Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 14 (of 15), King Arthur (2)Malory, Thomas, Sir
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Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 14 (of 15), King Arthur (2)
Malory, Thomas, Sir
Arthurian romances; Malory, Thomas, Sir, active 15th century. Morte d'Arthur -- Adaptations
Pg. 238 - "befel" to "befell" (5) (it befell that Nimue)
Pg. 281 - "Turquin" to "Turquine" (2) (by Sir Turquine?)
Pg. 289 - "Tristam's" to "Tristram's" (313) (and Tristram's sake)
Pg. 298 - "wil" to "will" (361) (if you will receive)
Pg. 299 - "dishoner" to "dishonor" (12) (naught to her dishonor.)
3. Words where both versions appear in this text and have been retained.
"threescore" (2) and "three-score"
"King Astlabor" (p. 87) and "King Astlobar" (p. 90)
4. Known English Archaic words used in this text:
"emprise" (prowess/daring)
"guerdon" (reward)
"halidom" (a thing considered holy)
"leman" (sweetheart)
"lief" (dear)
"woful" (3) (now woeful)
"villanous" (6) and villany (3) (now var. of villian* (10))
End of Project Gutenberg's Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15), by Charles Morris
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