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TÁIN BÓ CÚAILNGE

iarum gaisced f̄er (sic) ⁊ fōebar isin chath ⁊ maidter rempi fo thri conad[1] ed rosōi in cūal gāi fora cūlu. "Nī fetar," ol Concobar fria muintir bātar imme, "cia resa maid in cath frind atūaid. Geibidsi sunn in cath didiu conndecharsa fora chind." "Gemane iarum i mbale itām," ar na hōca, "acht mana maidi in talam found an nem annūas foraindi, conmemsamne de sund." Farrumæ iarum Conc[h]obar ar cind Fergusa; tōcbaid in scīath fris .i. ind Ochain, scīath Conc[h]obair, cetheora benna ōir fair, .iiii. sethnecha ōir thairrse. Benaid Fergus trī bēmind fair nād comairnic cid bil a scēith dosom for a cend. "Cia di Ultaib argab in scīath?" ol Fergus. "Fer as ferr ⁊ :::ol ua : oi," ol Conchobar, "⁊ rodatuc for longes inn adba con alltai ⁊ sindach ⁊ dotningēba anndiu[2] ar gail gaiscid fiad ḟeraib hĒrend." Inmidir Fergus lasodain bēm ndīgla da dib lāmaib for Conc[h]obar co comnic grinni in claideb fri talmain iarna chūl. Focherd Cormac Conlongesma for suidiu ⁊ iadaid a dī lāma ma rigid.

"Ainbchellach, ainbchellach[3], a mo popa, a Fergais," ol Cormac, "foichleach nairfoichlech insin, a popa Fergais, nāimtidi in chairdine, huise for nāimde, rocalled for cairde, olcai bāmend benai, a popa, a Ḟergais," ol Cormac. "Ceist cōich[4] bīu? "ol Fergus. "Ben a trī telcha iarsiu, tōi do lāim, slig immud do cach leith ⁊ nisnairle; imrap ainech nUlad nād confārcbad, nī confaicēbthar nā tācabtha triutsiu indiu." "Airgsiu na leath naill, a Chonchobair,' ol Cormac fria athair, "nīconmela in fersa a baraind for Ultu nī bus moo sund." Imsōi as Fergus; arsligi cēt lōech di Ultaib lasin cētna comroc cosin c[h]laideb, co comairnic fri Conall Cernach. "Bara mōr in brīg sin," ar Conall Cernach "for tūaith ⁊ cenēl ar thōin mnā drūithi." "Ceist cid dogēn, a fīrlāich?" orsē. "Clig[5] na tulchu tairrsiu ⁊ na dusu impu," or Conall Cernach. Sligis Fergus na tulchai iarum co roben a teora mǣla Midi da thrī bēmennaib. Rocluinethar Cūchulaind lasodain inna builli dobert Fergus forsna tulcha for scīath Conc[h]obair fodeisin.

"Cōich benas na bailcbēmendasa mōra imcianasa?" or Cūchulaind; "īadais crū chridi conscar bara bith dos[52 b]cara trait[6] tūaga." Frisgart Lōeg conepert: "Bentus forgu fear Fergus mac Rōich rodāna. Fuile[7] formach nane an fer Fergus,

  1. A letter seems to have been erased between a and d
  2. The d has been added beneath
  3. over the first line there is a faint an
  4. looks like coicli
  5. sic ms; leg. Slig
  6. Later on erasure
  7. perhaps fiu le