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Tíagait i fásach do aithrigi a peccad fri día.

The Manuscript Reading

tiegait a fasach do athghaira a pecadh fri dia.

Transcription

/ t′iaγǝd′ i vaːsǝχ do aθ′r′iγ′i a b′ekǝδ f′ʀ′i d′ia /  listen

tíagait = they go (3rd plural of “téit”)

i = in, into

fásach = wilderness

do = to, for

aithrigi = penance, repentance (dat. of “aithrige”, the verbal noun of “ad·eirrig”)

a = their

peccad = sins (genitive plural of “peccad”) (lit. “for the recalling of their sins”)

fri = to; before

día = God