Texts

verse beg. Cormac cain buich neóit

Early Irish
verse

Early Irish poem (2 qq) in praise of Cormac, presumably Cormac mac Airt. It is ascribed to Colum Cille and addressed to Áed, probaby Áed mac Ainmirech.

First words (verse)

Cormac cain buich neóit

Speaker/Addressee

Addressee: Áed mac AinmirechÁed mac Ainmirech
Áed mac Ainmuirech
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Author

Ascribed to: Colum CilleColum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
Columba
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Manuscripts

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Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 2, ff. 19–89 = Lebar Glinne Dá Locha (?) [1125 x 1150]

rubric: ‘Colum Cille ad Aed cecinit’

context: Preface (remfhocul) to Amra Choluim Chille and its commentary

2 qq.

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1441 (E 4. 2) = Irish Liber hymnorum [s. xi^ex–xiiⁱⁿ]

rubric: ‘... asbert Colum Cille fri hAed’

beg. ‘Cormacc cain búich neoit’

context: Preface (remfhocul) to Amra Choluim Chille and its commentary, Irish Liber hymnorum

2 qq.

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.5 [s. xv (?)]

f. 3vb.16 ff

beg. ‘Cormac cain buich neoit’

context: Preface (remfhocul) to Amra Choluim Chille and its commentary

Glossed.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi¹]

p. 49.1–3

beg. ‘Cormac cain buith neoit’

2 qq.

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.40 [s. xv-xvi]

p. 24b.m

context: Betha Choluim Chille

First line only.

Language

Early Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 2 qq.

Classification

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Subjects

Cormac mac AirtCormac mac Airt
(time-frame ass. with Cormac mac Airt)
Legendary high-king of Ireland; son of Art son of Conn Cétchathach; contemporary of Finn mac Cumaill.
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Sources

Primary sources

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The Bodleian Amra Choluimb Chille”, Revue Celtique 20 (1899): 31–55, 132–183, 248–289, 400–437. Corrigenda in Revue Celtique 21 (1900): 133–136.

Internet Archive: <link>, <link>

44–45

[ed.] Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson [eds.], The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, vol. 1: Text and introduction, Henry Bradshaw Society, 13, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.

comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction
Volume 2: Translation

Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> – originally from Google Books: <link>

163

[tr.] Bernard, J. H., and Robert Atkinson, The Irish Liber hymnorum, 2 vols, vol. 2: Translation and notes, Henry Bradshaw Society, 14, London: Henry Bradshaw Society, 1898.

comments: Volume 1: Text and introduction
Volume 2: Translation

Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books (missing: pp. 18-19, 86-87): <link>

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