horrible adj.

2022-09-20 horrible

TR5.246 Ănd whán hĕ fíl ĭn ány̆ slómbĕrýngĕs,
TR5.247 Ănón by̆gýnne hĕ shóldĕ fór tŏ grónĕ
TR5.248 Ănd drémĕn óf thĕ drédefŭlléstĕ thýngĕs
TR5.249 Thăt mýghtĕ bén; ăs méte hĕ wére ăllónĕ
TR5.250 Ĭn pláce hŏrríblĕ máky̆ng áy hĭs mónĕ,
TR5.251 Ŏr métĕn thát hĕ wás ămóngĕs állĕ
TR5.252 Hĭs énĕmýs, ănd ín hĭre hóndĕs fállĕ.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): Whenever he fell asleep, he would at once begin to groan and dream of the most frightening things that could be, such as: dream he were lamenting alone forever in some appalling place, or dream he was in the midst of all his enemies and fallen into their hands.
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): 彼はまどろみに入った時、間もなくうめき始めねばならなかった。可能性のあるうちで最も恐ろしい夢をいろいろ見た。たとえば怖い場所にたった独りでいて、絶えずうめいている夢とか、敵の真っ只中にいて、彼らの手中に落ちた夢を見た。
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 他在昏迷中睡去，不断呻吟着，梦见种种惊心动魄的遭遇；似乎独自在一个险地，继续悲号着，又好似被囚困在仇人手中。

Word Information

Etymology: OF
Addresser: T(N)
Addressee: N/A
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): 5.26
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: place (place)
Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

OED: Not quoted
MED: Not quoted

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 279): horrible: appalling
Fisher (1989): N/A
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
Donaldson (1975): N/A
Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

appalling, horrible

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘alone’ (adj., Tr5.249).