

#Tochmarc Emire


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Tochmarc Emire
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Kuno MeyerElectronic edition compiled by Beatrix Färber

Proof corrections by Hilary Lavelle

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#### Sources


**Manuscript sources**- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, Leabhar na hUidre, p 121a–127b.- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, Stowe D IV 2 (=MS 992), fo 74ra–78vb.- Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson 512, fo 117ra–118rb; first part missing.- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, Book of Fermoy 23 E 29, p 207a–212b; fragment.- London, British Library, Egerton 92 (=Fermoy), fo 24ra–25vb; fragment.- London, British Library, Harleian 5280, fo 27r–35rb.- Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 23 N 10 (olim Betham 145): p 21–24; 113–124; 11–12; 25–26; 125–128.- Dublin, Trinity College Library, Book of Leinster, f 20a46 ff.**Editions**2. Kuno Meyer, The oldest version of Tochmarc Emire, Revue Celtique 11 (1890) 434–457 [The Wooing of Emer. Text from Rawlinson B 512, fol. 117a, ZCP 7 (1910) 510].
3. A. G. van Hamel, Tochmarc Emire. Version III, in: Compert Con Culainn and other stories (Medieval and Modern Irish Series, vol. 3) Dublin 1933, reprinted 1978 [edited from Stowe D IV 2 with occasional variants from LU, Harleian 5280 and Rawlinson B 512].
4. Kuno Meyer, Verba Scáthaige fri Coin Chulaind. From the Bodleian MS. Rawlinson B 512, fol. 118b, collated with Egerton 88, fol. 11a and Egerton 1782, fol. 19b. (Anecdota from Irish MSS. V 28–30, 1913). [Paragraph 79 of this electronic edition].
5. Rudolf Thurneysen, Verba Scáthaige nach 22 N 10, ZCP 9 (1913) 487f.
**Translations**2. Kuno Meyer, Archaeological Review 1, London 1888 68ff [Based on LU and Stowe MS 992 (D IV 2)] (English).
3. Eleanor Hull, The Cuchullin Saga, Dublin 1898 [abridged version of Meyer's translation].
4. Henri d'Arbois de Jubainville, L'épopée celtique en Irlande, 1892, 39–50 [Comment le héros Cúchulainn fit sa cour à Emer] (French).
5. Thomas Kinsella, The Tain, Oxford 1969, 25–39 [Cúchulainn's courtship of Emer and his training in arms with Scáthach] (English).
6. C.-J. Guyonvarc'h, La courtise d'Emer, Version A, Ogam 11 (1959) 413–423 (French).
7. A. Agrati and M. L. Magini, La saga irlandese di Cu Chulainn, Milano 1982, 33–41 [Cu Chulainn corteggia Emer] (Italian).
**Comments and secondary literature.**2. Eugene O'Curry, Lectures on the Manuscript Materials of ancient Irish History, New York 1861, 278–282.
3. Arthur C. L. Brown, The Knight of the Lion, Modern Language Association of America 20 (1905) 673–706.
4. Rudolf Thurneysen, H. Hessen and G. O'Nolan: Zu Tochmarc Emire, ZCP 8 (1912) 498–524.
5. Rudolf Thurneysen, Die irische Helden- und Königssage, Halle/Saale 1921, 377ff.
6. J. Baudi[scaron], On Tochmarc Emere, Ériu 9 (1923) 98–108.
7. H. P. A. Oskamp, Notes on the history of Lebor na hUidre, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 65C (1966–67) 117–137, especially 126–127.
8. Doris Edel, Helden auf Freiersfüßen. Studien zur frühen inselkeltischen Erzähltradition, Amsterdam/Oxford/New York 1980.
9. Review of above: Rev. Tomás Ó Cathasaigh. Celtica 20 (1988) 168–177.
10. William Sayers, Concepts of Eloquence in 'Tochmarc Emire', Studia Celtica 26/27 (1991–1992) 125–154.
11. Tomás Ó Concheanainn, Textual and historical associations of Leabhar na hUidhre, Éigse 29 (1996) 65–120, esp. 94.
12. Gregory Toner, The Transmission of Tochmarc Emire, Ériu 49 (1998) 71–88.
13. Joanne Findon, Negotiating Female Territory: The Hero's Journeys in Tochmarc Emire. In: R. Black, W. Gillies, and R. Ó Maolalaigh (eds.), Celtic Connections: Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Celtic Studies, Vol. 1, 507–508, East Linton 1999.
**The edition used in the digital edition**2. **Kuno Meyer**, The oldest version of Tochmarc Emire in Revue Celtique. , Paris, Émile Bouillon volume 11 (1890) page 434–457

