e rochere3 rungen aboute;
1428 Huntere3 hem
hardened
with horne & wyth muthe.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
]
[Footnote 1: crowed (?).]
XII.
[A] Sone ?ay calle of a quest in aker syde,
?e hunt re-hayted ?e hounde3, ?at hit fyrst mynged,
[B] Wylde worde3 hym warp wyth a wrast noyce;
1424 ?e hownde3 ?at hit herde, hastid ?ider swy?e,
& fellen as fast to ?e fuyt, fourty at ones;
?enne such a glauerande glam of gedered rachche3
Ros, ?at ?
e rochere3 rungen aboute;
1428 Huntere3 hem
hardened
with horne & wyth muthe.
[C] ?en al in a semble sweyed to-geder,
Bitwene a flosche in ?at fryth, & a foo cragge;
In a knot, bi a clyffe, at ?e kerre syde,
1432 ?er as ?e rogh rocher vn-rydely wat3 fallen,
[?ay] ferden to ?e fyndyng, & freke3 hem after;
[D] ?ay vmbe-kesten ?e knarre & ?e knot bo?e.
Wy3e3, whyl ?ay wysten wel wyt inne hem hit were,
1436 ?e best ?
