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grctaalflpt €minmi& FOURTH SERIES.—VOL. XIII, NO. L. APRIL 1882. COMPARISON OF CELTIC WORDS FOUND IN OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE and ENGLISH DIALECTS WITH MODERN CELTIC FORMS. (Continued from p. 18.) If we continue our researches in this field, we find that in Anglo-Celtic words we still meet with tenues for mediae, or medioa for aspiratse ; as in p for b, b for bh or v; t for d, and d for dd or th. P for b in anlaut. Anglo-Celtic. Mod. Celtic. ■Per, to fall in drops (Lane.) W. beru, to drop, to ooze (Pryse); Arm. bera, to drop, to distil Parch, to scorch, to burn Ir. Gael, barg, burning, red hot ; Manx, paagh (tor parg ?), dry, thirsty Parken, a kind of cake (Lane.) 0. Ir. bairgen, panis, placenta (Z', 462 ; Gold., 76) ; Ir. Gael, bair- ghean, a cake Paw, dirty, obscene; also haw W. baw, mire, dirt; dirty, filthy " Pshaw, wench and pimp, paw words; I know thou art an honest fellow." (Wycherley, Country Wife). Pour, to cause to issue, to make a W. bwrw, to cast, throw, pour ; bwrw liquid flow out or down glaw, to rain ; bwrw, fundere (Z', 032) Prog, food, victuals; food to be eaten Ir. Gael, brochan, pottage; Manx, m the fields (Cuuib.) broghan, id.; Corn, brvha for bruga or brugha, id.; W. pry (for pryg \), food 4th ser., vol. xiii. H