Madden
explains
to3t, promptly.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
1898.
1719 Thenne wat3 hit lif vpon list, etc.
Should we not read:
Thenne wat3 hit list vpon lif, etc.
i. e. , Then was there joy in life, etc.
1729 bi lag oe-lagh(? ) elow (? ).
1780 lyf ef(? ), beloved (one).
1869 Ho hat3 kyst ? e kny3t so to3t.
She has kissed the knight so courteous.
Sir F.
Madden explains to3t, promptly. To3t seems to be the same as
the Northumbrian taght in the following extract from the "Morte
Arthure":
"There come in at the fyrste course, before the kyng seluene,
Bare hevedys that ware bryghte, burnyste with sylver,
Alle with taghte mene and towne in togers fulle ryche. "--(p. 15. )
The word towne (well-behaved) still exists in wan-ton, the
original meaning of which was ill-mannered, ill-bred.
1909 bray hounde3 +ra? hounde3, i. e. fierce hounds.
1995 He hat3 nere ? at he so3t se wat3 nere ? at he so3t e was near to
that which he sought.
2160 gedere3 ? e rake fakes the path or way.
2167 ? e skwe3 of ?
1719 Thenne wat3 hit lif vpon list, etc.
Should we not read:
Thenne wat3 hit list vpon lif, etc.
i. e. , Then was there joy in life, etc.
1729 bi lag oe-lagh(? ) elow (? ).
1780 lyf ef(? ), beloved (one).
1869 Ho hat3 kyst ? e kny3t so to3t.
She has kissed the knight so courteous.
Sir F.
Madden explains to3t, promptly. To3t seems to be the same as
the Northumbrian taght in the following extract from the "Morte
Arthure":
"There come in at the fyrste course, before the kyng seluene,
Bare hevedys that ware bryghte, burnyste with sylver,
Alle with taghte mene and towne in togers fulle ryche. "--(p. 15. )
The word towne (well-behaved) still exists in wan-ton, the
original meaning of which was ill-mannered, ill-bred.
1909 bray hounde3 +ra? hounde3, i. e. fierce hounds.
1995 He hat3 nere ? at he so3t se wat3 nere ? at he so3t e was near to
that which he sought.
2160 gedere3 ? e rake fakes the path or way.
2167 ? e skwe3 of ?
