Texts

Sanas Cormaic‘Cormac’s glossary’

Old Irish, Middle Irish
prose
Irish glossaries, Irish texts on language and literature

Scope

multiple versions

Author

Ascribed to: Cormac mac CuilennáinCormac mac Cuilennáin
(d. 908)
bishop and king of Munster
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Manuscripts

Longer version:
- B =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318 2, cols 3-122 [s. xvi]
  pp. 255a–283a (facsimile) cols 3–87
- C (1) =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1317 pp. 13 (91)-38 (115) [s. xvii]
  Scribe: Fland.
- C (2) =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1317 pp. 77 (155)-104 (180) [s. xvii]
  pp. 77–102
  Scribe: Dubhaltach Mac Firbhisigh.
- Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 12 [s. xvi (?)]
  pp. 1–40
Shorter version:
- A =
  Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16 (1230) = Leabhar Breac (‘Speckled Book’) [s. xvⁱⁿ]
  pp. 263–272.
- F =
  Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]
  p. 179a–179b
  Fragment ~ YBL, §§ 1224-34 and 1268-75
- G =
  Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 1–58 and ff. 73–122 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454]
  ff. 79r–84r
  ~ YBL, §§ 756-1224.
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
  pp. 177ra–184ra
  Beginning only. ~ YBL, §§ 1-1224.
Extracts:
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 (967) = Book of Ballycummin [s. xvi]
  pp. 74 ff
  Entry for Prull
- London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 [s. xvi¹]
  f. 75r–75v
  Entries for Mug Éme and Prull
The sigla in italics represent the versions as listed by Stokes.

Language

Old Irish Middle Irish
Secondary language(s): Greek language Hebrew language Welsh language Old Norse Old English Pictish language

Form

prose (primary)

verse (secondary)

Textual relationships

Related: Irish glossary from TCD 1337, pp. 623-628Irish glossary from TCD 1337, pp. 623-628Medieval Irish glossary in TCD 1337, pp. 623-628. Many of the entries are known from other works and learned compilations, such as Sanas Cormaic.LomanLoman

Medieval Irish glossary, with headwords under L–U, based on a long version of Sanas Cormaic.

Associated items

Cen cholt for crib cernineCen cholt for crib cernineA quatrain of verse purporting to represent the first satire in Ireland.Dinnshenchas of Cnocc RafannDinnshenchas of Cnocc RafannDinnshenchas of Cnocc RafannFinn and the jester LomnaeFinn and the jester LomnaeAn anecdote told in Sanas Cormaic, under the entry for ‘Orc tréith’.GaireGaire

A brief story about Néde and Caier under the entry for ‘Gaire’ in Sanas Cormaic.

LethechLethechA narrative included in the entry for Lethech in Sanas Cormaic.Mug ÉmeMug ÉmeA narrative included in the entry for Mug Éme in Sanas CormaicPrullPrullSanas Cormaic/RincneSanas Cormaic/Rincne

Entry for ‘rincne’ in Sanas Cormaic, with an anecdote about Ferchess, Mac Con and Finn úa Báiscni.

Uga Corbmaic meic CuilendáinUga Corbmaic meic CuilendáinEarly Irish religious poem (29qq) attributed to Cormac mac Cuilennáin. What appears to be a full copy of text is attested in a single manuscript, while fragments of it also turn up as citations elsewhere.

Classification

Irish glossariesIrish glossaries
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Irish texts on language and literatureIrish texts on language and literature
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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.

[dig. ed.] Russell, Paul, Sharon Arbuthnot, and Pádraic Moran, Early Irish glossaries database, Online: Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, University of Cambridge, 2010–. URL: <http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/irishglossaries>.

[ed.] Stokes, Whitley [ed.], Three Irish glossaries: Cormac’s Glossary, O’Davoren’s Glossary and a glossary to the Calendar of Oengus the Culdee, London: Williams and Norgate, 1862.

TLH – ‘Cormac’s Glossary’ (pp. 1-44): <link> Internet Archive: <link>, <link>

[ed.] Stokes, Whitley [ed.], and John OʼDonovan [tr.], Sanas Chormaic: Cormac’s Glossary, Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, Calcutta: O.T. Cutter, 1868.

Internet Archive: <link> HathiTrust: <link>, <link> Google Books: <link>

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “On the Bodleian fragment of Cormac’s Glossary”, Transactions of the Philological Society 22 (1891–4, 1894): 149–206.

Internet Archive: <link>, <link>, <link>

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Sanas Cormaic. An Old-Irish glossary compiled by Cormac úa Cuilennáin, king-bishop of Cashel in the tenth century”, in: Osborn Bergin, R. I. Best, Kuno Meyer, and J. G. OʼKeeffe (eds), Anecdota from Irish manuscripts, vol. 4, Halle and Dublin, 1912. 1–128 (text), i–xix (introduction).

Internet Archive – vols 1-5: <link> Internet Archive – vols 3-5: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Russell, Paul, “Poets, power and possessions in medieval Ireland: some stories from Sanas Cormaic”, in: Joseph F. Eska (ed.), Law, literature and society, 7, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2008. 9–45.

Russell, Paul, “The sounds of a silence: the growth of Cormac's Glossary”, Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies 15 (1988): 1–30.

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January 2011, last updated: September 2022