A Maire mín, maithingen

]> A Maire mín, maithingen Invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary An electronic edition Electronic edition compiled by Donnchadh Ó Corráin University College, Cork Professor Marianne McDonald via the CURIA Project. Second draft, revised and corrected. 1093 CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork

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Manuscript sources Oxford, Bodleian Libary, Laud 614, p. 90 (L). Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 967, p. 90 (olim 23 N 10, see Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy fasc. 22, 2769). (N). Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 1080, f. 137r (olim B iv 2, see Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy fasc. 24, 3021). Editions Charles Plummer, Irish Litanies (London 1925) 96–99. John Strachan, Anecdoton, Ériu 1 (1904) 122. Paul Walsh, An Irish Hymn to the Blessed Virgin, Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 4th series, 29 (1911) 172–177. Translations Kuno Meyer, Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry (London 1911) 32 sq. Charles Plummer, Irish Litanies (London 1925) 96-99. Paul Walsh, An Irish Hymn to the Blessed Virgin, Irish Ecclesiastical Record, 4th series, 29 (1911) 172-177. The edition used in the digital edition Gerard Murphy Invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century Gerard Murphy Oxford Clarendon Press 1956 46–50

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By anonymous authors in Irish monastic scriptoria c.1000–1100 The text is in Middle Irish. One word is in Latin. Subtitle is in English. poetry medieval religious 2010-11-13 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 2005-08-04T16:03:00+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 Maire mín, maithingen Invocation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

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A Maire mín, maithingen, tabair fortacht dún, a chrïol cuirp choimdeta, a chomrair na rún. A rígain na rígraide, a noíbingen óg, áil dún coro dílgaithe, triut, ar tairmthecht tróg. A thrócar, a dílgedach, co rath Spirta glain, guid linn in Ríg fírbrethach don chlainn chumra chain. A chráeb do chrunn Iasa asin chollchaill choím áil dam condom-biasa dílgud mo chuil chloín. A Maire, a minn mórmaisech, ro sháerais ar síl, a lésbaire lórmaisech, a lubgort na ríg, A lígach, a lainnerda, co n-gním gensa gil, a arg óir chaín chainnelda, a noíbgein do nim. A máthair na fírinne, ro chinnis for cách; guid lemsa do Phrímgeine dom ⋅aerad i m-bráth. A búadach, a bunata, a buidnech, a balc, guid lem Críst cumachta, t' Athair is do Mac. A rétla rán rogaide, a bile fo bláth, a shutrall trén togaide, a grian goires cách, A áraid na ollairbe trésa cing cach cáid, corop tú ar conmairche dochum ríchid ráin! A chaithir chóem chumraide, dot-róega in Rí; oll oíge boí it urbruinne treimse co ba thrí. A rígdorus rogaide tríasar chin i crí grían taitnemach thogaide, Ísu Mac Dé bí, Ar écnairc na Coímgeine ro coimpred it brú, ar écnairc in Oíngeine as Airdrí in cach dú, Ar écnairc a chroiche-sium as uaisliu cech croich, ar écnairc a adnacail ad-ranacht i cloich, Ar écnairc a eiséirge as-raracht ría cách, ar écnairc a noíbtheglaig as cach dú do bráth, Corop tú ar commairche i flaith Coimded cain, co n-dechsam la Ísucán áilim céinbe mair.