Footnotes.
Joseph Dunn translation
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Stowe.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe and Add.
That is, from the supreme king of Ireland.
Stowe and Add.
Stowe and Add.
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Stowe and, similarly Add.
A short sentence in LL., which is probably corrupt, is omitted here.
Literally, "A man behind (in) the shadow of another."
Instead of a ring, which would be given to the bride.
Add. and H. 1. 13
For a detailed explanation of this entire passage see H. Zimmer, in the Sitzungsberichte der Köninglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 16 Februar, 1911. philosophisch historischen Classe, Seite 217.
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Add. and H. 1. 13.
Page 5
[1-1]
Add. and Stowe.
Page 6
Literally, "Habebit amicitiam fermoris mei."
Page 7
Stowe and Add.
Stowe and Add.
Page 9
Stowe and Add.
Stowe and Add.
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[1-1]
Add.
LU. 1-2; with these words, the LU. version begins, fo. 55a.
LU. 182.
Stowe and Add.
Eg. 1782.
Page 11
LU. 7.
Add.
LU. 8.
LU. 9.
LU. 9-10.
Eg. 1782.
Add.
LU. 11-12.
LU. 12-13.
Eg. 1782.
LU. 16.
LU. 17-18.
LU. 15.
Eg. 1782.
Page 12
Eg. 1782.
LU. 20-21.
Page 13
[a]
This heading is taken from the colophon at the end of the chapter.
LU. 23-24.
LU. 24-25.
Right-hand wise, as a sign of a good omen.
Stowe.
Eg. 1782.
Page 14
Eg. 1782.
Eg. 1782.
LU. 29.
LU. 35-36.
LU. 31.
Adopting Windisch's emendation of the text.
LU. 29.
Eg. 1782.
Add.
LU. 36.
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Eg. 1782.
Eg. 1782.
LU. 39-41.
Eg. 1782.
Imbass forosna, 'illumination between the hands.'
Eg. 1782.
LU. 44.
Eg. 1782.
Eg. 1782.
LU. 48.
Page 16
LU. 50.
LU. 49.
LU. 50-51.
LU. 55.
Page 17
The Eg. 1782 version of this poem differs in several details from LL.
That is, Cu Chulain, 'the Hound of Culann.'
Tranlating from LU. 65, Stowe and Add.
The Gae Bulga, 'barbed spear,' which only Cuchulain could wield.
Translating from LU. 72, Add. and Stowe; 'from the left,' as a sign of enmity.
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That is, Cuchulain. See page 17.
Stowe and Add.
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LU. 81.
Eg. 1782.
Stowe and Add.
LU. 87, Stowe and Add.
LU. 96. and Stowe.
Eg. 1782.
Eg. 1782.
LU. 113.
LU. 116.
Page 20
LU. 119.
LU. 121.
LU. 146-148.
LU. 149-161.
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Eg. 1782.
Stowe.
Translating from Stowe.
LU. 156-157.
LU. 160.
Eg. 1782.
LU. 160.
LU. 161.
Eg. 1782.
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LU. 153.
Eg. 1782.
Gloss in LU. fo. 56b, 3.
Following the emendation suggested by L. Chr. Stern, Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, Band II, S. 417, LU. has 'nine charioteers.'
Eg. 1782.
LU. 164 and Stowe.
LU. 165.
LU. 165.
LU. 168.
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LU. 169.
Stowe.
LU. 171-172.
'Ailill,' in Eg. 1782.
Eg. 1782.
LU. 175-176.
Stowe
LU. 179.
Add.
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LU. 184.
Reading with Stowe; LL. appears to be corrupt. This was the name given to Fergus, Cormac and the other exiles from Ulster.
Eg. 1782.
LU. 187-192.
Eg. 1782.
Stowe and Add.
Stowe.
Page 25
Stowe and Add.
Stowe and Add.
Eg. 1782.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 217.
LU. and YBL. 227.
Eg. 1782.
Page 26
Reading with LU. and YBL. 252.
That is, Cuchulain.
Eg. 1782.
Stowe and Add.
Page 27
MS.: Sualtach.
Liath Mache ('the Roan of Macha'), the name of one of Cuchulain's two horses.
That is, the goddess or fury of battle.
Page 28
LU. 195.
Stowe and Add.
Stowe and Add.
LU. 196.
Literally, 'of Ailill's spouse.'
That is, Cuchulain.
A kenning for 'blood.'
Referring to the two bulls, the Brown and the Whitehorned, which were the re-incarnations through seven intermediate stages of two divine swineherds of the gods of the under-world. The story is told in Irische Texte, iii, i, pp. 230-275.
LU. 198-205.
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Literally, 'the Contorted one'; that is, Cuchulain.
Gloss in YBL. 211.
'his' Eg. 1782.
YBL. and LU. 206-215. With this passage YBL. begins, fo. 17a.
LU. 215.
LU. 218
Eg. 1782.
Sualtach, in LL.
Eg. 1782.
Eg. 1782.
LU. and YBL. 220.
Page 30
"Who was secretly as a concubine with Cuchulain"; gloss in LU. and YBL. 222 and Eg. 1782.
Eg. 1782.
Stowe and Add.
The old kind of writing of the Irish.
Eg. 1782.
LU. and YBL. 245-246.
Page 31
LU. and YBL. 250.
LU. and YBL. 252-258.
Reading with Stowe, Add. and H. 1. 13.
Reading with LU. and YBL. 261.
Page 32
LU., marginal note.
The name of the festal hall of the kings of Ulster.
Eg. 1782.
LU. 270.
Reading with Stowe.
LU. 271.
LU. and YBL. 273.
Page 33
A gloss in YBL. 274; found also in Eg. 1782.
YBL. 276-283.
'Fedaduin,' MS.
Eg. 1782.
'Girdles,' LU. and YBL. 284; 'shields,' Eg. 1782.
'Wheels,' LU. and YBL. 285 and Eg. 1782.
Page 34
LU. and YBL. 287.
Reading with Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 288.
LU. and YBL. 289.
LU. and YBL. 290.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 35
LU. and YBL. 294-295.
LU. and YBL. 297.
LU. and YBL. 297.
LU. and YBL. 297-298.
LU. and YBL. 298-299.
LU. and YBL. 302.
LU. and YBL. 302.
Stowe.
LU. fo. 58a, in the margin.
LU. fo. 58a, in the margin.
Stowe, and LU. fo. 58a, 24, marginal note.
Page 36
A sign of enmity.
Belach ('the Pass'), Eg. 1782.
Eg. 1782.
LU. and YBL. 304.
LU. and YBL. 305.
Stowe.
Page 37
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 306.
LU. and YBL. 306.
Stowe.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 310.
Stowe.
Page 38
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 313.
LU. and YBL. 314.
LU. and YBL. 314-318.
So Stowe; LL. has 'Grena.'
Page 39
That is, Ath Gabla.
Page 40
LU. and YBL. 322.
LU. and YBL. 324.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
"Fourteen," LU. and YBL. 325 and Eg. 1782.
Stowe.
Page 41
Stowe.
Literally, 'painless,' referring to Cuchulain's exemption from the cess or 'debility' of the Ulstermen.
Reading with Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Translating from Stowe; LL. has 'his' or 'its.'
That is, Cuchulain.
Page 42
LU. and YBL. 329-330.
LU. and YBL. 331.
LU. and YBL. 333.
Page 43
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 337-340.
Page 44
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 342-345.
'Seventh,' YBL. 344.
LU. and YBL. 345.
LU. 346-347, and, similarly, YBL.
"Eight," YBL.
LU. and YBL. 349.
LU. 349-350.
LU. and YBL. 350.
LU. and YBL. 351-352.
LU. and YBL. 352.
