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1182. Lamh a-niu im thionnsgnamh a Thrionoid $
Length: short 3qq
Certainty: 5
Period:
  1. 16th ult
  2. 17th early
Areas:
  1. Ulster
Classes:
  1. religious
Manuscripts:
  1. Stoneyhurst A/II/20ii C. O Corbain 1701
Prints:
  1. text DiD no. 33
Motifs:
  1. Lorica, spiritual breastplate
Poet Christian Names:
  1. Gofraidh mac Briain (Stoneyhurst)
Poet Surnames:
  1. Mac an Bhaird
Patron Christian Names:
  1. Trinity
Patron Surnames:
  1. God
Meter Vars:
  1. seadhna
Poem:

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Lámh a-niu im thionnsgnamh, a Thríonóid


[Mac Cionnaith, L. Dioghluim Dána, Dublin, 1938, poem 33]


Gofraidh mac Briain Mhic an Bhaird .cc.


1 Lámh indiu im thionnsgnamh, a Thríonóid;

treoruigh mo leas damh-sa, a Dhé;

cleachtaim ámhuill ar iul ndíomhaoin

sdiur go rághuing míodhaoir mé.


2 Duit as léir mo leas is m’aimhleas,

eadráin m’iomruill uaim ar th’iocht,

oibrigh im beartaibh, bí im chridhe,

neartuigh, a rí nimhe, im niort.


3 Tu-sa do bhris [bás an airdríogh]

san inmhe chéadna is tú tá;

fionnam sgiath do chumhacht gceannsa

[cliath] rem urocht leam-sa an lá. Lám.