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Cris finnáin dumimdegail imum
verse
beg. Cris Finnáin dum imdegail imum
Donal chon cendaid co cert
verse
7 st.
beg. Donál chon cendaid co cert
Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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(ascr.)
Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille containing prognostications on the howling of dogs.
Máthair ime gaeth áithe
prose
beg. Máthair ime gaeth áithe

Short Irish text of prognostications of the weather. The opening part ([M]áthair ime gaeth áithe, sáille sneachta; Túar fola fleochadh, túar teadhma torann) recalls the two quatrains in Tecosca Cormaic § 17. This is followed by some prose notes using an ‘if (madh)/then’ formula.

Tonfeid a Chríst conic muir
verse
9 st.
beg. Tonfeid, a Chríst, conic muir

Early Irish poem on the eight winds blowing on the kalends of January.