wod adj.

2023-07-09 Uncategorized

TR3. 393 "Bǔt hére, wǐth ál my̌n hérte, Ǐ thé bǐséchě
TR3. 394 Thǎt névere ǐn mé thǒw démě swích fǒlíě
TR3. 395 Ǎs Í shǎl séyn: mě thóughtě bý thǐ spéchě
TR3. 396 Thǎt thís whǐch thów mě dóst fǒr cómpǎigníě,
TR3. 397 Ǐ shóldě wéne ǐt wére ǎ báuděrýě.
TR3. 398 Ǐ ám nǒught wóod, ǎl íf Ǐ léwěd bé!
TR3. 399 Ǐt ís nǒught só, thǎt wóot Ǐ wél, pǎrdé!

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): ‘But here I beg you with all my heart that you never suppose such insanity in me as I’ll now describe. You talk as if I might think that what you’re doing for me out of friendship was pimping. I’m not mad, even if I’m ignorant! It’s not so—I well know that, by God!
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): しかしここで、心の底から、そなたに願うが、おれがこれから話すような背徳行為を心に抱いていると決して思わないでほしい。そなたの話しぶりによれば、そなたが友情のためにおれにしてくれているこういうことが売春斡旋行為とおれが思っているというふうに聞こえるよ。おれはたとえ無知であっても、気が変ではないよ！誓って、そんなことはない、おれにはよく分かっているよ！
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): “我恳求你，不要认为我竟会糊涂到如此，因听你的话语中，似乎深怕我把你的友助反视为淫猥的勾当；我虽不学，却未发疯；我很懂得其中的区别。

Word Information

Etymology: OE
Addresser: Troilus
Addressee: Pandarus
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: leued
Counterpart in its source (Fil): 3.16
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (male: Troilus)
Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

OED: Not quoted
MED: Not quoted

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 139): wood: mad
Fisher (1989: 454): wood: crazy
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): 1. mad (s.v. wood, adj.)
Donaldson (1975: 825): wood: mad
Baugh (1963: 132): I am nought wood, al-if I lewed be: I am not mad even if I am ignorant.

Possible Definitions

mad, crazy

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘leued’ (adj., Tr3.398).