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verse beg. Tuc dam, a Dé móir

  • Late Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Early Irish lyrics, Irish prayers and hymns
Title
Headed (A) prayer for tears in the editions by Meyer (1912) and Murphy (1956) and similarly, Gebet um Thränen in Meyer’s earlier edition (1907).
First words (verse)
  • Tuc dam, a Dé móir
“Give me o great God”
Manuscripts
Language
  • Late Middle Irish
  • late Middle Irish.
Date
12th century (Murphy)
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish lyricsEarly Irish lyrics
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Irish prayers and hymnsIrish liturgical and devotional literature
Irish prayers and hymns
id. 32640

Irish prayers, hymns and other devotional texts

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: Prayer for tears”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 62–65, 200–201.
CELT – edition: <link>
[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno, “Four religious poems”, Ériu 6 (1912): 112–116.
TLH – 3. A prayer to Christ for help (ed.): <link> TLH – 3. A prayer to Christ for help (tr.): <link> TLH – 4. Three wishes (ed.): <link> TLH – 4. Three wishes (tr.): <link>
[id. 2. ‘A prayer for tears’]
[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Gebet um Thränen”, Archiv für celtische Lexikographie 3 (1907): 232.
CELT – edition: <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link>
[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>
English translation together with the text of Meyer's edition
web page identifiers
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
September 2011, last updated: March 2024
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