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verse beg. Secht o. f. n.

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Mythological Cycle
Poem on Brug na Bóinne, which offers a poetic version of Tochmarc Étaíne.
First words (verse)
  • Secht o. f. n.
(The seven ?), listed as Boand III by E. J. Gwynn, The metrical dindsenchas (1903–1935)
Author
Ascribed to: Cináed úa hArtacáin
Cináed úa hArtacáin
(d. 975)
Middle Irish poet.
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Manuscripts
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
pp. 208b–209b
The first nine stanzas and the abbreviated heading are added at the end of the poem, on p. 209b line 24.
Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Textual relationships
Cf. ‘Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne I’
Related: Dinnshenchas of Boand IDinnshenchas of Boand IDinnshenchas poem of the River Boyne (Boand).Dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne IDinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne IPoem on the dinnshenchas of Brug na Bóinne.Tochmarc ÉtaíneTochmarc Étaíne

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Mythological CycleMythological Cycle
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Subjects

Étaín [mythological figure]
Étaín
mythological figure in Tochmarc Étaíne and related texts
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Brug na Bóinne
Brug na Bóinne ... Brú na Bóinne
County Meath
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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.] [tr.] Gwynn, Lucius [ed. and tr.], “Cináed úa hArtacáin's poem on Brugh na Bóinne”, Ériu 7 (1914): 210–238.
Internet Archive: <link>
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, Osborn Bergin, M. A. OʼBrien, and Anne OʼSullivan [eds.], The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, 6 vols, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1954–1983.
CELT – 1-260: <link> CELT – 400-470 (excl. Táin bó Cúailnge): <link> CELT – 471-638 and 663 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn): <link> CELT – 761-781 and 785-841 (excl. Dinnshenchas Érenn and Togail Troí): <link> CELT – 1119-1192 and 1202-1325 (excl. Esnada tige Buchet and Fingal Rónáin ): <link>
Lines 1068a ff. Diplomatic edition
[tr.] Guyonvarc'h, Christian-J. [tr.], “La courtise d’Étain”, Celticum 15 (1966): 283–327.
A translation of the poem is appended.

Secondary sources (select)

Theuerkauf, Marie-Luise, “A note on Sect.o.f.n.”, Celtica 29 (2017): 76–89.
Thurneysen, Rudolf, Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert, Halle: Niemeyer, 1921.  

Contents: Part 1 (chapters 1-23): Allgemeines; Part 2 (chapters 1-85): Die Ulter Sage.

Internet Archive: <link>
608–609 direct link
Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, Todd Lecture Series, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1903–1935.
CELT – vol. 1 (edition): <link> CELT – vol. 1 (translation): <link> CELT – vol. 2 (edition): <link> CELT – vol. 2 (translation): <link> CELT – vol. 3 (edition): <link> CELT – vol. 3 (translation): <link> CELT – vol. 4 (edition): <link> CELT – vol. 4 (translation): <link> Internet Archive – vols 1-3: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 2: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 3: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 4: <link> Internet Archive – vol. 5: <link>
Vol. 3: 482 direct link
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Patrick Brown
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May 2011, last updated: March 2024
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