Texts
A bairgen ataí i ngábud
Incoming data
Middle Irish dialogue poem (18qq) with prose epilogue in the Book of Leinster. The poem is presented as a contentious dialogue between an old woman (callech) of Leinster and a servant (gilla) of the king of Munster (Cerball mac Muirecáin), in which the latter insists on his entitlement to meals and hospitality. The prose epilogue goes on to explain the reasons for the quarrel.
Manuscript witnesses
MS
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339
incipit: A Bairgen ataí i ngábud Poetic dialogue (18 quatrains) and a prose epilogue. The text is also known as The quarrel about the loaf.
p. 46a–
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.] OʼNowlan, T. P., “The quarrel about the loaf”, Ériu 1 (1904): 128–137.
Internet Archive: <link>
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, Osborn Bergin, and M. A. OʼBrien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 1, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1954. 260 pp. + 4 pl.
CELT – edition (pp. 1-260): <link>
223–225 Diplomatic edition.