LU. and YBL. 354.
YBL. 354.
LU. and YBL. 355-356.
LU. and YBL. 356-357.
Page 45
Reading with Stowe, LU. and YBL. 359, which is more intelligible than 'on each hair,' which is the translation of LL.
LU. and YBL. 363.
'That is not true,' Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 46
Reading with LU. and YBL. 367.
LU. and YBL. 368-369.
Eg. 1782.
LU. and YBL. 371.
Page 47
Eg. 1782.
LU. and YBL. 376-377.
LU. and YBL. 377.
LU. and YBL. 380.
Page 48
LU. and YBL. 382-384.
LU. and YBL. 384-385.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 391.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 389.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 387.
LU. and YBL. 391-397.
Page 49
Or, 'a wooden beaker,' YBL. 395.
LU. and YBL. 398.
'Nine,' LU. and YBL. 399 and Eg. 1782.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 400.
LU. and YBL. 403-404.
LU. and YBL. 405.
LU. and YBL. 391-397.
Page 50
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 410.
LU. and YBL. 413-481.
YBL. 418.
Page 51
Eg. 1782.
A Christian salutation.
Page 52
The war-fury.
YBL. 461.
Page 53
LU., edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe, page 19, note 23.
Eg. 1782.
LU., and YBL. 413-481; see page 50.
LU. and YBL. 484-485.
Page 54
Stowe.
LU and YBL 489.
Stowe.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 489-491.
Stowe.
Page 55
LU. and YBL. 492-494.
LU. and YBL. 497.
LU. and YBL. 502.
LU. and YBL. 507.
Page 56
LU. 513.
LU. and YBL. 512-513.
'four,' Eg. 1782.
Page 57
LU. and YBL. 515-518.
LU. and YBL. 514.
LU. and YBL. 518-519.
LU. and YBL. 525.
According to the LU.-YBL. version, Cuchulain seized the hound with one hand by the apple of the throat and with the other by the back.
LU. and YBL. 519-521.
Page 58
LU. and YBL. 529-530.
LU and YBL. 532.
Stowe, YBL. and LU. 533-534.
LU. and YBL. 334.
LU. and YBL. 535.
LU. and YBL. 536.
LU. and YBL. 537.
Page 59
Stowe.
Literally, 'thyself,' LU. and YBL. 539.
LU. and YBL. 540-541.
Stowe.
The name of Conchobar's druid.
Page 60
[1-1]
Eg. 1782.
[2-2]
LU. fo. 61a, in the margin.
LU. and YBL. 547.
Stowe.
'One hundred' is the number in LU. and YBL. 547.
LU. and YBL. 548.
LU. and YBL. 548.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 550.
LU. and YBL. 551.
LU. and YBL. 551-552.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 553.
Page 61
LU. and YBL. 557.
'Fifteen,' LU. and YBL. 556; 'seventeen,' Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 557.
LU. and YBL. 559-560.
Page 62
Reading with Stowe, LU. and YBL. 563.
LU. and YBL. 566.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 567.
LU. and YBL. 567.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 568.
LU. and YBL. 569.
LU. and YBL. 570.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 573-577.
Page 63
LU. and YBL. 578.
'Twelve,' LU. and YBL. 579.
The name of Conchobar's charioteer.
LU. and YBL. 580-581 and Eg. 1782.
LU. and YBL. 581.
Following the emendation suggested by Strachan and O'Keeffe, page 23, note 21.
LU. and YBL. 582.
LU. and YBL. 583.
LU. and YBL. 584.
LU. and YBL. 585.
Page 64
LU. and YBL. 589-590.
Stowe.
Page 65
LU. and YBL. 592-596.
LU. and YBL. 599-601.
Page 66
LU.and YBL. 603.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 604.
In LU. and YBL., 'the shaft of the chariot.'
LU. and YBL. 605-606.
LU. and YBL. 608.
LU. and YBL. 608.
LU. and YBL. 609-610.
LU. and YBL. 610.
Page 67
LU. and YBL. 612.
Stowe.
Or, more literally, 'a clawing match.'
LU. and YBL. 615-616.
LU. and YBL. 616.
Stowe.
Page 68
LU. and YBL. 620.
LU. and YBL. 623.
LU. and YBL. 623.
LU. and YBL. 624.
LU. 623, marginal note.
LU. 623, gloss.
LU. and YBL. 627.
LU. and YBL. 628.
Page 69
LU. and YBL. 629.
LU. and YBL. 630.
LU. and YBL. 631.
LU. and YBL. 634-635.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 635-638.
Page 70
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 641.
LU. and YBL. 642.
That is, the enmity of the Ulstermen by slaying Cuchulain.
LU. and YBL. 644-645.
LU. and YBL. 645-646.
LU. and YBL. 647.
LU. and YBL. 649.
LU. and YBL. 649.
Page 71
LU. and YBL. 665.
LU. and YBL. 655.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 662-663.
Page 72
LU. and YBL. 651-652.
LU. and YBL. 653; probably a proverbial expression.
The force of Cuchulain's boast lay in the fact that, according to the Brehon Laws, if the aggressor were not a native or of the same class as the injured party, he was exempt from the law of compensation.
LU. and YBL. 666.
LU. and YBL. have 'a swan.'
Page 73
LU. and YBL. 657-658.
Stowe. That is, when the water is over their heads.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 661.
LU. and YBL. 667-668.
LU. and YBL. 669-679.
Page 74
LU. and YBL. 669-679.
LU. and YBL. 681-686.
LU. and YBL. 686.
LU. and YBL. 687.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 692.
Page 75
Stowe.
Stowe.
'Seven,' LU. and YBL. 695.
Stowe.
'Twelve,' LU. and YBL. 696.
LU. and YBL. 696-697.
LU. and YBL. 698-699.
LU. and YBL. 699.
LU. and YBL. 700.
LU. and YBL. 702.
LU. and YBL. 703.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 703.
LU. and YBL. 704.
LU. and YBL. 706.
Page 76
LU. and YBL. 707.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 708.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 709-711.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 713.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 77
LU. and YBL. 715-718.
To turn the left side was an insult and sign of hostility.
'Breasts,' LU. and YBL. 720.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 720-721.
This exposure was a powerful magico-religious symbol and had a quasi-sacred or ritual character.
Page 78
Stowe.
Translating from Stowe and H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 726.
Stowe.
LU. 726.
H. 2. 17. Thurneysen, Zeitschrift für Celtische Philologie, Bd. VIII, S. 538, note 13, understands this to mean, 'a bluish purple cloak was thrown around him.'
Stowe and H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
'Blue,' LU. and YBL. 727 and Eg. 1782.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 727.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 728.
Page 79
LU. and YBL. 729-730.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 80
[1-1]
LU. and YBL. 733-766.
YBL. 741.
Page 81
Eg. 1782.
YBL. 758.
Eg. 1782.
Eg. 1782.
YBL. 762.
Reading with YBL. 'Ath Taiten,' LU. 762.
YBL. 763.
LU. 763.
LU. and YBL. 733-766 (see page 80).
YBL. 766-769.
Page 82
LU. and YBL. 772.
YBL. 773-775.
LU. 773-775.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
Page 83
LU. and YBL. 777.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 786.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 786-787.
H. 2. 17.
LU. 787.
LU. and YBL. 789.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 84
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe, LU. and YBL. 792.
LU. and YBL. 793-799.
H. 2. 17.
Page 85
[1-1]
H. 2. 17, and, similarly, LU. fo. 64a, in the margin. LU. reads MacGarach.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 806.
LU. and YBL. 806-807.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 808-812.
Page 86
[1-1]
The superscription is taken from Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 837.
LU. and YBL. 841.
