ó mulluch co talmain

Old Irish

Etymology

Literally "from top to Earth".

Adverb

ó mulluch co talmain

  1. head to toe
    • c. 815-840, published in "The Monastery of Tallaght", in Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1911-1912, Royal Irish Academy), edited and with translations by Edward J. Gwynn and Walter J. Purton, vol. 29, pp. 115–179, paragraph 72,
      Iarsin trosc[ud] tanaise ro·tuit [sic] in tenid co rro·loisc hé o mulluch co talmin.
      After [Máel Ruain's] second fasting, fire came down [on the king] and burnt [the king] from head to toe.
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