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1] [gap: acephalous text] miracula vulgata sunt. Laæ n-and i suidiu luid in Broicsech
2]
do bleogan & ni fácaib nech inna taig nisi in noeb-ingin tantum
3]
ina cotlad. Co n-accatar ro-las a tech dia n-eis. Fa-reith in tuath.
Anda
4]
leu nicon airsitis cli fri alaile. Fo-gabar a tech slan & ind ingen
ina
5]
cotlad & a gnuis amal ain chaince; & ata adrad Brigte and cein m-bes.
6] In quadam die dormivit magus co n-accai triar cléirech h-i
7]
cochlaib findaib oc baithis na-h-i Brigte, & at-bert in tres fer fris:
8]
‘Bad Brigit lat nomen ina h-ingine’.
9] Bai in drui & ansilla & nata oc Loch Mescæ, & brathair mathar
10]
in druad and dano; craibdech-side. A m-batar and medon aithchi, boi
11]
in drui occ airi na rind co n-accai colomain tentidi as in taig i m-baí in
12]
chumal cona h-ingin sainriuth, & do-fossaig brathair a
mathar conid-accai
13]
leis: & as-bert-side ba noeb filia.
14]
‘Is fir on’, ol-se, ‘dia n-ecsind-si duit h-ule a gnima’.
15] Fecht n-ale a m-baí in drui & brathair a mathar h-i tig & ind
ingen
16]
ina cotluth, cia port i m-bai a mathair, co cualatar guth m-bec
ina
17]
h-ingini h-i leith in tigi, & ni ragab-si labrath cidacht.
18]
‘De-ci dun’, ar an druí fria amnair, ‘cindas rond-gab ar n-
ingen,
19]
ar ni lamur-sa fo bith nida Christadi’.
20]
Conda-accae inna crois-figil h-i ligiu os si oc irnagthi.
21]
‘Airg aitherruch’, ar in drui, ‘& iarfaig ní di indossa, ar at-
bera ni
22]
frit nunc’.
23]
Teit-side & ata-gladustar:
24]
‘Epir ni frim, a ingen’, ol-se.
25]
As-bert iarum ind ingen da focul fris:
26]
‘Meum erit hoc, meum erit hoc’.
27]
Ni tuc dano amnair in druad a n-í-sin.
28]
‘Rel dun’, ol sude frisin drúid, ‘ar ní tucaim-si’.
29]
‘Nipa failteu de em’, ol in drui. ‘Is ed em at-rubart’, ol in drui,
‘bid
30]
lee in mennut-sa co laa m-bratha’.
31]
Fa-indel avunculus magi Brigitam tenere
plepem. As-bert in drui:
34] In tan ba mithig a gait de chígh ba deithidnech di in drui.
Na
35]
ní do-bereth-side di-si na-sceth-si fo chethoir, & nibu messa de
a
36]
blath.
37]
‘Ra-fetur-sa tra’, ar in drui, ‘a daas ind
ingen, quia ego sum
38]
inmundus’.
39]
Ro-erbad iarum bó find au-dercc dia taiscid & ba slan di.
40] Do-cuaid iarum in drui i tire Muman, i nh-Uaithne Tiri int
41]
sainriuth. Illic sancta nutritur. Quæ
transacto tempore nutritori ait:
42]
‘Nolo hic servire, sed mitte me ad patrem meum ubi in occursum
43]
veniat mihi’.
44]
Quo facto pater Dubthachus deduxit eam ad hereditatem suam in
45]
duobus campis Nepotum Failgi ibique inter cognatos
mansit, & in
46]
puellari habitu mira fecit.
47] Rucad iarum ad aliam virginem nutrire eam. Is sí ba choicc do
48]
sudi iarum. Ra-findad a lin de oegedaib ticced dochum a
49]
m-mume, & cia beth a lin na n-oeged ni dechas for losait doib fri
50]
aidche.
51] Fecht n-and bai a m-mume-si i n-galar trum. Foite-si dib
52]
n-ingenaib ad cuiusdam (homin)is domum qui
vocabatur Bæthchu
53]
(cervi)sae potitionem egrotanti
postulaturas. Ni etat-som ni o
54]
Bæthchoin (traig) inna dabcha cosin
chormmaim acht fighi daman
55]
allaid tarsiu. Ad-ellsat leu di alailiu thopur. Do-bert a tri lan a
lestair
56]
a s-sudiu. Ba somblas a linn, ba inmescaigthe; & ba slan fo chetoir nutrix
57]
eius. Da-geni Dia erre-si.
58] Laa n-and du-bert Dubthach ingari mucc fuiri-si. Gatsait latraind
59]
da thorc díib. Luid Dubthach ina charput de Muig Liphi
co comarnic-side
60]
friu & ath-geoin a da thorc leu. Ar-gaib-
side na latrandu &
61]
nenaisc dag-eraic a mucc foraibh. Tuc leis a da thorc ad domum suam
62]
& as-bert fri Brigti:
63]
‘In maith ingairi du mucc latt?’
64]
‘Ata-rim-siu’, ol-si.
65]
Atai-rimi iarum: "reperit perfectum
nummirum" rl.
66] Alio die advenit hospes quidam ad domum Dubthachi. Erpais a
67]
athair tinne sailli dí do broth don greis. Supervenit avidus canis cui
68]
suellæ partem quintam dedit; qua commessa alterum detid.
Hospes
69]
ista sentiens quasi presus somno tacebat. Pater domum iterum reversus
70]
filiam invenit.
