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Tha sinn a鈥� toirt s霉il air na notaichean G脿idhlig ann an Leabhar Dh猫ir. Ghabh mac aig Bede galar. B鈥� e Bede an ceannard Cruithneach ionadail. Dhi霉lt e 脿ite airson manachainn a thoirt do Chalum Cille.听

Seo na thachair an uair sin: 鈥� chaidh am morair a dh鈥檃thchuinge nan cl猫ireach gun d猫anadh iad 霉rnaigh [airson sl脿inte a鈥� ghille]... Dh鈥檃ontaich Bede fearann a thoirt do Chalum Cille nan tigeadh sl脿inte don ghille.

Rinn na cl猫irich 霉rnaigh. Th脿inig sl脿inte don ghille. Fhuair Calum Cille am fearann. Ach thug e seachad e do a chompanach, Drostan. Seo na tha ann an Leabhar Dh猫ir: 鈥� thug Calum Cille do Dhrostan a鈥� chathair sin, agus bheannaich e i, agus dh鈥檉h脿g e am briathar 鈥� ge b鈥� e a sheasadh na h-aghaidh, nach biodh e bliadhnach, buadhach.

Dh鈥檉h脿g Calum Cille mallachd air duine sam bith a sheasadh an aghaidh na manachainn 鈥� nach biodh e bliadhnach, buadhach. Tha sin a鈥� ciallachadh nach biodh a bheatha fada no soirbheachail.听

Nise, a bheil sibh e貌lach air 顿猫颈谤 ann an Siorrachd Obar Dheathain? Chan eil sgeul air a鈥� mhanachainn an-diugh. Ach thathar a鈥� smaoineachadh gun robh i an 矛re mhath far a bheil Old Deer.听

Ach d猫 tha an t-ainm Deer 鈥� no 顿猫颈谤 鈥� a鈥� ciallachadh? Tha seantans anns na notaichean ag innse sin dhuinn:

Seo na ciad tr矛 faclan anns an t-seantans: T谩ngator 诲茅补谤补 Drost谩n. Ann an G脿idhlig an latha an-diugh: Th脿inig 诲别貌颈谤 Dhrostain. Drostan鈥檚 tears came. Anns an d脿rna linn deug, chanadh na G脿idheil 诲茅补谤补 far am bi sinne ag r脿dh an-diugh 诲别貌颈谤. Tears.听

Seo an seantans gu l猫ir: Th脿inig 诲别貌颈谤 Dhrostain air sgaradh ri Calum Cille. Labhair Calum Cille, 鈥榖iodh 顿猫颈谤 ainm bho seo a-mach.鈥�

Mar sin, th脿inig an t-ainm-脿ite 顿猫颈谤 鈥� no Deer 鈥� a r猫ir Leabhar Dh猫ir bho na 诲别貌颈谤 a leig Drostan nuair a dh鈥檉halbh Calum Cille.听

C貌 bha ann an Drostan, co-dhi霉? Gu fortanach, tha cunntas air ann an Leabhar 脵rnaighean Obar Dheathain no Breviarium Aberdonense. Tha e ag innse dhuinn gun robh Drostan na aba agus gun robh a latha f猫ille air a鈥� cheathramh latha deug dhen D霉bhlachd. Tuilleadh mu dheidhinn anns an ath Litir.

We are looking at the Gaelic notes in the Book of Deer. A son of Bede caught a disease. Bede was the local Pictish leader. He refused to give Columba a place for a monastery.

Here鈥檚 what happened then: 鈥� the mormaer went to beseech the clerics that they would make a prayer [for the boy鈥檚 health]鈥� Bede agreed to give land to Columba if the boy鈥檚 health returned.

The clerics made a prayer. The boy became healthy. Columba got the land. But he gave it to his companion, Drostan. Here鈥檚 what is in the Book of Deer:... Columba gave Drostan that place, and he blessed it, and left the statement 鈥� whoever would stand against it, he would not be long-lived or successful.

Columba cursed anybody that would stand against the monastery 鈥� that he would not be long-lived or successful. That means that his life would not be long or full of success.

Now, do you know Deer in Aberdeenshire? There is no sign of the monastery today. But it is thought that it was pretty much where Old Deer is situated.

But what does the name Deer 鈥� or 顿猫颈谤 鈥� mean? A sentence in the notes tells us that:

Here are the first three words in the sentence. T谩ngator 诲茅补谤补 Drost谩n. In modern Gaelic: Th脿inig 诲别貌颈谤 Dhrostain. Drostan鈥檚 tears came. In the twelfth century, the Gaels would say 诲茅补谤补 where we today say 诲别貌颈谤. Tears.

Here is the entire sentence: Drostan鈥檚 tears came upon parting from Columba. Columba said, 鈥榣et Deer be its name henceforth.鈥�

Thus the place-name 顿猫颈谤 鈥� or Deer 鈥� according to the Book of Deer, came from the tears that Drostan shed when Columba left.

Who was Drostan, anyway? Fortunately, there is an account of him in the Aberdeen Breviary. It tells us that Drostan was an abbot and that his feast-day was on the 14th of December. More about him in the next Litir.听 听听