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verse beg. Dom-fharcai fidbaide fál

  • Old Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Early Irish lyrics
Two quatrains.
First words (verse)
  • Dom-fharcai fidbaide fál
“A hedge of trees overlooks me”
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Anonymous
Language
  • Old Irish
  • Old Irish

Date
early 9th century (Murphy)
Form
verse (primary)
Metre
  • rannaigecht
  • 7¹+7¹+7²+7¹

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish lyricsEarly Irish lyrics
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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.] Murphy, Gerard [ed. and tr.], “Anonymous: The scribe in the woods”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 4–5, 172–173.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
November 2011, last updated: March 2024