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with>82 THE GAEL.November, 1873.(nest) for Uisdus^ Ger. ncsf, A.S. jietifand ni/nt, Eug. nest. The W. is m/th.141. Govt or (jarf, gortan, chirt,antl yarden, yanl, court, cohort.Gort or gart (tield, garden, standingcorn ;= W. gardd) is cognatewith Gr. chorios (an enclosed field)and Lat. hortus (any place surron,ndedwith a fence, a garden).Other cognates are Goth, gards, A.S.gmrd, Ger. gart, Ital. giardino, Fr.jardln, Eng. garden. Yard (a placeenclosed) is from A.S. genrd. Coitrtis derived, throngh the French, fromthe Lat. oZiors, g^n. cjiortis, ( -cprsor cohors, gen. cohortis, a yard orpen, also a ,sheepfold), connectedwith Gr. chorios. The cohorts ordivisions of the Roman army, werecalled by that name because so manysoldiers constituted a pen oi- a court(Max Mullei-'s Lectures, vol. ii. ji.29J).Gael, gortan is diminutive ofgort or gart. Chirt is from cqurt.142. Ndin and noon.Xòiìi (noon; — W. naivn) fromLat. aomi, (the ninth hour of theday), fvom. tionus for novenns (ninth;from novern). Cf. A.S. non, Dut.iiocn, Eng. noon. 'Wedgv\rood thinkspar|!(,l, ,Gi-. itca, (a willow; =t;^y^%i,ea), ^fit, vitis (vine, the branchof a vine, a young shoot, fi'òm vieo,to bind with twigs, to weave), i-ùta(liaiid), vhneu (any ])liant tAvig), Ger.wdde (willow), Eug. wlthe.^ Of. W.gwden (a withe), also Salislj. viii/ca(a tie or fastening), cc/asas (a reed/.See Stokes' Ir. Glosses, pp. 47, 156';Curtius' Gr. Etymology, p. 349';Liddell and Scott's Gi'. Dictionary.The last reg'ards ?Ve« as probablyderived from Saiisk, vc (to Aveavè),to \i-hich Bopp refers Gael, fi'ghim (Iweave) and fiiaghabn (I sew). SeeSansk. Glossary, p. 372.(To he ooiililined.,)LEGENDARY HISTORY OFTHE SCOTS.In the beginning of the sixthcentury a band oF those -Scots whooccupied Ireland, under the sons ofGaidheal, fii-st settled in the laiidwhich now beai's their name. Ou'tlieir arrival they merely seized uponthe western disti'icts of Albau, calledAri'egaidheal, froni, say the chronicles,EEC, the father of the founderof the Scoto-Dalriadic kingdom, andGaidheal, tlie founder of theScottish race. The reason of theirsettlement in Albin is thus accountedfor:—When the Scots took possessionof Ireland the territory towardsthe north Ava.s allnted t(^ Ei'C, son ofthat the transference of the significationof 'ìiooìi from mid-afternoon to Scota. At his death, this district,jHiidrday has taken place through an known as Dalriada, ]iassed into thealteration in the time of the canonicalservices, of which seven were ful of thetn, however, apinopriatehaiids of his sons. The moi-e power-perfoi-med in the day. From an ali the fertile lands, and the weakerearly i)eriod the nona, so called from are left to search out new homes in.its having been oi-iginally celebrated other climes. Fergus mor, one of!at the ninth hour (about three in the sons thus wronged, repeatedafternoon), was held in Italy about o-o(\s to St. Pati'ick, and reouesmid-day.his interpositi(m in his swaying143. FHth or./n'the and wifhe. brothers to divide the land equalfyFnthovfchJic (sinew) may lie com-As for his own division, he said, lieIwas willing- to hand it over to theSaint in the case he was successfulin settling the dispute'. This heeasily did ; but as too holy to enjoyany rewards obtained for Avork donein virtue of his favour with heavenlyagencies, he presents the land to his