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Edited by Kuno Meyer
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- p.222
- Mairg duine cāines clēirech
i n-am brēithre Dē d'ēistecht,
nī hē in clēirech cāinter ann,
acht mac Muire na mōrchell. - Mairg dobeir guth ar ̇fer ngrāid
bīs i n-inad Chrīst comlāin,
cid fīr, cid brēg canter ann,
isī a lūaigidecht iffern. - Sacart cemad garb a guth
amail bīs salchar re sruth,
acht co nderna sē a thrātha,
folcaid uile a anbfātha. - Gab do lāim
cen tabairt ngotha ar fer ngrāid,
ce dogēnad rit cach olc,
lēic don churp bīs ina lāim. - Sacart glan,
a Dē, curab cara dam!
beirid a aiffrend, 's nī brēc,
dechenbur 's nōi cēt ar nem. - Sacart baistfes tū 'ma-le,
nā cāin ē asa haithle!
don bēl adeir ris is mairg,
's do mac, a mic, is romairg.
Wer einen Priester schmäht, fährt zur Hölle
118Colum Cille cecinit.
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Title statement
Title (uniform): Wer einen Priester schmäht, fährt zur Hölle
Title (firstline): Mairg duine cāines clēirech
Editor: Kuno Meyer
Responsibility statement
Electronic edition compiled by: Beatrix Färber
Funded by: University College, Cork, School of History
Edition statement
1. First draft.
Extent: 640 words
Publication statement
Publisher: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork
Address: College Road, Cork, Ireland—http://www.ucc.ie/celt
Date: 2014
Distributor: CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
CELT document ID: G400108
Availability: Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.
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Manuscript Source
- Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud 615, p. 118. For details see Brian Ó Cuív (ed.), Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford College Libraries; 2 vols. (Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2001–2003).
Internet availability of Meyer's annotated edition
- See http://www.ucc.ie/academic/smg/CDI/PDFs_textarchive/Meyer_Neue_Mitteilungen_ACL3.pdf
Information on Kuno Meyer
- See http://mujweb.cz/enelen/km.htm
The edition used in the digital edition
‘Wer einen Priester schmäht, fährt zur Hölle [Mairg duine cāines clēirech]’ (1907). In: Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie 3. Ed. by Kuno Meyer, p. 222.
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editor = {Kuno Meyer},
title = {Wer einen Priester schmäht, fährt zur Hölle [Mairg duine cāines clēirech]},
journal = {Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie},
number = {3},
address = {Halle a. d. Saale},
publisher = {Max Niemeyer},
date = {1907},
pages = {222}
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Project description: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
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Correction: Text has been checked and proof-read twice.
Normalization: The electronic text represents the edited text on p 222. In Meyer's edition, the acute accent and the macron are used to mark long vowels. Editorial corrections and expansions are marked. Hyphenation and word separation have been brought in line with CELT practice.
Quotation: There are no quotations.
Hyphenation: Soft hyphens are silently removed. When a hyphenated word (hard or soft) crosses a page-break, this break is marked after completion of the hyphenated word.
Segmentation: div0= the poem. Page-breaks are marked pb n=""; manuscript foliation is marked mls unit="ms folio" and numbered.
Interpretation: Names are not tagged, nor are terms for cultural and social roles.
Profile description
Creation: By an unknown Irish monastic author. Old Irish period.
Language usage
- The text is in Old Irish. (ga)
- The supplied title is in German. (de)
Keywords: poetry; medieval; observance of religious norms
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(Most recent first)
- 2014-08-06: SGML and HTML files created. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 2014-08-05: Poem converted to XML; header created. File proofed (2), corrections encoded. File parsed. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 1996: First proofing; structural markup added. (ed. Vibeke Dijkman)
- 1996: Text scanned in. (text capture Students at the CURIA project)