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verse beg. Ro-mbáe laithi rordu rind

  • Old Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Ulster Cycle
A poem of at least seven stanzas attributed to Cú Chulainn or Conchobar mac Nessa.
First words (verse)
  • Ro-mbáe laithi rordu rind
“We had a great day of plying spear-points”
Speaker/Addressee
Speaker: Cú Chulainn
Cú Chulainn
Young Ulster hero and chief character of Táin bó Cuailnge and other tales of the Ulster Cycle; son of Súaltam or Lug and Deichtire (sister to Conchobor); husband of Emer (ingen Forgaill)
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Conchobar mac Nessa
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
king of the Ulaid in tales of the Ulster Cycle; son either of Cathbad or Fachtna Fáthach (father) and Ness (mother); husband of Mugain; father of Cormac Cond Longas, Cúscraid Mend Macha, Furbaide Fer Bend and Fedelm Noíchrothach; fosterfather of Cú Chulainn.
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Manuscripts
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 2, ff. 19–89 = Lebar Glinne Dá Locha (?) [1125 x 1150]
f. 85v.2ff
3qq attr. to Cú Chulainn.
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
p. 331c
7 qq attr. to Conchobar (mac Nessa).
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 610 ff. 1–58 and ff. 73–122 = Leabhar na Rátha [1453–1454]
f. 109rb–109va.1
beg. ‘Rombe lathe rordu rind’

7 qq attributed to Conchobar.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvin]
f. 116r
beg. ‘Rombai laithi rordu rind.’

8 qq.

Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 2 = Book of Lecan (Leabhar Leacain) [s. xvin]
f. 131v

2½ qq only.

Language
  • Old Irish
Date
7th century
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 7
Textual relationships
Alludes to events in the Macgnímrada Con Culainn episode of Táin bó Cúailnge.
Related: Macgnímrada Con CulainnMacgnímrada Con CulainnNot an independent(ly preserved) tale, but a story included in Táin bó Cúailnge, recension I and II.

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Ulster Cycle
Ulster Cycle
id. 1797

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.] 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>
[ed.] [tr.] Ó Cróinín, Dáibhí, “Prosopographical analysis of Táin bó Cuailnge in a historical setting”, in: Hildegard L. C. Tristram (ed.), New methods in the research of epic / Neue Methoden der Epenforschung, 107, Tübingen: Gunter Narr Verlag, 1998. 153–159.
Text (O'Brien's ed. with emendations) and translation of Ro-mbáe laithi rordu rind on p. 155
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen, Patrick Brown
Page created
May 2011, last updated: January 2024
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