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Old-Irish Verse.

co frith*" itoeb tegdaise • ni conairnecht" and chucai :
Asrir^ do raith a hathig^ • intan rondnicc° a leass :
88 sech ni furecht*^*" forcraid"and® • ni contesba' banne ass^.
Fordonitge^ Brigte bet • si*^^ frigabud condonfdir'^
robbet inna lobran leith* • ria ndul ingnuis spirta^ ndib^ 5
Donfair^ co claidiub™* thened" • don chath" fri ialla^ ciaral
92 ronsnadat^ annoebitge*' • hi flaith nime sech piana'.
Ria ndul lahaingliu^ donchath* • recam in neclais forrith.
taithmet"® Fiadat^" ferrcechnath" -ni car Brigit^ buadach bith.
Ni car Brigit"^. 10

till it was found by her house, it had not been found there till then.
She gave it for her vassal when he had need of it :
88 no superabundance was found therein and not a drop was wanting
therefrom.
On us be Brigit's prayers ", that she may help us against danger! 15
may they be on the side of her weaklings^ before going into
the Holy Spirit's presence !
May she help us with a fiery sword for the battle against dark flocks !
92 may her holy prayers protect us into Heaven's Kingdom past pains.
Before going with the angels to the battle let us come to the Church 20
speedily :
commemoration of God is better than any poem. Victorious Brigit
loved not the world.

And there was no more nor less but as it was due de misero' F*"^ 3. .i. do Brigit 'to Brigit' F 4. .i. iucad 'was given' 5. .i. nibu 2$ domain ' it was not deep ' 6. donti tuc in dabaig do Brigit^ ' to him who gave the vat to Brigit' 7. .i iar nol anarahai inti do Brigit cona muintir '.. after what was in it had been drunk by Brigit and her household' T 8. .i. {roeirn)estar 'gave' T, roernestar F 9. .i. a Jir muintire 'her man of the household' 10. A. ni frith ^o 11. .i. ni harnexht 'there was not found' F

1, .i. rohet fornd a hitge 'may her prayers be upon us' T, .i. robet A. Jbrnn itge Z^rigte .i. roortachtaiget dun a itgesi 'may Brigit's prayers be upon us, i.e. may her prayers help us' F 2. .i. Brigit T 3. .i. ronfore T, .i. Brigt .i. done ar foridin F 'may she help us' 4. .i. rohet 35 na lohrain 7 na truaig innar leith ic ernaigthi erund 'may the weaklings and the wretched be with us praying for us' T 5. .i. done ar toridin 'may she help us' T 6. .i. cum gratia Dei T 7. A. fri demna A. elta duha demoniorum 'against devils, i.e. black flocks of devils' T, .i. ciara A. duha A. elta duha demoniorum F 8. .i. donet ar soerad ' may they 40 deliver us' 9. .i. comarcc A. imrecra^'^ '...i.e. correspondence' 10. .i. ill De maith 'of the good God ' F 11. A.ferr cechfilidecht 'better than any poetry'; [in marg.] ... filidecht (dogni)ther do Dia 'the poetry that is made for God ' T, .i. cech ddna ' of any poem ' F [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]

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  1. In T CO frith is illegible
  2. niconaiitiect F
  3. rordnicc T, ronanicc F
  4. furect F
  5. ann T
  6. -tesbad TF ; the imperfect is out of place
  7. banna asF
  8. sith F
  9. condonfair T
  10. ingnuis in spirta T
  11. noeb TF
  12. claidib T, claideb F
  13. tened T
  14. cath T
  15. ialaF
  16. noebitge F
  17. phiana F
  18. haihgliu F
  19. cath T
  20. tathrnet F
  21. Brig^ Bri ova. buadach bith F
  22. iVt car Brigit om. F
  23. fordonitge Brigte bet=fordonbet itge Brigte; cf. barr buide fordotd LU. 121» 20
  24. if robbet inna lobran leith=robbet i leith a lobrdn
  25. in.... Brigit T only
  26. .i. comarcc .1. (co)mracc .i. imrec{ra) [on cut marg.] T