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verse beg. Dia mbad messe bad rí réil

  • Early Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Medieval Irish wisdom literature
First words (verse)
  • Dia mbad messe bad rí réil
(If I were an illustrious king)
Author
Ascribed to: FinginFingin
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Ascribed to Fingin in Laud Misc. 610, or Dúbh dá Thúath. The latter ascription occurs in the Book of Lismore, Egerton 92 and TCD 1337.
Manuscripts

O'Donoghue distinguishes between a number of different versions:

The oldest version (which omits stanza 35 of the edition):
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
p. 147b 1
Anonymous.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 59–72 and ff. 123–146 = (part of the) Book of the White Earl [c. 1410-1452]
f. 72va.1–vb.41
rubric: ‘‘Fingin cecinit do Chormaic mac Cuilennnain’’
36qq.
A shorter version:
Cork, University College, Book of Lismore = Book of Lismore (Leabhar Leasa Móir) [s. xv]
f. 95a 2
London, British Library, MS Egerton 92 = Book of Fermoy fragment [s. xv]
f. 9a 1
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 11 (487) [s. xviii]
p. 76
"probably a transliteration of L or Eg into Modern-Irish spelling"
Two short, independent versions:
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1337 3, pp. 15-58 [s. xv/xvi?]
p. 41
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]
f. 29a 1
A "different recension of the LL-Ld version", which contains all stanzas.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 L 34 (1007) [s. xviii]
p. 220
Castlerea, Clonalis House, Book of O'Conor Don = Book of O’Conor Don (Leabhar Uí Chonchubhair Dhoinn) [s. xvii]
f. 382a
A version whose relationship to the above could not be established because O'Donoghue was not able to consult it:
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5057-5059 [s. xvii1]
f. 42
Unclassified:
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1291 (H 1. 17) [1755]
p. 101
Language
  • Early Irish
Provenance
"From stanzas 6 and 7 it is evident that in origin the poem had some connection with Cashel."(2)n. 2 Tadhg Ó Donnchadha, ‘Advice to a prince’, Ériu 9 (1921–1923): 44.
Form
verse (primary)
Metre
(3)n. 3 Tadhg Ó Donnchadha, ‘Advice to a prince’, Ériu 9 (1921–1923): 44.
  • rannaigecht dialtach (al. rannaigecht mór) (7¹+7¹+7¹+7¹)
Textual relationships
§ 4 refers to the wise instructions of King Cormac to Coirpre Lifechair, which are known from Tecosca Cormaic, with which it shares a number of phrases. The text also echoes passages from Audacht Morainn, Serglige Con Culainn and Senbríathra Fíthail.(1)n. 1 Tadhg Ó Donnchadha, ‘Advice to a prince’, Ériu 9 (1921–1923): 44.

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Medieval Irish wisdom literatureMedieval Irish wisdom literature
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Sources

Notes

1.
Tadhg Ó Donnchadha, ‘Advice to a prince’, Ériu 9 (1921–1923): 44.
2.
Tadhg Ó Donnchadha, ‘Advice to a prince’, Ériu 9 (1921–1923): 44.
3.
Tadhg Ó Donnchadha, ‘Advice to a prince’, Ériu 9 (1921–1923): 44.

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.] OʼDonoghue, Tadhg [ed. and tr.], “Advice to a prince”, Ériu 9 (1921–1923): 43–54.
Internet Archive – 9 part 1: <link> Internet Archive – 9 part 2: <link>
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
September 2011, last updated: March 2024
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