méitithir muldorn míled
méitithir muldorn míled
(as big * (as) rounded-fist * of soldier)
as big as the balled-up fist of a fighter
A simile used in the Táin to characterize the knotted muscles of Cú Chulainn's calves. A similar alliterative simile says that his neck muscles were "méitithir cend maicc mís" (as big as the head of month-old child).