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Ochtfhoclach Choluim Chille
verse beg. Día mór dom imdegail

  • Late Middle Irish
  • verse

Late Middle Irish poem (82 stt. in ochtfhoclach metre) attributed to Colum Cille, which is known for its length and stylistic complexity. 

First words (verse)
  • Día mór dom imdegail
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
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi1]
pp. 122.1–127.16
rubric: ‘Colum Cilli do rinne an ochtfoclachsa sis’
beg. ‘[D]ia mor dom imdeghail’
82 stt.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvin]
ff. 170va.18–171vb.m
rubric: ‘In ochfhoclach hÍ Emin’
beg. ‘Dia moir dom imditen’

79 stt.

Language
  • Late Middle Irish
Date
Dated by Quin to the 11th or 12th century.
Form
verse (primary)
Metre
  • ocht-fhoclach
Length
Number of stanzas: 82 stt.

Classification

Samples

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Laud Misc. 615.

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.] Quin, E. G., “Ochtfhoclach Choluim Chille”, Celtica 14 (1981): 125–153.
Quin, E. G., “Three notes”, Celtica 15 (1983): 140–141.
Note 3 Further readings.
Meyer, Kuno, “Nachtrag zu ochtḟoclach Coluim Cille”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 10 (1915): 444.
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Postscript.
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Ochtḟoclach Coluim Chille”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 10 (1915): 37–41, 444.
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Based on 23 P 2.
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Colum Cilli dorinne an ochtfoclach an sīs”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 198–217.
Internet Archive: <link>
Based on Laud Misc. 615.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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December 2022, last updated: June 2023
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