Eg. 106.

[6-6]

YBL. 37b, 9.

[7-7]

YBL. 37b, 10.

Page 232

[a]

MS.: 'his.'

[1-1]

YBL. 37b, 22.

[2-2]

YBL. 37b, 24.

[3-3]

YBL. 37b, 25-38a, 25.

[1-1]

Stowe.

Page 234

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

Eg. 106.

[3-3]

Stowe and YBL. 38a, 28.

[4-4]

Stowe.

[5-5]

Stowe, and, similarly Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.

[6-6]

YBL. 38a, 30.

[7-7]

Stowe.

[8-8]

H. 1. 13.

[9-9]

YBL. 38a, 31-32.

Page 235

[1-1]

From Stowe; LL. is illegible here.

[2-2]

H. 1. 13.

[3-3]

Stowe.

[4-4]

YBL. 38a, 35.

[5-5]

H. 1. 13.

[6-6]

Stowe and, similarly, Eg. 209, Eg. 106 and H. 1. 13.

[a]

Baile in bile, MSS.

[b]

A shortened form for 'Cuchulain.'

[c]

Literally, 'battle, strife.'

Page 236

[1-1]

YBL. 38b, 46-57.

[a]

The meaning is obscure.

[b]

Literally, 'torn.'

Page 237

[1-1]

YBL. 38a, 48-49. In the following description of the chariot and steeds has been incorporated part of the parallel passages in LU. 1969-1977 and YBL. 38a-38b. Eg. 106, Eg. 109 and H. 2. 12 (Revue Celtique, xi, 25) contain more adjectives.

[2-2]

YBL. 38a, 51-52.

[3-3]

YBL. 38b, 1-3.

[4-4]

LU. 1973.

[5-5]

YBL.

[6-6]

YBL. 38b. 19-21.

[7-7]

LU. 1972.

[8-8]

LU. 1973.

[9-9]

LU. 1973.

[10-10]

Eg. 209.

[a]

Literally, 'bagnosed.'

Page 238

[1-1]

Eg. 209.

[2-2]

YBL. 38b, 21-44.

Page 239

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

Stowe.

[3-3]

Stowe.

[4-4]

YBL. 39a. 14.

Page 240

[a]

That is, King Conchobar.

[1-1]

A line has dropped out here in the MS., and cannot be reconstructed, since the stanza is found only in LL. For this reason the meaning of the following line is uncertain.

[2-2]

Reading with YBL. 39a, 34.

[b]

Literally, 'it will go over and through them!'

[3-3]

Translating from YBL. fo. 39a, 41.

Page 241

[1-1]

Literally, '(For) thou art not a bush (i.e. a hero) over a bush (hero).'

[2-2]

Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.

[3-3]

Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.

[4-4]

Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.

[5-5]

Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.

Page 242

[a]

That is, Queen Medb.

[1-1]

Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 106 and Eg. 209.

[2-2]

Stowe, and, similarly, Eg. 106 and Eg. 209.

[3-3]

Stowe.

Page 244

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

H. 2. 12.

Page 245

[1-1]

H. 2. 12.

[2-2]

H. 2. 12.

[3-3]

H. 2. 12.

[4-4]

H. 2. 12.

[5-5]

H. 2. 12.

[a]

See note, page 185.

Page 247

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

Stowe.

[3-3]

Eg. 209 and Eg. 106.

Page 248

[a]

An unusual colour of the hair betokened misfortune.

[1-1]

Eg. 106.

Page 249

[1-1]

Stowe, Eg. 106.

[2-2]

Eg. 106.

[3-3]

Stowe, Eg. 106.

[4-4]

Eg. 106.

Page 250

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

H. 2. 12.

[3-3]

Eg. 106.

[4-4]

Eg. 209.

Page 251

[1-1]

Reading with Egerton 106, which gives better sense than LL.'s 'brilliant plants.'

[2-2]

Eg. 209.

[3-3]

Stowe and Eg. 209.

[4-4]

Stowe.

Page 252

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

Stowe.

[3-3]

Reading with Stowe.

[4-4]

Eg. 106.

[5-5]

Stowe and Eg. 106.

Page 253

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

Stowe.

[3-3]

Stowe.

[4-4]

Stowe.

Page 255

[1-1]

Stowe, H. 1. 13. Eg. 106 and Eg. 209.

[2-2]

Eg. 106.

[3-3]

Eg. 106.

[4-4]

Eg. 106.

[a]

That is, the Milesians, the ancestors of the Irish.

Page 256

[a]

Cuchulain was partly of divine birth, on one side the son of Lugh lámh-fhada ('Lug long-hand'), the Irish sun-god; on the earthly side he had also a mortal father, Sualtaim or Sualtach.

[1-1]

See note 1, page 255.

[2-2]

H. 1. 13.

[3-3]

Eg. 106.

Page 257

[a]

'Twenty four,' YBL. 39b, 23, and Eg. 106; but 'five,' Eg. 209.

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

Stowe, Eg. 106, Eg. 209.

[3-3]

Eg. 106.

[4-4]

Eg. 209.

[5-5]

Eg. 106.

[6-6]

Eg. 106.

[b]

Ferdiad's charioteer.

[c]

Cuchulain's charioteer.

[7-7]

Eg. 106.

[8-8]

Eg. 106.

Page 258

[1-1]

Eg. 106.

[3-3]

Eg. 106.

[4-4]

Eg. 106.

Page 259

[1-1]

Eg. 106.

[2-2]

See note 2, page 257.

[3-3]

Eg. 106.

[4-4]

Reading with Eg. 106.

[5-5]

Eg. 106.

[6-6]

YBL. 39b, 20.

[7-7]

Eg. 209.

[8-8]

Eg. 106.

[9-9]

Stowe.

Page 260

[1-1]

Stowe.

[2-2]

Stowe and Eg. 209.