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Dinnshenchas of Lége

verse beg. Senchas Lége, láthar sain

• Middle Irish
• prose, verse
• Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn

Text on the dinnshenchas of Lége

First words (verse)

• Senchas Lége, láthar sain

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 A
• LL p. 205: poem

• Dinnshenchas Érenn C
• verse and prose

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn A

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]

p. 205b

rubric: ‘Lége i nUíb Failge’

Poem.

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Dinnshenchas Érenn C

Lc =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvⁱⁿ]

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M =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]

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S =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]

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S₃ =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii]

H =

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]

Lines 1-24 are illegible.

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 19

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

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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., 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>

246–253 [id. 69. ‘Lége’] Verse. direct link direct link direct link

[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley, “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 16 (1895): 31–83, 135–167, 269–312, 468.

TLH – edition (III, 31-83): <link> TLH – translation (III): <link> TLH – edition (IV, pp. 135-167): <link> TLH – translation (IV): <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

160–161 [id. 147. ‘Mag Léige’] Prose from the Book of Lecan. direct link

Secondary sources (select)

Gwynn, E. J., 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>

441–442 [id. 69. ‘Lége’] direct link

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