nice adj.

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TR4.1625 "Bǔt cértěs, Í ǎm náught sǒ nýce ǎ wíght
TR4.1626 Thǎt Í ně kán y̌mágǐnén ǎ wéy
TR4.1627 Tǒ cóme ǎyéyn thǎt dáy thǎt Í hǎve híght.
TR4.1628 Fǒr whó mǎy hólde ǎ thíng thǎt wól ǎwéy?
TR4.1629 My̌ fáděr náught, fǒr ál hǐs quéyntě pléy!
TR4.1630 Ǎnd bý my̌ thríft, my̌ wéndy̌ng óut ǒf Tróiě
TR4.1631 Ǎnóthěr dáy shǎl tórne ǔs álle tǒ jóiě.

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Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
English translations (Windeatt: 1998): But I’m certainly not so foolish a person that I can’t imagine a way to come back the day that I’ve promised. For who can hold on to a thing that yearns to be elsewhere? Not my father, for all his ingenious devices! If I succeed, my departure from Troy will make us all happy another day.
Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): でも、もちろん、約束した当日に戻ってくる方法を工夫することができないほどわたしはばかな人間ではありませんわ。だって離れ行くものに誰がしがみつくことができましょうか。巧妙に仕組んだ策略であっても、わたしの父はできません！そして請け合います、わたしがトロイアから出立したことはきっと他日わたしたち皆の喜びになりますわ。
Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 然我决不至蠢得不能按期归来的。谁能勉强留住一个坚决出走的人？我的父亲无论怎样能玩花样也是不成的。天晓得，我今天虽去，不久我俩将仍转忧为喜。

Word Information

Etymology: OF
Addresser: Criseyde
Addressee: Troilus
Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
Counterpart in its source (Fil): 4.159
Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (female: Criseyde)
Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

OED: Not quoted
MED: Not quoted

Commented in other previous works:
Windeatt (2003: 264): nyce: foolish
Fisher (1989): N/A
Benson (1987): N/A
Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
Donaldson (1975: 932): nice: foolish
Baugh (1963: 180): nyce: stupid, resourceless

Possible Definitions

foolish, silly

Comments from the Editor

This quote follows Fil.4.159, and in the Italian source, Criseida emphatically expresses her love for Troiolo, stating that she loves him more than her own life.