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Sayers, William, “Teithi Hen, Gúaire mac Áedáin, Grettir Ásmundarson: the king’s debility, the shore, the blade”, Studia Celtica 41 (2007): 163–171.

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Sayers (William)

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“Teithi Hen, Gúaire mac Áedáin, Grettir Ásmundarson: the king’s debility, the shore, the blade”

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Studia Celtica: The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies 41 (2007)

Studia Celtica 41 (2007).

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41

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163–171

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Gúaire mac ÁedáinGúaire mac Áedáin
According to Adomnán’s life of Columba, a powerful chieftain in Dál Riata whose death was prophesied by the saint. The prophecy’s laconic detail that he will be killed by his companion comes true when by some unfortunate accident, Gúaire fatally wounds himself with his own knife.
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