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208 Gaelic and EngliA ; or, the Affmity ofLat. certus. The Brit, forms are O.W. cruitr (a winnowingshovel), Corn, croider (a sieve), Arm. crouzer', crouer, croer.50. Cridhe and heart.Cridhe (heart), in 0. Gael, cride = *cradia, is cognate with Gr.KpaSlrj = KapSia (heart), Lat. cor (heart), gen. coixl-is, Skr. hrdaja-m(heart), for hard-aja-m, Goth, hairto (heart), O.H.G. herzd,A.S. heorte, Eng. heart. The fundamental form is kard, referredby Ciirtius to ludo-Europ. kard (to vibrate). Cf Gr. Etym.p. 142.51. C'rith, craih and rath, rather.Crith (trembling, shaking) and W. cryd (trembling), O.W. crit,are referred by Rhys (Rev. Celt. ii. 333), to the Indo-Europ. basek-ard (to vibrate, leap) = krad, to which belong Skr. hird, kiVrdati(to quiver), Gr. KpiiSr] (quivering), KpaSdw (I swing, wave), Lat.cardo (a hinge), O.H.G. hrad (agile, quick), Ice. hradh-r (swift,fleet), hrata (to stagger), A.S. hraed, hred, hraedh, hredh (quick,swift), hradhe (quickly), Mid. Eng. rath (eaidy), rathe (soon), Eng.rath (early), compar. rather (sooner). Crath (to shake) is connectedwith crith. Windisch connects crith with Lith. kretd (tomove hither and thither). See Beitr. viii. 252, and Curt. Gr.Etm. p. 153. Stokes thinks (Beitr. viii. 315) that Irish ceird (astepping or going) is connected.52. Croicionn and Ice. hrygg-r, Eng. rigg, ridge.Croiclonn (skin), in O.Gael, crocenn (the back, the skin), andcroicend are cognate with Ice. hrygg-r (the back), O.H.G. hrucki(the back), N.H.G. riicken (the back), A.S. hryck (the back),O. Eng. hrug, Eng. rigg and ridge, with loss of initial h. CfBeitr. viii. 39. The Brit, forms are W. croen. Corn, crochen askin), croin, Arm. crochen.53. Cru and raven.Crib- in cru-fechta (a carrion-crow) is connected by Stokes(Beitr. viii. 315) with Lat. corvus (a raven), comix (a crow), Gr.Kopa^ (raven), Kopwvr) (crow), O.H.G. hrahan (raven). Ice. hrafii,A.S. hraefn, Eng. raven (with h dropped), all from Indo-Europ.root kar (to call).54. Cruaich and rick.Cruaich (a heap, a stack) is connected with Ice. hruak-r (asmall stack), A.S. hreac (a stack, heap), Eng. rick (with loss ofinitial h). The Brit, forms are W. crvg, dim. rriigaii (a hillock,