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bheim a ceann a cheili, no amail do beitis da laithi borbghnimacha bhratha cach im 

 chos [fo. 10 a. I.] -namh an talman co tinneasnach re cheili. 



Inte imoro nar chleacht a creachtnugud riamh reimhe sin do bas 'ga anmain- 890 

 niugud co mor 'sa comhrac .i. rl an domhain. Uair nir fuiligheadh d' arm riam air 

 coruigi sin. Do thogadar imoro an da cathmilid sin a n-da laimh aghmara aigmeih 

 a n-enfeacht leisna belmeannaibh, co tarrla cloidheamh righ an domhain a sciath 

 Finn, co ruc an trian liachtarach as 7 gur leadair an luireach o a cris sis 7 ruc leidh- 

 ead boisi mAedh d' feoil 7 d' finnleathar a leisi leis co talmain. Tarrla imoro 895 

 cloidheamh Finn a n-oscail uachtarach sceith righ an domhain, gur scoilt an sciath 

 7 gur theasc cloidheamh an chathmhiled 7 do bhean an builli cedna a cois chli an 

 righ co n-deachaid trithi co talmain. 7 dorad an tathbheim do, gur scar an ceann 7 

 an caembhruinne re cheili. 7 do thuit Finn fein a taisibh 7 taimnellaibh 7 moran 

 do chneadhaibh 7 do crechtaibh 7 do croslighibh bais air. 9 



Is ann sin ro ghabhastair Finnachta Fiaclach .i. taiseach teaghaich righ an do- 

 main an minn righ 7 ro reathastair leis mar a raibhi Cormihael mac righ an domain 

 7 gabhais minn a athar fa a cheann. ' Cuma sen catha 7 comlanna imdha duit-si 

 sin, a mic,' ar Finnachta. 7 tucadh airm righ an domain do 7 tainic ar fud an chatha 

 d' iaraidh Finn 7 do thuit caeca ar c6d laech leis don fein don ruathar sin. Do 906 

 connairc imoro GoU Garbh mac righ Alban he 7 ro indsaigh he 7 ro fersad com- 



of fierce deeds, each fighting vehemently for the possesslon of the earth against the 

 other. 



Then he that was never wont to be wounded before that, was greatly weakened in the 

 combat, to wit, the lcing of the world. For weapons had never been reddened upon him 

 until then. Now, those two battle-soldiers Hfted up at the same time their two fearful ter- 

 rible hands with the blows, and the sword of the king of the world hit the shield of Finn, 

 and took the upper third out of it, and ripped open the hauberk from its girdle downward, 

 and took the breadth of a soIdier's hand of flesh and of white skin of his thigh with it 

 to the earth. But the sword of Finn hit the upper shoulder of the shieid of the king 

 of the world, so that it split the shield, and broke the sword of the battle-soldier, and 

 the same blow struck the left foot of the king, so that it went into the earth through it. 

 And he gave him the counter-stroke, so that he separated the head and the fair breast 

 from each other. And Finn himself fell in a trance and swoon, and a great number of 

 wounds and cuts and blood-roads of death were on him. 



Then Finnachta Fiaclach, to wit, the chief-henchman of the king of the world, seized 

 the diadem of the king, and ran with it to where Conmael, the son of the king of the 

 world, was, and he put the diadem of his father on his head. ' IVIay this be to thee luck 

 of battie and many triumphs, O son,' said Finnachta. And the weapons of the king 

 of the world were given to him, and he went through the midst of the battle to 

 seek Finn. And one hundred and fifty warriors of the fiann fell by him frum that 

 onslaught. Then GoII Garb (the Fierce), the son of the king of Scotland, saw him and 



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