LU. and YBL. 841.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 839 and Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
Page 87
LU. and YBL. 835.
LU. and YBL. 835.
Page 88
[1-1]
The superscription is taken from LU. fo. 64a, in the margin.
LU. and YBL. 813.
LU. and YBL. 820-831 and, partly, in Eg. 1782.
Literally, 'your.'
Page 89
'Garech,' LU. and YBL. 827.
H. 2. 17.
See above, p. 41.
H. 2. 17.
That is, Cuchulain.
That is, the Amazons.
LU. and YBL. 820-831 and, partly, in Eg. 1782.
Page 90
LU. and YBL. 853.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 857.
LU. and YBL. 842-843.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 844.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
The following passage in 'rosc' is exceedingly difficult and obscure, and the translation given here is consequently incomplete and uncertain.
LU. and YBL. 846, and Stowe.
Page 91
The Morrigan, the Irish goddess of battle, most often appeared in the form of a raven.
Reading with H. 2. 17.
Translating cloe, as suggested by Windisch.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 854, and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 855-856.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Apparently the name of some game.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 92
H. 2. 17.
LU. 860.
LU. and YBL. 858-863.
Page 93
[1-1]
LU. fo. 65a, in the margin.
'forty,' H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 867-887.
Page 94
YBL. 882, which adds: 'We will not follow it further here.'
LU., edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe, page 34, note 16.
(See page 93) LU. and YBL. 867-887.
Page 95
[1-1]
LU. fo. 65a, in the margin.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
LU. 887, a gloss.
H. 2. 17 has 'fifty charioteers.'
LU. and YBL. 889.
LU. and YBL. 889.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 96
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 891.
LU. and YBL. 900.
Stowe and H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17; the story of the finding of the Táin is told in the Imtheacht na Tromdhaimhe ("The Proceedings of the Great Bardic Institution"), edited by Owen Connellan, in the Transactions of the Ossianic Society, vol. v, 1857, pp. 103 fl.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 893.
Page 97
LU. and YBL. 895.
LU. and YBL. 896.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 898-899.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 909.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 910.
Page 98
LU. and YBL. 912-914.
YBL. 914.
Page 99
[1-1]
LU. fo. 65b, in the margin.
LU. 930.
LU. and YBL. 916-1197, omitting 1079-1091.
Page 100
Here follows in LU. and YBL. 946-1020, Eg. 1782, a most difficult passage, rendered more obscure by the incorporation of glossarial notes into the body of the text. It is almost incapable of translation; it consists of a dialogue or series of repartees during a game of chess, in which Ailill taunts Fergus on the episode just narrated and Fergus replies.
Page 101
That is, the men of Erin.
That is, Cuchulain and Laeg.
See above, page 97.
LU. 1041.
Page 102
Literally, 'if there oppose me the strength of each single man.'
The sense of this proposal of Ailill's, omitted in the translation (LU. 1064-1069 and Eg. 1782), is not clear.
'Lugaid,' LU. 1069.
YBL. 1075; but, 'they would be twenty nights there, as other books say,' LU.
Page 103
See note 2-2, page 99.
Page 104
LU. and YBL. 1097.
LU. and YBL. 1098.
LU. and YBL. 1100-1101.
LU. and YBL. 1100-1102.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 105
LU. and YBL. 1103-1105.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
That is, Conchobar.
Stowe.
Page 106
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
Page 107
Stowe.
Literally, 'love.'
Reading with H. 1. 13 and Stowe.
A cheville.
Literally, 'richly trooped.'
Page 108
LU. and YBL. 1128.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1109-1111.
Stowe.
Page 109
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1112.
LU. and YBL. 1112.
LU. and YBL. 1113.
LU. and YBL. 1114.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1116-1118.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1120.
Page 110
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1135.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 111
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 112
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe and H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1138.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 113
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1140-1143.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe and H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
'Medb,' H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17
H. 2. 17.
Page 115
[1-1]
LU. fo. 68a, in the margin.
LU. and YBL. 1145.
LU. and YBL. 1145.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1147-1149.
LU. and YBL. 1149.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1150.
LU. and YBL. 1150.
H. 2. 17.
Page 116
LU. and YBL. 1152.
Stowe and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1153.
H. 2. 17.
LL., in the margin.
LU. and YBL. 1154-1155.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
Page 117
Some part of the spear.
LU. and YBL. 1159.
LU. and YBL. 1158.
H. 2. 17.
Following Windisch's emendation of the text.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1160.
LU. and YBL. 1160-1165.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 118
H. 2. 17, and, similarly, Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1170 and H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Reading with Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 119
Reading with H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1178-1180.
LU. and YBL. 1181.
Stowe; LL. reads 'I know.'
LU. and YBL. 1182-1183.
H. 2. 17.
Page 120
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1185.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1188.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1190.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 121
A sign of hostility and an insult.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1191.
LU. and YBL. 1192.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1194-1195.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1195.
Page 122
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1197-1199.
LU. and YBL. 1204.
H. 2 17.
H. 2 17.
Stowe and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1206-1207.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 123
LU. and YBL. 1208.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1209.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1210. Probably a proverbial expression.
LU. and YBL. 1210.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Lines 1212-1216 LU. and YBL. (Edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe) are omitted in the translation.
Page 124
LU. and YBL. 1216-1220.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1222.
A law maxim. Since Etarcumul had broken his promise not to fight, Fergus deems himself absolved from the spirit of his engagement to bring back Etarcumul but fulfils the letter of it.
H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 125
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1230-1232.
LU. fo. 69, between the columns.
Page 126
[1-1]
Stowe, and LU. fo. 69a, in the margin.
Stowe, and, similarly, H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1233-1242 and Eg. 1782.
LU. and YBL. 1242-1246.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 127
LU. and YBL. 1246-1247.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1248-1250.
Here follows one line (1251 in LU., edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe, and almost similarly in YBL.) which seems to refer to some saying of Cuchulain's about Nathcrantail which we cannot locate.
LU. and YBL. 1253.
LU. and YBL. 1255.
Here follow lines 1945-1946, edition of Windisch, which are unintelligible and have been omitted in the translation.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1256-1257.
Page 128
LU. and YBL. 1258.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1258.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1259-1260.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
LU. 1264.
LU. and YBL. 1268.
Page 129
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1273-1275.
Stowe.
Egerton 93 begins here.
LU. and YBL. 1276.
LU. and YBL. 1277.
LU. and YBL. 1277-1278.
LU. and YBL. 1279.
Page 130
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1281-1305.
Page 131
LU. 1303.
LU. and YBL. 1281-1305.
LU. and YBL. 1305.
LU. and YBL. 1306.
LU. and YBL. 1307.
LU. and YBL. 1307-1308.
LU. and YBL. 1310.
Stowe.
Stowe, and LU. and YBL. 1313.
Stowe, and YBL. and LU. 1313.
Page 132
[1-1]
Stowe, and LU. fo. 70a.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1315-1317. Eg. 93 mentions a number of places to which Cuchulain pursued Medb.
LU. and YBL. 1341.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1343.
LU. and YBL. 1342-1344.
Page 133
LU. and YBL. 1345.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1348.
LU. and YBL. 1318.
Stowe.
'Sixty' is the number in LU. and YBL.; 'eight' in Eg. 93.
Stowe and LU. and YBL. 1319.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1320.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1322-1325.
Page 134
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL 1328.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1330-1331.
LU. and YBL 1353.
LU. and YBL 1354.
LU. and YBL 1348-1349.
Page 135
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Stowe.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1351-1352.
Eg. 33.
Omitting ar mis (LL.), which is not found in the other MSS.
LU. and YBL. 1355.
Page 136
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1359.
LU. and YBL. 1360-1361.
Page 137
[1-1]
LU. page 70b, in the margin.
