%ISOlat1; %ISOlat2; %ISOnum; %ISOpub; %ISOdia; ]> The Finn episode from Gilla in Chomded húa Cormaic's poem "A Rí richid, réidig dam" An electronic edition Gilla in Chomded húa Cormaic Kuno Meyer Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber Proof corrections by Beatrix Färber the HEA via PRTLI 4 First draft, revised and corrected. 1750 CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork
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 Manuscript sources Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1339 (H 2. 18, Book of Leinster), p. 144b (p. 143a–145a for the whole poem). For details see T. K. Abbott and E. J. Gwynn (eds.) Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College Dublin (Dublin 1921) 158–161. Editions and translations Edition: Best and O'Brien, LL vol. 3 (G800011C). Earlier, Meyer had edited and translated this portion of the poem in 1910, numbering the stanzas 1–28. In the CELT edition, pp.583–586 of G800011C, they are numbered 73–100 (the printed edition has no numbering). Literature Ernst Windisch, L'ancienne légende irlandaise et les poésies ossianiques. Trad. E. Ernault, Revue Celtique 5 (1881) 70–93. Heinrich Zimmer, Anzeige von 'Essai d'un Catalogue de la littérature epique d'Irlande', Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen (1887) 169–175; 184–193. Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville, La littérature ancienne de l'Irlande et l'Ossian de Mac-Pherson, Bibl. de l'École des Chartes 41 (1888) 475–487. Alfred Nutt, A new theory of the Ossianic Saga, Academy 39 (1891) 161–163; 235. Heinrich Zimmer, Ossin und Oskar. Ein weiteres Zeugnis für den Ursprung der irisch-gälischen Finn (-Ossian-) Sage in der Vikingerzeit, Zeitschrift für deutsches Alterthum 35 (1891) 1–176. George Henderson, The Fionn Saga, Celtic Review 1–3 (1904–1906). Edmund Curtis, Age and Origin of the Fenian tales, Ivernian Society Journal 1 (1909) 159–168. Kuno Meyer, Fianaigecht [Introduction]. Todd Lecture Series 16 (Dublin 1910). F. Mezger, Finn mac Cumaill und Fingal bis zum 17. Jahrhundert, American Journal of Philology 48 (1929) 361–367. R. D. Scott, The Thumb of Knowledge in legends of Finn, Sigurd and Taliesin. Studies in Celtic and French literature (New York 1930). Roger Chauviré (tr.), Contes ossianiques (Paris 1949). Josef Weisweiler, Die Kultur der irischen Heldensage, Paideuma 4 (1950) 149–170. Gerard Murphy, Duanaire Finn. The Book of the lays of Fionn, part 3. Dublin 1953 (=ITS volume 43.) Gerard Murphy, The Ossianic lore and romantic tales of medieval Ireland (Dublin 1955; reprinted 1961; reprinted Cork, Mercier Press, 1971 with revisions.) Josef Weisweiler, Hintergrund und Herkunft der ossianischen Dichtung, Literaturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch 4 (1963) 21–42. David Krause, The hidden Oisín, Studia Hibernica 6 (1966) 7–24. Seán Mac Giolla Riabhaigh, 'Ní bía mar do bá.' Scrúdú téamúil ar na laoithe Fiannaíochta, Irisleabhar Mhá Nuad (1970) 52–63. James MacKillop, Fionn mac Cumhaill: Celtic Myth in English Literature. Syracuse 1986. [With useful, well-structured bibliography on pp. 197–249]. Daithí Ó hÓgáin, Fionn Mac Cumhaill: Images of a Gaelic Hero. Dublin 1988. Máirtín Ó Briain, Review of Ó hÓgáin, Bealoideas 57 (1989) 174–183. Donald E. Meek, Review of Ó hÓgáin, Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies 22 (Winter 1991) 101–103. The edition used in the digital edition Kuno Meyer The Finn episode from Gilla in Chomded húa Cormaic's poem "A Rí richid, réidig dam" Fianaigecht Dublin School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1910 1937 1993 46–50

