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Irish Litanies (Author: Unknown)

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Prose Litanies

Litany 1

Litany of Confession

{MS Laud 610 folio 5d}
Omne malum feci coram te, crimina nosti;
O tibi, Rex celi, peccaui crimina soli;
Hoc tibi conabor quod possum, crimina fabor;
Mi Deus, O dicam, tu dele quaeque relinquam,
Teque uocem primum, sed postea crimina dicam.
A Athair, a Meic, a Spirut Noim,
dilguid dam mo peccaig.
A aen Meic aicinta inn Athar neamda,
Dilaig.
A aen Dia, a fir-Dia, a prim-Dia, a aen-fholbthaig,
aen-cumachtaig, tre-persandaig, fir-connirclig,
Dilaig.
A duilgenaig, dilgedaig, dercaig, derrscaigthi, díreccra,
dímoir, diruin,
Dilaig.

A De uasna deaeib,
A Ri uasna rigaib,
A Duine uasna doinib,
Dilaig.

A Talam uas talmannaib,
A Nert uas nertaib,
A Serc uas sercaib,

{MS Laud 610 folio 6a}

A daingen uas daingnib,
A aingil uas ainglib,
Dilaig.

A aircedechuin nime & talman,
Dilaig.

A uasal-sagairt na huile dul,
A aird-espoic na secht nime,
Dilaig.


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A cet-sagairt, a primh-sagairt,
A fir-sagairt, a fir-liaig, a fir-fhaid, a fir-cara,
Dilaig.

A aen-cothad in tre-tighi,
A aen-bethu na huile dul,
A aen-shoillsi na secht nime,
Dilaig.

A scrutain na scribturi,
A sur na prim-faighi,
A smir ind fir-ecna,
A Athair na fír-bethad,
A gairm na sochaide,
Dilaig.

A Abel cet-mairtír,
A Nóe naem-airci,
A Abraim hirisig,
A Moyssi min-cendais,
A Aroin cet-shagairt,
A Dauid ordnigi,
A Solaim shíansaighi,
A uilliu phetarlaici,
A dluthad nu-fiadnuse,
A cridi condirclech,
A oiddi onorach,
A treaghdad trom-talman,
A lochrand loinderdha,
A Yssa Nastarda,
A Meic na deirb-sethar,
A derb-[b]rathair firindech,
Dilaig.

De Confesione Scelerum

Tair dom foirithin, uair ro dlumsitar ili mo sir-peccaid mo
cridi fir-co{MS Laud 610 folio 6b}lach;

Ram camsatar, ram clóensatar, ram caechsatar, ram cuarsatar,
ram crinsatar;


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Ram lensatar, ram lénsatar, ram luaidsitar, ram línsatar;
Ram trunsitar, ram traigsitar, ram traethsitar, ram
techtatar, ram toirrnetar;
Ram boethsitar, ram baidsitar, ram bregsitar, ram
buaidritar;
Ram rebsitar, ram ruagsitar;
Ram cenglatar, ram crechsitar, ram crochsitar, rom
cronsitar, ram crensitar, ram shirsitar, ram cainsitar;
Ram mersitar, ram medratar, ram mairnetar, ram fhuirgitar,
ram marbatar;
Dilaig.

Oratio

Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam.

A grian reltandaig,
A solus taircetaig,
A arus rithrendaig,
A mong teinntigi mirbolla,
A muir toirtig, tonnmaraigh {MS Laud 610 folio 6c}téindtigi,
Dilaig.

A bruth teindtigi,
A bréo téindtigi bratha,
Dilaig.

A noem-scelaid, noem-scolaige,
A noem-raithig, noem-nertaigh,
A toparaig trom - dércaigh, toethanaig, tidhnaicid
toirbertaig, torannda,
Dilaig.

A clochaig, cathaig, cétaigh,
A coim coronaig, coscoraigh, comramhaig, coimdeis,
Dilaig.


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De Confessione Oratio

Propter nomen tuum, Domine, propiciaberis peccato meo.

At ili aidbli mo pecctha ina ndluim trem cridi, & imme,
amal lín no luirig.

A rim, a Ríg, ni cumaing,
Airc me impo, a Dé.
Bris, buail, baig iat;
Crech, crom, crin iat;
Digaib, dingaid, díleg iat;
Eirg, esreig, esbadaig iat;
Féch, faisc, fasaig iat;
Gáel, gair, gortaig iat;
Leirc, loisc, letair iat;
Marb, meith, is mill iat;
Pian, pairt, púr iat;
Reib, ruaig, reidig iat;
Scar, scail, scoilt iat;
Troeth, traig, toirrn iat.

