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Is mebul dom imrádud

Author: [unknown]

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Extent of text: 949 words

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Manuscript sources
1. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 1230, p. 262 (olim Leabhar Breac olim 23 P 16, see Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy fasc. 27, 3379). (L).
2. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 1080, f. 1451 (olim B iv 2, see Catalogue of Irish Manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy fasc. 24, 3021). (B).

Editions
1. Kuno Meyer, On the Flightiness of Thought, Ériu 3 (1907) 13-15.

Translations
1. Kuno Meyer, On the Flightiness of Thought, Ériu 3 (1907) 15.

The edition used in the digital edition
1. Gerard Murphy, On the Flightiness of Thought in Early Irish lyrics, eighth to twelfth century, Ed. Gerard Murphy. , Oxford, Clarendon Press (1956) page 38–42

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Created: By anonymous authors in Irish monastic scriptoria Date range: c.900–1000.

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

Language: [EN] Subtitle is in English.

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Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G400017

Is mebul dom imrádud: Author: [unknown]

p.38

On the flightiness of thought

1. Is mebul dom imrádud
   a méit élas úaimm:
   ad-águr a imgábud
   i l-ló brátha búain.

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p.40

2. Tresna salmu sétaigid
   for conair nád cóir:
   reithid, búaidrid, bétaigid
   fíad roscaib Dé móir,
3. Tre airechtu athlama,
   tre buidne ban m-bóeth,
   tre choillte, tre chathracha —
   is lúaithiu ná in góeth,
4. Tresna séta sochraide
   ind ala fecht dó,
   (tre
   [gap: faulty text/extent: 3 syllables]
   dochraide)
   fecht aile (ní gó).
5. Cen ethar 'na chlóenchéimmim
   cingid tar cech ler;
   lúath linges 'na óenléimmim
   ó thalmain co nem.
6. Reithid (ní rith rogaíse)
   i n-ocus, i céin;
   íar réimmennaib robaíse
   taidlid día thig féin.
7. Ce thríalltar a chuimrech-som
   nó geimel 'na chois,
   ní cunnail, ní cuimnech-som
   co n-gabad feidm fois.
8. Fóebur ná fúaimm flescbuille
   ní-tráethat co tailc;
   sleimnithir eirr n-escuinge
   oc dul as mo glaicc.
9. Glas, nó charcar chromdaingen,
   nó chuimrech for bith,
   dún, nó ler, nó lomdaingen
   nín-astat día rith.

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p.42

10. Táet, a Chríst choím chertgenmnaid
    díanid réil cech rosc,
    rath in Spirta sechtdelbaig
    día choimét, día chosc.
11. Follamnaig mo chride-sea,
    a Dé dúilig déin,
    corop tú mo dile-sea,
    co n-dernar do réir.
12. Rís, a Chríst, do chétchummaid:
    ro bem imnma-llé;
    níta anbsaid éccunnail,
    ní inonn is mé.