary relating to military service and the billeting of soldiers, with particular attention to the terms meath slóighidh, fuba and ruba.

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

Examines the exclusive Celto-Slavic lexical isoglosses in EDPC (1. PC *ēskyo- ‘moon’ [OIr. éscae, ésca, éisce]; 2. PC *fitu- ‘food’ [OIr. ith]; 3. PC *lūtu- ‘anger, power’ [OIr. lúth]; 4. PC *ruxtu- ‘noise’ [MIr. rucht]; 5. PC *slowgo- ‘troop, army’ [OIr. slúag, slóg]; 6. PC *talskV- ‘fragment, piece’ [cf. OIr. tailm]; 7. PC *krissu- ‘belt’ [OIr. cris]; 8. PC *kat-yo- ‘throw’ [OIr. caithid]), and proposes some new etymologies (1. PC *obnu ‘fear’ [OIr. omun]; 2. PC *frāno- ‘mane’ [ModIr. rón]; 3. PC *gissā- ‘taboo, prohibition’ [MIr. geis]; 4. PC *wesnālā- ‘swallow’ [OIr. fannall]).

(i) Discusses Irish lexical material culled from Agallamh na seanórach: A. Words unrecorded in DIL [airchóítid, aithrigid, Arabthach, brandaige, ceólánach, daltacán, dúblugad, dubugad, fáenad, fidchleóracht, fogablánach, forlorg, listugad, máithrigid, mallachtad, mebraigthech, rengach, ruchtad, scandradach, tinnesnadach, tóbacht, toimígiud]; B. Support for former hapax legomena [círgallach, clocásach, comonórugad, dásachtach, delgach, galraigthech, gríanánach, grithnugud, mescda, onfaisech, ríganta, trechlam, úaignige]; C. Evidence for antedating [círgallach, coinsiasach, coimesóenta, dothaim, faillige, fáiltigud, maslaigid, meraigthe, salmchetlach, taidleóír]; D. Insights into sense and usage [branán, dumugud:, conách, sceimelbord, tollchenn].

(ii) Bird names not recorded in DIL [discusses ornithological vocabulary extracted from a poem included in the Reeves Agallamh beg. Téighim toiscc d’fhulucchadh Finn]: adaircín, adarcán, adarclóc, boinndergán,brúacharán, buideóc, cricharán, crichrán, crottach, glaiseóc, petta odor, ríabóc, ruilech, scréchóc, troisc.]

Trí fhocal Nua-Ghaeilge: 1. Céimseata. 2. *gutalach. 3. climseáil.

Cúig fhocal ón mBéarla: 1. Rucust / rigeist / rógoiste. 2.Stráisplé. 3. deárlaí. 4. Cleaimideighs. 5. Sifil, sifleálann.

Trí ghnáthleagan cainte ag an bPluincéadach: 1. Cuirim foaina chosaibh. 2. Cac ar aithris. 3. Dhá uillinn.

1. ní, nithinn, a bheag, cineál; 2. dada, tada, rud, neamhní, náit, puinn, se(o)id, pioc, bit, fríd, giob, luid, heat, pingin, ás, bonn, sciúrtóg, screapall; 3. dath, lí, ceo, seó, leus, poidhs, scaile, steama; 4. sian, seinm, guth, dùrd, focal, puth, diog, cneadadh; 5. blas, gráinne, greim, smailc, deoir; 6. cáil, cruthaitheachd, tarbha, faic(e), tap, car, fionna-feanna, folt.

Discusses different responses in LASID for the word ‘anything’ in Ulster dialects and their distribution, e.g. a dhath, aon dath, dadaidh, dadamh, rud ar bith, etc. Outlines how a dhath ar bith may have been introduced into Omeath Irish from North-West Donegal.

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

On the protection of transactions against claims in Ir. contractual law. Apps. contain details on (I) natural entitlement, (II) unwarranted promises, and (III) the aire coisring.

(i) Discusses Irish lexical material culled from Agallamh na seanórach: A. Words unrecorded in DIL [airchóítid, aithrigid, Arabthach, brandaige, ceólánach, daltacán, dúblugad, dubugad, fáenad, fidchleóracht, fogablánach, forlorg, listugad, máithrigid, mallachtad, mebraigthech, rengach, ruchtad, scandradach, tinnesnadach, tóbacht, toimígiud]; B. Support for former hapax legomena [círgallach, clocásach, comonórugad, dásachtach, delgach, galraigthech, gríanánach, grithnugud, mescda, onfaisech, ríganta, trechlam, úaignige]; C. Evidence for antedating [círgallach, coinsiasach, coimesóenta, dothaim, faillige, fáiltigud, maslaigid, meraigthe, salmchetlach, taidleóír]; D. Insights into sense and usage [branán, dumugud:, conách, sceimelbord, tollchenn].

(ii) Bird names not recorded in DIL [discusses ornithological vocabulary extracted from a poem included in the Reeves Agallamh beg. Téighim toiscc d’fhulucchadh Finn]: adaircín, adarcán, adarclóc, boinndergán,brúacharán, buideóc, cricharán, crichrán, crottach, glaiseóc, petta odor, ríabóc, ruilech, scréchóc, troisc.]

ad K. H. Jackson, The Gaelic notes in the Book of Deer, 1972, pp. 102-109. Further to the phonetic and lexico-syntactic aspects of the derivation of ScG morair from Pictish *mōr+maer.