71]
‘In maith ro-mberbais a
m-biad’, ar a athair.
72]
‘Maith’, ol-si.
73]
Et ipse numeravit & invenit. At-fet iarum hospes Dubthacho
74]
quod filia fecit.
75]
‘Mad iar sudiu’, ar Dubthach, ‘nicon ecadar a n-do-righni do
76]
fertaib’.
77]
Iss ed iarum do-gníth: fo-daleth in lucht i-sin pauperibus.
78] Fecht n-aile iar sin senior caillige craibdigi baí hi fochruib du
79]
thig Dubthaig esestair in n-í
Brigti do thecht do accallaim .xx.vii
80]
et noeb Lagen i n-oen-dail. Is
si h-uair in sin ad-chuaid epscop Ibuir isin
81]
dail aislinge ad-condairc ind aithchi riam.
82]
‘Anda lem’, ol-se, ‘ad-condarcc ind nocht Mairi n-Ingein im chotluth,
83]
& ar-rubart frim alali clerech sruith: ‘Hæc est
Maria quæ inter vos
84]
habitet’’.
85]
Is and do-luid in challech & Brigit don dail.
86]
‘Hæc est Maria quæ a me in somnis vissia
est’.
87]
Fordo-eracht iarum æss inna dalae & lotir dia l-laim. Do-
bertatar
88]
bennacht furi-si. Is ann dí ro-boí in dal ubi nunc est Cell Dara, ibique
89]
episcopus Ibor fratribus ait:
90]
‘Hic locus cælo patet, ditissimusque omnium tota insola erit;
91]
hodieque ad nos puella cui a Deo præparatus est veniat quasi Maria’.
92]
Factum est ita.
93] Fecht n-ale iar sin voluit visitare matrem
baí i n-doiri i tír
94]
Muman, & ba gair nis-leceth a pater & a mummi. Luid im-. Boi a
95]
mathair ind inbaid-sin i n-airleba fri togairt a mago & boi galar
sula fuire.
96]
Boi Brigit tara h-éisi, & arae in druadh
oc ingaireu na cethræ, & nach
97]
maistreth do-gnith na-randad a toruth i n-de rainn deac cona gruth,
98]
& no-bith in tres chuit dec i m-medon & ba mo-sidi a m-bui cach cuit.
99]
‘Ceth torbae lat in si?’ ol auriga.
100]
‘Ni ansæ’, ol Brigit. ‘Ra-chuala ro-batar da apstal
deac apud
101]
Dominum, & h-e-som fessin in tres deac’. ‘Rom-bia-sa
la Dia: ticfat .xiii.
102]
pauperes in unaquaque die fo chomlin
Crist & a apstal’.
103]
‘Ocus cid na taisci ní dond immum?’, ar auriga, ‘ar iss ed do-
gní cach
104]
togartach’.
113] Fecht n-and birt Dubthach in n-i Brigti dia reicc
fri rig Laigen, .i.
114]
fri Dunlagg, do chumail fognama dó h-uairi cota-.-said-si a les-mathair
115]
on, no-gatad-si cach ni isin tig do cheilib Dé. For-racab-si
116]
Dubthach inna charput occo chomet i faithgi in duni, & faccaib a
chailg
117]
inna comair. Dos-bert-si do chlam do-lluid a dochom. Ass-bert
118]
Dubthach frisin righ:
119]
‘Cren dím-sa m'ingin dochum fognama duit, ar at-rolleset a
120]
besa’.
121]
‘Cid dathar di?’, ol in ri.
122]
‘Ni ansæ. Is dichmarcach’, ar Dubthach, ‘nach ad-chí gataid a
lám’.
123]
Dubthach revertens interrogat maceram pretiossam
illam. Respondit:
124]
‘Christus portavit’.
125]
Quo cognito ille dixit:
126]
‘Quid, filia, detisdi pretium .x. vacarum leproso?’ ‘Non meus
gladius,
127]
sed regis’.
128]
Respondit filia:
129]
‘Etiamsi Lagenenses potuisim, Deo dedisim’.
130]
Igitur puella in servitute relinquitur.
Dubthachus ad domum
131]
suam reversus est. Mirum dictu, virgo Brigita dívinitus elevatur
& post
132]
tergum patris postponitur.
133]
‘A Dubthaig tra’, ol in ri, ‘is moo reicc, is
mo luaig ind ingen-sa’.
134]
Maceram tunc virgini rex donat, eaque pretiosam inn-.
inn is followed by a character like a 'c' with the lower stroke continued perpendicularly. Over this is vel o. Leg. 'eaque patri donavit' (Grosjean?)
Post
136] Gair iarum do-lluid fer do thig Dubthaig do thochmurc
Brigte.
137]
Dubthach dí a nomen-side moccu Lugair. Ba maith fria athair & lia
138]
brathrea a n-i-sin.
139]
‘Is ansae dam’, ol Brigit, ‘ad-ropart m'ógi do Dia. Do-ber a
140]
chomairle duit. Ataa fidbaid frit
tech-su aníar, & ata ingen alainn.
141]
Ar-nenustar duit; & is ed a chomarthae duit: Fa-ricfae in les n-oibela,
142]
& biaid ind ingen oc folcad chinn a athar, & bit failtiu frit; & senfa-su
145] Ba sæth lia brathrea gait di-si in tinscrae erru. Batar doini dommi
146]
h-i fochruib do thig Dubthaig. Luid-si læ n-and & erene bec furi
doib.
