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Caoilte’s sword
verse beg. Iss é súd colg in laoich láin

  • Early Modern Irish, Late Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Duanaire Finn, Classical Irish poetry, Finn Cycle
First words (verse)
  • Iss é súd colg in laoich láin
“That is the blade of the perfect warrior”
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Anonymous
Manuscripts
Language
  • Early Modern Irish Late Middle Irish
  • late Middle Irish (Murphy) or Early Modern Irish (?)
Date
“probably from the middle of the 12th century” (Murphy).
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 59

Classification

Duanaire Finn
Duanaire Finn
id. 11031

Collection of Fenian poems.

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
...
Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle
id. 578

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.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 2: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society, 28, London: Irish Texts Society, 1933.
CELT – edition: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
124–141 Poem XLVII. Edition and translation

Secondary sources (select)

Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society, 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.
Internet Archive: <link>
107–109
web page identifiers
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
April 2012, last updated: January 2024
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