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verse beg. Ropo mían dom menmain-se

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Early Irish lyrics
First words (verse)
  • Ropo mían dom menmain-se
Author
Anonymous
Manuscripts
London, British Library, MS Additional 30512 = Leabhar Uí Maolconaire [s. xv-xvi]
f. 30b
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 D 5 (156) [s. xviii]
p. 342
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 I 46
p. 180
Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.5 [s. xv (?)]
f. 10r
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS F i 2
p. 273
Late copy, not consulted by Murphy
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1285 (H 1. 11) [1752]
f. 137b
Late copy of Additional 30512, not consulted by Murphy
Language
  • Middle Irish
  • Middle Irish
Date
“The style and language of the poem suggest that it belongs to the Middle Irish period, but there are no clues as to its exact date. It was probably composed in the eleventh century” (Murphy).(1)n. 1 Gerard Murphy, Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century (1956): 200.
Form
verse (primary)
Metre
71 51 73 51 (Murphy).(2)n. 2 Murphy, ibid.

    Classification

    Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
    ...
    Early Irish lyricsEarly Irish lyrics
    ...

    Sources

    Notes

    1.
    Gerard Murphy, Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century (1956): 200.
    2.
    Murphy, ibid.

    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.] Murphy, Gerard [ed. and tr.], “Anonymous: My mind's desire”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 58–61, 199–200.
    CELT – edition: <link>
    [ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Anecdota from Irish MSS. XII. MS. 23. D. 5 (R.I.A.), p. 342; MS. V. (Advocates' Library, Edinburgh), fo. 10a”, Gaelic Journal 5 (1894): 94–95.
    Internet Archive: <link>
    [ed.] [tr.] Mackinnon, Donald, A descriptive catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh, and elsewhere in Scotland, Edinburgh: Brown, 1912.
    Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
    82 Edition, with translation, of the first two quatrains direct link
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    Contributors
    Dennis Groenewegen
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    January 2012, last updated: January 2024
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