[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.