TR5. 666 Ŭpón thĕ wállĕs fáste ĕk wólde hĕ wálkĕ,
TR5. 667 Ănd ón thĕ Grékĭs óost hĕ wóldĕ sé;
TR5. 668 Ănd tó hy̆msélf rĭght thús hĕ wóldĕ tálkĕ:
TR5. 669 “Lŏ, yóndĕr ís my̆n ówenĕ lády̆ frée,
TR5. 670 Ŏr éllĭs yóndĕr, thér thŏ téntĕs bé;
TR5. 671 Ănd thénnĕs cómth thĭs éyr, thăt ís sŏ sóotĕ
TR5. 672 Thăt ín my̆ sóule Ĭ féle ĭt dóth mĕ bóotĕ.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): He would also walk a lot on the walls, and look at the Greek host, and talk to himself just like this:
•  ‘Look, over there is my noble lady, or else over there, where those tents are! And from there comes this breeze that is so sweet that in my soul I feel it does me good.
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): また彼は城壁の上をひっきりなしに歩き、ギリシャ方の陣営を眺めてこのように独り言ちるのだった。「見よ、向こうにはおれの高潔な恋人がいるのだ、そうでなければ、あそこのあのテントのある所にいるのだ。そしてこの微風はあそこから吹いて来る、それはとても爽やかなのでおれの心を癒してくれるのを感じるよ。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 他上城头行走，眼望着希腊军营，自语道，“啊，我的可尊敬的女郎就在那边，或就在那些帐幕之中。这阵风由她那里吹来，香气扑鼻，使我精神舒爽。

Word Information

• Etymology: OE
• Addresser: Troilus
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): 5.70
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: Other (eyr: breeze)
• Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003: 297): soote: sweet
• Fisher (1989: 514): soote: sweet
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
• Donaldson (1975: 957): soote: sweet
• Baugh (1963: 192): soote: sweet

Possible Definitions

sweet, fresh, fragrant

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘fre’ (adj., Tr5.669).