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Created: By (an) unknown Irish author(s). Date range: c.600-900.#### Use of language


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


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


##### Language: [EN] Details of the witness list are in English.


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### Tochmarc Emire: Author: Unknown


### List of witnesses


* **U**: Leabhar na hUidre: p 121a-127b (Dublin, Royal Irish Academy). 2 hands: Main, LU 10113-10250 middle, Interpolator, LU 10250-10556; this part contains lacunae and a gap between 124/5 and 125/6.
* **S**: Stowe D IV 2: f 74Ra-78Vb (Dublin, Royal Irish Academy). Complete; written at Frankford, King's County, possibly around 1300.
* **R**: Rawlinson 512: f 117Ra-118Rb; first part missing (Oxford, Bodleian Library). 15th century, contains second half of tale and Verba Scathaige.
* **F**: Book of Fermoy 23 E 29: p 207a-212b (Dublin, Royal Irish Academy). Fragment, beginning illegible, gap within, end wanting; derived from LU.
* **E**: Egerton 92=Fermoy: f 24Ra-25Vb. (London, British Library). Fragment; derived from LU, written around 1453.
* **H**: Harleian 5280: f 27R-35Rb (London, British Library). Complete; written by Gilla Riabhach mac Tuathail O'Clery.
* **N**: 23 N 10 (formerly Betham 145): p 21-24; 113-124; 11-12; 25-26; 125-128. (Dublin, Royal Irish Academy).
* **LL**: Book of Leinster, f 20a46 ff (Trinity College Dublin).




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1] *Do* {folio 117a1} asselb*h*thea dine ce*ch*a cethræ f*or* se*i*lb
Be*i*l. Bel-dine iar*o*m .i. belltine. Co Brón T*ro*gin .i. taiti fogmuir
 .i. is and dobroni trogan fua tort*h*ib. T*ro*gan diu ain*m*
do thalam.



  
5] Adfiadatar iar*o*m an(a) ingena dona brugadaib int oclæc*h*
dodanaicc issi*n* carpat sainemail. Adfiadatar side do F*or*gall
Monac*h* cechidepirt i*n*d ingen f*r*iss.


‘Fir’, or Forgall. ‘Ind riastardai o Emai*n* Machæ. Do
tanaicc do accall*aim* Eimere & rochar ind ingen. Is aire cot-nacalt.
  
10] 
 Ni ba cobair dó. Doroirbiur-sa *con*amanairceba’, ol
se.


Is de iarom dolluid F*or*gall Manac*h* dochom n-Emnai Machæ
isnahib Gallec*us*caib amail bitis tec*h*ta ríg Gall do accall*aim*
*Con*cab*uir co n*-i*m*cho*m*arc do di orduisib & fin Gall.



  
15] Ferthai failti fris. Triar al-lin. Ho rolaa a muintir as dia


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t*re*s la, molta Cuc*u*l*aind* & eirr*id* hUl*ad* fiadai. Asb*eir*-som dona
ba fir & ba ha*m*rai, acht na*m*m*a* da*na* da ris*sed* Cu*cu*l*aind*
Domnall Mildemail ar Alpi, rop*ad* amra de. Sech ba do fachairt-sam
 son, ar ni*con*tissed aridisse. Cotsela F*or*gall, ho arraill
  
20] 
f*or* Coincul*aind* ani ba haccob*or* leiss.


