

#Elfenbegräbnis


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#### Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition


### Background details and bibliographic information


Elfenbegräbnis
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Author: Unknown
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### File Description

Kuno MeyerElectronic edition compiled by Benjamin Hazard

Funded by University College, Cork and  
The HEA via the LDT Project 1. First draft, revised and corrected.Extent of text: 850 words#### Publication


CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of the Department of History, University College, Cork  
College Road, Cork, Ireland—http://www.ucc.ie/celt

 (2005) Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.  
Text ID Number: G307005Availability [RESTRICTED] 
Available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of academic research and teaching only.


#### Sources


**Manuscript source**2. Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, Liber Flavus Fergusiorum, 23 O 48 (early fifteenth-century vellum); for full details see Kathleen Mulchrone, T. F. O'Rahilly et al. (eds.), Catalogue of Irish manuscripts in the Royal Irish Academy (Dublin 1926–70) MS. 476, 1254–73.
**The edition used in the digital edition**2. **Kuno Meyer**, Elfenbegräbnis (Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften) in Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie. volume 8, Halle/Saale, Max Niemeyer (1912) page 559–60

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##### Correction


Text has been proof-read twice.


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The electronic text represents the edited text. Text supplied by the editor is tagged sup resp="KM". Meyer's corrections are tagged corr sic="" and expansions to the text ex.


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Direct speech is marked q.


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### Profile Description


Created: By one or more unknown Irish monastic author(s) in the Middle Irish period.
 Date range: 900-1200.#### Use of language


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


##### Language: [DE] The title and some annotations are in German.


### Revision History


* (2010-02-05) Beatrix Färber (ed.)

* SGML header converted to XML; creation details and keywords added; minor modifications to markup of text made; new wordcount; file parsed.
* (2005-08-01) Benjamin Hazard (ed.)

* File parsed and HTML file created.
* (2005-07-25) Benjamin Hazard (ed.)

* Text proof-read (2); structural and content markup inserted; header compiled with bibliographical details.
* (pre-1998) Staff of the CURIA Project (data capture)

* Text scanned and proof-read (1).




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#### Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: G307005


### Elfenbegräbnis: Author: Unknown




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p.559


### *Liber Flavus Fergusiorum*


{MS folio 92b1}Laa n-aen robái Mac Coisi for brú Locha Lébind[1](javascript:footNote('G307005/note001.html')) co faca ai óenmnái ina *suidhi* ósin loch & fadan guil aisti. Bratt úaine impe, trillsi taitneacha um a ceand. Áille do mnáibh an domhain a dealb. Ba mór & ba díairmhe a méd
  
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 seoch mnáib a *haimsire.* ‘Cidh tái a*g* gul?’ ar Mac Coisi.
  

‘Fil a domhna occum’, or sisi, ‘.i. mo chétshearc & mo chétleannán do marbad andiú a Síth Codhail & a breith dia adhnacadh co Clúain m*i*c Noisi co rusadhnacht innti.’ Ceileabrais Mac Coisi dí íar sin & teit co Rubha Conaill co hairm
  
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 a mbái rí Éirenn .i. Congalach mac Máilmithíg & *atfét* an scel sin uile dó. ‘Gu Clúain dúind ambárach!’ or Congalach, ‘dia fhis an fír an sgél sin.’ Tíagaid co Clúain arambárach .i. Congalach & Mac Coisi. Fíarfaigth*ir* leo dona cléirc*h*ibh an roadhnacht fer na deilbi sin occa isin tráth sin. Atpertsat 
  
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 na cléirig ná roadhnacht duine oca isin tráth raithi sin uile.


Gabaidh Congalach for eiliugud Mic Coisi & a *chluiche* ime. Teacaid a cClúain an aidhche sin. Docúaladar an clog mairb isan madain arnambárach. Manach ba marb isan baile & tucadh dia adhnacal cor claidhedh derc dó áit a fuil Leacc 
  
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 na *nDrúadh* andiú. Ó ráncus sealad sís isin tochailt fríth fuil & duille úrbethe ann. Ba hingnadh mór leo-som sin.




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p.560


Cech doimne noroisidh an t-adhnacul ha mó sa mó nogeibthi an fuil & an duille. Innisder do c*h*ách an sgél sin. Tecaid cách dia fheghadh co mbádar ós cenn an adhnacuil. Atpert 
  
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Congalach friu: ‘Tochlaid an adhnacul an g*c*éin nogébthai an fuil & an duilli.’ Dogníther an clais co domain.


Fogab*ar* sgúab beithi 'na híchtar & duine ana meadhón & a bél sís. Indist*ir* do Chongalach & do Mac Coisi sin & do c*h*ách archena. Tecai uile ós cinn an adhnacuil. *Tógbaid* anís 
  
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íarum an corp asan adnacal. As é tra ba cáime cruth & delb d'feraib an betha. Folt buidhe fair. Áenguin adhbul ana c*h*neas. Cóic traighthi *fiched* ana airde. Seal dóib ag a féchsain. Clait*ir* an fert fair íarum. Tic cách arambárach dia fhéchsain & docinnedh comairle cidh dogéndis fris. Tochailter 
  
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an fert doríssi & ní fríth ann an corp & ní fes a sgéla íarum.


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