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Fionn’s prophecy

verse beg. A bhean labhrus rinn an laoídh

• Late Middle Irish, Early Modern Irish
• verse
• Classical Irish poetry, Duanaire Finn, Finn Cycle

First words (verse)

• A bhean labhrus rinn an laoídh

“Woman who speaks to us the lay”

Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.

Duanaire Finn, Beatha Cholaim Chille (Maghnus Ó Domhnaill)

• Duanaire Finn

Author

Anonymous

Manuscripts

• Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 20 (b) = Duanaire Finn [s. xvii¹]

  ff. 45r (middle)–45v context: Duanaire Finn
• Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 514 [s. xvi]

  f. 57a context: Beatha Cholaim Chille (Maghnus Ó Domhnaill)

  Incorporated into Beatha Cholaim Chille

See also results from manuscript descriptions

Language

• Late Middle Irish Early Modern Irish
• late Middle Irish (Murphy) or Early Modern Irish.

Date

Between c.1150 and c.1300 (Murphy).

Form

verse (primary)

Number of stanzas

13

Classification

Classical Irish poetryClassical Irish poetry
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Duanaire Finn
Duanaire Finn

id. 11031

Finn Cycle
Finn Cycle

id. 578

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] MacNeill, Eoin [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 1: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society, 7, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908.

Foclóir na Nua-Ghaeilge – editions: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive – originally from Google Books: <link>

85; 198–199 Poem XXXIV. Edition and translation

Secondary sources (select)

Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society, 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.

Internet Archive: <link>

72–75

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Dennis Groenewegen

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April 2012, last updated: August 2021