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verse beg. Na trí Fothaid

Old Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry, rhymeless Leinster poems

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’. The three Fothads, Find fer Umail, and Find Fili, king of Leinster, are said to descend from Núadu Necht.

First words (verse)

Na trí Fothaid

“The three Fothaid”

Author

Ascribed to: Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid

Find Fili mac Rossa Rúaid

legendary poet and king of Leinster; son of Russ Rúad

Manuscripts

Johan Corthals, ‘The rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’: diplomatic texts’, Celtica 24 (2003): 98 lists the following manuscript witnesses:

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 2, ff. 19–89 = Lebar Glinne Dá Locha (?) [1125 x 1150]

p. 128b, lines 12–18

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]

p. 190b, lines 49–61

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 pp. 377–410 = Supplement to the Book of Leinster [c. s. xvi]

p. 379b, lines 9–14

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336 6 (first part), cols 710*-831 [s. xvi]

col. 747, lines 24–34

Language

Old Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Textual relationships

Related: Find TaulchaFind Taulcha

One of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’, preserved only in fragmentary form. The poem was apparently taken from a now lost compilation known as Cocangab Mór (‘The great compilation’). In the preserved fragment, Find, Taulcha, and Caílte are said to be descendants of Baiscne. The words ‘tri húi Núadat Necht’, which Meyer regards as a later addition, also traces their descent to Núadu Necht.

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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rhymeless Leinster poemsLeinster poems
rhymeless Leinster poems

id. 29241

Subjects

Fothad Canann

Fothad Canann (Canainne)

rival of Finn mac Cumaill; brother to Fothad Airgtech and Fothad Cairptech

See more Fothad Cairptech

Fothad Cairptech

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See more Fothad Airctech

Fothad Airctech (Airgtech)

No short description available

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.] Corthals, Johan [ed.], “The rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’: diplomatic texts”, Celtica 24 (2003): 79–100.

98

[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], Über die älteste irische Dichtung II. Rhythmische alliterierende reimlose Strophen, Berlin, 1914.

Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link>

14

[ed.] Campanile, Enrico, Die älteste Hofdichtung von Leinster: alliterierende reimlose Strophen, Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Klasse, 503, Vienna, 1988.

33–34

[ed.] OʼBrien, M. A. [ed.], Corpus genealogiarum Hiberniae, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1962.

comments: Reprinted in 1976 and 2005, with an introduction by J. V. Kelleher.

CELT – pp. 1–332 (Rawl. B 502): <link>

99 Rawlinson B 502 version

[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno, “Find mac Umaill”, Revue Celtique 32 (1911): 391–395.

Internet Archive: <link>

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page name: Na trí Fothaid

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