Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 — Page 15
How Tristram enterprized the battle to fight for the truage of Cornwall, and how he was made knight.
Comment Tristram entreprit le combat pour se battre pour le tribut de Cornouailles, et comment il fut fait chevalier.
CHAPTER VI. How Sir Tristram arrived into the Island for to furnish the battle with Sir Marhaus.
CHAPITRE VI. Comment Sir Tristram arriva dans l'île pour livrer le combat contre Sir Marhaus.
CHAPTER VII. How Sir Tristram fought against Sir Marhaus and achieved his battle, and how Sir Marhaus fled to his ship.
CHAPITRE VII. Comment Sir Tristram combattit contre Sir Marhaus et remporta son combat, et comment Sir Marhaus s'enfuit vers son navire.
CHAPTER VIII. How Sir Marhaus after that he was arrived in Ireland died of the stroke that Sir Tristram had given him, and how Tristram was hurt.
CHAPITRE VIII. Comment Sir Marhaus, après être arrivé en Irlande, mourut du coup que Sir Tristram lui avait porté, et comment Tristram fut blessé.
CHAPTER IX. How Sir Tristram was put to the keeping of La Beale Isoud first for to be healed of his wound.
CHAPITRE IX. Comment Sir Tristram fut confié aux soins de La Belle Iseult d'abord pour être guéri de sa blessure.
CHAPTER X. How Sir Tristram won the degree at a tournament in Ireland, and there made Palamides to bear no more harness in a year.
CHAPITRE X. Comment Sir Tristram remporta le prix lors d'un tournoi en Irlande, et fit en sorte que Palamides ne portât plus d'armure pendant un an.
CHAPTER XI. How the queen espied that Sir Tristram had slain her brother Sir Marhaus by his sword, and in what jeopardy he was.
CHAPITRE XI. Comment la reine découvrit que Sir Tristram avait tué son frère Sir Marhaus par son épée, et dans quel péril il se trouvait.
CHAPTER XII. How Sir Tristram departed from the king and La Beale Isoud out of Ireland for to come into Cornwall.
CHAPITRE XII. Comment Sir Tristram quitta le roi et La Belle Iseult en partant d'Irlande pour venir en Cornouailles.
CHAPTER XIII. How Sir Tristram and King Mark hurted each other for the love of a knight's wife.
CHAPITRE XIII. Comment Sir Tristram et le roi Marc se blessèrent mutuellement par amour pour la femme d'un chevalier.
CHAPTER XIV. How Sir Tristram lay with the lady, and how her husband fought with Sir Tristram.
CHAPITRE XIV. Comment Sir Tristram coucha avec la dame, et comment son mari se battit contre Sir Tristram.
CHAPTER XV. How Sir Bleoberis demanded the fairest lady in King Mark's court, whom he took away, and how he was fought with.
CHAPITRE XV. Comment Sir Bleoberis réclama la plus belle dame de la cour du roi Marc, qu'il emmena, et comment il fut combattu.
CHAPTER XVI. How Sir Tristram fought with two knights of the Round Table.
CHAPITRE XVI. Comment Sir Tristram combattit deux chevaliers de la Table Ronde.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPITRE XVII.
