gret adj. & adv. & n.

2022-09-08 gret

TR3.505 Bŭt tó thĕ gréte ĕfféct: thăn séy Ĭ thús,
TR3.506 Thăt stóndy̆ng ín cŏncórd ănd ín quĭétĕ,
TR3.507 Thĭse ílkĕ twó, Crĭséyde ănd Tróĭlús,
TR3.508 Ăs Í hăve tóld, ănd ín thĭs týmĕ swétĕ --
TR3.509 Săve ónly̆ óftĕn mýghtĕ théy nŏught métĕ,
TR3.510 Nĕ léisĕr háve hĭre spéchĕs tó fŭlféllĕ --
TR3.511 Thăt ít bĭfél rĭght ás Ĭ shál yŏw téllĕ:

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): But to the main point! For Criseyde and Troilus, being (as I have described) in harmony and in quietness during this sweet time, save only that they could not often meet or have leisure to finish their conversations, things then happened exactly as I shall tell you:
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): しかし本筋に戻ろう、それではこういうことだ。この当事者二人、トロイルスとクリセイデは私が申したように、この甘美な時の間、よく相和し、静かにしていた――ただ二人はたびたび会うことができず、また心行くまで語り合う暇がないだけだ――その時まさに皆さんにお話するようなことが起こった。
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 现在只有提纲挈领的说法；特罗勒斯和克丽西德两人在这甜蜜的时期，十分和睦宁静，所引为遗憾的，只是不能常常会面，也没有充分谈心的机会—

Word Information

Etymology: OE
Addresser: Narrator
Addressee: N/A
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: effect, result, or consequence (effect: sequal)
Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

OED: (Quoted) 13. c. With the. Most important of its kind; pre-eminent; chief, main (s.v. great, adj., n., adv., and int.)
MED: Not quoted

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 143): grete effect: main point
Fisher (1989: 456): grete effect: main point
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
Donaldson (1975): N/A
Baugh (1963: 134): grete effect: main point

Possible Definitions

main, important, chief

Comments from the Editor

Although Chaucer’s account of how Troilus and Criseyde meet secretly is not linked to Fil, Windeatt (1998: 169) noted it is similar to the lovers’ meeting in Boccaccio’s Filocolo (2.165–83) in which “the role of the go-between, the concealment of the lover, the incidence of jealousy, the exchange of vows and rings” is included.