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Aided Óenfir Aífe
p.111 1. Aided Óenfir Aífe and So.
2Cía fochann araro marb Cú Chulainn a mac? Ní3 hansae. Luid Cú Chulainn do forcetul gaiscid la4 Scáthaig n-Úanaind ingin Airdgeme i l-Letha co5 ndergéni súithi cles lea ⁊ luid Aífe ingen Airdgeme6 cuici ⁊ ba torrach forácaib ⁊ asbert fria no bérad7 mac.“Bíd ind ordnasc n-órdae so acut”, ol sé,8 “corop coimse don mac. In tan bas coimse dó, táet9 dom chuindchidsea i n-Ére ⁊ nacham berad óenfer dia10 chonair ⁊ nacha sloinded do óenfiur ⁊ ná fémded11 comlann óenfir.”
12 2.
Doluid in mac dia secht mblíadan do chuindchid13 a athar. Is and bátar Ulaid i n-óendáil oc Trácht Éise14 ara chiund. Co n-accatar in mac cucu íarsind fairci ⁊15 luingine chrédumai fo suidiu ⁊ rámada dí-órdai ina16 láim. Carn cloch aici isin luing. Dobered cloich ina17 chrandtabaill ⁊ dosléiced táthbéim forsna héonu, co18 ngaibed na hairberta díb, ot é beóa, conda léiced19 úad isind áer doridisi. Imfuirmed a charpatchles20 eter a dí láim, conná tairthed súil. No glésed a guth21 dóib, conda foilged indara fecht. Dosnúisced in22 fecht n-aile.
23 3.
“Maith tra,” ol Conchobar, “mairg thír i táet in24 gillae ucut”, ol sé. “Matis fir móra na hindsi asa25 táet donístis, conmeltis ar grian, in tan is mac bec p.121 dogní in airbert ucut. Eirged nech ara chend. Nacha2 telged i tír eter.” “Cía regas ar a chend?” “Cía-3 pad cía” ol Conchobar, “acht Condere mac Echach?”4 “Cía immaregad Condere?” ol cách. “Ní hansae,” ol5 Conchobar, “cid cíall ⁊ erlabrae immabera, is Condere6 as chóir and.” “Regadsa ar a chend,” ol Condere.
7 4.
Luid Condere íarom ⁊ is and ro gab in mac tráig8 in tan sin. “Is lóor dothéig, a macáin,” ol Condere,9 “co fessamar cid no théig ⁊ can do chenél.” “Ním10 sloindim do óenfiur,” ol in gillae, “⁊ ní imgabaim11 óenfer.” “Ní tergae i tír,” ol Condere, “corot sloindi.”12 “Regad a leith dia tuidched,” ol in gillae.
13 5.
Imsoí ass in mac. Is and asbert Condere:14 “Tinta frim, a mo maic. At morgnímach. At fola15 ferdamnai. Ardán errad Ulad cucut. Ardotchobra16 Conchobar. Cairptini cleitini a clár clé, conid san17 erreda Ulad úargabas. Ardotchobra Conchobar18 dondigis. Clúas duit, dian tóe frim. Tinta co19 Conchobar, co mac níthach Nessa; co Sencha mac20 coscrach Oilella; co Cethirn mac fáebarderg21 Fintain, co tenid leónas ergala; co h-Aimirgin n-éices;22 co Cumscraid mórmuirnech. Mo chen, ardot-Conall-23~ Cernach-cobra tar turtheda, ceóla, gáiri láthlond24 catha. Bad búadre brón la Blaí Briugaid béim25 sechai, cíaso láech. Dáig ní immairic ilar26 ruice. La so atberer. Atrachtsa fodén, Condere,27 co tulad co mmac argair curada. Acht bágus p.131 domsa,” ol intí Condere, “tuidecht ar chend in2 gillai cen ulcha cen caither, acht manip erlaithe3 di Ultaib.”
4 6.
