Texts

verse beg. Tathus drecht dron-amhnus

  • Early Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry, Ulster Cycle

Early Irish poem about Cú Chulainn, attested as an addition to several copies of the dinnshenchas of Srúb Brain.

First words (verse)
  • Tathus drecht dron-amhnus
Manuscripts
p. 378b (202vb), lines 8–29
beg. ‘Tathus drecht dron amnas’
Text without glosses.
p. 476b, lines 15–35
beg. ‘Tothus drecht dron amnas’
Text without glosses.
ff. 107va (line 33)–107vb (line 20)
beg. ‘Tathus drecht dron amnus’
Text without glosses.
pp. 32a (line 7)–32b (line 7)
Heavily glossed copy of the poem
Language
  • Early Irish
Form
verse (primary)
Metre
alliterative heptasyllabic verse
    Length
    Number of lines: 38

    Classification

    Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
    ...

    Early Irish poetryEarly Irish poetry
    ...

    Ulster Cycle
    Ulster Cycle
    id. 1797

    Subjects

    Cú Chulainn
    Cú Chulainn
    Young Ulster hero and chief character of Táin bó Cuailnge and other tales of the Ulster Cycle; son of Súaltam or Lug and Deichtire (sister to Conchobor); husband of Emer (ingen Forgaill)

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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.] Stokes, Whitley, “Hibernica [VIII–X]”, Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen 33 (1895): 62–86.
    Internet Archive: <link>
    31–86 [‘X’] Edition of the poem and its gloss in TCD 1322.
    Translation wanted
    No translation has been recorded at this stage.
    Contributors
    Dennis Groenewegen
    Page created
    August 2013, last updated: January 2024