[140] The word would be more correctly spelt Yawân. It is known that Iôn has been changed from Ivôn, or rather Iwôn, by the elision of the digamma.
[141] i.e. the Gauls.
[142] For the story of Bran’s head, which spoke after it was cut off, and which is in its natural interpretation probably the sun, see Mr. M. Arnold’s Celtic Literature.
[143] Or if the Teutones were really Germans. Some have denied this (see Latham’s Germania, Appendix). But, I think, without sufficient reason.
[144] Latham’s Germania.
[145] And therefore possibly Slaves, Wend being a name applied by Teutons to Slaves.
[146] e.g. Old German, aran, to plough = arare, etc.
| Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber: |
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| party exterminated=> partly exterminated {pg 101} |
| certain among the the islands=> certain among the islands {pg 115} |
| of the Semitic=> of the Semetic {pg 118} |
| the Ayran people=> the Aryan people {pg 199} |
| have the Elsyian fields=> have the Elysian fields {pg 243} |
| the Egyptian heiroglyphics=> the Egyptian hieroglyphics {pg 311} |
| closely alied to=> closely allied to {pg 320} |
| the ancient Egptian=> the ancient Egyptian {pg 339} |
| case in repect of=> case in respect of {pg 351} |
| in Phenician=> in Phœnician {pg 357} |
| to the Eyptians=> to the Egyptians {pg 364} |