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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge

Note 1-1 — Footnotes.

Joseph Dunn translation

Not long had Ferdiad's charioteer waited when he heard something: 1A rush and a crash and a hurtling sound, and a din and a thunder,1 *LL. fo. 83a. and a clatter and a clash, namely, the shield-cry of feat-shields, and the jangle of javelins, and the deed-striking of swords, and the thud of the helmet, 2and the ring of spears,2 and the clang of the cuirass, and the striking of arms, the fury of feats, the straining of ropes, and the whirr of wheels, and the creaking of the chariot, and the trampling of horses' hoofs, and the deep voice of the hero and battle-warrior 3in grave speech with his servant3 on his way to the ford to attack his opponent.

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