firstLine"; ?>

1679. Se hoidhche dhamh-sa san dun $
Length: short 5qq
Certainty: 5
Period:
  1. 16th ult
  2. 17th early
Areas:
  1. Scotland
Classes:
  1. Thanks mp
Manuscripts:
  1. Red Book of Clanranald 17th -18th c.
  2. NLS Adv. 72/1/48 ? cent.
Prints:
  1. transl. Rel. Celt. ii, 284-7; Thomson, TGSI, 49, 12
Motifs:
  1. patron’s feasts
  2. Patron’s capacity for wine-drinking
  3. music
  4. coinnmheadh
Poet Christian Names:
  1. Niall Mor (72/1/48, Red Bk Clanranald)
Poet Surnames:
  1. MacMuireadhaigh
Patron Christian Names:
  1. Ruaidhri Mor
Patron Surnames:
  1. MacLeoid (?for dau’s wedding 1613)
Meter Vars:
  1. RannMhor
Poem:

Poem in printable PDF format

Sé hoidhce dhamh-sa san dún


[A. Macbain and Rev. J. Kennedy (eds), Reliquiae Celticae II (Inverness, 1894), 284-6]


Niall Mor Mac Muiridh do Ruaighri Mor Mac Leid


1 Se hoidhce dhamhsa san dún

nior bhe an coinnmhe fallsa fhúar

cuirm lionmhur ga hibhe a hór

fionbhrugh mor is lionmhur slúagh.


2 Teglach an tighe air gac taobh

fa hí an fhine mheghrach mhór

ferrde suaimhnes ratha an ríogh

lion catha a n-u[a]ignes fa ól.


3 Gáir na gclairseach sn[a] ccuach ttróm

ag nach gnathach fuath na feall

gair na (miledh) mbleige fleasgach fionn

lionn misgach is teine thenn.


4 Rí o nolbhuir aignedh úr

connmhuigh a chaidrem gach cliar

na rioghbrugh ni haisling ól

da shlógh lionmhur farrsaing fíal.


5 Fiche misge linn gac láoi

nochar leisge linn no lé

fiu anert ar mbetuidh do bhí

cethuir a tri a secht le sé. Se.