Texts

verse beg. Tórramat do nóebaingil

Middle Irish
verse
Early Irish poetry, Early Irish lyrics

First words (verse)

Tórramat do nóebaingil

“May thy holy angels tend...”

Author

Ascribed to: Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick

(fl. 5th century)

No short description available

Manuscripts

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5100-5104 (507) [1630]

pp. 48–49

Language

Middle Irish

Date

10th or 11th century (Murphy)

Form

verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish lyricsEarly Irish lyrics
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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.] Murphy, Gerard [ed. and tr.], “Anonymous: Evening hymn”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 44–47, 191.

CELT – edition: <link>

Translation indebted to that of Kuno Meyer, Selections from ancient Irish poetry (1911).

[ed.] OʼDwyer, Peter [ed.], “A tenth or eleventh century hymn attributed to Patrick”, Éigse 6:2 (1948–1952): 111.

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno, Selections from early Irish poetry, Dublin: Unpublished, 1909.

1

[ed.] [tr.] Walsh, Paul [ed. and tr.], “Three Irish hymns”, The Irish Ecclesiastical Record 29 (1911): 523–529.

Text and English translation of three medieval Irish poems: (1) the poem beg. A Choimdiu báidh, based on the edition of Kuno Meyer, ACL 3: 231; (2) poem beg. Tuc dam, a Dé móir, based on Meyer, ACL 3: 232; (3) poem beg. Tórramat do nóebaingil, based on Meyer, Selections from early Irish poetry: 1.

Internet Archive: <link>

528–529 Edited text based on that of Meyer above.

[tr.] Meyer, Kuno, Selections from ancient Irish poetry, London, 1911.

A collection of early and medieval Irish poetry in English translation. The individual items are reprinted from earlier publications.