MS TCD H 2. 7 tacr— sl— ina ucht to be expanded as tachraidh sleg ina ucht ‘a spear meets him in the chest’ in tale Aided Muirchertaig meic Erca §41 (BILL 5117). Emendation illustrates how previous editorial misinterpretation obscured the motif of the threefold death in this tale.