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verse beg. Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Finn Cycle

Seven quatrains attributed to Oisín, on the battle of Gabair Aichle.

First words (verse)
  • Ogam il-lia, lia uas lecht
“An ogam in a stone, a stone over a grave”
Manuscripts
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
p. 154a–154b
The poem occurs in a collection of dinnshenchas poems, even if it does not fit this description.
Language
  • Middle Irish

  • Middle Irish

Date
12th century (Meyer).(1)n. 1 Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht (1910): xxx.
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
...
Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle
id. 578

Sources

Notes

1.
Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht (1910): xxx.

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.] Windisch, Ernst [ed.], Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch, 4 vols, vol. 1, Leipzig, 1880.
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – Originally from Google Books: <link> – Vol. 1, part 1: View in Mirador – Vol. 1, part 2: Wörterbuch: View in Mirador
57–160. Edition with a translation by Eugene O'Curry from O'Kearney's book. direct link
[ed.] [tr.] OʼKearney, Nicholas, The battle of Gabhra: Garristown in the County of Dublin, fought A.D. 283, Transactions of the Ossianic Society, 1, Dublin: John O'Daly, 1854.
Internet Archive: <link>
49–51 Edition, with a translation by O'Curry. direct link
[tr.] Sullivan, W. K., On the manners and customs of the ancient Irish: a series of lectures, 3 vols, vol. 1: Introduction, London, 1873.
Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
cccxli Translation.
[em.] [tr.] Lehmann, Ruth P.M., “‘The calendar of the birds’ and ‘A grave marked with Ogam’: two problem poems from the Book of Leinster”, Études Celtiques 17 (1980): 197–203.
Persée – Études Celtiques, vol. 17, 1980: <link>
Offers an emendation of st. 6 and a new English translation of the full poem.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
June 2011, last updated: March 2024
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