Texts

verse beg. Donál chon cendaid co cert

  • Early Irish
  • verse
Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille containing prognostications on the howling of dogs.
First words (verse)
  • Donál chon cendaid co cert
Speaker/Addressee
Speaker: Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Author
Ascribed to: Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Manuscripts
L =
p. 138
rubric: ‘.c.c.cc. in so’
beg. ‘Donal chon cenduig co cert’
S =
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.41
f. 14a
Contains two additional stanzas.
M =
f. 39
beg. ‘As me Colum Cille caidh’
Modernised version. Quatrains arranged in a different order.
Language
  • Early Irish
  • ?
Form
verse (primary)
Metre
  • deibide
Length
Number of stanzas: 7

Classification

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.] Herbert, Máire, “Some Irish prognostications”, Éigse 14:4 (Geimhreadh, 1972): 303–318.
312–315 (text and translation), 318 (notes) [‘G’] Edited from Laud 615, with variants from the other MSS.
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno, “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Colum Cille cecinit; [etc.]”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 13 (1921): 7–9.
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7–8
[ed.] [tr.] OʼGrady, Standish Hayes, “Irish prognostications from the howling of dogs”, Mélusine: recueil de mythologie, littérature populaire, traditions et usages 5 (1890–1891): 85–86 (cols).
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