]
[Sidenote B: Meanwhile the lord pursues the wild boar,]
[Sidenote C: that bit the backs of his hounds asunder,]
[Sidenote D: and caused the
stiffest
of the hunters to start.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
e boerne,
He gete ?e bonk at his bak, bigyne3 to scrape,
1572 [F] ?e fro?e femed[3] at his mouth vnfayre bi ?e wyke3,
Whette3 his whyte tusche3; with hym ?en irked
Alle ?e burne3 so bolde, ?at hym by stoden,
[G] To nye hym on-ferum, bot ne3e hym non durst
1576 for wo?e;
He hade hurt so mony byforne,
?at al ?u3t[4] ?enne ful lo?e,
[H] Be more wyth his tusche3 torne,
1580 ?at breme wat3 [&] brayn-wod bothe.
[Sidenote A: Gawayne rises, hears mass, and then dines.
]
[Sidenote B: Meanwhile the lord pursues the wild boar,]
[Sidenote C: that bit the backs of his hounds asunder,]
[Sidenote D: and caused the
stiffest
of the hunters to start.
]
[Sidenote E: The boar runs into a hole in a rock by the side of a brook.]
[Sidenote F: The froth foams at his mouth.]
[Sidenote G: None durst approach him,]
[Sidenote H: so many had he torn with his tusks.]
[Footnote 1: til (?).]
[Footnote 2: madee, in MS.]
[Footnote 3: fomed (?).]
[Footnote 4: ?o3t (?).]
XVIII.
[A] Til ?e kny3t com hym-self, kachande his blonk,
Sy3 hym byde at ?e bay, his burne3 bysyde,
[B] He ly3tes luflych[1] adoun, leue3 his corsour,
1584 Brayde3 out a bry3t bront, & bigly forth stryde3,
Founde3 fast ?
