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Etsecht Bic meic Dé

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Short Irish story of Becc mac Dé, his prophetic gift and the three falsehoods he utters on the day of his death, when he meets Colum Cille. The text is essentially an excerpt from the first recension of Aided Diarmata meic Cerbaill.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16 

p. 260b  

MS

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16 

rubric: Etsecht Bic meic De inso   incipit: O thanic cusna dedenchu do Bec mac De   

p. 260b–p. 260b

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/6 (cols 281-344) 

col. 344  

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/6 (cols 281-344) 

rubric: Etseacht Bic meic ... De   incipit: O tanic cosna dedeancho do Bec mac Dé   Account of St. Bec mac Dé. Cf. the version in RIA MS 23 P 16, p. 260b.

p. 330 = col. 344.54

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