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Die Helden von Emain Macha (Mongán mac Fíachna cecinit do thecosc a athar)
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- A Fīachnæ nā rāid in gæ,
is buidech Dīa do cach ̇fír,
bretha córa for cach dāil,
is ed dlegair do cach rīg. - Mad cumma ech ocus ech,
mad mē no-thecmad oc rath,
madat comlūatha frim les,
nīm-lūaidfed mes(?) 1 ara ̇ndath. - Dōine bātar sunn co se
for bruinnib Emna Mache,
mad dia no-s-tīsed taithlech,
a n-hūabur isim aithrech. - Fergus mac Lēite in rī
no-lūaided cairptiu ar Machi;
Ulaid cen ēcnach, cen on,
dia ēis ro-s-gab Conchobor. - Nochon do biuc bæ dia brīg,
ba ferr Conchobor cach rīg,
acht in Rī ro-delb in sam,
coimdiu nime ocus talman. - Ba fīal Cacht mac Ilguine,
ba suithc[h]erna fria guide,
mad ar a būar cessed nech,
roindfed a chrod i certleth. - Ropu chalmu læchaib Lūar
bale i comraiced cach slūag,
is ē bas genaige tra
cach duine nācha chūala. - Meicc beca nī geibtis eill
do Muinremur mac Geirrceind,
menad leis oc ūaim a brond
tan na ̇n-gonta i cath comthrom. - Nochon ̇fuilgitis na liūin
buille Fergusa fortriūin,
no-daimtis cauraid cára
do mac Roäich rodāna. - Dā h-ūa Roäich rūamna gass
Illann ocus Ilarchass,
trī h-ūi Chleite, comol ̇n-glé,
Hiruth, Hūath is Aisli̇ngthe. - Macne 2 Conchobuir ind rīg,
la Ultu ba mōr a m-brīg,
nī ro-thimchell cath nā crech
nōnbur ar-do-sāraigfed. - Cormac Con Loingess don Laind,
Fīachna, Glaisne ocus Conaing,
Maine, Cuscraid, comol ̇n-glē,
Findchad, Fīachu, Furbaide. p.218 - Clann Amargin ercctha chned,
Conall Cernnach a sinser,
Mess Dē is Mess Dedaid dīan,
Lægaire, Cass, moam bid 3 bían. - Trī meic Fīachrach a Cūail̇nge,
cethern no bíd fri h-ūaibre,
fri gail nī cōmclōitis dath,
Ross is Dāre is Findchad. - Ní fácbaitis ní dia n-urd
macne Durthecht a m-Murbulg;
is cīan ō thānic a r-rē
Eogan, Crimthan, Congal Clé. - Macne Uislenn ard a ̇n-gus
maith a teglachus h-i fus;
reithitis caurach dar sāl
Nōisse is Aindle is Arddān. - Ibar coicthi cinnas lat?
ocus trī meicc Rīangabrat,
Foroll ōn tuind, trēn a ferg,
Conall cuinnid, Āed ōderg. - Fer ro-bæ sund fria 4 sella
Bricriu noithech neimthėnga;,
dī cīch mnā no chlōitis leis,
ba mēiti no-s-imrestais. - Ailill Miltėnga nād mair,
is dia innisin no-m-fhail,
fir domain dia n-delbtais cath,
ba derb ar-do-sīdaigfed. - Gilla no-bīd sunn innu
diarbu chomainm Caulaind Cū,
ro-bæ a h-ūamun in cach airm,
co mair a ainm in cach dū. - Is līa a turim ar cach dāil,
is leōr sin dia tūarascbāil;
nochon fūaratar 5 fria rē
slūag fo nim dia n-ergaire. - Dia m-bātar i n-Emuin ūais
muinter Conchobuir co crūais,
triär as cach cōiciud cain
daimtis cert d'ōenfiur d'Ultaib. - Ro-scāchatar sin uile,
nocho mair dīb ōenduine,
is erchraidi in domun dāi,
cid nāch déice, a Fīachnai.
A.
1. Die Helden von Emain Macha
Mongān mac Fīachna cecinit do thecosc a athar.
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Title (uniform): Die Helden von Emain Macha (Mongán mac Fíachna cecinit do thecosc a athar)
Title (firstline): A Fhiachnáe, ná ráid in gáe
Editor: Kuno Meyer
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Date: 2014
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- Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B. 502, S. 158. For details see Brian Ó Cuív (ed.), Catalogue of Irish language manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford College Libraries (2 vols.) (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 2001-03) volume 1, MS 34, 163–200. For a facsimile edition with an introduction and indexes, see Kuno Meyer (ed.), Rawlinson B. 502; a collection of pieces in prose and verse in the Irish language compiled during the eleventh and twelfth centuries (Oxford 1909).
Digital images of MS Rawlinson B. 502
- These are available at http://image.ox.ac.uk/show?collection=bodleian&manuscript=msrawlb502
Editions
- M. A. O'Brien, Corpus Genealogiarum Hibernici (Dublin 1962), 'Senchas Síl Ír', without translation, p.282–284. (see CELT file G105003, p. 282–284).
- Lian Blasse, A Fhiachnae, na ráid in gáe: een editie van een Middeliers gedicht, Bachelor's Thesis, University of Utrecht 2013, with metrical analysis, dating, and Dutch translation (available online through Utrecht University Library: http://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/278812).
Information on Kuno Meyer
- See http://mujweb.cz/enelen/km.htm
The edition used in the digital edition
‘Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Die Helden von Emain Macha’ (1912). In: Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 8. Ed. by Kuno Meyer, pp. 217–218.
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editor = {Kuno Meyer},
title = {Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Die Helden von Emain Macha},
journal = {Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie},
number = {8},
address = {Halle a. d. Saale},
publisher = {Max Niemeyer},
date = {1912},
pages = {217–218}
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Creation: By an unknown Irish author 10th century (see Lian Blasse).
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- The text is in Old and Middle Irish. (ga)
- The supplied title is in German. (de)
- One word is in Latin. (la)
- Text in the notes supplied at CELT is in English. (en)
Keywords: poetry; medieval; Ulster Cycle
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