Manuscripts
Results gathered for Móen óen
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
context: Tract on the Laigin incl. Nidu dír dermait, Móen óen Prefatory matter: aetiological note on the Laigin, beg. Can as roetattar Lagin ainmnigud? (ed. 1327). Incl. ‘rhymeless Leinster poem’ beg. Móen óen (p. 311a, l. 19ff), and a citation from the ‘rhyming Leinster poem’ beg. Nidu dír do dermat; regnal list from Labraid Longsech to Nad Buidb (ed. 1328).
in section: p. 311a–
MS
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502/2 (ff. 19-89)
context: Tract on the Laigin incipit: Can ⁊ cid h-ua roetatar Lagin ainmnigud. Ni ansae. incl. Nidu dír dermait, Énna Labraid luad cáich, Nuadu Necht ní dámair anflaith, Móen óen First section of the tract, on the origin and early rulers of the Laigin, which may be seen as consisting of four items each of which contains a brief note in prose and a poem (so-called ‘Leinster poems’): (a) It starts off with the traditional etymology of Laigin (from láigen ‘spear’) as a way of introducing notes on Labraid Loingsech and his direct ancestors, together with the early poem beg. Móen óen a ba noed (5qq, f.64ra); (b) shifts focus to the line of kings from Núadu Necht with the poem beg. Nuadu Necht ni damair anflaith (52qq), here ascribed to in rígfhile Find Rossa Ruaid (f.64ra-c); (c) to that from Énna Cennselach with the poem beg. Énna Labraid / luad cáich (53qq), ascribed to Ladcenn mc Barcida primfile hErenn (prose on f.64rc.i, poem on f. 64va-b). (d) A new section is suggested by the heading De regibus Lagenorum et de ordinibus eorum nunc incipit at the bottom of f. 64vb, followed on f. 64vc by a brief note in prose and the poem beg. Nidu dir dermait dala cach rig romdae (22qq), again attributed to primfile cetna Laidcenn mc Bairceda.
in section: f. 64r(115)a.3–
