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|Title=<em>Verba Scáthaige</em>
|Title=<em>Verba Scáthaige</em>
|Initial words 2=A mbé eirr óengaile
|Initial words 2=A mbé eirr óengaile
|Initial words in translation=When you are a peerless champion
|Initial words=<em>A mbe<ë> eirr ōengaile</em> (initial line of verse, as reconstructed in the edition by P. L. Henry).
|Initial words=<em>A mbe<ë> eirr ōengaile</em> (initial line of verse, as reconstructed in the edition by P. L. Henry).
|Belongsto=independent; Tochmarc Emire
|Belongsto=independent; Tochmarc Emire
|Initial words in translation=When you are a peerless champion
|Classification=Subject:early Irish verse;Subject:Ulster Cycle
|Classification=Subject:early Irish verse;Subject:Ulster Cycle
|AgentCategory=Cú Chulainn;Scáthach;Medb Crúachna;Ailill mac Máta;Finnbennach;Donn Cúailnge;
|AgentCategory=Cú Chulainn;Scáthach;Medb Crúachna;Ailill mac Máta;Finnbennach;Donn Cúailnge
|Categories=Early Irish poetry; Early Irish poetry; Ulster Cycle
|Categories=Early Irish poetry; Early Irish poetry; Ulster Cycle
|ShortDescription=Poem in the form of a prophecy delivered by Scáthach to Cú Chulainn.
|ShortDescription=Poem in the form of a prophecy delivered by Scáthach to Cú Chulainn.
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|DateEnd=799 AD
|DateEnd=799 AD
|Textual relationships=Refers to various combats at the ford undertaken by Cú Chulainn in the course of the story told in ''[[Táin bó Cuailnge]]''
|Textual relationships=Refers to various combats at the ford undertaken by Cú Chulainn in the course of the story told in ''[[Táin bó Cuailnge]]''
|Manuscripts=Two versions:<!----* Version A:
|Manuscripts=<p>Two versions:</p>
** {{MS |Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512/I (ff. 101-122, 1-36, 45-52) |folio=118b2}}
** {{MS |London, British Library, MS Egerton 1782 |folio= 19b1}}
** {{MS |London, British Library, MS Egerton 88 |folio=11a2}}
** {{MS |Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 |page= 68}}
* Version B (expanded, part of ''[[Tochmarc Emire]]''):
** {{MS |LU|folios=125b-126a}}
** {{MS |Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2 |folio= 77v}}
** {{MS |Harleian 5280}}, f. 34a 1-2
** {{MS |Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 |page= 212}}
** {{MS |Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 |pages= 26, 125}}--->
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|FormPrimary=verse
|FormPrimary=verse
|FormSecondary=prose
|FormPrimaryComments=<p>Verse, with prose introduction.</p>
|FormPrimaryComments=<p>Verse, with prose introduction.</p>
|FormSecondary=prose
|MetreComments=dactyllic (trisyllabic), except in verses 8, 20 and 29 (Henry)
|MetreComments=dactyllic (trisyllabic), except in verses 8, 20 and 29 (Henry)
|NumberLines=32
|NumberLines=32
|StatusDescription=MSS:
Two versions:
<pre>
* Version A:
** {{MS |Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512/I (ff. 101-122, 1-36, 45-52) |folio=118b2}}
** {{MS |London, British Library, MS Egerton 1782 |folio= 19b1}}
** {{MS |London, British Library, MS Egerton 88 |folio=11a2}}
** {{MS |Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 |page= 68}}
* Version B (expanded, part of ''[[Tochmarc Emire]]''):
** {{MS |LU|folios=125b-126a}}
** {{MS |Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D iv 2 |folio= 77v}}
** {{MS |Harleian 5280}}, f. 34a 1-2
** {{MS |Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 29 |page= 212}}
** {{MS |Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 |pages= 26, 125}}
</pre>
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