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Fitness of Names. 335
239. Galenga, from goa 'falsehood' and lang 'treachery'.
Corrnac, sou of Tadg, son of Cian. shewed falsehood to the
badgers, to wit, having Tadg's spear he went to the badgers
that they might come out of their warren (trusting) to Tadg's
honour and his spear as a token thereof. So the badgers came
out to Coraiac and he killed them. Thereafter Tadg went to
partake of the feast that Cormac held, and while banqueting
he felt a loathing, and knew that his honour had been spoiled
by his son. So then Tadg exiled his son from the province;
and that is the cause of Cormac's banishment by Tadg. Hence
Cormac Gaileng and Gaileng are so named, to wit, gae lang
'dung on honour.'
Ahter: Gaileng is the name of a territory, so Cormac
Gaelang is so called on account of his habitation.
Cormac Gaileng, then, i.e. gai lang, i . e . a treacherous spear,
because he shewed falsehood to the badgers and (thus) killed them.
240. Cdinte 'lampooner', from canis 'hound', for a dog's
head is on a lampooner when objurgating. Hence Crithenbel
cdinte.
Crithenbel, that is, critJierhél i.e. hél 'mouth' of the sparks
{crithir), from the virulence and the fieriness of the words from
him, for the words of the poem are virulent. Or Cridenhél
that is, his heart (cride) in his mouth {hél), i.e. his secret in
his hps, for he would not withhold a secret if he heard it. Or
Critherbél, that is, mouth (pel) of the sparks {crithir), for he is
the first lampooner that put out a royal torch by his tongue.
241. Cairbre Cinn cait 'of the Cat's head', since it was
a cat's head, that is, the form or shape of a cat, that was
on his god. Or there were two cat's ears upon him, as said
the poet, even Eochaid hua Floinn:
Thus was Cairbre the cruel
Who seized Erin south and north,
(With) two cat's ears on his fair head,
(And) a cat's fur through his ears.