Stories from Keating's History of Ireland - National Library of Scotland

DaNOTES 91'blessed in ' such and such a place is not uncommon. According toPlummer, Bethada Naem nÉrenn, ii. 326 it seems to mean 'is patron of,'or 'has a church at.' Cf-. Beatha Aodha Ruaidh, 234, an Doire in robendach an Colam cendais.25. tdinig buaidh gcatha, &c., ' it came about that Guaire was defeated.'26. tri ihrdth, 'three days.' Cf. 2, 68.31. ni fhuil breith, &c., 'naught can save thee from defeat.'37. ar ise, also ar sise. Cf. ar iad-san, 23, 206.38. dearg-dr a mhuintire do thabhairt, 'that his men should have beenslaughtered.'42. 7 a mhionca do bhddar . . . aige, though he had often had ' ' ; lit.'and the frequency of it (that) he had.'45. do rinn ghaoi, 'at the spear's point.'50. lucht, 'some'; cf. 26, 55.53. a las ealadhan, 'on account of (his) art.' a las, Ht. 'out of the tail,'hence 'as a result of,' like modern de bharr. ealadha, 'art, craft, skill,profession, metier, work of art '; now pronounced as if written ealai(like ealadha 'swans,' now ealai), and sometimes spelled alaidhe.59. thairis, 'around him,' lit. 'across him.'64. ar a thruaighe teat fdm chumhachtaibh, ' because thou deemest itgrievous (to be) in my power.' The a is proleptic, 'for the pity of it(i.e. of being) in my power'; cf. 1, 12. The construction is clearer inH.5.32, ar a thruaighe riot bheith fdm ch. ; so in line 67, bocht De do bheithgan ni.70. dd ngiallfadh, 'to whom he should yield.' Contrast dd ngialladh,'if he should yield.'76. neith (also neithe), earlier neich, is the gen. of ni, which is neut. ofneach.20. THE ROAD OF THE DISHES2. Mo Chua. Irish saints are often known by pet names preceded bythe poss. mo or do (later confused with the numeral dd), and, as in mostlanguages, the pet names are shortened forms of the full names, oftenmuch disguised. Thus Mo Chua, also Do Chua = Cróndn ; Mo Chuda,21, 12 = Carthach; Mo Laise, 23, 63 = Laisrén; Mo Laga, 23, 87 =Loichine; Dd Lua, for Do Lua or Mo Lua, 28, 40 = Lughaidh. So MoBhi = Bearchdn. Some have the diminutive suihx -óg, borrowed fromWelsh : Chaomhóg, 27,14 (also Mo Chaomhóg) = Caoimhghein ; Maodhóg(or M'Aodhóg), 30, 80 = Aodh, itself a shortened form of a compoundsuch as Aodhghal.4. siar budh dheas, now siar ó dheas, 'to the south-west.' Cf. 27, 106.8. biorar, now biolar. The old form is kept in the place-name Biorra,'Birr,' ace. pi. (or for dat. pi. Diorraibh).