infernal adj.

2022-09-21 infernal

TR5.365 “Fǒr préstěs óf thě témplě téllěn thís,
TR5.366 Thǎt dréměs bén thě révělátǐóuns
TR5.367 Ǒf gódděs, ánd ǎs wé! thěy télle, y̌wís,
TR5.368 Thǎt théy běn ínfěrnáls ǐllúsǐóuns;
TR5.369 Ǎnd léchěs séyn thǎt óf cǒmpléxǐóuns
TR5.370 Prǒcéděn théy, ǒr fást, ǒr glótǒnýě.
TR5.371 Whǒ wóot ǐn sóth thǔs whát thěi sígnǐfíě?

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): For priests of the temple say dreams are the revelations of gods, and they say as well, indeed, that they’re illusions from hell! And doctors say that they derive from people’s temperaments, or from fasting, or from gluttony! So who knows in truth what they signify?
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): 寺院のお坊さんたちはこう言いますから、夢は神々の啓示であると。さらに、きっと、夢は地獄の幻影であると言います。お医者さんたちは体質や断食、大食いから生じると言います。このように夢には何を意味するのか、実際には誰もわからないのです。
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 庙里的祭司说梦是神示，又说是鬼影；医家说梦是受了人身气质的自然影响，如饮食过度饥饿。谁知道究竟是何关系？

Word Information

Etymology: OF&L
Addresser: Pandarus
Addressee: Troilus
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: fancy or fantastic notion (illusions)
Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

OED: Not quoted
MED: (Quoted) 1. (b) of the classical underworld, Tartarean; (s.v. infernāl, adj.)

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 284): infernals illusiouns: delusions from hell
Fisher (1989: 509): infernals: from hell
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) from, of, the lower regions (s.v. infernal, adj.)
Donaldson (1975: 947): infernals: hellish
Baugh (1963: 187): infernals: an example of the romance plural, infrequent in Chaucer’s verse

Possible Definitions

of or belonging to the lower regions

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘fals’ (adj., Tr5.383).