

#Story of the abbot of Druimenach, who was changed into a woman


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Story of the abbot of Druimenach, who was changed into a woman
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Author: Unknown
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Kuno MeyerElectronic edition compiled by Donnchadh Ó Corráin

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Professor Marianne McDonald via the CURIA Project. 2. Second draft.Extent of text: 1900 words#### Publication


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**Manuscript sources.**2. London, British Library, MS 30512, 10b (XV, written by Uilliam Mac an Lega; for a description of the manuscript see Robin Flower, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Library [formerly British Museum] ii (London 1926, repr. Dublin 1992) 474–505.
3. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 1134, 113 (alias 23 E 29, alias Book of Fermoy; vellum, mainly saec. XV; for a description of the manuscript see Gerard Murphy and Elizabeth FitzPatrick, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy, fasc. 25 (Dublin 1940) 3091–125).
4. London, British Library, MS Egerton 1781, 149b (vellum, saec. XV, 1484–87, by two scribes; for a description of the manuscript see Robin Flower, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Library [formerly British Museum] ii (London 1926, repr. Dublin 1992) 526–45; a shorter recension than that in MS 1 and MS 2; unpublished.)
5. Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 512, folio 140 (unpublished.)
6. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 236 (alias B iv 1; saec. XVII, paper; scribe is Dáibhí Ó Duibhgeannáin; for a description of the MS see James H. Delargy and Kathleen Mulchrone, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy fasc. 5, 586–94; unpublished.)
**Edition.**2. Kuno Meyer, Story of the Abbot of Druimenaig (sic), who was changed into a woman, Anecdota from Irish manuscripts i (1907) 76–79.
**Translation.**2. H. Gaidoz, Du changement de sexe dans les contes celtiques, Revue de l'Histoire des Religions 57 (1906) 317–32.
**Sources, comment on the text, and secondary literature.**2. Robin Flower, Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the British Library [formerly British Museum] ii (London 1926, repr. Dublin 1992) 542.
3. Énrí Ó Muirgheasa, Mac Uí Néill [Sgéal ó Thír Chonaill], Béaloideas 1 (1927) 84–86.
**The edition used in the digital edition.**2. **Kuno Meyer**, Story of the Abbot of Druimenaig (sic), who was
changed into a woman in Anecdota from Irish Manuscripts, Ed. O. J. Bergin, R. I. Best, Kuno Meyer, J. G. O'Keeffe. , Halle/Saale, Max Niemeyervolume 1 (1907) page 76–79

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Created: By an unknown monastic author.
 Date range: 1000–1200.#### Use of language


##### Language: [GA] The text is in Early Modern Irish.


##### Language: [LA] A few words are in Latin.


##### Language: [EN] Supplied title is in English.


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### Story of the abbot of Druimenach, who was changed into a woman: Author: Unknown




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p.76


  
3] 
Aroile óclách robæi i n-**abdaine**
**Druimenaigh**, trialltair
  
4] 
lais fled morchain do denam do fritheolad na cásc.
  
5] 
Iar n-ullmughadh na fledhi téit in t-oclach amach
asin
  
6] 
m-bruidhin & suidhidh for cnoc
ardmor ur-áibhind bai ós
  
7] 
cinn baile & is amlaid bói in t-oclach
& at lan-maisech
  
8] 
lín uma chenn & leine don t-sróll
ríghdha re g-*c*ustal a
  
9] 
gheilcnis & inar suaichnidh somaisech tairsi
anechtair &
  
10] 
bratt don scarlóid dubh-dhuinn ar tondghail ina
timcill &
  
11] 
cloidhemh or-dhuirn inaonaigh ina láimh &
ar
rochtain
  
12] 
ar in tulach dó tuc a uille fri lar & ro
codail. Et
  
13] 
iar muscladh dó asa chotlud an tan rob ail leis a
  
14] 
chloidhimh do ghabháil ní *fh*uair acht arm mná 'na inadh
  
15] 
.i. cuigél. Et is amlaid ro
búi &
scuird leine mná uime
  
16] 
co talmain & is ed bai ar a cenn frithlacht
mná .i.
  
17] 
folt fada fathmand-chaol forórdha
fíor-mhaisech fo cléith
  
18] 
a chinn & an uair tuc lam tar a agaid ni
fhuair finda
  
19] 
n-ulchan na fésóige fuirre & do-rat
a lam idir a shliastaibh
  
20] 
& fuair comhartha bandachta ann. Araisin nir
chreid


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p.77


  
1] 
an t-óclach dona comarthaib égsamla sin, ar
robu dóigh
  
2] 
leis is fuathugudh & draoidhecht ro h-imredh fair.
Asa
  
3] 
h-aithle sin tic secha aroile ben mór &
sí éidigh imodhur
  
4] 
urgrándha ina h-arrocht ghrendach glais-liath
glend-shuilech
  
5] 
& is edh ro ráidh: ‘Cidh duit, a ingen min
macdhachta
  
6] 
mong-buidhe, beith at aenar ar in tulaig-so h-i fescur
  
7] 
laoi & i n-urtosach oidhchi?’ Et ba dubach
derach dobronach
  
8] 
bai-simh dona scélaib-sin & adubairt iar
sin:
  
