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verse beg. Trí cémenn cindti do chách

  • Irish
  • verse
  • Early Irish poetry
Three Irish quatrains ascribed to Adomnán.
Title
Kuno Meyer headed his edition of the text Ein Spruch Adamnans
First words (verse)
  • Trí cémenn cindti do chách
Author
Ascribed to: Adomnán
Adomnán
(fl. c.628–704)
Adomnán mac Rónáin was abbot of Iona (r. 679–704) and author of the Latin Life of St Columba and an account of the holy places of the Near East (De locis sanctis). He is credited with the proclamation of the Lex innocentium or Cáin Adomnáin at the Synod of Birr.

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Language
  • 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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Sources

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[ed.] Meyer, Kuno [ed.], “Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Ein Spruch Adamnans”, Archiv für celtische Lexikographie 3 (1907): 215.
CELT – edition: <link> Celtic Digital Initiative – PDF: <link>
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Dennis Groenewegen
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July 2014, last updated: January 2024