heigh adj.

2022-09-15 heigh

TR3.897 “Wǒot yé nǒt wél thǎt nóble ǎnd héigh cǒrágě
TR3.898 Ně sórwěth nóught, ně stýntěth ék, fǒr lítě?
TR3.899 Bǔt íf ǎ fóol wěre ín ǎ jálǒus rágě,
TR3.900 Ǐ nóldě séttěn át hǐs sórwe ǎ mýtě,
TR3.901 Bǔt féffe hy̌m wíth ǎ féwě wórděs whítě
TR3.902 Ǎnóthǐr dáy, whǎn thát Ǐ mýghte hy̌m fýndě;
TR3.903 Bǔt thís thy̌ng stánt ǎl ín ǎnóthěr kýndě.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): Don’t you know very well that a high and noble nature neither grieves, nor stops grieving, for any little thing? If a fool were in a jealous temper, I wouldn’t care a jot about his sorrows, but bestow a few white lies upon him another day, when I happened to see him. But this matter is of an altogether different kind.
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): 気高くて高潔な心の持ち主は、ちょっとした事のために嘆き悲しまないし、悲しみが止まらないことを知らないのかい？愚かな男が嫉妬で怒り狂っていたら、彼の悲しみについていささか意に介さないで、いつか、その男に会う時に、もっともらしい言葉を二言三言かけてやればよいのだ。しかしこれはまったく異質の問題だ。
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 你知不知道，一个心志高超的人决不为一件小事而生忧，更不能因件小物而释忧哪？假如是一个不相干的庸才在那里心怀嫉愤，我也就懒得去顾怜他，也许有一天偶尔会见他，顺便安慰他几句就算了；无奈这件事不同。

Word Information

Etymology: OE
Addresser: Pandarus
Addressee: Criseyde
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: noble
Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: seat of emotions, or human beings or courage (courage)
Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

OED: Not quoted
MED: Not quoted

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 159): heigh corage: lofty spirit
Fisher (1989): N/A
Benson (1987: 525): 897–98: i.e., small matters do not affect great spirits
Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) extreme (s.v. heigh/hey/hye, adj.)
Donaldson (1975): N/A
Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

lofty, exalted; noble

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘alive’ (adj., Tr3.892).