Ní ar thóin mná dano gabus-sa inso.

(not * for * posterior * of woman * indeed * I took * this)

I didn’t undertake this for a woman’s backside.

The Morrígan appears to Cú Chulainn as a beautiful princess in an effort to seduce him away from his burdensome duty as the sole protector of Ulster. He rebuffs her with these words in the LU and YBL versions of the Táin.

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