Eg. 93.
'Ailill's,' LU. and YBL. 1332 and Eg. 1782.
Stowe.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1333-1336.
LU. and YBL. 1337.
More literally, 'in the pit of his occiput.'
Page 138
LU. 1362-1379.
Eg. 1782.
Eg. 1782.
Page 139
[1-1]
LU. fo. 71a, in the margin.
LU. 1380-1414.
Eg. 1782.
Eg. 1782.
Page 140
See page 139, note 2.
Page 141
[1-1]
LU. fo. 71b, in the margin.
Here a sheet is missing in Eg. 1782.
LU. 1415-1486.
Page 143
[1-1]
LU. fo. 71b, in the margin.
[a]
The LU. version of the episode is given under XVIIa, page 184.
Fiachna, in LU. 1436.
Page 145
[1-1]
LU. fo. 72b, in the margin.
See page 141, note 2.
Page 146
[1-1]
Stowe.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1488.
Eg. 93.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1491.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1491-1492.
LU. and YBL. 1492-1493.
Stowe and LU. and YBL. 1493.
Page 147
LU. and YBL. 1496-1497.
Stowe.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1499-1500.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1500.
Stowe.
"The Salmon-leap—lying flat on his face and then springing up, horizontally, high in the air."—J.A. Synge, "The Aran Islands," page 111, Dublin, 1907.
YBL. 1504.
LU. 1506.
Page 148
An obscure gloss in LL.
LU. and YBL. 1507.
LU. and YBL. 1508-1509.
'Fiachu,' LU. and YBL. 1510.
Stowe.
Following Windisch's emendation of the text.
LU. and YBL. 1512.
LU. and YBL. 1513.
LU. 1513.
LU. and YBL. 1513-1514.
Stowe.
Eg. 93.
Page 149
Eg. 93.
Stowe.
Page 150
[1-1]
LU. fo. 73a, in the margin.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1529-1553.
LU. and YBL. 1538-1540.
Page 151
LU. and YBL. 1525.
Stowe.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1526-1527.
LU. and YBL. 1528.
LU. and YBL. 1527.
LU. and YBL. 1528.
LU. and YBL. 1532.
Page 152
H. 1. 13.
LU. and YBL. 1535.
In LU. and YBL. it is wine.
LU. and YBL. 1541-1544.
LU. and YBL. 1544-1549.
Page 153
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93, LU. and YBL. 1549.
LU. and YBL. 1550.
See page 152, note 4.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1551-1552.
Reading, with Windisch, from Stowe which gives a better meaning than LL.
LU. and YBL. 1552-1553.
YBL. 1553.
Literally, 'Keep thy covenant, then!'
LU. and YBL. 1554.
LU. and YBL. 1555.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1556-1557.
See note, page 137.
Page 154
LU. and YBL. 1559.
LU. and YBL. 1559-1560.
"Cormac Conlongas son of Conchobar." Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1563-1569.
With a play on the word Ferbaeth, 'a foolish man.'
Page 155
[1-1]
LU. fo. 73b, in the margin.
LU. and YBL. 1574-1584 and Eg. 1782. Here Eg. 1782 breaks off.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and Eg. 209.
Eg. 93 and Eg. 209.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1572.
Page 156
From here to p. 170 is lacking in LL. owing to the loss of a sheet. This is supplied from Stowe.
Stowe. Eg. 209 and H. 1. 13.
Eg. 93.
H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 209.
Following Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Page 157
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1592 and Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1593 and Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 209.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1595-1596.
LU. 1597.
H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1596-1597.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 209.
Page 158
LU. and YBL. 1597 and Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1598.
LU. and YBL. 1585.
Emending the text to agree with the two similar passages above.
LU. and YBL. 1586.
Corrected from LL., which has 'Medb.'
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1588.
LU. and YBL. 1588-1590.
Page 159
Literally, 'of the Contorted.'
Eg. 93.
Eg. 209.
LU. and YBL. 1599.
H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.
Eg. 209.
Eg. 209.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1602.
LU. and YBL. 1603.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1604.
Page 160
Eg. 93, H. 2. 17 and Eg. 209.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 209.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1604.
Eg. 209.
LU. and YBL. 1607.
Page 161
[1-1]
LU. fo. 74a, in the margin.
LU. and YBL. 1609-1629.
Literally, 'non causa podicis feminae.' The MS. is partly erased here.
Page 163
[1-1]
YBL. 1630.
[2-2]
LU. fo. 74b, between the columns.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1631.
LU. and YBL. 1631-1633.
Eg. 209.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Page 164
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
'Thrice.' Eg. 209.
'Ale,' Eg. 209.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1637-1639.
Eg. 93.
LU. fo. 61, note 7, edition O'Keeffe and Strachan.
Fergus' answer, eight lines in rosc, LU. page 61, note 7, edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe (these lines are not in YBL.), has been omitted in the translation.
Page 165
Eg. 93 and Eg. 209.
Eg. 209.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1640-1641.
Eg. 209.
Eg. 93.
LU. 1643.
LU. and YBL. 1642.
LU. 1644.
LU. 1645-1647.
In Eg. 93, this is said by Medb.
LU. 1647-1708 and Eg. 93 (Revue Celtique, t. xv. 1894, pp. 64-66).
Page 166
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Page 167
With a play on the name Focherd, as is explained in the following paragraph.
Here follow six lines in rosc, LU. 1692-1697, edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe (the passage does not occur in YBL.), of uncertain meaning; they are omitted in the translation.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Page 168
LU. and YBL. 1709 and Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and LU. 1709.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. and, partly, YBL. 1711.
YBL. 1711.
LU. and YBL. 1711.
LU. 1712.
LU. and YBL. 1712.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
See page 165, note 12.
Edited by Wh. Stokes and E. Windisch, in Irische Texte, Bd. II, SS. 241-254.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 209.
Page 169
LU. and YBL. 1722.
LU. and YBL. 1722.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. 1713.
LU. and YBL. 1713.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1714.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
'Sword,' LU. and YBL. 1734.
LU. 1714.
LU., edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe, p. 63, note 17. Similarly, YBL. 1714-1716, and Eg. 93.
Page 170
LU. fo. 63, note 19, edit. Strachan and O'Keeffe, and Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1716.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1717.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1717.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1718-1720.
Eg. 209.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1721.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17, and, similarly, LU. and YBL. 1721.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
The three stanzas of this lay in YBL. (four in LU.) are found, with slight changes, in the lay on page 172fl.
LU. and YBL. 1732.
Page 171
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1735-1736.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
Stowe.
Eg. 93.
Stowe.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. fo. 77a, in the margin.
Page 172
LU. and YBL. 1739-1743.
Literally 'repentance.'
Stowe.
Stowe.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Physician to King Conchobar.
Page 173
Following Windisch's emended reading of LL.
See above, page 168, note a.
Literally, 'liver.'
Page 174
That is, the 'barbed' spear.
Reading with MS. Stowe.
That is, Medb.
That is, the followers of Ailill.
LU. page 64, note 5, edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Page 175
[1-1]
This heading is supplied by Windisch.
Eg. 93.
LU. 1764, H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93 have for this, Mebul, 'Shame.'
LU. 1767.
Stowe.
LU. 1766-1767.
LU. and YBL. 1759-1760.
LU. 1761-1765.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Page 176
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 1745.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Page 177
[1-1]
LU. fo. 77a, in the margin.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1748.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Reading fiadnaisse.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
Stowe.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 1753.
Page 178
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL 1755.
A gloss incorporated in the text of LL., LU., YBL., Stowe, H. 2. 17. and Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
LU. and YBL. 1755-1758.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. 1768.
LU. 1769.