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 By Irish scribes in monastic scriptoria. 1150–1190 The text is in Middle Irish. A word in English appears in the annotations. 2010-02-01 Beatrix Färber ed. File proof-read (2); file parsed; SGML and HTML files created. 2010-01-29 Beatrix Färber ed. Header created including bibliographic details; file proof-read (1); XML encoding applied. 2010-01-27 Beatrix Färber data capture Text captured. The Finn episode from Gilla in Chomded húa Cormaic's poem A Rí richid, réidig dam I nArd Chaille cāilti clē, i Múscraigi trī Maige, a chend síar ri Liaic Sinnaig, adnacht Find cu flathminnaib. Glasdíc ainm dō ar tús tind, meic Morna tucsat fair Find, secht mblīadna dó i ndeilb doraid fo Loch Rīach fúair findchobair. Cétrith Find, bo réim rogda, ruc rīam re maccaib Morna, 'sen Loch nOrbsen ō Loch Rīach timchell Connacht na cāemscīath. I Mag Coraind co Ess Rúaid, lám ri Cúallig mBréfni mbúain, ri táeb Sinna mairg ba mó cu hEchtge n-aird i n-óenló. Isind ochtmad blīadain bí ar tadall Temra Dathí romarb Aillén bó lán lám do chaindil tuid o thimpán. Timpān ri cotlud! ar cách, les cecha samna, gním gnáth, cecha blīadna, būan brostud, in chaindel ar cāemloscud. Arsin gnīm sin rafāe Find ri Saidb sochraid massech mind, ocus Sadb, do thāibthid treb ba Find cáem a cétmunter. Dalluid Find ra héicsi n-aird ar ecla Cuind chlaidebgairg, Cethern mac Fintain frecair, rap é a aite airchetail. Tucait fīanna Find īar feiss do dīgail Orcbēil éicis, in ben ⋅íde a Sléib Slánga rolāi dí in ngním ngargdána. Dia ragab fīannas cu feib rap é a uide in n-aidchi-sin: ó Brí Ēle, dūthaig tor, cu Slīab Mairg meic Eidlicon. Ō Slēib Mairge, gnímrad gand, síar co Slíab dā Chích nAnand, cu Inber Colptha rachind= roching ri hoiss Fiaclaig meic Conchind. Ō Inber Colptha, cuman, cu Slíab Slānga sāerUlad, ōtá sein, ba tolgda in tóir, co Inber Colptha achētóir. Radīth Find hūa Fidga ic feiss i ndīgail Orcbēil éicis; tíar oc Cíchib, comal ngrind, di ⋅leig &Fdot;iaclaig meic Conchind. Dā ⋅enrand rachūala Find i ndumu Chích ūasa chind: ragáet hūa Fidga fossad dun rand díb ba dergthossach. Is neim in gāe, tossach trén don rund aile nínaithgén, and rascūala īar ngním gaile aidchi samna sorchaide. Secht n-aige ic Sléib Blod.i. Bladma, gloss. meic Con cét&fdot;īadach Find, feidm finndron, cind secht mblīadna fo míad mind ic Abaill na Fīan forfind. Long lán d'ór, d'argut āga tuc do in ben a Slēib Slānga, derb lind iss ē cétchrod cain tuc dond &fdot;éin re ard&fdot;odail. D'Ērnaib Cermna a māthair mūad Torba ingen hEich inn ūag; Find mac Geōir mac dá máthair, rí Lāmairgi ind lāech-lāthair. Is d'athair Chāilti na celg bo ainm Lethi Lethancherd, Cāilti, tacrait lind lāidi, mac sethar Find findchāemi. Ār= ór bi bruth d'echaib ríg Ruis do mnāi ra comlund a chuiss, andsin rucad Cāilti cāid i n-ōenuch corcra Colmāin. Is é oen&fdot;er d'&fdot;íannaib Find cusa mberarRead cus'mberar genelach grind, in Cāilte-sin, sēgda de, ūad rachinset Cāiltraige. Ochtur do Chāilti im chend Find, Corra is ūa Daim derg dilind, Cas, Cur, Escrú is Aithni, Oll is Nena nūagnithi. Is é sét is &fdot;err fūair Find, fidchell Chrimthaind, lānderb lim, radasfolaig Fīachra Fáil inn-airiur Chrimthaind Nīad Náir. Glassi fūair Find, fecht réil rīam, ní ní acht airget a findgrīan, brunnid sairdes sech in scē &ersir; acus d'Albine. Atbert Ossín: 'in sét séim is ingantu fūair Find féin, is é cen daermūich daille cochlān caemdlūith Crothrainne.' Ór a indech, airget foé, mín re cnes a chocoé, ba cú, ba duine, ba dam ra impūd, ra aitherrach. Fiū cōicait cumal cipē, rognīth i Tīr Tair&ndot;gere, re trichait &mdot;blīadna i Maig Mell ri cōicait cīalla cēmend. Tricha sét, nī gāes fir buirb, tall Find a crāes in chorrbuilg, īar nguin Glonda 'cunn áth oll is Lēith Lūachra na llūathbond.