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If ppim-chpocaic ooib.'" 



[Do bep j Da ollatnain F'l-eo,'* 



^\ DO aipe aipD, 



6apac itiairh mfn, miao nao bopb, 



Noco labpa laiDC.*^ 



6piu5u ocup aipe cuippi, 



Con hilup a papcich, 



Do bepap ooib, n! pao n-Ippel, 



Capac Dia papao." 



t)o ollomain pencaoa, 



Cippi aipm \n puio, 



Coupe DO Dia rhupjopuD, 



t)u hi panncap cluirh.^ 



Soep, ip aipich echra, 



C6in a cechca lib, 



t)o beprap ooib muc popmuin, 



Ceino maip no olij.^' 



t)pui, ocup aipe oeppa, 



tJecbenj nao bi ooep, 



t)ibltnaib oleajair ol, 



©blaie colpcha coem.* 



And to a prim-chrochait." 



[Is given] to the ollave-poet, 



And to the aire ard, 



A good smooth larac,^ honor not rude, 



It is no false saying. 



The hriugu and aire tuissi, 



With extensive pastures, 



To them is given, no low saying, 



A larac to satisfy them. 



To the oUave-historian, 



Wherever he sits, 



[Is given] a larac to comfort him. 



Where fame is distributed. 



An artificer, and airich echta, 



Fair their due ye will deem. 



To them is given a pig's shoulder,"' 



A long time it has been established. 



A druid, and aire dessa, 



Two who are not ignoble. 



Both are entitled to drink. 



They eat a fair colptha.*" 



*• Tp ppi'm-cpuacaiC DOlb. — Book of Glendalough. 



'' Cpuachair, or cpochaic, means a steak. 



3« X)o bep DO pillD ollomna. — Book of Glendalough. 



" Capac is in modern MSS. written lap^. It is thus explained by Peter Connell : " Capg, the leg and thigh, 

 or leg or thigh i Ion-lap^, the hip and thigh." It is translated furca by Colgan in Trias Thautn., p. 173, note 21 ; 

 and thus in a MS. in Trinity College, H. 1. 13, p. 360, line 15 : " toapj .1. jabul, ut est or Da laap5 .1. Da 

 joBal." 



"6oap5 mair, min, miao nao bopb, Nao cono labpa laoj. — Book of Glendalough. 



^ Spiuja ocup aipe oepa, Ca ilap • * *. t)o bep Doib, nJ pao ipel, loapgj Dia papao. — 

 Book of Glendalough. 



* This line is omitted in the Book of Glendalough. 



^ rriuc popmum, as a compound phrase, is not explained in any Irish Dictionary, but, as popmna is explained 

 the shoulder, shoulder-blade, it seems obviously to mean a pig's shoulder. 



» Saip ocup aipe ecra, Canai cecra lib, t)o bep ooib muc popmuin, Canaomaip no olij. — 

 Book of Glendalough. 



* Oiblinaib ebaic ol, tJlejaic colpa caem. — Book of Glendalough. The meaning is different from that 

 given in the text : " Both refuse to drink, They are entitled to a fair colptha." 



*° Colpca, the calf of the leg : "calpaoa, i. e. calpoda, i. e. bontts pes, vel pedes." — Cormac't Glossary. 



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