Texts
Erect your hunting spearsverse beg. Dírgidh bhar sleagha sealga
- Late Middle Irish, Early Modern Irish
- verse
- Classical Irish poetry, Duanaire Finn, Finn Cycle
Initial words (verse)
- Dírgidh bhar sleagha sealga
“Erect your hunting spears”
Context(s)The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
Author
Anonymous
Manuscripts
Language
- Late Middle Irish Early Modern Irish
- late Middle Irish or early classical Irish (Murphy)
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
3
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.] MacNeill, Eoin [ed.], Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 1: Irish text, with translation into English, Irish Texts Society 7, London: Irish Texts Society, 1908.
Secondary sources (select)
Murphy, Gerard, Duanaire Finn: The book of the lays of Fionn, 3 vols, vol. 3: Introduction, notes, appendices and glossary, Irish Texts Society 43, London: Irish Texts Society, 1953.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
