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Texts
Temair IIverse beg. Ní cheil maissi dona mnáib
- Middle Irish
- verse
- Early Irish poetry, Dinnshenchas Érenn, Dinnshenchas
Dinnshenchas of Temair
Initial words (verse)
- Ní cheil maissi dona mnáib
Context(s) The (textual) context(s) to which the present text belongs or in which it is cited in part or in whole.
- Dinnshenchas Érenn A
- LL p. 161: poem
Ascribed to
Cináed úa hArtacáinCináed ua hArtacáin (d. 975) – Middle Irish poet
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The poem is ascribed to Cináed ua hArtacáin in four manuscript copies of the text.
Manuscripts
- Dinnshenchas Érenn A
- L = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1339 (H 2. 18) = Book of Leinster [s. xii2] p. 161
- Dinnshenchas Érenn C
- R = Rennes, Bibliothèque de Rennes Métropole, MS 598 ff. 90-125 [s. xiii/xiv (?)] Poem ascribed to Cináed ua hArtacáin.
- B = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 12 = Book of Ballymote [1384 x 1406] Poem ascribed to Cináed ua hArtacáin.
- H = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1322 (H 3. 3) [s. xvi]
- S = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS D ii 2 (1222) [s. xvi (?)] Poem ascribed to Cináed ua hArtacáin.
- S2 = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B ii 2 (741) [s. xiv-xvi ?]
- S3 = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS B iii 1 (742) [s. xvii] Poem ascribed to Cináed ua hArtacáin.
- V = Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 24 P 13 (Reeves 832, 1068) [s. xvii]
- H2 = Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1289 (H 1. 15) = The Psalter of Tara [1745]
Language
- Middle Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Number of stanzas
19
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.] Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 1, Todd Lecture Series 8, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1903.
comments: For corrigenda and addenda, see:
[ed.] [tr.] Gwynn, E. J., The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 5, Todd Lecture Series 12, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1935.
Internet Archive – vol. 5: <link>
121, 125 Variant readings from the Book of Uí Maine (M) and RIA MS B ii 2 (S2); some corrigenda direct link direct link
Secondary sources (select)
Gwynn, E. J. [ed. and tr.], The metrical dindsenchas, 5 vols, vol. 1, Todd Lecture Series 8, Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, 1903.
comments: For corrigenda and addenda, see:
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – vols. 1-3: <link>
59–61 [id. 2. ‘Temair II’] direct link
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Dennis Groenewegen
