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verse beg. Ocht naoimh Iarmuman gan meirg

  • Irish
  • verse
First words (verse)
  • Ocht naoimh Iarmuman gan meirg
Author
Ascribed to: Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Manuscripts
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi1]
pp. 109.7–110.14
rubric: ‘Colum Cille cecinit’
beg. ‘Ocht naoimh Iarmuman gan meirg / im mac nDe ne dernsat ceilg’

27 qq.

Language
  • Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 27 qq.
Textual relationships
Related: Trédhe nach fuilngeand rígh réilTrédhe nach fuilngeand rígh réil

Medieval Irish prophetic poem (72 qq) attributed in the final stanza to Bécán Bec mac Dé, better known elsewhere as the prophet Bec mac Dé. According to Eleanor Knott, it is a composite work, which may be regarded as falling into at least two sections (A = qq. 1–13, B = qq. 14-72).

Classification

Keywords

PropheciesProphecies
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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.

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Secondary sources (select)

Knott, Eleanor, “A poem of prophecies”, Ériu 18 (1958): 55–84.
77 (q. 14); 78 (q. 16); 80 (q. 36)
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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December 2022, last updated: June 2023
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