Manuscripts

‘Stories from the law-tracts’

Cols. 662-670. Citations from Bretha nemed toísech (BNT) and Bretha nemed dédenach (BND), with commentary and glosses. The citations are illustrated by means of 14 short narratives, 12 for BNT and 2 for BND. Except for a few omissions, the stories have been edited and translated in Myles Dillon, ‘Stories from the law-tracts’, Ériu 11 (1932).
col. 662
Incipit: ‘A Morainn, a Maínaig, a Mochda co trebar rl.’
Story 1: story of Morann and Neire. Ed. CIH 2112.29.
col. 662.22
Incipit: ‘Foruachtatar máta mo t<h>uinde’
Story 2: story about a judgment of Coirpre. Ed. CIH 2113.6ff.
col. 662.13
Incipit: ‘Ruchtaid ruib ⁊rl’
Story 3: story of Mugna. Ed. CIH 2113.16ff.
col. 663
Story 4: story of Cernodon. The rest of the column is blank (Dillon). Ed. CIH 2113.26ff.
col. 664
Incipit: ‘Luathrinne luth’
Story 5: story of Cú Chulainn and Mac Endge. Ed. CIH 2114.5ff.
col. 664
Incipit: ‘Aengus fo aiblib imuis’
Story 6: story of Aengus mac Fiachrach. Ed. CIH 2114.25ff.
col. 665–col. 666
[Tochmarc Cotreibe cían co díl] Incipit: ‘Tochmarc Cotreibe cian co dil’
Story 7: story of Coitreb, Conchobar's jester. Ed. CIH 2114.39ff.
col. 666
Incipit: ‘Co berar i fine fer anfine’
story 8: story of Trusc mac Tregamain. Ed. CIH 2115.15ff.
col. 667
Incipit: ‘Cuaille fedha i feilm n-airgit’
Story 9: the story of Lomna. Ed. CIH. 2115.38ff.
col. 668.15
Incipit: ‘In cochall Clothrand’
Story 10. Ed. CIH 2116.28ff.
Incipit: ‘Nis raé Brecc Bras Mic C<h>on co cathaib cocrann’
Story 11. Ed. CIH 2116.33ff.
col. 669
Incipit: ‘Is Fraéch for ualaind luigne’
Story 12. Ed. CIH 2117.1ff.
col. 670
Incipit: ‘Co tagaib nech ni adella’
Story 13: an anecdote about Lóegaire Buadach and Conall Cernach. Ed. CIH 2117.23ff.
col. 670
Incipit: ‘Dubh Duanach’
Story 14. Breaks off incomplete (see note below). Ed. CIH 2117.36-2118.2.
“Most of the next column is cut away, and the next two pages are blank” (Abbott and Gwynn).