Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition
The destruction of Da Derga's Hostel (Author: [unknown])

section 64

The reavers afterwards landed, and fared forth till they were at Lecca cinn slébe. Ever open was the Hostel. Why it was called a Bruden was because it resembles the lips of a man blowing(?) a fire(?). Or bruden is from bruth-en, i.e. en ‘water’, bruthe ‘of flesh’ broth therein.


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