TR3.1653 “Ǐ nót my̌sélf nǎught wísly̌ whát ǐt ís,
TR3.1654 Bǔt nów Ǐ féele ǎ néwě quálǐtée --
TR3.1655 Yěe, ál ǎnóthěr thán Ǐ díde ěr thís.”
TR3.1656 Pǎndáre ǎnswérd, ǎnd séydě thús, thǎt “hé
TR3.1657 Thǎt óněs máy ǐn héveně blíssě bé,
TR3.1658 Hě félěth óthěr wéyěs, dár Ǐ léyě,
TR3.1659 Thǎn thílkě týme hě fírst hěrde óf ǐt séyě.”

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): I don’t know for sure myself what it is, but I now feel a new quality—yes, quite unlike anything I felt before this.’ Pandarus replied like this, saying: ‘Someone who’s once been in the bliss of heaven feels otherwise—I’d be prepared to bet—than he did when he first heard tell of it.’
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): 「それは何なのかおれ自身まったく分からないが、今おれは新しい性質を、そうだ、今まで感じたのとは違う別の性質を感じる。」パンダルスは答えてこう言った。「一度天上の喜びに浸ることができた者には、確かに、初めてそれについて聞いた時より別のように感じるのです。」
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 我不懂得是怎么一回事；我现在感受着一种新的启示，是我一向所没有经验过的。” “凡是领略过天国风光的人，”膨大瑞答道，“我敢说，他所亲自感受的与当初所道听途说的往往迥然不同。”

Word Information

• Etymology: OE
• Addresser: Pandarus
• Addressee: Troilus
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): 3.62–3
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: pleasure (blisse)
• Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003): N/A
• Fisher (1989: 473): hevene: heaven’s
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
• Donaldson (1975): N/A
• Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

of or belonging to heaven, heavenly

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘dere’ (adj., Tr3.1640).