grevous adj.

2022-09-09 grevous

TR4.904 “Grévŏus tŏ mé, Gŏd wóot, ĭs fór tŏ twýnnĕ,”
TR4.905 Quŏd shé, “bŭt yét ĭt hárdĕr ís tŏ mé
TR4.906 Tŏ sén thăt sórwĕ whích thăt hé ĭs ínnĕ;
TR4.907 Fŏr wél Ĭ wóot ĭt wól my̆ bánĕ bé,
TR4.908 Ănd déye Ĭ wól ĭn cértĕyn,” thó quŏd shé;
TR4.909 “Bŭt bíd hy̆m cóme, ĕr déth, thăt thús mĕ thrétĕth,
TR4.910 Drýve ŏut thăt góost whĭch ín my̆n hértĕ bétĕth.”

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): God knows, it grieves me terribly to part,’ said she, ‘but it’s harder still for me to see the sorrow that he’s in, for I know very well that it’ll be the death of me, and I’ll die for certain,’ she then said. ‘But tell him to come before death, that threatens me like this, drives out the spirit beating in my heart.’
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): 誓って、わたしにとってお別れすることは悲しいですもの。だけどあのお方が抱いておられるその悲しみを目にするのはわたしにはもっと辛ろうございます。だってよく分かるのですもの、それがわたしの破滅の印となり、きっとわたしは死んでしまうだろうってことが。」続けて言った。「でもお越しくださるよう仰ってください。このように脅かす死が、わたしの胸の中でこつこつ打っている霊魂を追い出さないうちに。」
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 上天知道，我何忍离去，而见他如此，使我更难自处；我知道我的末日已到，再无生路了；你叫他来吧，“她道，”否则在我心中飘忽着的灵魄就要被死亡追逐出去了。“

Word Information

Etymology: AF
Addresser: Criseyde
Addressee: Pandarus
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): 4.105
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (female: Criseyde)
Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

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): (Quoted) grievous (s.v. grevous, adj.)
Donaldson (1975): N/A
Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

sorrowful, grievous; painful

Comments from the Editor

As Root (1926: 516) noted, the “goost” in the last line should refer to the “vital spirit” whose seat is in the heart and controls the pulse and breathing.