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verse beg. Día lim fri cach sním

  • Late Old Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Early Irish lyrics
First words (verse)
  • Día lim fri cach sním
Author
Anonymous
Manuscripts
Language
  • Late Old Irish
Date
"the language of the poem cannot be later than the tenth century (Early Middle Irish period). Indeed it was probably composed in the early ninth century" (Murphy).(1)n. 1 Gerard Murphy, Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century (1956): 181.
Form
verse (primary)
Metre
  • leth-rannaigecht mór, or dechnad mbec (5¹+5¹+5¹+5¹)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish lyricsEarly Irish lyrics
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Sources

Notes

1.
Gerard Murphy, Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century (1956): 181.

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.] Murphy, Gerard [ed. and tr.], “Anonymous: God be with me”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 22–27, 180–183.
CELT – edition: <link>
[ed.] OʼKelleher, Andrew [ed.], “A hymn of invocation”, Ériu 4 (1908–1910): 235–239.
Internet Archive: <link>
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Gebet um Schutz in Gefahr”, Archiv für celtische Lexikographie 3 (1907): 6–7.
Celtic Digital Initiative – Celtic Digital Initiative: <link>
[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>
210–211 English translation of a good part of the text.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
November 2011, last updated: March 2024
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