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Old-Irish Verse.

tafnetar* coin alta di • combdi^ inUachtur*' Gabra^
Asrir^ in sinnach^ nallaid • doraith aaithig*^ in truaig :
dochum feda® conselai^ • ce dosefnatar^* intsltiaig^.
Ba menn^"'* inna himthechtaib • ba oenmathair*** Mai'cc Rig mair.

wolves hunted it for her, until it was in Uachtar-Gabra. 5
She gave the wild fox for' her vassal, the wretched one :
it went" to the wood though the hosts chased it.
It was clear in her goings that she was the unique mother of the Son
of the Great King :

Fotharta Tire, a land in the south of Hiii Censelaig, every year to Brigit as lo an offering. Messengers came from the king of Hiii Censelaig to ask it However, the king of Fotharta said that he would not give it to him and he would not give it to Brigit in his despite, but he would let it go forth, and wherever God should send it over Mag Fea to Uachtar Gabra, i.e. to the place where Brigit was' F"^ 4. .i. tuccad 'was i5 given' T, Z)o6re<[A] .i. ^wcac? F"'^ 5. A. ha maith^ it w&s good' 6. .i. telach mor sein^ fil iviMaig Lagen 'that is a great hill in the plain of Leinster '

1. .i. roeimestar^ 'gave' 2. Asrir .i (romarb) sinnach na hanrigna ic Mastin i nOib Muredaig, co rotriallad a marhad ind Is and lo dorala Brigit ic Mastin intan sen, co nerbairt Brigit iter mac.robad ferr .... marbad nogebtha ar scnth^ acht co ndernad inclesamacht donid in sinnach aile • Senais -iarum Brigit in caille, 7 benais boscrand co tanic sinnach na clesamnacht (etna esti, 7 dor at Brigit... dar cend in truaig • roleced ass tv& injer dochuaid isin caill in sinnach 7 ni choemastea ni 25 do cia nobetis coin Lagen ule inna diaid ' (a man killed) a fox belonging to the queen at Maistiu" in Hiii Muredaig, and it was sought to put him to death for it. Brigit chanced to be at Maistiu at that time. Brigit said would be taken in its place provided it could do the tricks which the other fox used to do. Then Brigit blessed the 30 wood, and struck a clapper, and a fox with the same tricks came out of it, and Brigit gave it for the wretch. So when the man was let off the fox went into the wood, and nothing could have been done to it, though all the hounds of Leinster had been after it' F 3. .i. roelai rosir^ 'escaped, or searched ' 4. cia rotoipniset T, ce rotaifnitar F 35

1. .i. ba /ollus 'was clear' 2. i Gill Brigte o Chill da/ra fades doronad so ' this was done in Cell Brigte south of Kildare ' F™* 3. .i. ba hoen de matribus Christi Brigit ' Brigit was one of the mothers of Christ' T [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

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  1. taifnetar F
  2. comboi F. combdi T
  3. nuactur P
  4. athig F
  5. fedai F
  6. dosepnatar F
  7. intluaig TF
  8. hoenmathair F
  9. cf. Vol. I. p. 534
  10. of. -coisle LU. 64» 16, cotsela Rev. Celt. xi. 444
  11. om. F
  12. roemastar F
  13. leg. ara scdth : cf. Aisl. p. 134, Laws iii. 26
  14. now MuUaghmast, co. Kildare, Eev. Celt. xv. 336
  15. In T it is more like rosin ; in F the last letter is indistinct, J.S.