Amra' tinne* s^nastar*' • ba nert D6 rodglinnestar*",
rob(5i mi Ian lasin coin" • incti nicon'^millestar.
Ba mo amru arailiu' • mir dotlucbestar^" dind lucht".
48 ni coin datha mmaforta** • brothach' focress* inna hucht**'.
5 In clam^ g^de"' ailgis' di^ • ba maith conidrualaid* do :
Marvellous the flitch that she blessed ; 'twas God's might that secured it.
it was a full month with the hound ; the hound marred it not.
'Twas a wonder greater than any other wonder, a bit that she
asked from the (cauldron's) charge,
lo 48 it spoiled not the colour of her scapular; (though) boiling' it was
thrown into her bosom.
The leper who begged a boon of her, 'twas well that
to him :
3. Amra (tinne) .i. tinne saille tucad disi inedbairt, i Cill Finnend i 15 Fine Gall doronad so, co narbo cuman lia muintirsi a breith leo do Cill dara, CO rabai andsin cu cend mis 7 cu ica comet, sech ni roleic do anrmmina cde corpud 7 niro " amaX no cat{h)eth ahaith cetna 'a flitch of bacon which was given to her as an oflfering. In Cell Finnend in Fingal this was wrought. Her people did not remember to bring it with them to Kildare. 20 And it was there till the end of a month and a dog guarding it. Not only did it allow no other animal to defile it (but it did not touch it itself), just the same (?) as if it had eaten its fill' F"'^ 4. .i. saille 'of bacon' T 5. .i. ^Hgit F 6. .i. roglinnig 7 rochomet in nasill 'guarded and preserved the joint' T, .i. roglinnig estar F
1. ba mode in tamra ailefris 'it was the greater of the other marvel (added to) it' F 2. rothothlaigestar^ T 3. .i. roboi isin chore 'which was in the cauldron' T, .i. dune truag rocunnig mir fov Urigit do{n)b{iad) roboi isin chore, 7 nirbo bruthe in biad and etir, co rochuinnig se for (a) lvx:ht (t)ria/eirc erchor don mir frisin du)ie, co tarla i 30 nucht Brigte, 7 ni rochoill aetach sen 'a poor fellow asked of Brigit a bit of the food that was in the cauldron, and the food in it was not at all cooked ; so he asked of her folk in anger cast a bit at the man and it fell into Brigit's bosom, and that spoiled not her dress' F 4. .i. nothad" sen, ondi as mafortis .i. copchaille^ .i. breit bis dar cend iCill 35 rd(^)...dano doronad infirt bee sa 'in the singular, that is her vest- ment from mafortis, that is coif, i.e. a strip of cloth which is over In Cell... this little miracle was wrought' F™« 5. .i. te 'hot' 6. .i. roland ' was cast ' T, .i. rolaad inna uct .i. i nuct Brigte ' it was cast into her bosom, that is, into Brigit's bosom ' F 7. .i. Brigte T
1. /?i clam .i. combad clam Patraic tanic co B(rigit) (do chuinchid) bo, 7 ni ragaib acht inbo ba ferr ininis Brigte do (j) in loeg b{a fe)rr . . 7 combad (e aV) loeg fen co robennach Brigit in loeg rob ferr isin buale co rochar in-bo e 7 . . . . don chlam iarsin, ' it may have been a leper of Patrick's who came to Brigit to ask for a cow, and he took none but the best cow 45 in Brigit'.s milking yard and the best calf So Brigit blessed the best calf in the byre, and the cow loved it ' F™*' 2. .i. roguid T, .i. roguid a ailgais F 3, aitge 'his prayer' T 4. .i. co roernestar'^ 'so that she gave ' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
- ↑ senaitar T
- ↑ rodogUnnestar F
- ↑ Ian scoin F
- ↑ nicon- F, nocon- T
- ↑ dotlucestar T
- ↑ dan luct F
- ↑ a mafarta F
- ↑ huct F
- ↑ rogaid T, gade F ; gdde is the relative form of gdid as berte is of hirt
- ↑ ailges di F
- ↑ cf. usee brothach usee fuar LBr. 228
- ↑ about twenty-eight illegible letters
- ↑ rotothlaigestar F
- ↑ .i. ::tat F
- ↑ here the note ends in T
- ↑ coroernastar F
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