The hymn is extremely obscure, containing a number of archaic words, and my rendering is very doubtful. The writer of the Gloss is, I think, also at fault in his paraphrase. The general purpose of the hymn seems to be that of a death-song, chanted probably by the victims about to be sacrificed. They were given the sacred food to eat, as described by Duran, and then prepared themselves to undergo death, hoping to go to "the beautiful house," which the Gloss explains as Tlalocan, the Terrestrial Paradise. GLOSSARY. A A, prefix, negative, or positive prefix, = _atl_, water. Acatecunotzaya, XVIII, 3. Equivalent, according to the Gloss, to _onimitznotz_. Acatona, XVI, 1, 2. For _ac a tonan_. _See_ v. 2. Acatonalaya, III, 5. From _acatl_, reed (?). Achalchiuhtla, XV, 3. Comp. of _atl_, and _chalchiuitl_. Achtoquetl, XV, 3, 4. In the first place, first. Acxolma, XIII, 2. Apparently related to _acxoyatl_, wild laurel. Acan, XIII, 3. Much, many times. Aca naxcan, XVIII, 5, 6; XX, 3, 4. Only now, for _can axcan_. Ahuia, II, 1. An interjection. Amanteca, I, 5. Workers in mechanic arts (Molina), especially feathers (Sahagun). Amapanitl, III, 1. _Panitl_, banner, flag, with possessive pronoun. Amo, _adv._, no, not, negative; _pron._, your. Anauhcampa, III, 1. "To all four quarters of the water," i.e., in all directions. Anneuaya, III, 2. Poetic for _in nehuatl_, "ego ipse." Annotata, III, 4. Poetic for _in no-tauan_, my forefathers. Annotequina, III, 3. According to the Gloss, equivalent to _in tino teuh_, thou my god. Annoteua, III, 2. Poetic for _in no-teuh_, my lord. Anomatia, XX, 1. Not to know, to be ignorant of. Aoyequene, III, 1. For _aoc yequene_, "and also no one." Apana, XV, 2. Comp. of _atl_, water, and _pani_, upon, postpos. Aquamotla, III, 5. From _quammomotla_, to play ball (?). Aquitoloc, II, 1. A negative, _itoa_, to say, to tell, in the passive preterit. Ateucuitlatl, XV, 3. Golden water. Comp. of _atl_, and _teocuitlatl_. Atilili, VIII, 2. _Atilia_, to become clear or light. Atl, XIV, 4. Water. In composition, _a_. Atliyollo, XX, 3, 4. From _atli_, to drink water. (?) Aua, III, 7. An interjection (?). Auatic, IV, 6. Mistress of the waters (_atl_, water). A-uetztini, XI, 2. From _uetzi_, to fall; "your fall," "your destruction." Auiallo, XIV, 7. From _auia_, to be content, to rejoice. Axalaco, XVII, 4. From _axalli_, a water plant, and loc. term. _co_. Ayac, I, 1, _et saepe_. Nobody, no one. Ayauh, III, 6. Fog, mist; compound form of _ayauitl_. Ayauhcalcatl, VI, 6. One who has charge of the mist. Compare _tepancalcatl_, a gardener. Ayailicalo, III, 6. From _ayauh_, _calli_, the house of mist, but the Gloss renders it by _auicalo_, the fresh, dewy house (cf. Sah., p. 150). Aylhuicolla, III, 2. Derived by the Gloss from _ilhuice_, more, hence, to make to grow, to increase. Ayouica, VI, 5. For _ayaic_, never.