Page:Cnuasacht trágha - Sheehan.djvu/68

60 15. "Until they were beaten," i.e., until they could remain no longer. 16. " That left her [the ship]." 17. ** He cast off all that was on him," i.e., his clothes. 18. "He faced for the deep." So, below, c. fÁ An btrAill, "faced for the cliff [to climb up it]." 19. "Expecting every moment." 20. " [Pieces of] the cliff were slipping away from under the feet of the sailor, and the stones which were falling down almost killed the captain." 21. " Until the day dawned on him." 22. " In a clump of shrub and fern." 23. " He went towards where the dogs were." 24. " It was a marvel to hear them, so loudly they barked." Lit., "because of barking," Of. m^o]bA^. if cat) é te v^AbAf, it is a marvel of excellence, a marvel because of excellence. 25. In f An also heard. 25a. " That their ship had been wrecked below." Lit., " that (some- one or something) was after wrecking the ship on them." RAt)A-ó is the perfect passive form of |iAib, " was." 26. " In a minute." 27. He did get up." The teip simply means "too, also;" "he got up too, and he got his men up." 28. " Hot drinks." 29. (" Attending to him) until he recovered." 30. " At dawn of day." " The speckling of the day." 31. " He asked him to come up to the house." As both were below I'UAf is correct. If someone called to him from the top of the cliff he would say, rAi|i Aniop. 32. " He said he would not go, since everyone was against taking in the like of him, alive or dead." 33. *' The proper thing to do with Mine Head Lighthouse would be to put it up into the clouds." 34. " He sent a man eastwards to the coastguards to send word to Captain Moloney (the owner)." a^ expresses purpose after a verb of motion. 35. The noiii., not the gen., is commonly used after r^5<^r- 36. "Whence did she sail?" The tendency of this writer to use double questions will be noted. i<7. "She held on the same tack." Cac is, of course, mere English.