Nípsa chú-sa imlomtha fuidell...

Nípsa chú-sa imlomtha fuidell.
Basa chú-sa tairdbe buiden.

(not was I * hound * of gnawing * remnants * was I * hound * of tearing * of companies)

I was not a hound for gnawing at scraps.
I was a hound for tearing into troops.

This was the phantom Cú Chulainn’s posthumous opinion of himself, delivered in “Siaburcharpat Con Culaind” (LU 9327-8) as one of a series of four similar contrasted pairings.

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