Literature:Rís Úairosúe

The story of Rís Úairosúe (Dh. A King and the Wild) is the title of an Aurónian tale written in early variants of Dhannuá based on the lay of The King and The Wild Man (Cwn. Cwyshŷn ô Angyn hÔlhon). It takes the form of a dialogue between a man of the wilds (variously rendered as vairovir, úairár, úairos, úir a’ úairu) and the king of the region (nom. rís, rí, ríss or onas, other cases in rig–). The tale may serve as an illustration of the many different speeches of pre-standardisation Aurónian Dhannuá throughout the region.

Rís Úairosúe

Eastern Dialects

rís vairosve

vír issi, bhviridh bhásce rigod vairos vir

ta maghis taran sadid milos

rís cállar, rís bhásannar

rigis dhv svannod tavid somann

rís:

vír issi, bhviridh bhásce vairovirod rís

ta mághis bhásid sad dhv

ta vainso sacis me mvrad?

bhás a’ svannar, dvir

bhás daor ve máris

vairovir:

rígann iá ias seiar cállar, bhíraghád

cánnad anómann mínn a’ monned avvr

mághis veid tódh dhv ibh reidhis a’ calléd

sanad sei cállandhar tavor.

rís:

darbhann an didéd seir

tòdhar habhann iá cannan ve dhvaicant abhórv

tári ghád ta tó leivdhor bhárannad

ve didéd ta bhvi didéd darbhan

vairovir:

mormvrannad cassan bhásannan bavlanna

dannadh sv rímanna ar' anoma ansarsa

cabhairann dóman sion lvar

ve tacennad cálle tave.