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A aos dána is aithnidh damh
verse
9 st.
beg. A aos dána is aithnidh damh

Early Modern Irish grammatical poem (9 qq) on sealbhadh – here referring to conjugated forms of the copula and infixed pronouns – and its effects, primarily nasalisation, e.g. ‘the sealbhadh of b becomes m’ (line 5).

A fhir atá ar sliocht na suadh
verse
17 st.
beg. A fhir atá ar sliocht na suadh
Irish poem (17qq) on the letters of the Ogham alphabet.
Cá méd fhocal féghtar lend
verse
beg. Cá méd fhocal féghtar lend
Irish poem (28qq) on pronouns and prepositions.
Comhardadh cionnas is cóir
verse
20 st.
beg. Comhardadh cionnas is cóir
Cúig coitchind tiaghaid in es
verse
60 st.
beg. Cúig coitchind tiaghaid in es
Middle Irish poem (60qq) on the gender and declension of Latin nouns
Deirbhshiúr glossary
verse
62 st.
beg. Deirbhshiúr don eagna an éigsi
Metrical Irish glossary, which deals with c.193 head-words in the course of over 6o qq.
Dunta for nduan decid lib
verse
beg. Dunta for nduan decid lib

An Early Irish didactic poem (9 qq) on the topic of closing a poem. It is found at the end of the Book of Ballymote copy of Auraicept na n-éces.

Feadha an oghaim aithnidh damh
verse
53 st.
beg. Feadha an oghaim aithnidh damh
Mac an Bháird (Gofraidh Fionn)Mac an Bháird (Gofraidh Fionn)
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(ascr.)
Irish bardic poem (53qq) on the principles of rhyme in Irish poetry.
Madh fiafraidheach budh feasach
verse
54 st.
beg. Madh fiafraidheach budh feasach
Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
Ó Dálaigh (Gofraidh Fionn)
(d. 1387)
also Gofraidh Ó Dálaigh Fionn; Irish bardic poet of the Ó Dálaigh family

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(ascr.)
Long Irish bardic poem by Gofraidh Fionn Ó Dálaigh offering advice on the use of grammar.
Mittelirische Verslehren IV
verse
14 st.
beg. Sluindfet dúib dagaisti in dána
Cellach úa RúanadaCellach úa Rúanada
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(ascr.)
Middle Irish poem ascribed to Cellach úa Rúanada in which for educational purposes, every stanza is composed in a different metrical form.
Seacht bpearsain fhichead uair mé
verse
beg. Seacht bpearsain fhichead uair mé
Irish bardic poem on the optative subjunctive (itche). It is atttested in a copy of Irish grammatical tracts III–IV.