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verse beg. Colum cáid cumachtach

  • Late Old Irish
  • verse
Prayer (5st in ochtfhoclach metre) for Colum Cille attributed to Cainnech.
First words (verse)
  • Colum cáid cumachtach
Author
Ascribed to: Cainnech of Aghaboe
Cainnech of Aghaboe
Cainnech moccu Dalonn, patron saint of Achad Bó Chainnig (Aghaboe, Co. Laois) and Cell Chainnig (Kilkenny)
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Manuscripts
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 502 2, ff. 19–89 = Lebar Glinne Dá Locha (?) [1125 x 1150]
rubric: ‘Cainnech do rigni in n-orthainse’’
beg. ‘Colum caid cumachtach’
Occurs not long after Amra Choluim Chille and its commentary.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii]
p. 15a
Occurs not long after Amra Choluim Chille and its commentary.
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2]
First line quoted.
Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 (536) = Book of Ballymote (Leabhar Bhaile an Mhóta) [1384 x 1406]
First line (and part of what follows) quoted.
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi1]
p. 47.8–foot
rubric: ‘Cainnech cecinit’
beg. ‘Colaim caidh cumachtach’

5 stt.

context: Sanais Cormaic
The beginning of the 5th stanza is quoted in Sanais Cormaic.
Language
  • Late Old Irish
  • “gehört zweifellos der spät-altirischen Zeit an und [because of a citation in Sanas Cormaic] ist gewiss älter als das Jahr 900” (Pokorny).
Form
verse (primary)
Metre
  • ocht-fhoclach
Length
Number of stanzas: 5
Textual relationships
Related: Amra Choluim ChilleAmra Choluim Chille

Elegy on Saint Columba (Colum Cille).

Guidium mac FeidelmidGuidium mac FeidelmidA prayer in verse attributed to Cainnech and addressed to Colum Cille.

Classification

Subjects

Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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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.] Pokorny, Julius, “Ein altirisches Gebet zu St. Columba”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8 (1912): 285–288.
Internet Archive: <link>
[ed.] Thurneysen, Rudolf [ed.], “Mittelirische Verslehren”, in: Ernst Windisch, and Whitley Stokes [eds.], Irische Texte mit Wörterbuch, 4 vols, vol. 3, Leipzig, 1891. 1–182.  
comments: An index of verse metries and initial lines of verse is provided at the end of this contribution.
Internet Archive: <link>
56
[dipl. ed.] Best, Richard Irvine, and Osborn Bergin [eds.], Lebor na hUidre: Book of the Dun Cow, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1929.
CELT – edition (pp. 1-338): <link> Internet Archive: <link>
40–41
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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November 2019, last updated: June 2023
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