Adeochosa inna husci do chongnam frim.
Adeochosa inna husci do chongnam frim.
(I invoke * the * waters * for * helping * to me)
I call upon the waters to help me.
In the LU Táin (5512-14) Cú Chulainn appeals to the cosmos, particularized in triple form as earth, sea, and sky (see also “Mani má in talam fue” in this collection), to come to his aid in battle. The full quotation is:
“Adeochosa,” or Cú Chulaind, “inna husci do chongnam frim. Ateoch nem ⁊ talmuin ⁊ Cruinn in tsainrethaig.”
“I call on, said Cú Chulainn, “the waters do help me. I call on the sky and the earth and the (River) Cronn in particular.”
Conflating the two sentences and normalizing the spelling gives: “Ad·teoch inna h-uisciu ocus nem ocus talmain do chongnam frimm.” For more on the threefold image of the cosmos, see the discussion of “Mani má in talam fue” in this collection.