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verse beg. Forlethan mo chádhus

  • Irish
  • verse
Irish poem (25 qq) attributed to Colum Cille.
First words (verse)
  • Forlethan mo chádhus
Author
Ascribed to: Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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The poem is attributed to Colum Cille in a number of quatrains (e.g. Is me Colum craibthech in qq. 19 and 24) as well as in the preceding rubric.
Manuscripts
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi1]
p. 67.12–68.inf
rubric: ‘Colum Cille cecinit’
beg. ‘Forlethan mo cadhas’

25 qq.

Language
  • Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 25 qq.

Classification

Subjects

Glenn Cholum CilleGlenn Cholum Cille
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.
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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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Colum Cille cecinit [etc.]”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 12 (1918): 387–390.
Internet Archive: <link>
387–389
Translation wanted
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
December 2022, last updated: September 2023
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