i. mider
Atetha a gaisced ina laim cli, ocus gabais in mnai fo a leth-oxail dess,
that is, Mider
He took his weapons in his hand left, and took the woman under his
shoulder right,
ocus focois-le for forles in tige. Conerget in-t-sluaig imon rig
and carried her off over skylight of the house. Pose up the hosts,
about the king
iar melacht forro, co n-accatar in da ela timchell na Temra. Is ed
after a disgrace on them, they saw the two swans around Tara. It is
this,
ro gabsat do sid ar Femun. Ocus luid Echaid co fomno
they took (the road) to elfmound about about Femun. And went Echaid
with a troop
fer n-Erend imbi do sith ar Femun i. sid ban-find.
of men of Ireland about him to elf mound about Femun i.e. elfmound of
the fair-haired women.
B (a si com)[FN#146] arli fer n-Erend, fochlaid each sid [a gap, 12
letters lost]
That was the counsel of the men of Ireland, he dug up each elf-mound.
[FN#146] The letters in parentheses are a conjecture by Strachan, to
fill up a gap in the manuscript.
tised a ben. do uadib, Foce [a gap of 13 letters, rest of the version
lost.]
should come his wife to him from them.
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