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Molaise of Leighlin and his sister

• Old Irish, Middle Irish
• prose
• Irish religious texts, minor Irish prose tales

Title

Molaise of Leighlin and his sister

No title occurs in the manuscripts. Pokorny headed his edition of the text Molaisse und seine Schwester.

Manuscripts

• Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]

  pp. 285b–286abeginning: ‘BUI siur Mo Lassi Lethglinni oc legund i fail Mo Lasse’
• Chatsworth (Derbyshire), Book of Lismore = Book of Lismore (Leabhar Leasa Móir) [s. xv]

  ff. 84vb–85rabeginning: ‘Bui siur Molaise Leithglinni oc leigheann ina fhail’

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Old Irish Middle Irish
• Old Irish or early Middle Irish: “Für die Zugehörigkeit dieses Textes zur altirischen Periode spricht das infig. Pron. in do-don-farci (§ 5), das Deponens no-m-chobradar (§ 5) und die Endung in cucai (§§ 4, 5). Jüngere Formen sind co-mmaith (§ 2), do (leg. di) léir (§ 5). Wegen des einsilbigen biait (§ 5) wird man den Text veillecht erst in den Anfang des 10. Jahrhunderts setzen dürfen: in jene Zeit dürfte auch schon die narrative Verwendung der ro-Präterita (§ 6) fallen.” (Pokorny).^{(1)n. 1} Julius Pokorny, ‘Altirische Texte’, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 9 (1913): 239.

Date

Old Irish period or the beginning of the 10th century (Pokorny). See note above.

Form

prose (primary)

verse (secondary)

Contains poems

‘A cétal fota figlech’

Classification

Irish religious texts

minor Irish prose tales (foscéla)Irish narrative literature
minor Irish prose tales (foscéla)

id. 33994

Relatively short prose tales in Irish. In learned discourse from the Middle Irish period and later, a distinction is sometimes made between the longer prím-scél and the shorter fo-scél. See eDIL s.v. ‘foscél’ for some references. In the first two volumes of BILL (1913 and 1942), Best included separate headings for ‘Minor tales’.

Subjects

Molaise of LeighlinMolaise of Leighlin
(d. c. 639)
Laisrén of Leighlin
early Irish saint, abbot of Lethglenn (Old Leighlin in Co. Carlow)
See more Anonymous [sister of Molaise of Leighlin]Anonymous ... sister of Molaise of Leighlin

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

See more FursaFursa
(fl. 7th century)
Irish monk and missionary
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Sources

Notes

^1.

Julius Pokorny, ‘Altirische Texte’, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 9 (1913): 239.

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Contributors

Dennis Groenewegen

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September 2012, last updated: August 2021