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 Manuscript sources Oxford, Bodleian Library, Laud Misc. 610, folio 9vb-10ra18 (the text is preserved only in this manuscript. For a description of the manuscript see R. I Best, Bodleian MS. Laud 610, Celtica 3 (1956) 339; Myles Dillon, Laud Misc. 610, Celtica 5 (1960) 64-76; 6 (1963) 135-55)). Extract from the metrical tracts. Extracts from the metrical tracts. Editions George Petrie, Essay on the round towers of Ireland (Dublin 1845) 353–54 (prose only). Heinrich Zimmer, Keltische Beiträge III, Zeitschrift für deutsches Alterthum 35 (1891) 100 (prose only; and inaccurate). Kuno Meyer, Stories and songs from Irish manuscripts, IV (Song of the sea, ascribed to Ruman mac Colmáin), Otia Merseiana 2 (1900–01) 76–83 (first edition of poem; only reliable edition of the prose). David Greene, Frank O'Connor, A golden treasury of Irish poetry A.D. 600 to 1200 (London 1967; repr. Dingle 1990) section 29, 126–29 (poem only, under the title The Tempest; with silent, radical, even creative, emendation). Translations George Petrie (cited above) 354–55 (prose only). Heinrich Zimmer, Keltische Beiträge III, Zeitschrift für deutsches Alterthum 35 (1891) 100 (prose only). Meyer (cited above) 78–83 (prose and verse). Alexander Bugge, Nordisk sprog og nordisk nationalitet i Irland, Aarboger Nord Oldkyndighed Hist 15 (1905) 294–95 (part translation, part paraphrase in Norwegian, based on Zimmer's German translation, and not accurate). Greene and O'Connor (cited above) 128–29 (a literary translation of a highly emended text). Sources, comment on the text, and secondary literature Alexander Bugge, Nordisk sprog og nordisk natonalitet i Irland, Aarboger Nord Oldkyndighed Hist 15 (1905) 294–97. The edition of the digital edition. Kuno Meyer Song of the sea, ascribed to Ruman mac Colmáin: Stories and songs from Irish manuscripts 4 Otia Merseiana John Sampson 2 1900–01 76–83

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 By an unknown Irish monastic scholar. The ascription to the famous poet Rumann mac Colmáin (ob. 747) is impossible on historical and linguistic grounds. 1000–1100 Whole text in Middle Irish. Witness list in English. poetry medieval nature 2010-11-17 Beatrix Färber ed. New wordcount made; conversion script run. 2008-09-01 Beatrix Färber ed. File validated. 2008-07-30 Ruth Murphy ed. Keywords added. 2008-07-25 Beatrix Färber ed. Value of div0 "type" attribute modified, content of 'langUsage' checked; minor modifications made to header. 2005-08-25 Julianne Nyhan ed. Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion 2005-08-04T16:04:41+0100 Peter Flynn ed. Converted to XML 1998-01-09 Margaret Lantry ed. Header modified; file parsed using NSGMLS. 1997-09-16 Margaret Lantry ed. Header modified; file parsed using SGMLS. 1997-09-04 Margaret Lantry ed. Header re-structured; text parsed using SGMLS. 1996-09-05 Mavis Cournane ed. Text parsed using SGMLS. 1996-09-05 Donnchadh Ó Corráin ed. Header constructed. 1996-08-01 Donnchadh Ó Corráin ed. Structural and in-depth mark-up entered. Lineation checked and verified. 1993 Donnchadh Ó Corráin ed. Text captured. Text collated with the original manuscript at Oxford. Lineation checked and verified.
Kuno Meyer: Song of the sea, ascribed to Ruman mac Colmáin: Stories and songs from Irish manuscripts iv David Greene and Frank O'Connor, A golden treasury of Irish poetry A.D. 600 to 1200
Rumann mac Colmáin Anpthine mór ar Maig Lir Anbthine mór ar muig Lir adāna dara a h-ardimlibh at-racht gaeth, ran-goin gem garg cu tēt dar muir mōrga mórgelgarb ras-farraid g garg dos-árraid ga garggemrid. Gním an muighi, mag Lir lór ro lād snīm ar ar sír-⋅lōgh; acht ní mō a cāch, écht mól cách nī lugu cid as ingantu didú in scél dīrecra dímōr? Ō dacuir do- chuir in gaīth anair menma tuinne torcabair tarcabair cu n-dúthraic co n- dūthraic dúthracair dul torainn síar cusin cosin fót fris funenn grían gusan cosin glais-muir n-garg-lethain. Ō dacuir do- chuir an gaeth atūaid co n-dūthraic n- dūthraic dúthracair tuinn temen- crūaid co m-bad fri domun andes an- des fri fidnem fithnem ro ferad tres raēstad fri delechdūain. ró ésted fri elechdúain Ō dacuir do-chuir an gaīth anīar dar in sāele sáile srebach-dīan co n- dūthraicc dūthraic dúthracair dul torainn sair co crann n-gréine coresgeimh coros gaib i muir lethan lebur- chían Ō dacuir do-chuir dorala an gaīth andes dar tīr Saxan scīathanbres sgiathbras co m-benann tond Insi Scit Scít do-luid do cuirr dorair do charr Calathnit Calathnít co m brúith Lumnech līathanglas. a mbrut luibhnech liathglas co m-brut luibnech líathanglas Is lān ler, is lomnān muir is ālaind inn ethar-bruig ro lá curu in gāeth ganmech im Inber na Dā Ainmech is lūath luī re lethan-muir. Ní sādail sein, sūan súan, sén garg saír co m-bruthbūad, co m-barann-bāigh fordath eala fordatig forda- tuig mac Mīled Meic Mīled mag mílach cona muintir glūastar mong mnā Manannáin Manannáin Ra lā tonn (trēn a trethan) dar cach inber īarlethan da- rōcht rócht gāeth, ran-goin gem gel im Cend Tīre, im Tīr n-Alban silid drib lán Sliabh Dremon slíabdreman . Mac Dē athar, adblib scor rom-ain ar gráin garg- anfod! Fīadu fīrēn na Flede acht rom-ain rornanside ar anside ar h-iffirn co n-ardanfod. Anphu mōr.

