[31]. It is probably derived from an obsolete verb νύβω, the Latin nubo signifying to veil or cover; hence nubes, clouds. In Homer (II. iii. 130.), Iris says to Helen,

Δεῦρ’ ἵθι, νύμφα φίλη.

The preceding and following notes are also from Mr. Keightley.

[32]. Keightley’s Fairy Mythology, vol. i.

[33]. Keightley’s Fairy Mythology, vol. i.

[34]. Keightley, vol. i.

[35]. See Vol. I. p. 32.

[36]. Keightley, vol. i.

[37]. See Vol. I. p. 49.

[38]. Foreign Quarterly Review, No. 3.