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246. Aonta deisi a din Laighin $
Length: long 37qq
Certainty: 5
Period:
  1. 15th early
  2. 15th mid
Areas:
  1. Leinster
Classes:
  1. marriage wp
Manuscripts:
  1. RIA 1233 (23/Q/10) Leabhar Donn 15c
Motifs:
  1. eulogy of patron’s personal appearance
  2. Patron’s generosity to poets
  3. harrying, burning houses etc.
  4. naval warfare
  5. war with Foreigners
  6. territory as king’s spouse
  7. fertility in reign of just king
  8. Classical allusion
Patron Christian Names:
  1. Eamonn &
  2. Gormlaith dau. of Art
Patron Surnames:
  1. O Broin (? d. 1446)
Meter Vars:
  1. RannBheag
Poem:

Poem in printable PDF format

Aonta deise ag díon Laighean

[RIA 1233 (23/Q/10), ‘An Leabhar Donn’, 11r]

[Rannaíocht Bheag, Dán Díreach]


1 Aenta deisi a din Laighin

brigh a treisi ’ga t(s)hileadh

se arna char fa broin bhailead

madh Laighin doibh is dlighidh.

2 Sdargha geal ar gach ngualaind

re feadh fhadhla gach enfuind

rug sin a hanuaind d’Eirinn

[i] ng(h)e(gh)ibhind adh(bh)uair Emaind.

3 Gu fuair si ceile cubhaidh

ni hí Eiri nar airigh

mur dera bean [...]a Branaigh

anaigh fer lena is Laighin.

4 Braen ramall er fhud abhla

le tuc abhall a hubhla

ferthain min tre barr mBearbha

le sin earrla crand cumhra.

5 Sigh da fhoghlaigh ni aemand

gu h- (?) d’u Ghormlaigh ghebind

cuing arna car ar Emand

le ndenann ar fhuind Ereann.

6 Lin da fhoir ghasraidh Gaedeal

er Sh(th)acsaibh dhoibh ’ga dhenamh

cosg a fuil and re huabur

uamhan clann mBroin do-bhearad.

7 Tuar gnai oiri gach abhla

dan mhnai gu croighi cunnla

slata lin ar broind Bearba

co nderna dib croind chumhra.

8 Gu fuairis clu er cul coirr[sh]lead[h]

tu ris an dhun nír deadhladh

taeb bar long re Loch Garman

d’adhnadh cloch g[c]orr dha ceangladh. [see 17]

9 Tuc oirfhed re mnai Mac[h]a

a gnai a coimed a crocha

ní fhuil do breig a bheatha

nach teid seacha guin gotha.

10 Madh Macha thuc gan toraind

drud na flatha re Fremaind

línfaidh comhgha fhoid [Fh]eilim

coig eibind fholma Emaind.

11 A ngaidhth[e] (?) er guailibh Gaedheal

draighthi re huairib dh’fhegha[n]

leaca trir dho thoil righan

righa[n] s(t)il mBin dho-bearad.

12 Dirma gach mna ’sa mailind

la na righna dha Fhremaind

gabhaid fir a n-úain d’Eirinn

a [t]high gheibind fhuair Emaind.

13 As linadh a land fraech[dh]a

do siladh er barr mbhochna

badhb [..] feidh[...] ní erfa

fechfa a nglesta an t-arm ortha.

14 A n-airrge thiar do termaigh

grian gacha hairdi adhnaigh

ga[eth a-neas? d]o-gheibh Gormlaigh

connmaigh sin teas a talmain.

15 Gur lib feitheamh bruaich Bhoindi

a feitheamh ni fuair [......]

[...............]ais a barr baile

sgaile an fhrais crand o cheile.

16 Misider sa mhuigh Branaigh (?)

d’fhuil Isibhel do fhoghain

an sgol nach bi(dh) ’na bruigin

cuirigh si crodh fa comair.

