Note 1074 — Chapter X · LEARNING AND LANGUAGE. (continued 2)

For meditation. Ri teoir. The word teoir is explained in an old MS. thus:—ón ni is teorica vita .i. beta theoir imcisnech .i. nech is in eclais og urnaithi no a menma an Dia do grés; ‘from the thing that is theorica vita, viz., a life of watchful contemplation; i.e. a person who is wont to be in a church praying, or his mind always intent on God.’ MS. Egerton, 88, Brit. Mus.