Texts

Tuc dam, a Dé móir

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Manuscript witnesses

Text

Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 20978-20979

incipit: Tuc damh a De móir

10 qq.

f. 54r.5-v.15

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1285

A copy of the former

f. 137b

Text

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/10

5 st.

col. 400

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/10

incipit: Tuc dam a dé móir Poem. The last two quatrains are erased (Oskamp).

col. 400

MS

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1318/10

incipit: Tucc dam a Dé moir Religious poem (5 st.)

col. 400

Text

London, British Library, MS Additional 30512

f. 30b

Text

London, British Library, MS Egerton 92

f. 6b

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.] Murphy, Gerard [ed. and tr.], “Anonymous: Prayer for tears”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 62–65, 200–201.

CELT – edition: <link>

[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno, “Four religious poems”, Ériu 6 (1912): 112–116.

TLH – 3. A prayer to Christ for help (ed.): <link> TLH – 3. A prayer to Christ for help (tr.): <link> TLH – 4. Three wishes (ed.): <link> TLH – 4. Three wishes (tr.): <link>

[id. 2. ‘A prayer for tears’]

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Gebet um Thränen”, Archiv für celtische Lexikographie 3 (1907): 232.

CELT – edition: <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link>

[ed.] [tr.] Walsh, Paul [ed. and tr.], “Three Irish hymns”, The Irish Ecclesiastical Record 29 (1911): 523–529.

Text and English translation of three medieval Irish poems: (1) the poem beg. A Choimdiu báidh, based on the edition of Kuno Meyer, ACL 3: 231; (2) poem beg. Tuc dam, a Dé móir, based on Meyer, ACL 3: 232; (3) poem beg. Tórramat do nóebaingil, based on Meyer, Selections from early Irish poetry: 1.

Internet Archive: <link>

English translation together with the text of Meyer's edition