Texts

Aígidecht Aithirni‘The guesting of Athirne’

Middle Irish
prose, verse, prosimetrum
Medieval Irish literature about poets, Ulster Cycle

The short prose text includes eight poems ascribed to Athirne.

Speaker/Addressee

Speaker: Athirne

Manuscripts

Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii²]
ff. 118a–118b
London, British Library, MS Harley 5280 [s. xvi¹]
f. 77r–77v
The second part of the text only.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 N 10 (Betham 145, 967) = Book of Ballycummin [s. xvi]
pp. 15–16.mbeginning: ‘Do deachaid Atairne h-isind fhogmar for turus di thig a dalta’
The second part of the text.

Language

Middle Irish
early Middle Irish (Meyer)

Date

11th century (Meyer)

Form

prose, verse, prosimetrum (primary)

Classification

Medieval Irish literature about poets Ulster Cycle

Subjects

AthirneAthirne
Athairne
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
Chief poet and satirist of the Ulstermen in the Ulster Cycle.
See more Amairgen mac EccitAmairgen mac Eccit (Salaig)
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle)
(chief) poet of the Ulaid in the Ulster Cycle of tales; son of Eccet Salach
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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.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], “The guesting of Athirne”, Ériu 7 (1914): 1–9.

LL, with variants from Harleian 5280.

[ed.] Thurneysen, Rudolf [ed.], “A third copy of the Guesting of Athirne”, Ériu 7 (1914): 196–199.

Version from RIA MS 23 N 10, with variants from Harleian 5280.

[ed.] [tr.] Greene, David, and Frank O'Connor [Michael O'Donovan], A golden treasury of Irish poetry, A.D. 600 to 1200, London: Macmillan, 1967.

140–141. Poems on the four seasons.

Secondary sources (select)

Lubotsky, Alexander, “Varia IV: On the alliteration in ‘The guesting of Athirne’”, Ériu 33 (1982): 170–171.

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Contributors

Dennis Groenewegen,Patrick Brown