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|ShortDescription=Poem on the coming of summer, attributed to Finn.  
|ShortDescription=Poem on the coming of summer, attributed to Finn.  
|LanguageAuto=Old Irish; Middle Irish
|LanguageAuto=Old Irish; Middle Irish
|Language=Old Irish (Meyer, Carney) or possibly early Middle Irish (Carney)
|Language=Old Irish (Meyer, Carney) or possibly, late Old Irish/early Middle Irish (Carney)
|Date=“A date in the mid-ninth century would be very possible, but an earlier date might be arguable [...] The features of ''Tánic sam'' which would suggest a date ''c''.800 (or earlier) are: npl. masc. adj. ''lúaith, léith'', § 2; ''sáim'' for later ''sám'', § 2; neut. ''fúam'', § ''díambi'', 3 sg. consuet. of copula, §§ 1, 3 etc.; ''ro-faith'', perf. of ''fedid'', § 5; ''for-berait'' (favoured by alliteration against, ''forbrit'' of MSS), § 7. Also ''dedlai'', 3 sg. fut. of ''dlongaid'' (?), ''fris-sil'', 3 sg. fut. of ''fris-slig'' if the interpretation of the text is sound. On the other hand, ''íach'' ‘salmon’ can hardly be very early, and suggest the late Old Irish or early Middle period. [...] Furthermore, we may note the word ''ocus'' in § 2. In early accentual verse there seems to be a tendency to avoid copulative conjunctions” (Carney).<ref>{{C|Carney 1971a|at=38, 39-40}}</ref>
|Date=“A date in the mid-ninth century would be very possible, but an earlier date might be arguable [...] The features of ''Tánic sam'' which would suggest a date ''c''.800 (or earlier) are: npl. masc. adj. ''lúaith, léith'', § 2; ''sáim'' for later ''sám'', § 2; neut. ''fúam'', § ''díambi'', 3 sg. consuet. of copula, §§ 1, 3 etc.; ''ro-faith'', perf. of ''fedid'', § 5; ''for-berait'' (favoured by alliteration against, ''forbrit'' of MSS), § 7. Also ''dedlai'', 3 sg. fut. of ''dlongaid'' (?), ''fris-sil'', 3 sg. fut. of ''fris-slig'' if the interpretation of the text is sound. On the other hand, ''íach'' ‘salmon’ can hardly be very early, and suggests the late Old Irish or early Middle period. [...] Furthermore, we may note the word ''ocus'' in § 2. In early accentual verse there seems to be a tendency to avoid copulative conjunctions” (Carney).<ref>{{C|Carney 1971a|at=38, 39-40}}</ref>
|Textual relationships=James Carney has suggested that the poem was composed in imitation of ''Cétamon'', another poem attributed to Finn in the manuscripts.  
|Textual relationships=James Carney has suggested that the poem was composed in imitation of ''Cétamon'', an earlier seasonal poem attributed to Finn in the manuscripts.  
|Draws on=Cétamon;  
|Draws on=Cétamon;  
|Manuscripts2={{MS
|Manuscripts2={{MS

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