Texts

verse beg. Mochen, a chlaidib Cherbaill

  • Early Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, eulogies and panegyrics
Praise-poem. 21 stanzas.
First words (verse)
  • Mochen, a chlaidib Cherbaill
(Hail, sword of Cerball)
Author
Ascribed to: Dallán mac Móre
Dallán mac Móre
(fl. c. 909)
early Irish poet; reputedly a bardic poet to Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster (d. c. 909)

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Ascribed to Dallán mac Móre, court poet to Cerball mac Muirecáin, king of Leinster.
Language
  • Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 21

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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eulogies and panegyrics⟨document genres by function⟩
eulogies and panegyrics
id. 33145

Subjects

Cerball mac Muirecáin
Cerball mac Muirecáin
(d. c. 909)
king of Leinster

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Sources

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[ed.] [tr.] Meyer, Kuno [ed. and tr.], “The song of the sword of Cerball”, Revue Celtique 20 (1899): 7–12.
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September 2011, last updated: January 2024