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verse beg. Scíath rígh Gaela, glantar hí

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
First words (verse)
  • Scíath rígh Gaela, glantar hí
Author
Ascribed to: Mac Líacc [Muirchertach]
Mac Líacc ... Muirchertach
(d.. 1014 / 1016 (AU))
Middle Irish poet, who is described as 'chief poet of Ireland' (ard-ollamh Érenn) in the Annals of Ulster; becomes the subject of a body of later medieval Irish literature.

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Ascribed to Mac Líacc.
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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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 [ed.], “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Mac Liacs Schildlied”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 227–229.
Internet Archive: <link>
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
July 2011, last updated: March 2024