Texts
verse beg. Cerball Currig cáem-Life
- Early Irish
- verse
- Early Irish poetry
Poem (20 stanzas) concerning Cerball mac Muirecáin. Metre: casbairdne.
Initial words (verse)
- Cerball Currig cáem-Life
Author
Ascribed to: Dallán mac MóreDallán mac Móre
(fl. c. 909)
early Irish poet; reputedly a bardic poet to Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster (d. c. 909)
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(fl. c. 909)
early Irish poet; reputedly a bardic poet to Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster (d. c. 909)
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Court poet to Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster.
Manuscripts
- Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]p. 47aOnly manuscript copy known to Kuno Meyer
Language
- Early Irish
Date
“There can be no doubt that the poem was composed towards the end of the ninth century.” (Meyer)
Form
verse (primary)
Metre
- casbairdne (7³+7³+7³+7³)
Number of stanzas
20
Associated items
M'aes cumtha cumnigimM'aes cumtha cumnigimView incoming data
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.
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, Osborn Bergin, M. A. O'Brien, and Anne O'Sullivan (eds.), The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, 6 vols, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1954–1983.
CELT – 1-260: <link> CELT – 400-470 (excl. Táin bó Cúailnge): <link> CELT – 471-638 and 663 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn): <link> CELT – 761-781 and 785-841 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn and Togail Troí): <link> CELT – 1119-1192 and 1202-1325 (excl. Esnada tige Buchet and Fingal Rónáin ): <link>
Diplomatic edition direct link
web page identifiers
page name: Cerball Currig cáem-Life
page url: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/Cerball_Currig_c%C3%A1em-Life
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
September 2011, last updated: July 2020