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54. 'He will be a stag with horns of silver
In the land where chariots are driven,
He will be a speckled salmon in a full pool,
He will be a seal, he will be a fair-white swan.

55. 'He will be throughout long ages 1
An hundred years in fair kingship, 2
He will cut down battalions, 3--a lasting grave--
He will redden fields, a wheel around the track.

56. 'It 4 will be about kings with a champion
That he will be known as a valiant hero,
Into the strongholds of a land on a height
I shall send an appointed end 5 from Islay. 6

57. 'High shall I place him with princes,
He will be overcome by a son of error; 7
Moninnan, the son of Ler,
Will be his father, his tutor.



p. 26

54 'Bíd dam co m-bendaib arggait
i mruig i n-agar carpait,
bíd écne brecc il-lind lán,
bíd rón, bíd ela findbán.

55. 'Bíaid tré bithu síri
cét m-blédne hi findrígi,
silis lergga, lecht imchían,
dercfid rói roth imm rían.

56. 'Bíd imm rígu la fénnid
bíd láth gaile fri aicni,
i n-dindach mroga for aa
fochicher airchend a Íli.

57. 'Art arungén la flaithi,
gébthir fa mac n-imraichni,
sech bíd Moninnán mac Lir
a athir, a ḟithithir.



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