In s^t*^ argait^ nad chlethi"'^ • arulc** fri fraicc^^ ind niad*
72 focress* immuir fut^ roit" • co frith immedon iach^~^
Amra^ dP"-' in bantrebthach* • ardoutacht"* imMaig Coil":
The precious thing of silver, which is not to be concealed, for evil to
5 the champion's woman
72 was flung into the sea the length of a cast; it was found in a salmon's
belly.
A marvel of hers : the widow, who refreshed her in Mag Coil,
1. .i. delg ' a brooch ' T 2. .L m dichelta * it is not to be con- lo cealed ' T, .i. narbo coir A. do cleith t do dicelt ' which it was not proper, namely, to hide or to conceal ' F 3. .i. fri cumail * to a handmaid ' 4. .i. Nia proprium nomen alicuius poetse T, .i. in trenfer ' the hero ' F 5. .i. rolaad ' was cast ' 6. .i. fut erchora ' the length of a cast ' T, /ot A. erchoir F 7. .i. hratan'^ 'a salmon' T 8. IN set A. delg 15 argait dor at ri Lagen illoig adana dia Hid • corruc side lets diatig coha tig CO tarat i llaim na cumaile dia tasced • Co{ruc) ben ind iled uadi e. 7 iainfarrce ar ulc/(risin cwnai)l a ben impe co rocunnig in file in delg cosin cumail co ndeochaid in file do marbad na cuniaile arnach/rith ocai in delg. Is ann dorala Brigit intansen itig ind 20 iled 7 ba trog lea sarugud ancillae. Co nderna Brigit ernigte fri Dia co rofaillsigte di in delg. Cotdnic aingel De cuci iarsen 7 co nerbairt fria na Una do chor isinusce .i. isinfarrce 7 nogebtha bratan inntib 7 in delg inna medon. Et sic factum est et liberata est ancilla de necessitate ilia, 'a silver brooch which the king of Leinster bestowed on his poet as the reward of 25 his art. He took it home to his house with him and gave it into the hand of tlie bondmaid to take care of. The poet's wife took it from her (and cast it) into the sea for evil to the bondmaid The poet asked the brooch of the bondmaid The poet came to kill the bondmaid because the brooch was not found with her. Then Brigit came to the poet's house, 30 and she was grieved at the maltreatment of the bondmaid. So she prayed to God that the brooch miglit be manifested to her. Then an angel of God came to her and told her to cast the nets into the water, that is into the sea, and a salmon would be caught in them with the brooch in its inside' F'"s
1. .i. maith 'good' 2. .i. do Brigit 'of Brigit's' 3. Amra di 35 .i. fecht dorala Brigit do dun rig Breg i mMaig Coel i Fine Gall h6die, co rodiult in banriganfria (j co ta)rat alaile bentrebthach^ roboi i toeb in dune immaig failti di 7 coromarb di 7 corosloisc a garniain nuifoe 7 robatar 6glana arnabarach eier loeg 7 garniain tria rath Brigte • Orochuala immorro inri anisen .i. Brigit do thiactain id dia acaUaim, 40 CO tarla do in bantrebtach ut • A msl atcondairc in ri hi rosc{arasta)r tria rath Brigte 7 rosfuc do mndi 7 is node ata bunad Cerbaill ut ferunt, ' once Brigit chanced to come to the fort of the king of Breg in Mag Coil in Fingal' to-day, and the Queen refused her (entertainment). A certain widow who dwelt beside the fort outside gave her a welcome and killed 45 (her calf) for her and burned her new weaver's beam under it. And on the morrow through the grace of Brigit they were whole, both calf and beam. When, however, the king had heard that, to wit that Brigit had come, (he went) to converse with her, and that widow chanced to meet him. When the king saw her, he fell in love with her through the 50 grace of Brigit, and took her to wife, and from her is the origin of Cerbaiir F""^ 4. .i. ar roertaig 'for she refreshed' 5. .i. proprium nomen loci T [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
