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Abbot acus adds adeum Alba Andrews Annals of Ulster appear autem autem genuit Bishop Book of Deer Buchan burdens called Celtic century charter chief Chronicles church clerics Columba Columcille Culdees David dicentes dicit dico discipuli district dixerunt dixit domine Drostán Dunkeld Earl early ecce ecclesiastical eius enim erant erat erected ergo esset etdixit filius formed foundation founded freedom fuit gave gift Gospels granted hora ihesus illis ipse Ireland Irish iterum King lands later meum mihi misit monastery monks mormaer neque nisi notices occur omnes omnia omnis opera origin parish pater patrem Pictish Picts Plate probably quam quia quid quis quod quoniam records referred Respondit Sæc Scotland Scots share sicut spiritus stone sunt super territory tibi toisech tuum uenit uobis written
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Page 11 - Diligite inimicos vestros, benefacite eis qui oderunt vos, et orate pro persequentibus et calumniantibus vos, ut sitis filii Patris vestri, qui in coelis est, qui solem suum oriri facit super bonos et malos, et pluit super justos et injustos.
Page v - Garnait. They made the prayer, and health came to him. After that Columcille gave to Drostan that town, and blessed it, and left as (his) word, 'Whosoever should come against it, let him not be many-yeared [or] victorious.' Drostan's tears came on parting with Columcille. Said Columcill, 'Let DEAR [deara= tears] be its name henceforward.
Page xlviii - Columcille, because it was full of God's grace, and he asked of the mormaer, to wit Bede, that he should give it to him ; and he did not give it, and a son of his took an illness after (or in consequence of) refusing the clerics, and he was nearly dead (lit.
Page vi - After that Columcille gave to Drostan that town and blessed it, and left as his word, " Whosoever should come against it let him not be many yeared (or) victorious." Drostan's tears (deara) came on parting with Columcille. Said Columcille, " Let Dear be its name henceforward.
Page 89 - They came after that to the other town; and it was pleasing to Columcille, because it was full of God's grace; and he asked of the mormaer, to wit Bede, that he should give it to him, and he did not give it; and a son of his took an illness after refusing the clerics, and he was nearly dead.
Page xciii - ... quit plus minusve numerabo vel dico, ab omni gravitatibus magioribus minoriis, notis ignotis, undique liberata permaneat in aefum, nisi is quattuor causis que nunc nominabo ; expeditione contra paganos ostes, et pontes constructione, seu arcis munitione vel destructione in eodem gente et singulare pretium foras reddat, secundum ritum gentes illius. Et tamen nullam penam foras alicui persolvat...
Page xcviii - Patrick ; ie, the visitation of Meath, both Church and State, and a banquet for every fort from Maelseachlainn himself, besides seven cumhals [ie, twenty-one cows, or an equivalent] , and every other demand in full.
Page xcvi - that all church lands and possessions belonging to them be wholly free from exaction on the part of all secular persons, and that neither kings nor mormaers nor toiseachs are to exact, as has been customary among the Picts, victuals and hospitality in lands belonging the church, or presume any longer to extort them by force.
Page lvii - Dobaci to Lurchari both mountain and field in freedom from toisech for ever ; and his blessing on every one who shall fulfil (this) after him, and his curse on every one who shall go against it.
Page 97 - Be it on the conscience of every one in whom shall be for grace the booklet with splendour ; that he give a blessing on the soul of the wretchock who wrote it.