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The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge

Note 8-8 — Footnotes.

Joseph Dunn translation

LL. fo. 92b. And this is the counsel he followed. His two withered, mangy, 8sorrel8 nags that were upon the strand hard by the fort were led to him. And to them was fastened his ancient, 9worn-out9 chariot. 10Thus he mounted his chariot,10 without either covers or cushions; W. 4601. 1a hurdle of wattles around it.1 His 2big,2 rough, pale-grey shield of iron he carried upon him, with its rim of hard silver around it. He wore his rough, grey-hilted, huge-smiting sword at his left side. He placed his two rickety-headed, nicked, 3blunt, rusted3 spears by his side in the chariot. His folk furnished his chariot around him with cobbles and boulders and huge clumps, 4so that it was full up to its ...4 (?)

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