''Uraicecht Becc'' (Old Irish for "Small Primer"; ''uraicecht'' is a variant of ''airaiccecht''
'air''- 'before' + ''aiccecht'' 'instruction,' from Latin ''acceptum'' 'primer') is an
Old Irish
Old Irish, also called Old Gaelic ( sga, Goídelc, Ogham script: ᚌᚑᚔᚇᚓᚂᚉ; ga, Sean-Ghaeilge; gd, Seann-Ghàidhlig; gv, Shenn Yernish or ), is the oldest form of the Goidelic/Gaelic language for which there are extensive writte ...
legal tract on status. Of all status tracts, it has the greatest breadth in coverage, including not only commoners, kings, churchmen and poets, but also a variety of other professional groups, including judges. However, it does not go into as much detail for each group and level as do other status tracts. T.M. Charles-Edwards suggests that it is "almost certainly of Munster origin", as it asserts the supremacy of the king of Munster above other Irish kings and makes reference to the monasteries of
Emly and
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
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[T.M. Charles-Edwards, "Early Irish law." In ''A New History of Ireland'', p. 347.]
Poets
The Small Primer goes into detail regarding the poets' place in Irish society. It lists the seven grades of poets, including their honor price, and the pay earned for the various meters they could perform.
Edition
*D.A. Binchy, ''
Corpus Iuris Hibernici
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Linguistics
* Text corpus, in linguistics, a large and structured set of texts
* Speech corpus, in linguistics, a large set of speech audio files
* Corpus linguistics, a branch of linguistics
Music
* ...
'': 1590–1618; 634–655; 2318–2335; & 2255–2282.
See also
*
Early Irish law
References
Further reading
*Binchy, D. “The date and provenance of ''Uraicecht becc''.” ''
Ériu
In Irish mythology, Ériu (; modern ga, Éire ), daughter of Delbáeth and Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was the eponymous matron goddess of Ireland.
The English name for Ireland comes from the name Ériu and the Germanic (Old Norse or Ol ...
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*Henry, P.L. “A Note on the Brehon Law Tracts of Procedure and Status, ''Coic Conara fugill'' and ''Uraicecht Becc''.”
ZCP 49 (1997). pp. 311–9.
*Mac Neill, Eoin. ''Celtic Ireland''. Dublin, 1921.
*Mac Neill, Eoin. "Ancient Irish Law: the law of status or franchise." ''Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy'' 36 C (1923): 265–316: 272–91.
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Early Gaelic legal texts