147]
Con-rancatar a brathir friæ-si, maic a athar; do-lotar de
Muig Liphi.
148]
Boi drecd dib oc gairib impi; lin ali nibtar fælti frie, .i. Bacene as-
bert:
149]
‘Int shuil alaind fil it chiund-su ar-nenustar do fiur cith scith lat’.
150]
La sodain statim ad-aig-si a m-mér fo a suil.
151]
‘Ausu duit in suil n-alaind-sin’, ar Brigit.
‘Dóig lim’, ol-si, ‘ni cunte
152]
nech cuccaib filiam cecam’.
153]
Con rethet a brathir impe-si fu chetuair, acht nat bai usque
occaib
154]
do diunach in chrechta.
155]
‘Taibrith’, ol sisi, ‘mo bachaill immon fot-so ar bar m-belaib’.
156]
Do-gnith son. Do-mmebaid sruaim isan talmain. Ocus do-bert
157]
mallacht for Baccene & for a sil, &
dixit:
158]
‘Mos-memdatar do di suil it chiund’.
159]
Et sic factum est.
160] As-bert Dubthach frie-si:
161]
‘Gaib-siu tra calle, ammo ingen, ar is ed t'accobar. Fodail dano in
162]
trebad-sa do Dia & duiniu.’
163]
‘Deo gratias’, ar Brigit.
164] Alia die .vii. cum virginibus tenere velamen vadit
ad locum in
165]
lateri Crochan Breg h-Eli possitum, ubi putarat
habitare Mel episcopum.
166]
Ibi salutat duas virgenes Tol & Etol habitantes, quæ dixerunt:
167]
‘Non hic episcopus est, sed in cellis Campi Taulach’.
168]
Hæc dicentibus, en vident iuvenem, Meil
episcopi alumnum Mac
169]
Calli vocatum. Illum rogaverunt ut duceret eas ad episcopum.
Qui ait:
170]
‘Investigabilis est via: paludibus, disertis, gronneis puteisque’.
171]
Ait sancta:
172]
‘Erue nos’.
173]
Pergentibus illis, pontem rectum post videre potuit ibi.
174] Advenienti hora consecrationis, elevatum ab angelis velamen de
175]
manu Maic Calle ministri super caput
sanctæ Brigitæ ponitur. Curvata
176]
hautem sub incantationem, interim tenuit lignum fraxeinum
altare
177]
sustinentem, quod postea versum est in sethim, nec igni uritur
nec
178]
sæculis veteratur. Tribus vicibus cella incensa est, sed intigrum sub
179]
cinere mansit.
180] Ibi episcopus Dei gratia inebreatus non cognovit quid in libro
181]
suo cantavit. In gradum enim episcopi ordinavitBrigitam.
182]
‘Hæc sola’, inquid Mel, ‘ordinationem
episcopalem in Hibernia
183]
tenebit virgo’.
184]
Quandiu igitur consecraretur columna ignea de vertice eius
185]
ascendebat.
186] Post hæc obtuilit pleps locum cui nomen Ached h-I
in Saltu
187]
Avis. Illic aliquantulum temporis manens, tres uiros perigrinos ibi
188]
manere cogebat & obtulit eis locum; treaque miracula in eo loco fecit,
189]
.i. fons fluxit in arida, caro in panem versa, manus tertii viri sanata est.
190] Fecht n-and di-si inbuith na Casc in sin:
191]
‘Cid do-genam?’, ar Brigit fria h-ingena. ‘Ataa óen-miach m-bracha
lind.
192]
Rupad maith dun a imdell ar na bemis cen choirm fo Chaisc.
Atat
193]
dano .xvii. cella i m-Maig Tailach. Amenain-si co n-
gabaind an Caisc
194]
dóib ar aí cormæ fo bíth in Choimdeth asa sollommun, cenis-beth
195]
biad acht rus-beth deog. Ni segdae dúnn namma na fil lestræ
linn’.
196]
Fír son; oen-ían bai do lestrai isin tig & da lóthur.
197]
‘Mathi-side; furthur’.
198]
Is ed do-gnith: A n-imdell isindala lothur, isin lothur ailiu fo-cheirte
199]
for descthu; & i n-í fo-cheirte for descthu isin lothur no-
lintae
200]
ind ian de & no-berthe do cach cill a h-úair co ticceth ind
ian
201]
beoss, noch ba trait do-n-icceth ba coirm a n-í no-bith isin lothur.
202]
.xviii. n-ena do-dechatar dind oen-miach & arúrthisi fesni
fo Chaisc;
203]
& nibo thesbaid fleth i cech oen-chill dib o Chaisc Móir co
Min-cháisc
204]
dond ergnam-sin Brigte.
205] Do-bert banscal n-iresach o Fid Éoin boin di-si isind lau-sin na
206]
Cascc. Dís doib oc immain na bo, .i. in ben & a hingen.
Nis-mboí dí do
207]
chumacc a mm-bo do imain fon. Ro-llassat immach a l-loeg oc tuidecht
208]
tresin fidbuith. Gadatar iarum in h-í Brigti. Iccais ní doib in gudi-
sin:
209]
is sí a m-bó do-feth conair remib condicci in locc i m-bæ Brigit.
210]
‘Iss ed as maith tra’, ar Brigit fria ingena, ‘ol is si ar cet-idbairt in so
211]
iar g-gabail in disirt-siu: Berar dund epscup ru-bendach calli
forar
212]
cenn’.
