TR3.477 Fŏr whí shĕ fónd hy̆m só dĭscrét ĭn ál,
TR3.478 Sŏ sécrĕt, ánd ŏf swích ŏbéĭsáuncĕ,
TR3.479 Thăt wél shĕ félte hĕ wás tŏ híre ă wál
TR3.480 Ŏf stíel, ănd shéld frŏm évery̆ dísplĕsáuncĕ;
TR3.481 Thăt tó bĕn ín hĭs góodĕ góvĕrnáuncĕ,
TR3.482 Sŏ wís hĕ wás, shĕ wás nămóre ăférĕd --
TR3.483 Ĭ méne, ăs fér ăs óughtĕ bén rĕquérĕd.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): For she found him so circumspect in everything, so discreet, and so obedient to her wishes, that she felt indeed he was a wall of steel to her, and a shield against everything disagreeable, such that she was no longer afraid (so prudent was he) to be subject to his excellent guidance – I mean, as far as ought to be expected in such a case.
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): なぜなら彼は何事においても非常に慎重で、非常に思慮深く、非常に恭順であったので、彼女にとって彼は鋼鉄の壁のように、やっかいなことから守る盾のように感じられた。そういうわけで彼は非常に賢かったから、彼によろしく導かれることに、彼女はもはや心配しなかった、すなわち、そんな場合が当然要求される限りという意味だが。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 她见他遇事和顺谨密，因而把他当做一堵钢墙，一块只挡烦恼的盾牌；在他的庇护之下，再也不存任何戒心了，–当然这不过是说，到一个适当的程度为止。

Word Information

• Etymology: OF&L
• Addresser: C(N)
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: secret
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
• 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: 142): discret: circumspect
• Fisher (1989: 455): dyscret: prudent
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) circumspect, prudent (s.v. discreet, adj.)
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

circumspect, prudent

Comments from the Editor

See my comments of ‘afered’ (ppl. adj., Tr3.482) and ‘dere’ (adj., Tr3.494).