Texts
Dinnshenchas of Lia Lindgadainverse beg. Is eól dam aní dia fil
- Middle Irish
- prose, verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Dinnshenchas
Text on the dinnshenchas of Lía Lindgadain
Initial words (verse)
- Is eól dam aní dia fil
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 with concluding quatrain
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- prose and verse
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn B
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- R = Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]
- B =
- Lc =
- M =
- S = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)]
- S3 =
- H =
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
prose, verse (primary)
Contains poems
‘Linga labor, fear go mblaid’ » Quatrain at the end of the prose in recension B
Number of stanzas
4
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.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The prose tales in the Rennes dindshenchas”, Revue Celtique 16 (1895): 31–83, 135–167, 269–312, 468.
[ed.] [tr.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The Edinburgh dinnshenchas”, Folk-Lore 4 (1893): 471–497.
TLH – edition: <link> TLH – translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
484 [id. 65. ‘Lia Lindgadain’] Prose. direct link
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>
435 [id. 55. ‘Lia Lindgadain’] direct link
web page identifiers
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
November 2012, last updated: August 2021