Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 — Page 1
Le Morte D'Arthur
Le Morte D'Arthur
King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table
Le Roi Arthur et ses Nobles Chevaliers de la Table Ronde
by Thomas Malory
par Thomas Malory
IN TWO VOLS.—VOL. I
EN DEUX VOLUMES.—VOL. I
Contents
Table des matières
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
NOTE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE
PREFACE OF WILLIAM CAXTON
PRÉFACE DE WILLIAM CAXTON
BOOK I.
LIVRE I.
CHAPTER I. First, How Uther Pendragon sent for the duke of Cornwall and Igraine his wife, and of their departing suddenly again.
CHAPITRE I. Premièrement, comment Uther Pendragon fit mander le duc de Cornouailles et Igraine son épouse, et de leur départ soudain.
CHAPTER II. How Uther Pendragon made war on the duke of Cornwall, and how by the mean of Merlin he lay by the duchess and gat Arthur.
CHAPITRE II. Comment Uther Pendragon fit la guerre au duc de Cornouailles, et comment par l'entremise de Merlin il coucha avec la duchesse et engendra Arthur.
CHAPTER III. Of the birth of King Arthur and of his nurture.
CHAPITRE III. De la naissance du Roi Arthur et de son éducation.
CHAPTER IV. Of the death of King Uther Pendragon.
CHAPITRE IV. De la mort du Roi Uther Pendragon.
CHAPTER V. How Arthur was chosen king, and of wonders and marvels of a sword taken out of a stone by the said Arthur.
CHAPITRE V. Comment Arthur fut choisi comme roi, et des prodiges et merveilles d'une épée tirée d'une pierre par ledit Arthur.
CHAPTER VI. How King Arthur pulled out the sword divers times.
CHAPITRE VI. Comment le Roi Arthur retira l'épée à plusieurs reprises.
CHAPTER VII. How King Arthur was crowned, and how he made officers.
CHAPITRE VII. Comment le Roi Arthur fut couronné, et comment il nomma des officiers.
CHAPTER VIII. How King Arthur held in Wales, at a Pentecost, a great feast, and what kings and lords came to his feast.
CHAPITRE VIII. Comment le Roi Arthur tint au Pays de Galles, à la Pentecôte, un grand festin, et quels rois et seigneurs vinrent à son festin.
CHAPTER IX. Of the first war that King Arthur had, and how he won the field.
CHAPITRE IX. De la première guerre que le Roi Arthur eut, et comment il remporta la victoire.
CHAPTER X. How Merlin counselled King Arthur to send for King Ban and King Bors, and of their counsel taken for the war.
CHAPITRE X. Comment Merlin conseilla au Roi Arthur de faire venir le Roi Ban et le Roi Bors, et du conseil qu'ils tinrent pour la guerre.
CHAPTER XI. Of a great tourney made by King Arthur and the two kings Ban and Bors, and how they went over the sea.
CHAPITRE XI. D'un grand tournoi organisé par le Roi Arthur et les deux rois Ban et Bors, et comment ils traversèrent la mer.
CHAPTER XII. How eleven kings gathered a great host against King Arthur.
CHAPITRE XII. Comment onze rois rassemblèrent une grande armée contre le Roi Arthur.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPITRE XIII.
Vocabulary
- Morte
- mort — Death; deceased
- Roi
- rwah — King; male monarch of a kingdom
- et
- ay — And; connects two words or clauses
- ses
- say — His, her, its; plural possessive adjective
- Nobles
- nob-luh — Noble; of high social rank or distinction
- Chevaliers
- shuh-val-yay — Knights; armored warriors serving a lord
- de
- duh — Of, from; common French preposition
- Table
- tah-bluh — Table; flat surface for dining or meetings
- Ronde
- rohnd — Round; circular in shape
- par
- par — By; indicating authorship or means
- EN
- ahn — In; preposition indicating location or state
- DEUX
- duh — Two; the number 2
- VOLUMES
- vo-loom — Volumes; physical books in a series
- des
- day — Of the; plural partitive or possessive article
- matières
- mat-yair — Subjects, matters; topics listed in contents
- NOTE
- not — Note; short written remark or annotation
- BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE
- bib-lee-o-gra-feek — Bibliographic; relating to books and their sources
- PRÉFACE
- pray-fas — Preface; introductory remarks before main text
- DE
- duh — Of, by; preposition of origin or possession
- LIVRE
- lee-vruh — Book; written or printed literary work
- CHAPITRE
- sha-pee-truh — Chapter; numbered section within a book
- Premièrement
- pruh-myair-mahn — Firstly; in the first place or instance
- comment
- ko-mahn — How; in what manner or way
- fit
- fee — Made, caused; past tense of faire
- mander