Page 179
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17, and, similarly, LU. 1771.
Page 180
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Translating from Stowe, H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.
Page 181
Stowe, and LL., in the margin.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
'Of gold,' Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 182
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
LU. 1803-1807, and, similarly, Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. 1810-1811.
LU. fo. 78a, in the margin; also in H. 2. 17. and Eg. 93.
Hallowtide, the first of November and the beginning of winter.
I.e. Candlemas. Stowe contains a Christian addition: 'to the feast of Brigit;' that is, the first of February.
Page 183
LU. 1826.
Page 184
[a]
The LU. version of this episode was given above under XIIe, page 143.
Stowe.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
Literally, 'crimson.'
Page 185
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
Stowe.
A pet name for Cuchulain.
Eg. 93.
Page 186
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Page 187
Eg. 93.
Stowe and LU. 1874.
H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93, instead of, 'Darius.'
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Page 188
There is a gap in the MS., and these words are supplied from the context.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
That is, the piled up bodies of the slain.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
'Of Erin,' Eg. 93.
'Eight and twenty,'. Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Page 189
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. 1914.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Page 190
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Stowe and LU. 1927.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Page 191
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
Reading with Stowe.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Reading with Eg. 93.
A kenning for 'swords.'
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. 1958-1959.
Page 192
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Stowe.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Page 193
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. 1996.
Or, 'Ploughland of the Great Slaughter.'
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Page 194
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU. and YBL. 2010.
'Nineteen and nine-score,' H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
LU., edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe, page 72, note 19.
Page 195
[1-1]
LU. fo. 81a, in the margin.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
A general term for poets, singers, seers and druids.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
H. 2. 17.
Page 196
YBL. 2040.
YBL. 2043.
LU. and YBL. 2045.
LU. and YBL. 2046.
LU. and YBL. 2050.
LU. and YBL. 1205.
LU. and YBL. 2052.
YBL, added later above the line.
Page 198
[a]
This superscription is not found in the MSS.
Eg. 93.
Literally, 'the Chafer (or Scorpion?).'
Stowe.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
'Eight,' LU. and YBL. 2060.
'Nine,' LU. and YBL. 2061, H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.
Page 199
The reference is to the maidens of Emain Macha slain by Dubthach in punishment for the death of the sons of Usnech.
That is, Dubthach.
That is, Cuchulain.
Page 200
LU. and YBL. 2077.
Reading: Betit buind fri brannfossaib.
This quatrain is almost identical with the one translated on page 199.
A very obscure and fragmentary passage in LU. and YBL. (lines 2083-2106, edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe, lacking in Eg. 93, Revue Celtique, tome xv, page 204), consisting of a series of short strains in rosc spoken in turn by Ailill, Medb, Gabran the poet, and Fergus, is omitted in the translation.
Page 201
[1-1]
LU. fo. 82a, in the margin.
LU. and YBL. 2135-2136.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 2137.
LU. and YBL. 2139.
Page 202
LU. and YBL. 2114-2128.
Page 203
The 'White-horned.'
The 'Brown of Cualnge.'
Page 204
LU. and YBL. 2129.
LU. and YBL. 2131.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 205
[1-1]
LU. fo. 82b, in the margin.
LU. and YBL. 2141.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17., LU. and YBL. 2142-2143.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Stowe and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.
Stowe.
H. 2. 17.
Eg. 93.
Page 206
LU. and YBL. 2145-2146.
LU. and YBL. 2147.
Eg. 93.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Eg. 93.
See above, page 99.
Stowe.
Reading with Stowe; LL. has 'on the slope.'
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 207
Eg. 93.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 2154-2155.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
LU. and YBL. 2157.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Page 208
Eg. 93.
A traditional tag; it occurs again, page 216.
LU. and YBL. 2158-2159.
Page 209
Eg. 93.
'Thirteen,' LU. and YBL. 2161, and Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Page 210
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Eg. 93.
Stowe.
Eg. 93.
Page 211
[1-1]
LU., fo. 82, in the margin.
YBL., and, partly, LU. 2163-2181. Here the LU. version breaks off, fo. 82b.
Page 213
[1-1]
The title is taken from the colophon at the end of the chapter.
'Nephew.' Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 214
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 215
Stowe.
YBL. 2186.
YBL. 2187.
Stowe.
YBL. 2187-2188.
YBL. 2190.
YBL. 2190-2191.
YBL. 2193.
Page 216
There is a play on words. Glass attempts to pronounce the name 'Fiachu,' but is only able to utter the first syllable of the word which alone means 'debt.'
YBL. 2194-2196.
Stowe.
YBL. 2198.
YBL. 2198.
'South,' YBL. 2184.
See page 208, note a.
YBL. 2196.
Stowe.
YBL. 2196-2197.
Page 217
[1-1]
Stowe and YBL. 2200 and Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
See note p. 182.
YBL. 2203.
YBL. 2202.
Eg. 106.
YBL. 2204-2206.
Page 218
Stowe.
Eg. 106.
YBL. 2208-2209.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe, Eg. 106, Eg. 209.
Literally, 'the cheek-blisterers.'
YBL. 2213.
YBL. 2214.
Page 219
Stowe.
YBL. 2214.
YBL. 2215.
Stowe and Eg. 209.
Stowe and Eg. 209.
Eg. 106.
YBL. 2216-2221.
Eg. 106.
YBL. 2221-2225.
'Thrice seven,' YBL. 2226, Stowe, and Eg. 209.
Page 220
YBL. 2227.
YBL. 2228.
In LL. this passage is reported in indirect discourse; consequently, instead of 'thy,' LL. has 'his.'
YBL. 2229-2231.
YBL. 2231-2232.
YBL. 2232-2234.
Page 221
Translating from Stowe.
Page 222
Eg. 106 (Revue Celtique, t. x, page 339). The metre is changed designedly to agree with the original.
MS. 'ye.'
Referring to Ferdiad's horn-skin.
Literally, 'calf.'
Stowe, Add. 18,748 and Eg. 209.
YBL. 2234.
Page 223
Eg. 106, Eg. 209.
Eg. 209.
The word is illegible in the manuscript.
Eg. 106.
Page 224
Eg. 209.
Reading with Eg. 209.
YBL. 2238.
YBL. 2242.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 209.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
YBL. 2244.
YBL. 2247.
YBL. 2248.
Page 225
Stowe and Eg. 209.
Stowe, Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.
A gloss, in LL.
YBL. fo. 36a, 21-36.
YBL. fo. 36a, 38.
Eg. 209.
YBL. fo. 36a, 39-36b, 15.
Page 226
YBL. 36b, 27-28.
See note 7, page 225.
Page 227
YBL. 36b, 18-24.
Literally, 'I say our confession.'
Stowe, Eg. 209, Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
YBL. fo. 36b, 38.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Stowe and Eg. 209, and, similarly, YBL. 36b, 37.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
YBL. 36b, 38-43.
Page 228
Stowe and H. 1. 13: 'before'; YBL. 36b, 24: 'after.'
'Till Wednesday after Spring,' is the reading of H. 1. 13.
YBL. 36b, 25-26.
Stowe.
Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209.
Stowe.
Literally, 'no meagre sail.'
Page 229
Or, 'which quatrains love (?),' a cheville.
YBL. 37a, 22.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Eg. 106.
YBL. 37a, 29-39, and, similarly, Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Page 230
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
LL., with the help of Stowe; LL. being partly illegible here.
Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209, Eg. 106 and YBL. 37a, 43.
YBL. 37a, 43.
H. 1. 13.
Stowe.
YBL. 37a, 47-37b, 5.
Page 231
Stowe, Eg. 106 and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 37b, 7.
MSS.: 'ye.'
Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 106, Eg. 109 and H. 1. 13.
Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209, Eg. 106 and H. 1. 13.
Eg. 106.
YBL. 37b, 9.
YBL. 37b, 10.
Page 232
MS.: 'his.'
YBL. 37b, 22.
YBL. 37b, 24.
YBL. 37b, 25-38a, 25.
Stowe.
Page 234
Stowe.
Eg. 106.
Stowe and YBL. 38a, 28.
Stowe.
Stowe, and, similarly Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.
YBL. 38a, 30.
Stowe.
H. 1. 13.
YBL. 38a, 31-32.
Page 235
From Stowe; LL. is illegible here.
H. 1. 13.
Stowe.
YBL. 38a, 35.
H. 1. 13.
Stowe and, similarly, Eg. 209, Eg. 106 and H. 1. 13.
Baile in bile, MSS.
A shortened form for 'Cuchulain.'
Literally, 'battle, strife.'
Page 236
YBL. 38b, 46-57.
The meaning is obscure.
Literally, 'torn.'
Page 237
YBL. 38a, 48-49. In the following description of the chariot and steeds has been incorporated part of the parallel passages in LU. 1969-1977 and YBL. 38a-38b. Eg. 106, Eg. 109 and H. 2. 12 (Revue Celtique, xi, 25) contain more adjectives.
YBL. 38a, 51-52.
YBL. 38b, 1-3.
LU. 1973.
YBL.
YBL. 38b. 19-21.
LU. 1972.
LU. 1973.
LU. 1973.
Eg. 209.
Literally, 'bagnosed.'
Page 238
Eg. 209.
YBL. 38b, 21-44.
Page 239
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 39a. 14.
Page 240
That is, King Conchobar.
A line has dropped out here in the MS., and cannot be reconstructed, since the stanza is found only in LL. For this reason the meaning of the following line is uncertain.
Reading with YBL. 39a, 34.
Literally, 'it will go over and through them!'
Translating from YBL. fo. 39a, 41.
Page 241
Literally, '(For) thou art not a bush (i.e. a hero) over a bush (hero).'
Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.
Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.
Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.
Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.
Page 242
That is, Queen Medb.
Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 106 and Eg. 209.
Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 106 and Eg. 209.
Stowe.
Page 244
Stowe.
H. 2. 12.
Page 245
H. 2. 12.
H. 2. 12.
H. 2. 12.
H. 2. 12.
H. 2. 12.
See note, page 185.
Page 247
Stowe.
Stowe.
Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.
Page 248
An unusual colour of the hair betokened misfortune.
Eg. 106.
Page 249
Stowe, Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Stowe, Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Page 250
Stowe.
H. 2. 12.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 209.
Page 251
Reading with Egerton 106, which gives better sense than LL.'s 'brilliant plants.'
Eg. 209.
Stowe and Eg. 209.
Stowe.
Page 252
Stowe.
Stowe.
Reading with Stowe.
Eg. 106.
Stowe and Eg. 106.
Page 253
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 255
Stowe, H. 1. 13. Eg. 106 and Eg. 209.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
That is, the Milesians, the ancestors of the Irish.
Page 256
Cuchulain was partly of divine birth, on one side the son of Lugh lámh-fhada ('Lug long-hand'), the Irish sun-god; on the earthly side he had also a mortal father, Sualtaim or Sualtach.
See note 1, page 255.
H. 1. 13.
Eg. 106.
Page 257
'Twenty four,' YBL. 39b, 23, and Eg. 106; but 'five,' Eg. 209.
Stowe.
Stowe, Eg. 106, Eg. 209.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 209.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Ferdiad's charioteer.
Cuchulain's charioteer.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Page 258
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
Page 259
Eg. 106.
See note 2, page 257.
Eg. 106.
Reading with Eg. 106.
Eg. 106.
YBL. 39b, 20.
Eg. 209.
Eg. 106.
Stowe.
Page 260
Stowe.
Stowe and Eg. 209.
Stowe and Eg. 209.
Reading taobh re taobh.
Omitting seng; the line has a syllable too many in the original.
Eg. 106 (Revue Celtique, tome xi, p. 327).
Page 261
Eg. 106.
That is, in Ulster. Stowe and Eg. 106 read '(with his face) to the south.'
That is, in Connacht.
Stowe.
Page 262
Stowe.
The order of these two paragraphs is that of Stowe; they are found in the reverse order in LL.
Reading with Stowe.
Eg. 209.
Page 263
This difficult sentence is composed of two alliterating groups, which it is impossible to follow in the translation.
That is, the battle breach.
That is, the fury of war and carnage which appeared in the form of a carrion crow.
Stowe, Eg. 106 and Eg. 209.
That is, Conlaech.
Page 264
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Reading with YBL. 39b, 31, as more intelligible than the 'chess-board' of LL., which occurs in the next stanza.
YBL. 39b, 31-33.
Page 265
YBL. 39b, 35-39.
A term of endearment which survives in Modern Irish.
That is, Ferbaeth.
That is, as prisoners.
Page 266
Referring to the Celtic custom of binding an alliance by each of the parties thereto drinking the blood of the other.
Page 267
That is, Ferdiad.
An old name for Ireland.
Stowe and Eg. 209.
Page 268
[1-1]
This sub-title is supplied by Windisch.
YBL. 40a, 1-2.
YBL. 40a, 3.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 269
[1-1]
This heading is taken from the colophon of the episode.
YBL. 40a, 9-12.
YBL. 40a, 12-13.
YBL. 40a, 12-14.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 270
Stowe, and YBL. 41a, 10.
YBL. 41a, 11.
YBL. 41a, 15.
YBL. 40a, 17.
YBL. 40a, 17.
YBL. 40a, 18.
Stowe.
Stowe and YBL. 41a, 10.
Stowe.
Stowe.
I have translated from the more circumstantial account in Stowe. LL. has, simply, 'his entrails and bowels outside on him.'
YBL. 40a, 21.
YBL. 40a, 22.
YBL. 40a, 23-24.
Stowe.
Page 271
YBL. 40a, 29.
Stowe.
YBL. 40a, 31-33.
'Fifty or fifteen,' YBL. 40a, 35.
Page 272
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add. 18,748.
Stowe.
YBL. 40a, 40.
Stowe.
Page 273
[1-1]
The heading is taken from LL.
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 41b, 19.
Stowe.
Page 274
Stowe.
YBL. 41b, 5.
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 41b, 21-26.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 275
YBL. 41b, 30.
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 41b, 41.
Stowe.
Page 276
YBL. 42a, 28.
YBL. 42a, 30-31.
Stowe.
Page 277
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe and YBL. 42a, 1.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 278
Stowe.
YBL. 42a, 50-51.
That is, 'extreme or drastic.'
Stowe.
Page 279
YBL. 42b, 7.
YBL. 42b, 8-9.
YBL. 42b, 10-11.
YBL. 42b, 13.
YBL. 42b, 14.
YBL. 42b, 16.
YBL. 42b, 17.
YBL. 42b, 18-19.
See above, page 272.
Page 280
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 42b, 20.
YBL. 42b, 22.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 42b, 24.
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 42b, 29-30.
Page 281
Omitting i tri, 'in three'; it is not found in Stowe or in YBL. and seems out of place here.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add. 18,748.
Reading Finna, to agree with the reading in LL., supra, page 279. Inna, in Stowe, etc.
That is, unshrived of their sins (?), a Christian intrusion
Literally, 'heifer's.'
Literally, 'a bull.'
Page 282
In Irish, Dun cind eich.
In Irish, Innis ruaidh.
See note 4, page 211.
Page 283
Stowe.
YBL. 42b, 36.
'Seven,' YBL. 42b, 38.
YBL. 42b, 38-39.
YBL. 42b, 39-43.
