Texts

verse beg. Dia ngaire dam dum láim chlí

  • Early Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
First words (verse)
  • Dia ngaire dam dum láim chlí
Language
  • Early Middle Irish
  • early Middle Irish (Carney)
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 8
8 quatrains

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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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.] Carney, James P., “The Ó Cianáin miscellany”, Ériu 21 (1969): 122–147.
136–138 (introduction and text), 138–139 (translation), 139 (textual notes) [‘Prognostications from the wren’]

Secondary sources (select)

Ó Cuív, Brian, “Some Gaelic traditions about the wren”, Éigse 18:1 (1980, 1980–1981): 43–66.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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May 2013, last updated: January 2024