unwist adj.

2023-07-08 Uncategorized

TR2.1289 Bŭt thérŏn wás tŏ hévĕn ánd tŏ dóonĕ.
TR2.1290 Cŏnsídĕréd ăl thíng ĭt máy năt bé;
TR2.1291 Ănd whí? Fŏr spéche; ănd ít wĕre ék tŏ sóonĕ
TR2.1292 Tŏ gráuntĕn hým sŏ grét ă líbĕrtée.
TR2.1293 Fŏr pléynly̆ híre ĕnténte, ăs séydĕ shé,
TR2.1294 Wăs fór tŏ lóve hy̆m únwĭst, íf shĕ mýghtĕ,
TR2.1295 Ănd guérdŏun hým wĭth nóthĭng bút wĭth síghtĕ.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): But in that matter there was still more than one last heave to be made! All things considered, it was not to be.—And why?—Because of talk. And it would also be too soon to allow him so great a liberty. For her intention, plainly (as she said), was to love him without it being known, if she could, and reward him with nothing but with sight.
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): しかしこれには努力を要し、やるべきことが多くあった。すべてのことを考えると、この実現はたぶん無理であろう。なぜか、悪意のある噂のためだ、そしてトロイルスにそんな大いなる自由を与えることもまた時期尚早だろう。明らかに彼女の意図は、彼女が言ったように、できれば、人に知られずに彼を愛することであり、彼に報いることはただ姿を見せることだけだった。
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 可是这件事确实煞费心机，好似登天一般；一切考虑起来，还不见得容易办到；马上就这样放任他也未免太早。她的真意，她已说过，是藏在心里爱他，除见面而外，她还是要设法不给他旁的鼓励。

Word Information

Etymology: From witen, v.
Addresser: Narrator
Addressee: N/A
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: Others (the two protagonists’ love)
Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

OED: †1. a. Unknown to one; without it being known. (s.v. unwist, adj.)
MED: 2c. Ppls. unwitinge and unwiste, used interchangeably, as quasi-adverbs: without anyone’s knowledge, in secret, surreptitiously (s.v. unwiten, v.)

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 104): unwist: undetected
Fisher (1989: 439): unwist: unknown
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): 1. unknown (with of ‘to’) (s.v. unwist, ppl. adj.)
Donaldson (1975: 794): unwist: unknown
Baugh (1963: 118): unwist: without his knowing it

Possible Definitions

unknown, undetected

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘gret’ (adj. & adv. & n., Tr2.1292).