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312 THE GAEL. December, 1873.poena -Gi: j}omè ("properly qicitmoneyfor blood spilt" ). Covrespoiidingforms are W. jwen, Fr. ^yehve,Eug. pn?H.156. Gruaim riu\ griini, yrnìnble,grim.Gruaim (surliness) = W. gnvm,and is connected with Dan. grumEng. grim corresponds.157. Cat.Gat (cat; = catt) corresponds to W.cath, Corn, cat, Bret, kaz, Ger. katze,A.S. catt, Eug. cat. Of. Lat. cattus.The ft ( = W. th) accounts for theabsen ce of aspiration in Gael. cat.158. Jiiai/Ii, heatha, bed, and Lat.vita, &c.Biadh (food ; anc. hiad) - bivafa,and is akin to Gv. biotos (life; - birotos,with digamma), Lat. mta ( = vtvitaj,•') 159. Cuigeal.Cuigeal (distaft', = W. cogail., Corn.kigel, Bret, kigel, kegel, and correspondsto Old H. Ger. cuncla, NewH. Ger. kankel, Fr. quenmoille, Ital.conocchia, from Middle Lat. conucula,for coluctda, from coins (a distaff).Cf. Stokes' Ir. Glosses, p. 81, andHighland Society's Dictionary.160. Uilcoitii, and ell., clboio.Uileann (elbow) - W. elin, and iscognate with Dhiiè, Lat. ulna, Dut.eln or el, A.S. elnc, Eng. ell (thelength of a fprearm). Elboio is fromA.S. elnboga oi- cllidga (fiom elu orel and boga., bow).16 L Fvrtus and orts, Scot, worts.Fort< (litter, orts) = Scot, wortsand Eng. orts (fragments and rejectedpaits that are left by cattle in feeding).Fortas is used in the singulai-,the genitive heìn^ fortais.Cf. Gael.grotas (used in the singular) = grotsor groats, grits (grain husked andmore or less broken), Ger. griitze(ferocious), A.S. grmn (fierce), Eug. (grit, groats).grum (angry, surly, sulky). With 102. Brod (goad or sting) ^ Scot.gruaim and grum. Wedgwood connectsbi'od, A.S. brord (a jirick or point,Fr. gromm,eltr and Dut. groiu-men anaygrommehn, from which Eng.the fii'st blade or .spire of g'rass), Ice.broddr (a sting).grumble is derived, and also Ger. 163. 3Ieigeall., meigeadan, meig-grimvi (wrath) with which A.S. andeadaich, and Gr. oiiekamnai.Meig-eall (bleat as a goat or kid)and Gr. viek-aomai (to bleat) seemderived, as Wedgwood thinks (cf.Dictionary, p. xxi.), from the soundof bleating. Cf. meigeadan (a goator kid) and Gr. mekas, gen. luekados(the bleating one). Meigeadaich(bleating) is from meigeadan.lO-l. Mèil, mèilich, and Gr. melon.Mèil (to bleat as a sheep) andmelon (a sheep) may also be regardedas formed from the same root, Avhichrepresents the sound of the bleatingGael, beatha, bed. Of Stokes' Ir.Glosses, p. 76. The Sansk. root is of sheep.giv, and with it are connected, as 165. Ard (high) is cognate withpreviously noticed (vol. I., p. 245), Lat. arduus (high, lofty), Gr. orthosGr. bius ( - bÌFos), Lat. vivus, {= orth¥os), Sansk. iirdhvu. The'Goth, qvi'us, A.S. civic, Eng. quirk. Gaidish name Arduenna shows thatard is not a loan-woixl. Cf. Ebel'sCeltic Studies by Sullivan, p. 107,and Stokes' Ir. Glosses, p. 39.166. Gid (back) is cognate withLat. cuius (the fundament).167. Gam, (crooked, bent, curved,in Old Gael. camm) — W. camm, andis cognate with Gr. kampe (bendingor winding as of a river; from theroot kamp), kampto (to bend, tocui-ve). From cam are derivedcamag (a curl, a crook, a small bay)caman (a club), coDias (a bay, aci'eek), &c. Cf. the Gatilish namesGambodnnvm (from cam and dim)and Morìkamhè (from iiiori- = viareand cam).