CELT document G206005

Ein Gedicht aus Additional 30,512, fol. 34b2


Edited by Kuno Meyer

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    Ein Gedicht aus Additional 30,512, fol. 34b2


    1. Is saoth lem in t-aos lēigind
      do dul ind ifern pīanach,
      is indtī nāt lēg ecna
      do dul hi parrthus n-grīanach.
    2. Is ed is dech do senōir,
      ērge romoch ōn dedōil,
      cētul na salm dia erāil,
      ēccnairc na marb do gabāil.
    3. Ērlam grind is manach mīin,
      eccluiss dalta co n-glanbrīg,
      combrugaid is deorad Dē,
      ūadaib dlegar apdaine.
    4. Fogluim feallsamnachta is fās,
      lēigend Gāideilge ⁊ glūas,
      litirdacht lēir ⁊ rím,
      is becc a m-bríg is tig thūas.

    5. As.

    Charlottenburg. Kuno Meyer.

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Title (uniform): Ein Gedicht aus Additional 30,512, fol. 34b2

Title (firstline): Is saoth lem in t-aos léigind

Author: unknown

Editor: Kuno Meyer

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Electronic edition compiled by: Benjamin Hazard


Edition statement

2. Second draft.

Extent: 645 words

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Date: 2004

Date: 2008

Distributor: CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.

CELT document ID: G206005


Source description

Manuscript Source

  • London, British Library, 'Leabhar ui Maolconaire', Add. MS 30,512, fol. 34b2. (Vellum; 15th–16th century.) For full details see Robin Flower and Standish Hayes O'Grady (eds.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Library [formerly the British Museum]; 3 vols. (London 1926; repr. Dublin 1992, revised by Myles Dillon) vol. 2, 470–505.

The edition used in the digital edition

‘Ein Gedicht aus Additional 30,512, fol. 34b2 [Is saoth lem in t-aos léigind]’ (1913). In: Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie‍ 9. Ed. by Kuno Meyer, p. 470.


  editor 	 = {Kuno Meyer},
  title 	 = {Ein Gedicht aus Additional 30,512, fol. 34b2 [Is saoth lem in t-aos léigind]},
  journal 	 = {Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie},
  number 	 = {9},
  address 	 = {Halle/Saale},
  publisher 	 = {Max Niemeyer},
  date 	 = {1913},
  pages 	 = {470}


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Project description: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

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Correction: Text has been checked and proof-read twice.

Normalization: The electronic text represents the edited text. Names are capitalized in line with CELT practice. In Meyer's edition, the acute accent and macron are used to mark long vowels. Both are retained. The editor's corrections are marked corr sic resp="KM", with the erroneous form retained in the 'sic' attribute. Editorial expansions are marked ex. Text in German is indicated.

Quotation: There are no quotations.


Segmentation: div0=the poem; Page breaks are marked pb n="".


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Creation: By an unknown Irish monastic author. 900-1200

Language usage

  • The text is in Middle Irish. (ga)
  • The supplied title is in German. (de)

Keywords: religious; poetry; medieval

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  1. 2011-01-19: Conversion script run; new wordcount made. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
  2. 2008-09-30: Keywords added; file validated. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
  4. 2005-08-04T15:45:28+0100: Converted to XML (ed. Peter Flynn)
  5. 2004-10-27: File proofed (2); HTML file created. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
  6. 2004-10-20: File proofed (1); header constructed; structural and content markup applied; file parsed. (ed. Benjamin Hazard)
  7. 1998-06-29: File captured by scanning. (text capture Staff of the CURIA Project)

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