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
1428. _þe riȝte_, direct. Cf. Wissmann, 1356 Note.
1462. _I blessed beo þe time_. Cf. ‘Havel.’ 1215; ‘Chron. of Engl.’ 705
(Wissmann).
1465-6. _teche_ : _speche_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 26544: _for þus we eou scullen
techen ure Bruttisce speche_, and 26834: _Nu is we wulle teche Bruttisce
spæche_. For a very similar use cf. ‘Lay.’ 18424-25: _we scullen heom to
teon & tiðende tellen_; 20605-6, _and we heom sculleð tellen Bruttisce
{spelles}_; 21698, _sorhfulle spelles_; 24942, _ȝeomere spelles_. In all
these instances, as in the phrase in K. H., the meaning seems to be to
inflict dire punishment. Cf. also ‘Lay.’ 23503-4: _& techen heō to riden
þene wæi touward Romen_.
1467-8. _sle_ : _fle_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 6417-18: _oðer mid fure he lette hom
slæn · oðer he heom lette quic flan_. Cf. also ‘Lay.’ 27376-7, 29049-50;
‘Life of Alex.’ 1734 (Wissmann). Cf. also ‘Havelok,’ 612: _He shal hem
hangen, or quik flo_. For details of the flaying, cf. ‘Havelok’ 2492 ff.
1469. _horn to blowe_. In both French versions of ‘Havelok,’ Havelok
proves his identity in Denmark by his ability to blow the horn which
Sigar presents to him, and which no one else can blow. Cf. also ‘Beues’
3377: _Saber is horn began to blow, þat his ost him scholde knowe_. Cf.
also Roland’s horn in the Song of Roland and a similar incident in the
German romance, ‘König Rother.’
1481-2. _wurche_ : _churche_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 10205-6: _chirchen he lettē
areren monie & wel iwhare_; also 29531-2.
1483-4. _ringe_ : _singe_. Cf. ‘Havelok’ 242: _Belles he deden sone
ringen, monkes and prestes masse singen_ (Wissmann).
1487, L. _cleten_. Scribal error for _clepten_.
1501-2, L H. _ston ... lym ..._ The combination of stone and lime is
probably a sign of French influence on MSS. L and H. Cf. R. H. 5047: _de
pere e de furment_. Cf. also ‘Erl of Tolous’ 467: _Was made of lyme and
stone_; also ‘Sir Eglamour,’ 252.
1509-10. _wende_ : _schende_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 1793-9: _Þe kaisere wende
Walwaī to scende_.
1516-17. For mode of marriage cf. ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 185-8.
1518. _newe werke_. Cf. ‘Rob. of Glouc.’ p. 449 (Wissmann).
1536. _wunder_ = harm, evil. Cf. Mätzner, 1247 Note, 1422 Note.
1537. _wundes fiue_. Cf. ‘King of Tars.’ 57: _þat suffred wowndes fiue_.
1574. _ginne_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 30567: _þurh nanes cunnes giñe_ (Wissmann).
FLORIS AND BLAUNCHEFLUR.
2, T. _þe cristen woman_, the captive mother of Blauncheflur.
28, T. _louyd togeder_, a French idiom, _s’entr’amoient_.
72, T. _Boþ by day and by nyȝt_. Cf. ‘K. Horn,’ 275 Note.
77, T. _þat oþer_, preservation of the OE. definite inflected form,
_þæt_, source of modern English dialect ‘tother.’
80, T. _ben ... wo_. Cf. 142 T, and ‘K. Horn,’ 121 Note.
100, T. _fel to_, was due. Cf. Bradl.-Stratm. _fallen_.
110, T. _wore_ : _lore_. Cf. _were_ : _fere_, 82.
113-14, T. _sykes_, _lernes_, _mornes_. These forms seem due to Northern
influence on MS. T.
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