]> Regula Mucuta Raithni [from Additional 30512] An electronic edition Unknown Kuno Meyer Electronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber University College, Cork School of History First draft. 3110 CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of the Department of History at University College, Cork
College Road, Cork, Ireland—http://www.ucc.ie/celt
2015 CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland. G203000

Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.

 Manuscript Sources London, British Library, 'Leabhar ui Maolconaire', Add. MS 30,512, fol. 20a1. (Vellum; 15th?16th century.) For details see Robin Flower and Standish Hayes O'Grady (eds.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Library [formerly the British Museum]; 3 vols. (London 1926; repr. Dublin 1992, revised by Myles Dillon) vol. 2, 470–505 Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 23 N 10, a paper manuscript written in the year 1575, p. 85. For details see Kathleen Mulchrone et al.: Catalogue of Irish Manucripts in the Royal Irish Academy. Dublin 1926-70, No. 967, pp. 2769–80. Facsimile edition: Best, R. I.: MS. 23 N 10 (formerly Betham 145). Dublin 1954. Lebor Bretnach, p. 261b Yellow Book of Lecan, p. 407a7. Editions Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie 3, pt. 4 (A medley of Irish texts 10) 312–320 (1907). The edition used in the digital edition Kuno Meyer Regula Mucuta Raithni Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie, A medley of Irish texts 10, Archiv für Celtische Lexikographie 3, pt. 4 Halle/Saale Max Niemeyer 1907 312–320

CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

Text has been checked and proof-read twice.

The electronic text represents the edited text. In Meyer's edition, the acute accent and macron are used to mark long vowels. Both are retained here. F and s with overdot are shown as fh, sh. Expansions are marked ex. Names are capitalized in line with CELT practice.

Direct speech is marked q.

When a hyphenated word (hard or soft) crosses a page-break, this break is marked after completion of the hyphenated word.

div0=the text; div1=the individual poem within the text; page-breaks are marked pb n="".

Names are not tagged, nor are terms for cultural and social roles.

