Prophezeiung Sétna's.
Die hier dem Sétna im Zwiegespräch mit seinem Sohne (?) Finnchú von Brí Gobann in den Mund gelegte Prophezeiung ist im 12. Jahrhundert geschrieben, da Vers 10 die Vertreibung der Hui Carthaig aus Cashel (A.D. 1139) und Vers 14 ff. die englische Eroberung Irlands erwähnen. Mit Übersetzung herausgegeben von N. O'Kearney, The Prophecies of SS Columbkille, Maeltamlacht, Ultan, Seadhna &c. Dublin 1856, 110-117.
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Edited by Kuno Meyer
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- (Finnchú)
- 121aApair rim, a Sētna,
scēla deiridh betha:
cinnus bías an líne
nách lorg fíre a m-bretha? - Cinnus bīas an popal
'ga m-bīa cocar mebhla?
Nī racha díbh ænnech
andsa rígthech nemda. - (Sétna)
- Adeirim-si rit-sa
a chlēirigh chāidh chunnla,
ní tēit ar nem nīamda
acht fer dīada is umla. - Adeirim-si rit-sa
cach rí tic is tír si,
cach rēim tic ar Ērinn,
ní hé grind do-chím-si. - Lenfaid fallsacht bunaid
breithemain andligid 1 ,
etir mac is athair
rachait síat da sligid 2 . - Lenfaid clēirigh næmchell
adhaltras is écāir,
nī fāghat dá taradh
ní asa fāghat étáil. - Trēicfit na mná a mbandacht
ar cēilibh gan pósadh,
do-gēnait gan chagar
ní basgfas a nóssa. p.32 - Trēigfidh talamh toradh
don rēim sin aderim,
budh fás cach lis lomlān,
budh hé in comhrád neimmbind. - Ticfat plágha troma
ar síl Ādhaim uili,
rachdait {⬌} a n-anrēim
trē aimseir Mic Muiri. - Scrisfuighther a Caisel
clann Carrthaig, clann Eogain,
co ná bía 'na falaid
acht Danair is deóraidh. - Teilcfidhther síl sær Bríain
tar an Sinainn sribhglain,
do-cīm mar a fuilim
a tuitim 'na cinntaibh. - (Finnchú)
- Cīa scrisfus in líne
atá 'san tír ibraigh?
abair rim, a Sétna,
na scéla nách inmain. - (Sétna)
- A ticfa 'na n-inadh
do-gēbhthar a ̇fiss agam,
a Finnchú Brí Gobhann,
in slūagh rothrom echtrann. - Ticfa cobhlach Saxan
a crislach cúain Ērend,
terc ré n-dingnet míne
ar áidhe a n-glérend. - 121 b2Beit nōi fichit blīadan
a rīghi clāir Fodla,
no gu n-dernat fingail
gan bidbaid dá fógra. - Fellfait ar a chēile
co scáilter a flaithius,
dergfait cloidbe is túagha,
beit úada gan maithius. - Ticfa mac ríg Saxan
cuca-san tar sáili,
scéraid sé ré ríghe
Goill in tíre itáim-ni. - Goill is Gáidil Ērenn
do-níad ænlam daingen,
a n-agaid slūag Saxan,
nī scarthar a caingen. - Toitfid mac rīg Saxan,
a tosach na slúagh sain,
ō cumusc dā chéili
bíaid Ēiri gan ūamain. - Ríghait énrí ar Ērinn
Goill is Gāidil glana,
ó ríghait in fer soin,
ní bía esbaid arra.
A. b.
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Title (uniform): Prophezeiung Sétna's
Title (firstline): Apair rim, a Sētna
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- Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B 512, fo. 121va 1. For details see Brian Ó Cuív (ed.), Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford and Oxford College Library, (Dublin: DIAS, 2001–2003), vol. 1, 223–54: 249.
Editions
- Nicholas O'Kearney, The Prophecies of SS. Columbkille, Maeltamlacht, Ultan, Seadhna, etc. Dublin 1856, with literal translation and notes, 110–117.
- Kuno Meyer (ed.), Prophezeiung Sétna's, Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften, Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 3 (1901) 31–32.
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‘Prophezeiung Sétna’s’ (1901). In: Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie 3. Ed. by Kuno Meyer, pp. 31–32.
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