e schalk
schyndered
?
Gawaine and the Green Knight
]
[Sidenote G: Take now thy grim tool, and let us see how thou knockest. "]
XIX.
[A] The grene kny3t vpon grounde gray? ely hym dresses,
A littel lut with ? e hede, ? e lere he discouere3,
[B] His longe louelych lokke3 he layd ouer his croun.
420 Let ? e naked nec to ? e note schewe.
Gauan gripped to his ax, & gederes hit on hy3t,
? e kay fot on ? e folde he be-fore sette,
[C] Let hit doun ly3tly ly3t on ? e naked,
424 ? at ? e scharp of ?
e schalk schyndered ? e bones,
[D] & schrank ? ur3 ? e schyire grece, & scade hit in twynne,
? at ? e bit of ? e broun stel bot on ? e grounde.
[E] ? e fayre hede fro ? e halce hit [felle] to ? e er? e,
428 [F] ? at fele hit foyned wyth her fete, ? ere hit forth roled;
? e blod brayd fro ?
[Sidenote G: Take now thy grim tool, and let us see how thou knockest. "]
XIX.
[A] The grene kny3t vpon grounde gray? ely hym dresses,
A littel lut with ? e hede, ? e lere he discouere3,
[B] His longe louelych lokke3 he layd ouer his croun.
420 Let ? e naked nec to ? e note schewe.
Gauan gripped to his ax, & gederes hit on hy3t,
? e kay fot on ? e folde he be-fore sette,
[C] Let hit doun ly3tly ly3t on ? e naked,
424 ? at ? e scharp of ?
e schalk schyndered ? e bones,
[D] & schrank ? ur3 ? e schyire grece, & scade hit in twynne,
? at ? e bit of ? e broun stel bot on ? e grounde.
[E] ? e fayre hede fro ? e halce hit [felle] to ? e er? e,
428 [F] ? at fele hit foyned wyth her fete, ? ere hit forth roled;
? e blod brayd fro ?
