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2456
Ho
she
wayned
sent
me
vpon
in
þis
wyse
guise
to
your
wynne
delightful
halle,
It was she who caused me to test the renown of the Round Table,
2457
For
to
assay
test
þe
surquidre,
pride
ȝif
if
hit
soth
true
were,
2458
Þat
rennes
is current
of
þe
grete
renoun
of
þe
Rounde
Table;
2459
Ho
she
wayned
sent
me
þis
wonder,
wondrous deed
your
wytteȝ
senses
to
reue,
take away
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2460
For
to
haf
have
greued
dismayed
Gaynour,
Guenever
&
gart
caused
hir
to
dyȝe.
die
hoping to grieve Guenever and cause her death through fear.
2461
With
gopnyng[1]
dismay
of
at
þat
ilke
same
gomen,
man
þat
gostlych
like a phantom
speked,
spoke
2462
With
his
hede
head
in
his
honde,
bifore
þe
hyȝe
table.
2463
Þat
is
ho
she
þat
is
at
home,
þe
auncian
aged
lady;
2464
Ho
she
is
euen
actually
þyn
aunt,
Arþureȝ
Arthur’s
half suster,
She is even thine aunt.
2465
Þe
duches doȝter
daughter of the duchess
of
Tyntagelle,
Tintagel
þat
(...vpon) upon whom
dere
noble
Vter
Uther
after
later
2466
Hade
begot
Arþur
vpon,
þat
aþel
glorious
is
nowþe.
now
Therefore come to her and make merry in my house."
2467
Þerfore
I
eþe
entreat
þe,
thee
haþel,
knight
to
com
to
þy naunt,
2468
Make myry
enjoy yourself
in
my
hous,
my
meny
household
þe
thee
louies,
loves
2469
&
I
wol
will
þe
thee
as
wel,
wyȝe,
knight
bi my faythe,
on my honour
2470
As
any
gome
man
vnder
God,
for
þy
grete
trauþe.”
fidelity
2471
&
he
nikked hym naye,
said no to him
he
nolde
would not
bi
non wayes by no means
no
wayes;
Gawayne refuses to return with the Green Knight.
2472
Þay
acolen
embrace
&
kyssen,
[bikennen]
@ commend
ayþer oþer
each other
2473
To
þe
prynce
of
paradise,
&
parten
part
ryȝt
þere,
2474
on
coolde;
cold ground
2475
Gawayn
on
blonk
horse
ful
bene,
fair
On horse full fair he bends to Arthur's hall.
2476
To
þe
kyngeȝ
king’s
burȝ
castle
buskeȝ
makes haste
bolde,
boldly
2477
&
þe
knyȝt
in
þe
enker grene,
bright green
2478
Whider-warde so euer
wherever
he
wolde.
wished
`It was she who brought me in this wise to your joyous I hall, to assay the pride thereof if it were truly spoken of, and to put to the test the great renown of the Round Table. She it was who made me do this marvel to put you all out of your wits, in order to vex and pain Guinevere and to cause her death, together with all that ghostly game and the knight with his head in his hand before the high table. It was the work of Morgan, who is that ancient dame thou didst see in my house. And she is thine aunt, and half-sister to Arthur, the daughter of the Duchess of Tintagel, who afterwards married Uther and gave birth to Arthur, who now is king. Therefore I implore thee, come and see thy aunt. Make merry in my house, for my servants all love thee, and I wish thee well, by my faith, as any man under heaven because of thy great truth.' But Sir Gawain denied with a nay, and said he would not in any wise. Then they embraced and kissed and commended each other to the King of Paradise, and they parted right there
on the wold.
Gawain mounts horses, I ween,
To the king's town hastes him, bold.
The knight, in weeds of green,
Went o'er the moorland cold.

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.