Luid cammæ Cucul*aind* iar*o*m & Loeg*air*e Buadach & Conch*abur*.
Is hed luide Cuc*u*l*aind* dar Bregai ar adall na hingine.
Adgladasdar E*m*ir oc techt i*n*na noi. Tingell cac*h* di alaili a
genass *co* comristaís.



  
25] Ho roancatar Do*m*nall, f*or*céta leiss aill f*or* licc dercain,
foseted cet*h*arbolcc. *No*clistis fuiri iar*o*m, napdar duba na glassa
a fond {MS folio 117a2}. Aill for slig f*r*isndringtíss, *con*clistíss f*or*
a rind, na ferad f*or* a fon*n*ib.


Caraiss *Co**i**n*chul*aind* iar*o*m ing*en* Do*m*naill. Dornoll
  
30] 
Olldornai a hain*m*. Batir morai a glui*n*e. A sala reme, a
traigt*h*i ina diaid. Ba hetig a delb. Atoop Cucul*aind*. Tindgellaid
 sí a degdigail fair.


Asmbert Domnall iar*o*m nadmbai foisitiu f*or*coitil C*on*c*u*l*aind*
 conrissed Scath*aig* boi f*r*i hAlpai anair. Nalot*ar* da*na* a
  
35] 
t*r*iur .i. Cuc*u*l*aind* & *Con*ch*abur* ríi Emna & Loigairi Buadag
tar Alpi.


Is and daadbas dóib E*m*ai*n* Machæ ar a suil. Ni rucait
*Con*chab*ur* & Loig*air*i sec*h* sodin. Luid Cucul*aind* dia daim
huadaib. Ninderba, ni gat ni de, air batair erdrach a cu*m*achtai
  
40] 
 na hingine. Fofer erchoad dosam, *co*scar a mui*n*ter f*r*iss.
O dochoid tar Alpi, ba bronach do díth a coiceli. Anais
da*n*a desuidiu o roairigestar.




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Fochairt iar*o*m allaili m-beasti n-uathmair amail leoman,
dudfic*h* & nad dingne erchoad do. & missimbert na m*a*ccrada
  
45] 
*con*idtibset. Die cetharmad lai scarais an beist f*r*is.


Focairt iar*o*m f*or* tech n-and i nglind. Is and foranicc ingin.
Adatngladastar. Ferais failti f*r*iss. Asb*er*t-so*m* can bai dia
aithgne. Asb*er*t si batir co*m*altai díb línaib la hUlbecan Saxa,
‘dia m-bamar matau lais oc foglai*m* bindi*us*sa’, ol sí.



  
50] Imarnic do*no* fri oclaich n-aile. Ferais ind falti fris cetna.
Is eside inchoisecht eulas do darsa mag n-dobuil bái ar a
chind. Leth i*n* moige noseccdis doine de. Al-leth allaill co-taocbad
 f*or* ind feur. Birt roth leiss ond oclaich, araressed
amail an roth sin tar leth in maigi, arna rosecce(a)th. Dobert
  
55] 
dono uball do, araliad di lar amail noliad ind uball sin. Cotela
saml*aid* tarsa mag fortanaic ar a chind iarsuidiu.


Asbert fris bui glend mar ar a chind. Oent*s*et coel tairiss,
noch ba si a chonair do thig Scat*h*chai. Tar ard lecde n-uathmar
 son da*na*.



  
60] Luid do*no* in set sinnisin. Luidea don daun. Bi in cho*m*laid
co n-eu a slige *co*luid trea.


Luid hUathach ingen Scathchai ar a chend. Danecachae.
Ninacaldastar ar me*i*t dombert to*i*l di an delb. Tafaisig
cam*m*aibh & molsi fria madair.



