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Cros Chríst tarsin n-gnúisse
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‘Cros Chríst tarsin n-gnúisse’
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| Author
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In RIA MS 23 G 4, the poem is ascribed to Mugrón, who was coarb of Colum Cille between 965 and 981. This "is linguistically probable, and as Mugrón is not a person to whom Irish scribes frequenty attribute poems it may be taken to be based on genuine tradition" (Murphy).
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early Irish lyrics
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| Language
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Middle Irish. "G's attribution to Mugrón [fl. AD 965-981] is linguistically probable" (Murphy)
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rinnard
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Notes
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Murphy, Gerard (ed. and tr.), “Mugrón: Christ's cross”, in: Murphy, Gerard (ed. and tr.), Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 32—35, 186—187. CELT: edition
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Meyer, Kuno (ed.), “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: An crosradhach Colum Chille innso”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 12 (1918): 387. Internet Archive: [1] [2]
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