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Dúthracar, a Maic Dé bí

Author: [unknown]

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Electronic edition compiled by Donnchadh Ó Corráin

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2. Second draft, revised and corrected.

Extent of text: 887 words

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Text ID Number: G400012

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Manuscript sources
1. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 967, p. 95 (olim 23 N 10, see Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy, fasc. 22, 2769).

Editions
1. Kuno Meyer, Comad Manchín Léith, Ériu 1 (1904) 38–40.

The edition used in the digital edition
1. Gerard Murphy, Manchán's Wish in Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century, Ed. Gerard Murphy. , Oxford, Clarendon Press (1956) page 28–30

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Profile Description

Created: By anonymous authors in Irish monastic scriptoria Date range: 10th century.

Use of language

Language: [GA] The text is in Old and Middle Irish.

Language: [LA] Less than 1% in Latin, mostly textual formulae.

Language: [EN] Subtitle is in English.

Revision History

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Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G400012

Dúthracar, a Maic Dé bí: Author: [unknown]

p.28

Manchán's wish

1. Dúthracar, a Maic Dé bí,
   a Rí suthain sen,
   bothán deirrit díthraba
   commad sí mo threb,
2. Uisce treglas tanaide
   do buith ina taíb,
   linn glan do nigi pectha
   tria rath Spirta Naíb,

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p.30

3. Fidbaid álainn immocus
   impe do cech leith,
   fri altram n-én n-ilgothach,
   fri clithar día cleith,
4. Deisebar fri tesugud,
   sruthán dar a lainn,
   talam togu co méit raith
   bad maith do cach clainn,
5. Úathad óclach n-innide
   (in-fessam a l-lín),
   it é umlai urluithi
   d'urguidi ind Ríg:
6. Ceithri triir, tri cethrair
   (cuibdi fri cach les),
   da seiser i n-eclais
   eter túaid is tes;
7. Sé desa do imforcraid
   immumsa fa-déin
   oc guidi tre bithu sír
   ind Ríg ruithnes gréin;
8. Eclais aíbinn anartach,
   aitreb Dé do nim,
   sutrulla soillsi íar sain
   úas Scriptúir glain gil,
9. Óentegdais do aithigid
   fri deithidin cuirp,
   (cen druid, cen indladuth,)
   cen imrádud n-uilc.
10. Is é trebad no gébainn,
    do-gegainn cen chleith;
    fírchainnenn chumra, cerca,
    bratáin breca, beich,—
11. Mo lórtu bruit ocus bíd
    ónd Ríg as chaín clú,
    mo bithse im suidiu fri ré,
    guide Dé in nach dú.