Anecdota from Irish manuscripts

78 Cath Cinn Abrad
fria Mac Con ar u[d]eacliad uaglia da agallaim Oilella,
uair robai a run Oilella marbad Meic Con dia ceilg.
Asbert Mac Con robo tairisi leis mac Cairpri Mnsc dia
mbeitli isinn imagallim.
5. larsin tra doluig- Mac Con 7 a sluagh a muUacli
Sleibhe Cinn Abhrad co facaigh each soc[h]raidhe ar fud
in tsleibhe. Is ann sin tra doluigh Oilill 7 Eogan 7
Eochaid Finn Fnathnart mac Feidlilimidli Rechtmair.
Doluigh Mac Con iarsin donn imagall[a]im tar a sarugud
a muinntiri 7 is e lin tainic, secht cét cathmilid 7 glas
a caraid etir gach ndis dib, as amhlaid sin robui in sluag
uile araceinnsit gan teitheadh. Asbert Oilill re Mac Con:
'Beir fein do breath'. 'Acca', ol Mac Con, '.i. in bel rue
in guibreith firenaigh in bel cetna'. 'Nidruibe', ol Oilill,
'leat-sa in mbreitheamnus iarsin 7 beir in mbreith'. 'Aca',
ol Mac Con, 'acht madh ail mo riar, denu-sa mo eineach
don chur sa ma doronais mo mieineach roimi.' 'Acca',
ol Oilill, 'nitbersa riar eile do Mac Con acht a riar fein.'
6. Is ann sin tuc Mac Con aithne for coimbriathraib
ceilgi Oilella Oluim 7 gur craidhe faelda lais. Adfiadar
immorro dona Cairbridh 1 sith do denum do Oilill fria Mac
Con seoca-sum 7 roeiridhedar a n-ainfeacht 7 a n-aenuair
na tri fichit do badar na Cairpri co feirg 7 lon[n]us, co
mbrigh 7 borrfadh la deachradh na feirgi fonnmoire 7 c.
Ocus rogabsat na curaig uile a cathbarra fo ceannaib 7
tiagat fon cuma sin docum in atha aga mbuigh in
leg. Cairbribh