Page 284
YBL. 42b, 43-44.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 285
Stowe.
YBL. 42b, 45.
Stowe.
'Thirty,' YBL. 42b, 45.
YBL. 42b, 46.
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 42b, 49.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 286
Following Windisch's emendation of the text.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 287
Stowe.
[1-1]
The LU. version of the 'White-fight,' which occurs much earlier (fo. 72a, edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe, lines 1457 and fol.), is incorporated with the LL. version above.
LU. 1457.
YBL. 43a, 6.
Stowe.
LU. 1458.
LU. 1460-1463.
'One hundred fighting men,' LU. 1463.
LU. 1463-1472.
Page 289
LU. 1458.
Stowe.
Literally, 'whisper.'
YBL. 43a, 10.
Stowe.
YBL. 43a, 10.
YBL. 43a, 10.
YBL. 43a, 11.
LU. 1472-1478.
LU. 1478-1479.
YBL 43a, 17.
Page 290
'Twelve,' Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 43a, 20.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
'Seven hundred,' YBL. 43a, 24 and Stowe.
YBL. 43a, 25.
Stowe.
Page 291
Stowe.
Page 292
YBL. 43a, 29.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
The MS. has 'his.'
Stowe.
YBL. 43a, 36.
YBL. 43a, 36.
YBL. 43a, 35.
Page 293
YBL. 43a, 35.
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 48a, 38.
YBL. 43a, 40.
This is the sense of Zimmer's translation, which is only conjectural, of this difficult passage (see Zeitschrift für Deutsches Alterthum und Deutsche Litteratur, Bd. xxxii, 1888, S. 275). The idea is probably more clearly expressed in Stowe, H. 1. 13 and YBL. 43a, 41, and may be rendered, 'membrum virile ejus coram viros Hiberniae et testes pendentes per currum.'
Stowe and, similarly, H. 1. 13.
'Said Medb,' Stowe.
Stowe and, similarly, H. 1. 13, Add.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 294
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
See above, page 279.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 295
Stowe.
Stowe.
As a challenge or sign of hostility.
Stowe.
YBL. 43b, 13-14.
Page 296
YBL. 43b, 17.
YBL. 43b, 14-15.
YBL. 43b, 15.
Reading with Stowe, which is to be preferred to LL.
Page 297
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. fo. 43b, 34-36.
Stowe.
Page 298
YBL. 43b, 38-39.
YBL. 43b, 39-40.
Stowe.
'Twelve,' YBL. 43b, 41.
Stowe.
Stowe and YBL. 43b, 42.
Stowe.
YBL. 43b, 46.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Page 299
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 43b, 49.
Page 300
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 44a, 9.
YBL. 44a, 13.
YBL. 44a, 13.
YBL. 44a, 15.
Page 301
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 44a, 28.
YBL. 44a, 32-33.
Stowe.
Reading with LL. 5027 and 5975, which gives better meaning than the expression 'fort-face,' of LL.
Stowe.
Page 302
Reading with YBL. 44a, 41.
Stowe and YBL. 44a, 41.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 44a, 46.
Stowe.
YBL. 44a, 45.
YBL. 44b, 7-8.
YBL. 44b, 28-29, Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Page 303
H. 1. 13 and YBL. 44b, 36.
YBL. 44b, 40-41.
YBL. 44b, 44.
Stowe and YBL. 44b, 14.
The readings are corrupt.
YBL. 44b, 44.
Page 304
Reading with YBL. 45a, 14; LL. is corrupt.
YBL. 45a, 3.
YBL. 45a, 7.
YBL. 45a, 14.
Stowe
Stowe
Stowe and YBL. 45a, 24.
Page 305
YBL. 45a, 26.
YBL. 45a, 27.
Stowe.
YBL. 45a, 29.
Stowe.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Page 306
[1-1]
This title is supplied by the present writer.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 45a, 38.
I can make nothing of the first four lines of the following poem, and they are consequently omitted from the translation. The translation of the remainder of the rosc is largely conjectural.
YBL. 45a, 45-45b, 2.
There is a small gap in the MS.
Page 307
YBL. 45b, 7.
Reading with YBL. 45b, 8; LL. has 'hosts'.
YBL. 45b, 8-9.
Or, 'the sun.'
YBL. 45b, 11-14.
YBL. 45b, 4-5.
YBL. 45b, 5-6.
YBL. 45b, 19.
Reading with Stowe.
See note, page 198.
Probably Connacht.
Page 308
YBL. 45b, 4-5.
Page 309
[1-1]
YBL. 45b, 22.
YBL. 45b, 23-26.
Stowe.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Page 310
YBL. 46a, 2.
YBL. 46a, 1-2.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 46a, 3-4.
YBL. 45b, 40-41.
Stowe.
YBL. 45b, 41.
Page 311
MS.: 'I.'
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 45b, 46-46a, 1.
MS. 'my.'
MS. 'me.'
Page 312
H. 1. 13.
Stowe.
Stowe.
'Ailill,' YBL. 46a, 23.
YBL. 46a, 22.
Stowe.
YBL. 46a, 23.
Page 312
YBL. 46a, 24.
YBL. 45a, 25-28.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 46a, 28-31.
Page 314
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe.
Page 315
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Reading with Stowe.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Following Stowe.
'Fergus,' H. 1. 13 and Stowe.
Page 316
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
'Thirty hundred,' Stowe, H. 1. 13, and YBL. 46a, 47.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe and H. 1. 13, and, similarly, YBL. 46a, 42.
YBL. 46a, 47.
Page 317
YBL. 46a, 44.
YBL. 46a, 44.
YBL. 46b, 3.
Stowe and H. 1. 13. That is, 'a great spear.'
YBL. 46b, 8-9.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 46b, 9.
That is, 'a flaming-red spear.'
Page 318
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 46b, 19.
YBL. 46b, 21.
YBL. 46b, 30.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Page 319
YBL. 46b, 36.
Stowe.
YBL. 46b, 40.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Page 320
Stowe, H. 1. 13, and, similarly, YBL. 47a, 1.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and YBL. 47a, 12.
Reading with Stowe and H. 1. 13; LL. seems to be corrupt here.
YBL. 47a, 18-19.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Page 321
YBL. 47a, 40.
YBL. 47a, 43.
YBL. 47a, 44.
YBL. 47b, 12-13.
Reading with Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Page 322
YBL. 47b, 20.
YBL. 47b, 21-22.
YBL. 47a, 48-49.
YBL. 47a, 50-51.
YBL. 47b, 1-3.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
A proverbial saying, the exact force of which we cannot determine. The reading of H. 1. 13 may be translated, 'No fool on a board (or shield ?),' that is, a clown or tumbler (?).
Page 323
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Reading with Stowe.
YBL. 47b, 9-10.
YBL. 47b, 26.
YBL. 47b, 29-30; Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Translating from YBL. 47b, 30, Stowe and H. 1. 13; LL. has, 'very beautiful.'
YBL. 47b, 32.
YBL. 47b, 34, Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Reading with Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and YBL. 47b, 40-41.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and YBL. 47b, 36.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 47b, 37.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and YBL. 47b, 37.
YBL. 47b, 40.
Page 324
That is, 'a single-handed warrior,' translating from YBL. 47b, 43 and Stowe.
YBL. 47b. 45.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and YBL. 47b, 46.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 47b, 48, Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 48a, 2, Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe, and, similarly, YBL. 48a, 4-6, H. 1. 13.
YBL. 48a, 8-9, and, similarly, Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Page 325
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and, similarly, YBL. 48a, 10-11.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 48a, 14.
YBL. 48a, 16.
YBL. 48a, 17.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and YBL. 48a, 18.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and YBL. 48a, 19-20.
YBL. 48a, 21.
