Texts

verse beg. Cluig tolla / senbachla crína croma

  • Irish
  • verse
Brief Irish poem (3 qq) attributed to Colum Cille.
First words (verse)
  • Cluig tolla / senbachla crína croma
Author
Ascribed to: Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Manuscripts
p. 36.9–12
rubric: ‘Colum Cille cecinit’
beg. ‘Cluig tolla / senbachla crina croma’
3 qq.
Language
  • Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 3 qq.

Classification

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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Pseudokolumbische Gedichte aus Laud 615. Colum Cille .cc., S. 10; S. 36”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 12 (1918): 385–386.
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Translation wanted
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
December 2022, last updated: June 2023