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Stanzas 34–53 —
st. 34–53 (incl. many synchronisms), dipl. ed. R. I. Best • M. A. O'Brien, The Book of Leinster, formerly Lebar na Núachongbála, vol. 3 (1957): 578ff.
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The allusion is to Cermait’s killing of Lug (mac Eithni) and to the subsequent payment of his honour-price (eneclann). According to the poem in CIH 371, a horse-bridle (ech-shrían) and a brooch (delg) are two of the seven valuables of a nobleman (aire).
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Cermait No associated entry available from the subject index
Lug <strong>Lug</strong> <br>Prominent member of the Túatha Dé Danann in Irish literature, a king and warrior whose all-round mastery of many skills and disciplines earns him the epithet <em>Samildánach</em>. Through his mother, he is descended from the Fomoire and his maternal uncle Balor is the one-eyed leader of the Fomoire whom he kills in the battle of Mag Tuired.
Lug <strong>Lug</strong> <br>Prominent member of the Túatha Dé Danann in Irish literature, a king and warrior whose all-round mastery of many skills and disciplines earns him the epithet <em>Samildánach</em>. Through his mother, he is descended from the Fomoire and his maternal uncle Balor is the one-eyed leader of the Fomoire whom he kills in the battle of Mag Tuired.
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Ir. ech-shrían
Ir. eneclann
Ir. leithbe
Ir. eneclann
Ir. leithbe
