TR5.827 Ănd Tróĭlús wĕl wóxĕn wás ĭn híghtĕ,
TR5.828 Ănd cómplĕt fórmĕd bý prŏpórcĭóun
TR5.829 Sŏ wél thăt kýnde ĭt nóught ăméndĕn mýghtĕ;
TR5.830 Yóng, fréssh, stróng, ănd hárdy ăs ly̆óun;
TR5.831 Tréwe ăs stíĕl ín ĕch cŏndícĭóun;
TR5.832 Oŏn óf thĕ béste ĕntécchĕd créătúrĕ
TR5.833 Thăt ís ŏr shál whĭl thát thĕ wórld măy dúrĕ.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): And Troilus was well grown in height, and so perfectly formed in proportion that nature could not improve upon it; young, tireless, strong, and brave as a lion; true as steel in every aspect; one of the best endowed with good characteristics of all beings that there are, or shall be, while the world may last.
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): トロイルスは、背丈はよく伸びていたが、完璧なくらいに均整がよくとれていた、従って造物主といえどももう矯正をしようがないほどだった。若くて、溌剌として、強く、ライオンのように勇敢だった。真実であることはあらゆる点で鋼の如く揺ぎなかった。現在はおろか未来永劫、この世が続く限り、最高の資質を授けられた人物の一人だった。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 特罗勒斯也长得高大，身材非常等称；年轻，新鲜，强壮，像狮子一样刚勇；比得钢铁一般坚真，是天生最完善的人物，确是举世无双，空前绝后的一个男儿。

Word Information

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

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: (Quoted) enˈteched adj.  [So Old French bien, mal entechié.] imbued with certain qualities or dispositions; only with qualifying adverbs (s.v.†entach | entech, v.)
• MED: (Quoted) 1. (b) with neutral meaning: evel enteched, of evil disposition or nature; wel ~, of good disposition, virtuous; bet (best) ~, more (most) gifted (s.v. entechen, v.)

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 304): entecched: endowed, imbued (with good qualities)
• Fisher (1989: 516): enteched: endowed
• Benson (1987: 571): entecched: endowed, imbued with (good characteristics)
• Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) endowed, gifted (s.v. enteccheth, v.)
• Donaldson (1975: 963): entecched: endowed with good qualities
• Baugh (1963: 195): entecched: The normal meaning is “infected, stained,” but with a qualifying adverb it has the netural sense “umbued with.” beste entecched, best endowed

Possible Definitions

endowed, imbued

Comments from the Editor

Chaucer’s portrait of Troilus is attributed to Joseph of Exeter’s Ylias, 4.61–4. Another source may be Benoit’s Troie, 5393–446.