Witness list
- L: YBL, page 410a.
- A: London, British Library, Add. MS 30,512, fo. 19a2.
- H: London, British Library, Harley 5280, fo. 41b.
- LB: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 P 16, Leabhar Breac, 260 a 52ff.
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Edited by Kuno Meyer
Whole text
Beg mac Dé 1 profetauit
Aus Harleian 5280, fo. 41b, YBL, S. 410 a und Add. 30, 512 fol. 19 a 2. Vgl. LB 260 a 52 ff.
Is mairg thairgeubhai a hairisne a luc tīri na n-Gāidhel .
- In mac n-dīaid a athar a n-Ard Mauchai,
flaith mōeth mēth a n-hÍ Colaimm Chille,
cumscugud Bendchair,
Deulbna a Clūain mec Nóis,10
ár noimme Sinna fri hechtranda ,
sechtmīsid Usnig nō Clūanai Fertai Brēnaind,
fodercad dōini a m-Birra,
cocad etir ecailsib,
flaith Laigen cen cath,15
ōenguinid Cilli Darae,
coscrad rīaglai Lismōir hi flaith Ōedāin Deirg,
da mhūr am Chorcaig a flaith Subne Uhic,
innred nĀirni fo dii,
Muma cin cosnumaidh nō cin comairlig,20
Caisiul cen rīg īer n-dligidh,
daurthach for ilathaib,
flaithi claena cosmaili,
hilar m-brithemhan cen fhīr,
dīth flaithi ria n-dōerfhinib,25
dīth n-eculsa,
muiredach cecha mennata,
flaith fer n-dubgāi,
brāthirse n-āilgen di imthecht, p.170
ar bid olca itir iltūatha,30
saeibrechta oc rīgaib,
crābaid claena oc clērchib,
galra inganta,
lanna 2 mōra ⁊ crābaid begai hi suidib,
ecluss for cech n-imoiri, 3 35
muilend for cech sruth,
hith hi tamnachaib,
blicht a n-gamnachaib,
sāith fir oc mac,
sāith con oc cat,40
blicht cōeruch oc gabar,
blicht gabair i m-boin ,
indesai lāna ⁊ cuiledai fāsa,
cōraid amoig,
mindig a tigh,45
druinech cechla bean ,
crecōir cechla fer,
bid cāith cāch ,
bid feochair brīathrach amnus anumal cāch,
nī ba gaeth neuch im leus a anmai,50
bid belgach 4 ōibella,
flaith ainndīardha.
Cid dogēni fri cāch Crīsd isan aimsir sin?
haithbe do thoirthib,
nert do gōethaib,55
fūasnad do thonnaib mara,
crith forsna dūilib,
fubhai 5 for rendaib,
grīan a n-dorchaib,
ēsci a fuil,
60
tochuired n-demna, p.171
indarba aingel,
aurslocud ifirn,
īadad flatha nimhe
imbed mac m-bāis,65
ūaiti mac m-bethadh 6 ,
bid imda mairg,
Mairg tairgēbha airisne loc tīri na n-Gāidel fri dīad m-bethadh.
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Editor: Kuno Meyer
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Date: 2005
Date: 2008
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- London, British Library, Harley 5,280, fo. 41b. For full details see Robin Flower and Standish Hayes O'Grady (eds.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Library [formerly the British Museum]; 3 vols. (London 1926; repr. Dublin 1992, revised by Myles Dillon) vol. 1, 298–323.
- Dublin, Trinity College, 'Leabhar Buidhe Lecain', Yellow Book of Lecan, H.2.16, MS 1318, p. 410a. For full details see T. K. Abbott and E. J. Gwynn (eds.), Catalogue of the Irish manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin (Dublin 1921) 94–110.
- London, British Library, 'Leabhar ui Maolconaire', Add. MS 30,512, fo. 19a2. (Vellum; 15th–16th century.) For full details see Robin Flower and Standish Hayes O'Grady (eds.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Library [formerly the British Museum]; 3 vols. (London 1926; repr. Dublin 1992, revised by Myles Dillon) vol. 2, 470–505.
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 1230, formerly no. 23 P 16, 'Leabhar Breac', 260a52 ff. For full details see Kathleen Mulchrone et al., Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin (Dublin 1943) Fasc. 27: 3379–4404.
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‘Beg mac Dé profetauit (Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften)’ (1913). In: Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 9. Ed. by Kuno Meyer, pp. 169–171.
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Creation: By (an) unknown Irish monastic scribe(s). 900–1200
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- The text is in Middle Irish. (ga)
- Some words are in Latin. (la)
- A few words are in German. (de)
- The witness list is in English. (en)
Keywords: religious; prose; medieval; prophecy
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