Historical Irish Corpus
1600 - 1926

Two Irish Arthurian Romances.

Title
Two Irish Arthurian Romances.
Author(s)
Ó Rathaille, Tomás,
Compiler/Editor
Ó Donnchadha, Tadhg
Composition Date
1909
Publisher
Connradh na Gaedhilge

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Poetry/Prose
1600 1926




L. 362


TWO IRISH ARTHURIAN ROMANCES



"aigheadh, punishment" : leg. áigheadha, joints, limbs, 150.152,
170.62.
"alltach, strange": leg. altach, jointed, 20.19.
"armas, weapons": leg. amas, 84.184; (armas means only "coat
of arms").
"buin-gheanmnuidhe, of modest foundation": leg. buaidh-dhéan-
mhach (cf. the MS. reading), 156.28.
"cannach, handsome": leg. eangach (cf. ms. "cangach," read
"eangach"), 6.65.
"coighill, a thought, secret": leg. coigil, sparing, 98.88.
"cómhghluaireacht, united brightness" : leg. cómhghluaiseacht,
103z.
"cuplaodhach, provided with a cupola": leg. cúplach, cúplaidh-
each, lit. "coupled," 136.106, 156.27.
"dioth-thochlaidhe, which cannot be dug down": leg. dí-thogh-
laidhe, indestructibe, 102.171, 170.31.
"eochar-ghairmeach, with noisy border": leg. eochair-ghorm,
106.232, 168.20.
"fosach, washing": 160.76, 172.71, where for "umhail fosaigh":
leg. umhalfhosaig, washing of feet.
"gníomhachtach, active" : leg. gnímh-éachtach, of which this is
merely an editorial "emendation," passim.


L. 363


"iolchobhair, all kinds of help": leg. iolfhaobhar, 100.42.
"iomchomairc, a farewell": leg. iomchomhairc, greeting en-
quiry, passim.
"iomghrása, manifold favour, grace": 76.37, wehre leg. um
ghrása.
"lúibh, a kind of game" : "i gcluaintibh lúibhe agus liathróide,"
122.68, where "i gcleasaibh lúith agus liathróide" suggests
itself as an obvious emendation.
"muilceas, mulet, revenge": "muilcse," 112.33, where leg. "fá
choinne m'uilc-se do dhéanamh," i.e., with a view to doing
harm to me.
"ór-dhorn, a golden hilt," leg. urdhorn (ordhorn), grasping-part,
hilt, 6.66.
"scait, the finest of the flax" (recte scoth): "sciath glaine," 20.21,
where leg. the plural of some such compound adj as scoth-
áluinn.
"sith-ghnídheacht, doing lasting deeds": leg. (as in 162.133)
síoguidheacht, enchantment, wizardry, 154.5.
"tric-iomruadh, flickering around red," 130.12, and "tritheamh-
ruadh, flickering red," 86.204: evident corruptions of a single
word, probably treathan-ruadh.






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