Is trom iarum & as agarb
In traethad & in treagtad;
In cengal & in cuibrech;
In mescad & in merugud;
In buaidred & in borrfad;
doberid ili mo peccaig form.

Ar gach ngalar ra fhoiris,
Ar gach rigi ro coimdignais,
Ar do coimpirt a mbroinn Mure oigi,
Ar do geinemain a mBethil Iuda,{MS Laud 610 folio 6d} Ar do ruidib trégda,
A[r] do rélaind rigda,
Dilaig.


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Arin mbroinn i rabadais,
Arin cich rott ibis,
Dilaig.

Arin ucht rott oiled,
Ar gach mbel rot pócaig,
Ar gach laim rot tadaill,
Ar cech cois rot immorchuir,
Ar cech cluais rot cuala,
Ar gach suil rot connairc,
Ar gach cridhi rot creit,
Dilaig.

Ar do shecht ndánaib,
Ar do secht ngradaib,
Ar do secht nímhib,
Ar do thecht a talmain a mbroinn Mure,
Ar do shecht naimsira cona naemaib,
Dilaig.

Ar t'[fh]oiditin, ar t'inísle,
Ar t'umla, ar t'uaisle,
Ar do cennsa, ar do cunla,
Ar do crabud, ar do síth,
Ar do sháne, ar do shaire,
Ar do nóime,
Dilgaig.

Ar do gabail, ar do glaccad,
Ar do bualad, ar do glameth,
Ar do gnimaib,
Dilaig.

Ar do cocur, ar do crochad, ar do letrad,
Dilaig.

Ar t'anmain ro airc iffernn, ro lín nemh,
Dilaig.

Ar gech nanmuin tucais as,
Ar t'eisergi o marbaib,
Dilaig.

Ar do frescabail dochum nime,
Dilaig.


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Ar in Spirut Noem tainic do nim arna hapstala,
Dilaig.

Ar cach cridi, ar cach corp,
Ar cach colaind, ar gech mbél, ar cech suil, ar cech
nduil ara tainic in Spirut Noem, o tossach domuin coa
dereth,

Ar do toidecht fein la {MS Laud 610 folio 6e}bratha, cor bom fíren, foirfi,
cen egla dermair na hiffirn na bratha form, gan gruig,
gan gairbe agat frim, a Tigerna.

Uair filet mo peccaig ina lloem treum & immum, &
accum, & uassum, & cucum, & issum.
Uch, uch, uch, dilaig dam, a De.
Cech peccad dorignis, & rob ail dam do denad,
Cach peccad rob eiccen, &nar eiccen dorígnus,
Dilaig.

Cach peccad ro thuiris, & nar thuiris,
Dilaig.

Cech olc dorígnus fri nech, & dorígni nech frim,
Dilaig.

Cech olc ro cuidig, & nar cuidig nech frim,
Dilaig.

Cech ni ra sirius, & nar shirius, fuarus & nach fuarus,
Dilaig dam.


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Cech oen frisa ndernus maith co hecoir, & olc co coir,
Dilaig.

Cech maith dorignus, & ro loitis; cech olc dorignus, &
nar lesaigis,
Dilaig.

Cech tocrad dorignus do Dia & do duine,
Dilaig dam.

Cach suigi, cach sesamh, cach imthecht, cach tast, cach
cotlud, cach nem-cotlud, cach dermat, cech nem-dermat, cach
maindechtnaigi, cach nem-maindechtnaigi, cach ailges, cach
occobur, cach mian, cach imrad, cach grad, cach fuath fuil,
bui, bias occom immon soegal,
Dilaig dam.

Cech riar, cach aimriar, tucus ar Dia & ar duine,
Dilaig dam.

Cach olc dorignus, cach maith nach derrnus; cach peccad
i mpeccad, cach olc i mmaith, cach maith in nulcc dorignus,
Dilaig dam indtib. Amen.

O cluasaib, o lamaib, o belaib, o suilib, o cridi, o cetfoid,
o ágaib, o altaib, o indib, o indtind, o duthracht, o deirritis, o
cleith, o nem-cleith, o forus, o ainmfis, o ailgis, o nem-ailgis,
o faslach, o nem-faslach, o uasal, o isal, o oentaig, o nem-
oentaig;

O bic co mor, o ní co nem-ní, o oigci co sine, o bathis
co bas,

Dilaig dam a De, a Athair, a Meic, a Spirut Noeim,
taireis na fir-peccad.


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A fir-Dia, tibi soli peccaui,
Dilaig, dilaig, dilaig. Amen.

Credo

Pater noster qui es in celis, sanctificetur nomen tuum.


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