262 ProceeJimjs of the Royal Irish Academy. 



The followiiiir 01. (Old Irish) forms are found -.laal; dcriiul 1 ; oca cairih 

 side 2 ; ma rvjhthccli 2 ; mn\_d]rdaHai !?; argid 2 ; inna riyna 2 ; iar siidiu 3 ; 

 oc ingairiu 3 ; in doiri 3 ; Dun GJiairedo 4 ; idnd insi 5 ; diliu 6 ; erig-siii 7 ; 

 6 Liatlwmniu 7 ; diiih 8, 10 ; for nmccv, 8 ; in cath sa 8 ; immotaeth doih 8 ; 

 im. Icthu 9 ; im t.hdibu 9 ; hid Unai 11 ; Cailchenai 11 ; Corco 8 ; slalrai 11 ; 

 m n-aidcJd sin 11; Uiadnai 6; SmirZ as a dissyllable 11 ; do cnirethar 10; 

 ind-seom 10. Many instances of infixation occur. The readings of H : acan 

 for athguin 9 and « luliaid Glmana for wiwi Cliuanaig 10 might be taken as 

 evidence of phonetic simplified (?) spelling. 



The date of the story is the first half of the seventh century. 



The date of the language is not later than the tenth century. 



MOE HUMAN OCUS AIDED CUANACH MEIC AILCHINE. 

 LL 274a ; Book of Fermoy, fo. 17a.* 



1. Aed Bennain ri Irlochra. Da mrac dec lais 7 teora ingena. SenfocaP 

 leo : " nl axaail fo>'acaib Aed Bennain2 a maccu." Mor Human ingeu Aeda 

 Bennain. Eobui^ admilUud* ium i^ tossa(i)g. Nitheissed<5 aclit eo dorus 

 tige.7 " EotmairgS a Mor," ar in guth assind aer^ uastu.io Eobatar imorro 

 rigrad hErend oca cungidii-si. Laa n-andi2 dm cocuala inn's guth. "Eot- 

 mairg,8 a Mor." " Ba ferr lim dobertha oldaasi* a bithtarngire."i5 " In ba 

 i tossaigiG no fain deriud ?"i" " I tossaigis imorro," or sisi.i9 Doratad20 iarsin 

 fualang f6the2i cording dar dua ind liss.22 (fo. 274b) Conafeis23 eia du do 

 dech«i(^.2* 



2. Coros7m-25 HerMi»26 (ja hliadain.'^'! Corodubui fri grcin ocvs gait7i2S 

 hi certib29 ocws^o lothruib.si Conatarlai32 do C/(assiul. Fingen macr, Aeda^s 

 is e3i ba rl andsen.35 Ingen rig na nDesi^^ leis. B6i37 oca cairib^s side tri 

 thrat/i. Laa n-and^s luid issa rigt/iec/t*f[as]sind4i ingariu*! condatarlaic 

 frisin tenid.*2 Curid.'^s or Eingen, in** cale ucut** immac/i. Eotbia mo 



* The variants are from F, with a few, where stated, from H, unless stated to be from L, in 

 which cases F is in text. 



1 Senfocul. 2 Bejman. 3 rohoi. . 4 aidhmilliud. 5 hi. 6 nithesscrf. 



7 tiehi 8 Eotmairc. 9 aiur. 10 uashi. 11 cunchid. 12 and L. 13 in 



14 oltas. 15 tariHgiri. 16 tosaig H ; tossaighF; leg. tossuch. 17 F'dwed. 18 tossaich> 



?ci7. tossuch 19 or si. 20 first two syllables ohscure, 21 fothi. 22iHdlis 

 23 onafes. 24 cia deochaid, L. 



25 curosir, i blurred. 26 Eirind. 27 da blrai^aiw. 28 gaeith, i beloSv the line. 



29 hice)-dchi6. 30. om. F, H. 31 lotbrai. 32 oatarla. 33 aet/m. - 34. isse 



35 and. 36 naiideisi. 37 boi. 38. c/iair — 39 nand dim 40 rigtech, first syl. 



obscure. 41-41 i(j)-si«d iHgaire. 42 blurred. 43 cuirid. 44 caildiuc ut, 



