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nenuphar - water lily, Egyptian lotus

aryuz (armenian) - lion Sirius

aryun (arm.) - blood Orion

Pegasus* - Winged horse of Greek myth, symbol of the sacred king's or hero's journey to heaven; an image of death and apotheosis, like the mythic death-hordes of northern Europe. He sprang from the "wise blood" of the Moon-goddess Medusa, who embodied the principle of medha, the Indo-European root word for female wisdom. Or, alternately, he was the magic horse Arion, "the moon creature on high," born of the Goddess Demeter and ridden by Heracles in his role of sacred king in Elis; bogha (boa) (gael) - bow (in archery); bow (of a boat).

gam - a leg

mademoiselle* - an unmarried Frenchwoman; a (foreign) serving-maid; Marmor (ger) - marble.

Marmeniere - Armenia

tot weerziens (dutch) - au revoir ('to the seeing again')

negen in twintig (dutch) - 29

post zegel (dutch) - postage stamp; Sihlpost - Zurich's main post office; Siegel (ger) - seal.

wat (dutch) - something

brievenbus (dutch) - letterbox

besieged - invested or surrounded by hostile forces

Lilith* - female demon of Jewish folklore; her name and personality are derived from the class of Mesopotamian demons called lilû (feminine: lilitu). In rabbinic literature Lilith is variously depicted as the mother of Adam's demonic offspring following his separation from Eve.

Isis Unveiled* - first major work of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. In this book she criticized the science and religion of her day and asserted that mystical experience and doctrine were the means to attain true spiritual insight and authority.

watchful - engaged in or accustomed to watching or close observation, vigilant

treacher - a deceiver, a cheat, one who deceives by trickery, a traitor

that is to say* - Used to introduce a more explicit or intelligible re-statement of what immediately precedes, or a limiting clause necessary to make the statement correct; Sometimes used sarcastically to introduce a statement of the real fact which a quoted statement misrepresents or euphemistically veils.

fooi (dutch) - tip, gratuity, what one gives to a chambermaid; foei! (dutch) - fie!

kamermeisje (dutch) - chamber maid

zijn (dutch) - to be, his (onomat.)

we moesten ons haasten (dutch) - we had to hurry

glim - to take a look at, watch

preseeing = foreseeing

heat - intensity or great warmth of feeling; fervour, ardour, passion

yield - the action of yielding crops or other products, production; that which is produced, produce; esp. amount of produce.

corn - a grain, a seed

shame - to make ashamed, to cause to feel shame; shim - to shine (obs.) Shem

upseek - to seek or search out, to search through; haben aufzusuchen (ger) - have to look up.

a bit* - a little, somewhat; bitty - tiny, (charmingly) small.

township - the inhabitants of a town; manor, village, town

courant - a paper containing news, a published newsletter or newspaper. (Now only in names of newspapers, esp. in Scotland and northern counties.)

insight - the fact of penetrating with the eyes of the understanding into the inner character or hidden nature of things; a glimpse or view beneath the surface.

patriarchal - of or belonging to a patriarch; of or characteristic of the patriarchs or their times.

seamanna (shamena) (gael) - quotations, sophistries, rigmarole; Let's say that "shaman" was a word. If it does come from the word "saman" (exalted), it describes a state of consciousness, not a role. The whole idea of Shaman culture is to be able to connect with the Divine through ecstasy. REFERENCE

broadstone* - hewn or squared stone, masonry of such stone

STATUE OF WILLIAM III - The equestrian statue erected in College Green 1 July 1701 was long a symbol of the Protestant Ascendancy, a point of contention between the Orange faction, for whom it was a rallying point, and Irish nationalists. Before it was finally blown up in 1929, and removed, it was frequently covered with tan and grease, defaced, or partially blown up. Generations of Dubliners commented on the fact that the statue faced the Castle, turning its back on TCD; billy - lad, fellow, boy.

white horsed - bearing the figure of the white horse (reputed as the ensign of the Saxons when they invaded Britain; also as the sign, and hence the name, of an inn); having or driving a white horse or horses.

anxious seat - a seat near the pulpit; a state of worry or anxiety caused by uncertianity.

Tobit* - Apocryphal book. Tobit was blind and saw again.

ex profundis malorum (l) - "out of the depths of evil"

bred - p.p. of breed (to give rise to, engender, develop, produce, create)

unfeigned - sincere, genuine, true

charity - love, kindness, affection, natural affection: now esp. with some notion of generous or spontaneous goodness.

wounder - wonder; one who wounds, that which wounds

nomen (l) - name

nash - soft, tender, gentle; to go away, quit; Nash, Thomas (1567-1601) - English poet, playwright, pamphleteer. Wyndham Lewis, meaning to be uncomplimentary, compared the opening of "Shem the Penman" to Nash and said Joyce and Nash met on the common ground of Rabelais; nahash = Hebrew "serpent".

any old how* = any how

mottled - dappled with spots or blotches

rab (rob) (gael) - hog

missus - missis

benevolence - an expression of goodwill, an act of kindness; favourable feeling or disposition.

prudency - ability to discern the most suitable, politic, or profitable course of action, esp. as regards conduct; practical wisdom.

astuteness - mental subtlety, shrewdness, keenness of penetration or discernment

unfold - to open or unwrap the folds of, to spread open (transf. or fig.)

posteriors - descendants