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60 Analysis of Patrick's Hymn.Gaelic regularly drojjs ludo-Gerni. 'p. On tene, W. ta,n, cf. alsoBeit. viii. 438.D4ne (swiftness, speed), a fern, ia-stem from dian (swift), cognatewith Skr. di, from which comes cU-jd-mi (hurry, fly), Gr. root Siin Sl-eadai (hasten), Set-v6-^ (frightful), Lat. di in dims.Gr. Etym., p. 234'.Cf. Curt.Ldchet (of lightning), gen. sing, of I6che (lightning), an nt-stem{ = Hauhant), cognate with Gr. XevKoi (white), Lat. lux (light) andluceo (I shine), Goth, liuhath (light), O.H.G. Uoht (light), Eng.lUjJd. The Skr. root is rule (shine), Zend rule (to give out light).Cf Curt Gr. Etym., p. 160.Lassrach, by which lucliet is glossed, is gen. sing, of lassair(flame), a fem. c-stem from lassim, now lasaim, related to Skr.lal-sh (to perceive, to mark). Cf Kukn's Zeit., xxi. 427, andWilliams' Skr. Dictionary.Luathc (swiftness), a fem ia-stem from luath (swift) = *plautarelated to Ice. fjutr (swift), Lith. pluu-ju (wash; infin. jildu-ii), Lat.2)ht- in 'pliivia, Gr. TrXe- in ifKi-ta, Skr. plu. CT. Curt. Gr. Etym., p.280, and Kuhn's Zeit., p. 43LGdcthe, gen. sing, of gdeth = gdith (wind ; now gaoth) fromroot yhi, cognate with Skr. root hi- in Jtimas (snow), Gr. -^^iin^icoi^ (snow), )(eiij.(iiv (winter), Lat. hiems (winter). 0. Gael,(/(/m (winter), from which geanikradh is derived, is connected.Fadomna {(\(i\Ah), is from fudomain (deep) = fu-domain, thepref fa for fo, and domain (deep), with m for b as shown bycomparing Dumnorix and Duhnoreix, Cogidumnus and Cogidubnus.Dubn is connected by Gliick, as noticed at p. 44, withGoth, diup from cZw^j, O.H.G. tiuf Eng. dee}). Cf Kelt. Namen,P-72.Mara, gen. sing, of Tnuir = *mori, a neut i-stem, cognate withLat. mare (sea) from root mar.Tairiscm (stability) = tairissem, a fem. a-stem = do-airissem,the prefixes do and air, and isscm, = isscni --- *ess-ma for *sess-7iia (?). Cf iress above.Talnian, the gen. sing, of talam (earth), a fem. Ti-stem =*tahna, gen. talman, dat. tulmain, " reminding one as to the rt.syllable of Lat. tellus, as to the stem formation of Skr. stariman,stariman (couch), from rt. star (to spread out)." Cf Beitr. z.Gesch. Deut Spr. iv. 232. Cf. p. 42 above. Talmain in MS.,which Dr. Stokes construes as a locative case.