King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady
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King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Legends; Romances, English
425. _ofte heo hine custe ..._ Cf. ‘Lay.’ 5012-14: _bitwixen hire ærmes
heo hine nom, ofte heo hine clupte, & ofte heo hine custe_.
436. _liþe_. Cf. ‘Life of Alex.’ 431: _He wol solace me and lythe and in
this care make me blythe_, and ‘Will. de Shoreham’ (ed. Wright), p. 19:
_and lytheth oure pyne_.
437. _wiþute strif_. Cf. ‘Erl of Tolous’ 240: _Wythoute any stryfe_.
‘Ipomydon’ 1607-8: _He sayd, he wold haue hyr to wyffe, If she wold
withouten stryff_.
440. _plist_. Cf. 10 Note: _trewþe_. Cf. 321 Note, also Wissmann’s Note.
441-2. _biþoȝte_ : _miȝte_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 28410-11: _Modred þa þohte, what
he don mihte_ (Wissmann).
450, H. _þy fader fundlyng_. An instance of the preservation of the OE.
‘irregular’ genitive form. Cf. also 116 C H, 951 H; _moder_ 1485 C.
451. _... cunde_. ‘It would not be in keeping with thy rank’ (Mätzner).
452. _welde_. Cf. 324.
454. _wedding_. Cf. Wissmann’s ref. to Grimm, Rechtsalt. 439.
458. _iswoȝe_. Swoons are frequent in mediaeval romance. Cf. ‘Ipomydon’
873-8: _Uppon hyr bedde she gan downe falle On swoone, afore hyr maydens
alle_. Cf. also Wissmann’s Note.
464. _stere_. Cf. ‘Ritson’ III. 35, 825: _Ther myght no man hure stere_
(Wissmann).
473, C. _þat swete þing_. Cf. ‘Ipomydon’ 1021: _Than sory was that swete
thynge_. ‘King of Tars.’ 374: _For Maries loue, þat swete þing_; ‘Lyb.
Disc.’ 2127, ‘Fl. and Bl.’ 272 T, etc.
474. _swoȝning_. Cf. ‘Ipomydon’ 875: _And whan she roos of swounynge_.
478, C. _seue niȝt_, a ‘week,’ like ‘fortnight.’
480. _cuppe_ : _vppe_. Cf. also 1205-6, where the couplet is a
stereotyped one and does not fit.
482. _foreward_. Cf. ‘Erl of Tolous’: _Yschall hold thy forward {god}_;
also ‘Lay.’ III. 177 (Wissmann).
485. _adun falle_. Cf. 403 Note.
486. _halle_. Cf. ‘Havelok’ 157: _Bifore þe king into þe halle_
(Wissmann).
492. _bede_. Cf. Wissmann’s Note.
506. _mid þe beste_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 20449: _cniht mid þam beste_, also
23259.
520. _derling_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ A. 28342: _i-sloȝen is Angell þe king, þe wes
min aȝen deorling_.
524. _sprang_. Cf. 134 Note, also ‘Lay.’ A. 28314: _ase þe dæi gon
lihte_.
526. _þuȝte lang_. ‘Lay.’ A. 28297: _feouwertyne niht him þuhte to lōg_.
537. _fel a knes_. Cf. 403 Note.
562, C. _þuȝte god_. Cf. ‘Life of Alex.’ 1145 (Wissmann); also
‘Ipomydon’ 599: _And of his comyng she was glad_; and ‘Lay.’ 13832; _for
eouwer cumen ich æm bliðe_.
572. _vnbynd me of my pine_. Cf. ‘Fl. and Bl.’ 308: _of care vnbynde_.
573-4. _stille_ : _wille_. Cf. ‘Seven Sages’ (Weber III.) 485
(Wissmann).
581. _mestere_. Cf. ‘Sir Eglamour’ 252, The knight must accomplish
“_dedes of armys thre_” before he can marry the princess. Cf. the
similar conditions in ‘Guy of Warwick.’
586, L. _forsake_, ‘give up,’ ‘renounce.’ Cf. Wissmann’s Note and Ritson
II. 70 ff., 159.
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