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214 THE GAEL. September,(to direct, move, govern), Dut.stueren and stieren (to drive foi-waixls,impel), Ice. styra (to guide, steer),A.S. steoran, styran (to steer),Eng. steer. Stir is from A.S.slow), from Avhich Eng. drawl (lit.85. 2\il and tail, tailor.Ted (adze) is akin to Lat. talea(any piece that has been cut off),Ital. tagliare (to cut). Ice. talc/a (tocut hew), telgia (an axe), Fr. taille(cutting), tailler (to cut), tailleur(cutter, tailor), Eng. tail (cut off, theterm applied to an estate which iscut off or limited to certain heirs),tailor (lit. a cutter). Cf. Stokes' Ir.Glosses, p. 61, and Wedgwood'sDictionary. Tàillear=^Fv. tailleu.rr^ Eng. tailor. The English wordsdetail., entail, curtail, retail, belongto this root, to which Wedgwoodrefers also tall, tally, deal, dole., andcognate words.86. 7\wis and donyii.Taois (dough ;anc. taes) -=- W, toesand is akin to Goth, daigs. Ice. deig,A.S. dah., from which comes Eng.dough. Cf. Ger. teig. See Stoke'sIr. Glosses, p. 60.87. Aois and age.Aois (age ; anc. ois and dis) ^ W.oes and is compared by Ebel (cfCeltic Studies by Sullivan, p. 109)with Sansk. dyus, Gr. ai[F]on, Lat.aevum, Goth, aivs, with which arecognate Old Fr. eage, aagr, (Ige, Eng.aye. C£ Old Fr. edage ( ^ cage),eded, and Lat. aias, retatis. See agein Wedgwood's Dictionary.88. Osan and hose.Osan (a hose ; in Middle Gael.a.^sanJ — 'W. hosan, hos, Ice. hosa,Old Ger. hosa, A.S. hose, Eng. hose.Cf. N. H. Ger.- hose, dim. hdschen.styran, styrian (to stir, steer). Stern For other examples of initial h inis from A.S. stearii which corresponds English in words in which it isto Ice. stiorn, from styra (to steer). awanting in Gaelic compare uair84. Draoluinn and draid.and hour, from Lat. hora; umhalDraoluinn (a drawling, inactivity) and humble, from Lat. hiunilis; onoirmay be compared with Dut. draelen., and honour, from honos, honoris; osFris. drcmlen (to delay, loiter, beor ?/rts( = W. uch) and high, fromA.S. heah, which, as previouslynoticed (p. 55), is akin to Ger. hoch.89. Mtdng and mane.Muing (mane) = W. mwng and itscognate with Ice. 7ndn, Ger. mahneto linger) is derived. Cf. dreabhlaiìiìi(an inactive person) and Dan. drceve(to delay). Possibly draoluinn maybe fi'om drawling. O'Reilly hasdraolin (inactivity) ^ draoluinn. (mane), Eng. mane. Cf. Wedgwood'sDictionary.90. Maighdean and maid, maiden.Maighhean (maiden) is akin, toGer. magd (maid), mddchen (girl),A.S. ììicegden, mceden (maiden), Eng.maid, maiden. Cf. Goth, magaths(maid) and magus (boy), A.S. magu(son), Ice.mbgr (son), W. magu (tobreed). With A.S. magii and Ice.m'Ogr may, perhaps, be comparedGael, mac (son) = W. majt;, niah. CfWedgwood's Dictionary.91. Slopunn or siabunn and soap.Siopunn or siabunn (soap) = M'".sebon, and is akin to Lat. sfyjo,saponis, Ger. seife, Dut. zeep., Bret.soav (tallow), soavon (soap), Eng.soap. Wedgwood observes thatsoap was regarded by the Latins asa Celtic invention, and that, therefore," it is reasonable that weshould look to the latter class oflanguages for an explanation of thename," He gives the followingquotation from Pliny :— " Prodestet sa2)o. Gallorum lioc inventum,rutilandis capillis, ex sevo et cinere."02. Com and combe.Com (the cavity of the chest) correspondsto W. cwm (valley, dale),A.S. comb (valley), from which combe(a narrow valley) is derived. Cf.Wedgwood's Dictionary. Combe