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verse beg. A Brénaind, abair rium sin

  • Irish
  • verse
Irish dialogue poem (7 qq) between Colum Cille and Brendan of Clonfert.
First words (verse)
  • A Brénaind, abair rium sin
Speaker/Addressee
Addressee: Brénainn mac Findloga
Brénainn of Clonfert
(d. 577)
Brénainn (Brenden; Brendan) mac Findloga, early Connacht saint, patron of Clonfert, and legendary voyager
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Author
Ascribed to: Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
See more Brénainn mac Findloga
Brénainn of Clonfert
(d. 577)
Brénainn (Brenden; Brendan) mac Findloga, early Connacht saint, patron of Clonfert, and legendary voyager
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Manuscripts
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi1]
pp. 5.15–6.5
rubric: ‘Colum Cille cecinit ac dol a nAlbain dó ag iarraidh ar Brenaind cunghnamh leis na dhiaidh’
beg. ‘A Brenaind abair rium sin’
7 qq.
Language
  • Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 7 qq.

Classification

Sources

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[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Gedichte aus Laud 615”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 7 (1910): 300–304.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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December 2022, last updated: June 2023
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