Chapter I

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From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

generally approved or compelling recognition

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

surrounded by; in the middle of a group

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

the act of creating written works

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

past form of “believe” — accept as true; take to be true

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

move up and down repeatedly

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

the people of Great Britain

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

a period of 100 years

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

definitely or positively (“sure” is sometimes used informally for “surely”)

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

several things grouped together or considered as a whole

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

gotten under control

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

third-person singular of “contain” — include or contain; have as a component

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

in an accurate manner

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

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From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

United States neoclassical sculptor (1814-1857)

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

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From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

the specified day of the month

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

patron saint of Wales (circa 520-600)

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

recognizable; marked

From this reading The dialect in which it is written has been decided to be West Midland, probably Lancashire, and is by no means easy to understand.

plural of “design” — the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

From this reading The dialect in which it is written has been decided to be West Midland, probably Lancashire, and is by no means easy to understand.

the act of moving away in different direction from a common point

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

earlier in time; previously

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

posing no difficulty; requiring little effort

From this reading The dialect in which it is written has been decided to be West Midland, probably Lancashire, and is by no means easy to understand.

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

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From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

about to be mentioned or specified

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

-ing form of “form” — create (as an entity)

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

coming next after the thirteenth in position

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

(Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

usually; as a rule

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

green color or pigment; resembling the color of growing grass

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

the act of beginning something new

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

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From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

apprehended with certainty

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles

From this reading The dialect in which it is written has been decided to be West Midland, probably Lancashire, and is by no means easy to understand.

the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest dimension of something that is fixed in place

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

plural of “line” — a formation of people or things one beside another

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards)

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

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From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

a vaguely specified concern

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

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From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

From this reading The dialect in which it is written has been decided to be West Midland, probably Lancashire, and is by no means easy to understand.

any admirable quality or attribute

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

based on the meter as a standard of measurement

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

a town in west central Texas

From this reading The dialect in which it is written has been decided to be West Midland, probably Lancashire, and is by no means easy to understand.

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

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From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

a chronic progressive nervous disorder involving loss of myelin sheath around certain nerve fibers

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

Roman Emperor notorious for his monstrous vice and fantastic luxury (was said to have started a fire that destroyed much of Rome in 64) but the Roman Empire remained prosperous during his rule (37-68)

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

not any; not one

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

plural of “note” — a brief written record

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

make available or accessible, provide or furnish

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

above and across; more than

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

capable of happening or existing

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

From this reading The dialect in which it is written has been decided to be West Midland, probably Lancashire, and is by no means easy to understand.

ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

a relationship between two lovers

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

plural of “romance” — a relationship between two lovers

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

Identical; not different.

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

plural of “scholar” — a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

term of address for a man

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

to a small degree or extent

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

express in speech

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

plural of “stave” — (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

with regard to technique

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

a person who translates written messages from one language to another

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

know and comprehend the nature or meaning of

From this reading The dialect in which it is written has been decided to be West Midland, probably Lancashire, and is by no means easy to understand.

radically distinctive and without equal

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

marked by diversity or difference

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

precisely as stated

From this reading The MS. is of the end of the fourteenth century, but it is possible that the composition of the poem is somewhat earlier; the subject matter is certainly of very old date.

a way of regarding situations or topics etc.

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America

From this reading The dialect in which it is written has been decided to be West Midland, probably Lancashire, and is by no means easy to understand.

United States photographer(1886-1958)

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

change directions as if revolving on a pivot

From this reading Our poem, or, to speak more correctly, metrical romance, contains over 2500 lines, and is composed in staves of varying length, ending in five short rhyming lines, technically known as a bob and a wheel,—the lines forming the body of the stave being not rhyming, but alliterative.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

in the company of; together with

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several ores including wolframite and scheelite

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading There has been a considerable divergence of opinion among scholars on the question of authorship, but the view now generally accepted is that it is the work of the same hand as _Pearl_, another poem of considerable merit contained in the same MS.

set down in writing in any of various ways

From this reading The dialect in which it is written has been decided to be West Midland, probably Lancashire, and is by no means easy to understand.

the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

From this reading ARTHURIAN ROMANCES Unrepresented in Malory’s “Morte d’Arthur” _No. I_ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight A Middle-English Arthurian Romance _Retold in Modern Prose, with Introduction & Notes_, by Jessie L. Weston, _Translator_ of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s “Parzival” • _With Designs by_ M. M. Crawford London: David Nutt in the Strand mdcccxcviii The poem of which the following pages offer a prose rendering is contained in a MS., believed to be unique, of the Cottonian Collection, Nero A. X., preserved in the British Museum.