Is acher in gaíth in-nocht... is an anonymous ninth-century poem in Old Irish.
The poem exists uniquely as a marginal entry in the Stiftsbibliothek MS 904 at St. Gallen in Switzerland, which is a copy of Priscian's Institutiones grammaticae, heavily glossed in Old Irish. It was most likely written in Ireland in the (mid-?) 800s, when Viking attacks on Irish monasteries, schools and churches were a regular occurrence.
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Is acher in gaíth in-nocht/fu-fúasna fairggae findfolt;/ní ágor réimm mora minn/dond láechraid lainn úa Lothlind
The wind is fierce tonight/it tosses the sea's white mane/I do not fear the coursing of a quiet sea/by the fierce warriors of Lothlend