The Bodleian Dinnshenchas. 507
[44. Mag Murisce.] — Mag Muiriusca, canas rohainmniged^? Ni ansa .1. Muiriasc mor dianidh ainm Rossualt focheirdi in muir ann fo tir ^ isi a ruin ind anmanna sin no aisneidhed Colum cilli do each .1. tn scethei dognidh, ~\ ba si airdi each scethi dib .1. sceth im-muir ;] a ethri i n-arda .1. ba[d]udh curach ^ barca ;] noodh, 3 ar ior anmannu in mara isin hMadain sin. Sceith i n-aer 3 a err sis []] adcuiredh suas a sceith, ar for anmandu foluaimneeha in aoir isin \i\\adain sin. Sceith ele do;?^ fo tir CO wbrenadh in tir, ar {or daine ^ {or cethre^ isin bli^^- mti sin. Comad a n-aimsir na nAed nobeith in t-anmanna sin ^ Colu[i]m cille. Unde Dalian dixit : " Legais runa Rosuailt etir scolaib screptra."
No tolo muireise moir dorala and i n-aimsir Gairb Glunraigie, cor-rolinsat glenna ^ fana in tiri do;^ in leith fri muir.
No comad hi ^luiresc ingen Ugaine Mair vaaic Echach Buad- aig-^ dia tueadh in mag sin, no comad ann roaplad Muirisc. Unde Mag Muirisc.
Muiri[a]sc focheird in muir mor dia mba hainm Rosualt rigmor : ba hangbaidh an gnim'* [15a 2] cen cle rotharrngair Colum cille. No
Tola mairbeisc tuile the fri re Gairbreisc Glunraige, fobruchta muir, milib clann, fo ceitrib tirib Erenn.'^ No
Masi Muireasc chiar crechach ingen dian, ua deg-Echach, ba blaidh buaid cen choir cair,^ fofhu[a]ir in mag co mormuir.
Muiriasc foceird in muir \\\br.
A huge sea-fish, whose name was Rossualt, the sea cast ashore there, and this is the animal whose secret Colomb cille used to de- clare to every one, to wit, three vomitings it would make, and this was the portent of each of them, to wit, a vomiting in the sea, with its tail on high: (this portended) foundering of boats, and barques, and ships, and destruction to the animals of the sea in that year : a vomiting in the air, with its tail down, while it cast its vomit upwards : (this portended) destruction to the flying animals of the air in that year. Another vomiting throughout a land, so that the land would stink : (this portended) destruction to human beings and to cattle in that year. That animal may have existed
^ MS. rohainmnieed. ^ MS. ceth. re. ^ MS. eatha^/; buarf'ci/g.
- MS. inserts .g. '•> MS. erind. '^ MS. uadegeath<itr/^,
'■ LL. has ba blad buair cen choir chuir
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