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C脿ite an do thachair Bl脿r Dh霉n Neachtain? 鈥橲 e sin am batail a bh鈥� ann eadar na Cruithnich agus na Sasannaich 脿 Northumbria anns a鈥� bhliadhna sia ceud, ochdad 鈥檚 a c貌ig (685). Bha am bl脿r sin air leth cudromach ann an eachdraidh na h-Alba, oir bha na Sasannaich a鈥� feuchainn ri cr矛ochan an r矛oghachd a sgaoileadh gu tuath. Bha iad airson smachd fhaighinn air na Breatannaich, na G脿idheil agus na Cruithnich a bha uile a鈥� fuireach ann an Alba. Chaill na Sasannaich Bl脿r Dh霉n Neachtain, ge-t脿. Agus dh鈥檉h脿g sin gu robh na tr矛 sl貌igh sin 鈥� na Cruithnich, na G脿idheil is na Breatannaich 鈥� saor.

Gu h-annasach, tha fiosrachadh mionaideach againn mu l脿 a鈥� bhatail. Thachair e Disathairne am ficheadamh l脿 dhen Ch猫itean, sia ceud, ochdad 鈥檚 a c貌ig. Ach chan eil fios againn le cinnt air l脿rach a鈥� bhl脿ir. Airson 霉ine mh貌ir, bha daoine a鈥� d猫anamh dheth gur e Dunnichen ann an machair Aonghais an D霉n Neachtain a bh鈥� air ainmeachadh anns na l脿mh-sgr矛obhainnean G脿idhealach. Agus bha na leabhraichean eachdraidh Beurla a-mach air 鈥淭he Battle of Dunnichen鈥�. Do na Sasannaich, 鈥檚 e Nechtansmere an t-ainm a bh鈥� air a鈥� bhl脿r o shean. Chanadh na Breatannaich Lin Garan ris 鈥� 鈥檚 e sin 鈥淟och na Corra-grithich鈥�.

Ach an robh am bl脿r ga chumail ann an machair Aonghais? A bheil Dunnichen co-ionann ri D霉n Neachtain? Uill, chaidh mi a dh鈥櫭瞨aid o chionn ghoirid a chuir teagamh m貌r air sin. B鈥� e an t-貌raidiche fear-eachdraidh 脿 Oilthigh Chill R矛mhinn, Alex Woolf. Tha esan dhen bheachd gur d貌cha gu robh am batail ann na b鈥� fhaide gu tuath ann an Dunachton ann am B脿ideanach. Ann an G脿idhlig 鈥檚 e sin D霉n Neachtain.

Tha d脿 eileamaid anns an argamaid aige. Sgr矛obh am fear-eachdraidh Sasannach, Bede, gun do tharraing na Cruithnich na Sasannaich gu ruige d霉thaich gharbh l脿n bheanntan. Tha fhios againn cuideachd gu robh loch ann. Ann an Dunnichen ann am machair Aonghais chan eil beanntan ann is chan eil loch ann a bharrachd. Ach ann am B脿ideanach tha D霉n Neachtain l脿imh ri loch m貌r ris an canar Loch 脤nnse. Agus tha e air a chuairteachadh le beanntan m貌ra 鈥� am Monadh Ruadh agus am Monadh Liath.

A r猫ir nan l脿mh-sgr矛obhainnean, 鈥檚 e an t-ainm a bh鈥� air r矛oghachd nan Cruithneach 鈥淔ortriu鈥�. Chan eil fios le cinnt c脿it鈥� an robh Fortriu, ach tha Alex Woolf a鈥� cumail a-mach gur d貌cha gu robh e timcheall air Inbhir Nis. A r猫ir l脿mh-sgr矛obhainnean, bha batail ann eadar fir Fortriu agus Lochlannaich anns a鈥� bhliadhna naoi ceud 鈥檚 a ceithir (904). Anns an dearbh bhliadhna bha batail ann an Srath 脠ireann. Bha luchd-eachdraidh an d霉il gur e an aon bhatail a bh鈥� ann agus gu robh Fortriu ann an, no faisg air, Srath 脠ireann. Nise, bha iad dhen bheachd gum b鈥� e sin Srathearn ann am meadhan na h-Alba is gum biodh sin a鈥� ciallachadh gu robh na Cruithnich a鈥� d矛on r矛oghachd ann am meadhan na h-Alba.