“Is maith dondigis,” ol in gillae. “Rotbíaso5 didiu t'acallam. Gléssiu gotha. Léicsiu úaim erchora6 cen imroll a cairpthinib. Comlaus cáinsreth7 saigthin ar cleitinib cíanaib cen ích n-errad n-aile.8 Bágsu ar mórgnímaib gaiscid nád ragbad nech9 forbais form. Fásaigseo let co hUltu in feraimsea10 for galaib óenfir nó for línaib fer for ndul.11 Soí ass doridisi”, ol in gillae, “air cía no beth nert12 céit let, nída túalaing mo ergairi.”
13“Maith,” ol Condere, “táet nech aile íarom14 dot acallaim.”
15Luid íarom Condere co h-Ultu ⁊ adfét in sin.
16 7.
“Níba fír,” ol Conall Cernach, “enech Ulad do17 breith céin am beósa.” Luidseom didiu do saigid in18 maic.
19“Is álaind do chluiche, a macáin,” ol Conall.
20“Níba frit bas étchiu,” ol in gillae.
21Ro lá in gillae cloich ina thabaill. Dosléici isind22 áer .i. táthbéimm, co riacht a bressim ⁊ a torann ac23 techt súas co Conall. Foceird Conall tar a chend.24 Riasiu atracht, dobert in gillae scíathraig a scéith25 fora láma.
26“Nech aile friss!” ol Conall.
27Dorat tra gen forsin slúag fon indus sin.
p.141 8.
Boí Cú Chulainn immurgu oca chluichiu oc dul2 dochum in gillai, ⁊ lám Emire ingine Forgaill tara3 brágaid.
4“Ná téig sís!” ol sí. “Mac duit fil tís. Ná fer fingail5 immot óenmac, co sechnam, a maic saigthig soailti.6 Ní soáig ná soairle coméirge frit mac mórgnímach7 mór ... n-esiut. Artai o ríag cnis fochlóc ót biliu,8 ba cotat fri Scáithchi scél. Mad Conlae céssad clár9 clé, comad fortamail taidbecht. Tinta frim! Cluinte10 mo chlois! Fó mo chosc! Bad Cú Chulainn cloadar!11 Atgénsa cid ainm asind ón, maso Conlae óenmac12 Aífe in mac fil tís,” ol in ben.
13 9.
Is and sin asbert Cú Chulainn: “Coisc, a ben!14 Ní cosc mná admoiniur mórgnímaib asa coscur glé.15 Ní gníther do banchobrae. Bam gnímbúadach.16 Buidig ruisc ruirech. Dé fola form chnis crú cuirp17 Conlai. Caín súgfet gaí in cleitine cain. Cid é18 no beth and, a ben,” ol sé, “na ngénainnse ar19 inchaib Ulad.”
20 10.
Is and sin luid sís fésin.
21“Is álaind, a macáin, in cluiche dogní,” ol sé.
22“Is étach for cluichesi cétamus,” ol in mac bec,23 “nach táet dias úaib corom sloindisea dóib.”
24“In corob éicen mac blaicci im farradsa ón?” ol25 Cú Chulainn. “Atbélaesiu immurgu mani sloindi.”
26“Bid fír,” ol in gillae.
27Atnaig in mac cuici. Immustúaircet. Nos mbeir28 in gillae maíl fair cosin chlaidiub .i. béim co fomus. p.151 “Is co cend in cuitbiud!” ol Cú Chulainn. “Tíagam2 do imthrascrud didiu!”
3 11.
“Ní rous do chris,” ol in mac. Ro gab in mac4 for dí chloich, co tarat Coin Culainn eter in dí5 choirthi fo thrí, ⁊ níro glúais in mac nechtar a dá6 chos dona coirthib, co ndechadar a thraigthi isna7 clochaib conici a dá n-adbrond. Atá slicht a dá chos8 and béos. Is de atá Tráig Éise la h-Ultu. Lotar didiu9 isin muir do imbádud, cora mbáid in mac fo dó.10 Luid risin mac íarom asin uisciu, coro bréc cosin11 gaí bulga, ar níro múin Scáthach do duine ríam in11 gaisced sin acht do Chon Chulainn a óenur. Dacorustar12 don mac tríasind uisce, co mboí a inathar13 foa chossaib.
14 12.
