CELT document G300007

Das Haus des Mac ind Óc

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  • H: London, British Library MS Harley 5280.
  • B: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy MS 1080.


Edited by Kuno Meyer

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    Das Haus des Mac ind Óc

  1. Tomus tighe mec ind Ócc,
    fōt cen bine buidnib sét,
    etir dā fraigid rosīcht,
    mō secht traigid, mō secht cēt.
  2. Cethri dorais ind cen brōn,
    bith oc ōl tria bitha sir,
    turib ciprib, ūair is caem,
    cōel fo tuighib d'itib én.
  3. Dabuch deargiubair mōr lucht ,
    slōg ōss a ucht cen nach socht,
    suide fichet co ba secht,
    coire cert ocht fichet torc.
  4. Tomus.

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Title statement

Title (uniform): Das Haus des Mac ind Óc

Title (extended): [Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften]

Title (firstline): Tomus tighe mec ind Ócc

Author: unknown

Editor: Kuno Meyer

Responsibility statement

Electronic edition compiled by: Benjamin Hazard


Edition statement

2. Second draft.

Extent: 672 words

Publication statement



Date: 2004

Date: 2010

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

CELT document ID: G300007


Source description

Manuscript Sources

  1. London, British Library MS Harley 5280, fo 74a. For details see Robin Flower and S. H. O'Grady (eds.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Library [formerly the British Museum] 3 volumes (London 1926) vol. 2, 298–323.
  2. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy MS 1080 (olim B IV 2), fo 136 a. For further details see Kathleen Mulchrone, T. F. O'Rahilly et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin 1926-1943) fasc. 24, 3021.

The edition used in the digital edition

‘Das Haus des Mac ind Óc’ (1912). In: Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie‍ 8. Ed. by Kuno Meyer, p. 108.


  editor 	 = {Kuno Meyer},
  title 	 = {Das Haus des Mac ind Óc},
  journal 	 = {Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie},
  number 	 = {8},
  address 	 = { Halle/Saale},
  publisher 	 = {Max Niemeyer},
  date 	 = {1912},
  pages 	 = {108}


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Project description: CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

Sampling declarations

The present text represents page 108 of the printed edition.

Editorial declarations

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

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

Quotation: There are no quotations.


Segmentation: div0=the saga; page-breaks are marked pb n="". Verse is treated as embedded text. Line-groups are marked lg; and mentrical lines l.


Profile description

Creation: By (an) Irish monastic scribe(s) in the Middle Irish period. c.900–1200

Language usage

  • The text is in Middle Irish. (ga)
  • The supplied titile is in German. (de)
  • The front matter is in English. (en)

Keywords: mythology; poetry; medieval; saga

Revision description

(Most recent first)

  1. pre-1997: Text captured. (text capture Staff of the CURIA Project)
  3. 2008-10-08: Keywords added; file validated, div0 modified, content of 'langUsage' revised. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
  4. 2004-09-09: File proofed (2); apparatus and witness list inserted; header modified, file reparsed; HMTL file created. (ed. Beatrix Färber)
  5. 2004-05-31: File proofed (1), header and markup inserted. (ed. Benjamin Hazard)

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