17 Gu fuarais clu er cul coirr[sh]leadh

tu ris an dhun nir dedhladh

taebh bar long re Loch Garman

d’adhnadh cloch g[c]orr da ceangladh. [see 8]

18 Gormlaigh a tigh na togha

do fholmhaigh sin na sreabha

si er eitil er fhu[d dumha?]

tuc subha a n-eitibh eala.

19 Bean gan fhis don fhein Branaigh

do theigh re crisd o chloighimh

gur muigh cru na cneadh fholaigh

gonaidh bean tu dha throighidh.

20 Saltair ’na ra(i)th gan radha

do chach co cantair dhuana

iumdha am noin fa dheis ngaelaa

craeba sroill [d’]eis a n-uama.

21 Buime hí dhon giall gabha

do b[......] sa ar [leg. do bhí a riar?] uirri dh’eri

lamh an ig (?) bain ad bhaile

nach raibhe a laimh feir [Eine?].

22 Cian co ndhumr da deirc gorma

a mbeirt chlann ’na beirt bhreagh[dh]a

fan leisce fhoil ’na habra

tarla troig fhleisce Leam[na?].

23 Bean on lis-sin meic Imghir

’na fisigh duit on deabhaidh

mur fuair dha chneadh a cabhair

radhaigh bean uaibh ’na healaidh.

24 Crich Bh[ri]ain a gcanaigh chadhna

biaidh a n-agaidh a humhla

cu mbeirid er barr abhla

geinid gabhla chrann cumra.

25 Roighne dha geibind ghainne

do coimghi Ereann oighi

tainic th’uain r(i)u fan righi

sini er uair gu Bru mBoine.

26 An cuma is gnath do Gurmlaigh

gu rath Logha ’na leanmain

fuar mian mur e don iubraigh

inmain le triall co Teamhraigh.

27 Indle um crodh [c...sa gole?]

ar ndul an treasa a tighi

seim cael tre crand do shleighe

braen neime a-nall ’ga nighi.

28 Se ’ga radh reis a righain

as g[...] gradh a Duilimh

cuirid se deirgi a deraibh

feghain meirgi Dhe duiligh.

29 Mar smuaine er chach dho[...]a

fuaighi snath reis a srollgha

goill a Cluain Tarb er terma

gu huair denmha t’arm orgha.

30 Fuair-si dá cheib a coimsi

an truaill-si ’m[a] ceibh caim-si

fleasc fhiar dha calla [a] cínn-si

trillsi cama a triall tairrsi.

31 Do thonn meanma ’gud musgladh

tre fhonn Teamhra [du tai?]steal

on craidi bheo ’gud brosdad

brosdar gleo Muighi Maistean.

32 Treigi cis Leamhna er Laighnibh

do meanma bis ig(h) Brea[gh]maigh

Eiri ’ga huaim ’na linnmhaigh

inBruin Ruaigh teigi a Teamhraigh.

33 A laghann duit an Duilium

anam [a] broid do-béarudh (?)

as e [b...] dod crabadh

sith aladh nDhe do denam.

34 Si [a]g ol fhala dot armaibh

an sroill tana co termaigh

an badhb nach bi er me (?) bearnaigh

si [ag] leanmain t’arm don iubraigh.

35 Dis choradh duid ’na dheaghaidh

le foghar cluig a g[c]oraidh

frais chaer er lar dho liubair

[....] iubhair lan dhod lonaibh.

36 Fuair inghean Airt na humla

a cairt er indmer Eamhna

leath eire bhreith don Bhanbha

tarla eire leith teach Teamhra.

37 Mac Dirg Borgaill crich g[C]ualand

din a ghormfhoind ’na gheibind

cuirid si uaill a nEmand

ní le ndeanann (?) uaim Eireann.

38 Na f(h)eadha lubtha o lindbraen

na sreaba druchta a derbhghael

barr na ngeg g[c]uill fa chollgran

orrlar fuind Greg fa gealbhraen. Aen..