Texts
The shield of Fionnverse beg. Uchán asgíeth mo ríogh réil
- Late Middle Irish, Early Modern Irish
- verse
- Classical Irish poetry, Duanaire Finn, Finn Cycle
Initial words (verse)
- Uchán asgíeth mo ríogh réil
“Ah me! You shield of my bright king”
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Anonymous
Manuscripts
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 1 (1225) = Leabhar Uí Mhaine (The Book of Uí Maine) [1394]f. 145ra–145va
Language
- Late Middle Irish Early Modern Irish
- late Middle Irish (Murphy) or Early Modern Irish
Date
“This poem offers few opportunities for exact dating … [it] probably belongs to the middle of the 12th century” (Murphy).
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
63
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.] MacNeill, Eoin [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 1: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society 7, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908.
Secondary sources (select)
Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.
Internet Archive: <link>
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
April 2012, last updated: August 2019