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DEIRDIRE 51
Deirdire, and merry, elegant, mannerly,
gentle, modest maidens who would be
lying down and rising up, and playing
and conversing with her.
Deirdire was eident in maidenly
acquirements and in womanly know-
ledge, and Conachar bethought him that
he never himself with his bodily eyes
saw a blood-drop so pleasing as she.
Ill
What but Deirdire and her attendant
women were one day out on the hill
behind the house viewing the scene and
drinking the sun. Whom should they
see coming their way but three men on
a journey. Deirdire was gazing at the
men who were coming, and wondering
at them. When the men neared them
Deirdire remembered the words of the
hunter, and she said to herself that
these were the three sons of Uisne, and
Deirdire, and merry, elegant, mannerly,
gentle, modest maidens who would be
lying down and rising up, and playing
and conversing with her.
Deirdire was eident in maidenly
acquirements and in womanly know-
ledge, and Conachar bethought him that
he never himself with his bodily eyes
saw a blood-drop so pleasing as she.
Ill
What but Deirdire and her attendant
women were one day out on the hill
behind the house viewing the scene and
drinking the sun. Whom should they
see coming their way but three men on
a journey. Deirdire was gazing at the
men who were coming, and wondering
at them. When the men neared them
Deirdire remembered the words of the
hunter, and she said to herself that
these were the three sons of Uisne, and
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Matheson Collection > Deirdire; and, The lay of the children of Uisne > (65) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76571173 |
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| Description | Gaelic text and parallel English translation, English preliminaries and notes |
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| Shelfmark | Mat.71 |
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| Description | Items from a collection of 170 volumes relating to Gaelic matters. Mainly philological works in the Celtic and some non-Celtic languages. Some books extensively annotated by Angus Matheson, the first Professor of Celtic at Glasgow University. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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