]> Der Mensch ist Kot Pecthach ar síl 'nar slúagaib An electronic edition Maelmhuire Ó Lennáin Kuno Meyer Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber University College, Cork, School of History First draft. 1809 CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork
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 Manuscript Source Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, MS no. 1225, The Book of Ui Maine, Stowe, D II 1, (c. 1394), 65va. The manuscript is available online at ISOS (http://www.isos.dias.ie/english/index.html). MS TCD 1337 (H 3 18) from the 17th century has not been used by Meyer. Internet availability of Meyer's annotated edition See http://www.ucc.ie/academic/smg/CDI/PDFs_textarchive/Meyer_Neue_Mitteilungen_ACL3.pdf Literature and edition Ann Dooley, 'Maelmhuire O' Leannain's 'Peacach Ar Siol 'Nar Sluaghaibh': Source and Content', Celtica 17 (1985) 145–157. Lambert McKenna, Aithdioghluim Dána (Irish Texts Society, vols 37, 40, 1939/40), poem 80. Information on Kuno Meyer See http://mujweb.cz/enelen/km.htm The edition used in the digital edition Kuno Meyer Neue Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Der Mensch ist Kot [Pecthach ar síl 'nar slúagaib] Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie 3 1 Halle a. d. Saale Max Niemeyer 1907 215–246: 238–240

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 Maelmhuire Ó Lennáin c.1393–1394 (see ISOS catalogue) The text is in Old Irish. One word is in Latin. One word (prisun) is in English. The supplied title and some text in a footnote is in German. poetry medieval religious 2019-06-12 Beatrix Färber ed. TEI header modified, additions made to MS sources and edition details. 2014-09-11 Beatrix Färber ed. File updated. 2014-07-08 Beatrix Färber ed. File parsed; SGML and HTML files created. 2014-07-07 Beatrix Färber ed. Header created, file proofed (2); markup completed. 2014-07-05 Beatrix Färber ed. Poem converted to XML. 1996 Vibeke Dijkman ed. First proofing; structural markup added. 1996 Students at the CURIA project text capture Text scanned in. Der Mensch ist Kot

Māelmaire ō Lennāin cecinit.

