Texts

verse beg. Mo labrad

  • Late Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Early Irish lyrics
First words (verse)
  • Mo labrad
“My speech”
Author
Ascribed to: Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
(d. (c.) 1086)
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Anonymous
Manuscripts
f. 140r
rubric: ‘Ibidem’
beg. ‘Mo labradh’
Attributed, like the preceding poem in the mnanuscript, Dia haine ni longued, to Máel Ísu.
Language
  • Late Middle Irish
  • late Middle Irish
Date
12th century (Murphy)
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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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: Praise God”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 64–65, 201.
CELT – edition: <link>
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Māel Īsu cecinit”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 6 (1908): 259–260.
Internet Archive: <link>
207 Edited from TCD 1285.
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April 2012, last updated: January 2024