213]
‘Is bec torbai dó’, ar na ingena, ‘ in bo cen loeg’.
214]
‘Ni bæ son’, ar Brigit. ‘Ticfa in loegan ar chend a mathar comba
215]
immalle ricfat dochom lis’.
216]
Do-gnith samlaith quomodo dixit.
217] Isin Domnach cetnu na Casc do-luid alali clam dia tuititis a
218]
baill cucai-si do chuinchid bo.
219]
‘Ar ecndairc n-Dé, a Brigit, rom-bith-sa bo lat’.
220]
‘Tailc dail dam’, ar Brigit.
221]
‘Ni tailcfind’, ol-se, ‘cid dail oen-lái duit’.
222]
‘A macan’, ar Brigit, ‘expectemus manum
Domini’.
223]
‘Rega ass’, ar in clam, ‘at-eth-sa boin i mm-baliu ailiu ceni et h-uait-siu’.
224]
238] Do-luid Mél dia Luain arabarach dochum Brigte do precept & do
239]
ofriund eter di Chaisc. Tucad bó di-si dano a laa n-í-ssin.
Do-breth
240]
dano d'epscup Mél iar m-breith na bó aili. Do-fobair crith-galar
ingin de
241]
muntir Brigte co tabrath coman di.
242]
‘In fil ni beth mian duit?’ ar Brigit.
243]
‘Fil’, ol-si, ‘manim-thi lemlacht, at-bel nunc’.
244]
Co n-gair Brigit cuci ingin, & dixit:
245]
‘Tuc dam mo chuad feisin lán, isi n-ibim linn, de uisciu. Du-n-uc
246]
fot choim’.
247]
Do-breth di-si iarum, & sensi co m-bó lemnacht inbrothach, & ba
248]
ógslan statim filia ubi gustavit. Condat da firt-sin simul, id est lactis de
249]
aqua factio, sanitas filiae.
250] Dia Mairt arabarach baí fer maith i fochraib cobdelach do Brigti.
251]
Bliadain lan dó i siurc.
252]
‘Berid dam’, ol suidi, ‘boin bes dech bes ima indeis indiu do Brigti,
253]
& gudeth Dia n-erum dus im slan’.
254]
Brethae in bó, & is-bert
Brigit fri cach noda-bert:
255]
‘Berid fo chetuair do Mel’.
256]
Nus-mbertatar iterum dia tig & co n-oimcloisit boin i n-ecmais a
fir
257]
galair. At-fes do Brigit a n-í-sin. Ba barnech dí do bréic impi
Brigit.
258]
‘Eter gairsi & matain’, ar Brigit, ‘isait coin altai in deg-boin do-ratad
259]
formu seilb & nat rucad duit-siu’, ol sisi fri Mel, ‘& isait .vii. n-os impi’.
260]
At-fes iarum dond fiur galair a n-i-sin.
261]
‘Arcib tra,’ ol suide, ‘berid di .vii. n-os de forclu na indesi’.
262]
Do-gnith samlaith.
263]
‘Deo gratias’, ar Brigit. ‘Bertar tra do
Mél dia recleus. Ata .vii. laa eter
264]
di Cháisc oc precept & oc oifriund dún; bó cech laæ dau
dano ara opair,
268] Ba trom for Brigti ind inbuith eter di Chaisc la
cenn-galar.
269]
‘Ni bæ són’, ar Mel. ‘In tan rigmai-ni do aithrius ar cet-choggbae
270]
la firu Tethbæ, regaid Brigit lenn cona ingenaib. Ata
lieig amrai la
271]
firu Midi, .i. Æd mac Bric; do-gena do frepaid-siu’.
272]
Is and ru-ic-si duas virgines paruliticas Fotharenses.
273] Duo deinc Britones ceci cum parvulo leproso
de genere Echdach
274]
venerunt graviterque sanitatem postulant. Quibus Brigita ait:
275]
‘Sustinete paulisper’.
276]
Et aiunt illi:
277]
‘Infirmos tui generis sanaisti & perigrinos neglegis curare’.
‘Sed
278]
saltim puerum nostrum tui generis sana’.
279]
Ac per hoc inluminantur ceci leprosusque mundatur.
280] Tanic doib iarum co Minchaisc.
281]
‘Ni beodae lem nunc’, ar
Brigit fria ingena, ‘cen choirm arin Minchaisc
282]
dond epscup pridchabus & [do-géna]of-rend’.
283]
Dan as-bert-si a n-í-sin, lotar di ingin dond usciu do thabairt
284]
usque isa tech & mudi mó leu do ergnam, & ni fitir Brigit. In tan
285]
do-lotar a frithisi, ata-condairc Brigit i suidiu.
286]
‘Deo gratias’, ar Brigit. ‘Celiam dedit nobis Deus episcopo nostro’.
287]
Gabith faitches na caillecha la sodain.
288]
‘Don-fair Dia, ammo ingen’.
289]
‘Cia bet as-rubart ni erbart na olc, a chaillecha’.
290]
‘Uisci tucad issa tech, acht h-uairi ro-mbennachais-siu do-righni
291]
Dia erat, statim ro-soad h-i coirm & bolad fina fair & ni rolad
for descdu
292]
isin domun choirm ba ferr’.
293]
Ro-fer iarum cona n-oegeduib & ind epscup int oen-mudi.
