TR5. 925 Ănd wíth thăt wórd hĕ gán tŏ wáxĕn réd, TR5. 926 Ănd ín hĭs spéche ă lítĕl wíght hĕ quók, TR5. 927 Ănd cáste ăsýde ă lítĕl wíght hĭs héd, TR5. 928 Ănd stýnte ă whíle; ănd áftĕrwárd hĕ wók, TR5. 929 Ănd sóbrĕlíche ŏn híre hĕ thréw hĭs lók, TR5. 930 Ănd séyde, “Ĭ ám, ăl bé ĭt yów nŏ jóiĕ, TR5. 931 Ăs géntĭl mán ăs ány̆ wíght ĭn Tróiĕ.
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- Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
- English translations (Windeatt: 1998):
- And with those words he turned red, and his voice trembled a little, and he turned his head a little aside, and stopped for a while. And afterwards he roused himself and gazed at her gravely, and said:
- ‘I am, although it be no pleasure to you, as nobly born as any man in Troy.
- Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): そう言って彼は赤くなり、話す声は少々震えた。ほんの少し顔を背けて、しばらく黙った。その後奮起して、おごそかに彼女を見つめて、言った。「これは貴女には何の喜びもないでしょうが、僕は身分ならトロイアの誰よりも高い生まれの者です。
- Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 说着，他脸上泛红，声音发颤，脸略偏过一边，停了一刻没有作声；后来又回复了原状，严正地看了她一眼，说道，“你虽不在意，我却是个名门之子，比得上任何特罗亚人。
Word Information
- Etymology: OE
- Addresser: Narrator
- Addressee: N/A
- Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
- Counterpart in its source (Fil): 6.23
- Noun(s) (NPs) modified: Others
- Attributive/ Predicative: attributive
Information in Previous Studies
- OED: Not quoted
- MED: 1a. (b) a ~, a small amount of (sth.), a little, some; — with abstract and mass nouns; a ~ tine (wight), a little, somewhat; (s.v. lī̆tel, adj.)
- Commented in other previous works:
- Windeatt (2003: 307): a litel wight: a little bit
- Fisher (1989: 518): litel wight: little bit
- Benson (1987: 572): a litel wight: a little bit
- Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
- Donaldson (1975): N/A
- Baugh (1963: 196): a litel wight: a little bit
Possible Definitions
a ~ wight: a little bit
Comments from the Editor
See my comment of ‘bright’ (adj., Tr5.922).