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 Manuscript sources Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1339, 278a21 (olim Book of Leinster olim H. 2. 18) (L). Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1337, 731 (olim H. 3.18) (H). Editions Ernst Windisch, Über das altirische Gedicht im Codex Boernerianus und über die altirischen Zauberformeln, Berichte der Königl. Sächs. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften 42 (1890) 86–88. Kuno Meyer, Daniel húa Liathaide's advice to a woman, Ériu 1 (1904) 67–71. Translations H. d'Arbois de Jubainville, Documents irlandais publiés par M. Windisch, Revue celtique 12 (1891) 158–160. French translation. The edition used in the digital edition Gerard Murphy Sell not Heaven for Sin Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century Gerard Murphy Oxford Clarendon Press 1956 6–8

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 By anonymous authors in Irish monastic scriptoria c.825-875 The text is in Old Irish. The subtitle is in English. poetry medieval religious 2010-11-15 Beatrix Färber ed. File updated; new wordcount made; conversion script run. 2008-09-03 Beatrix Färber ed. File validated. 2008-07-30 Ruth Murphy ed. Keywords added. 2005-08-25 Julianne Nyhan ed. Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion 2005-08-04T16:02:26+0100 Peter Flynn ed. Converted to XML 1997-09-05 Margaret Lantry ed. Header created; text parsed using SGMLS. 1996-02-05 Donnchadh Ó Corráin ed. Creation and insertion of TEI Header for the anthology; revision of structural mark-up. 1996-02-05 Mavis Cournane ed. Revised text parsed and mark-up verified using SGMLS. 1995-08 Tiarnán Ó Corráin ed. Checking and proofing text. 1995-02 Mavis Cournane ed. Checking and proofing text. 1994 Aideen O'Leary ed. Checking and proofing text. 1994 Patricia Kelly ed. Proofing and correction of edition. 1993 Donnchadh Ó Corráin ed. Data capture completed. A ben, bennacht fort-ná ráid! Sell not heaven for sin

At-rubairt Daniél ua Líathaiti, airchinnech Lis Móir, ocá guide don mnaí. Esseom ropo anmchara disi. Baí-si immurgu ocá thothlugud-som. Is and as-bert-som:

 A ben, bennacht fort — ná ráid! Imráidem dáil m-brátha búain. A-tá irchra for cach n-dúil: ad-águr dul i n-úir n-úair. Im-ráidi baís cen bríg m-baí: is súaichnid ní gaís fris-ngní. A n-as-bir-siu bid rád fás: bid nessa ar m-bás 'síu 'ma-rrí. A n-airchenn fil ar ar cinn bad mebor linn (éirim n-gann): sunn cía na-cráidem in Ríg, bami aithrig is tír thall. Ríched ní renaim ar chol; dam ad-fíther cía do-gnem. Ní nád faigbe síu íar sin ní thaibre ar bin, a ben. Léic úait a n-í condat-⋅il; do chuit i n-nim náchas-ren; for fóesam n-Dé eirg dot treib bendacht úaim-se beir, a ben. Messe tussu, tussu mé, águr, áigthe Fíadait fó; guid-siu, gigsea Coimdid cáid: a ben, ná ráid ní bas mó. Ná bí for seilg neich nád maith dáig fot-cheird ind &Fdot;laith for cel; áigthe, águr Críst cen chin ná ro-lámur tríst, a ben. 'Bid fír ón,' or sisi. Ro ⋅lécht-si for a bith-denma-som in eret ro boí i m-bethaid.