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The Metrical Dindshenchas (Author: Unknown)
poem 12
Fornocht
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- Fornocht do dún, a Druim nDen,
lomnocht do múr, do magen;
atchíu don bláth fertha fort
ó' ndiu co bráth bat fornocht.
- 5] Alaind do brúach, do braine,
bind-guth cúach it chomnaide,
étrocht do múr maignech mass,
do dún dairgech dulend-glass.
- Bat dín ar gád 's ar guba,
10] bat fál is bat fidruba;
mian leinn ar cúl 's ar n-agid
rit múr is rot mór-magin.
- Missi i n-iarthur Insi Fáil,
is tussu thair fo thendáil,
15] gelair scor glethe i ngurt fheóir,
melair blethe sech mulleóir.
- Tic a annum nech is ferr,
cech n-allud bid airísell:
ba bruiden ban ndérach ndocht,
20] ciatái co férach fornocht. F.
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- Is it dígail, a Druim nDen,
Ossin is Cháilte cnes-gel
robeotar Unchi diandeóin
ic áth Unchi eochair-beóil.
- 25] Oén for trí secht doriacht and
la hUnchi mbrúachda mbél-chamm;
roslechta 'n-a sechtaib sain
i sechtmain iramon Samain.
- Unchi triana thétnais tind
30] atá 'n écmais a cháil-chind:
dosfucsat sithfhir i socht
co frithir is co fornocht. F.
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