Anecdota from Irish manuscripts

Betha Adamnáin
a ecc, et asbert ara tabharthse corp Brude cuccse hi teach
inS oí(íc|li]i-sin. Frithair«Z7í Adhamnan oc in corp co
áa'fam '^isin tech sin. Isin matain arabh'aracn an tan #i/f\W^'^
rogabh an corp gluasacht et a snile d' ersluccudh, is and
tainic araile, craibhdhech dochonnercil co dorns an tighe,
7 asbert: 'Masa doig toiiuscaj^ . marbh di Adhamnan, at-
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berim co na '3ingenl;«r a^paidh do nach clerech doFega
'íná ma'á', inina todiusca marbu'. 'Ata ni do dligudh and',
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ol Adamnan. 'Masa cnoroL di(?m, ta'fciirani behhachtam Ly^slvv^
forsin corp-sa et i n-anmain Bruidi.' Rofaidh doridhisi
Brnidi a spioriit dbcnm nfme co mbennachtain Adamnain
7 samhtha láe. Is and asbert Adhamnan
' Mor do ingantu do[g]ni . in ri genair o Muire ^
bet[h]a Scuaban i mMuili 2 . ecc do Bruide mac Bile 3
Is annamh . iar mbeith i rrighe tuait[h]e
ceppan cane crinw ^ dara . im mac righ Ala-Cluaithi.'
Cap. 11. Fecht ele do Adhamnan i nHi tri la et ^
teora oidhchi ind-oeine ina thigh fordunta cen foidecM 'na
mainistir. Luidh hiiathadh forbthi don ticch dus cionnns
roboi an cleirech. Rodechsat for toll na heochrac^ con-
facatar in mac mbecc roalainn ind-ucht Adamnain. Robni
átxno Adamnan occ buidhe frisin n[éidhin, co mbo derbh
leo ba he Isu doluidh i ndeilb nseidin do airpetmc?
Adamnain.»
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Cap. 12. Fecht ele di Adamnan i nHi dobreth corp
don indsi. Bentar clocc and. Tiagait uile ar a cenn
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1 leg. Muiri ' gl. insola * leg. Bili » leg. crin
^ See the same story told more fully in Zeitschrift V, p. 495.
2
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