TR3.1254 Thăn séyde hĕ thús: “Ŏ Lóve, Ŏ Chárĭté!
TR3.1255 Thĭ módĕr ék, Cĭthérĭá thĕ swétĕ,
TR3.1256 Áftĕr thĭsélf nĕxt hérĭéd bĕ shé --
TR3.1257 Vénŭs méne Ĭ, thĕ wél-wĭllý plănétĕ! --
TR3.1258 Ănd néxt thăt, Ímĕnéŭs, Í thĕ grétĕ,
TR3.1259 Fŏr néverĕ mán wăs tó yŏw góddĕs hóldĕ
TR3.1260 Ăs Í, whĭch yé hăn bróught frŏ cárĕs cóldĕ.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): Then he declared in this way: ‘O Love! O Charity! May your mother too, the sweet Cytherea, be praised next after yourself — I mean Venus, the benevolent planet! — and after that I salute you, Hymen, for never was a man beholden to you gods as I am, whom you have brought in out of the cold of misery.
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): それから彼はこう言った。「ああ、＜愛の神＞、ああ＜慈愛の神＞！貴方の母、美人のキュテレイア様も、貴方の次に、讃えましょうーー愛の神様とはウェヌスのこと、吉星たる金星のことなのです！――その次に、結婚の神イメネウス様に敬意を表します。なぜなら非情な悲しみから救われたおれほど、貴方がた神々から恩義を受けた者は誰もいないのですから。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 他这样说着，“啊，爱之神，啊，恩惠之使，还有你的母亲，慈蔼的西塞丽亚也应受颂赞，维娜丝啊，你是仁慈的星辰；其次，我敬拜婚神海门；我感拜诸神救了我逃出困厄，谁也没有我这样诚恳。

Word Information

• Etymology: From wel + willi
• Addresser: Troilus
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: supernatural beings (Venus)
• Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Full of good will; benevolent, kindly, generous; favourably disposed to. Also: ready, willing. (s.v. † well-willy, adj.)
• MED: 1. Filled with good will, benevolent, kind, generous; kind (to sb.); also, well disposed (to sth.), amenable; of a planet: propitious, benign. (s.v. wel-willī, adj.)

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 174): wel-willy: benevolent
• Fisher (1989: 467): wel-willy: well willing
• Benson (1987: 530): wel-willy: benevolent
• Davis et al. (1979): benevolent (s.v. wel-willy, adj.)
• Donaldson (1975: 855): wel-willy: benevolent
• Baugh (1963: 146): wel-willy: beneficent

Possible Definitions

benevolent

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘cold’ (adj., Tr3.1260).