TR3.1646 Thŏ gán hĕ télle hy̆m óf hĭs gládĕ nýght,
TR3.1647 Ănd whérŏf fírst hĭs hértĕ dréd, ănd hów,
TR3.1648 Ănd séydĕ, “Frénd, ăs Í ăm tréwĕ knýght,
TR3.1649 Ănd bý thăt féyth Ĭ shál tŏ Gód ănd yów,
TR3.1650 Ĭ hádde ĭt néverĕ hálf sŏ hóte ăs nów;
TR3.1651 Ănd áy thĕ mórĕ thát dĕsír mĕ bítĕth
TR3.1652 Tŏ lóve hĭre bést, thĕ móre ĭt mé dĕlítĕth.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): Then he began to tell him of his happy night, and of what his heart was first afraid, and how, and said: ‘Friend, as I am a true knight, and by that loyalty I owe to God and you, I swear I never had it half so hot as now—and the more that desire gnaws at me all the time to love her best, the more I’m delighted!
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): それから彼は喜ばしかった夜について語り始めた。初めいかに恐れたかを語ってから、言った。「友よ、おれは真の騎士である如く、そして神とそなたに抱くわが信実にかけて、今まで感情が今の半分も湧きたったことはなかったよ。彼女を根限り愛したい欲望に駆られれば、駆られるほど、俺はますますうれしくなるのだ。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 他于是缕述那一夜的欢乐，最初如何战战兢兢，怕冒犯了她，又说道，“朋友，我是一个忠实的武士，在上帝和你的面前我都已立过誓愿，老实说，我的热情从未像此刻这样灼烈；情欲愈焦心，反而愈使我感觉畅快。

Word Information

• Etymology: OE
• Addresser: T(N)
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): 3.61–3
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: love (Troilus’s love)
• Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 190): I hadde it nevere half so hote as now: I never felt half so intensely as now
• Fisher (1989): N/A
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
• Donaldson (1975: 869): hote: hot
• Baugh (1963: 152): I hadde it nevere half so hote: I never felt half so intensely

Possible Definitions

strong, intense

Comments from the Editor

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