Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 — Page 8
How Sir Marhaus, Sir Gawaine, and Sir Uwaine met three damosels, and each of them took one.
Comment Sir Marhaus, Sir Gauvain et Sir Uwaine rencontrèrent trois demoiselles, et chacun d'eux en prit une.
CHAPTER XX. How a knight and a dwarf strove for a lady.
CHAPITRE XX. Comment un chevalier et un nain se disputèrent une dame.
CHAPTER XXI. How King Pelleas suffered himself to be taken prisoner because he would have a sight of his lady, and how Sir Gawaine promised him to get to him the love of his lady.
CHAPITRE XXI. Comment le roi Pelléas se laissa faire prisonnier afin d'avoir un aperçu de sa dame, et comment Sir Gauvain lui promit d'obtenir pour lui l'amour de sa dame.
CHAPTER XXII. How Sir Gawaine came to the Lady Ettard, and how Sir Pelleas found them sleeping.
CHAPITRE XXII. Comment Sir Gauvain se rendit auprès de la dame Ettard, et comment Sir Pelléas les trouva endormis.
CHAPTER XXIII. How Sir Pelleas loved no more Ettard by means of the Damosel of the Lake, whom he loved ever after.
CHAPITRE XXIII. Comment Sir Pelléas n'aima plus Ettard grâce à la Demoiselle du Lac, qu'il aima pour toujours par la suite.
CHAPTER XXIV. How Sir Marhaus rode with the damosel, and how he came to the Duke of the South Marches.
CHAPITRE XXIV. Comment Sir Marhaus chevaucha avec la demoiselle, et comment il parvint chez le duc des Marches du Sud.
CHAPTER XXV. How Sir Marhaus fought with the duke and his four sons and made them to yield them.
CHAPITRE XXV. Comment Sir Marhaus combattit le duc et ses quatre fils et les contraignit à se rendre.
CHAPTER XXVI. How Sir Uwaine rode with the damosel of sixty year of age, and how he gat the prize at tourneying.
CHAPITRE XXVI. Comment Sir Uwaine chevaucha avec la demoiselle âgée de soixante ans, et comment il remporta le prix au tournoi.
CHAPTER XXVII. How Sir Uwaine fought with two knights and overcame them.
CHAPITRE XXVII. Comment Sir Uwaine combattit deux chevaliers et les vainquit.
CHAPTER XXVIII. How at the year's end all three knights with their three damosels met at the fountain.
CHAPITRE XXVIII. Comment à la fin de l'année les trois chevaliers avec leurs trois demoiselles se retrouvèrent à la fontaine.
BOOK V.
LIVRE V.
CHAPTER I. How twelve aged ambassadors of Rome came to King Arthur to demand truage for Britain.
CHAPITRE I. Comment douze vénérables ambassadeurs de Rome vinrent trouver le roi Arthur pour exiger un tribut pour la Bretagne.
CHAPTER II. How the kings and lords promised to King Arthur aid and help against the Romans.
CHAPITRE II. Comment les rois et les seigneurs promirent au roi Arthur leur aide et leur soutien contre les Romains.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPITRE III.
Vocabulary
- Comment
- How; introduces a question or explanation
- et
- And; connects words or clauses
- rencontrèrent
- They met or encountered someone
- trois
- The number three
- demoiselles
- Young women or maidens
- chacun
- Each one; every person individually
- d'
- Of or from; contracted preposition
- eux
- Them; third-person masculine plural pronoun
- en
- In, of it; preposition or pronoun
- prit
- Took; past tense of prendre
- une
- One; indefinite feminine article
- CHAPITRE
- Chapter; division of a book
- un
- A, an; indefinite masculine article
- chevalier
- Knight; mounted armored warrior
- nain
- Dwarf; abnormally small person
- se
- Himself, herself; reflexive pronoun
- disputèrent
- They argued or quarreled over something
- dame
- Lady; respectful title for a woman
- le
- The; definite masculine singular article
- roi
- King; male monarch of a kingdom
- laissa
- Let, allowed; past tense of laisser
- faire
- To do or make something
- prisonnier
- Prisoner; person held captive
- afin
- In order to; expresses purpose
- avoir
- To have; fundamental auxiliary verb
- aperçu
- Glimpsed, caught sight of something
- de
- Of, from; very common preposition
- sa
- His, her; feminine singular possessive adjective
- comment
- How; asks in what manner
- lui
- Him, her; indirect object pronoun
- promit
- Promised; past tense of promettre
- obtenir
- To obtain or get something
- pour
- For, in order to; preposition of purpose
- l'
- The; contracted definite article before vowel
- amour
- Love; deep romantic or affectionate feeling
- rendit
- Went, rendered; past tense of rendre
- auprès
- Near, beside, next to someone
- la
- The; definite feminine singular article
- les
- The; definite plural article
- trouva
- Found; past tense of trouver
- endormis
- Asleep; past participle of endormir
- n'
- Not; contracted negation particle
- aima
- Loved; past tense of aimer
- plus
- No longer, more; negation or comparison
- grâce
- Thanks to; grace or gratitude
- à
- To, at, in; basic preposition
- Demoiselle
- Young lady or maiden, title of address
- du
- Of the; contracted masculine article
- Lac
- Lake; body of still water
- qu'
- That, which; contracted conjunction or pronoun
- il
- He; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- toujours
- Always, still; indicates continuity
- par
- By, through; preposition of means
- suite
- Continuation, sequence; par suite means consequently
- chevaucha
- Rode horseback; past tense of chevaucher
- avec
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- demoiselle
- Young woman or maiden
- parvint
- Arrived, managed to reach somewhere
- chez
- At the home of someone
- duc
- Duke; high-ranking nobleman
- des
- Of the; contracted plural article
- Marches
- Border regions or frontier lands
- Sud
- South; cardinal direction
- combattit
- Fought; past tense of combattre
- ses
- His, her; plural possessive adjective
- quatre
- Four; cardinal number
- fils
- Sons; male offspring
- contraignit
- Forced, compelled; past tense of contraindre
- rendre
- To give back, surrender, or render
- âgée
- Aged, elderly; feminine adjective for old
- soixante
- Sixty; cardinal number
- ans
- Years; units of time measurement
- remporta
- Won, carried off; past tense of remporter
- prix
- Prize or price; award for winning
- au
- At the, to the; contracted article
- tournoi
- Tournament; knightly competition event
- deux
- Two; cardinal number
- chevaliers
- Knights; plural of chevalier
- vainquit
- Defeated, conquered; past tense of vaincre
- fin
- End; conclusion of a period or story
- année
- Year; twelve-month period
- leurs
- Their; plural possessive adjective
- retrouvèrent
- Met again, reunited; past tense of retrouver
- fontaine
- Fountain or spring; source of water
- LIVRE
- Book; major division of a larger work
- douze
- Twelve; cardinal number
- vénérables
- Venerable; commanding great respect and dignity
- ambassadeurs
- Ambassadors; diplomatic representatives of a country
- vinrent
- Came; past tense of venir
- trouver
- To find or visit someone
- exiger
- To demand or require something firmly
- tribut
- Tribute; payment demanded by a ruler
- rois
- Kings; plural of roi
- seigneurs
- Lords; powerful noblemen of high rank
- promirent
- Promised; past tense plural of promettre
- leur
- Their, to them; possessive or indirect pronoun
- aide
- Help, assistance; support given to someone
- soutien
- Support, backing; assistance given to someone
- contre
- Against; preposition of opposition
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