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TÁIN BÓ CÚAILNGE

Biait coirthi i llechtaib,bid formach do rīgmartaib,
nī maith nofichid in cathi llorg[1] frisin nōindenach.[2]

Atchīu in cruth imonaig[3]ocht cend[4] ina c[h]uillsendaib,
adchīu fodb leis i mberttaib,[5]deicht cend[4] ino rossētaib.[6]

Adchīu dofocart[7] far mnāa ṅgnūis tarsna ergala,
adchīu far rīgna in móir[8]nī tocair dond nimforrāin.[9]

Díambad mē bad chomarlid[10]biad slōg imbi do cath.[11]

Fergus resbondtit[12]

Ber[13] as Dubthach ṅDoēlteṅga[i]d[14]iar cūl int slūaig[15] nosreangaid,[16]
chon dergeni[17] nach maithō ggegain[18] in ingenr(?)oith.[19]

Ferais ēcht ndochla ndobail,[20]guin Fīachach[21] mic Conchobair;
nībo c[h]āiniu[22] rocloth[23] doguin Cairpri mic Feidlimidh.[24]

Rīgi nUlad nī cosnaimac Lugdach mic Casrubai,
issed dognī fri dōine,[25]anād ruband[26] cotsūidi.[27]

Bid olc la longes[28] nUlad [34 a]guin a maic nād lānhulach,
costad nUlad ma dobī[29]adsūifet in imirgi.[30]

Sīrfid[31] in nōindin hi fotdo hUltaib naconerasot[32]

Biait techta scēlmāra,biait rīgnai dērmāra,
biait crēchtai fuidbecha,[33]biait buidne airslechta.[34]

Biait colla fo chosaib,biait brain for branḟesaib[35];
beiti fǣnscēith hi lergaib,bid[36] cumtach[37] do dībergaib.

Rōinfid[38] fuil fēne fo donla slūag inna nduinechon,
regaid ind loṅges hi fot[39]di Ultaib dianairiset.[40]

  1. lleirg LU.
  2. noennenach LU.
  3. immondnaig LU.
  4. 4.0 4.1 cind LU.
  5. the first t on an erasure: imbrétaib LU.
  6. ina rosétaib LU.
  7. dofócrat LU.
  8. o is obscure
  9. imforráin LU.
  10. between l and i a letter (r?) has been erased
  11. do cath: di cach leith LU. After this a half-verse is wanting
  12. Conid and rochan Fergus inso conebairt LU.
  13. the abbreviation for er is alter, and there is an erasure after b
  14. ndóel tengaid LU.
  15. s added later below
  16. nasrengaid LU.
  17. d later over the line
  18. geogain LU.
  19. ningenraith LU.
  20. o and ail on erasures
  21. fíachaig LU.
  22. nípau cháiniu LU.
  23. over oc there is a long stroke
  24. corpri mc fedelmthéo LU.
  25. dóini LU.
  26. originally rubard: rubad LU.
  27. cosaidi LU.
  28. longais LU.
  29. the two first letters obscure
  30. g on an erasure
  31. the half of this stanza is wanting
  32. it is uncertain whether the eighth letter is a or u: ɔderesot LU.
  33. fuidb bechtai LU.
  34. airlechtai LU.
  35. branfossaib LU.
  36. bi LU.
  37. m and part of u on an erasure
  38. In the ms. there comes here: regaid fene fodon (followed by erasure) la (on erasure) slogh (mark of aspiration later) inna nduinechon, and the verse Rōinfed &c. follows anall
  39. fat LU.
  40. díandarísat LU.