Texts
Caoílte’s mischief-makingverse beg. Maidhim in mhaidin fa ghlonn
- Middle Irish, Early Modern Irish
- verse
- Classical Irish poetry, Duanaire Finn, Finn Cycle
First words (verse)
- Maidhim in mhaidin fa ghlonn
“I boast the morning for the deed”
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
- Poem VII
- Longer version in the Book of the Dean of Lismore
- Agallamh na seanórach
- Another longer version
Author
Anonymous
Manuscripts
- Dublin, University College, MS Franciscan A 20 (b) = Duanaire Finn [s. xvii1]ff. 9r (middle)–9vbeginning: ‘Maidhim in mhaidin fa ghlonn’Duanaire Finn version
- Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Adv. MS 72.1.37 = Book of the Dean of Lismore (Leabhar Deathan Lios Mòir) [s. xvi]pp. 133 (line 15)ff + 122beginning: ‘Heym tosk zoskla fynn (Téighim loisg d'fhuaslagadh Finn)’Longer version. 73 qq.
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 5 (93) = Reeves manuscript of the Agallamh na seanórach [s. xvii]p. 493 (pencil: 421)beginning: ‘Tēighim loiscc d'fhuluccadh Finn’Longer version, part of Agallamh na seanórach
Language
- Middle Irish Early Modern Irish
Late Middle Irish (Murphy) or Early Modern Irish.
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
29
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.
- Duanaire Finn version
[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.
- Agallamh na seanórach version
[ed.] Ní Shéaghdha, Nessa [ed.], Agallamh na seanórach, 3 vols, Leabhair ó Láimhsgríbhnibh, 7, 10, 15, Dublin, 1942–1945.
[ed.] [tr.] Wilde, W. R., and Eugene OʼCurry [coll.], “On the unmanufactured animal remains belonging to the Academy”, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 7 (May 1859, 1857–1861): 181–212.
Internet Archive: <link>
184–191 Edition of 20 stanzas from 24 P 5, with an English translation by O'Curry. direct link
- Book of the Dean of Lismore version
[ed.] [tr.] MacLauchlan, Thomas [ed. and tr.], The Dean of Lismore’s Book: a selection of ancient Gaelic poetry from a manuscript collection made by James M’Gregor, dean of Lismore, in the beginning of the sixteenth century, Edinburgh, 1862.
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>
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
April 2012, last updated: August 2021
