Condrecat lochta ocus fulachta sund indiu.
Condrecat lochta ocus fulachta sund indiu.
(meet * faults * and * cooking pits * here * today)
Today has been a bloody shambles.
This is Medb’s comment to Fergus on the outcome of the final battle in the Táin. The version given is from the YBL version, except that I’ve recplaced “correcad” with the better form of the verb found in the LL version, which is “Condrecat lochta ra fulachta and so indiu.” The play of the sounds of the words “lochta” and “fulachta” marks this as a clichéd expression, but why “faults” should meet “outdoor cooking pits” to produce an image of battlefield carnage is no longer apparent.