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The Battle of the Sheaves

verse beg. Cláidhtear leibh leabadh Osguir

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

First words (verse)

• Cláidhtear leibh leabadh Osguir

“Dig the bed of Oscar”

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
• no. 21

Author

Anonymous

Manuscripts

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

ff. 27v (middle)–29r (middle)

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Language

• Early Modern Irish Late Middle Irish
• Middle Irish / Early Modern Irish (Murphy)

Date

“It is probable ... that the poem is to be assigned to a date about the year 1200” (Murphy).

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 35

Classification

Duanaire Finn
Duanaire Finn

id. 11031

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
...
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>

55–57; 162–165 Poem XXI. 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>

47–49

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Dennis Groenewegen

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April 2012, last updated: January 2024