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verse beg. Dena, a Ghuaire, maith um ní

  • Irish
  • verse
First words (verse)
  • Dena, a Ghuaire, maith um ní
Speaker/Addressee
Addressee: Gúaire Aidne mac Colmáin
Gúaire Aidne mac Colmáin
(d. 663)
Gúaire Aidne (‘of Aidne’) mac Colmáin, king of Connacht from the Uí Fhiachrach; son of Colmán mac Cobthaig (d. 622)
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Author
Ascribed to: Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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In the Laud Misc. 615 version, it is ascribed to Colum Cille “when teaching Guaire, who had never before practised generosity, but henceforward, through the blessing of Colum Cille and his teaching, became most generous” (tr. Meyer). A further attribution occurs in the final stanza.
Manuscripts
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi1]
p. 24.7–inf
rubric: ‘Colum Cille cecinit ag tegasg Guaire or ni derna einech reime sin ⁊ ba rofial o sin amach tre bennachtain Coluim Cille ⁊ trena teagasg’
beg. ‘Dena a Ghuaire maith um ní’
5 qq.
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 20978-20979 [s. xvii]
f. 51r.18–51v.4
beg. ‘Dena a Ghuaire maith im ní’

6 qq.

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1284 (H 1. 10) [1747]
f. 149b
beg. ‘Deana a Guaire maith um ní’
Language
  • Irish
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Subjects

Gúaire Aidne mac Colmáin
Gúaire Aidne mac Colmáin
(d. 663)
Gúaire Aidne (‘of Aidne’) mac Colmáin, king of Connacht from the Uí Fhiachrach; son of Colmán mac Cobthaig (d. 622)
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Sources

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[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], King and hermit. A colloquy between king Guaire of Aidne and his brother Marban. Being an Irish poem of the 10th century, London: David Nutt, 1901.  

Preface (5-9) -- Edition of poem beg. A Marbáin, a dithriubaig (10-21) -- Glossary (22-27) -- Appendix I. Colum Cille and Guaire [text and translation of poem beg. Dena, a Ghuaire, maith um ní (28-29) -- Appendix II. Ornait’s lament for Laidgnen (Cormac's Glossary) [quatrain beg. Dethbir dam ce ni antais].

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28–29 Edited from Laud Misc. 615.
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Dennis Groenewegen
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December 2022, last updated: September 2023
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