Texts
Dinnshenchas of Dún mac Nechtain Scéneverse beg. Necht Inbir Scéne ro scaíl
- Middle Irish
- prose, verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Ulster Cycle, Dinnshenchas
Text on the dinnshenchas of Dún mac Nechtain Scéne
Initial words (verse)
- Necht Inbir Scéne ro scaíl
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- prose
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- prose and verse
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- B =
- Lc =
- M =
- S = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
- S3 =
- H =
- S4 = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2 (992) [s. xv]f. 53vbFour lines of prose at the bottom of the second column, following which there is a chasm in the manuscript.
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
2
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.] Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 4, Todd Lecture Series 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 16 (1895): 31–83, 135–167, 269–312, 468.
Secondary sources (select)
Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 4, Todd Lecture Series 11, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1924.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link>
439–440 [id. 67. ‘Dún mac Nechtain Scéne’] direct link
Thurneysen, Rudolf, Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert, Halle: Niemeyer, 1921.
comments: Part 1 (chapters 1-23): Allgemeines; Part 2 (chapters 1-85): Die Ulter Sage
Internet Archive: <link>
247 [id. 2.10. ‘Dinnshenchas: 4. Dún mac Nechtain Scéne (Scenae Ba.)’] direct link
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November 2012, last updated: August 2021