YBL. 48a, 21.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and, similarly, YBL. 48a, 22.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Page 326
YBL. 48a, 24-25.
YBL. 48b, 1-2.
Reading with Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe, and, partly, YBL. 48b, 33-45.
YBL. 48b, 34.
YBL. 48b, 36.
YBL. 48b, 35-38.
YBL. 48b, 39.
Page 327
YBL. 48b, 40.
YBL. 48b, 40.
YBL. 48b, 20.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 48b, 22.
YBL. 48b, 23-25.
That is, 'two chiefs of hospitality.'
Page 328
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 48a, 30.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and YBL. 48a, 33.
H. 1. 13 and YBL. 48a, 36.
YBL. 48a, 35.
YBL. 48a, 42.
H. 1. 13 and Stowe.
Stowe.
YBL. 48a, 44.
YBL. 48a, 45-46.
Page 329
YBL. 48b, 9-10.
YBL. has, 'broad-headed.'
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 48b, 16.
YBL. 48b, 47.
YBL. 48b, 49-50.
YBL. 48b, 51.
YBL. 48b, 52-49a, 1.
YBL. 48b, 51-52.
Page 330
Translating from Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 49a, 7.
A word has fallen out in the MS.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 49a, 11-12.
YBL. 49a, 12-13.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 49a, 17.
YBL. 49a, 18-20.
YBL. 49a, 20-21.
Page 331
YBL. 49a, 23-24.
YBL. 49a, 25.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 49a, 28.
YBL. 49a, 29.
YBL. 49a, 34.
YBL. 49a, 35, Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 49a, 35.
YBL. 49a, 35.
YBL. 49a, 31-34.
YBL. 49a, 36-38.
The following passage extending to page 337 is not found in LL. owing to the loss of a leaf. It is translated here from Stowe with the help of H. 1. 13 and Add. 18,748.
Page 335
There is a gap here in both Stowe and H. 1. 13, and consequently the translation is uncertain.
H. 1. 13.
Page 337
See note 12, page 331.
YBL. 49a, 41.
YBL. 49a, 42-44.
YBL. 49a, 50.
YBL. 49a, 50.
YBL. 49a, 46-47.
YBL. 49a, 52.
YBL. 49b, 4-5.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and YBL. 49b, 6.
Page 338
That is, Conchobar.
YBL. 49b, 17.
YBL. 49b, 18.
YBL. 49b, 19-20.
Stowe; that is, Erc son of Fedlimid, Conchobar's daughter.
'Of their heart,' YBL. 49b, 13.
The following passage, to page 342, is taken from Stowe and H. 1. 13; it is not found in LL.
Page 339
H. 1. 13 and Add. 18,748.
That is, the movable towers.
Page 340
Following the emendation bairnech, suggested by Windisch.
H. 1. 13.
Following the emendation moradbal, suggested by Windisch.
That is, the layers of the slain.
That is, a battle-pillar or prop for each of the four wheels of each of the three towers.
Page 341
This is the first mention of the 'forty.'
Page 342
See note 6, page 338.
This seems out of place here; it is not found in Stowe nor in H. 1. 13.
Page 343
Stowe.
Stowe.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe.
See notes a and b, page 182.
Page 344
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
H. 1. 13.
Stowe.
YBL. 50a, 11.
Page 345
[1-1]
YBL. 41a, 7.
The Irish goddess of war.
YBL. 50a, 18-19.
YBL. 50a, 19.
YBL. 50a, 21.
Translating from YBL. 50a, 23; LL. appears to be corrupt.
The Munstermen in Ailill's army.
YBL. 50a, 26.
Page 346
YBL. 50a, 28-31.
Stowe and H. 1. 13
LL. seems to be defective here.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
YBL. 50a, 39-43.
Page 347
YBL. 50a, 45-47.
YBL. 50a, 48.
YBL. 50b, 18-23.
YBL 50b, 27-29.
Another name for Badb, the battle-fury.
Page 348
[1-1]
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13, Add., Stowe, and YBL. 50b, 34.
YBL. 50b, 34.
Page 349
Reading with YBL 50a, 52.
From a conjectural emendation of YBL. 50a, 54.
YBL. 50b, 1.
YBL. 50b, 3.
YBL. 50b, 5.
Page 350
YBL. 51a, 45.
YBL. 51a, 45.
Stowe, H. 1. 13, Add. and YBL. 51a, 47.
Stowe and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 51b, 6.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Page 351
[1-1]
YBL. 50b, 41.
YBL. 50b-51a has more than three times as many names as are enumerated here.
Stowe, Add. and H. 1. 13.
Page 352
Stowe, Add., and H. 1. 13.
I have given preference to the reading of YBL. 51b, 18-30.
A word is omitted here in the MS., presumably for, 'nails.'
YBL. 51b, 19-20.
YBL. 51b, 19.
YBL. 51b, 20.
Adopting Windisch's emendation of the text.
YBL. 51b, 31.
YBL. 51b, 32.
Stowe and YBL. 51b, 35.
Stowe.
YBL. 51b, 36.
Page 353
Here follows in YBL. 51b, 38-57 a difficult passage in rosc which I have omitted in the translation. Only a portion of it has been preserved in LL. and is here translated.
Reading with Stowe, II. 1. 13, Add. and YBL. 51b, 45.
YBL. 52a, 6-8.
Stowe, and, similarly, Add.
The name of the wheeled towers described above, page 338 fl.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe.
YBL. 52a, 14.
Page 354
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 52a, 16-17.
The name of Conchobar's shield.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Page 355
Stowe and H. 1. 13.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Following Windisch's emendation of the text. The MSS. are corrupt here.
Page 356
YBL. 52a, 35.
YBL. 52a, 36.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 52a, 39-41.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 52a, 41-47.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Page 357
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 52a, 52.
YBL. 52b, 1-2.
Stowe.
YBL. 52b, 7-8.
YBL. 52b, 17-20.
Stowe and Add.
Stowe.
Add. and H. 1. 13.
Page 358
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
'The ground,' Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.; 'so that each of them was grey with the brains of the other,' YBL. 52b, 13-14.
YBL. 52b, 14-17.
YBL. 52b, 21.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 52b, 24.
Page 359
YBL. 52b, 24-25.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 52b, 27.
YBL. 52b, 28.
See page 207.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 52b, 29-33.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 52b, 33.
Page 360
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 52b, 36.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
It is not uncommon in folk-tales that lakes, rivers, etc. arose from the micturition of a giant or fairy. Reading with Add.
Page 361
YBL. 52b, 41.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 52b, 41-42.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13.
H. 1. 13. and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
Add.
YBL. 52b, 43.
YBL. 52b. 45.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
Page 362
YBL. 52b, 47-48.
Reading with H. 1. 13.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 52b, 48.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 52b, 52.
H. 1. 13.
Page 363
[1-1]
YBL. 41a, 8.
H. 1. 13.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
Page 364
The story is told in 'The Adventures of Nera,' published in the Revue Celtique, t. x, p. 227.
YBL. 53a, 4-5.
Stowe.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13.
YBL. 52b, 52-53a, 3.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Page 365
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
See note [d], page 28, supra.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
Add.
Page 366
[1-1]
YBL. 41a, 8.
YBL. 53a, 13-16.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe and Add.
Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13, Stowe and Add.
Page 367
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
As a sign of friendliness.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe.
YBL. 53a, 18.
YBL. 53a, 18.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 53a, 22.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Page 368
H. 1. 13 and Add.
Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 53a, 26-28.
H. 1. 13 and Add.
Translating from Stowe.
Stowe, H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 53a, 28-29.
Page 369
Translating from H. 1. 13 and Add.
YBL. 53a, 29-33.
With this the Irish text concludes: What follows is in Latin.
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