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V. Broccán’s Hymn.

Scarais' ahech cenn abr^it** • intan dorertatar*" fo° f^n.
56 nibu leithlsel'^ in mam • maccD6 reraig* in rlglaim®'.
Tathich^' tore allaid a tret • fotliuaith^ dosephain^^ anoss'^
s^nais"^ BrigtY lia' bachaill • lia mucca gabais foss™.
5 Mugart* mucc meth di*~' dobreth-* • dar Mag Fea — ba amra" —

Her horse severed when they ran (?) down a slope :
56 the yoke was not down on one side : God's Son stretched forth
the royal hand.
A wild boar haunted her herd : northwards the beast" (?) drove it :
»o Brigit blessed him with her crozier; with her swine he took up his
abode.
Mugari a fat pig was given to her : over Mag Fea — 'twas a marvel —

1. Scarais .i. ic doronndso eter Forraig Patraic 7 Cill Culind • Rohai Brigit 7 Nadfraich i noen charput doih 15 annes do Chill dara. Pridchais intan sen doib Nadfrcech hrethir De 7 lecid uad na heuchu indara ech a brdgait on ch{arput) co nibdi ac ithi feoir re conacca Ailill mac Dunlaing ri Lagen anisein... .... do M ostein co tarat a hragait fon cungai co nerbairt ris Brigit : ar in numaloit dor(6na)is bid duit rige Lagen co brath 7 [d]oi chiniud •20 itdiaid", F»"^ 2. .i. fobreit bis fobragait indeich 'ihe/obreit 'under- strap' which is under the horse's neck' 3. .i. roreithsetar^ 'they ran' 4. .i. ro/oirestar 'helped' T, .i. rofursetar roforta.ctsetar 'they helped or assisted' F 5. .i. Idm rig Lagen 'the king of Leinster's hand' T

1. Tathig tore A. tore allaid roboi inalaile caillidfri Cill dara atuaid, 25 conna leced ynucca aile cucai, 7 rosen Brigit cona bachaill in caille ic Ros na Ferta i Cill dara fri clocthech atuaith corbo chunnamain friu iarsein • robo e robo tosech doib dogres ' a wild boar which was in a certain wood north of Kildare, and it used not to allow other pigs to approach it. Brigit with her staff blessed the wood at Ross na Ferta ('wood of the miracle') in 30 Kildare north of the 'Bell-house",' so that after that it was at peace with them; it was their leader always' F"*» 2. A. rothoibnestar^ 3. .i. in mucc allaid* ' ' the wild pig '

1. Mugart .i. mucc ard mucc meth 'a high pig, or a fat pig' 2. .i. do Brigit ' to Brigit ' 3. .i. muc meth dobered ri Fotharla Tire, tir sen 35 i ndesciurt Ua Censelaig, cecha bliadna, do Brigit i nedbairt. Tict rig Ua Censelaig dia chuinchid he do Brigit. Asbert iramorro ri FotJiarta nachistibred do 7 nachistibred do Bright dar a sarugud som acht noslecjed hi ivimach 7 in leth nosfaidfed Dia di dar Mag Fea co Uachtar Gabra A. co hait imboi Brigit *a fat pig used to be given by the king of ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]}

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1. cend abret F. The reading and the interpretation are doubtful, breit is explained by fobreit, apparently something running under the neck of the horse to keep the yoke in its place. Perhaps cennfobreit should be read as a compound word: 'her horse parted the cenn/o^eit' J. S.
2. dorethetarF. The genuine word is uncertain : leg. dorerttar = di-r-ess-rathatarJ fan does not rhyme properly with Idim; transpose the two halves of the second line W.S. But F suggests in the last line maic De fororaid rigldm 'the royal hand of God's Son helped.' J.S.
3. fon F
4. lethisel F
5. fororaid rigldim F
6. tathig F
7. thiuiid F
8. dosefain F
9. ano« TF
10. senais T
11. fria T
12. fog F
13. of a neut. oss or noss we have no other instance
14. MS. J diaid
15. roreitsetar F
16. cf. Keeves' Adamnan p. 217
17. rotobnestar F
18. .i. in muic nalla F