Badb
Americannoun
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Thereupon Cuchulain drew 2his2 sword from the sheath of the Badb, to cut away the weapons and lighten the shield that was on him.
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Joseph Dunn
Then Nemain, 1the Badb to wit,1 attacked them, and that was not the quietest of nights they had, with the noise of the churl, namely Dubthach, in theirb sleep.
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Joseph Dunn
And Badb and Macha and the Morrigu called out that they would go along with them.
From Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory
The Badb and Net's wife and the Nemain called on them that night on Garach and Irgarach; so that a hundred warriors of them died for terror.
From The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic by L. Winifred Faraday
And while they were moving there and putting up their walls, three queens of them, Badb and Macha and the Morrigu, went to Teamhair where the Firbolgs were making their plans.
From Gods and Fighting Men by Lady Gregory
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