Vocabulary
- Comment
- How; used to introduce explanatory narrative chapters
- entreprit
- Undertook, began a task or endeavor
- le
- The; masculine singular definite article
- combat
- Fight, battle, armed confrontation
- pour
- For, in order to; preposition of purpose
- se
- Reflexive pronoun: himself, herself, themselves
- battre
- To fight, to beat someone in combat
- tribut
- Tribute; payment or tax owed to a ruler
- de
- Of, from; very common French preposition
- et
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- comment
- How; interrogative or relative adverb
- il
- He; third-person masculine singular pronoun
- fut
- Was; past simple of être (to be)
- fait
- Made, done; past participle of faire
- chevalier
- Knight; armored medieval warrior of noble rank
- CHAPITRE
- Chapter; main division of a book
- arriva
- Arrived; reached a destination (past tense)
- dans
- In, inside; preposition indicating location
- l'
- The; elided definite article before vowel
- île
- Island; land surrounded entirely by water
- livrer
- To deliver, to engage in battle or combat
- contre
- Against; preposition expressing opposition
- combattit
- Fought; engaged in combat (simple past tense)
- remporta
- Won, carried off a victory in competition
- son
- His, her, its; possessive adjective (masculine)
- s'
- Reflexive pronoun; elided form of se
- enfuit
- Fled, ran away; escaped from a place
- vers
- Toward, towards; preposition of direction
- navire
- Ship; large vessel for sea travel
- après
- After; preposition or conjunction of time
- être
- To be; fundamental French auxiliary and verb
- en
- In, to; preposition used before country names
- Irlande
- Ireland; island nation west of Great Britain
- mourut
- Died; simple past tense of mourir
- du
- Of the; contracted form of de + le
- coup
- Blow, strike; a hit delivered in combat
- que
- That, which, whom; conjunction or pronoun
- lui
- Him, to him; indirect object pronoun
- avait
- Had; imperfect tense of avoir (to have)
- porté
- Dealt, delivered; past participle of porter
- blessé
- Wounded, injured; past participle of blesser
- confié
- Entrusted, placed in someone's care
- aux
- To the; contracted form of à + les
- soins
- Care, treatment; medical attention given to someone
- La
- The; feminine singular definite article
- Belle
- Beautiful, fair; feminine adjective of beauty
- d'
- Of, from; elided preposition before vowel
- abord
- First, at first; used in d'abord meaning firstly
- guéri
- Healed, cured; past participle of guérir
- sa
- His, her; feminine singular possessive adjective
- blessure
- Wound, injury; damage to the body
- prix
- Prize, price; reward won in a competition
- lors
- Then, at the time of; temporal adverb
- un
- A, one; masculine indefinite article
- tournoi
- Tournament; medieval knights' competitive event
- fit
- Made, did; simple past of faire
- sorte
- Way, sort; used in de sorte que meaning so that
- ne
- Not; negative particle used with pas or other
- portât
- Would wear; imperfect subjunctive of porter
- plus
- No longer, more; adverb of quantity or negation
- armure
- Armor; protective metal suit worn by knights
- pendant
- During, for; preposition indicating a time span
- an
- Year; a period of twelve months
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- reine
- Queen; female monarch or wife of a king
- découvrit
- Discovered, found out; simple past of découvrir
- tué
- Killed; past participle of tuer
- frère
- Brother; male sibling
- par
- By, through; preposition of means or agent
- épée
- Sword; bladed weapon used by knights
- quel
- What, which; interrogative or exclamatory adjective
- péril
- Peril, danger; serious risk or threat
- trouvait
- Was found, was; imperfect tense of trouver
- quitta
- Left, departed from; simple past of quitter
- roi
- King; male monarch ruling a kingdom
- partant
- Leaving, departing; present participle of partir
- venir
- To come; movement toward the speaker
- blessèrent
- Wounded; simple past plural of blesser
- mutuellement
- Mutually, each other; reciprocally affecting both parties
- amour
- Love; deep romantic or emotional attachment
- femme
- Woman, wife; adult female person or spouse
- coucha
- Slept, lay; simple past of coucher
- avec
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment
- dame
- Lady, noblewoman; respected or highborn woman
- mari
- Husband; male spouse in a marriage
- battit
- Beat, defeated; simple past of battre
- réclama
- Claimed, demanded; simple past of réclamer
- belle
- Beautiful, fair; feminine adjective of beauty
- cour
- Court; royal household or judicial assembly
- qu'
- That, whom; elided form of que
- emmena
- Took away, led off; simple past of emmener
- combattu
- Fought; past participle of combattre
- deux
- Two; the number two
- chevaliers
- Knights; plural of chevalier, armored warriors
- Table
- Table; as in Table Ronde, Round Table
- Ronde
- Round; circular, used in Table Ronde
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