Edition of Bríatharogaim, including glossing and commentary, from MSS RIA 23 P 12, NLI G 53, TCD H 3. 18, and YBL; with translation and notes. Discussion of each of the names: Beithe, Luis, Fern, Sail, Nin, (h)Úath, Dair, Tinne, Coll, Cert, Muin, Gort, Gétal, Straiph, Ruis, Ailm, Onn, Ú(i)r, Edad (?), Idad (?), Ébad (?), Ó(i)r, Uil(l)en(n), Pín (Iphín), Iphín (Pín), Emancholl.

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

1. Forleitheadas: Plunkett glosses Lat. faex as ‘Clann Thomáis Mhic Lóbais’; 2. sladuighe satha: vs. N. J. A. Williams, PCT, p. 151 n. 936: should be translated as ‘hive-robber, drone’ (cf. ladrann saithe); 3. ruisín vs. N. J. A. Williams, PCT 188 s.v.: refers to ‘lunch, etc.'; cf. T. de Bhaldraithe, in Ériu 31 (1980), pp. 169-171.

1. Na réamhfhocail go dtí, go dtige (use as prepositions and conjunctions); 2. roisín / ruisín (< Engl. ‘rushing’ and not from Engl. ‘ration’ as suggested by some; furthermore, Engl. ‘russin, risheen, rusheen’ does not derive from Ir. roisín / ruisín).

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

Proposes: MIr. rúm > slum (via Hib.-Engl. slang); bloke may be Romani showing the influence of Irish Shelta, or of Ir. blaicce (or its derivatives).

Reappraisal of the work of Irish hagiologist in Louvain Fr Hugh Ward. Includes a facsimile of MS Brussels 5095-96 f. 1r (containing Ward’s signature).

‘Parliamentárians na dtárr maothlach’ from poem beg. Innisim fís is ní fís bhréige í (= An Síogaí Rómhánach, FSCPP 22 l. 112) based on Engl ‘The Soft Rump’, which was used to refer to ‘The Rump Parliament’ of 6 December 1648, which condemned Charles I to death.

1. conús [also conuas, conas, both < canós]; 2. froisín [< fras + ín]; 3. priompallán [also pr(o)impeallán, prompalán < Engl ‘bumble’ (= ‘bumblebee’; prombarlán, plumbarlán, primpearlán, plimpearlán, prumparlán < Engl ‘bumbler’ (= ‘bumblebee’); variants with tr(i)omp-, trump-, treamp- influenced by trompa ‘jew’s harp’; ‘etymological’ spelling proimpsheilleán derives from W. Shaw’s form priompsheillain]; 4. rumpall [< Engl ‘rumble’; cf. ‘etymological’ spelling rumptholl]; 5. *alfat ‘a cause’ [an error traceable to E. Lhuyd (1707), who copied two consecutive words (al, fáth) in R. Plunkett’s dictionary (1662) as one word; gives rise to other variants: alfad, álfath, alfáth]; 6. *alfhalach ‘hide’ [an error traceable to E. Lhuyd (1707) for a bhfalach in R. Plunkett’s dictionary (1662); gives rise to alfalach ‘thoroughly hid’].

1. conús [also conuas, conas, both < canós]; 2. froisín [< fras + ín]; 3. priompallán [also pr(o)impeallán, prompalán < Engl ‘bumble’ (= ‘bumblebee’; prombarlán, plumbarlán, primpearlán, plimpearlán, prumparlán < Engl ‘bumbler’ (= ‘bumblebee’); variants with tr(i)omp-, trump-, treamp- influenced by trompa ‘jew’s harp’; ‘etymological’ spelling proimpsheilleán derives from W. Shaw’s form priompsheillain]; 4. rumpall [< Engl ‘rumble’; cf. ‘etymological’ spelling rumptholl]; 5. *alfat ‘a cause’ [an error traceable to E. Lhuyd (1707), who copied two consecutive words (al, fáth) in R. Plunkett’s dictionary (1662) as one word; gives rise to other variants: alfad, álfath, alfáth]; 6. *alfhalach ‘hide’ [an error traceable to E. Lhuyd (1707) for a bhfalach in R. Plunkett’s dictionary (1662); gives rise to alfalach ‘thoroughly hid’].

[1.] OIr. rúam ‘red dye’; [2.] The PIE root *√reu̯d^h ‘to make red’ in Celtic (OIr. rú, rúad, ród, rúam, rúan, rúana, rúanaid, ruccae, ruide, ruis, ruisse, rus, rondid, ruidid); [3.] Etymology of the Celtic word for ‘rust’ (OIr. rait, rota, rotan, ModIr. rod, roid, roide).

On the etymology of OIr. carrac, carn, rusc, etc.

1. Na réamhfhocail go dtí, go dtige (use as prepositions and conjunctions); 2. roisín / ruisín (< Engl. ‘rushing’ and not from Engl. ‘ration’ as suggested by some; furthermore, Engl. ‘russin, risheen, rusheen’ does not derive from Ir. roisín / ruisín).