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ABBREVIATIONS


1. LANGUAGE TITLES

Ag. S. —Anglo Saxon
Arm. —Armenian
Br. —Breton
Bulg. —Bulgarian—O. Bulg. = Ch. Sl.
Ch. Sl. —Church Slavonic
Cor. and Corn. —Cornish
Dan. —Danish
Dial. —Dialectic, belonging to a dialect
Du. —Dutch
E. —Early, as E. Eng. = Early English
Eng. —English
Fr. —French
G. —Gaelic
Gaul. —Gaulish
Ger. —German
Got. —Gothic
H. —High, as H. G. = High German
Heb. —Dialects of the Hebridees
Hes. —Hesychius
I. E. —Indo-European
Ir. —Irish
Ital. —Italian
L. —Late, as L. Lat. = Late Latin
Lat. —Latin
Lett. —Lettic
Lit. —Lithuanian
M. —Middle, as M. Ir. = Middle Irish
Mod. —Modern
N. —Norse
N. —New, as N. Slav. = New Slavonic
N. H. —Dialects of the Northern Highlands
O. —Old, as O. Ir. = Old Irish
O. H. G. —Old High German
Per. —Persian
Pruss. —Prussian
Sc. —Scottish
Sl. and Slav. —Slavonic
Slov. —Slovenic
Span. —Spanish
Sw. —Swedish
W. —Welsh
Zd. —Zend or Old Bactrian

2. BOOKS AND AUTHORITIES

A. M'D
—Alexander Macdonald's Gaelic Songs, with vocabulary.
Atk.
—Atkinson's Dictionary to the Passions and Homilies from the Leabhar Breac, 1887.
Arm., Arms.
—Armstrong's Gaelic Dictionary, 1825.
B. of Deer
—Book of Deer, edited by Stokes in Goidelica, 1872.
Bez. Beit.
—Bezzenberger's Beiträge zur Kunde der Idg. Sprachen, a German periodical still proceeding.
C.S.
—Common Speech, not yet recorded in literature.
Carm.
—Dr Alexander Carmichael; see "Authors quoted."
Celt. Mag.
—The Celtic Magazine, 13 vols., stopped in 1888.
Con.
—Coneys' Irish-English Dictionary, 1849.