 By an unknown Irish monastic author. 900–1200 The text is in Middle Irish. Supplied title and notes are in English. religious poetry monks rule medieval 2015-04-02 Beatrix Färber ed. File proofed (2); structural markup applied. TEI-Header completed. File parsed and validated. SGML and HTML versions created. File proofed online (3). 2015-02-10 Beatrix Färber ed. Provisional TEI-Header created. File converted to XML. 1998? Staff of the CURIA Project ed. Data captured by scanning; file proofed (1). Incipit Regula Mucuta Raithni His ē ascnam na flatha hĪssu, hūasal brīg: serc Dē ō huilib nerttaib, ō chridhi, ō gnīm. A sercc ō huilib nerttaib, nī bu liach cid lēir, serc do chomnesom la sein amail do seircc fēin. Nī adra do hīdlachtaib dāig in Choimded móir, nīraittche do Dhūilemain im ūabar nach cóir. Airmitiu do thustidib, rothimna in rí, ocus cach óen as sruithiu, as sinu ol mbí. Tabair honōir dot Apaid mac Muire cen meth, ní rogata, nírfuigle is nírairge nech. Nírbat santa[ch] immun mbith nō for ind nim chlóen, nī thēiss hi forgull fri nech, nī chrāidi nach n-aon. A n-adcobrai-seo ō chách duit féin do cach maith, dēna-su sin do cach aon is roshhīs in flaith. Ní nach dūthraccair duit fēin do aurchōit bas olcc do duine nī accobra hi cēin thechta chorp. Finit. Do monur epscop sunna. Dia mbo epscop, hūasal grā;d, geib do māmb do lēir, bī-siu do rēir Chrīst cen claon, bid cech aon dit rēir. Hīcc cech ngalar n-ancessach la nert Choimded cāid, hi[s] sīdhaig na mórthūatha, coisc in rīgraid rāin. Bid iar cōir a ōegedecht for tūaith ocus chill, rop dīriuch a forcitul, rop grēssach, rop grinn. Trōethad inna hainngide, carait dēnam huilcc, mōrad cecha fīrinne, iss ed dlegair duit. Bat mebrach 'sind nōebscriptūir in tan geba ord, ar bat lesmac ecalse dia mbat bæglach borb. Ar is borb cach n-anecna, his ē a fhīr is a chert, don Choimdi[d] nī comharba nech nā lēga a recht. Damnad cach eirse, cach huilc is latt-su iar fīr, nī roib [nach] olcc indutt fēin i mbrēithir nō i ngnīmh. Hēirgiu meni dēntar fort is nā bither dot réair, dia mbat a[i]rcend-so dōib-seo, biat cinntach-so fēin. Ar is derb dopendfe-seo acht co tí in dáal máar iubail do chinad fodēin cin cāmich bías fot mām. Finit. Do chēiliu Dé. Dia mbem fo mām chlēirchechta, is ūasal in béas, aithigem in nōebeclais in cach trāth do gréas. In tan rochlomar clocān, ní furāil in cís, tōcbam cridi solam súas, teilgem gnúissi sís. Canam patir ocus glóair, nachartairli tríst, sēnam bruindi ocus gnúais [d']arde chruichi Crīst. Mar rohīssam in n-ecclaiss slēchtam co bo thrī, nī fillem glūine nammā i ndomnach Déa bī. Celebram is cuimrigem cen lobra, cen lēn, sruith in fer adglādamar, Coimdhiu nimhe néul. Figlem, lēgem, airnaigthem, cāch im-mēit a neirt, feib na rēë fēga lat [co rīasam in teirt.] Tæt cach grād ria cho[m]adas feib dobeba cóair, amail ainmnigthir do chāch ōthá teirt co nóain. Int æs grāid dond airnaigthi, donn aithfrind co cert, æs lēginn do forcital feib atá a neart. Ind ōcbad dond humallōit feib rothā a tlí, ar [is] dīles do diabul corp nā dēni ní. Lubar dond æes anecnaid do rēir clērech cāmid, sæthar ecnada 'na gin, sāethar buirb 'na lāim. Celebrad cach æntrātha la cach n-ord dogníam, trī figli ria celebrad, a trī inna dīad. Tūæ ocus dīchrato, raithinchi cen chlæn, cen fhodhord, cen imchomoirb dlegair do cach óen. Finit. a. Recht ríg. Dia mbat rī bit rīghcerdach, ní oirdni nach clæn, sruith in fer notoirdnestar, Coimdiu nime nóeb. Nī bat anbsaid intledach, nī bat rathmar borb, faitchi frisin