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Aígidecht Aithirni ‘The guesting of Athirne’

  • Middle Irish
  • prose, verse, prosimetrum
  • Medieval Irish literature about poets, Ulster Cycle
The short prose text includes eight poems ascribed to Athirne.
Speaker/Addressee
Speaker: Athirne
Athirne
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Chief poet and satirist of the Ulstermen in the Ulster Cycle.
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Manuscripts
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
ff. 118a–118b
London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 [s. xvi1]
f. 77r–77v
The second part of the text only.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 (967) = Book of Ballycummin [s. xvi]
pp. 15–16.m
beg. ‘Do deachaid Atairne h-isind fhogmar for turus di thig a dalta’
The second part of the text.
Language
  • Middle Irish
  • early Middle Irish (Meyer)
Date
11th century (Meyer)
Form
prose, verse, prosimetrum (primary)

Classification

Medieval Irish literature about poetsMedieval Irish literature about poets
...
Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797

Subjects

Athirne
Athirne
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Chief poet and satirist of the Ulstermen in the Ulster Cycle.
See more Amairgen mac Eccit
Amairgen mac Eccit (Salaig)
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
(chief) poet of the Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle of tales; son of Eccet Salach
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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], “The guesting of Athirne”, Ériu 7 (1914): 1–9.
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LL, with variants from Harleian 5280.
[ed.] Thurneysen, Rudolf [ed.], “A third copy of the Guesting of Athirne”, Ériu 7 (1914): 196–199.
Internet Archive: <link>
Version from RIA MS 23 N 10, with variants from Harleian 5280.
[ed.] [tr.] Greene, David, and Frank OʼConnor [Michael O'Donovan], A golden treasury of Irish poetry, A.D. 600 to 1200, London: Macmillan, 1967.
140–141

Poems on the four seasons, beg. Ráithe fó foiss fogamar.

Secondary sources (select)

Lubotsky, Alexander, “Varia IV: On the alliteration in ‘The guesting of Athirne’”, Ériu 33 (1982): 170–171.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen, Patrick Brown
Page created
May 2011, last updated: January 2024
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