is tyme
twelmonyth
?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
"
[Sidenote A: Then cried he aloud,]
[Sidenote B: "Who dwells here discourse with me to hold? "]
[Sidenote C: Now is the good Gawayne going aright]
[Sidenote D: He hears a voice commanding him to abide where he is. ]
[Sidenote E: Soon there comes out of a hole, with a fell weapon,]
[Sidenote F: a Danish axe, quite new,]
[Sidenote G: the "knight in green," clothed as before. ]
[Sidenote H: When he reaches the stream, he hops over and strides about. ]
[Sidenote I: He meets Sir Gawayne without obeisance. ]
[Sidenote J: The other tells him that he is now ready for conversation]
XI.
[A] "Gawayn," quod ? at grene gome, "God ? e mot loke!
2240 I-wysse ? ou art welcom,[1] wy3e, to my place,
[B] & ? ou hat3 tymed ? i trauayl as true[2] mon schulde;
[C] & ? ou knowe3 ? e couenaunte3 kest vus by-twene,
At ?
is tyme twelmonyth ? ou toke ? at ? e falled,
2244 [D] & I schulde at ? is nwe 3ere 3eply ? e quyte.
[E] & we ar in ? is valay, verayly oure one,
Here ar no renkes vs to rydde, rele as vus like3;
[F] Haf ? y[3] helme of ? y hede, & haf here ? y pay;
2248 Busk no more debate ? en I ? e bede ? enne,
"When ? ou wypped of my hede at a wap one. "
[G] "Nay, bi God," quod Gawayn, "?
[Sidenote A: Then cried he aloud,]
[Sidenote B: "Who dwells here discourse with me to hold? "]
[Sidenote C: Now is the good Gawayne going aright]
[Sidenote D: He hears a voice commanding him to abide where he is. ]
[Sidenote E: Soon there comes out of a hole, with a fell weapon,]
[Sidenote F: a Danish axe, quite new,]
[Sidenote G: the "knight in green," clothed as before. ]
[Sidenote H: When he reaches the stream, he hops over and strides about. ]
[Sidenote I: He meets Sir Gawayne without obeisance. ]
[Sidenote J: The other tells him that he is now ready for conversation]
XI.
[A] "Gawayn," quod ? at grene gome, "God ? e mot loke!
2240 I-wysse ? ou art welcom,[1] wy3e, to my place,
[B] & ? ou hat3 tymed ? i trauayl as true[2] mon schulde;
[C] & ? ou knowe3 ? e couenaunte3 kest vus by-twene,
At ?
is tyme twelmonyth ? ou toke ? at ? e falled,
2244 [D] & I schulde at ? is nwe 3ere 3eply ? e quyte.
[E] & we ar in ? is valay, verayly oure one,
Here ar no renkes vs to rydde, rele as vus like3;
[F] Haf ? y[3] helme of ? y hede, & haf here ? y pay;
2248 Busk no more debate ? en I ? e bede ? enne,
"When ? ou wypped of my hede at a wap one. "
[G] "Nay, bi God," quod Gawayn, "?