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verse beg. Fuit co bráth

  • Early Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Early Irish lyrics
Poem on extremely dreadful weather
First words (verse)
  • Fuit co bráth
Manuscripts
The version from Mac Lesc mac Ladáin aithech, beginning ‘Fuitt co bráth’:
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 2, ff. 19–89 = Lebar Glinne Dá Locha (?) [1125 x 1150]
f. 59v
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
p. 208a
A similar version from Úath Beinne Étair, beginning ‘Fuit, fuid’:
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 (967) = Book of Ballycummin [s. xvi]
p. 13
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C iii 2 (1236) [s. xvi]
f. 10a
London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 [s. xvi1]
f. 35a–35b
beg. ‘Fuit fuid’
9 qq. It is the second quatrain that beg. Fuid co brath.
Language
  • Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Textual relationships
Related: Tánic samTánic sam

Poem on the coming of summer, attributed to Finn mac Cumaill. It evokes an image of the season by referring, for instance, to the appearance and behaviour of stags, dogs, salmon and birds such as the cuckoo and the blackbird.

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.] Hull, Vernam [ed.], “Four Old-Irish songs of summer and winter”, Celtica 9 (1971): 200–201.
Edition of the poem from LL and RIA MS C iii 2.
[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], Four Old-Irish songs of summer and winter, London: Nutt, 1903.
web page identifiers
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
June 2011, last updated: January 2024
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