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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 context: Mac Lesc mac Ladáin aithech
• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]

  p. 208a context: Mac Lesc mac Ladáin aithech

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 context: Úath Beinne Étair
• Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS C iii 2 (1236) [s. xvi]

  f. 10a context: Úath Beinne Étair
• London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 [s. xvi¹]

  f. 35a–35bbeginning: ‘Fuit fuid’ context: Úath Beinne Étair

  9 qq. It is the second quatrain that beg. Fuid co brath.

See also results from manuscript descriptions

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.

See also: Úath Beinne Étair

[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.

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Contributors

C. A., Dennis Groenewegen

Page created

June 2011, last updated: March 2022