cumachtach rofōid duit in n-ord. In mām sin rogabais-siu menibe dia rēir, gētair orut im gar hūar, raga hūad i pēin. Ar is ed is lāndībud do cach rīg robæ, tan renas, is trūag in brīg, a fhīr for in gæ. Ar is tri a[n]fhīr flaitheman comscarthair cach sīdh, etir ecclais ocus tūaith forbrister cach fīr. Ar is triana frithhorgain cach fochid rofess, is trina forbrīg nād bī ith nā blicht nā mess. Is treothu na mortlaidi is annso cach mbrīg, is treothu it cathbūadaig nāmait for a t[h]īr. Is treotho na hainbthine aeoir amhnais hūair, na bēsti, na hilgalra turcbait in cach tūaith. F. Ord sacart. Dia mbat sacard bat sæthrach, nī rāidi acht fír, sruith int ord rogabais-[s]eo, edpairt chuirp in Ríg. Ferr duitt nā bat aneccnaid, do lēgand bad chert, bat mebrach, bat dageōlach hi riaglaib, hi recht. Do bathis rob [ ]dligthech, is dúal do gnīmh dil, hi[s] sruith in fer comedprai Spirut Nōeb do nimh. Dia tēiss do thabairt chomna fri hidacht a mbāis, rothoibge a coibsena cen nāire, cen tlāis. Arondech do shacarbaic ria cathé a curp, nīrb dillacht ind athirge nāt intshōd in hulcc. Dia cuirther lāmh ar in grād, ar is mōr in brīg, co tarce toil di cach aoen i mbrēithir, i ngnīm. Acht mad dōene anforbthi cia chara a n[dot]gnāis, dōib-sede nī thidnaicce co laithe do bāiss. Finit. Do monur epscop so. Dia mbat tāisech ecalsa, is hūasal in brīg, ferr co mbad chōir nogabtha comarbus in Rīg. Dia mbat tāisech ecalsa, is hūasal in bāg, cuma chert na hecalsa ōthā min co mār. Cach nī rothimnai Crīst cáid pritcha dóib co léir 'na forcongrai do cach æn dosróna fodhēin. Feib charai th'anmain fodhēin car anmain cach āein, is lat commōrad cach maith, is innarba cach clæin. Nīp caindel fo mīachlestur, do lēgenn cen lén, is lat leiges do cach slūag cid trūag nō cid trēn. Is lat mess cāich iarna ngrād ocus iarna ngnīm, co rostaiselba i mbrāth ar bélaib ind Rīg. Lat guidi na senōrach forslaig lubra is lén, immattach Maic ind Rīg frosaibh dianaib dér. Lat tinchosc na n-ōcdōene nā digset i n[dot]gēn, nachasruca, demon dúr isa marbthech brēn. Is lat atlugud buidi di cach ōen ar hūair, di neoch comallas a ghnīm 'sinn nōebeclais ūaig. Is lat cairigud na mbæth, cūrsachad na slúag, tintūd na n-anord i n-ord, na mborb tolchair trūag. Ainmne, huimhle, irnaigthi, áini dearbo dil, fosta, féile, fethamla dlegair dít in sin. Cuimrech cāich co fīrindi, nī derōil in grēs, dlūthad, dīlgud, diūite, dīrge im cach mbēs. Grēs fri procept soiscēle do chuindriuch cach æin, edpairt chuirp in Mōrchoimded forsind altōir nōeib. Nech nād chomalla in sin forsin doman chē nī comarba hecalsa, acht is bidba Dē. Is tāidi ocus slataigi, fortgella in Rii, is tria thaoebdha ecalsa mad amlaid tī dī. Is fælamail aircheltach, is bidbu co n[dot]grāin, is ē gebes ar ēcin rīgain in Rīg māir. Iarna gabāil ar ēcin is iarom noshith, is nāmha don fhīrindi hi follus, hi clith. Noch nī messom fessin, is derb is nī gō, nocondricfitir na mbeth intī dober dō. Ba ferr don mac hecalsa atāgad Crīst cāid, nī bad æntadach frini co mbeth fo mām &ersir; cāin. In līn bes hi coimchētfaid sāraigthi ind Rīg moalle peinnit pēin hiffirn tria bith[u] sīr. Do fedmannaib anmcarat gebes mancho so. Dia mbat an[a]mchara neich a anmain nīsroirr, nī[ra]b dall ic tu[u]s daill, nīsreilce hi foill. Tabrait dait a coibsena co diūit is co lēir, nī ragba a n-almsana meni bet dot rēir. Cia gaba a n-edparta, nīp mōr lat a sercc, mar bad teine beth fort churp nosfodla tria[t] nert. Do āine, do aurnaichti rohīcca al-lūag, mani derna attetha cinaid inna