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An gaidheal - National Library of Scotland

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;280 THE GAEL. Noveuilier. 18(3.coriespoiids to It in the Germaniclanguages. For examples see Vol.I. p. 330.122. OnaiUe and po/c, pale,jxvwl (?).Cuallle (a pole, a .stake) may becompared with W. paw/ (stake), Lat.palus (a .stake; =^Jrt(/^?/.sJ, Gev. jifahl(pole), A.S. pol, pal, Eng. pole, pale.Paiol (a pale or stake) cori-espondsto W. pawl. (J in Gaelic, as previouslynoticed (Vol. I. p. 215.), frequentlycorresponds to p in W. andLatin.123. LulhhAiid leaf.Liii1)h (herb; in mid. Gael, hibh)is cognate with Dut. loaf, hove (theleaves <strong>of</strong> trees), Goth, lav/s, Ger.lavb, A.S. lea}\ Eng. lea/. Theoriginal signification <strong>of</strong> leaf, accordingto Bosworth and Wedgwood, isbroad, fat. For the athnity <strong>of</strong> lubhand leafcL Stokes' Ir. Glosses, p. 49.124. Oruii, cruitear, and crowder.Cruit (harp, violin ; aiic. crot fromcrott) = cruith = Lat. crotta. Cf. OldH. Ger. hr<strong>of</strong>ta. Eng. crowd (fiddle)and crawder (fiddler) are from W.crwth (a hollow protuberance, bellyfiddle). Welsh cròth (bulge, womb)and Gael, croit (hump) ai-e regarded byWedgwood as cognate with crulf.The

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