[3-3]

H. 2. 17.

[4-4]

Eg. 93.

[5-5]

H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.

[6-6]

Eg. 93.

[7-7]

Eg. 93.

[8-8]

Eg. 93.

[9-9]

Eg. 209.

[10-10]

Following Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[11-11]

Eg. 93.

[12-12]

Eg. 93.

[13-13]

Eg. 93.

[14-14]

Eg. 93.

Page 157

[1-1]

Eg. 93.

[2-2]

Eg. 93.

[3-3]

Eg. 93.

[4-4]

Eg. 93.

[5-5]

LU. and YBL. 1592 and Eg. 93.

[6-6]

LU. and YBL. 1593 and Eg. 93.

[7-7]

Eg. 93.

[8-8]

Eg. 209.

[9-9]

Eg. 93.

[10-10]

LU. and YBL. 1595-1596.

[11-11]

LU. 1597.

[12-12]

H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.

[13-13]

LU. and YBL. 1596-1597.

[14-14]

Eg. 93.

[15-15]

Eg. 209.

Page 158

[1-1]

LU. and YBL. 1597 and Eg. 93.

[2-2]

Eg. 93.

[3-3]

LU. and YBL. 1598.

[4-4]

LU. and YBL. 1585.

[a]

Emending the text to agree with the two similar passages above.

[5-5]

LU. and YBL. 1586.

[6-6]

Corrected from LL., which has 'Medb.'

[7-7]

Eg. 93.

[8-8]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[9-9]

LU. and YBL. 1588.

[10-10]

LU. and YBL. 1588-1590.

Page 159

[a]

Literally, 'of the Contorted.'

[1-1]

Eg. 93.

[2-2]

Eg. 209.

[3-3]

LU. and YBL. 1599.

[4-4]

H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.

[5-5]

Eg. 209.

[6-6]

Eg. 209.

[7-7]

Eg. 93.

[8-8]

LU. and YBL. 1602.

[9-9]

LU. and YBL. 1603.

[10-10]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[11-11]

LU. and YBL. 1604.

Page 160

[1-1]

Eg. 93, H. 2. 17 and Eg. 209.

[2-2]

Eg. 93.

[3-3]

Eg. 209.

[4-4]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[5-5]

LU. and YBL. 1604.

[6-6]

Eg. 209.

[7-7]

LU. and YBL. 1607.

Page 161

[1-1]

LU. fo. 74a, in the margin.

[2-2]

LU. and YBL. 1609-1629.

[a]

Literally, 'non causa podicis feminae.' The MS. is partly erased here.

Page 163

[1-1]

YBL. 1630.

[2-2]

LU. fo. 74b, between the columns.

[3-3]

Eg. 93.

[4-4]

LU. and YBL. 1631.

[5-5]

LU. and YBL. 1631-1633.

[6-6]

Eg. 209.

[7-7]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[8-8]

Eg. 93.

[9-9]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

Page 164

[1-1]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[a]

'Thrice.' Eg. 209.

[b]

'Ale,' Eg. 209.

[2-2]

Eg. 93.

[3-3]

Eg. 93.

[4-4]

Eg. 93.

[5-5]

LU. and YBL. 1637-1639.

[6-6]

Eg. 93.

[7-7]

LU. fo. 61, note 7, edition O'Keeffe and Strachan.

[c]

Fergus' answer, eight lines in rosc, LU. page 61, note 7, edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe (these lines are not in YBL.), has been omitted in the translation.

Page 165

[1-1]

Eg. 93 and Eg. 209.

[2-2]

Eg. 209.

[3-3]

Eg. 93.

[4-4]

Eg. 93.

[5-5]

LU. and YBL. 1640-1641.

[6-6]

Eg. 209.

[7-7]

Eg. 93.

[8-8]

LU. 1643.

[9-9]

LU. and YBL. 1642.

[10-10]

LU. 1644.

[11-11]

LU. 1645-1647.

[a]

In Eg. 93, this is said by Medb.

[12-12]

LU. 1647-1708 and Eg. 93 (Revue Celtique, t. xv. 1894, pp. 64-66).

Page 166

[1-1]

Eg. 93.

[2-2]

Eg. 93.

Page 167

[a]

With a play on the name Focherd, as is explained in the following paragraph.

[b]

Here follow six lines in rosc, LU. 1692-1697, edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe (the passage does not occur in YBL.), of uncertain meaning; they are omitted in the translation.

[1-1]

Eg. 93.

[2-2]

Eg. 93.

Page 168

[1-1]

LU. and YBL. 1709 and Eg. 93.

[2-2]

Eg. 93 and LU. 1709.

[3-3]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[4-4]

LU. and, partly, YBL. 1711.

[5-5]

YBL. 1711.

[6-6]

LU. and YBL. 1711.

[7-7]

LU. 1712.

[8-8]

LU. and YBL. 1712.

[9-9]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[10-10]

Eg. 93.

[11-11]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[12-12]

See page 165, note 12.

[a]

Edited by Wh. Stokes and E. Windisch, in Irische Texte, Bd. II, SS. 241-254.

[13-13]

Eg. 93.

[14-14]

Eg. 93.

[15-15]

Eg. 209.

Page 169

[1-1]

LU. and YBL. 1722.

[2-2]

LU. and YBL. 1722.

[3-3]

Eg. 93.

[4-4]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[5-5]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[6-6]

LU. 1713.

[7-7]

LU. and YBL. 1713.

[8-8]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[9-9]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[10-10]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[11-11]

LU. and YBL. 1714.

[12-12]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[13-13]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[14-14]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[a]

'Sword,' LU. and YBL. 1734.

[15-15]

LU. 1714.

[16-16]