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も意に介さないで、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: OF
• Addresser: Pandarus
• Addressee: Criseyde
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: anger (rage)
• Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

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

Possible Definitions

jealous; suspicious

Comments from the Editor

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