294] Dia Lúain Minchasc iarum luid Brigit ina
295]
carput & a ingena ina coemthecht
& in da epscop Mel & Melchu in Campum Mide
296]
dochum lego, & co n-dichsidis
iarum in Campam Tethbæ do
297]
athrius luic boe and do Mhel & do Melchoin. Tertiaque feria in nocte ad
298]
dommum devertunt Laginensis cuiusdam viri de Nepotibus Brolaig.
299]
Ille eos sussepit & respiciens benigne pavit sanctam cum episcopis
300]
Brigitam. Ar-ces an fer maith h-i-sin & a aithech tige. Uxor inquid:
322] Tiagait co firu Tethbæ do chet-choggbaib episcoporum, .i.
323]
Ardachad. Baí rí Tethbai oc fleith i fochruib doib. Do--rigeni
athech
324]
a tigh ind ríg bet mar. Du-cer airi airithech logmar ind ríg
co
325]
m-memaid frisin meis ara belaib ind ríg. Ba ingnad a lestar, ba dia
326]
setaib ingantaib ind rig. Ar-gab iarum in truagh & nicon
baí dó acht
327]
bás. Do-tet indala epscop do guidi dond righ.
328]
‘Noch ní tiber do neuch’, ar in rí, ‘ni ririu dano, acht a bás’.
329]
‘Rom-bith lat’, ar int epscop, ‘a lestar m(.)-bruithi’.
330]
‘Rot-bia son im-’, ar in ríí.
331]
Do-bert iarum int epscop ina ucht cu Brigti, narrans
omnia sibi.
332]
‘Guid dún in Coimdid co ro-athnugther a lestar’.
333]
Fecit & recuperavit & dedit episcopo; & do-tæt int epscop
arabarach
334]
cona aradig ad regim &:
335]
‘Ma dut-ised t'aredeg slan’, ar int epscop, ‘in lecfide in cimbid?’
336]
‘Non solum, sed quæcumque voluerit dona conferrem ei’.
337]
Ostendit episcopus uas, & talia locquitur regi:
338]
‘Non ego hanc virtutem sed sancta Brigita fecit’.
339] h-O ro-son clu ina Brigte sethno
Tethbae bai alali ógh
340]
craibdech la firu Tethbai o toided ara tessed Brigit dia acaldaim,
341]
.i. Bríg ingen Coimlocha. Luid dano
Brigit, & ata-recht Bríg fadeisne
342]
do indlat a coss. Báei banscal craibdech i siurg in tan-sin. A m-botha
343]
dí oc indlut choss Brigte, foidis in dune
galair-sin boe insin tig
344]
ingin n-uaide do thabairt neich di as ind lothair dond usciu do-breth
345]
dar cosa Brigte. Do-breth di dano, & do-bert-si imma gnuis & ba
346]
ógslán fo chétúair; & iar m-beith a siurg bliadnae ba oen-timthirthite
347]
in n-aithche-sin. h-O thuctha a m-miassa ara m-beulu, gaibid
348]
Brigit sir-decsin a m-miass.
349]
‘Immand-airi dun’, ar Bríg, ‘a noeb-ingen, ceth no-rathaigther
350]
fort meis?’
351]
‘At-chiu in Satan ina suidiu forsin meis
armu belaib’, ar Brigit.
352]
‘Masa sochmacht’, ar Bríg, ‘robad maith lem-sa a decsiu’.
353]
‘Is sochmacht em’, ar Brigit, ‘acht do-
coi ardi na cruchae
354]
dart rosc in dus, ar nach duine at-chi Diabul & ni sena in dus no
355] ro-daissed immbi’.
356]
Sentus Bríg iarum & at-chi in manach n-í-sin. Dochruth lee a
delb.
357]
‘Iarfaigh, a Brigit’, ar Bríg, ‘cid dia tuidchid’.
358]
‘Da responsum hominibus’, ar Brigit.
359]
‘Nitho, a Brigit’, ar in Satan, ‘ni dir duit-siu, ar ni
do erchoit duit-siu
360]
do-dechad’.
361]
‘Ceist tra’, ar Bríg, ‘ceth sainriuth dot-uic forsin meis-siu?’
362]
Demon respondit:
363]
‘Habito istic semper apud quandam virginem cum qua mihi nimia
364]
pigritudo locum detit’.
365]
Et Briga ait:
366]
‘Vocetur ista’.
367]
Dum vocata veniset:
368]
‘Signa’, inquid Bríga, ‘oculos eius, ut videat quem proprio nutrivit
369]
sinu’.
370]
Signatisque oculis, orridum contuetur monstrum. Timore &
tremore
371]
pavefactæ; Brigita dicit:
372]
‘En quem multis foveras annis & temporibus cernis’.
373]
‘A noeb-ingen’, ar Brig, ‘ar arnacon tuidigh isa tech-sa iterum’.
374]
‘Nicon ticfa dano a tech-sa’, ar Brigit, ‘co laa m-bratha’.
375]
Cibum summunt; gratias agunt Deo.
376] Fecht n-and di-si i n-dechruth for ur na h-Ethni. Batir imdai
377]
ubla & arni cumræ isin chill h-i-sin. Boe alali caillech do-
bert dan
378]
m(.)-bec di-si h-i rusc. Ind uair do-bert isa tech, tancatar claim státim for
379]
lár in tigi cucae-si da faghdi.
380]
‘Berid duib’, ol-si, ‘na h-ubla ucat’.
381]
Tum illa quae fructus obtullerat:
382]
‘Leprosis non dedi donum’.
