I would not [delay to set out], unless I might
approach
it on New
Year's morn, for all the lands within England, etc.
Gawaine and the Green Knight
1020 dut munt (?) }int (?), referring to sword-sports.
1022 sayn[t] Ione3 day. This is the 27th of December, and the last of the
feast. Sometimes the Christmas festivities were prolonged to New
Year's Day (Sir F. Madden).
1047 derne dede aecret deed. I would prefer to read derue dede great deed. Cf. lines 558, 564.
1053 I wot in worlde, etc. w not (I know not) in worlde, etc.
1054 I nolde, bot if I hit negh my3t on nw3eres morne,
For alle ?e londe in-wyth Logres, etc.
I would not [delay to set out], unless I might
approach
it on New
Year's morn, for all the lands within England, etc.
1074 in spenne in space an the interval eeanwhile. See line 1503.
1160 slentyng of arwes. Sir F. Madden reads sleutyng.
"Of drawyn swordis sclentyng to and fra,
The brycht mettale, and othir armouris seir,
Quharon the sonnys blenkis betis cleir,
Glitteris and schane, and vnder bemys brycht,
Castis ane new twynklyng or a lemand lycht."
(G. Douglas' AEneid, Vol. i, p. 421.)
1281 let lyk oppeared pleased.
1283 ?a3 I were burde bry3test, ?e burde in mynde hade, etc.
The sense requires us to read:
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