]
[Sidenote G: None durst approach him,]
[Sidenote H: so many had he torn with his tusks.
[Sidenote G: None durst approach him,]
[Sidenote H: so many had he torn with his tusks.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
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 ? ur3 ? e forth, ? er ?
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 ? ur3 ? e forth, ? er ?