Today, we have a selection from something very near and dear to my heart, the Historia of Geoffrey of Monmouth. The History of the Kings of Britain contains the Prophecia Merlini, which is where this selection is drawn from.
Sextus hybernie menia subuertet
Menia is actually moenia. I really don’t think that they’re talking about overthrowing a small fish of Ireland.
Sextus – proper noun in this case, translated simply as Sextus
hybernie – proper noun; Ireland
moenia – noun; walls, ramparts, defenses (all of a town or other area)
subuertet – verb; overturn, cause to topple, overthrow, destroy, subvert
Sextus will overthrow the defenses of Ireland
And now, back to our regularly scheduled thesis.