bare adj.

  bare 
TR3.1093 Thĭs wás nŏ lítĕl sórwĕ fór tŏ sé;
TR3.1094 Bŭt ál wăs húst, ănd Pándăre úp ăs fástĕ;
TR3.1095 “Ŏ nécĕ, pés, ŏr wé bĕ lóst!” quŏd hé,
TR3.1096 “Bĕth náught ăgást!” Bŭt cértĕyn, át thĕ lástĕ,
TR3.1097 Fŏr thís ŏr thát, hĕ íntŏ béd hy̆m cástĕ,
TR3.1098 Ănd séyde, “Ŏ théf, ĭs thís ă mánnĕs hértĕ?”
TR3.1099 Ănd óf hĕ rénte ăl tó hĭs bárĕ shértĕ,

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  • Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
  • English translation (Windeatt: 1998): It was no small sorrow to see this, but all was hushed, and Pandarus was up in a trice: ‘O niece, keep quiet, or we’re ruined!’ said he. ‘Don’t be afraid!’ But certainly, in the end, one way or another, he threw Troilus into bed, and said: ‘O you wretch! Call this being a man?’ — and he tore off everything down to his shirt.
  • Japanese translation (Sasamoto: 2012): これは見るからに少なからぬ悲しみだった。しかし皆しんとなり、パンダルスは急いで立ち上がり、「ああ姪よ、しー、声を出せばすべて終わりだ、肝をつぶすな！」と彼は言った。しかし、もちろん、ついに、あれこれ手立てをして、トロイルスをベッドに押し込んで、言った。「ああ、あわれなお方よ、これが男の意気地なのか。」そして彼は服をすべて剝ぎ取って彼をシャツのままにした。
  • Chinese translation (Fang: 1956): 这情况看去委实可怜，那时到处寂静无声，彭大瑞立即站起来，轻言道，“甥女，不可做一声，免得误了事，不用害怕！”最后好容易把他移上了床，说道，“贱骨头，你的男儿气魄哪里去了？”同时剥开他的内衣；

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: clothes (shirt)
  • Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

  • OED: Not quoted
  • MED: (Quoted) 1. (b) scantily clad, ill-clad; in his ~ sherte; (s.v. bār, adj.)
  • Commented in other previous works:
  • Windeatt (2003: 168): And of he rente al to his bare sherte: And he stripped off everything down to just his shirt
  • Fisher (1989): N/A
  • Benson (1987): N/A
  • Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) uncovered (s.v. bare, adj.)
  • Donaldson (1975): N/A
  • Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

ill-clad; uncovered

Comments from the Editor

When the two lovers meet at Pandarus’s house, Troilus faints at Criseyde’s anger. In this reference, Pandarus reminds Criseyde to be quiet and his expression, “we be lost” especially noteworthy. Criseyde has no advance knowledge of this secret meeting, but Pandarus makes her complicit to the conspiracy by obviously “including her in the “we.” Pandarus moves Troilus to Criseyde’s bed and in only his shirt, and here begins Troilus’s happy time.