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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread guessing game #79929 09/07/2002 6:55 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Here is a translation of Sir Gawaine and the Green Knight, mostly translated, but with quite a few untranslated words underlined, so that if you can't guess what they mean, clicking on the underlined word brings up a glossary. I hope you find it as much fun as I did. http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/homepages/sirgawain/mytext.html Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: guessing game #79930 09/07/2002 11:42 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Well, this is the first I've heard of 'hat' meaning 'called'. I like the alliteration of this poem. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: guessing game #79931 09/08/2002 1:09 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Jackie: in all the stories about knights "hight" means "he was named (or called). hight 7hjt8 adj. 5ME highte, merging OE hatte, pass. pt. with heht, active pt. of hatan, to command, call: confused in sense with ME hoten, pp. of same v.: akin to Ger heissen < IE base *kci3, to move6 [Archaic] named; called !a maiden hight Elaine" Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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