TR3. 659 "Ǎnd nécě, wóot yě whér Ǐ wól yǒw léyě,
TR3. 660 Fǒr thát wě shúl nǎt líggěn fár ǎsónděr,
TR3. 661 Ǎnd fór yě néithěr shúllěn, dár Ǐ séyě,
TR3. 662 Hérěn nóyse ǒf réyněs nór ǒf thónděr?
TR3. 663 By̌ Gód, rǐght ín my̌ lítěl clósět yónděr.
TR3. 664 Ǎnd Í wǒl ín thǎt óutěr hóus ǎllóně
TR3. 665 Bě wárděin óf yǒure wómměn éverǐchóně.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): And niece, do you know where I’ll have you sleep, so that we shan’t be far apart and so that, I dare say, you won’t hear any noise of rain or thunder either? By God, in my little room right over there. And in that outer room I alone will be guardian of all your women.
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): 姪よ、お前にどこで寝てもらおうとしているか分かるかね。われわれはあまりに離れ離れになるべきではないし、また、おそらく、雨の音も雷の音もどちらも耳についてもらっては困るだろうし。絶対に、あそこの私の小部屋で寝てもらうよ。私はあの（ホールの）外隣の部屋にただ独り寝てお前の侍女たち皆を見張るつもりだ。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 甥女，你知道我将安置你在哪里？在我那间小的内室里睡，听不见雷雨。我就独自在那间套屋里看护着你们。

Word Information

• Etymology: OE
• Addresser: Pandarus
• Addressee: Criseyde
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: parts of building (closet)
• 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

small, not spacious

Comments from the Editor

According to Windeatt’s explanation (1998: 170), “my litel closet” refers to a small room “adjoining, at the dais end, the hall where they have been dining; a curtain will be drawn across the hall, forming for her women a ‘middle’ chamber nearest the room where she is to sleep, and an outer room where Pandarus is to sleep. How Pandarus moves through the house, the location of Troilus’ hiding-place, and if or when Pandarus leaves Criseyde’s room, remain unexplained”.