Note 2-2 — Footnotes.

W. 1439. There came also Lethan ('the Broad') to his ford on the Nith in the land of Conalle Murthemni, to fight with Cuchulain. 2He was angered at what Cuchulain had wrought.2 He came upon him at the ford. Ath Carpait ('Chariot-ford') is the name of the ford where they fought, for their chariots were broken in the combat on the ford. It is there that Mulcha, 3Lethan's charioteer,3 fell on the 4shoulder of the4 hill between the two fords, 5for he had offered battle and combat to Laeg son of Riangabair.5 Hence it is called Guala Mulchi ('Mulcha's Shoulder') ever since. It is there, too, that Cuchulain and Lethan met, and Lethan fell at Cuchulain's hands and he smote his head from his neck on the ford and left it therewith, that is, he left the head with the trunk. Wherefore the name of the ford 6of the Nith6 was called Ath Lethain ('Lethain's Ford') ever since in the district of Conalle Murthemni.