Note 1115 — Chapter X · LEARNING AND LANGUAGE. (continued 2)

Bells. Ceolán. Ceolán, the dim. of ceol, ‘music,’ is a very general name for a bell of any size, although glossographers usually describe it as ‘a small bell.’ But the word ceolán is often met in connection with the adj. bec, ‘little,’ as ceolán bec, ‘a little bell.’—Book of Lismore, 117.