A Chrínóc cubaid do cheól
verse
11 st.
beg. A Chrínóc, cubaid do cheól
Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
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Ua Brolcháin (Máel Ísu)
(d. (c.) 1086)
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Middle Irish lyrical poem addressed to a certain Crínóc (‘dear old little thing’, a hypocoristic form of crín). Crínóc is lovingly described as an old, judicious woman, who had lain with the speaker as well as other men yet who is without sin. James Carney was the first to suggest that she personifies an old psalm-book that the speaker had turned to since the age of seven, i.e. when he first received his religious education.
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