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Analysis of Fat rick' s Hyma. 305ANALYSIS OB"PATRICK'S HYMN.(Continued from page Gl.)Dommimthus (for ray guiding, to guide me) = do-mmimthus,the prep, do, the inhxed proa, mm for m, and imthua(history), = im-do-us, the prefixes ivi + do, and us from*ud-tic. =*vad-tu, the root vad corresponding to Skr. root waciin vad-d-mi (I say). Cf. Beit. viii. 330.Rose (ej'e), from the root ark, rak (to beam, to radiate, toflame). Cf. Kuhn's Zeit. xxi. 425-7.Domreimcise (to see before me) = do-m-reimcise, the prep.do (to), the infixed pi'on. m, and reimcise for remcissin, thedat. sing., after do, of reimcisiti = remcaissiu = rem-caisiu, thepref. rein, now romh, cognate with Lith. prep, pirvi (before),Lat. primus, Goth, fricma, &c., and caissiu from cas, connectedwith Skr. caksh noticed above. Cf. Goid., p. 155.Cluas (ear), a fem. a-stem cognate with Skr. gru (hear) andgravas (fame), Gr. kXuui (hear), Lat. duo (hear), Goth hl'iu-ma,O.H.G. hlu-t, Eng. loud. Cf Curt. Gr. Etym., pp. 150-1.Domestecht (to hear me) = do-m-esteclit, the prep, do, the infixedpron. m, and dstecht for ^tsecht, the infin. of ^tsini (I hear).Brlathar (word), a fem. re-stem (cf. Z. 221), gen. brethre, dat.hr^thir, ace. brethir-n, nom. pi. brlathra, cognate with Gr. p/p-pafor Fp/frpa from root Fep, Lat. verhum (word), Goth, vaur-d(word), Ger. wort (word). Ice. ord (word), A.S. and Eng. loord.Domerlabrai (to speak for me) = do-m-erlabrai, the prep.do, the infixed pron. in, and erlabrai the dat. sing, of erlabra(speech) = er-labra, the jiref. er = air and labra, from labar,W. llafaru, connected, perhaps, with Lat. lubr-urn (lip).Ldm (hand), a fem. a-stem = *plama = Lat. ^^ct^wia.Bomviimdegail (do guard me) = do-mm-imdegail, the pref.do, the infixed pron. mm, and imdegail, the infinitive of im.-dichim (vindico), 3 sing, im-dig. Cf. Wind. Gr., p. 103.Intech (way), from root tak, is compared by Stokes withZend tak (course), Lith. takas (path.) Cf. Goid., p. 155.Doviremthechtas (to lie before me,) a mas. s-stem = do-mremthecht-as,the pref. do, the infixed pron. m, the pref. rem,V