TR3.1 Ŏ blísfŭl líght ŏf whích thĕ bémĕs clérĕ
TR3.2 Ădórnĕth ál thĕ thríddĕ hévĕn fáirĕ!
TR3.3 Ŏ sónnĕs líef, Ŏ Jóvĕs dóughtĕr déerĕ,
TR3.4 Plĕsánce ŏf lóve, Ŏ góodly̆ débŏnáirĕ,
TR3.5 Ĭn géntĭl hértes ăy rédy̆ tó rĕpáirĕ!
TR3.6 Ŏ vérăy cáuse ŏf héele ănd óf glădnéssĕ,
TR3.7 Ĭhéryĕd bé thy̆ mýght ănd thí gŏodnéssĕ!

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): O blessed light, whose brilliant beams adorn all the lovely third sphere of heaven! O beloved of the sun! O dear daughter of Jove! Delight of love! O excellent and gracious one, always ready to make your home in noble hearts! O true cause of well-being and of happiness, praised be your power and your goodness!
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): 清らかな光線が美しい第三天を飾る、おお至福の光よ！おお太陽に愛された、おおユーピテルの愛娘(まなむすめ)よ、愛の喜びよ、おお、すぐれて恵み深いお方よ、貴女は気高い心で常に赴かんと待ちかまえておられる！おお、安寧と幸福の真の因(もと)よ、貴女の御力と慈しみは称えられましょう！
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 啊，福运之光，你闪耀着美丽的三重天！啊，日神的掌上珠，穹父的爱女，欢爱之后，恩惠之母，永为柔心之人的庇护！啊，健康和快乐之源，愿天下人歌颂你的伟大和慈恩！

Word Information

• Etymology: OF&L
• Addresser: Narrator
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): 3.74
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings
• Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: (Quoted) 3. (a) Belonging to a person of rank; also, suitable to a nobleman; noble, gracious, refined, graceful, beautiful; ~ herte, ~ bodi, ~ face, ~ hond, etc.; (s.v. ǧentī̆l, adj.)

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 123): gentil: noble-spirited
• Fisher (1989): N/A
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) ~ herte: refined, sensitive disposition (s.v. gentil, adj.)
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

noble, kind, gracious

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘blisful’ (adj., Tr3.1).