FORESPEECH

At the time of his death; for he said it was fitting for one who had died. It was from these headings original: capitula that Dallan proceeded to compose his poem. Now, Columb Cille Saint Columba promised Dallan the gifts and products of the earth for this praise, but Dallan did not accept them. Instead, he sought heaven for himself and for everyone who would recite the poem each day and understand it—both its meaning and its sound—as a certain person said:

Now, Columb Cille gave him three signs for the time he should compose it: namely, that a rider on a speckled horse would announce Columb Cille's death to him; that the first word the rider uttered would be the beginning of the praise; and that his eyesight would be restored to him while he was composing it. This praise was composed at Feni's Ford in Meath original: Mide, as Mael Suthain said. However, Ferdomnach, the successor of Columb Cille, declares it was chanted behind Assal's Way, from where the Fort of the Balustrades stands to the Cross at Lomman's House. This is an Anamain a specific meter in Irish prosody between two "Ashes"; that is, "Ash" at the beginning of the praise and "Ash" at its ending; namely, Ni dis sceoil and Nimuain. Or it is a "fork of two," which is a bi-rhyming narration; that is, to begin two or three sounds from one "tree" a poetic structure still, one after another, and then a sound from a different "tree" after that.

"God, God," etc. The reason he doubles the first word is because of the speed and eagerness of the praise, just as in the phrase, "O God, my God" original: Deus, Deus meus, etc. But the name for this among the Gaels original: Goedel is "return to a usual sound." There are three similar standards of expression used by the Gaelic poets: "re-return to a usual sound," "renarration mode," and "reduplication," and this is the mark of each of them. The "return" is the doubling of one word in one place in the verse without repeating it further. The "renarration mode," again, is repeating from a similar mode; that is, to say the one word frequently in the...