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King David and the Beggar (from the Book of Fermoy, p 83a)
Aroile duine trūagh bocht ⁊ mōirsheisir cloinde aigi tāinic cum Dabīth do chuincidh almsaine fair ocus is annsin tairrnic la Dabīth a almsaine do roinn ⁊ nocha roibhe aigi nī do-beradh dō ⁊ adubairt an duine do chrochad, acht ro-thoirmesc Solam é ⁊ adubairt an duine trūagh: “ō nach fuil agut nī do-bertá damh, tabair do bendacht damh a n-ucht mo luimne co rugur lem dom thigh hí”. Tic far sin Dabīth a beannacht a n-ucht an duine trūaigh ⁊ ro-timsaigh an duine a ucht uimpe co riacht da thigh ⁊ do bí a eire innti ag a h-imchur. Ronigh iar sin an duine a lumaind a lochtobur mór būi 'na garrdha corbo lān ē do fhīriasc ⁊ dorecadh-san an t-iasc tar cenn innmhuis do-fhulachta, corbo toictech é ⁊ ro cuir iar sin an duine a lumainn dia tirmugud ar abhaill crīn p.322 co roibe fo lāntorud d'ublaibh ⁊ nār mhó cúadh nā gach ubhall dībh ⁊ trī h-ubla mōra dermhaile dergōir ar ūachtur na h-abla ⁊ ruc an duine iar sin an torad leis .i. na h-ubla cumhra gus na h-ublaibh ōir do Dabīth a n-aiscidh ⁊ do innis an scél sin do Dabīth ⁊ do Sholam ⁊ adubairt Solam: “As ferr sin nā do chrochad amail rotriallad”. Ro roind Dabīth iar sin na h-ubla .i. ubhall dó fēin ⁊ ubhall do Sholam ⁊ ubhall don duine bocht.
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Title statement
Title (uniform): King David and the Beggar
Title (extended): [from the Book of Fermoy, p 83a]
Author: unknown
Editor: Kuno Meyer
Responsibility statement
Electronic edition compiled by: Benjamin Hazard
Funded by: University College, Cork and The Higher Education Authority via the LDT Project
Edition statement
2. Second draft.
Extent: 830 words
Publication statement
Publisher: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of the Department of History at University College, Cork
Address: College Road, Cork, Ireland — http://www.ucc.ie/celt
Date: 2004
Date: 2010
Distributor: CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
CELT document ID: G201034
Availability: Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.
Source description
Manuscript Source
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 23 E 29, the Book of Fermoy, p 83a (fifteenth to sixteenth century); for details see Kathleen Mulchrone, T. F. O'Rahilly et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin 1926-70) MS 1134, 3091-125.
Editions
- Kuno Meyer, King David and the Beggar, A medley of Irish texts 12, Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie 3, pt. 4 (Halle 1907) 321-2.
- Paul Grosjean, King David and the Beggar, in: J. Fraser, P. Grosjean and J. G. O'Keefe (eds.), Irish Texts 4 (London 1934) 113-118.
The edition used in the digital edition
‘King David and the Beggar (from the Book of Fermoy, p 83a)’ (1907). In: Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie (A medley of Irish texts 12.1) 3, pt. 4. Ed. by Kuno Meyer, pp. 321–322.
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editor = {Kuno Meyer},
title = {King David and the Beggar (from the Book of Fermoy, p 83a)},
journal = {Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie (A medley of Irish texts 12.1) },
number = {3, pt. 4},
address = {Halle/Saale},
publisher = {Max Niemeyer},
date = {1907},
pages = {321-322}
}
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Project description: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
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Correction: Text has been checked and proof-read three times.
Normalization: The electronic text represents the edited text. In Meyer's edition, the acute accent and macron are used to mark long vowels. Both are retained here. The editor's corrections are marked corr sic resp="KM", with the erroneous form retained in the 'sic' attribute. Expansions are marked ex. Names are capitalized in line with CELT practice.
Quotation: Direct speech is markedq.
Hyphenation: Hyphenation was introduced. When a hyphenated word (hard or soft) crosses a page-break, this break is marked after completion of the hyphenated word.
Segmentation: div0=the tale; page-breaks are marked pb n="".
Interpretation: Names are not tagged, nor are terms for cultural and social roles.
Profile description
Creation: By an unknown Irish monastic author. 900-1200
Language usage
- The text is in Middle Irish. (ga)
- Supplied title is in English. (en)
- One word is in Latin. (la)
Keywords: religious; prose; medieval
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- 2010-04-10: Conversion script run; header updated; new wordcount made. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 2008-09-30: Keywords added; file validated. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 2005-08-25: Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion (ed. Julianne Nyhan)
- 2005-08-04T15:41:51+0100: Converted to XML (ed. Peter Flynn)
- 2005-06-09: Whole file including header details re-proofed, new wordcount, new HTML file created. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 2005-05-05: File proofed (2); structural and content markup applied to file; header constructed and bibliographic details compiled; file parsed and HTML file created. (ed. Benjamin Hazard)
- 1998-06-29: Data captured by scanning; file proofed (1). (ed. Staff of the CURIA Project)