juste adj.

2022-09-21 juste

TR5.1254 “Ǒ mý Crǐséyde, ǎllás, whǎt súbtǐlté,
TR5.1255 Whǎt néwě lúst, whǎt béautě, whát scǐéncě,
TR5.1256 Whǎt wrátthe ǒf jústě cáuse hǎve yé tǒ mé?
TR5.1257 Whǎt gílt ǒf mé, whǎt fél ěxpérǐéncě
TR5.1258 Hǎth fró mě ráft, ǎllás, thy̌n ádvěrténcě?
TR5.1259 Ǒ trúst, Ǒ féyth, Ǒ dépě ássěuráuncě!
TR5.1260 Whǒ háth mě réft Crǐséyde, ǎl mý plěsáuncě?

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): ‘O my Criseyde, alas, what guile, what new pleasure, what beauty, what knowledge, what justifiable anger comes between you and me? What guilt of mine, what dreadful experience, alas, has taken your thoughts away from me? O trust! O loyalty! O deep confidence! Who has taken Criseyde away from me, my whole delight?
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): おお、おれのクリセイデよ、ああ、どんな欺瞞が、どんな新たな快楽が、どんな美が、どんな知識が、どんな正当な怒りが、おれに対してあるのか。おれのどんな罪が、おれとのどんなひどい経験が、おれの熱い思いを君から奪い去ってしまったのか。おお信頼よ、おお誠実よ、おお深い確信よ、誰がおれからクリセイデを奪い去ったのか。
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): “啊，我的克丽西德！是什么计谋，什么新欢，什么美色，什么智慧，什么正当的缘由，使你对我发生仇恨？是我犯了什么罪过，或是什么可怖的际遇叫你背弃了我？啊，忠信呀，啊，坚实的保证，是谁把我的欢爱所归的克丽西德掠夺去了？

Word Information

Etymology: L&OF
Addresser: Troilus
Addressee: N/A
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): 7.29
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: cause or reason (cause)
Attributive/ Predicative: attributive

Information in Previous Studies

OED: Not quoted
MED: Not quoted

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 321): juste cause: good reason
Fisher (1989: 523): wratthe of juste cause: just cause of anger
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
Donaldson (1975): N/A
Baugh (1963): N/A

Possible Definitions

justifiable, reasonable

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘dep’ (adj., Tr5.1259).