Texts

Dúan in cethrachat cest

Incoming data

Poem consisting of a series of questions concerning miscellaneous bits of lore, with the answer given in prose form in interlinear gloss.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Dublin, National Library of Ireland, MS G 130

Copy from Egerton 1782. 16 qq.

f. 58a

Text

London, British Library, MS Egerton 1782

rubric: Duan in chethrachat cest in so, dorigni Eochaid ua Cerin

ff. 53va–54rb

MS

London, British Library, MS Egerton 1782

f. 53va–f. 54rb

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.] Thurneysen, Rudolf [ed. and tr.], “Das Gedicht der vierzig Fragen von Eochaid ua Cérín”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 13 (1921): 130–136.

CELT – edition: <link> CELT – German translation: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

Secondary sources (select)

Thurneysen, Rudolf, Die irische Helden- und Königsage bis zum siebzehnten Jahrhundert, Halle: Niemeyer, 1921.

Contents: Part 1 (chapters 1-23): Allgemeines; Part 2 (chapters 1-85): Die Ulter Sage.

Internet Archive: <link>

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