- mahn-day — To summon; to send for someone officially
- duc
- dook — Duke; high-ranking male nobleman
- son
- sohn — His, her; singular possessive adjective
- épouse
- ay-pooz — Wife; a married woman, female spouse
- leur
- luhr — Their; possessive adjective for plural owners
- départ
- day-par — Departure; act of leaving a place
- soudain
- soo-dan — Sudden; happening quickly and unexpectedly
- Comment
- ko-mahn — How; in what manner something occurred
- guerre
- gair — War; armed conflict between groups or nations
- au
- oh — To the, at the; contracted masculine article
- entremise
- ahn-truh-meez — Mediation; intervention or involvement of someone
- il
- eel — He; third person masculine singular pronoun
- coucha
- koo-sha — Slept with; lay down with someone intimately
- avec
- a-vek — With; indicating accompaniment or association
- duchesse
- doo-shes — Duchess; wife of a duke, female noble
- engendra
- ahn-zhahn-dra — Fathered, begot; produced offspring with someone
- De
- duh — Of; preposition indicating origin or subject
- naissance
- nay-sahns — Birth; the act of being born
- du
- doo — Of the; masculine singular contracted article
- éducation
- ay-doo-ka-syon — Education; process of teaching and raising someone
- mort
- mor — Death; the end of life
- fut
- foo — Was; third person singular past tense être
- choisi
- shwah-zee — Chosen, selected; past participle of choisir
- comme
- kom — As, like; indicating comparison or role
- roi
- rwah — King; ruler of a kingdom
- prodiges
- pro-deezh — Prodigies, wonders; extraordinary or miraculous events
- merveilles
- mair-vay — Marvels, wonders; astonishing or miraculous things
- épée
- ay-pay — Sword; long bladed weapon used in combat
- tirée
- tee-ray — Pulled, drawn; past participle of tirer
- pierre
- pyair — Stone, rock; hard mineral material
- ledit
- luh-dee — The said, the aforementioned; referring back formally
- retira
- ruh-tee-ra — Withdrew, pulled back; past tense of retirer
- à
- ah — To, at; common French preposition of place
- plusieurs
- ploo-zyuhr — Several, multiple; more than two things
- reprises
- ruh-preez — Times, occasions; instances something was repeated
- couronné
- koo-ro-nay — Crowned; past participle of couronner, made king
- nomma
- no-ma — Named, appointed; past tense of nommer
- officiers
- o-fee-syay — Officers; people holding positions of authority
- tint
- tan — Held; third person singular past tense of tenir
- Pays
- pay-ee — Country, land; territory or region
- Pentecôte
- pahn-tuh-koht — Pentecost; Christian feast fifty days after Easter
- grand
- grahn — Great, large; of impressive size or importance
- festin
- fes-tan — Feast; large elaborate celebratory meal
- quels
- kel — Which, what; masculine plural interrogative adjective
- rois
- rwah — Kings; plural of roi, male monarchs
- seigneurs
- sen-yuhr — Lords; feudal noblemen of high authority
- vinrent
- van-ruh — Came; third person plural past tense venir
- première
- pruh-myair — First; feminine ordinal adjective, earliest in order
- que
- kuh — That, which; subordinating conjunction or pronoun
- eut
- oo — Had; third person singular past tense avoir
- remporta
- rahn-por-ta — Won, achieved; past tense of remporter
- victoire
- vik-twar — Victory; success in battle or competition
- conseilla
- kon-say-ya — Advised, counseled; past tense of conseiller
- faire
- fair — To do, to make; common infinitive verb
- venir
- vuh-neer — To come; infinitive of motion verb
- conseil
- kon-say — Council, advice; group meeting for deliberation
- ils
- eel — They; third person masculine plural pronoun
- tinrent
- tan-ruh — Held; third person plural past tense tenir
- pour
- poor — For, in order to; preposition of purpose
- tournoi
- toor-nwa — Tournament; medieval combat competition between knights
- organisé
- or-ga-nee-zay — Organized; arranged or planned systematically
- deux
- duh — Two; the cardinal number 2
- traversèrent
- tra-vair-sair — Crossed, traversed; past tense of traverser
- mer
- mair — Sea; large body of salt water
- onze
- onz — Eleven; the cardinal number 11
- rassemblèrent
- ra-sahm-blair — Gathered, assembled; past tense of rassembler
- grande
- grahnd — Great, large; feminine adjective of grand
- armée
- ar-may — Army; organized military force of soldiers
- contre
- kon-truh — Against; in opposition to someone or something
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