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- It é saigte gona súain,
cech thrátha i n-aidchi adúair,
serccoí, lia gnása, íar n-dé,
fir a tóeb thíre Roigne. - Rográd fir ala thíre
ro-síacht sech a chomdíne
ruc mo lí (ní lór do dath);
ním-léci do thindabrad. 1 - Sirechtach nad faco-sa
Dinertach rom i Lecoin
imbi nibad infechtoin
im mac Guairi mec Nechtoin. - Binniu laídib a labrad
acht Ríg nime nóebadrad:
án bréo cen bréthir m-braise,
céle tana tóebthaise. - Imsa naídiu robsa náir:
ní bínn fri dúla dodáil;
ó do-lod i n-inderb n-aís
rom-gab mo théte togaís. - Táthum cech maith la Gúaire,
la ríg n-Aidni adúaire;
tocair mo menma óm thúathaib
isin íath i n-Irlúachair. - Canair a i n-íath Aidni áin,
im thóebu Cille Colmáin,
án bréo des Luimnech lechtach
díanid comainm Dínertach. p.88 - Cráidid mo chride cainech,
a Chríst cáid, a ̇foraided:
it é saigte gona súain
cech thrátha i n-aidchi adúair.
It é saigte gona súain
The lament of Créide, daughter of Gúaire of Aidne, for Dínertach, son of Gúaire of the Uí Fidgente
Créda ingen Gúairiu ru chan na runnu-sa de Dínertach mac Gúairi maic Nechtain do Uib Fidgenti. Di-connuirc-si isin treus Aidne ro geghin secht n-goine deac for seglach a léniod. Ro-carostoir-sie ierum. Is ann is-pert-sie:
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Title (uniform): It é saigte gona súain
Title (translation, English Translation): The Lament of Créide, Daughter of Gúaire of Aidne, for Dínertach, Son of Gúaire of the Ui Fhidgente
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Electronic edition compiled by: Donnchadh Ó Corráin
Funded by: University College, Cork and Professor Marianne McDonald via the CURIA Project.
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2. Second draft, revised and corrected.
Extent: 935 words
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Publisher: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork
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Date: 1996
Date: 2010
Distributor: CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
CELT document ID: G400036
Availability: The hard copy on which the present electronic edition is based is copyright by Oxford University Press, and is here used by kind permission of the publishers.
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Manuscript sources
- London, British Library, Harleian 5280, f. 15b.
Editions
- Kuno Meyer, The Song of Créde daughter of Guaire, Ériu 2 (1905), 15-17.
Translations
- Kuno Meyer, The Song of Créde daughter of Guaire, Ériu 2 (1905), 15-17.
The edition used in the digital edition
‘The Lament of Créide, Daughter of Gúaire of Aidne, for Dínertach, Son of Gúaire of the Ui Fhidgente’ (1956). In: Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century. Ed. by Gerard Murphy. Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp. 86–88.
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Creation: By anonymous authors in Irish monastic scriptoria c.775–825
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- The text is in Old Irish. (ga)
- The subtitle is in English. (en)
Keywords: poetry; medieval; lament; Créide and Dínertach
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- 2010-11-14: File updated; new wordcount made; conversion script run. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
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- 1997-09-05: Header created; text parsed using SGMLS. (ed. Margaret Lantry)
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- 1994: Proofing and correction of edition. (ed. Patricia Kelly)
- 1993: Data capture completed. (ed. Donnchadh Ó Corráin)