Bérla Féini The Ancient Secret Language of the Druids ?

Have you ever wondered if  "Bérla Féini" could be related to or a derivative / decedent of perhaps the first and true secret language of the very very ancient Druids?

Does it not seem reasonable that a group as secretive as the ancient Druids, that  appear to have  forbidden  the written recordings of their beliefs science art and magick,  would also use a secret Dead Language to pass on their knowledge.

What secrets could one gleam from  "Bérla Féini" that may  reveal far more about the Druids, than just ancient Ériu Civil Laws?

How can we recover it?
Who if any speak it now?

TDK / The Druid King

Copyright George King 03-14-2014

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 Bérla Féini   [Bairla-faina]   :


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The laws were written in the oldest dialect of the Irish language, called Bérla Féini [Bairla-faina], which even at the time was so difficult that persons about to become brehons had to be specially instructed in it. Even the authors of the Commentaries and Glosses who wrote hundreds of years ago, and were themselves learned brehons, were often quite at fault in their attempts to explain the archaic text: and their words show that they were fully conscious of the difficulty. It will then be readily understood that the task of translating these laws was a very difficult one, rendered all the more so by the number of technical terms and phrases, many of which are to this day obscure, as well as by the peculiar style, which is very elliptical and abrupt—often incomplete sentences, or mere catch-words of rules not written down in full, but held in memory by the experts of the time. Another circumstance that greatly adds to the difficulty of deciphering these MSS. is the confused way in which the Commentaries and glosses are written in, mainly with the object of economising the expensive vellum.<<
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A Smaller Social History of Ancient Ireland 1906


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TERMS:

Presiding brehon judge:

I weare the sin  (chain of gold) of a true Brehon, may it strangle me if I speak less than truth.

I am the  Fili (chief poet) of my tribe and skilled in "Law Craft.


Lawyer:

Who is you aigne (/ ag´n´a / advocate). (Aigne- advocate or lawyer)

Dai
Dálaige
Dawlee
Were the Buzzards of the tribunal (Professional lawyers, advocates, or pleaders.)

I have brought my amuis  (/ a´vus / attendant, bodyguard) with me.


Tribunal:

I will present to the Tribunal my ard (/ ahrd´ / high ranking person) as my witness.

I am the banfili (/ ban´fih´lih´ / , wise woman) of my clan.

I speak the one and true bérla féini (/ b´eh:rluh fe:nih´ / literally language of the free people. Early legal language) of the Breitheamh (/ brih´them / Arbitrator, law historian)


Jurist:

I am a Airberta - (the second grade of jurist.)

Witnesses:

As a witness I am Aire Forgill - ("noble of superior affirmation").  (forgill / for´g´el / superior testimony)

Follow me I am the Aire Túise -( "leading" noble)  (tuíseo / too-ish´o / person of precedence)


Who are you? Defendant, plaintiff:

I am Aire Ardd -(a "high" noble)

I am Aire Désa/Aire Désso -(The lowest of the noble)

I am the Aire Échta here - (enforcing noble)

I am a Aire (/ ar´e / a freeman).

I am a céile (/ ke:l´e / free memberss of the clan) so kiss my can.

I am a Aithech (/ ath´ech / commoner, churl).

I was born a Churl (commoner).

He was brother from my fine ( [finna] hood , town)


Creditors:

We had a Cor Bel (/ kor bel / verbal contract)

Please grant a short Anad  (A stay of a "Procedure by Distress") while I gather my resources.

My car were taken by Athgabál - (the process of distraint; legal repossession of goods. If a client won his case but the losing party refused to pay, athgabál would allow the client to take goods from the losing party, equal to what he was owed. It was a strict process, generally overseen by an aigne. Found in law texts such as Fergus Kelly's Celtica.)

Marrage / Sex:

We had a Aititiu marrage- (an informal method for concluding a marriage. This was less formal than the urnaidm legal act. Aititiu refers to the act of the relationship simply being recognized by the woman's family. Though less formal, marriages formed in this way were still valid. Found in the Marriage in Early Ireland text.)

I was forced to be a Baitsech of the night. Baitsech - a lewd woman, any woman who engages in illicit intercourse, any woman who abandons marriage without just cause. In the context of marriage, a man could not give an excessive coibche to a baitsech as this would generate a bad contract. Found in the Marriage in Early Ireland text.

I was treated like a Cumal (/ kuval / female slave)


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