Note 5-5 — Footnotes.

5Medb looked at the pair. "Yonder pair rejoiceth my heart," said she.5 "Whom wouldst thou say?" asked 6Ailill.6 "The man yonder, 7in truth,"7 said she. "What of him?" asked Ailill. "It is thy wont to set the mind on that which is far from the purpose (Medb answered). It were more becoming for thee to bestow thy thought on the couple in whom are united the greatest distinction and beauty to be found on any road in Erin, namely Finnabair, 8my daughter,8 and Larinè macNois. 9'Twould be fitting to bring them together."9 "I regard them as thou dost," answered Ailill; 10"I will not oppose thee herein. He shall have her if only he brings me the head of Cuchulain."a "Aye, bring it I will," said Larinè.10 W. 2235. It was then that Larinè shook and tossed himself with joy, so that the sewings of the flock bed burst under him and the mead of the camp was speckled with its feathers.