Faclair na Gàidhlig Manuscripts Project

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Talk about plot armour! The excerpt above is from Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair's version of Cath Fionntrágha in @nlsarchives Adv. MS 72.2.11. Other versions in other manuscripts have something similar. #Gaelic #FaclairMSS

This is one of our favourite lines in Cath Fionntrágha (The Battle of Ventry): "Fou nach h-ann a sin bha [an] dán do Glas bás d’[fh]ai[ghi]nn fuair a cheile comhrig bas obinn." Since it was not fated for Glas to die that day his opponent died suddenly.😂 #Gaelic #FaclairMSS

Abair plot armour! Earrann bhon tionndadh a sgrìobh Alasdair Mac Mhaighstir Alasdair ann an @nlsarchives Adv. LS 72.2.11 a th' againn gu h-àrd. Tha an aon seòrsa rud ann an tionndaidhean eile dhen sgeul ann an làmh-sgrìobhainnean eile. #Gàidhlig #FaclairMSS

Seo fear dhe na loidhneachan as fheàrr leinn ann an Cath Fionntrágha: "Fou nach h-ann a sin bha [an] dán do Glas bás d’[fh]ai[ghi]nn fuair a cheile comhrig bas obinn." Since it was not fated for Glas to die that day his opponent died suddenly.😂 #Gàidhlig #FaclairMSS

We see the image of the poet as a weaver in 'Figheadair mise'. We know that Gothfraidh Mac an Bhaird used the same concept in at least one poem (excerpt below). Do you know of any further bardic poetry using this analogy? #Gàidhlig #FaclairMSS twitter.com/faclairgaidhli…

Tha ìomhaigh a' bhàird mar fhigheadair ann am 'Figheadair mise'. Tha fhios againn gun do chleachd Gothfraidh Mac an Bhaird an aon seòrsa ìomhaigh (faicibh gu h-ìosal). Eil sibh eòlach air bàrdachd eile far an tèid sin a chleachdadh? #Gàidhlig #FaclairMSS twitter.com/faclairgaidhli…

As far as we are aware, Ronald Black's is the only published edition of the poem, in the book "An Lasair". When our MSS team transcribed and edited it, however, they interpreted the ending differently to how Black understood it. Here is our interpretation: #Gaelic #FaclairMSS

There's an interesting poem in some extant Clanranald papers (now @NatRecordsScot GD201/1/362/5) beginning “Figheadair mise theanna”, 'I am indeed a weaver'. Written in 1749, Ronald Black has posited that that Lachlann Mac Mhuirich wrote the poem down. #Gaelic #FaclairMSS

Cho fad's a fhios dhainn, cha deach a dheasachadh ach le MacIlleDhuibh anns "An Lasair". Nuair a thar-sgrìobh/dheasaich Sgioba nan Làmh-sgrìobhainnean an aon dàn bha beachd diofaichte aca air ciall an fhacail mu dheireadh. Seo dhuibh ar tionndadh-ne: #Gaidhlig #FaclairMSS

Tha pìos bàrdachd intinneach againn ann am pàipearan Chlann Raghnaill (@NatRecordsScot GD201/1/362/5) a thòisicheas “Figheadair mise theanna” & a chaidh a sgrìobhadh as t-earrach 1749. A rèir Raghnall MacIlleDhuibh, 's e Lachlann MacMhuirich a sgrìobh. #Gaidhlig #FaclairMSS

@nlsarchives Gu dearbh, dh'fhaodadh seo a bhith nas fheàrr mar thionndadh Beurla den rann.

Rann borb eile bho @nlsarchives Adv. LS 72.1.36. An turas seo thèid peanas mì-chofhurtail a mholadh airson droch aithris air sgeul. #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #FaclairMSS

@nlsarchives Actually, this might be a more accurate English rendering of the verse.

More bawdy verse from @nlsarchives Adv. MS 72.1.36. This time it recommends a somewhat harsh reprisal for the sub-standard recounting of a tale. #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #FaclairMSS

This, appears to be a very literal translation of the word professor, containing the Classical Gaelic "admháil"/ Modern Gaelic "aideachadh" meaning “acknowledging, admitting, professing”. See Colm Ó Baoill's article ‘Domhnall Mac Mharcuis’ in Scottish Gaelic Studies 12 (1976)

Today we use "ollamh" to for "professor" but in @nlsarchives LS Wodrow Letters Qu. I we find Domhnall Mac Mharcuis using a different and interesting phrase: "Fear adbhuil (na Gaoideilge)" #Gaelic #FaclairMSS

Tha e coltach gur h-e eadar-theangachadh litearail a th’ ann a’ gabhail a-steach an fhacail "admháil" (Gàidhlig Chlasaigeach) / "aideachadh" (Gàidhlig an latha an-diugh). Seall air an alt aig Colm Ó Baoill ‘Domhnall Mac Mharcuis’ ann an Scottish Gaelic Studies 12 (1976)

An-diugh 's e "ollamh" a th' againn air "professor" ach ann an @nlsarchives LS Wodrow Letters Qu. I tha abairt eile aig Domhnall Mac Mharcuis airson an fhacail sin: "Fear adbhuil (na Gaoidheilge)" #Gàidhlig #FaclairMSS

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