TR3.526 Drédĕlés, ĭt clér wăs ín thĕ wýnd
TR3.527 Ŏf évery̆ píe ănd évery̆ léttĕ-gámĕ;
TR3.528 Nŏw ál ĭs wél, fŏr ál thĕ wórld ĭs blýnd
TR3.529 Ĭn thís mătérĕ, bóthĕ frémde ănd támĕ.
TR3.530 Thĭs týmbŭr ís ăl rédy̆ úp tŏ frámĕ;
TR3.531 Ŭs lákkĕth nóught bŭt thát wĕ wítĕn wóldĕ
TR3.532 Ă cértĕyn hóure, ĭn whích shĕ cómĕn shóldĕ.

Line Information

• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translation (Windeatt: 1998) (Windeatt: 1998): Without a doubt, it was downwind from every tell-tale magpie and every spoilsport. Now all is well, for the whole world is blind in this matter. This timber frame is all ready to set up; the only thing we are lacking is to know a definite time at which she is to come.
• Japanese translation (Sasamoto: 2012) (Sasamoto: 2012): 無論、風向きは風下、お喋り屋や興醒まし屋から安全だ。今はすべてよし、この問題においてこの世のすべての人には騒々しい人であれ、おとなしい人であれ、見えないからだ。この材木は組み立てんばかりなっている。彼女がやって来る時刻を私たちが知りたいと思う以外、何一つ欠くところがないのだ。
• Chinese translation (Fang: 1956) (Fang: 1956): 风中没有一只饶舌的鹊儿，也没有什么捣鬼的警雀；一切妥当，世上的人不论野驯都被蒙住了眼睛。犹如造屋，梁柱都已架好，就是不知道她何时能来。

Word Information

• Etymology: OF
• Addresser: Narrator
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: time (hour)
• Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 144): certeyn: definite
• Fisher (1989): N/A
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) 1. fixed, settled (s.v. certein, adj.)
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

definite, fixed, settled

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘blind’ (adj., Tr3.528).