 Pecthach ar sīl 'nar slūagaib, crāet adbar bar n-anūabair ? dorinned tre drūis ind d'&fdot;uil, dar linn robo cūis c[h]rābuid. Adaltrus fer na cruinde, nī hī cland na coluime, cland fa deōid do dēnam dī ar fēgad inn eōin eli. Nī hē sīl in maigri maill āsas a hiuchra ālaind, tuccad toirrchius don duini, roba toirrchius turtairi. Olc dūthchus na colla crīad, a dath fallsa nī fīrnīam, is bec in glōir bud dū dī, fōill in trū ocus a t[h]reissi. In corp da lār is lāthach, nī fōt drūchtach dondscāthach, nī subh crāeb corp in duini, nī gort i mbrāen mbelltaini. Nī hairget ocus nī hōr blāth na colla re cadōdh, ar colla ach! gid bailc i bus, is pairti donda a ndūthchus. Nī cnū ocus nī dercu dond, nī hāirni ocus nī huball, nocho slat bungel barrglan, acht fullrad ar firadbar. Nī mil 's nī lemnacht, dar lind, nī fīnemain da fuilim, acht bainne fola dāer dub, nocho crāeb ola m'adbur. Adbur gach āen&fdot;ir ūainni nī cuilēn find fīrchūaini, nī mess crāibe buide a bus, dāer in duine da dūthchus. Nī grāinne cruithnechta cāem, acht bratān fola fīrdāer, nī crand dond &fdot;īnemain find fīreba[i]r inam (?) a iffrind. Colla cāema na cruinde nī fiū arna n-ēg āenuinge, nī mōidi is sāer āen&fdot;er and, gid glēgel cāem a c[h]olann. Lūach ar molad in c[h]uirp c[h]rīad, a C[h]oimdi, is mōr in mīchīall, in corp da lār ic lobud, is dān olc a admolad. 'Tāi ac nīamad da nāmad fēin, ēissiun 'got aimles andsein, olc do chīall, a duini doill, in scīam cuiri 'mat c[h]olaind. In corp crīad nī crand toraid, tech iffirnd a inn⋅amail, do gach bīud maith do-nī neim a c[h]ur isin clī caithmig. Is ē do lennān, dar lem, in sāegul-sa ata i[t] timchell, tucais don [&fdot;]oscud fallsa dot c[h]oscur a colann-sa. Gid hālaind in t-airget gel, is otrach ule a deired, mellaid mōr duini asa dath, gid buidi in t-ōr, is otrach. Brec a māini 's a medha, brēc a ōr 's a arrada, gach ní is ferr delb ar doman is derb lium a lothrochud. Brēc a bleideda bāna, brēc a cuirnd 's a copāna, nī fuil acht brēc uli and, crāet in duine nach dēchann? Is mairg cuirit sein fo sech briathra millsi na meirdrech, cach corp cāem is gach [gnē] glan ūaind leisin dāel fo dered. Gaisti dīles in demain mairg dēchas a dūilemain, doberr guin crūaid im c[h]raidi grūaid a-muig na meirdrigi. Brēc gach sūil gorm&fdot;abrach glas, fallsa fōs gach folt findchas, cach aiged derg, cach dēt bān, cid celg, ōn ēc nī him⋅lān. Cach slis seng, cach slīasat gel bid engach dub fo deired, beid cassa is lāma loma grānna glassa glētholla. Trūag nach cuimnech lem' c[h]raidi in t-ēc ar a ūathmairi, grāin cach āen&fdot;ir iarna ēc cēilligh bu cōir da comēt. Mar do beith sib beō co brāth, a lucht caithes in conāch, falchaid mēt bar muirni a-muig cen chuimni fon ēc acuib. Is cinti do cach uli a n-ēc cusan āenduini, nī fuicfea in t-ēc dūal in &fdot;ir nac[h]ar &fdot;ēt in n-ūag d'&fdot;aicsin. Is ē in t-iffernd in t-ēg mōr ar mbī in t-anam ar anōdh, in t-ēg is ēg uli and, crāet in duini nach dēchand? Da mbē in corp athach 'san ūaig, ad-fēchsam is feidm fīr-chrūaid, in lān pēistedh, in cath crum, ach! is dēisten a ndūscud. Meni beith ceist iffirn and acht do c[h]āemna na coland, is mairg do-nī olc 'ma ēg ar tī na corp da comēt. Trēn tairnic i-tā 'gar meath in corp cotultach crāesach, corp com[u]ichech na clīacha, olc dobuidech dorīartha. Pēist do p[h]īastaib in mara don anmain is escara, beirid port Dē ōn duini, in corp is ē in sūgmairi. Grānna in torad tic a-mach asin colaind re cnūasach, meisti soillsi a huilc falaidh doirrsi in c[h]uirp 'na camradaib. Meisti in corp do thūar co trom, is ē a allus a fochand, mairg ara trēn in corp crum, is gort gan &fdot;er, cen arbur. Nī tic tar clūassaib in chuirp acht sal grānna rūad rogoirt, torud na sūl is na srōn re tūr is rabud romōr. Itā mo chorp 'na c[h]amra, cid ūaibrech as m'urlabra a Dē, da gēbainn fan glōr, da fēgainn mē as mo medōn. Is mairg trēiges tech nime ar in colainn cuitbide, bec in lūach ar tocht is tech fūath mara corp do c[h]uibrech. Mar lān mara a-mach 's a-muig bid brū cach āen&fdot;ir amlaid, do-cair, is cinti in dān dī, in lān inti ocus eisti. Menba sāit[h]ech, nī subach in corp ītmar acarach, torud inn airg in grān glan, mairg do-nī lān don lestar! Mairg danab āil dimblaid oirnd ma dulas in drochcolaind, in clār do hegrad da thūr, in corp pecthach mar prisūn. Adbur in chuirp, a chara, nocho lega lōgmara, nī tech slaitgel corp in c[h]uil, olc a aitreb, cid inmain. Ingnad ecla ar inn anmain ma dulas in drochadbaid, cid da geib sē in corp cādus, is olc, a Dē, in dūnārus. Mairg dar tigerna in corp crīad, roba ferr dūind a dorīar, ge da olc oirniVerderbt; vor ge fehlen zwei oder drei Silben. nī hē in corp a comairchi. Re mac ingene Anna ūaigem uli ar n-anmanna, co cenglum ar cīall's ar cond risin Rīg sēgaind sengdond. Co fag[b]um sīth mic Muire, co rīsium 'na rīgchuiri, co cenglum ar corp 'sin c[h]ath, go ndedlum re port pecthach. P.