1623
Þe
lorde
ful
lowde
with
lote,
speech
&
laȝed
laughter
myry,
merry
The lord of the land is well pleased when he sees Sir Gawayne,
1624
When
he
seȝe
saw
sir
G:
with solace
joyfully
he
spekeȝ;
1625
Þe
goude
good
ladyeȝ
were
geten,
fetched
&
gedered
assembled
þe
meyny,
company
1626
He
scheweȝ
shows
hem
them
þe
scheldeȝ,
slabs of boar’s flesh
&
schapes
gives
hem
them
þe
tale,
account
He shows him the shields of the wild boar, and tells him of its length and breadth.
1627
Of
þe
largesse,
great size
&
þe
lenþe,
length
þe
liþerneȝ
ferocity
alse,
as well
1628
Of
þe
were
fighting
of
þe
wylde
swyn,
boar
in
wod
wood
þer
where
he
fled.
1629
Þat
oþer
knyȝt
ful
comly
graciously
comended
commended
his
dedeȝ,
deeds
1630
&
praysed
hit
as
gret
prys,
excellence
þat
he
proued
hade;
1631
For
suche
a
brawne
flesh
of
a
best,
beast
þe
bolde
burne
knight
sayde,
Such a "brawn of a beast," Sir Gawayne says, he never has seen.
1632
Ne
nor
such
sydes
of
a
swyn,
boar
segh
saw
he
neuer
are.
before
1633
Þenne
hondeled
took hold of
þay
þe
hoge
huge
hed,
head
þe
hende
courteous
mon
man
hit
praysed,
113
1634
&
let lodly
professed horror
þerat
at it
þe
lorde
forte
here:
praise
1635
“Now
Gawayn,”
quod
þe
god mon,
master of the house
“þis
gomen
quarry
is
your
awen,
own
Gawayne takes possession of it according to covenant,
1636
Bi
fyn
fully ratified
for-warde
agreement
&
faste,
binding
faythely
truly
ȝe
you
knowe.”
1637
“Hit
is
sothe,”
true
quod
þe
segge,
knight
“&
as
siker
certainly
trwe;
1638
Alle my get
all that I have got
I
schal
yow
gif
give
agayn,
in return
bi
my
trawþe.”
plighted word
1639
He
[hent]
took
þe
haþel
knight
aboute
þe
halse,
neck
&
hendely
graciously
hym
kysses,
and in return kisses his host,
1640
&
efter-sones
again
of
with
þe
same
he
serued
hym
þere.
1641
“Now
ar
are
we
euen,”
fairly quit
quod
þe
haþel,
knight
“in
þis
euen-tide,
evening
1642
Of
alle
þe
couenauntes
terms of compact
þat
we
knyt,
made
syþen
since
I
com
came
hider,
hither
1643
bi lawe;”
duly
1644
Þe
lorde
sayde,
“bi
saynt Gile,
St. Giles
who declares his guest to be the best he knows.
1645
e
you
ar
þe
best
best man
þat
I
knowe,
1646
e
you
ben
will be
ryche
in a whyle,
presently
1647
Such
chaffer
trade
&
if
ȝe
you
drowe.”
carry on
When the lord saw Sir Gawain he greeted him with loud mirth and spake words of solace to him. Then he sent for the ladies and gathered the household; he showed to them the shields of the boar, and told them of his length and breadth and height, and of the boar's fierceness, and of the fight in the wood with the wild boar. Then Sir Gawain full comely commended his deeds, and praised him at great price, and said that never before had he seen such a brawn of a beast nor such sides of a boar. Then the gentle man handled the huge head and praised it. 'Now, Gawain,' quoth this good man, 'this game is tine own, as by our fast and fair covenant it was agreed.' 'True it is,' said that other, 'all that I have gained I will give it to thee by my troth.' Then he caught the lord about the neck and gently kissed him, and eftsoons he kissed him again. 'Now are we quits,' quoth the lord, 'this eventide of all the covenants we made since I came hither.'
'I trow
By St. Giles,' said the knight,
'Thou art the luckiest I know,
Great in gains thou art this night,
And a rich man thou dost grow.'
Text and side-notes from Richard Morris (1869). Interlinear glosses from Brunetti. Translation from Ernest Kirtlan's Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Rendered Literally Into Modern English.
Sources integrated and rendered by James K. Tauber.