Texts

verse beg. Súanach sin a Éorann án

  • Late Middle Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Early Irish lyrics
First words (verse)
  • Súanach sin a Éorann án
“Sleep is your lot, lovely Éorann”
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
Language
  • Late Middle Irish
  • late Middle Irish
Date
c. 1175 (Murphy)
Form
verse (primary)

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish lyricsEarly Irish lyrics
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Sources

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[ed.] [tr.] Murphy, Gerard [ed. and tr.], “Anonymous: Suibne and Éorann”, in: Gerard Murphy [ed. and tr.], Early Irish lyrics: eighth to twelfth century, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1956. 118–123, 227–228.
CELT – edition: <link>
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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April 2012, last updated: January 2024