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The Death of Finn Mac Cumaill (Author: Unknown)

Fragment 2

(Egerton 92, fo. 6a, 1).


[...]
nuic so,’ or Finn [...] ar sisi [...] ‘tairngaire
[...]
do n-epelad cones
[...]
neimh a h-adhairc’. ‘Fir, a chailleach’, or se. ‘Ac so mu dealg duit.’ Is ann luidhes lasin m-Boind sair co raínic a Leim. Ro gab iarum idir da charraig co tarrla a etan imon carraig, co m-bai a inchinn uimpe, co m-búi marbh etir an da charraig. Co-n-fuaradar iascaire na Boinde. Ceathrar doibh .i. tri maic Uircreann & Aicclech mac Duibhreann. Co-n-fuaradar sidhe. Co n-écmaing Aicleach a cheann de & co rubhradar maic Uircrend. Rucsat a chenn leo i fasteach & ro fuinsit a n-iasc & ro rannsat i n-de. A cheann h-i cind tenedh. ‘Tabraidh dantmír dó’, or fer dubh docluiche, ‘o na mair(?) Aicleach.’ Ro rannadh


p.465

int iasc i n-de .i. fo tri & badar tri cuibhrind ann beos. ‘Cidh so?’ or fer dibh. Is ann isbert an cend a cind tened:

    1. Is ed fodera an tresraind
      libh-si cen sil n-apeli,
      ar n-a tabhar dam-sa oc proind
      uaib-si mo mhír ma
      [...]
      ele.

Tan [...] oic [...] h-í sunn co m-badar [...] a n-asbeir senchaid:

    1. Robíth Find
      ba do gaibh gan niach guin
      doall Aicleach mac Duibhrenn
      a chenn do mac moctha Muin.
[...] Of the rest of the page I cannot make out anything that will give sense except the words: & a guba & a lia.