“Is ed ón tra,” ol sé, “náro múin Scáthach dom-15 sa! Mairg nom chréchtnaigis!” ol in mac.
16“Is fír,” ol Cú Chulainn. Gaibid in mac íarom eter17 a dí láim, ⁊ nos ucca co tall ass ⁊ na mbeir co18 tarlaic de ar bélaib Ulad.
19“Aso mo macsa dúib, a Ultu,” ol sé.
20“Fé amai,” ol Ulaid.
21“⁊ is fír,” ol in mac. “Dia mbeinnsea etraib co cend22 cóic mblíadan, no silsinnse firu in betha remib for23 cach leith ⁊ congébthe ríge co Róim. Inid ed so file24 and, inchoisc domsa na firu amrai fil isin bailiu,25 corom chelebra dóib.”
26 13.
Dobeir íarom a dí láim im brágaid cach fir ar27 úair ⁊ celebraid dia athair ⁊ atbail fo chétóir. Ro lád28 tra a gáir gubai ⁊ a fert ⁊ a liae ocus co cend trí tráth29 nícon reilcthea loíg dia mbuaib la h-Ultu in diaid.
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Manuscript sources
- Yellow Book of Lecan, 214a–215a.
Editions
- Kuno Meyer, The Death of Conla. [from Yellow Book of Lecan, 214a with transl.] Ériu 1 (1904) 113–121.
- James G. O'Keeffe, Cuchulinn and Conlaech. [From H.3 17, p. 842, with transl.] Ériu 1 (1904) 123–127.
- Rev. Paul Walsh, Oidheadh Chonlaoich mic Con gCulainn. [Text from Maynooth MS O'Renehan 70 with notes and glossary] Éigse Suadh is Seanchaidh, (Dublin 1909).
- Georges Dottin, études sur la prononciation actuelle d'un dialecte irlandais. Deuxième partie. I. Meurte du fils unique d'Aiffé. Revue Celtique 14 (1893) 113–136. Text of the tale dictated by Thomas Ford, Galway, with phonetic transcription and translation.
Translations
- Kuno Meyer, Ériu 1 (1904) 113 sqq.
- Christian-J. Guyonvarc'h, La Mort du fils unique d'Aífe, Ogam 9 (1957) 115–121. French translation of the YBL Aided óenfir Aífe (ed. A.G. van Hamel, 1933).
Secondary literature
- J. Vendryes, ad conmeltis ar ngrian in Aided óenfir Aífe, Études Celtiques 4 1941/48 (fasc 2, 1948) 318–320. (Notes critiques sur des textes, no. 8).
- Jan de Vries, Le conte irlandais Aided óenfir Aífe et le thème du combat du père et du fils dans quelques traditions indo-européennes. Ogam 9 (1957) 122–138.
- Jan de Vries, Das Motiv des Vater-Sohn-Kampfes im Hildebrandslied. GRM 3 (1953) 257–274. Republ. with Nachschrift, Zur germanisch-deutschen Heldensage. Hg. v. K. Hauck. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1961 (=Wege der Forschung, Bd. 14) 248–273. Nachschrift (273–84): shortened version of the author's Le conte irlandais Aided óenfir Aífe ... (Ogam 9, 1957).
- A. van der Lee, Aided óenfir Aífe. Initiation oder Wanderung. Orbis 10 (1961) 527–41.
- Vernam Hull, The Death of Conla. Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 29 1962/64 (H. 1/2, 1962), 190–191. (Notes on Irish texts, no. 5).
- Joanne Findon, A Woman's Words: Emer versus Cú Chulainn in Aided óenfir Aífe. In: J. P. Mallory and Gerard Stockman (eds.), Ulidia: Proceedings of the First International Conference on the Ulster Cycle of Tales, Belfast and Emain Macha, 8–12 April 1994, 139–148, (Belfast 1994).
- Anna M. Ranero, 'That is what Scáthach did not teach me': Aided Óenfir Aífe and an episode from the Mahabharata. Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium 17 (1997) 244–255.
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Hamel, A. G. van, ed. (1933). Compert Con Culainn and other stories. 1st ed. Reprinted 1978. Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
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