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Isam aithrech (febda fecht)

Author: [unknown]

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Electronic edition compiled by Donnchadh Ó Corráin

Funded by University College, Cork and
Professor Marianne McDonald via the CURIA Project.

2. Second draft, revised and corrected.

Extent of text: 848 words

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Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.
Text ID Number: G400016

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The hard copy on which the present electronic edition is based is copyright by Oxford University Press, and is here used by kind permission of the publishers.

Sources

Manuscript sources
1. Oxford, Bodleian Libary, Rawlinson B 502. Author: Óengus céile Dé, c. 987.

Editions
1. Whitley Stokes, Saltair na Rann (1883) 114-115.

The edition used in the digital edition
1. Gerard Murphy, Prayer for Forgiveness in Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century, Ed. Gerard Murphy. , Oxford, Clarendon Press (1956) page 36–38

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CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

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Profile Description

Created: By anonymous authors in Irish monastic scriptoria Date range: c.987.

Use of language

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

Language: [EN] Subtitle is in English.

Revision History

• (2010-11-13)

  Beatrix Färber (ed.)

• File updated; new wordcount made; conversion script run.
• (2008-09-03)

  Beatrix Färber (ed.)

• File validated.
• (2008-07-30)

  Ruth Murphy (ed.)

• Keywords added.
• (2005-08-25)

  Julianne Nyhan (ed.)

• Normalised language codes and edited langUsage for XML conversion
• (2005-08-04T16:02:50+0100)

  Peter Flynn (ed.)

• Converted to XML
• (1997-09-05)

  Margaret Lantry (ed.)

• Header created; text parsed using SGMLS.
• (1996-02-05)

  Donnchadh Ó Corráin (ed.)

• Creation and insertion of TEI Header for the anthology; revision of structural mark-up.
• (1996-02-05)

  Mavis Cournane (ed.)

• Revised text parsed and mark-up verfied using SGMLS.
• (1995-08)

  Tiarnán Ó Corráin (ed.)

• Checking and proofing text.
• (1995-02)

  Mavis Cournane (ed.)

• Checking and proofing text.
• (1994)

  Aideen O'Leary (ed.)

• Checking and proofing text.
• (1994)

  Patricia Kelly (ed.)

• Proofing and correction of edition.
• (1993)

  Donnchadh Ó Corráin (ed.)

• Data capture completed.

Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G400016

Isam aithrech (febda fecht): Author: [unknown]

p.36

Prayer for forgiveness

1. Isam aithrech (febda fecht),
   a Choimdiu, do thairimthecht:
   dílig dam cach cin rom-thé,
   a Chríst, ar do thrócaire.
2. Ar do thitacht cain i crí,
   ar do gein, a mo Nóebrí,
   ar do baithis m-búain i fus,
   dílig dam cech n-immarbus.
3. Ar do chrochad co léire,
   ó marbaib ar th' eiséirge,
   tabair dam dílgud mo thal,
   at it Fíadu fírthrócar.

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p.38

4. Ar do fresgabáil (sóer sel)
   cosin n-Athair for nóebnem,
   feib ro ráidis frinn ría techt
   dílaig dam mo thairimthecht.
5. Ar do thitacht (déoda in gair)
   do mess for slóg síl Ádaim,
   ar nóe n-grád nime (cen chlith)
   dílgiter dam mo chinaid.
6. Ar buidin na fátha fír,
   ar drong molbthach na mairtír,
   dílaig dam cach cin rom-gab
   ar fairinn na n-úasalathar.
7. Ar chléir na n-apstal cen chol,
   ar slúag na n-úag n-deiscipol,
   ar cach nóeb co rath rígda
   dílig dam mo mígníma.
8. Ar cech nóebúaig ós bith bras,
   ar bantracht na prímlaíchas,
   dílig dam cach cin fo nim
   ar Maire n-amra n-Ingin.
9. Ar muintir talman (torm n-dil)
   ar muintir nime nóebgil,
   tabair dílgud bas dech
   dom chintaib úair 'sam aithrech.