Early Irish Metrics

a-tá aicill alliteration Alphabetical List appears bairdne bard beginning breccad Bruchst called century cited composed connected with poetry consonance copula corresponding dechnad deibide described dían dignity discussed doubtful Early Modern equality example final foot imperfect indicates infra Irish king known late later Latin lenited letter List of terms meaning metre metrical metrists Meyer Middle Irish Mod.I Modern Irish móir mór normally occur ocus originally perhaps period person poem poet poetry pointed preceded pres pret probably pron quantitative quatrain rannaigecht refer regard regular rhythm rime rinn rinnard rules scailte seems spelling stanza stressed suggests supra syllabic metre syllabic verse terms connected Thurneysen trochaic unidentified unstressed verse vowel word