TR4. 498 “Náy, Gŏd wót, nŏught wórth ĭs ál thĭ réd, TR4. 499 Fŏr whích, fŏr whát thăt éverĕ máy by̆fállĕ, TR4. 500 Wĭthóutĕn wórdĕs mó, Ĭ wól bĕ déd. TR4. 501 Ŏ déth, thăt éndĕre árt ŏf sórwĕs állĕ, TR4. 502 Cŏm nów, sy̆n Í sŏ ófte áftĕr thĕ cállĕ; TR4. 503 Fŏr sély̆ ís thăt déth, sŏth fór tŏ séynĕ, TR4. 504 Thăt, ófte y̆clépĕd, cómeth ănd éndĕth péynĕ.
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- Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
- English translations (Windeatt: 1998): ‘No, God knows, your advice is worthless, and so, whatever may happen, and without any more talk, I shall die! O death, ender of all sorrows, come now, since I call for you so often! For, to tell the truth, happy is the death that, often summoned, comes and puts an end to pain.
- Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): いや、誓って言うが、そなたの忠告なんてなんの価値もない。というのはね、何が起ころうとも、もう何も言わずに、おれは死ぬつもりだから。あらゆる悲しみを終わらせたる者たる、ああ死よ、さあ来ておくれ、たびたびお前を求めて叫んでいるのだから。本当のことを言うと、死は幸せだ、しばしば呼ばれてやって来て、苦痛を終わらせるのだから。
- Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 天晓得，你的忠言实在值不得一文，总之，无论如何，不用多说了，我是死定了的。“啊，死亡呀，你是一切忧痛的结束，来吧，我已呼唤你很久了；的确，久唤方应的死神，如能了结我的痛苦，也就算是仁慈的了。
Word Information
- Etymology: OE
- Addresser: Troilus
- Addressee: N/A
- Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
- Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A (but see 4.60)
- Noun(s) (NPs) modified: death (death)
- Attributive/ Predicative: predicative
Information in Previous Studies
- OED: 2. Happy, blissful; fortunate, lucky, well-omened, auspicious. (s.v. seely, adj.)
- MED: 1. (d) happy; also, bringing happiness, pleasant; also with echoes of other senses [quot.: c1395]; (s.v. sē̆lī, adj.)
- Commented in other previous works:
- Windeatt (2003: 219): sely: blessed
- Fisher (1989: 485): sely: happy
- Benson (1987: 544): sely: blessed, happy
- Davis et al. (1979): 1. happy, blessed (s.v. sely, adj.)
- Donaldson (1975: 893): sely: happy
- Baugh (1963: 162): sely: blissful
Possible Definitions
happy, blissful, blessed
Comments from the Editor
See my comment of ‘ded’ (adj., Tr4.500).