Sanas Cormaic

Sana Cormaic [' Sana ' xormik ʴ ] (" Cormac whisper " ) is the name of an etymological glossary in Old Irish language, whose writing for about 900 AD is dated.

The author is the bishop and king of the southern Irish province of Munster, Cormac mac Cuillenáin. In this work, an attempt is made to explain ancient, at that time already become uncommon expressions of poetic language and Rechtsgebung, as well as local and personal names. The etymology Cormac inspired by Isidore of Seville Etymologiarum immersive originum libri XX and is according to modern scientific standards as misguided. However, the collection is as bullets Old Irish writings from the time of Cormac's of great importance to the research literature. In the Leabhar Buidhe Lecain ( " The Yellow Book of Lecan ) ," Lebor Laignech ( "The Book of Leinster " ) and some other compilations has been handed the manuscript.

Also moralizing didactic plays, like the story of the mythical king Tadhg mac CEin, and a description of divination technique imbas forosna can be found in Sana Cormaic.