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376 THE GAEL. Kcbruary. 1874.223. Briathar, hrnidkeaiin, andword.Briathar (word) may be comparedwith Gr. vratra for rhetra (word,saying), from rhed (to speak; — Frey^which Curtius, Bo})p, and Liddelland Scott refer to the Sansk. roothri% (to speak). Cf. bris and o-hegniimi( = Yrègnumi or FragmlmiJ,Lat. frango, fregi. With rhed (=Yren) and ered ( - Ferea) are cognateLat. verhuui (from which comeIr. fearb^ word, and Eng. verb) andGoth, vaurd (word), Ger. toort(word), Ice. ord (woixl), and A.S.and Eng. loord. Bruidheann (speaking,talking) is connected with Sansk.lint (to speak). Cf. Bopp's Sansk.Glossary, p. 2()7, Diefenbach's Goth.Vergl. "Worterbuch, vol. i. p. 199,Curtius' Gr. Etymologj^, p. 308,Garnett's Essays, p. 245, and Liddelland Scott's Lexicon.224. Maoin, dloiv/iain, coinain,comuiui, cummd or cumanta, andcoinwvn.Maoin (goods, property ; anc.main and viden for mam) may becompared with Lat. muniut (to bind). Cf.Stokes'Goidilica, p. 1 7S,vfh.evenuienib(dat. plur.) for iiKiniib is equatedwith umneribvfi.225. Glic (wise) is cognate withGer. Mug, Goth, glaggvus, Old Icegloggr,A. S. gleav. Cf. Diefenbach'sGoth. Worterbuch and Stokes' Ir.Glosses, p. 130.226. Car (a tm-n) may be comparedwith Ger. kchr (a turn), Dut.keer (a tm-n), A. S. ccr (a turn,bending).227. Ceil and conceal.Ceil ('conceal ; anc. eel) - W. celuand corresponds to Lat. celo (to conceal),Dan. Jude (to conceal), Goth.hu/jan (to conceal), Ger. hehlen (toconceal), A. S. lielan (to conceal),Old Eng. hele and kill (to cover,hide). Conceal is from Lat. concelo( = con and celo). C in Gaelic andLatin frequently = /t in the Teutoniclanguages.228. lasg awajisli.lasg (fish ; anc. iasc) = W. ^J//s(/and corresponds to Lat. x>iscis (fish),Dan. fisk (fish), Goth, fisks, Ger.Jisch, A. S. Jisc, Eng. Jish. Initialp. is frequently dropped in Gaelic.229. Atkair Rnd J'athei:Athair ('father ; anc. athir) correspondsto Lat. ^^ater (father), Gr.pater, Sansk. pitar, Old Ger. fatar,New H. Gei'.fz'a^e?-, Dan. fader, Goth.fadar, A. S. faedar, Eng-. father.The root is ^>rt (to feed).230. Leir (maiiy) corresponds toLat. plerus (most, the most), Gr.pleres (full of). Cf. Stokes' Ir.Glosses, p. 38.231. Ath (a ford) corresponds toGr. 2^('fos (trodden or beaten way,path). Cf. Stokes' Ir. Glosses, p. 38.232. Fan (to remain, abide) iscognate with Ger. loohnen (to dwell,abide). Gael. / frequently = Ger. w.233. Ubh and egg.Cbh (egg) - W. -wi/ and maybe compared with Lat. oninb (egg),Gr. don (Gr. ;= oFon), Old II. Ger.el, plur. eigir, A. S. aeg, Eng. egg.Liddell and Scott mention that Hesychiusquotes obeon as an Argiveform. Cf. Curtius' Gr. Etymology,