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I meet him at the door of the liss, I being severely wounded.
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Dunn, Joseph
A dun is a fortified dwelling, a liss is a place for domestic animals.
From Etain the Beloved and Other Poems by Cousins, James Henry
A liss or rath is a fortified place enclosed by a circular mound or trench, or both.
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Dunn, Joseph
But ere the door could be opened they heard the boy’s voice raised in anger and the fierce yelling of the dog, and a scuffling in the bawn of the liss.
From The Irish Fairy Book by Various
A youngster did that deed," Fergus continued, "at the close of five years after his birth, when he overthrew the sons of champions and warriors at the very door of their liss and dûn.
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Dunn, Joseph
The rare chastite of Penelope, is remainyng as a example herein: So many snares laied to caste doune her vertuous loue towarde her housebande U- lisses.
From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Rainolde, Richard
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