TR1.281 Shĕ nás năt wíth thĕ léste ŏf híre stătúrĕ,
TR1.282 Bŭt álle hĭre lýmĕs só wĕl ánswĕrýngĕ
TR1.283 Wérĕn tŏ wómmănhód, thăt créătúrĕ
TR1.284 Wăs néverĕ lássĕ mánny̆ssh ín sĕmýngĕ;
TR1.285 Ănd ék thĕ púrĕ wíse ŏf híre mĕvýngĕ
TR1.286 Shéwĕd wél thăt mén my̆ght ín hĭre géssĕ
TR1.287 Hónŏur, éstăt, ănd wómmănlý nŏbléssĕ.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translation (Windeatt: 1998): In height she was not among the shortest, but all her limbs corresponded so well with everything womanly that no creature was ever less mannish in appearance; and also her very way of moving showed that in her one could suppose honour, rank, and a womanly nobility of character.
• Japanese translation (Sasamoto: 2012): クリセイデは背丈については極度に低い方ではなく、体つきに関しては一見してこれほど女性の典型らしい人にお目にかかれないほど、みごとな容姿をしていた。しかもほんの物腰を見るだけで、彼女には誉れと地位、それに貴種の女性らしい気品があることが推測できた。
• Chinese translation (Fang: 1956): 她的身段在女子中不算矮小，四肢无不生得匀称，真是女性的楷模，再没有比她更加柔嫩妩媚的人物。她那一举一动无不令人臆度得她的身份和她那高贵的品格。

Word Information

• Etymology: OE
• Addresser: T(N)
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): see Fil.1.27, 2
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: external parts of body (Criseyde’s limbs)
• Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 15): answerynge: corresponding
• Fisher (1989): N/A
• Benson (1987: 477): answerynge: corresponding
• Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

corresponding; suitable

Comments from the Editor

This description of Criseyde follows Fil.1.27. It is, however, noteworthy that Criseida is described as tall in Fil (1.27, 1) while Chaucer designates her as “not among the shortest.”