[Abhor], to hate, to detest, to have a horror of.

[Transform], to change the form or shape.

[Society], company.

[The dreadful day of doom], "that day of woe," i.e. the Day of Judgment. The children of Lir had some obscure foreknowledge of the coming of Christianity.

[Desolate], waste and solitary.

[Tempestuous], stormy.

[VII.—Page 32].

[Abode], a dwelling.

[Plight], an evil and unpleasant state.

[Endure], to bear, to suffer.