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Egerton metrical glossary
verse beg. . . . is gel caindlech

  • Early Modern Irish
  • verse
  • Irish glossaries, Glossary
  • extent: fragmentary
Metrical Irish glossary as it stands in the fragment of this text in Egerton 90. It defines 154 head-words in the course of 29 qq.
First words (verse)
  • . . . is gel caindlech
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Manuscripts
Language
  • Early Modern Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 29
Textual relationships
Related: Lecan glossaryLecan glossary

A glossary, or group of glossaries, that is probably best represented by a copy in the Book of Lecan. Unlike Sanas Cormaic or O'Davoren's glossary, which tend to comment on the terms under consideration, it usually provides single words to gloss difficult words. Notable exceptions include §§ 203-222.

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Sources

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[ed.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “On the metrical glossaries of the mediaeval Irish”, Beiträge zur Kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen 29 (1893): 1–120.
Internet Archive: <link>
[ed.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “On the metrical glossaries of the mediaeval Irish”, Transactions of the Philological Society 22 (1891–4, 1894): 1–103.
Internet Archive: <link>, <link>, <link>
Edition (pp. 31–34), with introduction and glossary/notes. direct link
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Dennis Groenewegen
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June 2013, last updated: January 2024
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