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Condolb cách ima dáinib fodesin.

Condolb cách ima dáinib fodesin.

(kin-loving * everyone * regarding his * people * own)

Everyone loves his own people best.

 
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rothmol corcra ó mulluch co talmain

rothmol corcra ó mulluch co talmain

(mill-wheel * crimson * from * crown * to * ground)

a (whirling) crimson mill-wheel from head to toe

 
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Tuc bleith mulind tuathbil forthu.

Tuc bleith mulind tuathbil forthu. Tuc a n-airthiur fora n-iarthur ⁊ a ndesciurt fora tuasciurt.

(put * grinding * of mill * widdershins * on-them . put * their * east * on their * west * & * their * south * on their * north)

He reversed the grinding of their mill. He put their east on their west and their south on their north.

 
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Rot·gíuil ind shrathar dodcaid.

Rot·gíuil ind shrathar dodcaid.

(has-stuck-to-you * the * pack-saddle * of ill-luck)

The pack-saddle of misfortune has stuck to you.

 
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Ba maith fer for a ferand fadessin.

Ba maith fer for a ferand fadessin.

(would be * good * a man * on * his * land * own)

A man were well in his own land.

 
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Corbat cara sluaig ...

Corbat cara sluaig,
Corbat roga ríg,
Corbat cruithnecht chaem,
Corbat craebh co fín.

(may you be * friend * of multitude
may you be * choice * of king(s)
may you be * wheat * lovely
may you be * branch * with * wine)

May you be the friend of many.
May you be the choice of kings.
May you be the beautiful wheat.
May you be the branch that yields wine.

 
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Rop éo uasind fhid.

Rop éo uasind fhid.

(he was * great tree * above the * wood)

He was a tree that stood above the forest.

 
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Narop dál co n-attáil.

Narop dál co n-attáil.

(let it not be * agreement * with * re-agreement)

Don’t deal and then redeal.

 
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Fír na cétnae ⁊ na n-airrad!

Fír na cétnae ⁊ na n-airrad!

(truth * of the * first ones * & * of the * guarantors)

The truth of the principal men and of the sureties!

 
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At·tá lá i ndegaid alaile.

At·tá lá i ndegaid alaile.

(is * day * in * following * of another)

One day follows another.
Tomorrow is another day.

 
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