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verse beg. Dia do betha, a Chormaic cáin

  • Middle Irish
  • verse
Irish poem presented as a dialogue between Colum Cille and Cormac úa Liatháin.
First words (verse)
  • Dia do betha, a Chormaic cáin
Speaker/Addressee
Speaker: Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Cormac úa Liatháin
early Irish saint
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Manuscripts
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5100-5104 (507) [1630]
ff. 24v–25r
rubric: ‘Imaccallaim Choluim Cilli, ⁊ Corbmaic indso ind hÍ iar térnamh don choire Brecain, ⁊ iar siriudh ind aicciúin anforcnedhaigh co riacht ind uarda. Colum cetamas fecit’
beg. ‘Dia do betha a Corbmaic cain’

17 qq.

Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi1]
pp. 34.3–35.6
rubric: ‘Colum Cille cecinit’
beg. ‘Dia do betha a Cormaic cain’

18 stt.

Language
  • Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Subjects

Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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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.] Reeves, William, Life of St. Columba, founder of Hy, written by Adamnan, 1st ed., Dublin: Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, 1857.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – original print: <link> Internet Archive – 1874 reprint: <link> Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> Digitale-sammlungen.de: View in Mirador
265–269
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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December 2022, last updated: June 2023
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