Anecdota from Irish manuscripts

74 A Middle-Irish Fragment of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
ndechaid do tbig Reduald rig Cantia for teiched ^ Edilfraid
teclita CO Reduald co sétaib ar marbad Éduni fa do 7 fa
thri, '7 catb fora seilb', ar se, 'mina marba Eduni'. Ro-
raid Reduald co mairfed Eduni. Adcluiala cara do Édnni
5 7 roraid ris: 'Tanac', ar se, 'dot breitb dil na coemsat a
ndis ni duit .i. Edilfrid 7 Reduald'. Atbert Eduni. 'Noco
chumcaimse. Rodliithus mo sitb 7 in ri.' Dochóid uad
a cbara 7 roboi (.i. Eduni) i ndorus na palaiti co toirrsecb
7 CO dubach na suidhi for carraicc 7 ni fitir cid dognid.
10 Atchondairc duiue alaind anaicbnidh chuca 7 roraid
ris, 'Cid ar a fuile sund at óenur', or se, '7 each na
chotlud? Dia ngaba mh' forcetul sa', arse, ' notuaslaicfind
ona dubaib 7 on tsnim fil ort, 7 noaslaicfind for ind rig
na dernai olc fritt, 7 biat ri do cheniul^ fein'. Roraidsom:
15 'Dianorasoera ar na cuimgib si, dogen sa a n-apraidh-se.'
Dorat an duine sin fo cetoir a boiss for a chend 7 roraid:
'Is 6 seo in comardha, 7 tabair dot aire 7 comaill do
brethir in tan sin, 7 dena in forcetal atchluinfe ind inbaid
sin', 7 dochoid uad iardain.
20 Tanic a chara chnca 7 roraid, 'Ba cobsaid. Rocum-
scaided^ cride in rig; ni leic ind rigan olc fritt'.
Rofecht in cath [92 a 2] 7 dor and 7 rogab
Eduni ind rige.
Inn-araile ló tra tanic in fer De Paulin co hÉduni 7
25 dorat a laim fora mullach 7 roraid: 'In tuc in comardha
sa?' ar se. Dorocbair 7 se crithnaigthe fo chosaib in
cleirig, 7 rochreit 7 robaisted, 7 rofaid sacartu 7 miledu
do discailiud na n-idal robatar hi Cair, 7 robaisted i lló
' Add rofaid (?) ^ leg. cheniuil " lee/, rocumscaiged