TR2.1401 “Nŏw lát m’ăloné, ănd wérkĕn ás Ĭ máy,”
TR2.1402 Quŏd hé; ănd tó Dĕiphébŭs wénte hĕ thó,
TR2.1403 Whĭch hádde hĭs lórd ănd grétĕ frénd bĕn áy;
TR2.1404 Sávĕ Tróĭlús, nŏ măn hé lŏved só.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): Now leave me alone to do what I can,’ said he; and he then went to Deiphebus, who had always been his lord and great friend. Apart from Troilus, no man meant more to him.
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): さあ、私に任せてください。全力を尽くしてやりますから。」そしてパンダルスはデイフェーブスのところへ行った。デイフェーブスは常に彼の主君であり、畏友であった。パンダルスはトロイルスを除けば、彼を他の誰よりも愛した。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 让我去办好了；”他一径去找戴费白斯，原来他本是彭大瑞的良主好友，出特罗勒斯以外，是他所最喜爱的人。

Word Information

• Etymology: OE
• Addresser: Narrator or P(N)
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: friendliness (frend: friend)
• Attributive/ Predicative: attributive  

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 108): grete: close
• Fisher (1989): N/A
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

considerable in degree; important

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘alone’ (adj., Tr2.1401).