TR4.729 Bŭt áftĕr ál thĭs nýcĕ vány̆té
TR4.730 Thĕy tóke hĭre léve, ănd hóm thĕy wéntĕn állĕ.
TR4.731 Crĭséydĕ, fúl ŏf sórwfŭl píĕcé,
TR4.732 Ĭntó hĭre chámbre ŭp wént ŏut óf thĕ hállĕ,
TR4.733 Ănd ón hĭre béd shĕ gán fŏr déd tŏ fállĕ,
TR4.734 Ĭn púrpŏs néverĕ thénnĕs fór tŏ rísĕ;
TR4.735 Ănd thús shĕ wróughte, ăs Í shăl yów dĕvýsĕ.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translation (Windeatt: 1998) (Windeatt: 1998): After all this foolish and idle talk they took their leave, and home they all went. Full of piteous sorrow, Criseyde went up out of the hall into her room, and she fell on to her bed as if she were dead, intending never to get up from there, and she behaved in this way, as I shall now describe to you.
• Japanese translation (Sasamoto: 2012) (Sasamoto: 2012): このようなばかげたつまらないおしゃべりの後、彼女たちはいとまごいをして、皆帰って行った。痛々しい悲しみ一杯のクリセイデは、ホールから出て私室に入り、ベッドの上にまるで死ぬかのように倒れ、ここから二度と起きまいと決めたのである。そしてこう振舞ったことをこれかお話しよう。
• Chinese translation (Fang: 1956) (Fang: 1956): 这样白费了许多傻力，后来也就各自告辞回去了。克丽西德满心愁闷，走出客厅，来到卧室，躺在床上，再不想起来，竟是奄奄待毙一般；她的情况且让我慢慢道来。

Word Information

• Etymology: OE
• Addresser: Narrator
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): 4.86
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (female: Criseyde)
• Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: (Quoted) (Quoted) 2a. (c) demen for ~, to suppose (sb.) to be dying; fallen (doun) ~, fall (down) dead; fallen as (for) ~, faint, swoon; fellen (leien, striken) ~, fell (lay, strike) dead, kill (sb.); haven (maken) ~, kill (sb.); leven for (as for) ~, leave (sb.) for dead; lien ~, lie dead; sen ~, see (sb.) dead, allow (sb.) to be killed (s.v. dēd, adj.)

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 228): for ded: as if dead
• Fisher (1989: 488): for ded: as if dead
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) falle(n for ~ fall swooning (s.v. de(e)d, adj.)
• Donaldson (1975: 900): deed: dead
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

falle(n (as) for dead: fall down as if dead, fall swooning

Comments from the Editor

This quotation concurs with Fil.4.86. Criseyde falls on her bed and faints after the ladies leave. Chaucer omits the somehow discriminatory statement in Fil: “after a deal of foolish cackling, such as most women make.”