bare adj.

  bare 
TR4.1218 Ănd hé bĭgán cŏnfórte hĭre ás hĕ mýghtĕ,
TR4.1219 Tŏok híre ĭn ármĕs twó, ănd kíste hĭre óftĕ,
TR4.1220 Ănd híre tŏ gláde hĕ díd ăl hís ĕnténtĕ;
TR4.1221 Fŏr whích hĭre góost, thăt flíkerĕd áy ŏ-lóftĕ,
TR4.1222 Ĭntó hĭre wófŭl hérte ăyéyn ĭt wéntĕ.
TR4.1223 Bŭt át thĕ láste, ăs thát hĭre éy̆e gléntĕ
TR4.1224 Ăsýde, ănón shĕ gán hĭs swérd ĕspíĕ,
TR4.1225 Ăs ít lăy báre, ănd gán fŏr férĕ crýĕ,

Line Information

  • Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
  • English translation (Windeatt: 1998): And he began to comfort her as much as he could, and took her in his arms, and often kissed her, and did his utmost to cheer her; and so her spirit, which was all the time fluttering above, entered her sorrowful heart again. Then at last, as her eye glanced to one side, she straightaway noticed his naked sword as it lay there out of its scabbard, and cried out with fear,
  • Japanese translation (Sasamoto: 2012): 彼は全力を尽くして彼女を慰め始めて、彼女を両腕に抱きしめ、何度もキスをし、彼女を喜ばせるために精一杯尽くした。そのためいつも空中でちらちら明滅した彼女の魂は、彼女の悲しい胸の中に再び戻った。とうとう、彼女は脇に目をちらりと向けた、すぐに剣が目に入った。抜け身のまま置かれていたので、怖さのあまり悲鳴をあげて、
  • Chinese translation (Fang: 1956): 他于是竭力安慰着她；两臂抱着她吻了又吻，百般地温存；她的灵魂，原在唇边扇拂，此时却重进了愁痛的心巢。这后，她的眼睛向四周转动，见有亮光光的一把刀，吓得叫唤起来，

Word Information

  • Etymology: OE
  • Addresser: C(N)
  • Addressee: N/A
  • Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
  • Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A (but see 4.125)
  • Noun(s) (NPs) modified: weapons (Troilus’s sword)
  • Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

  • OED: Not quoted
  • MED: (Quoted) 2. (b) unsheathed. (s.v. bār, adj.)
  • Commented in other previous works:
  • Windeatt (2003: 248): bare: unsheathed
  • Fisher (1989): N/A
  • Benson (1987): N/A
  • Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
  • Donaldson (1975): N/A
  • Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

unsheathed

Comments from the Editor

After the parliament decides to exchange Criseyde for Antenor, the two lovers meet for the last time in the story. Criseyde faints from sadness and thinking that she is dead, Troilus prepares to die by suicide. At the right moment, Criseyde returns to life and in the above scene, Troilus takes her in his arms and kisses her. Ironically, this is the last time Criseyde is seen in Troilus’s arms. The reader is told in Book V that Calchas (Criseyde’s father) takes Criseyde in his arms and kisses her “twenty tyme” (5.190–91). Further, in Troilus’s dream, Diomede (as a boar), holds her fast in his arms (5.1240–41).