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- Cach breitheam a baegal,
- cach crích a coindealg,
- cach drúith a diubriucud,
- cach rīgi a rāmad, 5
- cach dúnad a dītnae,
- cach tōisich a thulach,
- cach lāimi a lāindīrgi,
- cach coirmthigi a chomrād,
- cach fīr a fursundud, 10
- cach fiadain a foirgell,
- cach flaith a fhdorfūacra,
- cach fēine a folad .i. solad dolad,
- cach fēili a forbrithi,
- cach dān a nemed, 15
- cach mac a malubra,
- cach fuith a mac noco n-eirceltar de .i. secht cumala dó,
- cach athair a cétchoibchi,
- cach túath a tindscra,
- cach aigni a aetain, 20
- cach tobaich a trian,
- cach rāth co h-aithi cāch iar m-bliadain,
- cach mes co cubus, p.227
- cach cubus co fír,
- cach úain co tōiscach, 25
- cach tōiseach co taisealbad,
- cach tōsaich a thuigmi,
- cach deidmea a díchur,
- cach ceard a tuairsin,
- cach dán a duilgine, 30
- cach murigi a meithi,
- cach cinn a chonrach,
- cach báith a baegal,
- cach coibchi a certugud,
- cach fola a frecor, 35
- cach folaid a furechair,
- cach lái a forshoillsi,
- cach curaid a gleó,
- cach mná a taigi,
- cach altóir a h-idbairt, 40
- cach eclais a h-udnocht,
- cach baithsigi a crislach,
- cach céili a cédmuinter,
- cach cundrad cen dīchell,
- cach snaidm co fiadnaib, 45
- cach fiada co'roili,
- cach altrom co dīaltrom,
- cach marrath gan mīne,
- cach gairi co réir,
- cach réir co cubus, 50
- cach cubus co togáis,
- cach coicertach co slán,
- cach breath iar n-dliged,
- cach dliged iar forus,
- cach faesam co fognom, 55
- cach snadmad co h-inill,
- cach urrudus co deoraidecht,
- cach deoraidecht co h-urradus,
- cach fiach co dísli,
- cach dīsli i láim rātha, 60
- cach rāth co forus,
- cach forus co slán,
- cach slán co forus, p.228
- cach coirpeil d'fhotaib, nī folach fine,
- cach fine iar comarbus, 65
- cach comarbus iar cintaib,
- cach cin iar nós,
- cach nós co dībad,
- cach comarbus co síd,
- cach comarba co rind, 70
- cach altrom co dīsli,
- cach dīsli co rūn,
- cach rūn co tubad,
- cach n-aithni co coimdi,
- cach coimde i lāim n-urrad, is urraid cacha roar a lāim bodeisin, 75
- cach dīri iar n-aithgenib id' lāim bodēin,
- cach aithgein iar n-indrucus, ūair is inraic cach n-aithgein arani ar ana n-aithinter olc i n-uilcgeinib,
- cach dīri ar n-easbaid,
- cach easbaid cen forcleith ō bec co mōr.
- Úasal cach n-eoda, 80
- fisich cach fáid,
- fáid cach sen,
- sean cach ecnaid,
- ícaid cach n-eōlach,
- āl cach n-aingid, 1 85
- énirt cach n-écond,
- dímāin cach sendu,
- diardain cach díscir,
- dochētfadach cech dona,
- dīdraid cach dimda, 90
- écond cach fuithi,
- drúth cech annlaid,
- imrisnach cech sigaich,
- badach cach borb,
- borb cach aineacnaich, 95
- aineacnaid cach aeitil, p.229
- doirchi cach n-ainfis,
- ellmaig cach lorgach,
- toimdinach cech móirfhdesach,
- tormaidid cech sercach, 100
- miscneach cach tromda,
- mīanach cach guidech,
- sochraid cach comairci,
- rurach cach n-ainfial,
- dochraid cach daer, 105
- daer cach duirbi,
- dulbairi cach doichthe, 2
- doithir cach n-úathach,
- cain cach sái,
- dīscir cach dái, 110
- dámach cach brugaich,
- sab catha cech dána,
- cuidbidi cach n-úallach,
- dimbrīgach cach n-doblōir,
- obann brīathrach cach bras, 115
- athisech cach n-urrachtaig,
- coibsech cach calad,
- comairleach cach iriseach,
- mórda cach menmnach,
- aigi cach n-indīrech, 120
- indbera (?) cach damnad,
- dōinmech cach daidbir,
- úallach cach ainecnaid,
- anloisne cach comslán,
- díglach cach n-daer, 125
- úasal cach fir,
- find cach cóir,
- dub cach n-debaid,
- imchisnech cach oimnech,
- āl cach n-imoman,
- 130 duthain cach ānroth, p.230
- suthain cach m-beōda,
- ūdmall cach n-ecol,
- anairi 3 cach n-eslabra,
- airdmesach cech lesc, 135
- londbriathraid cech n-imreasnaich, 4
- imchisneach cach santach,
- sochuidmid cach n-édaig,
- ainmnidach cach gaeth,
- geilbriathrach cach flaitheamain, 140
- mucnaid cach borbchraideach,
- mórda cach slúagadach,
- suibdillig cach sotal,
- imráiteach cach sochraid,
- sái cach suthgnai, 145
- subaid cach síth suthain,
- suthain cach flaith lasa forbaithear fír.
- Measam dál debaich,
- measam dúthracht {⬌},
- measam fear forglidi, 150
- measam fine fonn fledach,
- measam āi ūdmailli,
- measam airli iargāis,
- measam cundrada carlinad,
- measam bean banchánti, 155
- measam laidi lethard,
- measam ūath imgabāil,
- measam ugra imnead.
- Finit.
Aibidil Cuigni maic h-Emoin so.
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Title (uniform): Das Alphabet des Cuigne mac Emoin
Title (extended): [Buch von Lecan, 176a 2]
Editor: Kuno Meyer
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Date: 2005
Date: 2011
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- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, Leabhar Mór Mhic Fhir Bhisigh Leacáin (The Great Book of Lecan), MS 23 P 2, 176a2 (vellum; early fifteenth century). For full details see Kathleen Mulchrone (ed.), The Book of Lecan in collotype facsimile, with descriptive introduction and indexes (Dublin 1937); see also MS 535, Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin 1926–70) fasc. xiii, 1551–1610.
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‘Das Alphabet des Cuigne mac Emoin [Buch von Lecan, 176a2]’ (1906). In: Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie (Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften) 3, part 3. Ed. by Kuno Meyer, pp. 226–30.
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Creation: by an unknown author 1400–1425
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- Text is in Middle/Early Modern Irish. (ga)
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- Pre-1997: File scanned, first proofing and structural markup. (data capture and ed. Staff of the CURIA Project)
- 2011-02-01: Conversion script run; header updated; new wordcount made. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
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