Texts

verse beg. Ro-chúala crecha is tír thair

Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
  • Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
Poem on the Midianites (Book of Numbers 31).
First words (verse)
  • Ro-chúala crecha is tír thair
“I have heard of plunderings in a land in the east”
Author
Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
Airbertach mac Cosse Dobráin
(d. 1016)
Irish poet; fer légind of Ros Ailithir (Rosscarbery, Co. Cork)

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Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Textual relationships
(Possible) sources: Book of NumbersBook of Numbers

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Subjects

Midianites
Midianites

A nomadic people in the Old Testament, who are said to have descended from Midian son of Abraham and inhabited the region of Midian in northwestern Arabia. Numbers 31 tells of a war in which the Israelites attacked and defeated the Midianites, killing all the men and boys.


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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: I. Aus Rawlinson B. 502. Die Midianiterschlacht”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 3 (1901): 23–24.
Celtic Digital Initiative – all Mitteilungen: <link> Internet Archive: <link>
[tr.] Translation wanted
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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May 2011, last updated: January 2024