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verse beg. Is mebul dom imrádud

  • Early Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Early Irish lyrics
First words (verse)
  • Is mebul dom imrádud
“Shame to my thoughts”
Author
Anonymous
Language
  • Early Middle Irish
  • Early Middle Irish (Murphy). "From its language the poem may be ascribed to the tenth century" (Meyer).
Form
verse (primary)

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.] [tr.] Murphy, Gerard [ed. and tr.], “Anonymous: On the flightiness of thought”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 38–43, 189–190.
CELT – edition: <link>
The translation is based on that of Meyer.
[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], “A religious poem”, Ériu 3 (1907): 13–15.  
comments: Poem "On the flightiness of thought", beginning "Is mebul dom imrādud"
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
January 2012, last updated: March 2024