9] 
‘Ní fedar festa cidh rachad no cred do-ghén.
Uair cia
  
10] 
dom tigh dechar ni tipraid mo muinter aithne form
&
  
11] 
mad imthecht doner is baegal d' aenmnai imthecht ina
  
12] 
h-aenar. Arai tra is ed is ferr damh dol fón doman
co
  
13] 
ruca Dia breith form, or is h-é ro shaobh mo
chruth &
  
14] 
mo delbh & dom-rad a n-ecruth &
a n-aindricht. Acht
  
15] 
chena cia dom-rad Dia a n-aitherruch ecaisc, do-beirim fom
  
16] 
bréithir a bh-fiadhnaisi an Dúilim nar
chrochus duine &
  
17] 
nar fhellus ar aon & nach tucus sár ar cloc
ina ar
  
18] 
mind ina ar bhachaill & nar chraidhius cill
& nach dubart
  
19] 
olc fri nech & nach dechaid aoidhigh dimdhach
óm
  
20] 
threiph ina óm theghdhais riam’.


  
21] 
Ro eirigh iar sin don chnoc & don tulaig
taithnemaigh
  
22] 
taobh-alaind & do-rinne nuall-ghubha neimelach
& caoi
  
23] 
trom tuirsech & is ed ro ráidh ac eirghe
don chnuc:
  
24] 
‘Truagh’, ar se, ‘nách suighinn talam na
tulcha-sa


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p.78


  
1] 
misi isin tan-so, oir ní fhedur cidh rachat no cred
do-ghen’.
  
2] 
Ro imthigh roimpe iar sin tar fán an chnuic siar co
  
3] 
riacht co faithchi **Croimglinne** .i.
**ceall** ro bói fri
**Druimenaigh**
  
4] 
aniar. Tecmaidh iar sin aroile óclach mór
  
5] 
milita dhi ar faithchi an baile & tuc
an t-óclach grád
  
6] 
dichra dofholachta dí & ro gabh for a guidi
& nir gab
  
7] 
uaithi co n-deachaid ina gnáis & ina
caomhthach & iar
  
8] 
feis doibh ro fhiarfaig in t-óclach don ingin ga
crich asa
  
9] 
tainic & cia h-i fein. Do ráidh an ingen
fris nach fuigbedh
  
10] 
a fhis-sin uaithe damad cian gairid doibh a bh-fhochair
  
11] 
aroile. ‘Misi’ ar in t-óclach ‘do-gén
mo shlonnadh duit-si,
  
12] 
or is mé **airchinnech** na
cille-si darbo comainm **Croimglend**
  
13] 
& testa mo bhen da bliadna uadha & bidh
tusa mo
  
14] 
cheile cubaid comaisi’. Et
do-chuadar maraon iar sin do
  
15] 
thigh an **oirchinnigh** &
ro feradar muinter an tighe
fáilti
  
16] 
midhchuir muintremhail fria-si & bai secht m-bliadna
  
17] 
aige ina mnái & ina bainchéile
& móirsheisir claindi ruc si
  
18] 
dó frisin ré-sin. Tic iar sin techta cusan
**oirchindech**
  
19] 
ó **shámhadh**
& ó choimthinól **Druimenaigh** dia chuiredh
  
20] 
fon cáisc & téid sisi maraon frisin
n-**oirchinnech** cusan
  
21] 
cnoc ar' saobadh a cruth ar tús & do-fuit a
cotlud


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p.79


  
1] 
fuirri-si fochétóir isin chnuc &
téid an t-**oirchindech** cona
  
2] 
muintir don chill & iar musclad don ingin asa
cotlud is
  
3] 
amlaidh ro bói ina fior fon coimdeilbh ceta-robai
riamh &
  
4] 
fuair a cloidem cros-órdha cumdaigh for a glún
& is ed
  
5] 
ro-ráidh: ‘A Dhé cumachtaigh, is mór
an ciach a fuilim’ &
  
6] 
do-choidh iar n-acáine dermhair
dia chét-árus & as-pert a
  
7] 
bhen fris iarum: ‘Is ro-fhada atái
a n-écmais do thighe’.
  
8] 
Is annsin ro bai an tegh n-óla arna oiregar
& ro h-innsedh
  
9] 
an scél ingnadh sin do lucht an tighe &
araoi nir
  
10] 
chreidedh an scél-sin uadha, ar adubairt a bhen nach
  
11] 
raibhe én-uair do ló 'na h-écmais. Fo
deoigh iar tabairt
  
12] 
na comhartha n-imdha n-écsamail ferthar a
scél-sum &
  
13] 
berar breth etorra & **airchinnech** **Croimglinne** & is i
  
14] 
breth rucadh etorra in chlann do roinn ar dhó
& an mac
  
15] 
imarcaid bái ann do thabairt don **airchinnech** ar son an
  
16] 
altruma & is amlaid ro scarsad fri aroile & rl.












