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134, 32. asindgel-jai from adgellim {adgillim) mth substitution of ess for ad : see 

 Thurneysen, Handb. 252, 461. 



135, 1. Feil srvithTj] etc. : cf. LBr. 1052 [Ciildees, 89, 9]. Atcondairc-som : the 

 person meant is probably iTaelditbruib. who is named in the next sentence. 



135, 11. Is lor lafairind etc. : cf. Ciddtes 89, 18 seq. (LBr. 1058). 



135, 17. indroet: one would expect an-oX ; I have not found i'?jrf-«?«i'w elsewhere : 

 perhaps we should read Is sed don'gni Helair ind: [ar'jroet &c. There were strict 

 rules as to receiving monks who came from another monastery : see Wasserschleben, 

 Uanonensammlung 150-1. 



136, 3. fotroicMeth-su iromfociaUur : ct.fonroeMed '^h. WclS. 



136, 11. 'Summer-Lent,' i.e. the forty days after Pentecost. Jejxmia tria . . . 

 XL ante Pascha, et XL ayite NataUm Domini, et post Pentecosten XL dies et nodes 

 ;Haddan and Stubbs iii. 202) ; Vit. Sanct. Hib. i. cxx. 



136, 31 de lHh\_f'\iir ind red<s sin: the usual meaning of /«?■ is 'preparing,' 

 e.g. Togail Troi 1272 (Ir. Text ii. i. 40) frecor ceill na scor 7 athnugud na mur 

 7 toniuich na rath y tia fdl ■/ fiir cecli reta: cf. Stokes, Metr. Gloss. 81, Archivi. 83. In 

 the present passage it may be rendered ' contriving ' : but some forcing of the sense 

 is needed both here and in the similar passage 134, 21. In 146, 28 bithbir is no 

 doubt a misspelling of hithfiir. 



136, 35. Ferdachrich : no doubt the abbot of Dairinis who died in 742, according 

 to the Four Masters, or in 746 according to the Annals of Ulster. His origiual name 

 was Aed lia Aithmit. In some verses quoted in the ilartyrology of Donegal, 

 Aug. 15, he is called ilaelruain's teacher. 



Aed, ba he a ainm iar bfior 

 ua Aithmit, ba maith a gniomh, 

 Fiorbhrathair, iar mbuaidh co mbloidh, 

 do ilhaolruain, diarb fo|"r]cetlaid {sic leg.). 

 In § 61 Ferdachrich is mentioned as contemporary with Samdan, who died 

 in 734 (Fil.). 



136, 33. conescomriter from asrenim, with perfective com. 



137, 1. With this paragraph compare Culdees 93, 11 (LBr. 1156). Confessions 

 were usually heard on Sunday (cf. Culdees 87, at foot = LBr. 10a23); and it would 

 seem that penances, including flagellation, were performed that evening. The 

 consequence was, apparently, that the irreligious laity looked on this as a kind of 

 work done on Sunday, and made it a precedent for Sabbath-breaking. 



137, 2. Jiach tiaidci luoin = fiacli aihiu na Jioidche hw.in LBr. 1157 {Culdeei 93, 12'^ 

 Fiaeh aihne ' debt of strap ' i.e. ' flagellation ' : see ileyer in Eev. Celt. xv. 485. In our 

 text, the phrase is varied: 138. 23, tii tahar fiach aibne : 143. 28-29 iar nimhirt 

 aibne . . . iar tabirt feich : cf. 142, \Q cet moailU {nhiilli) de alaind. In Culdees 86, 15 

 (= LBr. 9bz) Jiach nailme is evidently a scribal error ior fiach nmbne. 



is bece rand seems to be an idiom : literally ' is a small share.' 



137, 18. cuaird comgi Michil. For cuairt ' searching,' ' looking for,' see Meyer, 

 Contributions, and cf. gan chuairt cobra BB 401a24. Mr. Plummer would regard eiiairt- 

 ehoimge as a compound, literally ' circuit-protection.' 



137, 20. icennaU. This is written, at the end of a line, icen na with h above the 

 line. The right reading seems to be in cein naili, meaning ' alternately ' : but this 

 phrase is usually preceded by each Ua cein (cf. Ml 1953, 39rfl2). The words seem 

 to have been misplaced, and should come after immiin maire matin. 



Is head doleici: cf. LBr. 10529 {Cid<Ucs 90, 11). 



