TR5.1219 Hĕ só dĕfét wăs, thát nŏ mánerĕ mán TR5.1220 Ŭnnéth hy̆m mýghtĕ knówĕn thér hĕ wéntĕ; TR5.1221 Sŏ wás hĕ léne, ănd thértŏ pále ănd wán, TR5.1222 Ănd féblĕ, thát hĕ wálkĕth bý pŏténtĕ; TR5.1223 Ănd wíth hĭs íre hĕ thús hy̆msélvĕ shéntĕ. TR5.1224 Bŭt whósŏ áxĕd hým whĕróf hy̆m smértĕ, TR5.1225 Hĕ séyde hĭs hárm wăs ál ăbóute hĭs hértĕ.
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- Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
- English translations (Windeatt: 1998): He was so disfigured that he was scarcely recognizable to anyone wherever he went. He was so thin, so pale and wan, and so weak that he walked with a crutch. He was destroying himself with his anger like this. But if anyone asked him what he was suffering from, he said his pain was all around his heart.
- Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): 彼は完全に衰弱してしまい、誰も彼だと判別できないほどになった。ひどく瘦せ衰え、それに顔色は蒼白になり、力は衰え、松葉杖にすがって歩く有様だった。自らの怒りで自分の身を損ねたのである。しかしどうして苦しむのか誰がたずねても、胸の辺りを傷めたのだというだけだった。
- Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 他的身子受到如此摧残，以致人们都不认识他了；消瘦，苍白，虚弱，走路撑着手杖；忧愤就这样消损着他。谁若问他为什么愁苦至于如此，他说是心头作痛。
Word Information
- Etymology: OE
- Addresser: Narrator
- Addressee: N/A
- Adjectives with which juxtaposed: pale, wan, feble (feeble)
- Counterpart in its source (Fil): 7.20
- Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (male: Troilus)
- Attributive/ Predicative: predicative
Information in Previous Studies
- OED: Not quoted
- MED: 1. (b) pathologically thin from disease, hunger, sorrow, penance, etc.; emaciated; (s.v. lēne, adj.(1))
- Commented in other previous works:
- Windeatt (2003: 320): lene: thin
- Fisher (1989: 522): lene: thin
- Benson (1987): N/A
- Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
- Donaldson (1975): N/A
- Baugh (1963): N/A
Possible Definitions
thin, lean, feeble