gret adj. & adv. & n.

2022-09-08 gret

TR4.57 Ŏf Príămús wăs yéve, ăt Grék rĕquéstĕ,
TR4.58 Ă týme ŏf tréwe, ănd thó thĕy gónnĕn trétĕ
TR4.59 Hĭre prísŏnérs tŏ cháungĕn, méste ănd léstĕ,
TR4.60 Ănd fór thĕ súrplŭs yévĕn sómmĕs grétĕ.
TR4.61 Thĭs thíng ănón wăs cóuth ĭn évery̆ strétĕ,
TR4.62 Bŏthe ín th’ăssége, ĭn tówn, ănd évery̆whérĕ,
TR4.63 Ănd wíth thĕ fírste ĭt cóm tŏ Cálkăs érĕ.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): At the request of the Greeks, Priam granted a period of truce and they then began to negotiate to exchange their prisoners great and small, and to pay large sums for those prisoners for whom they had no one to exchange. This thing was known immediately in every street, in the besieging army, in the city, and everywhere, and it soon came to Calchas’ ear.
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): ギリシャ軍の要求で、プリアモスは一定期間の休戦に応じた。それから双方は、多数と少数の差がある捕虜を交換する交渉を始め、余った捕虜の受け取りには多額の身代金を払うことになった。このことはすぐに各街区に、包囲軍にも、町中にも、さらに至る所に知れ渡り、まずカルカスの耳に入った。
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 国王普莱谟，因希腊人的请求，宣布短期休战，两方商订交换俘虏，如有剩余就换取大量金钱。这条约传遍城中各街，营中也都知道了，而卡尔卡斯却首先听见了这条消息。

Word Information

Etymology: OE
Addresser: Narrator
Addressee: N/A
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): 4.4
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: number (sommes: sums)
Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

OED: Not quoted
MED: Not quoted

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 201): And for the surplus yeven sommes grete: And for the remainder (surplus) give large
Fisher (1989: 478): yeven sommes grete: great sums were given
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
Donaldson (1975): N/A
Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

a large amount of

Comments from the Editor

In this stanza, the truce is at the request of the Greeks, but in Fil, it is Priam who requests such (see 4.4). Chaucer concurs with Benoit (see Troie, 12822–13120) in which the Greeks send Ulysses and Diomede to seek a truce.