Note 2-2 — Footnotes.

2Thereupon Fergus uttered this oath: "I swear," et reliqua, "jaws of men I would break from necks, necks of men with arms, arms of men with elbows, elbows of men with wrists, wrists of men with fists, fists of men with fingers, fingers of men with nails, nailsa of men with scalps, scalps of men with trunks, trunks of men with thighs, thighs of men with knees, knees of men with calves, calves of men with feet, feet of men with toes, toes of men with nails,2 so that 3heads of men over shields3 would be as numerous 4with me4 as bits of ice 5on the miry stamping-ground5 6between two dry fields6 that a king's horses would course on. Every limb of the Ulstermen 7would I send flying through the air7 before and behind me this day 8like the flitting of bees on a day of fine weather,8 if only I had my sword!"