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The wry rowan

verse beg. A muicidh seolam sa sliabh

• Early Modern Irish
• verse
• Classical Irish poetry, Duanaire Finn, Finn Cycle

First words (verse)

• A muicidh seolam sa sliabh

“Swineherd let us make for the moorland”

Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.

Duanaire Finn

• Duanaire Finn

Author

Anonymous

Manuscripts

• Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 20 (b) = Duanaire Finn [s. xvii¹]

  f. 44r (line 4–line 11) context: Duanaire Finn

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Early Modern Irish
• Early Modern Irish (Murphy)

Date

“probably belongs to the first half of the classical period, though it may be later” (Murphy).

Form

verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

4

Classification

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
...
Duanaire Finn
Duanaire Finn

id. 11031

Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle

id. 578

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.] MacNeill, Eoin [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 1: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society, 7, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908.

Foclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge – editions: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>

82; 196 Poem XXXI. Edition and translation

Secondary sources (select)

Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society, 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.

Internet Archive: <link>

67

web page identifiers

page name: A muicidh seolam sa sliabh

page url: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/A_muicidh_seolam_sa_sliabh
redirect: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/Special:Redirect/page/11070
numerical alternative: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/index.php?curid=11070
page ID: 11070
page ID tracker: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/index.php?title=Show:ID&id=11070

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April 2012, last updated: March 2021