Ach tha Srath 脠ireann eile ann 鈥� anns a鈥� cheann a tuath 鈥� Srathdearn ann am Beurla. Tha sin eadar B脿ideanach agus Inbhir Nis. Dh鈥檉haodadh gu robh Fortriu anns a鈥� cheann a tuath. Ma tha sin f矛or, bhiodh e coltach gum biodh an d脿 arm a鈥� sabaid ann am B脿ideanach, eadar Inbhir Nis agus a鈥� Ghalldachd.

Ge bith c脿it an robh Bl脿r Dh霉n Neachtain, tha fhios againn gun do chaill r矛gh nan Sasannach, Ecgfrith, a bheatha is gun deach a鈥� chuid mh貌r de na saighdearan aige a mharbhadh. Dh鈥檉h脿g sin Alba gu bhith na r矛oghachd Cheilteach seach Sasannach.

Faclan na seachdaine: Bl脿r Dh霉n Neachtain: The Battle of Nechtansmere (Dunnichen?); Breatannaich: Britons; machair Aonghais: the low country of Angus; l脿mh-sgr矛obhainnean: manuscripts; 貌raid: lecture; 貌raidiche: lecturer; Oilthigh Chill R矛mhinn; St Andrews University; eileamaid: element; am Monadh Ruadh: the Cairngorms; a鈥� d矛on: defending; a鈥� Ghalldachd: the Lowlands.

Abairtean na seachdaine: eadar na Cruithnich agus na Sasannaich: between the Picts and the English (Saxons); a鈥� feuchainn ri cr矛ochan an rioghachd a sgaoileadh: trying to spread the boundaries of their kingdom; na tr矛 sl貌igh sin: those three peoples; an ceann greis: after a while; bhiodh r矛oghachd na h-Alba air a cruthachadh: the kingdom of Scotland would be created; loch na corra-grithich: the loch of the heron; a chuir teagamh m貌r air: that cast great doubt upon; na b鈥� fhaide gu tuath: further north; gun do tharraing X Y gu ruige d霉thaich gharbh l脿n bheanntan: that X drew Y into a rough land full of mountains; chan eil beanntan ann is chan eil loch ann a bharrachd: there are no mountains and neither is there a loch; l脿imh ri loch: adjacent to a loch; ris an canar Loch 脤nnse: which is called Loch Insh; eadar B脿ideanach agus Inbhir Nis: between Badenoch and Inverness; bhiodh e coltach: it would be likely; gun do chaill X a bheatha: that X lost his life; gun deach a鈥� chuid mh貌r de na saighdearan aige a mharbhadh: that most of his soldiers were killed; gu bhith na r矛oghachd Cheilteach seach Sasannach: to be a Celtic, rather than a Saxon, kingdom.

Puing-ch脿nain na seachdaine: Bha am bl脿r sin air leth cudromach ann an eachdraidh na h-Alba: that battle was exceptionally important in the history of Scotland. Air leth is a co-bhuadhair or adjective modifier (an adjective is buadhair in Gaelic). These are words or word combinations which precede an adjective and modify its meaning, often strengthening it. They occur in two groups 鈥� those which lenite the adjective (if it鈥檚 lenitable) and those which do not cause lenition. Air leth obviously is a non-leniter (we say air leth cudromach not air leth chudromach). Other examples of this group are anabarrach (anabarrach slaodach), caran (caran doirbh), uabhasach (uabhasach m貌r) and fiadhaich (tha i fiadhaich fuar an-diugh). Among the co-bhuadhairean causing lenition are gl猫 (tha sin gl猫 mhath) and ro (tha thu ro choibhneil).

Gn脿ths-cainnt na seachdaine: bha na leabhraichean eachdraidh Beurla a-mach air 鈥淭he Battle of Dunnichen鈥�: the English-language history books were on about 鈥淭he Battle of Dunnichen鈥�.聽