Texts

Dind Ríg
verse beg. Dind Ríg rúad túaim tenbath

  • Old Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, rhymeless Leinster poems
One of the rhymeless Leinster poems.
First words (verse)
  • Dind Ríg rúad túaim tenbath
“Dind Ríg (is) red Túaim Tenbad”
Author
Ascribed to: Ferchertne
Ferchertne
usually, poet of Cú Roí

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The poem is ascribed to Ferchertne in all four manuscripts.
Language
  • Old Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Textual relationships

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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rhymeless Leinster poemsLeinster poems
rhymeless Leinster poems
id. 29241

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.] Corthals, Johan [ed.], “The rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’: diplomatic texts”, Celtica 24 (2003): 79–100.
85–86.
[ed.] Corthals, Johan, “Some observations on the versification of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’”, Celtica 21 (1990): 113–125.
117
[ed.] [tr.] Wagner, Heinrich [ed. and tr.], “The archaic Dind Ríg poem and related problems”, Ériu 28 (1977): 1–16.
1–2.
[ed.] Campanile, Enrico, Die älteste Hofdichtung von Leinster: alliterierende reimlose Strophen, Sitzungsberichte der philosophisch-historischen Klasse, 503, Vienna, 1988.
26–27
[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], Über die älteste irische Dichtung II. Rhythmische alliterierende reimlose Strophen, Berlin, 1914.
Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link>
7–9.
[ed.] OʼBrien, M. A. [ed.], Corpus genealogiarum Hiberniae, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1962.  
comments: Reprinted in 1976 and 2005, with an introduction by J. V. Kelleher.
CELT – pp. 1–332 (Rawl. B 502): <link>
18

Secondary sources (select)

Carney, James P., “Three Old Irish accentual poems”, Ériu 22 (1971): 23–80.
Corthals, Johan, “Some observations on the versification of the rhymeless ‘Leinster poems’”, Celtica 21 (1990): 113–125.
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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April 2011, last updated: January 2024