383]
Brigittedisplicuit & inquit:
384]
‘Munera prohibens a servis Dei male agis; idio tua ligna nullum
385]
ferent fructum in æternum’.
386]
At donifera egresa foras suum conspicit ortum nullum staitim
387]
pommum portare, dum paulo ante praepollebat fructibus; sterilisque
388]
permanet in æternum præter folia.
389] Boí ógh aili do-bert di-si ubla & airni cumrai habundanter.
390]
Do-bert-si fo chetoir leprosis batar occ
foigdi.
391]
‘Bid slaine dud-uic’, ar Brigit
392]
‘Tabair tra, a chaillech, bennacht form & for mu lugbart’.
393]
‘Ro-bennacha Dia em’, ar Brigit, ‘a crand mór tall at-chiu it lugbart;
394]
ro-bet ublæ cumræ fair & airni cumrai do thriun fair; & ni tesseba
395]
de cona chlandaib a toruth cechtardae-sin’.
396]
Et sic factum est. Amal luide in chaillech inna lugbart co n-accae-de
397]
in fernai cona toruth & airni cumræ fuiri do thriun.
398] In quodam loco .i. Aicheth Fir
Leth, leltar da chlam do
399]
Brigti. Nos-gab imformat. Discordes coeperunt feiri,
sed manus &
400]
peideis eorum riguerunt. Videns hoc Brigita dixit:
401]
‘Agite penitentiam’.
402]
Do-gensat dano. Non solum solvit eos, sed a lepra sanavit.
403] Ba and-sin do-lotar di ingin óga co Brigti co
n-digsed leu do
404]
chosecrad a luic & a tigi leu. Induae &
Indiu nomina illarum. Co
405]
comarnactar for conair fri óclaigh do acallaim na caillech lasa luid
406]
Brigit.
407]
‘Cucaib-si do-dechad’, ol sude, ‘on gallrach-sa co ructhar carpat
408]
ara chend, co m-bad i l-lius lib-si da-n-arsitis ec’.
409]
‘Ni fil em carpat lind’, ar na caillecha.
410]
‘Berar’, ar Brigit, ‘mo charpat ara chend’.
411]
Iss ed son do-gníth and. Batar occ indnaidiu co iarmeirgi co tanic in
412]
fer galair. Dos-n-ecat claim iarum mane.
413]
‘A Brigit’, ol-seat, ‘ron-bith-ne do charpat--su ar Christ’.
422] Ba and-sin do-geni-si ósic do chaillechaib Cule Fobair co n-ic
423]
.iiii. caillecha oc in osic, .i. supra; supra; supra;
daisechtach.
424] Ba and-sin icais in mac m-bacach n-amlabar oc tig Maic Odrain.
425]
Contigit ut sola
Brigita & puer mutus relinquerentur. Venientibusque
426]
egenis potum petentibus, quærebat sancta Brigita clavem cocinae
& non
427]
invenit. Inscia morbi pueri hoc loquitur:
428]
‘Hubi posita est clavis?’
429]
Ac per hoc loquitur puer mutus ministratque paraliticus.
430] Gair iarum veniens initium aestatis:
431]
‘Ate’, ar Mel & Melchu fri
Brigti, ‘at-cuas dún Patraic do thuidecht
432]
a desciurt na h- na hErenn i Mag m(.)-Breg. Regmai-ne dia acaldaim. In
433]
ragae-su?’
434]
‘Raga’, ar Brigit, ‘conid-n-acar & conid-n-arladar, & co tarda
bennacht
435]
form’.
436]
A n-do-lotar for cend conaire, dus-n-airthet alaili clerech for conair
437]
co n-indile moir & muntir do gudi choemthechta[e] doib i
Mag
438]
m-Breg.
439]
‘Is tendenus dun’, ar Mel, ‘ar nachim-erla ar clerech’.
440]
‘Finnaim-si sea uaib-si’, ar Brigit, ‘maigin i
comraicfem i Maig
441]
Breg, & anfe-sa fria senad truag-sa’.
442]
Anais iarum Brigit frisin imairchi.
443]
‘Ata fichi ingen lim-sa iarsin chonair’, ar Brigit, ‘tabrid doib ni dona
444]
airib’.
445]
Inquiunt misseri:
446]
‘Non sic fiat, plus namque nobis muneris contulisti quia tua
447]
occasione tuta est nobis via’.
448]
‘Cani fil da charr iarsin chonair?’, ar Brigit. ‘Cid nadat h-e
449]
bertae na h-ereiu?’.
458] Ba and-sin iccais muntir plepei for ur in mara. Ita
factum est.
459]
Alius vir solus laborans in boceto fuit, cui sancta ait cur solus laboraret.
460]
Qui ait:
461]
‘Tota familia mea in dolore est’.
462]
Audiens hoc benedixit aquam, & .xii. infirmos fammiliæ illius
463]
continuo sanavit.
464] Do-tiagat iarum do Thalti. Is and boi Patricius. Batar im cheist
465]
n-aneturgnaid and .i. Do-luid alali banscal do thathchor maic for
466]
clerech do muntir Patraic, .i. Bron nomen eius.
467]
‘Cindus ro-mbecht in so?’, ar cach.
468]
‘Ni ansæ’, ar in ben. ‘Do-dechod-sa co Bron do senad chailli form
469]
chend & edbairt m'ogi do Dia. Iss ed a n-í do-geni mo chlerech, mo
470]
chortan, co rucus mac dó’.
