Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[c]

'Of Erin,' Eg. 93.

[b]

'Eight and twenty,'. Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

Page 189

[1-1]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[2-2]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[3-3]

LU. 1914.

[4-4]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[5-5]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

Page 190

[1-1]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[2-2]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[3-3]

Stowe and LU. 1927.

[4-4]

Eg. 93.

[5-5]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[6-6]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

Page 191

[1-1]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[2-2]

Stowe.

[3-3]

Reading with Stowe.

[4-4]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[5-5]

Reading with Eg. 93.

[a-a]

A kenning for 'swords.'

[6-6]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[7-7]

LU. 1958-1959.

Page 192

[1-1]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[2-2]

Eg. 93.

[3-3]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[4-4]

Stowe.

[5-5]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

Page 193

[1-1]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[2-2]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[3-3]

LU. 1996.

[a]

Or, 'Ploughland of the Great Slaughter.'

[4-4]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

Page 194

[1-1]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[2-2]

LU. and YBL. 2010.

[b]

'Nineteen and nine-score,' H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.

[3-3]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[4-4]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[5-5]

LU., edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe, page 72, note 19.

Page 195

[1-1]

LU. fo. 81a, in the margin.

[2-2]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[a]

A general term for poets, singers, seers and druids.

[3-3]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[4-4]

H. 2. 17.

Page 196

[1-1]

YBL. 2040.

[2-2]

YBL. 2043.

[3-3]

LU. and YBL. 2045.

[4-4]

LU. and YBL. 2046.

[5-5]

LU. and YBL. 2050.

[6-6]

LU. and YBL. 1205.

[7-7]

LU. and YBL. 2052.

[8-8]

YBL, added later above the line.

Page 198

[a]

This superscription is not found in the MSS.

[1-1]

Eg. 93.

[b]

Literally, 'the Chafer (or Scorpion?).'

[2-2]

Stowe.

[3-3]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[c]

'Eight,' LU. and YBL. 2060.

[d]

'Nine,' LU. and YBL. 2061, H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.

Page 199

[a]

The reference is to the maidens of Emain Macha slain by Dubthach in punishment for the death of the sons of Usnech.

[b]

That is, Dubthach.

[c]

That is, Cuchulain.

Page 200

[1-1]

LU. and YBL. 2077.

[2-2]

Reading: Betit buind fri brannfossaib.

[3-3]

This quatrain is almost identical with the one translated on page 199.

[a]

A very obscure and fragmentary passage in LU. and YBL. (lines 2083-2106, edition of Strachan and O'Keeffe, lacking in Eg. 93, Revue Celtique, tome xv, page 204), consisting of a series of short strains in rosc spoken in turn by Ailill, Medb, Gabran the poet, and Fergus, is omitted in the translation.

Page 201

[1-1]

LU. fo. 82a, in the margin.

[2-2]

LU. and YBL. 2135-2136.

[3-3]

Stowe.

[4-4]

LU. and YBL. 2137.

[5-5]

LU. and YBL. 2139.

Page 202

[1-1]

LU. and YBL. 2114-2128.

Page 203

[a]

The 'White-horned.'

[b]

The 'Brown of Cualnge.'

Page 204

[1-1]

LU. and YBL. 2129.

[2-2]

LU. and YBL. 2131.

[3-3]

Stowe.

[4-4]

Stowe.

Page 205

[1-1]

LU. fo. 82b, in the margin.

[2-2]

LU. and YBL. 2141.

[3-3]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17., LU. and YBL. 2142-2143.

[4-4]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[5-5]

Stowe and H. 2. 17.

[6-6]

Eg. 93 and H. 2. 17.

[7-7]

Eg. 93.

[8-8]

H. 2. 17 and Eg. 93.

[9-9]

Stowe.

[10-10]

H. 2. 17.

[11-11]

Eg. 93.

Page 206

[1-1]

LU. and YBL. 2145-2146.

[2-2]

LU. and YBL. 2147.

[3-3]

Eg. 93.

[4-4]

Stowe.

[5-5]

Stowe.

[6-6]

Eg. 93.

[a]

See above, page 99.

[7-7]

Stowe.

[8-8]

Reading with Stowe; LL. has 'on the slope.'

[9-9]

Stowe.

[10-10]

Stowe.

Page 207

[1-1]

Eg. 93.

[2-2]

Stowe.

[3-3]

Stowe.

[4-4]

Stowe.

[5-5]

Stowe.

[6-6]

LU. and YBL. 2154-2155.

[7-7]

Stowe.

[8-8]

Stowe.

[9-9]

Stowe.

[10-10]

LU. and YBL. 2157.

[11-11]

Eg. 93.

[12-12]

Eg. 93.

Page 208

[1-1]

Eg. 93.

[a]

A traditional tag; it occurs again, page 216.

[2-2]

LU. and YBL. 2158-2159.

Page 209

[1-1]

Eg. 93.

[a]

'Thirteen,' LU. and YBL. 2161, and Eg. 93.

[2-2]

Eg. 93.

Page 210

[1-1]

Eg. 93.

[2-2]

Eg. 93.

[3-3]

Eg. 93.

[4-4]

Eg. 93.

[5-5]

Eg. 93.

[6-6]

Eg. 93.

[7-7]

Eg. 93.

[8-8]

Stowe.

[9-9]

Eg. 93.

Page 211

[1-1]

LU., fo. 82, in the margin.

[2-2]

YBL., and, partly, LU. 2163-2181. Here the LU. version breaks off, fo. 82b.

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