Aided Finn (Egerton 92)

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Title Aided Finn
‘The death of Finn (mac Cumaill)’
No title occurs in the manuscript.
Manuscripts

London, British Library, MS Egerton 92 = Book of Fermoy fragment, f. 6ra. Fragment.

Language early Middle Irish, or late Old Irish
Date 10th century (Meyer)[1]
Description Fragment of a text relating a version of the story of Finn's death. Finn is said to have died in old age while attempting to leap the River Boyne over a place called Léimm (Find). His body is discovered by Aiclech, son of Dub Drenn, and the three sons of Urgriu. Aiclech severs the head and because of this, he is slain by his three companions.
Textual relationships Cf. the poem beginning ‘Rodíchned Find, ba fer tend

Notes

  1. ^ Meyer 1910p: xxv.

Sources

Editions and translations

Open book nae 02.png Meyer, Kuno (ed. and tr.), “The death of Finn mac Cumaill”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 1 (1897): 462—465. CELT: edition and translation; Internet Archive
Open book nae 02.png 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. xxv. » partial translation. Edge-firefox.png National Library of Scotland (PDF) Edge-firefox.png Internet Archive: [1]
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