I n-óenchorp at·tá side.

I n-óenchorp at·tá side.

(in * in body * is * that one)

He’s only mortal. (literally, “He’s in one body.”)

Queen Medb says this of her adversary Cú Chulainn in the Book of the Dun Cow version of the “Táin” (LU 4849). She goes on to say “He can be wounded or even captured.”

Topics: Proverbial Sayings