Texts

verse beg. Secht prímríg for hÉrind áin

  • Early Irish
  • verse
Early Irish poem (5qq) on the kings of the Dál Fiatach who were kings of Ireland.
First words (verse)
  • Secht prímríg for hÉrind áin
Manuscripts
f. 84vb
rubric: ‘De quibus dicitur hoc carmen’
beg. ‘Secht primrig for hErind ain’
5qq.
f. 115(124)rb–rc
beg. ‘Seacht primrig for Erind ain’
5qq.
Language
  • Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 5

Classification

Subjects

Dál Fiatach
Dál Fiatach
Early Irish dynasty and territory in the east of Ulster, roughly in the area of Downpatrick.

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high-kings of Irelandhigh-kings of Ireland
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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.] OʼBrien, M. A. [ed.], Corpus genealogiarum Hiberniae, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1962.  
comments: Reprinted in 1976 and 2005, with an introduction by J. V. Kelleher.
CELT – pp. 1–332 (Rawl. B 502): <link>
274–275
Translation wanted
Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
December 2019, last updated: December 2023