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 Manuscript sources Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1337, p. 42 (olim H. 3. 18). (X). Dublin, National Library of Ireland, G 7 (formerly Phillipps 9748), col. 23. (N). Dublin, Trinity College Library, 1337, p. 764 (olim H. 3. 18). (h). Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS 1363, p. 44 (olim H. 4. 22). (B). Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1378, p. 187 (olim H. 5. 6). (b). Editions Kuno Meyer, Stories and Songs from Irish MSS. II: The Song of the Old Woman of Beare, Otia Merseiana 1 (1899) 119-128. Gerard Murphy, The Lament of the Old Woman of Beare, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 55 C 4 (1953) 83-109. Translations Kuno Meyer, Stories and Songs from Irish MSS. II: The Song of the Old Woman of Beare, Otia Merseiana 1 (1899) 122 sq. Kuno Meyer, Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry (London 1911) 88 sq. The edition used in the digital edition Gerard Murphy The Lament of the Old Woman of Beare Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century Gerard Murphy Oxford Clarendon Press 1956 74–82

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 By anonymous authors in Irish monastic scriptoria c. 775–825 The text is in Old Irish. Subtitle is in English. One word in Latin. poetry medieval lament Old woman of beare 2010-11-14 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 2005-08-04T16:03:32+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. Aithbe dam bés mora The lament of the Old Woman of Beare

Sentainne Béirri cecinit íarna senad don chríni:

 Aithbe damsa bés mora; sentu fom-dera croan; toirsi oca cía do-gnéo, sona do-tét a loan. Is mé Caillech Bérri, Buí; no meilinn léini m-bithnuí; in-díu táthum, dom ⋅éimi, ná melainn cid aithléini. It moíni cartar lib, nídat doíni; sinni, ind inbaid marsaim-me batar doíni carsaim-me. Batar inmaini doíni ata maige 'ma-ríadam; ba maith no-mmeilmis leo, ba becc no-mmoítis íarum. In-díu trá caín-timgairid, ocus ní mór nond-oídid; cíasu becc don-indnaigid, is mór a mét no-mmoídid. Carpait lúaith ocus eich no beirtis búaid, ro boí, denus, tuile díb: bennacht for Ríg roda-úaid! Tocair mo chorp co n-aichri dochum adba dían aithgni (?): tan bas mithig la Mac n-Dé do-té do brith a aithni. Ot é cnámacha cáela ó do-éctar mo láma; — ba inmain dán do-gnítis: bítis im ríga rána. Ó do-éctar mo láma ot é cnámacha cáela, nídat fiú turcbáil, taccu, súas tarsna maccu cáema. It fáilti na ingena ó thic dóib co Beltaine; is deithbiriu dam-sa brón: sech am tróg, am sentainne. Ní feraim cobra milis; ní marbtar muilt dom banais; is bec, is líath mo thrilis; ní líach drochcaille tarais. Ní olc lim ce beith caille finn form chinn; boí mór meither cech datha form chinn oc ól daglatha. Ním-gaib format fri nach sen inge nammá fri Feimen: meisse, ro miult forbuid sin; buide beus barr Feimin. Lia na Ríg h-i Femun, Caithir Rónáin h-i m-Bregun, cían ó ro-síachtar sína a l-leicne; nít senchrína. Is labar tonn mora máir; ros-gab in gaim cumgabáil: fer maith, mac moga, in-díu ní freiscim do chéilidiu. Is éol dam a n-do-gniat, rait ocus do-raat; curchasa Átha Alma, is úar in adba i faat. Is mo láu nád muir n-oíted imma-ráu! Testa már m-blíadnae dom chruth dég fo-rroimled mo chétluth. Is mo dé! Dam-sa in-díu, ci bé dé, gaibthi m'étach, cid fri gréin: do-fil áes dam; at-gén féin. Sam oíted i r-rabamar do-miult, cona &fdot;agamur; gaim aís báides cech n-duine, domm-ánaic a &fdot;ochmuine. Ro miult m' oítid ar thuus; is buide lem ro-ngleus: cid becc mo léim dar duae, ní ba nuae in brat beus. Is álainn in brat úaini ro scar mo Rí tar Drummain. is sáer in Fer nod-llúaidi: do-rat loí fair íar lummain. Perhaps belongs to another poem A-minecán! mórúar dam; cech dercu is erchraide. Íar feis fri caindlib sorchuib bith i n-dorchuib derthaige! Rom-boí denus la ríga oc ól meda ocus &fdot;ína; in-díu ibim medcuisce eter sentainni crína. Rop ed mo choirm cóidén midc; ropo toil Dé cecham-theirb; oc do guidisiu, a Dé bí, do-rata fri feirg. Ad-cíu form brot brodrad n-aís; ro gab mo chíall mo thogaís; líath a finn ásas trim thoinn; is samlaid crotball senchroinn. Rucad úaim-se mo ⋅úil des día reic ar thír m-bithdíles; ocus rucad int ⋅úil chlé, do &fdot;ormach a &fdot;oirdílse. Perhaps belongs to another poem Tri thuile do-ascnat dún Aird Ruide: tuile n-oac, tuile n-ech, tuile mílchon mac Luigdech. Tonn tuili ocus ind í aithbi áin: a n-do-beir tonn tuili dait beirid tonn aithbi as do láim. Tonn tuili ocus ind aile aitbi: dom-áncatarsa uili conda éolach a n-aithgni. Stanzas 30-35 uncertain and perhaps corrupt Tonn tuili nícos-tair socht mo chuile! cid mór mo dám fo deimi fo-cress lám forru uili. Má ro-feissed Mac Maire co m-beth fo chlí mo chuile! Cení dernus gart cenae ní érburt nac fri duine. Tróg n-uile (doíriu dúilib in duine) nád n-déccas a n-aithbese feib dorr-éccas a tuile. Mo thuile, is maith con-roíter m'aithne. ra-⋅óer Ísu mac Maire, conám toirsech, co aithbe. Céin mair insi mora máir: dosn-ic tuile íarna tráig; os mé, ní frescu dom-í tuile tar éisi n-aithbi. Is súaill mennatán in-díu ara taibrinn-se aithgne; a n-í ro boí for tuile atá uile for aithbe.