  
65] ‘Ruttolnastair in fer’, ol a mathair. ‘Tafeid im' tolc-sai &
foid leiss d'adaich.’


‘Ni scith limb-sai indní sin.’


Toni*m*thirend ind ingen *co n*-uisciu & biud. Ferais esomni
fris fo deilb cobari. Craitsi*us*a co*n*bobig am-mer. Eigis ind
  
70] 
ingen. Faraith son i*n* dunchare huli coteracht an trenfer do


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p.448



.i. Cochor Crufe. Araselid-side & Cuc*hu*l*aind* & fichi in
trenfer.


Ba brónach in ben Scath*ach* desuidiu co n-ep*er*t-seom frie
nungeab*ad* mamu ind fir duscer. Dobert iar*o*m ind ingen
  
75] 
comarli do *Co***i***n*chul*aind* dia tress lau, ma bu dena*m* læchthachtai
dolluid, arateiss*ed* dochom Scathchai magen a m-bui
oc f*or*cetal a da m*a*c .i. Cuar & Cet ar in corad ich n-err*ed*
isind ibardoss mor i m-boi si, & si foen and, conidfurmud
et*er* a da cich cona c*h*laideb contardaud a trí indrosc do .i. a
  
80] 
forcetal cin díchell & a hernaid*m*-si *co n*-icc a tindsc*rae* & ep*er*t
ind neich aritmbui, ar ba faith si da*na*.


Dognith saml*aid* huile.


Is hi ind inb*aid* si tra boi-som la Scathaig & a munt*erus*
hUathchæ a hingine, is and dolluid alaili óclaich a*m*rai bai la
  
85] 
Mu*m*ain, Lugaid Noes m*a*c Alamaicc, ind rí, doluid aniar &
da airrig deacc leiss di airrigaib Muman do thochmarc da
ing*in* deacc Corp*ri* Niodfer. Arnassa side remib huile. Init-chuala-som
Forgall Monach, farui*m* do Themair. Arnaiss a
ingin dond rig & da ingin deacc in dá brug*aid* deac olchenæ.



  
90] Dutheitt ind ri do*n* banfeiss a dochumb. Intan m-bretha
Emer co Lugdaich dochum in chetaich i m-boi do suidiu f*or*
a laím, gab*aid* si a da n-gruaid & dosmbeir f*or* fir a einich &
addamair do bad Cucul*aind* charais. Nisla*m*air ind rí iar*o*m &
scart*h*a de.
  
95] 
Boi cath f*or* Scath*aig* isind aimsir sin do*no* fri tuathu eile
f*or*m-ba banflaith Aiffe. & *con*recht la Scathaig Cucul*aind* &
dobreth deog suaín do riam, arna teiss*ed* isin cath, ar nach
riss*ed* ni and. Ar choimainchi dognit*h*. Dufochtrastar di*diu*


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p.450



ellam i*n*te Cuc*u*l*aind*. A mba mit*h*issi cet*h*eora n-uar {MS folio 118a1}
  
100] 
 fich*et* do neuch aili den dig suai*n* hi cotl*ud*, ba hoenuair
do-s*o*m.


Luid iar*o*m la da m*a*c Scat*h*chai ar cend tri m*a*c Ilsuanach
.i. Cuar, Cet, Cruffe, t*r*i milith Aiffe. Ar*us*ainic-side a oinar
a t*r*iur.
  
105] 
Luid di*diu* arabarach a thriur chetna ar chend t*ri* m*a*c
Eissæ Enchende .i. Ciri & Biri & Bailcne, t*r*i milit*h* aili Aiffe.
Focherded di*diu* Scathach osnaid ce*ch* lái & ní fedeth cid nom-bith,
co *m*-bo hiaram nothegedsom f*or*sa*n* t*s*ét. Aill on, ba
boith ca*n* tris fer la a m*a*csi f*r*isna t*ri*ru; aill, ba ho*m*an Aiffe
  
110] 
odeu banfendith ba handso*m* bái isin bit*h*.


