TR5. 827 Ănd Tróĭlús wĕl wóxĕn wás ĭn híghtĕ,
TR5. 828 Ănd cómplĕt fórmĕd bý prŏpórcĭóun
TR5. 829 Sŏ wél thăt kýnde ĭt nóught ăméndĕn mýghtĕ;
TR5. 830 Yóng, fréssh, stróng, ănd hárdy ăs ly̆óun;
TR5. 831 Tréwe ăs stíĕl ín ĕch cŏndícĭóun;
TR5. 832 Oŏn óf thĕ béste ĕntécchĕd créătúrĕ
TR5. 833 Thăt ís ŏr shál whĭl thát thĕ wórld măy dúrĕ.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): And Troilus was well grown in height, and so perfectly formed in proportion that nature could not improve upon it; young, tireless, strong, and brave as a lion; true as steel in every aspect; one of the best endowed with good characteristics of all beings that there are, or shall be, while the world may last.
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): トロイルスは、背丈はよく伸びていたが、完璧なくらいに均整がよくとれていた、従って造物主といえどももう矯正をしようがないほどだった。若くて、溌剌として、強く、ライオンのように勇敢だった。真実であることはあらゆる点で鋼の如く揺ぎなかった。現在はおろか未来永劫、この世が続く限り、最高の資質を授けられた人物の一人だった。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 特罗勒斯也长得高大，身材非常等称；年轻，新鲜，强壮，像狮子一样刚勇；比得钢铁一般坚真，是天生最完善的人物，确是举世无双，空前绝后的一个男儿。

Word Information

• Etymology: OE
• Addresser: Narrator
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: yong (young), fresh, hardy
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (male: Troilus)
• Attributive/ Predicative: predicative 

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): strong, (of persons) (s.v. strong, adj.)
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

strong, valiant

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘entechen’ (v., Tr5.832).