at is
grattest
in grene, when greue3 ar bare,
208 [C] & an ax in his o?
208 [C] & an ax in his o?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
at sale wyth sy3t er ?
at tyme,
with y3e;
He loked as layt so ly3t,
200 So sayd al ? at hym sy3e,
[F] Hit semed as no mon my3t,
Vnder his dyntte3 dry3e.
[Sidenote A: Gaily was the knight attired. ]
[Sidenote B: His great beard, like a bush, hung on his breast. ]
[Sidenote C: The horse's mane was decked with golden threads. ]
[Sidenote D: Its tail was bound with a green band. ]
[Sidenote E: Such a foal nor a knight were never before seen. ]
[Sidenote F: It seemed that no man might endure his dints. ]
[Footnote 1: as as, in MS. ]
X.
[A] Whe? er hade he no helme ne hawb[e]rgh nau? er,
204 Ne no pysan, ne no plate ? at pented to armes,
Ne no schafte, ne no schelde, to schwne ne to smyte,
[B] Bot in his on honde he hade a holyn bobbe,
?
at is grattest in grene, when greue3 ar bare,
208 [C] & an ax in his o? er, a hoge & vn-mete,
A spetos spar? e to expoun in spelle quo-so my3t;
? e hede of an eln3erde ? e large lenk? e hade,
? e grayn al of grene stele & of golde hewen,
212 [D] ? e bit burnyst bry3t, with a brod egge,
As wel schapen to schere as scharp rasores;
? e stele of a stif staf ? e sturne hit bi-grypte,
? at wat3 wounden wyth yrn to ? e wande3 ende, [Fol. 94. ]
216 [E] & al bigrauen with grene, in gracios[1] werkes;
A lace lapped aboute, ? at louked at ? e hede,
& so after ?
with y3e;
He loked as layt so ly3t,
200 So sayd al ? at hym sy3e,
[F] Hit semed as no mon my3t,
Vnder his dyntte3 dry3e.
[Sidenote A: Gaily was the knight attired. ]
[Sidenote B: His great beard, like a bush, hung on his breast. ]
[Sidenote C: The horse's mane was decked with golden threads. ]
[Sidenote D: Its tail was bound with a green band. ]
[Sidenote E: Such a foal nor a knight were never before seen. ]
[Sidenote F: It seemed that no man might endure his dints. ]
[Footnote 1: as as, in MS. ]
X.
[A] Whe? er hade he no helme ne hawb[e]rgh nau? er,
204 Ne no pysan, ne no plate ? at pented to armes,
Ne no schafte, ne no schelde, to schwne ne to smyte,
[B] Bot in his on honde he hade a holyn bobbe,
?
at is grattest in grene, when greue3 ar bare,
208 [C] & an ax in his o? er, a hoge & vn-mete,
A spetos spar? e to expoun in spelle quo-so my3t;
? e hede of an eln3erde ? e large lenk? e hade,
? e grayn al of grene stele & of golde hewen,
212 [D] ? e bit burnyst bry3t, with a brod egge,
As wel schapen to schere as scharp rasores;
? e stele of a stif staf ? e sturne hit bi-grypte,
? at wat3 wounden wyth yrn to ? e wande3 ende, [Fol. 94. ]
216 [E] & al bigrauen with grene, in gracios[1] werkes;
A lace lapped aboute, ? at louked at ? e hede,
& so after ?
