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verse beg. Do fil aimser laithe mbratha

  • Old Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Irish religious texts
Poem about the end of the world.
First words (verse)
  • Do fil aimser laithe mbratha
Language
  • Old Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 25

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Irish religious textsIrish religious texts
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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.] Carey, John, “A poem on the troubles before the last days”, in: John Carey, Emma Nic Cárthaigh, and Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh (eds), The end and beyond: medieval Irish eschatology, vol. 2, 17.2, Aberystwyth: Celtic Studies Publications, 2014. 607–627.
[ed.] [tr.] Ó Cuív, Brian, “Two items from Irish apocryphal tradition”, Celtica 10 (1973): 87–113.
90 Selection of five qq, with tentative translation into English.
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Ein altirisches Gedicht über das Ende der Welt”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 195–196.
CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link>, <link>
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
June 2011, last updated: March 2024