Stanzas 14-15 (ll. 301-342): The Green Knight Taunts Arthur, who Responds to the Challenge Flashcards
(38 cards)
“heredmen in halle”
as in
“All the heredmen in halle, the high and the lowe.” (l. 302)
“members of the household”
“renk on his rounce”
as in
“The renk on his rounce him riched in his sadel,” (l. 303)
“man on his horse”
“riched in his sadel”
as in
“The renk on his rounce him riched in his sadel,” (l. 303)
“turned himself in his saddle”
“runischly”
as in
“And runischly his red iyen he reled aboute,” (l. 304)
“fiercely”
(“reled” means ‘cast’; not enough to warrant its own card lol)
“Bende his bresed browes blykkande grene” (l. 305)
“furrowed his bushy, gleaming green eyebrows”
“for to wayte”
as in
“Wayved his berd for to wayte whoso wolde rise.” (l. 306)
“as he waited [for]”
“kepe him with carp”
as in
“When non wolde kepe him with carp, he coghed ful highe,” (l. 307)
“meet his challenge with [their] speech”
“And rimed him ful richly and ryght him to speke.” (l. 308)
“And impressively expanded his chest, and sat upright to speak.”
“That all the rous rennes of thurgh ryalmes so mony?” (l. 310)
“Of which all the [boasts of] renown run through so many places?”
“sorquydrye”
as in
“Where is now your sorquydrye and your conquestes,” (l. 311)
“pride”
“gryndellayk”
as in
“Your gryndellayk and your greme and your grete wordes?” (l. 312)
“fierceness”
“greme”
as in
“Your gryndellayk and your greme and your grete wordes?” (l. 312)
“anger”
“grete wordes”
as in
“Your gryndellayk and your greme and your grete wordes?” (l. 312)
“threats”
“overwalt”
as in
“Overwalt with a word of on wyes speche,” (l. 314)
“overthrown”
“For all dares for drede withoute dint schewed!” (l. 315)
“As everyone cowers with dread without any blow given!”
“greved”
as in
“With this he laghes so loude that the lord greved:” (l. 316)
“grew enraged””
“schyre”
as in
“The blod schotte for schame into his schyre face” (l. 317)
“bright”
“lere”
as in
“And lere;” (l. 318)
“cheeks”
“Wex”
as in
“He wex as wroth as wynd,” (l. 319)
“grew”
“as kene by kynde”
as in
“The kyng, as kene by kynde,” (l. 321)
“so brave by nature”
“stif”
as in
“Then stod that stif man nere.” (l. 322)
“strong”
“nice”
as in
“And sayd, ‘Hathel, by heven, thyn askyng is nice,” (l. 323)
“foolish”
“And as thou foly has frayst, fynde thee behoves,–” (l. 324)
“And as you have sought foolishness, you shall find it,–”
“gast”
as in
“I know no gome that is gast of thy grete wordes.” (l. 325)
“afraid”
(Note also: “grete wordes” means “threats” once again, as in l. 312)
