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TÁIN BÓ CÚAILNGE

airsin anūas fogēba." "Nadeiris," or cāch, "is mōra na comadasin ⁊ na haiscedasin." "Is fīr ōn," or Fer Diad, "isad mōra; ⁊ cidad mōra chena, a Medb, is acotso fodeisin fāicfidther ma dula[1] damsa i naigid mo chomalta do chomrac.[2]" "A firu tra," orsī, or Medb, tri chōir nindlaig ⁊ imc[h]osāidi, "is fīr in brīathar asbert Cūchulaind," mar nā cloised Fer Diad itir. "Cē guth ēiside, a Medb?" or Fer Diad. "Adrubairt amanom,[3]" or sīsi, "nīpad furāil leis do thuitimsiu ina airigid gaiscid leis isin choiced i rragad." "Nīr bo c[h]ōir dosom a rād ōn, dāig nī hē mo trīamnass nā mo midlochos riam a llō nāch inn aichdi rofidir orm. Toingimsa ⁊ reliqua, corob[4] misi cētfer roficfa isin maitin imbārach co hāth in chomlaind." "Dotrīa būaid ⁊ bendachtain," or Medb; "is ferr[5] leam sin nā trīamnas ⁊ midlochos do fagbāil occot, dāig condolb cāch mo dāinib[6] fodesin. Cid cōro dosom sochur Ulad do dēnam arapa a māthar dīb indās daitsiu sochar chōicid Connacht, dāig at mac rīg Connacht adcǣmnacair?"

Is amlaid robādarsom oc naidm a cor ⁊ a n-dāla ⁊ dorigniset lāid and.

"Rotfīa lōg mōr mbuindi,
co cuit maigi is cailli,
co sāire do chloindi
ōndiu[7] co tī brāth.
A Fir Diad mic Damā[i]n
atted[8] ūas cach anāil,
is cōir dait a gabāil
anī gabus cāch."

"Nocho gēb cen ārach,
dāig nīm læch cen lāmach;
bid trom formsa amārach,
bid hūas dam a ḟeidm.
Cū dīan comainm Culand,
nī hulaṅg[9] nī hurisa a ḟulaṅg,
is amnas an urrand,[10]
is tairptheach in teidm."


  1. leg. mad dula?
  2. On the margin is something like obar
  3. This is what the ms. seems to have; the fourth letter might be r
  4. b has been inserted later
  5. Before err ms. seems to have either s or f, and before that probably i
  6. The two last letters are doubtful
  7. d added later below
  8. The second and third letters are doubtful; the original letters (? tc or c) seem to have been erased
  9. ni hulang is metrically superfluous, and should be omitted
  10. inn urrand LL.