slūag. Tinchosc inna n-aneōlach slēchtaidi fot rēir, ar nā dichset hic cinaid hit degaid fodēin. For na seotu nīrb fot cuacc, la dōenib nīp neōit, dāig is diliu dait th'anim indaite na seōit. Dosbera do ōegedaib, cid trēn nō cid trūag, dosbera do bochtānaib ō nā sāilfe a lūag. Dosbera do shenōirib, do fhedbaib, nī brēc, nīstabra do phecthachaib lasm[dot]ē imbed sēt. Dosbera hi fīrdochtai do cach ōen ar n-ūair, cen adbchlos, cen athmaithim, ar is hē a mbūaid. Gabāil inna n-ēcnairce mōr a n[dot]dile duit, hirmaisiu cach æentrātha dia mbentar na cluicc. Trāth tiagait do chelebrad fir betha co mbūaid, co rop ann sin dechais-[s]iu nā rap cāch ar hūair. Aiffrend lathaib tēchtaidib, domnach la dardāin, menib ē cach ænlaithi iar ndīgdi cach clōein. Aiffrend for na cristaidib ocus for cach grād, aiffrinn for na fachaidib ōthā min co mār. Ar cach ōen roairiltneig ria sunda do chāch, ocus airiltnigfes ōniū co tī brāth. Deithbir lim i sollomnaibh, becc nach hē mo rād, fēil[e] apstal, ardmartir, fēile creadal cād. [In] tan tiastar don aiffrinn, is hūasal in rād, congain cride, telgud dēr, turcgbāil inna lām. Cen fhāilti, cen falabra, co cennsa, co cōi, co ndīlgud cach ancridhe fil, biäs, robōi. Co sīd fri cach comnesom, co n-imeccla māir, co fōisitin duälcha trāth raga do lāim. Dā cēt slechtain la biäitt gach laithi dogrēs, na trī cōicait do gabāil, nī furāil in bēs. Mad āil duit comhēt do grāidh fo mām Spirta glain, nī roloinge, nī chotla la tūatha hi taig. Nī raib serc mōr hi[t] chridiu acht serc Dē nammā, [ar is] glan in corp dia tēig, rob glan tēis do ā. Dlige a chomal[n]ad in so hi sgriptūir fofūar, mad sacard his ē a thęchta nā rop tharmtheachtach trūag. Finit. (23. N.10, fo. 85.) Dia mba maccleirech fa mām, tapuir lām fri holc, bidh a ndligid ecuilsi gan laxa, gan locht. Cen debi, cen mídūthracht, gan mīguth fri nech, [cen gait], cen gōi, gan golus, go forus is dech. Cen sainc[h]ron, cen indíri, cen maise, mōr būaid, cen fodard, cen foiscenach, cen formad, cen ūaill. Cen cosnum, cen imt[h]oltuin, cen comoirb, cen īr, cen ingreim, cen sainmiscuis, cin luinde, cen brīgh. Cen merbe, cen derc[h]āinuth, cen toipliun, gan báais, cen diubuirt, cen utmaille, cen labra, cin lāis. Cen brath ne[i]ch, cen thsuntaige, cen crāes coilless cāch, cen misci, cen rafāilti, cen bāethlabra ngnāth. Cen ratsocht, cen tairesiumh, co cet fri cach [n]gnīom, cen indeirge uilc ar olc a corp criāudh crīon. Co n-umle, co n-āilgena fri hingnad, fri gnādh, co n-iris, co n-erlataidh, co ndēercc fri cāch. Ind-imnochta toltanach cen cāilti, cen claon, oc ernuide fochruice oc reilgib na naomh. Co bfēile, co bfedemla, co bfeidle fo mām, co ndēine, co ndillochta fri gach gnīm cidh sār. Co n-ainmet, co ndiūiti, co cendsa fri cāch, co ndiugrau, co n-irnaidhgi fri Crīst in gach trāth. Co forngaire fīrinde, co fūagra gach clæein, co coibsinuiph leirmincuip do rēir carud næeimh. Co comēt cos ocus lām sūl[e] ocus clūas, beōil cride im gach gnīm is dīor don Rīg tūas. Co foraithmet laithe mbáais is aircend do cāch, co n-oaman na bithpēine a mbeither iar mbrāth. Fāilti fri cach fochuide, ainmne friu do grēs, la himrādh[ud] muintire nime, naomdha in bēs. Airmide na senōra ocus beith dia rēir, co forcetul ōgdaine co lesach, co lēir. Guide ina coimdhíne, mōr a dile dūn, nā riret in dūileama[i]n ar deman ndaor ndūr. Dīlgudh do gach aonduine dorinde olc frind, a ngudh, i mbrēithir, a ngnīom timarnad Rīg rind. Serc na nhī nonmiscnegat isan doman cé, maith dar ceand ar n-ingreamo, is ed timna nDē.