defet ppl. (&n.)

2022-07-29 defet

TR5.1219 Hĕ só dĕfét wăs, thát nŏ mánerĕ mán
TR5.1220 Ŭnnéth hy̆m mýghtĕ knówĕn thér hĕ wéntĕ;
TR5.1221 Sŏ wás hĕ léne, ănd thértŏ pále ănd wán,
TR5.1222 Ănd féblĕ, thát hĕ wálkĕth bý pŏténtĕ;
TR5.1223 Ănd wíth hĭs íre hĕ thús hy̆msélvĕ shéntĕ.
TR5.1224 Bŭt whósŏ áxĕd hým whĕróf hy̆m smértĕ,
TR5.1225 Hĕ séyde hĭs hárm wăs ál ăbóute hĭs hértĕ.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translation (Windeatt: 1998) (Windeatt: 1998): He was so disfigured that he was scarcely recognizable to anyone wherever he went. He was so thin, so pale and wan, and so weak that he walked with a crutch. He was destroying himself with his anger like this. But if anyone asked him what he was suffering from, he said his pain was all around his heart.
Japanese translation (Sasamoto: 2012) (Sasamoto: 2012): 彼は完全に衰弱してしまい、誰も彼だと判別できないほどになった。ひどく瘦せ衰え、それに顔色は蒼白になり、力は衰え、松葉杖にすがって歩く有様だった。自らの怒りで自分の身を損ねたのである。しかしどうして苦しむのか誰がたずねても、胸の辺りを傷めたのだというだけだった。
Chinese translation (Fang: 1956) (Fang: 1956): 他的身子受到如此摧残，以致人们都不认识他了；消瘦，苍白，虚弱，走路撑着手杖；忧愤就这样消损着他。谁若问他为什么愁苦至于如此，他说是心头作痛。

Word Information

Etymology: OF
Addresser: Narrator
Addressee: N/A
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): 7.20
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (male: Troilus)
Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

OED: (Quoted) †1. Of a person or part of the body: disfigured; altered for the worse in appearance or aspect. Obsolete. (s.v. defeat, adj.)
MED: (Quoted) 1. (a) Disfigured; changed in appearance; (s.v. dēfēt, ppl. (& n.))

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 320): defet: disfigured
Fisher (1989: 522): defet: disfigured
Benson (1987: 576): defet: disfigured
Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) disfigured (s.v. defet, adj.)
Donaldson (1975: 976): defeet: disfigured
Baugh (1963: 201): defet: wasted away

Possible Definitions

disfigured; altered for the worse in appearance or aspect

Comments from the Editor

After he realizes that Criseyde is unlikely to return, Troilus becomes disfigured. In comparison to the preceding quotation, its counterpart in Fil.7.20 provides a more detailed description of the protagonist’s appearance. See also my comment of ‘defet’ (ppl. (&n.), Tr5.618).