Knights and knighthood -- Poetry; Romances, English
p. 87, l. 2526. _emell_ was added by Hall in order to restore the rhyme
with _Desonell_.
p. 88, l. 2535. For this correction, cf. Zupitza’s note to _Guy_,
l. 600.
p. 90, l. 2593. After _marked_, _them_ may have dropped; cf. _Layamon_,
l. 5642 f.:
‘And heom markede forđ,
Touward Munt-giu heo ferden,’
instead of which lines the later MSS. writes:
‘Hii nome riht hire way
Touward Muntageu.’
p. 90, l. 2597. On _castelletoure_ cf. Kölbing’s note to _Tristrem_,
l. 158.
p. 91, l. 2636. Cf. Kölbing’s notes to _Amis and Amiloun_, l. 1019, and
to _The lyfe of Ipomadon_, l. 506. Here the expression, _no good he ne
couth_ means, he was quite feeble and strengthless.
p. 92, l. 2658. _up-tyed_ = so limited by the deed of foundation that
they (the churches and abbeys) could not be diverted to any other
purpose.--HALL.
p. 92, l. 2661. Cf. _Eglamour_, l. 1339, Lincoln MS.:
‘In Rome this romance crouned es.’
The Cambridge MS. reads instead:
‘In Rome thys geste cronyculd ys.’
I am inclined to think that _crouned_ is nothing else but a misreading
for _cronyculd_. Afterwards, considered to be correct, it has originated
expressions like those we find here.
GLOSSARY.
[Transcriber’s Note:
Asterisks* are not explained. They seem to indicate words that did not
appear in the original MS but are the result of editorial emendation.
They may or may not occur elsewhere in the text.]
_abydde_, 2/41, _vb._ to endure.
_a-bye_, 21/569, _vb._ to pay for.
_actone_, 79/2276, _sb._ a jacket of quilted cotton.
Cf. Skeat’s Glossary to _Wars of Al._, s.v.
_ago_, 3/65, _pp._ gone.
_a-right_, 48/1364, _pt. s._ prepared, served up.
_assent_, 48/1357, _sb._ proposal.
_assttyt_, 23/640, _adv._ at once.
_auter_, 68/1952, _sb._ altar.
_avented_, 54/1554, _pt. s. refl._ recovered his breath.
_aventorres_, 2/39, _sb. pl._ adventures.
_aventurly_, 44/1229, _adv._ boldly.
_axithe_, 10/260, _pr. 3 sg._ asks.
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