471]
A m-batar forsna briathraib, iss and do-luid dochum na
dalae. Is
472]
and as-bert Mel fri Patraic:
473]
‘Do-fil in noeb-ingin, in n-i Brigti, dochum na dalae; ru-festar
474]
duib tri meit a raith & tri ocse a fertæ dus in fir fa gau in so, ar
475]
nicon fil gnim iter nem & talmain no-geissed dí do Christ’, ar Mel,
476]
‘ar m-bad era di. Iss ed dí as denti and’, ar
Mel, ‘a garim for leith
477]
immon ceist-so asin dáil, ar ni digne[a] virtutes in præsentia sancti
478]
Patricii’.
479]
Tanic Brigit iarum. Fordo-eraigh in sluagh.
Co n-gairther for
480]
leith as in dail statim do acaldaim feminæ; &
commitantur clerici,
481]
excepto Patricio.
482]
‘Coich ind noidiu ucat?’ frisin mnaí.
483]
‘La Brón’, ar in ben.
484]
‘Ní fir’, ar Brigit.
485]
Senais Brigit a gnuis co ro-raith at a cend furi cum
lingua. Du-tet
486]
Patraic cucu ind uair-sin in forum magnum.
Ad-gladadar Brigit in
487]
noidin fiad æs na dálae, noch ni
ragab labrad in tan-sin.
498] A m-bai i n-deriuth lai iarum luid cach a leth as in dail do
499]
oegedacht. Bai fer maith for bru fluminis quod
est Seir. Foídis a mogh
500]
dochum na dalae vocare Brigitam, dicens contra familiam suam:
501]
‘Ind noeb-ingen do-rigni in firt n-amræ in
foro hodie is maith lim-sa
502]
cosecrath dí mo thigi innocht’.
503]
Ferais falti friæ.
504]
‘Tucthar tra;’, ar a ingena fri Brigti, ‘uisci for ar lama; do-fil biad
dún’.
505]
‘Ni bai indossa’, ar Brigit. ‘Nam mihi hanc Dominus demonstravit
506]
esse gentilem domum, uno tantum excepto servo qui nos vocavit. Fo bíth
507]
sin ni praindib-sa indosa’.
508]
Ra-findadar in fer maith a n-í-sin, .i. troscud do Brigti co ro-
baitside-som.
510] ‘At-rubart-sa em’, ol-se, ‘nacham-baitsifeth Patraic cona muntir.
511]
Creitfe[a] im- duit-siu’, fri Brigti.
512]
‘Is cummae lem-sa acht rot-baitsider-su’, ar
Brigit. ‘Ní tecomnacair
513]
lem-sa’, ar Brigit, ‘fer n(.)-graid. Tiagar úan co
Patraic co tuithchid
514]
epscop no sacart do baithis viri istius’.
515]
Venit Brón & baptizavit virum cum tota familia in ortu solis, &
516]
media die refeciuntur. Gratias agunt. Veniunt ad sanctum Patricium.
517]
Patricius dixit:
518]
‘Non licet tibi sine prespetero ambulaire. Tuus semper auriga
519]
prespeter oportet fieri’.
520]
Idque observatum est abbaitibus Brigitæ usque ad tempora
propinqua.
521]
522] Ba iar sin icsais in sentine m(.)-bachaige fo-rumad i fosscud in
523]
charpuit oc Cill Suirdd i n-desciurt Bregh.
524] Iccais in fer n-dasachtach 1 imme-rulaid na cricha.
525]
Do-breth iarum co Brigti. Visa illa sanatus
est.
526] Luid iarum do Chill Lassre ind-í Brigit. Ba fælid
Lassair friæ.
527]
Boe oen-chauru m(.)-blicht and iarna blegon; do-scarad do Brigti. A
528]
m-batar deud lái co n-accatar Patraic
dochum lis.
529]
‘Don-foir Dia, a Brigit’, ar Lassair. ‘Tabair comairli n(.)-dun’.
530]
Brigita respondit:
531]
‘Quantum habes?’
532]
Ait:
533]
‘Nihil est cibi, duodenis excepus panibus & parco lacte quod tu
534]
benedixeras unaque ovicula quæ præparata est tibi’.
535]
Iss ed a n-i: Tiagait ina prantech h-ule, Patraic &
Brigit, & batar
536]
buidigh h-uli; & ros-fer Lasar di a cill,
& ata adrad m-Brigte and.
537] Anaiss arabarach i c-Cill Lasre. Do-lluid alaile Cennensis
genere,
538]
fora tarat sua uxor miscuis, co Brigti da
chobair. At Brigita benedixit
539]
aquam. Ille secum portavit, & uxore aspersa amavit suum protinus
540]
inpatienter.
541] Foidis alali ógh craibdech co Brigti ara tessed
Brigit dia aithrius.
542]
Fine nomen eius. Is dia anmaim ro-ainmnigthi Chell Fine. Luid
543]
dana & anais sin. Laæ n-and dí du-fuburt gæth & flechud & torann &
544]
saignen.
545]
‘Cia uaib indiu, a ingena, regus liar cærchu iss doninn moir-si?’
546]
Puellæ omnes pariter recusabant.
Brigita respondit:
547]
‘Ego oves pascere nimmis dilego’.
548]
‘Nolo ut exeas’, ar Fine.
549]
‘Mea voluntas fiat’, ar Brigit.
