Argues that OIr. -bria (subjunctive to bronnaid) is a suppletive form connected to unattested *brenaid, which can be reconstructed with the aid of Indo-Iranian from a PIE nasal present *bhri-n-eH-ti.
Edition of the rosc passage at lines 957-962 of Táin bó Cúailnge (as ed. by C. O’Rahily, 1976), beg. In fitir in dub. Reconstructed from MSS Maynooth C 1, YBL, LL, LU, Stowe Missal; with English translation and textual notes.