Irish - Is acher in gaíth

‘Bitter is the wind tonight’: A stormy night protects against raiding

  1. Is acher in gaíth in-nocht,
  2. fu·fúasna fairggae findfholt;
  3. ní·ágor réimm Mora Minn
  4. dond láechraid lainn úa Lothlind.

Text from: R. Thurneysen, Old Irish Reader (Dublin, 1981), p. 39

  1. Bitter is the wind tonight,
  2. it stirs up the white-waved sea.
  3. I do not fear the coursing of the Irish sea
  4. by the fierce warriors of Lothlind.