Unknown author
Edited by Kuno Meyer
Whole text
- p.303
- Pātraicc Macha mārtai Gāidil,
glaine rīagla,
pritchais doïb cen chleith coemna
sē deich mblīadhna. - Bathais Pātraic fodarōenaig,
rīgda ind rīagail,
dus-fuc Pātraic cen ail n-ūaboir
a taig dīaboil. - Doïb bas brithem dia brātha,
bret[h] as doidngiu,
nī fuil nōeb connī a airde
co tī in Coimdiu. - Coimdiu feisin dou doridnacht
fonn ar feraind,
is leis fīr gach Gōidil glanuill
do hsīl Breguinn. - Bratir dūn ardabstail Ērenn,
ind nōib rōitir,
rothecht seochu mac mec Fotaid
cert cech cōicid. - Co rooirdnestar slūag sacart,
sruith in dīne,
līn forsrolēg grād co nūibe,
teora mīle. - Mad in slūag n-ardepscop n-ūasal,
ūaisliu dānaib,
secht cōicait n-epscop n-ūag n-ōebin
ūad fo grādaibh. - Grīan gel Gōidel, glēre garta,
rēle ar rechta,
lē[i]r ralēg cen luithe lochtai
suithe sechta. - Secht cēt aipgitrech ra-scrībai,
screptra scrībenn,
secht cēt celd ba cāin dos-rorann
do Māil īrenn. - Ardchell dorrāighai dō feisin,
fonn na flatha,
adba n-arcc n-ōg īarthair betho
Ard mōr Macha. - Madh an ro-dūsaig do marbaib,
is mó mīlib,
nī ̇fail cenn connī a ārim,
is drem dīrim. - D'egnuib īarthair dūisig domuin
is dō tārctait,
do lou brāthai cech fis fīrtait
is fris dāltait,
is ē a flaith fīrda fōemtaitt
prīmda Pātraic.
Pa. - Epscop Hērenn ocus sacart,
sruithe sāmtait,
d'egnoibh Ērenn is ed lēgdait,
lēgenn Pātraic.
Pat.
An Old Irish poem on St. Patrick
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Title statement
Title (uniform): An Old Irish poem on St. Patrick
Title (firstline): Pátraic Macha mártai Gáidil
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: 815 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: G400090
Availability: Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.
Notes statement
Source description
Manuscript Source
- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, Stowe, B. IV 2, fol. 143b.
Internet availability of Meyer's annotated edition
- See http://www.ucc.ie/academic/smg/CDI/PDFs_textarchive/Meyer_Medley_Irish_Texts_ACL3.pdf
Information on Kuno Meyer
- See http://mujweb.cz/enelen/km.htm
The edition used in the digital edition
‘A Medley of Irish Texts: Poems I. An Old Irish poem on St. Patrick’ (1907). In: Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie 1. Ed. by Kuno Meyer. 303–326: 303.
You can add this reference to your bibliographic database by copying or downloading the following:
@article{G400090,
editor = {Kuno Meyer},
title = {A Medley of Irish Texts: Poems I. An Old Irish poem on St. Patrick},
journal = {Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie},
number = {3},
number = {1},
address = {Halle a. d. Saale},
publisher = {Max Niemeyer},
date = {1907},
note = {303–326: 303}
}
Encoding description
Project description: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts
Editorial declarations
Correction: Text has been checked and proof-read twice.
Normalization: The electronic text represents the edited text on p 303. 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. Footnotes contaning manuscript readings have been integrated as editorial corrections.
Quotation: There are no quotations.
Hyphenation: Hyphenation has been introduced in line with CELT practice.
Segmentation: div0= the poem. Page-breaks are marked pb n=""; manuscript foliation is marked mls unit="ms folio" and numbered.
Interpretation: Names, apart from a few place-names, are not tagged, nor are terms for cultural and social roles.
Profile description
Creation: By an unknown Irish poet Old Irish period.
Language usage
- The text is in Old Irish. (ga)
- The supplied title are in English. (en)
Keywords: poetry; medieval; religious; St. Patrick
Revision description
(Most recent first)
- 2014-09-12: File updated. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 2014-07-30: TEI header created; file proofed (2), expansions, footnotes and supplied text encoded. File parsed; SGML and HTML files created. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 2014-07-28: Poem converted to XML. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
- 1996: First proofing; structural markup added. (ed. Vibeke Dijkman)
- 1996: Text scanned in. (text capture Students at the CURIA project)