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verse beg. Gébaid a ainm dim anmaim-se

  • Early Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
Early Irish prophetic poem attributed to Colum Cille
Title
The editorial title heading used for Meyer’s edition is Eine Weissagung Colum Cille’s.
First words (verse)
  • Gébaid a ainm dim anmaim-se
Author
Ascribed to: Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Manuscripts
Brussels, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, MS 5100-5104 (507) [1630]
ff. 26r(41).8–13
rubric: ‘Colum Cille oc tairngire Adamnáin’
beg. ‘Gebaid a ainm dim anmain dogena cain’
Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 615 = Saltair Choluim Chille [s. xvi1]
p. 132.1–8
rubric: ‘Colum Cille cecinit ag tarrngoire Adomnain’
beg. ‘Gebaidh a ainm dim anmain’
3 stt.
Language
  • Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of lines: 10

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Sources

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[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Eine Weissagung Colum Cille’s”, Archiv für celtische Lexikographie 3 (1907): 231.
TLH – edition: <link> CELT – edition: <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link>
Edition based on the Brussels MS.
[ed.] [tr.] Reeves, William, Life of St. Columba, founder of Hy, written by Adamnan, 1st ed., Dublin: Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, 1857.
CELT – edition: <link> CELT – translation: <link> Internet Archive – original print: <link> Internet Archive – 1874 reprint: <link> Digitale-sammlungen.de: <link> Digitale-sammlungen.de: View in Mirador
xlii note q From Laud 615.
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