scarais' iarum^ a forbrat^ • i taig for desleinn*^ gr^ne.
35 In macc^ ainnas^ rodasgaid^* • Brigtse*' ar ecnairc a rrlg*,
she afterwards spread'* her mantle in the house on a sunbeam,
35 The fierce lad, who had besought Brigit for her King's sake,
monster besought Brendan and the other saints of Ireland against the 5 other beast, and that protected it not till it besought Brigit. After that Brendan said that he would be no longer at sea till he knew why this miracle had been wrought for Brigit and not for others. Then Brendan set out to go to Brigit, and that was revealed to Brigit. At that time Brigit was herding sheep in the Curragh of the Lifiey. She went to 10 meet Brendan to Domnach Mor to the west of Kildare, and they greeted each of them the other. At Brendan's stone on the day after in the heat Brigit cast her wet cloak on the sunbeams, and it remained upon them. Brendan told his servant to put his cloak upon them, and it fell from them twice. The third time Brendan himself cast it with 15 anger, and then it remained upon them. Brigit asked her cook how much food she had. She said that she had only one eighth of barley grain. Then it was taken to the mill of Rath Cathair west of Kildare twice, and they would not grind it there, for Elill son of Dunlaing, king of Leinster, chanced to be there at that time at Rath Cathdir. Brigit's 20 servant went a third time, and he was cast into the mill-race along with his sack. Afterwards Brigit cursed "^ Rath Cathair that there should be neither smoke nor fires nor men in it for ever. And the whole mill sank beneath the earth. So Brigit's servant took his sack from the mill-race .... and its other half of meal of malt. Therewith a feast was made for 25 Brendan and for Brigit and for her household, and they were thirty days consuming that feast together. And each of them confessed to the other. Brendan said first that ever since he became pious he had never gone over seven furrows without his mind on God. 'It is well,' said Brigit, 'I thank God.' Brigit said however (that since she had fixed) her mind on 30 God, she had never taken it from Him at all. Brendan marvelled thereat.
- It will be just then,' said Brendan, 'that thou shouldest surpass us in
every respect.' Sic etc. 'and which they had done' F 3. .i. illo 'on a day' T 4. A. Jlechuid moir 'of great wet' T, .i.Jlecud mor 'great wet' F 5. .i. imMaig Life 'in the plain of the Lifiey' 6. .i. scailis^ 'she 35 spread out' 7. .i. iarsen 'after that' F 8. .i. acocholl t secip etach uachtorcich archena^ ' her cloak, or any other upper garment whatso- ever' 9. .i. for desred .i. fovsna go grene rohdtar (in)a laini deis 'on (her) right hand, i.e. on the sunbeams that were in her right hand' T,/or deis les for deis [under the line]...acsi diceret ybma goo grene F 40
1. .i. in meirlech^ tanic co Brigit 'the robber who came to Brigit' 2. INmac amnas : ic Raith Derthaige i nHu[i]b Failge doronad in firt sa .i. tanic merlech co Brigit fo • uii • co mbered molt cech uare uadi do chair- chaib mnd Dubthaig, coroaitliferad for Brigit; conerbairt Brigit: ^fegaitse for caircha dus in marat ule ; rofegsat iarmn .i. Dubthsich 7 a ben, 7 45 fuaratar eat ule i corrdane cen esbaid neich ' at Rath Derthaige in Offaly [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- ↑ deslem T., desleind F. We have no other example of the word
- ↑ rodascaid F
- ↑ Brigta T; it is ace. &%. — Brigti, cf. KZ. xxviii. 146
- ↑ cf. scarais Airmedh a prat Eev. Celt. xii. 68
- ↑ lit. ' put a word upon'; in a good sense fordcaib brethir fair Trip. L. p. 162
- ↑ scailess T
- ↑ t — archena F only
- ↑ merlech F
