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 laws, are just the immemorial customs of the people, their manners, and hahits; cf. ''Gr. Celt. 986, and cf. Ml. 14 c$11$, is reid foglaim inbesgnai, “vitae ratio ad intelligendum prona.” This word bés enters into another compound word of rather curious import, viz., béstindrim, used in Ml. to express Jerome's tropologia: vide 48 c$11$, triain béstindrim ‘aliud sonans, aliud sentiens’; cf. 41 α$2$, trisin ṁbæstindrim, where bés'' corresponds to.

We have a simple form lam in the sense of ‘prepared’, as in Wb. 3$d$ issí indainim aslam dochomalnad recto Dé, “it is the soul which is prepared to fulfil the law of God”. This is usually compounded with prepositions, as in ir-lam, ur-lam; but it occurs I believe in a compound not yet noted, e.gr. Ml. 14c$11$, adblam gl. prona; 37α$10$ cos[índ]-oínchel nammá as reil ⁊ as adblom, “one meaning which is clear and ready to-hand”; 53 α$18$, as adblam do thabairt fortachtae, “who is ready to give help”; ibid. ǽradblam, tam pronum [for ǽr = tam, cf. 55 d$³$, 58 c$10$, 58 d$23$, aertheste, tam effuse] ; 53 c$12$, ní lour indegforcitlaid maní be indithem leir ⁊ menma adblam, “the good teacher does not suffice unless there be thorough attention and a ready mind”; both here and in 37 a$8$, Ascolí divides ad blom, but cf. also Wb. 2d n‑adblamu. The prior element in the compound adb-lam is probably the same found under the forms, and meaning ‘garments’, ‘accoutrements’, ‘implements’, &c., so that the word would denote primarily ready-armed.

Another compound of this adb is met with in, glossed in O’Clery by , a meaning that somewhat disguises its origin. The second element is a derivative of the root clu (inclytus,, &c). It occurs in Ml. 40 d$10$, do adbchlois, as gloss on pompae; and ''cf. ibid. $18$, amal bid hualailiu chlausul adbchlostu trop, ‘velut in clausula pompatica''’. In middle Irish it is of common occurrence; cf. LB. 36 α 7, Ecclesiastes tra, lebor e side i fhollsigther dímaine ⁊ erchra in tsaegail i n‑a gloir ⁊ i n‑a ádbchlos, ‘the vanity and perish-