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The abduction of Eargna

verse beg. Eól damh senchus féine Finn

• Late Middle Irish, Early Modern Irish
• verse
• Classical Irish poetry, Duanaire Finn, Finn Cycle

Initial words (verse)

• Eól damh senchus féine Finn

“I know the story of the fían of Fionn”

Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.

Duanaire Finn

• Duanaire Finn
• poem I: ff. 1r–2r

Author

Anonymous

Manuscripts

• Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 20 (b) = Duanaire Finn [s. xvii¹]

  ff. 1r–2r (line 19)

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Late Middle Irish Early Modern Irish
• Late Middle Irish or Early Modern Irish.

Form

verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

44

Classification

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
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Duanaire Finn
Duanaire Finn

id. 11031

Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle

id. 578

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.] MacNeill, Eoin [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 1: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society 7, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908.

Foclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge – editions: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>

1–3; 95–98 Poem I. Edition and translation

Secondary sources (select)

Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.

Internet Archive: <link>

3–6

web page identifiers

page name: Eól damh senchus féine Finn

page url: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/E%C3%B3l_damh_senchus_f%C3%A9ine_Finn
redirect: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/Special:Redirect/page/11042
numerical alternative: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/index.php?curid=11042
page ID: 11042
page ID tracker: https://codecs.vanhamel.nl/index.php?title=Show:ID&id=11042

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Dennis Groenewegen

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April 2012, last updated: December 2018