Luid Cuc*u*l*aind* iar*o*m ar c*h*en*n* Aiffe & iarmifoacht cid ba
moam sercc lea riam.
Asb*er*t Scath*ach*: ‘Is *ed* is moo serc la hAiffe .i. a hara &
a da hech carp*ait*.’
  
115] 
Fersat iar*o*m cui*m*leng f*or*san t*s*ét, Cuc*u*l*aind* & Aiffe.
Dochumbai iar*o*m a arm ar Choincul*aind* *con*na ba sia
dorn a chlaideb.
Is an*n* asbert Cuc*u*l*ai*n*d*: ‘Aill amæ!’ ol se. ‘Dorochair
aræ Aiffe & a da ec*h* carp*ait* fon n-glend, c*on*id apt*h*a huile.’
  
120] 
Decid Aiffi lasodain. Fosdic*h*et Cuc*u*l*aind*. Lasodain gabthas
foa cic*h*, dosmbert tarsna amail aires, contulid co a sluagu
fadeisin. Aconrodasta(i)r a beim fria talmain.
‘An*m*ain a n-an*m*ain!’ ol si.
‘Mo t*h*ri indrosc dam-sa!’ ol se.
  
125] 
‘Rotbiat.’ 
‘It he mo thri indroscc. Giallnai do Scath*aig* cin nach f*ri*th-orcai*n*,
 muint*erus* da*na* f*r*imsa d'adaich ar belaib do daunaith
 fein, *co*ruice mac dam.’ 
Atmur sa*m*l*aid*, & dognith huile.
  
130] {folio 118a2}
 Asb*er*t si iar*o*m bá torrach. Asb*er*t da*na* is
m*a*c nob*er*ath & arataised doc*h*u*m* n-hErend in m*a*c dia secht
m-blia*dan*. & fuacaib ainm do.


Atonintoi iar*o*m. Teit aitherrach. Tofornic sentainde caich


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tuathchaic*h* ar a chind forsint *s*et. Asb*er*t f*r*is ar ferchaire
  
135] 
arna beith ar a chind. Nacha boi dochoissed isind all moro.
Tolleicc sís dint *s*et & giuil a ladair aire na*m*ma. A n-doluid
si huaise, f*or*nessa a orddai*n* arancorath foan alld. Foc*h*erd
iaro*m* ich n-erreth de súas af*ri*thissi & benaith a cend dissi.
Ba si indsin mat*h*air ind err*ed* dedenaich docher leis-seo*m* .*i*.
  
140] 
Eiss Enchend.


Lot*ar* iarom int sl*uaig* la Scath*aig* dua crích*aib* & anaiss
denass taidslantai hi foss. & asmbert si f*r*iss indni aridmbui
iar tichtain hErend *co n*-ep*ert* si indni Scath*ach*:
Aritossa ollgab*ad* & rl. atá isind libar.



  
145] anic-som iaro*m* docho*m*b n-h*Er*end & tuarnic tain bo Cuailngi.
Luid iar*o*m amail dorairngert du Luglochtaib Loga do dun
F*or*g*aill* Manaig. Focherd bedg dar na tri lisu & bi t*r*i
beimm*en*nai isin*n* lis, *co*torc*h*air ochtar cach bei*m*me & anacht
  
150] 
fer h(i)medon nonb*air*, Scibor & Ibor & Catt, t*r*i derbrathri
i*n*na hingine. & dob*er*t ind ingin .i. Emer *con*a comaltai *con*a
n-dib n-erib di ór. & f*us*cerd bedg tarsan treduai ait*h*errach
c*on*a dib n-ingenaib. & rocho*m*all*us*tar na gníma sin hule do-rairngert
 dii, & dolluidh co m-boi ind-Emain Machæ.












