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Dinnshenchas of Lechtán Óenfhir Aífe
verse beg. Lechtán sund óen-fhir Aífe

Middle Irish
prose, verse
Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Ulster Cycle

Dinnshenchas of Lechtán Óenfhir Aífe.

First words (verse)

Lechtán sund óen-fhir Aífe

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 C
prose and verse

Manuscripts

Dinnshenchas Érenn C

R =

Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)]

ff. 118ra–rb

Prose and verse

B =

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]

Lc =

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

M =

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

S =

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

S₃ =

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

H =

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

Language

Middle Irish

Form

prose, verse (primary)

verse (secondary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Dinnshenchas Érenn
Dinnshenchas Érenn

id. 6712

Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle

id. 1797

...

Subjects

Aífe ingen AirdgemeAífe ingen Airdgeme
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Character in the Ulster Cycle of Irish literature, notably the tragic tale Aided óenfir Aífe. When the Ulster hero Cú Chulainn stays in Alba to receive training-in-arms from Scáthach (her mother or sister), Aífe has an affair with him and later gives birth to his only son. In the Yellow Book of Lecan version, Aífe is called a daughter of one Ardgeimm.
See more Cú ChulainnCú Chulainn
Young Ulster hero and chief character of Táin bó Cuailnge and other tales of the Ulster Cycle; son of Súaltam or Lug and Deichtire (sister to Conchobor); husband of Emer (ingen Forgaill)
See more

Airbe RofhirAirbe Rofhir

No description available

See more Lechtán Óenfhir AífeLechtán Óenfhir Aífe

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Sources

Primary sources

[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>

132–135 [id. 28. ‘Lecht Óen-fhir Aífe’] Poem. 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>

46–47 [id. 95. ‘Lecht Óenfir Áife’] Prose. 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>

409 [id. 28. ‘Lecht Óen-fhir Aífe’] direct link

Walsh, Paul, “On a passage in Serglige Conculaind”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 555–556.

Internet Archive: <link>

On the location of Airbe Rofhir.

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October 2012, last updated: June 2023

Dinnshenchas of Lechtán Óenfhir Aífe verse beg. Lechtán sund óen-fhir Aífe