TR3.1751 “Thăt, thát thĕ wórld wĭth féith whĭch thát ĭs stáblĕ
TR3.1752 Dĭvérsĕth só hĭs stówndĕs cóncŏrdýngĕ,
TR3.1753 Thăt élĕméntz thăt bén sŏ díscŏrdáblĕ
TR3.1754 Hóldĕn ă bónd pĕrpétŭelý dŭrýngĕ,
TR3.1755 Thăt Phébŭs móte hĭs rósy̆ dáy fŏrth brýngĕ,
TR3.1756 Ănd thát thĕ móne hăth lórdshĭpe óver thĕ nýghtĕs:
TR3.1757 Ăl thís dŏth Lóve, ăy hériĕd bé hĭs mýghtĕs! --

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): ‘That the world, with constant fidelity, so varies its harmonious seasons; that elements so inclined to discord maintain a perpetually enduring bond; that Phoebus brings forth his rosy day, and that the moon has dominion over the nights;
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): 世界は確固たる信念を持ち調和を持ちつつ季節を変える、調和したがらぬ治水火風の四要素は永遠の絆を保つ、日輪フォイボスは薔薇色の日々をもたらし、月は夜を統べる、これすべて＜愛の神＞が成したもう、その力を称えよう！
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 愿世上时季的更替永得和谐，风雨永得调顺，费白斯引出红染的天光，月神照耀着夜地，—这都是爱的功绩；让它的威力永受着颂扬！

Word Information

• Etymology: OF&L
• Addresser: Troilus
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: belief, trust, confidence (feith: fidelity)
• Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 195): stable: unchanging
• Fisher (1989): N/A
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): stable, abiding, unchanging (s.v. stable, adj.)
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

stable, unchanging

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘certain’ (adj., Tr3.1759).