Texts

verse beg. Nas-geib ferg in rigan de

Early Irish
verse

A poem (4 qq) cited in the prose preface to the Amra Choluim Cille and closely related textual contexts, all dealing with the convention at Druim Cett. The prose relates that when Colum Cille blessed Domnall, son of Áed mac Ainmirech, and promised the kingship to him, he incurred the anger of Domnall’s stepmother, Áed’s then wife. After she had accused the saint of corrgainecht (‘sorcery’), he uttered words that transformed her and her handmaiden into cranes (corr ‘crane’). Part of the poem renders the exchange between Colum Cille and the queen.

First words (verse)

Nas-geib ferg in rigan de

Speaker/Addressee

Speaker: Colum Cille

Colum Cille

(fl. 6th century)

founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

See more Anonymous [wife of Áed mac Ainmirech]Anonymous ... wife of Áed mac Ainmirech

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Manuscripts

context: Preface (remfhocul) to Amra Choluim Chille and its commentary

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

beg. ‘Nas-geib ferg in rigan de’

context: Preface (remfhocul) to Amra Choluim Chille and its commentary

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi¹]

p. 49.4–8

rubric: ‘Easccaine mna Aodha meic Ainmhirech o Colum Cille; a nDruim Cheata cecinit’

beg. ‘Assaid ferg in rigain de’

4 qq.

Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.40 [s. xv-xvi]

beg. ‘Fasuig feirg don righain de’

Language

Early Irish

Form

verse (primary)

Length

Number of stanzas: 4 qq.

Classification

Subjects

Domnall mac Áeda meic AinmirechDomnall mac Áeda meic Ainmirech

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more Anonymous [wife of Áed mac Ainmirech]Anonymous ... wife of Áed mac Ainmirech

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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.] Stokes, Whitley [ed. and tr.], “The Bodleian Amra Choluimb Chille”, Revue Celtique 20 (1899): 31–55, 132–183, 248–289, 400–437. Corrigenda in Revue Celtique 21 (1900): 133–136.

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