fre adj.

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TR5.666 Ŭpón thĕ wállĕs fáste ĕk wólde hĕ wálkĕ,
TR5.667 Ănd ón thĕ Grékĭs óost hĕ wóldĕ sé;
TR5.668 Ănd tó hy̆msélf rĭght thús hĕ wóldĕ tálkĕ:
TR5.669 “Lŏ, yóndĕr ís my̆n ówenĕ lády̆ frée,
TR5.670 Ŏr éllĭs yóndĕr, thér thŏ téntĕs bé;
TR5.671 Ănd thénnĕs cómth thĭs éyr, thăt ís sŏ sóotĕ
TR5.672 Thăt ín my̆ sóule Ĭ féle ĭt dóth mĕ bóotĕ.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): He would also walk a lot on the walls, and look at the Greek host, and talk to himself just like this: ‘Look, over there is my noble lady, or else over there, where those tents are! And from there comes this breeze that is so sweet that in my soul I feel it does me good.
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): また彼は城壁の上をひっきりなしに歩き、ギリシャ方の陣営を眺めてこのように独り言ちるのだった。「見よ、向こうにはおれの高潔な恋人がいるのだ、そうでなければ、あそこのあのテントのある所にいるのだ。そしてこの微風はあそこから吹いて来る、それはとても爽やかなのでおれの心を癒してくれるのを感じるよ。
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 他上城头行走，眼望着希腊军营，自语道，“啊，我的可尊敬的女郎就在那边，或就在那些帐幕之中。这阵风由她那里吹来，香气扑鼻，使我精神舒爽。

Word Information

Etymology: OE
Addresser: Troilus
Addressee: N/A
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: owene
Counterpart in its source (Fil): 5.70
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (female: Criseyde)
Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

OED: Not quoted
MED: Not quoted

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 297): free: noble
Fisher (1989: 514): fre: noble
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
Donaldson (1975): N/A
Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

generous; noble; gracious

Comments from the Editor

There is a similar scene in Teseida, 4.32, where Arcita feels the wind from Athens is especially soft.