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slan emde 

 ditligus dithlai 



50 dire ndaro 



dire a gabal mar 

 mess ocus beobethu 

 a bnubeimm beimm bairr 

 in oinchumba chulinn 



55 collnth cuUl 

 combach n-aWae 

 aiuLsom de n-ardnemith 

 dirib secht n-airech 



asabbi bo 

 60 bunbeimm bithe 



baegul fenma 



fabe saUecli 



sloind airriu aithgin 



anog sciath 

 65 sceo draigen dringit 



CO fedo forbnll 



forbul ratho 



raithiud aine 



acht a ndOse do flaitbib 

 70 fothla tothla 



&a tan aircsiu 



aracb attrab 



follscud foilliuchta 



ladad aarlimm 

 75 en cercc corr 



ma bet pettai 



ois3 eisrechta 



[caithche] con caithcbe becb 



biiL i trenaib tire 

 80 to n-accmoing tairgOlne 



taurrana tairsce 



taulbema tar rout 



mrintb tar lUelba 



samail trachta 



The dire of the oak, 



the dire of its great boughs, 



fruit and living life, 



its stem-cutting, cutting of top, 



the one hewing of the holly, 



destruction of the hazel, 



smashing of the apple-tree ; 



most difficult of the cases of dhe 



of the seven nobles of the high sacred 



grove 

 for which a cow is (due), 

 the stem-cutting of the birch, 

 the danger of the alder, 

 the assailing of the wUlow, 

 declare for them restitution ; 

 to incomplete restitution (?) the hawthorn 

 and the blackthorn rise, 

 with the ... of the wood 

 ... of fern, 



bogmyrtle, furze (?), rushes, 

 but they become the property of lords. 

 FoOihi, tothla, 



driving in, driving out, looking on, 

 tying, housing, 

 burning, leaving tracks, 

 closing, overleaping, 

 Hawk, hen, heron, 

 if they be pets, 

 tame fawns, 



damage of hounds, damage of bees, 

 they are in tliirds of land 

 to which anticipatory pledge applies. 

 Drivings across (?), trespassing, 

 front-breaching across a road, 

 rushing over many holdings, 

 likewise strands. 



" gdbail MS. '^ beobethu, " living life," meaning sustenance for animals, IV 88 z. "a bun 

 bein bein mbarr MS. See IV 143, 23, etc. =^ in aencumma culinn us. Bead perhaps inann 

 eumbe eulinn, "alike is the hewing of holly." ^^ n-abla as. ''A. poetical inversion for 

 anmom de dirib secht n-airech n-ardnemith. *s Bead ana rribi bo. See Y 146. '" bunbcimne sis. 

 •• boegal us. ^- fuba MS " draigin dringid lis. '= Bead rait aitendl See V 148, 1. 

 "0-71 The list of '•man-trespasses" at 1X98, 17 and IV 146, 16 has aradh : araig [lesd drag), 

 aitrebadh: aiireb (r. attrab), folkcudh: foUscuth, fothla, tothla, an, airgsiu: aircsiu. lY 156, 

 Cuic seoit a n-ain ocus a tain. Fothla and tothla are exemplified at IV 106 and V 466, 6. 

 'Arach, drag {< ad-reg-) means tying one's cattle on a neighbour's land ; attrab, housing them 

 there — these were aggravated trespasses. Foilliuchta may mean making tracks or paths 

 {/o slicht) through fenced land. ladad is likely to mean shutting cattle in on a neighbour's 

 land into which they have trespassed. Aurlimm = airlimm, IV index. '•'''' See IV 114, 10, 

 regarding the trespasses of all these pets : in = senen. Mad beth ms. '* = IV 120, 122. "' = IV 

 114, 116, 1. " tairgille MS. See note to line 23. ^' taurrdn na ms ( < tar-aur-dn ?) For tairsce 

 see IV index. « = lY 136, 19. "-si = lY 138, 2. 



