Texts

verse beg. Robé mainrechta Dé forsind fhormna-sa

  • Early Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
Early Irish poem attributed to St Fursa
Title
The modern heading in the edition by Meyer is Ein Gebet Fursa’s.
First words (verse)
  • Robé mainrechta Dé forsind fhormna-sa
Author
Ascribed to: Fursa
Fursa
(fl. 7th century)
Irish monk and missionary

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Manuscripts
f. 35b2
rubric: Fursu cecinit
Language
  • Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of lines: 11

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Ein Gebet Fursa’s”, Archiv für celtische Lexikographie 3 (1907): 232.
CELT – edition: <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link>
corrections on p. 333.
Translation wanted
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
August 2014, last updated: January 2024