ó mulluch co talmain
Old Irish edit
Etymology edit
Literally "from top to Earth".
Adverb edit
- head to toe
- c. 815-840, “The Monastery of Tallaght”, in Edward J. Gwynn, Walter J. Purton, transl., Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, volume 29, Royal Irish Academy, published 1911-1912, paragraph 72, pages 115-179:
- 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.