The Vernacular Inscriptions of the Ancient Kingdom of Alban (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...Scotorm (Rolls ser.) tells us that "Maoliosa, Kpscop Alban, quieuit." As for Unggus, "Uugus" is one of thu names given to the Piotish king (otherwise called "Angus," &o.), who died in 761. As it was he who established the cult of 8. Andrew, his name had double reason to be perpetuated, if indeed there is any perpetuation in the matter, and if Ungus was not an ordinary Pictish name. We now proceed to inquire what was the inscription conveyed in (1) and (2) which was "newly made" with the good wishes of these two men, and why it was newly made. The chances are 100 to 1 that the inscription 1EITJE EONYNTAva contains a proper name? Is sEttce that name? Probably not, because, of the other ten stones referred to in Prof. Rhys's paper (p. 304) as being more or less Pictish in language, no fewer than seven contain a very similar word--so that cettce is pretty clearly part of a formula. Again, we find that VAVR has vor(r) corresponding to it in the Ogams on the same stone, and that either uor or uorr occurs on three of the other ten stones, while on a fourth mor occurs. Now, the Scottish One lie for "great" is mor; the chieftain of a district was called its mormaer, "great man" (Book of Deer, bcxviii., &c.); the head of Clan Catty (Sutherland) is called Morphear (=" great man") Chitt (see the obelisk on Golspie bridge); and the head of the Campbells is known as Mac Callum Mor. Again, the Scottish Oaelic genitive masculine of mor is mhor, pronounced vor. So that, if the lines (1) mid (2) bo in Scottish Gaelic, Vavk looks like an adjective in the genitive agreeing with.fliCNUN and governed by a substantive Xtt.t, . As for the difference of vowel between vavr and...