Usage of Ogham inscriptions (1) [The Ogham Stone]

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Usage of Ogham inscriptions
- according to a Middle Irish saga text contained in the Book of Leinster (LL 66 AB):

Amlaid bói faichthi in dunaid ogus corthi
furri ogus id iarnaidi na thimchiull ogus id niachais
éside ogus ainm n-oguim na menoc, ogus is é ainm bói and:
Gip e tised in faidche, dia m-ba gascedach, geis fair
ar thecht dind faidchi cen chomrac n-oenfhir do fhuacra.
Airlegais in mac bec in n-ainm ogus tuc a dá rigid
mun coirthi.

The castle meadow was so constituted:
both a column on it, and around this an iron ring,
and a ring of the Heros was these, and an inscription in Ogam on its endstone,
and this is the inscription, which was on it:
Who should ever come onto the meadow, if he is armed, he shall not leave the meadow without facing single combat.
The small boy read out the inscription and put his two arms around the column.

Wer auch (immer) auf die Wiese kommen sollte,
Who should also come (always) on the meadow
Who ever (always) - of the Meadow - come - should

wenn er bewaffnet ist,
if he is armed

ein Verbot für ihn,
it is forbidden for him

von der Wiese wegzugehen,
to leave the meadow
of that - Meadow -

ohne zum Einzelkampf herauszufordern
without provoking to the single combat

ohne - without
kampf - fight/battle
forden - to require

German-English translations for "Heldenhaftigkeit {f}Femininum (die)": heroism

Thus were they: = Is amlaid ra bátar saide:
This is how... = Is amlaid....

Interlinear Version:
(Transcriptional text with German word-by-word translation):

Amlaid bói faichthi in dunaid

So war Wiese der Burg

so
so as
so that way
so thus
was Meadow

ogus corthi furri

und Pfeiler auf_ihr

ogus id iarnaidi na thimchiull
und dies Eisen der Umgebung

ogus id niachais éside
und dies Heldenhaftigkeit dieses_da

ogus ainm n-oguim na menoc

und Inschrift Ogam des Verschlußstücks,

ogus is é ainm bói and:
und ist sie Inschrift war so:

Gipe tised in faidche,
Wer_auch_immer_es_sei der_kommen_wird in Wiese,

dia m-ba gascedach,
wenn er_sei bewaffnet,

geis fair ar thecht dind faidchi
Verbot über_ihn zu Gehen von_der Wiese,

cen chomrac n-oenfhir do fhuacra.
ohne Kampf des_Einzelmanns zu Fordern.

Airlegais in mac bec in n-ainm

Las_vor der Junge kleine die Inschrift

ogus tuc a dá rigid mun coirthi.
und legte seine zwei Arme um Pfeiler.

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