Anecdota from Irish manuscripts

Poems ascribed to S. Moling 35
6 [p. 62] Labhraid mac Bresail Beolaigh . ri Laighen
tucc inghen Dréada meic Buain .
7 Grian banc[h]uive Raigne rain . ben
Findabair ing'en Dreada .
dona
londbruth leomain,
a himlibh geala Gabruain.
righ Gabrai ocns
Gabrain,
righaibh rocaemha.
8 Rucc Findabair mac u-angbaidh . do righ Laighen do
ba heiside Deghadh m('ir . ba
9 Dorad Findabhair a mac .
Labraidh,
mac meda co fledol.
ar altrom cen imcomharc,
i n-ucht a hathar mathar . is a cet[h]rar derbrathar.
10 Dorighne an senathair seilb . ar a dhalta dál nach meirbh,
atubair comadh do budh mac .
cein bidh leo talamh
tonnbalc.
11 Go n-ebhairt mac rad gaela . nach e sud Daig mac Dreada,
CO ro leth an t-ainm sin de . o macaibh ana Ossraighe.
12 Acht sain o tat ina mbiu .
nochan fuil da ndualus riu,
acht firmac colla ocus ciiirp . Labradh a Laighin
laechlnirc.
13 Ceithri brathair a mathar . ropa dighlaim deghbrathar,
gradh clothach comthend in rann . Mael fothaigh con-
chenn coimt[h]enn.
14 'Ar sain do rainn Draeda a tri . a orba 'sa innili,
CO tard in trian roba mo . da inghin is da dhalto.
15 Dorad na da trian aile . go fessabhair si sine,
da macaibh as do bad déin . nír' bo roinn abbadh
aimhreidh.
16 IS amhlaidh sin ata in rann . on lo derignedh anall,
ocus biaidh tria bithe sir . dilsi tairberta deigrigh.
17 Tri meic rucct[h]a do Daigh dian . i ttir Concerca na cliar,
timtach dergnus in triar tend . Finnchad
Fergus is Cairell.
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