Note 1-1 — Footnotes.

"We make not much import of him," quoth Medb. "It is but a single body he has; he shuns being wounded; he avoids being taken. They do say his age is but that of a girl to be wed. 1His deeds of manhood have not yet come,1 nor will he hold out against tried men, this young, beardless elf-man of whom thou spokest." 2"We say not so,"2 replied Fergus, "for manful were the deeds of the lad at a time when he was younger than he 3now3 is."