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1. Airiú, nách eólgaiseach an buachaill tu! Cá bhfuarais an fháidhiúlacht go léir? Ba dhó’ le duine gur ag breithniú aigne an duine a chaithis do shaol.

I know what this means. But "breithniú aigne an duine" - I can understand this literally "observing people's minds" - but is this an established term for psychologist? Or just a roundabout phrase?

2. “Liag is ea me, a rí,” arsan duine iasachta. “Tá mórán de chríochaibh an domhain siúlta agam i gcaitheamh mo shaeil. Ón mBreatain anall a thánag le déanaí. Tá mórán taithí agam ar na galaraibh a thagann ar an nduine, agus ar na nithibh is feárr chun na ngalar san do leigheas. Thánag anso go dtí an chathair seo ag brath air go mb’fhéidir go bhféadfainn úsáid a dhéanamh ann den eólas atá agam agus roinnt tairbhe ’ dhéanamh do dhaoine a bheadh ’na ghátar. Is léir duit féin, a rí,” ar seisean, “gur róbheag an gnó a bheadh agam leithéid ag teacht anso chun na hoibre sin a dhéanamh gan me féin do chur in úil ar dtúis don rí agus cead a dh’iarraidh air.”

Róbheag an gnó - it would be a waste of time someone like me coming here to do this work without getting permission? I am trying to work out how to understand this without the literal "it would be too small an affair".

3. “Ach bíodh nách orm féin a bhíos ag cuímhneamh ar dtúis b’fhéidir nárbh fhearra dhom rud a dhéanfainn ná cuímhneamh orm féin anois. B’fhéidir nách i gcónaí a thiocfadh do leithéidse crosta orm. Tair chúm anso amáireach agus b’fhéidir go bhféadfaimís socrú,” arsa Sitric.

Socrú - as an intransitive verbal noun. I thought it would be rud a shocrú, or an scéal a shocrú, but it is just socrú here. Could it be "maybe we could sort something out", as in "work something out, reach an agreement"? Is this normal to see socrú with no object?

By the way, the spellings above are an example of the Muskerry house style as far as I understand it!

1) Psychologists in the tenth century? (BTW are you sure this is observing and not judging?)

2) Yes, I'd say so.

3) Pass.

(BTW are you sure this is observing and not judging?)

Er...no, I'm not sure. Breithniú seems to cover a range of meanings! By the way PUL has breithniú and not breathnú, and there may be a distinction between those in the CO, but not in PUL's language.

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1. Airiú, nách eólgaiseach an buachaill tu! Cá bhfuarais an fháidhiúlacht go léir? Ba dhó’ le duine gur ag breithniú aigne an duine a chaithis do shaol.

Observing, studying

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Róbheag an gnó - it would be a waste of time someone like me coming here to do this work without getting permission?

It would be futile for me to come here and . . . without . . .

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Socrú - as an intransitive verbal noun. I thought it would be rud a shocrú, or an scéal a shocrú, but it is just socrú here.

Precisely. Instransitive verbal noun.

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Is this normal to see socrú with no object?

Yes. See Ó Dónaill and Dinneen. "Shocruigheadar le chéile" etc.