Ferdiad, red-faced Daman's son!"
Cuchulain:
"Here am I—no easy task—[c]
Holding Erin's men at bay;
Foot I've never turned in flight
In my fight with single foe!"
Fergus:
"Dour the man when anger moves,
Owing to his gore-red glaive;
Ferdiad wears a skin of horn,