_Suddenly a crocodile seized him by the leg [knee?], and went away
with it [him?]_ azūed arāte irmast safód, ilmar deris. (_Dēris_,
under it?)
[Note: _Alīm_, edge, border? In 50. we have _esalīm_, shore, and
_asarīm_ in vocabulary. Elsewhere, _alīm_ is skin, for _aglim_ of Kab.
Also _alim_, chaff, straw, in Kab.
_Azūed_, sudden (heavy).
_Irmas_, seized. _Afod_, knee, in vocabulary.
_Ilmar_, not again in this sense.]
225. _The river horse rose in the water (to the surface of the water),
and snorted_, ajámba áskaket dar áman isáfărad.
_The river horse has upset the boat_, ajámba irbar tōraft.
_The river horse has shattered the boat_, ajámba tárzar [tarza?]
tōraft.
[Note: _Irbar_, crushed with his feet, 172.
_Tarzar_: compare _Irzar_ in 171.]
226. _The vulture hovered over the gazelle_, elullen ilay gínnigis
ashinkat.
_Until it pounced upon it, and tore out its eyes_, har asgen
felles ístaras, íkas tettáwennis.
_Lay the pillow upon the mat (carpet)_, sins ádăfōr fel isífter
[fel isiftakh].
[Note: _Har asgen_, until; _felles_, upon it; _istaras_, it pounced,
from _iras_, it descended. Thus _asgen_ seems to mean “a time,” “a
while.” In Kab. _azgen_, half, middle, part.
_Sins_, cause to rest? from _insa_, he rested? 42. 58.
_Isiftakh_, evidently from Arab. _fatakh_. The ح is presently corrupted
into _kh_.]
227. _I this morning found a scorpion under my carpet_, nek tifaut idak
enhagh tezerdemt dau tesúftakhtēn.
_Lay a cloth under your saddle_, ége tashíshwart dau mĕdásh.
_Lest it hurt the back of your horse_, war eráshădēt (_or_
itemanākit) arōrin aïs innak.
[Note: _Ége_, make, for, put.
_Erashādet_ seems to be subjunctive from _ishad_ or _ishadet_. Compare
Arabic _shadha_, he harmed.
_Itemanākīt_, root, _naka_? _Temankit_ is exhaustion.]
228. _At that place the river runs upon rock_, dar agel wādagh áman
óshălen fel tihōn.
_He fell along the [gallery? landing-place?]_, enta etarákatet fel
sŏrō.
_Till he came below the staircase [steps of the gallery?]_, har
óse dau íbtalen sŏrō.
_All the day he sat in his tent_, ashel rurret ekēm der ehénnis.
[Note: _Agel_, place? (Is it the same as _aghel_, Kab. arm? See 201. on
_aril_.)]