verse beg. Rodíchned Find, ba fer tend

  • Early Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Finn Cycle
A single quatrain alluding to a story about the death of Finn mac Cumaill.
First words (verse)
  • Rodíchned Find, ba fer tend
Language
  • Early Middle Irish
Date
10th century (Meyer)
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 1

Classification

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

Subjects

death of Finn mac Cumaillbiography of Finn mac Cumaill
death of Finn mac Cumaill
id. 61055
Finn mac Cumaill
Finn mac Cumaill (Find úa Báiscni)
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Finn mac Cumaill, Cormac mac Airt)
Finn mac Cumaill (earlier mac Umaill?), Find úa Báiscni: central hero in medieval Irish and Scottish literature of the so-called Finn Cycle; warrior-hunter and leader of a fían

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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.] Meyer, Kuno, Fianaigecht: being a collection of hitherto inedited Irish poems and tales relating to Finn and his Fiana, Todd Lecture Series, 16, London: Hodges, Figgis, 1910.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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June 2011, last updated: March 2024