ded adj.

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TR2.1695 “Tŏ bén ăvýsĕd bý yŏure réed thĕ béttrĕ –”
TR2.1696 Ănd fónd, ăs háp wăs, át hĭs béddĕs héd
TR2.1697 Thĕ cópĭe óf ă tréty̆s ánd ă léttrĕ
TR2.1698 Thăt Éctŏr hádde hy̆m sént tŏ áxĕn réd
TR2.1699 Ĭf swých ă mán wăs wórthĭ tó bĕn déd,
TR2.1700 Wŏot Í nŏught whó; bŭt ín ă grísly̆ wísĕ
TR2.1701 Hĕ préyĕde hém ănón ŏn ít ăvýsĕ.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translation (Windeatt: 1998) (Windeatt: 1998): (I have to speak to you about a matter,) to have the benefit of your advice.’ And by his bed’s head he found, as chance would have it, a copy of a document and a letter that Hector had sent him, to ask his advice about whether such and such a man deserved to die. I do not know who it was, but he grimly asked them to study it at once.
Japanese translation (Sasamoto: 2012) (Sasamoto: 2012): 貴方がたの忠告を得てもっとよい知恵を出すためなのです。」そして彼は自分のベッドの枕頭で、偶然見つけたように、書類一通と手紙一通を取り出した。それはしかじかの人物が死刑に値するかどうかヘクトールが彼に助言を求めるために送ったものだった。誰のことか私には分からないが、妥協を許さない態度で、彼はすぐに二人にそれについて助言を頼んだ。
Chinese translation (Fang: 1956) (Fang: 1956): 我想和你们谈一件事，请你们指教：”—他凑巧在床头找到一封文件和赫克多给他的信，问他对于某人（我不知道是谁）认为应否处死；他很严正地请他们一同考虑。

Word Information

Etymology: OE
Addresser: Narrator
Addressee: N/A
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (someone)
Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

OED: Not quoted
MED: Not quoted

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 120): 1699: If so-and-so deserved to die
Fisher (1989): N/A
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
Donaldson (1975: 808): deed: put to death
Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

dead, no longer alive

Comments from the Editor

This quotation finds no counterpart in Fil. Chaucer added the two protagonists’ first meeting at Deiphebus’s place. For more information about this meeting, see my comments on ‘bet’ (adj., 2.1718), ‘bettre’ (adj., 2.1650), ‘certain’ (adj., 2.1364), ‘certain‘ (adj., 2.1548), ‘closen’ (v. (ppl. as adj.), 2.1534).