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.

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• 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: Others (it = they place that the two protagonists are situated)
• Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: (Quoted) 2. (b) free from impurities, clarified, pure; fig. free from spoilsports [quot.TC], cleared of enemies [quot.: c1440] (s.v. clẹ̄r, adj.)

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 144): Dredeles, it cler was in the wynd Of every pie and every lette-game: Without doubt it was downwind from (i.e. safe from notice by) every magpie (i.e. tell-tale) and every spoilsport (lette-game)
• Fisher (1989: 456): it clere was in the wynd: the sky was empty
• Benson (1987: 520): cler was in the wynd: downwind, safe from discovery
• Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) free, unencumbered (s.v. cle(e)r, adj.)
• Donaldson (1975: 829): cleer: free
• Baugh (1963: 134): it clere was in the wynd From …: i.e. the wind was blowing directly away from every magpie (a tell-tale bird) and spoil-sport

Possible Definitions

free, unencumbered

Comments from the Editor

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