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Finn and the jester Lomnae

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An anecdote told in Sanas Cormaic, under the entry for ‘Orc tréith’.

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Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/2 (cols. 3-122)

p. 277a

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[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Sanas Cormaic. An Old-Irish glossary compiled by Cormac úa Cuilennáin, king-bishop of Cashel in the tenth century”, in: Osborn Bergin, R. I. Best, Kuno Meyer, and J. G. OʼKeeffe (eds), Anecdota from Irish manuscripts, vol. 4, Halle and Dublin, 1912. 1–128 (text), i–xix (introduction).

Internet Archive – vols 1-5: <link> Internet Archive – vols 3-5: <link>

86–88 [id. 1018.] direct link

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno, Fianaigecht: being a collection of hitherto inedited Irish poems and tales relating to Finn and his Fiana, Todd Lecture Series, 16, London: Hodges, Figgis, 1910.

National Library of Scotland – PDF: <link> Internet Archive: <link> Internet Archive: <link>

xix–xx (item vii). Edited from YBL.

[ed.] Stokes, Whitley [ed.], Three Irish glossaries: Cormac’s Glossary, O’Davoren’s Glossary and a glossary to the Calendar of Oengus the Culdee, London: Williams and Norgate, 1862.

TLH – ‘Cormac’s Glossary’ (pp. 1-44): <link> Internet Archive: <link>, <link>

34–35

[ed.] Stokes, Whitley [ed.], and John OʼDonovan [tr.], Sanas Chormaic: Cormac’s Glossary, Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, Calcutta: O.T. Cutter, 1868.

Internet Archive: <link> HathiTrust: <link>, <link> Google Books: <link>

[tr.] Russell, Paul, “Poets, power and possessions in medieval Ireland: some stories from Sanas Cormaic”, in: Joseph F. Eska (ed.), Law, literature and society, 7, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2008. 9–45.

Translation and discussion.