Rumund mc Colmāin .i. mc ríg Laegaire do Clannaibh Nēill, rīgh-file Ērenn, is é do-rigne an dúain sa &ersir; laīd lūascach ainm na h-aiste ara n- dernad. Is é adbar immorra a dēnma dō dia ailithri-se co Rathun i n- aimsir gorta mōire. Ra bo meisti la lucht an baile a tuidecht don baili, co n-ann adubratar frisin saer ro buī ic dēnum in durthaige mōir diūltad do dēnum frisin fer n-dána, conid ann at-bert in saer fri fer dia muintir: Erig a n-agaid Rumuind &ersir; abair fris nā ticed don bailiu nóco n- derna sē rand i m-bīa āirim 'na fil do clāraib sund dochum in durthaige. Conid ann do-rōni-sium in rand-sa: A mu Coimdiu, cid do- gén-sa frisin adbur már-sa? Cuin bus aicdi fo scéim dlūta inna deich cét clár-sa? Is ed sin ro buī do clāraib and .i. mīle clár &ersir; nī ro fētad diūltad fris íarsin, ō ra faillsigh Dia dó triana éicsi in lín clár ro buī ocun saer.

Do-rōine mōr-dúain do Gallaibh Ātha Clíath iar sin acētōir &ersir; adubratar na Gaill connā tibritis lūach a dūaine dó, conid ann do- róni in rand irdraic co n-ebairt: M' éra-sa mád āil do neoch, do-gēna ocus íar sein bēra-sa einech duine das-gēna. Co tucad a breth féin dó íar sin. Conid sī breth ruc-som .i. pingind cech droch-Gaill &ersir; dā pinginn cech deg-Gaill, connā frīth accu Gall nach tuc dā pingind dō, ar nīr fiū re Gall dībh droch-Gall do rād fris féin itir. Co n-ebratar fris na Gaill ind fairge do molad, co fintais in dān bunaid buī aicge, conid ann ro mol-som in fairge &ersir; sé ar meisce co n-ebairt: Anpthine mōr ar Maig Lir

Co tuc-som immorro in ētāil sin leis co Cell Belaig ar Maig Constantín, ar ba do cellaibh Ūa Súanaig in cell-sin &ersir; Magh Constantín uile. Cach magh dano &ersir; cech ferann da- rēided Constantín, ba re Mu Cutu, conid do Constantín ainmnigther in magh. Is amlaid buī cell an tan-sin &ersir; .uii. sraitde do Gallaib ann .i. ar a mēit, &ersir; do-rat Rúmunn trīan a ētāla dī &ersir; trīan do scoil &ersir; trīan leis fēin co Raithen, conid and is marbh, conid adnacht a n-ēnlebaid re h-ūa Sūanaig ar mét a anóire la Dīa &ersir; daīne.