ded adj.

2022-07-28 ded

TR2.918 Ă nýghty̆ngále, ŭpón ă cédrĕ grénĕ,
TR2.919 Úndĕr thĕ chámbrĕ wál thĕr ás shĕ léy,
TR2.920 Fŭl lóudĕ sóng ăyéin thĕ móonĕ shénĕ,
TR2.921 Pĕráuntĕr ín hĭs bríddĕs wíse ă láy
TR2.922 Ŏf lóve, thăt máde hĭre hértĕ fréssh ănd gáy.
TR2.923 Thăt hérknĕd shé sŏ lónge ĭn góod ĕnténtĕ,
TR2.924 Tĭl át thĕ láste thĕ dédĕ slép hĭre héntĕ.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translation (Windeatt: 1998) (Windeatt: 1998): A nightingale upon a green cedar tree beneath the bedroom wall where she was lying sang very loudly in the bright moonlight—perhaps, in its bird’s way, a song of love, that refreshed and delighted her at heart. To that she listened willingly for a long time, until a dead sleep took hold of her at last.
Japanese translation (Sasamoto: 2012) (Sasamoto: 2012): ちょうど彼女が寝ていた部屋の壁の下あたりの、緑のヒマラヤ杉の木で、一羽の小夜泣き鳥が皓々たる月影に向かって声高く歌った。恐らくこの鳥の流儀に従って恋の歌を歌ったのだろう。その歌は彼女の心を元気づけ、明るくした。彼女は長い間、快く聞いたが、とうとう深い眠りに落ちた。
Chinese translation (Fang: 1956) (Fang: 1956): 一只夜莺在闺墙下杉树的绿枝头向着明月高唱，想来是禽鸟界的一曲情歌，使她听了心中喜悦，她倾听很久，直等到睡眠克服了她。

Word Information

Etymology: OE
Addresser: Narrator
Addressee: N/A
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: sleep (slep)
Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

OED: Not quoted
MED: (Quoted) 4. (e) without feeling, insensible, unconscious; ~ flesh, insensitive flesh; ~ slep, deep sleep, sound sleep; ~ swoun, complete unconsciousness, a dead faint (s.v. dēd, adj.)

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 89): dede: dead
Fisher (1989): N/A
Benson (1987: 502): dede: dead, deep
Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
Donaldson (1975: 781): dede: dead
Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

deep, sound

Comments from the Editor

Although Fil does not have any similar scenes, the description of exchanging hearts, which may be regarded as a commonplace conceit of courtly poetry, is probably derived from Fil.7.24, where in Troiolo’s dream, the boar, which stands for Diomede, exchanges his heart with that of Criseida. However, this description is omitted in the corresponding part of Tr.