TR3.519 Fŏr hé wĭth grét dĕlíbĕrácĭóun
TR3.520 Hădde évery̆ thýng thăt hértŏ mýght ăváillĕ
TR3.521 Fŏrncást ănd pút ĭn éxĕcúcĭóun,
TR3.522 Ănd néithĕr léft fŏr cóst nĕ fór trăváillĕ.
TR3.523 Cŏme íf hĕm líst, hĕm shóldĕ nó thy̆ng fáillĕ;
TR3.524 Ănd fór tŏ bén ĭn óught ăspíĕd thérĕ,
TR3.525 Thăt, wíste hĕ wél, ăn ímpŏssíblĕ wérĕ.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): For with great deliberation he had planned and carried out everything that might be of help in this matter, and had left nothing undone because of trouble or expense. If they wished to come, they should lack for nothing; and as for being discovered there in any way—that, he well knew, was an impossibility.
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): 彼は大変慎重にそれまで役に立つすべての事を前もって練り、実行した、面倒であっても、犠牲を払ってでもやり遂げたからだ。彼らが来たければ来たらよい、彼らには何の不足もないだろう。そしていやしくも彼らが人に見つかるなんてことはあり得ないだろうと、信じていた。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 他作种种打算，预先筹划，按步而行，不惜任何代价，不辞任何劳苦；最后他一切都准备好了，只要他俩愿意，不会再有任何差错。至于怕人察觉的一层，他也很清楚是不可能的。

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: thought (Pandarus’ deliberacioun)
• Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003): N/A
• Fisher (1989): N/A
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
• Donaldson (1975: 829): greet: great
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

considerable in degree; considerate

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘fair’ (adj., Tr3.515).