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by marauders) tliey may be free to fall back on meat. The arbitrary nature of 

 this prohibition and the extreme rigour with which it is enforced (cf. 146, 17) 

 remind one of the pagan gessi. 



132, 12. asenaduli: cf. Wb. 9c28. 



132,20. n6\_i'\merai : tliis seems to be a case of tlie aspiration of initial xm-, 

 which is doubted by Thurneysen, Handbuch, § 118S. 



132, 24. Cf. the Penitential of Theodore, ii. 12 (Haddan and Stubbs, iii. 199). 

 In §50, infra, abstinence on Sunday nights also is enjoined. 



132, 32. itid libris dementis : the reference may be either to the Clementine 

 Homilies xi. 30, xix. 22, or to the Clementine Recognitions vi. 10. 



133, 1. illocthiu may be a corruption of il-locud (from locaim ' I flinch from ') : or 

 perhaps we should read il-locMaib coir and render ' in contravention of duty.' 



133, 2. attmaither is perhaps for addaimther ' is conceded,' or possibly we should 

 assume an admaithim ' I forgive, condone,' and write admaiter. 



133, 9. ma tliecmaised forcetal iiid arrad: cf. LBr. 11 5 39 [Ciddees 94, 20) na tri 

 coicait do chedul cech dia mina thoirmesoi forcetnl. 



133, 18. This section is found in almost the same words in LBr. Halo [Culdees 

 91, 26). diraich; prototonic form: one would expect doerig : cf. Stories from the 

 'fain, index. 



133, 24. Nifil n'l dogne dune etc. : cf. LBr 11«19 seq. {Culdees 91, 31 ; 92, 1). 

 Brandub mac Eohach, king of Leinster, was killed in the battle of Slaibre, a.d. 



601 (FM.), or 604 (AU.). He seems to have been a personage of note, to judge by the 

 entries of the Annalists : see also the reference to him in FM. a. 906, and compare 

 the fragmentary Annals (ed. O'Donovan, Irish Archaeological Society), a. 910. For 

 the story as to the circumstances of his birth, see ZCP. ii. 1 34. 



The story of the battle which Moedoc, aided by Cohimcille, fought against the 

 demons for Brandub's soul will be found in Reeves' Adamnan, p. 205, note. 



134, 1. isna tirih tliair : Mr. Plummer remarks that this probably refers to 

 Fursa's settlement in East Anglia: Bede HE. iii. 19. 



134, 5. The dialogue is defective : Mr. Plummer suggests Cindas indeona ? ol sisi. 

 Indeiiin crdbid ol sesem, j foss oc etlai etc. Cf. Eriu iii. 108 (Rule of Ailbe) : 

 T'indeuiii do beimim i cepp. For the phrase foss oc etlai see Eriu i. 193, ZCP. iii. 

 449, Lism. Lives 4541. Stokes renders «<fo by 'penitence,' but this cannot well be 

 the meaning, e.g. in Laws iii. 34, 36; it is rather 'self-abnegation,' 'holiness'; 

 cf. ZCP. iii. 448, §1. 



134, 12. inda sacairt doellad: cf. LBr. 10«y {Culdees 89, 6) in sacart doella a 

 grada. 



134, 18. SJlo^neocli gabthe: for this use of do neuch cf. Atkinson, Glossary to 

 Pass, and Horn. s.v. nech. Or we may read necli gabthi ' whoever takes it' (such a 

 resolution), assuming the absolute 3 sing, with suffixed pronoun to be used in 

 relative function. 



ariondgelia, arindbo are pres. sbj. of gellaim, bonnaim with infixed -d-. For 

 arind- see Thurneysen Handb., p. 247. 



134, 21. bithfur ' continual preparation ' as opposed to actual performance 

 (Plummer). The point is that good intentions are more likely to be realized if 

 they are publicly declared. 



Mocolm6cc ua Litan = Colman hua Liathain f 725 (FM.) : cf. Mart. Oeng., 

 Mart. Doneg., July 25. 



134, 27. derbgelsid < di-i'o-b-gelsid {dogellim). 



