Anecdota from Irish manuscripts

8 Stories from the Edinburgh MS. XXVI
aici .i. leabar mor 7 leabar beg. Cech pecud nosgrlbad
indiu isin leabar beg nosgrisad arnabarach. Cech pecud
rosgribacZ isin leabar mor ni sgrisad itir. 'A t[h]ruaig',
ar in clérech 1, ' cid ma scrisai do leabar beg 7 nach
5 sgrisa do lebar mor?' 'Is ed so', ar in diabul, '.i. pecaid
na clerecli 7 loc[h]ta na heclaisi doniad a faisitin 7 doberat
a coibsena cen imnaire dia sacartaibh each lai, is iad fil
isin leabar beg. As 1 in faisidin menicc nach leicind
bisich fair. Peccuid imurro^ loc[h]ta na tuaithi, is iad
10 fil isin leabur mor. Uair nocha denad a faisitin, is airi
tat bisich for in leabur mor. Occus cech pecud sgribt^s- si,
is hecin dam a sgris, dagentar a faisitin '. Robenud clocc
tinail laisin cleirechi 7 ro-indis do muinntir Arda Macha
na libair sin Ian do peacudh do beith ac in diabal. Occus
15 itbert fria^ a faisitin do denum 7 doronsat laram. Tainic
in diabal larsin occus itbert frisin clerech^: 'Olcc ar
comand fadeóid', ol se, 'daigh rucais etail mor uaimh'.
Occus se oc coi 7 oc gul 7 oc eighmhe ^ Tar sgris a leabair
7 rl.
2. A Ship seen in the air.
Cf. Eriu IV, p. 12.
20 La n-aen robatar muintear Cluana a n-oireachtus for
urrlar na cille. Avaal bator and for a raithsechaibh co
facatur an long fa seol Oaistibh isinn aer, ocus si ag
siubhal amaZ heth forsan fai[r]gi. Otciat iaramh lucht na
luingi an t-oirechtus 7 an aitreibh fuithibh, cuirit iarumh
25 an acaire amach .i. leanaidh an t-acaire this for urlar na
hecailsi, cor gabhsat na cleirigh 6 he. Tig fear anuas asan
1 clerich MS. 2 written out * leg. friu * clerach MS.
* eidhmhe MS. « cleiridh MS.