ded adj.

2022-07-29 ded

TR5.1240 Ănd bý thĭs bór, făste ín hĭs ármĕs fóldĕ,
TR5.1241 Lăy, kýssy̆ng áy, hĭs lády̆ brýght, Crĭséydĕ.
TR5.1242 Fŏr sórwe ŏf whích, whăn hé ĭt gán by̆hóldĕ,
TR5.1243 Ănd fór dĕspít, ŏut óf hĭs slép hĕ bréydĕ,
TR5.1244 Ănd lóude hĕ críde ŏn Pándărús, ănd séydĕ:
TR5.1245 “Ŏ Pándărús, nŏw knów Ĭ cróp ănd róotĕ.
TR5.1246 Ĭ n’ám bŭt déd; thĕr nýs nŏon óthĕr bótĕ.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translation (Windeatt: 1998) (Windeatt: 1998): And beside this boar, tightly clasped in his arms and continually kissing, lay his fair lady, Criseyde. For sorrow and resentment at this, when he saw it, he woke from out of his sleep with a start, and called loudly for Pandarus, and said: ‘O Pandarus, now I know everything, root and branch. I’m a dead man; there’s nothing else for it.
Japanese translation (Sasamoto: 2012) (Sasamoto: 2012): この猪のそばには、美しい恋人クリセイデがしっかりと抱き合って、絶えずキスを交わしながら寝ていた。彼はそれを見た時、悲しみのためと腹立ちのために、急に眠りから覚めて、大声でパンダルスを呼んで、言った。「ああ、パンダルス、今何もかも分かったぞ。おれは死ぬしかない、他に救いはないのだ。
Chinese translation (Fang: 1956) (Fang: 1956): 旁边就是克丽西德紧贴在它怀中，不停地亲吻它。他看了忧愤填胸，忽而惊醒，狂喊彭大瑞道，“呀，彭大瑞，现在我一切都明白了！我是死定了，再没有其它办法！

Word Information

Etymology: OE
Addresser: Troilus
Addressee: Pandarus
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): 7.25
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: 321): n’am but ded: am as good as dead
Fisher (1989): N/A
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
Donaldson (1975): N/A
Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

dead, no longer alive

Comments from the Editor

Troilus dreams of a boar sleeping with Criseyde who is lying in its arms and continually kissing him in a forest. He considers this dream the gods’ way of disclosing Criseyde’s betrayal to him. With sorrow, he relates this dream to Pandarus. See also my comment of ‘bright‘ (adj., Tr5.1241).