honourable adj.

2022-09-20 honourable

TR5.435 Thĭs Sárpĕdóun, ăs hé thăt hónŏuráblĕ
TR5.436 Wăs évere hĭs lýve, ănd fúl ŏf héigh lărgéssĕ,
TR5.437 Wĭth ál thăt mýghte y̆sérvĕd bén ŏn táblĕ
TR5.438 Thăt déyntĕ wás, ăl cóste ĭt grét rĭchéssĕ,
TR5.439 Hĕ fédde hĕm dáy by̆ dáy, thăt swích nŏbléssĕ,
TR5.440 Ăs séydĕn bóthe thĕ móoste ănd ék thĕ léestĕ,
TR5.441 Wăs névere ĕr thát dăy wíst ăt ány̆ féstĕ.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): As someone who throughout his life was honourable and full of high generosity, Sarpedon fed them day by day with every delicacy that could be served at table, even though it cost a fortune, so that such magnificence, as everyone said, great and small, was never known before that day at any feast.
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): サルペードンは、生涯誉れ高く、大変鷹揚なお方だったので、たとえ一財産を費やしてでも、食卓の上に並べられる限りの山海の珍味を毎日彼らに饗応した。だからこれほどの豪華な御馳走は、身分の上下の誰彼なく誰もが言ったように、その日までいかなる饗宴の席でも知られていなかった。
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 萨白顿高贵而气度豪爽，尽情款宴着宾客，所有佳肴都不惜任何代价，满陈桌间，每日招待，不稍懈怠，大小人士无不称之为空前盛宴的。

Word Information

Etymology: OF
Addresser: Narrator
Addressee: N/A
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): 5.41
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: life (Sarpedon’s life)
Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

OED: Not quoted
MED: (Quoted) 2. (b) commendable, virtuous, upright; (s.v. honǒurāble, adj.)

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): N/A
Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

honourable, commendable

Comments from the Editor

As to Pandarus and Troilus’s visit to Sarpedon, see my comment of ‘blisful’ (adj., Tr5.405).