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immram|ˈɪmram|
Also imram. pl. im(m)rama.
[ad. O.Ir. imram (mod.Ir. iomramh), f. imm-rá to row around.]
Any of the stories of fabulous sea voyages written in Ireland in the seventh and eighth centuries. Also attrib.
1895A. Nutt in K. Meyer Voy. of Bran iv. 161 The imrama literature has been investigated by Professor Zimmer with all his wonted acuteness. 1917Mod. Philology XV. 450 The imram is a sea-voyage tale in which a hero, accompanied by a few companions, wanders about from island to island, meets Otherworld wonders everywhere, and finally returns to his native land. 1948M. Dillon Early Irish Lit. vi. 124 Of the seven immrama mentioned in the two lists of sagas, only three have come down to us. 1951G. Turville-Petre Heroic Age of Scandinavia ix. 94 It is by no means improbable that the Immrama contain distorted descriptions of scenes, which the hermits had witnessed on their travels. 1962Guardian 14 Dec. 7/4 The suggested relation between ‘Gulliver's Travels’ and the Early Irish immram. 1964G. Jones Norse Atlantic Saga i. 7 The best known of the Irish Imrama..records the travels of St. Brendan. 1967Dillon & Chadwick Celtic Realms viii. 200 The briefer account of Brendan's voyage is included in the Vita,..and we thus possess two apparently independent accounts of the saint's immram. |
