redi adj.(3)

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TR1. 988 "Whěrfóre Ǐ ám, ǎnd wól běn, áy rědý

TR1. 989 Tǒ péyně mé tǒ dó yǒw thís sěrvýsě;
TR1. 990 Fǒr bóthě yów tǒ plésě thús hǒpe Í
TR1. 991 Hěráftěrwárd; fǒr yé běn bóthě wýsě,
TR1. 992 Ǎnd kónne ǐt cóunsěil képe ǐn swých ǎ wýsě
TR1. 993 Thǎt nó mǎn shál thě wísěr óf ǐt bé;
TR1. 994 Ǎnd só wě máy běn gláděd állě thré.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): And so I am, and will be, always ready to exert myself to do you this service, for in this way I hope to please both of you in time to come, for you are both prudent and can keep it secret in such a way that no one shall be any the wiser about it. And so all three of us can be made happy!
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): だから私は若君のために、この友誼を尽くすために常に喜んで骨折りますし、将来もそういたしましょう。これから、貴方がたお二人のために、こうして喜ばせたいと思います。貴方がたお二人は大変聡明で、秘密を守ることにかけては、誰も及ばないほど賢いですから。そうなると私たち一は二人すべて喜べます。
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): “所以此后我愿永远为你们努力，希望能从今博得你俩的欢心；因你和她都一样贤明，自可同心协力，事事如意，这样的话，我们三人就都可同庆欢乐了。

Word Information

Etymology: OE
Addresser: Pandarus
Addressee: Troilus
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): 2.28
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (male: Pandarus)
Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

OED: Not quoted
MED: Not quoted

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 46): redy: ready
Fisher (1989): N/A
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): ready (of persons or things) (s.v. redy, adj.)
Donaldson (1975): N/A
Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

willing, eager; prepared, ready

Comments from the Editor

This stanza follows Fil.2.28, but in this particular adaptation, Chaucer does not include the detail of Pandarus repeatedly reminding Troilus to be discreet.