er
faltered
ne fel ?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
at ?
e bit of ?
e broun stel bot on ?
e grounde.
[E] ? e fayre hede fro ? e halce hit [felle] to ? e er? e,
428 [F] ? at fele hit foyned wyth her fete, ? ere hit forth roled;
? e blod brayd fro ? e body, ? at blykked on ? e grene;
[G] & naw?
er faltered ne fel ? e freke neuer ? e helder,
Bot sty? ly he start forth vpon styf schonkes,
432 [H] & ru[n]yschly he ra3t out, ? ere as renkke3 stoden,
La3t to his lufly hed, & lyft hit vp sone;
& sy? en bo3e3 to his blonk, ? e brydel he cachche3,
[I] Steppe3 in to stel bawe & stryde3 alofte,
436 [J] & his hede by ? e here in his honde halde3;
& as sadly ? e segge hym in his sadel sette,
As non vnhap had hym ayled, ? a3 hedle3 he[1] we[re],
in stedde;
440 [K] He brayde his bluk[2] aboute,
? at vgly bodi ? at bledde, [Fol. 97. ]
Moni on of hym had doute,
Bi ? at his resoun3 were redde.
[Sidenote A: The Green Knight]
[Sidenote B: puts his long lovely locks aside and lays bare his neck.
[E] ? e fayre hede fro ? e halce hit [felle] to ? e er? e,
428 [F] ? at fele hit foyned wyth her fete, ? ere hit forth roled;
? e blod brayd fro ? e body, ? at blykked on ? e grene;
[G] & naw?
er faltered ne fel ? e freke neuer ? e helder,
Bot sty? ly he start forth vpon styf schonkes,
432 [H] & ru[n]yschly he ra3t out, ? ere as renkke3 stoden,
La3t to his lufly hed, & lyft hit vp sone;
& sy? en bo3e3 to his blonk, ? e brydel he cachche3,
[I] Steppe3 in to stel bawe & stryde3 alofte,
436 [J] & his hede by ? e here in his honde halde3;
& as sadly ? e segge hym in his sadel sette,
As non vnhap had hym ayled, ? a3 hedle3 he[1] we[re],
in stedde;
440 [K] He brayde his bluk[2] aboute,
? at vgly bodi ? at bledde, [Fol. 97. ]
Moni on of hym had doute,
Bi ? at his resoun3 were redde.
[Sidenote A: The Green Knight]
[Sidenote B: puts his long lovely locks aside and lays bare his neck.
