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verse beg. Secht n-affrinn écnairce áin

  • Early Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
Three quatrains of religious Irish verse
Title
The title heading used in Kuno Meyer’s edition is Sieben Seelenmessen befreien aus der Hölle
First words (verse)
  • Secht n-affrinn écnairce áin
“Seven requiem masses”
Manuscripts
Language
  • Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Length
Number of stanzas: 3

Classification

Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
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Subjects

Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).
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Sources

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[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Sieben Seelenmessen befreien aus der Hölle”, Archiv für celtische Lexikographie 3 (1907): 216.
TLH – edition: <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link>
Text based on TCD 1337/3.
Translation wanted
No modern translation has been recorded at this stage.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
July 2014, last updated: January 2024
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