550]
Luid-si iarum & gabsi rand occo:
551]
Rom-bith laithi solus lat,
552]
ar at coeman, at rig-mac;
553]
ar do maithir Mairi m(.)-boid
554]
aurgair flechud, aurgair gaith.
555]
Do-gena dam-sa mo rí,
556]
ní firfe flechud choidchí,
557]
fo bithin Brigti indiu
558]
teti sund dond ingariu.
559]
Pluviam & ventum sedavit.
Finit.
1] Delg do-rat rí Laigen a n-gill do filith co tart an file i l-laim
cumaili
2]
dó, cu ro-ngat ar ulc frisin cumail ar nus-geibed impi. Co n-dechus ond
3]
rígh do fuasgalad a deilge. Co n-dechuid in drui do marbad na cumaile
4]
o nách fúair in delg. Is and do-dechuid Brigit don tig, & pa
truag lé sin co
5]
n-derna irnaigthi co ro-foillsig int angel di imthus a delgi; co n-derbairt
6]
Brigit:
7]
‘Póni na lína isin usci & fo-gebthai bratan indib & an delg
a medon
8]
ind’.
9]
Et sic factum est, & postea liberata est
ancella per gratiam Brigitae
10]
sanctae.
11] Triar brathar dia tart a n-athair tinni argait, & for-eimdetar cerda
12]
Laigen a comroind. Ro-roind Brigitp con na raibe plus na minus. I Cill
13]
Dara do-rona in firt-sin.
14] Triar treinfer ro-batar oc denam cluid Aillinde:
Muireadach,
15]
Flacha, Lugaid. Proind cét no-meiled cechtur dib. Lugaid tra a n-irchomair
16]
na cell; in dias eili for in túaith. Co toracht
Lugaid co Brigti co
17]
n-dernai-si uan dó gu ro-bennach a gin co nar'bo moo a saith inas gach
18]
fer, & co n-duargaib in cloich for-eimdigh gach fer do thógbail isin
19]
chlud in la reimi. Conid de sin Aillind, .i. ail find.
20] Liond ro-dlecht ri Laigen do fiur dia muntir-si. Co tainic an fer
21]
dia caine co Brigti cu ro-chabrad h-e, ar ni raibe aige ní do-berad
ind.
22]
Tuc iar sin usce isin dabaig i fail tigi Brigte gu ro-bennach
Brigit int
23]
usque co raibi ina mid post, & co ruc in truag hé dond rígh
& ní rabi mid
24]
bud millsiu. Ni rabi plus ná minus and.
25] Condla cerd Brigte ro-triall du
Ruaim. Rob é a fath, .i. Brigit do-rat
26]
a chochall-som ina egmais do chlam in tan ro-bai oc béim in
chluic &
27]
Brigit oc comet a cherdcha-som. Co ro-
chuindgid Connla a etgud co
36] Brenaind in mara .vii. m-bliadna do for ler.
Batar di peist a
37]
comuidecht a churaig-sium frisin ré-sin; araili ogá
ingreim, a cheli ogá
38]
tairmesc. Ro-aitchister indala n-ai Patraic &
sruithi h-Erend archenai dia
39]
coemna fora bidbaid. Ro-guid Brenaind
beus. Ní etus úaide. Ro-guid
40]
Brigti iarum fo deoid. Sochtais in peist ba threisi.
41]
‘Cluinti so, a chleirchi’, ol Brenaind la h-indisi in sceoil iar n-urt.
42]
Tinntaithir co hÉirind aitherrech. Tiagait a tír.
43]
‘Tegaid riunn co Brigti’, ol Brenainn.
44]
A Cuirrech Lifi fri Cill Dara andes bai Brigit in
tan-sin. Tic a n-dail
45]
Brenaind co Domnach Mór fri Cill aniar,
iarna inchosc ónd angel di.
46]
Feraid failti fris oc Lig Brenaind. Co Cill Dara doib asa h-aithle.
Brigit
47]
im- fo-cheird a cochall fliuch forna goa greine. Cuiris gilla Brenaind
in
48]
brat baí um Brenaind forru, & ro-fuit dib. Cuiris aitherrech, &
ni rus-congaib.
49]
Eirgis Brenaind feisin & ro-cóirig forru, & anais amlaid. Ro-
focht
50]
Brenaind do Brigti cid sæthar do-gnid dia
codnach.
51]
‘Apair róm’, ol Brigit, ‘Tós dligius ferscal’.
52]
‘Dar ar cuphus’, ar Brenaind, ‘ni ro-chingiusa .vii. n-imairi riam cen
53]
mo chuimne a n-Dia’.
54]
‘Deo gratias’, ol Brigit. ‘Ro-fitir Mac na h-
Ingine, ó do-ratus-sa mo
55]
menmain inn, ná tucus as cose’.
56]
‘Ni h-ingnad dona bíastaib muiridhi’, or Brenaind, ‘gé no-moltais
sech
57]
cách int-í isa fognam sin’.
58] Tecar a coic don chaillig.
59]
‘In fil lat?’, ol sí.
60]
‘Nicon fil’, ar se ‘acht mad ochtmad grain eorna’.
61]
‘Deo gratias’, ol Brigit. ‘Beir dia bleith co
muilend Ratha Cathair fri
62]
Cill Dara aniar’.
63]
Feimdis an bleithig a bulg do bleith. Teit-side co Brigti.
64]
‘Eirg afeachtsa’, or si.
65]
Teit, acus nipa soirthi a thurus. Tindtais co Brigti.
66]
‘Eirg aris’, or si.
Finit.