Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 — Page 7
How Arthur took upon him to fight to be delivered out of prison, and also for to deliver twenty knights that were in prison.
Come Artù si impegnò a combattere per essere liberato dalla prigione, e anche per liberare venti cavalieri che erano in prigione.
CHAPTER VIII. How Accolon found himself by a well, and he took upon him to do battle against Arthur.
CAPITOLO VIII. Come Accolon si ritrovò presso un pozzo, e si impegnò a combattere contro Artù.
CHAPTER IX. Of the battle between King Arthur and Accolon.
CAPITOLO IX. Della battaglia tra il Re Artù e Accolon.
CHAPTER X. How King Arthur's sword that he fought with brake, and how he recovered of Accolon his own sword Excalibur, and overcame his enemy.
CAPITOLO X. Come la spada del Re Artù con cui combatteva si spezzò, e come riprese da Accolon la sua spada Excalibur, e sconfisse il suo nemico.
CHAPTER XI. How Accolon confessed the treason of Morgan le Fay, King Arthur's sister, and how she would have done slay him.
CAPITOLO XI. Come Accolon confessò il tradimento di Morgan le Fay, sorella del Re Artù, e come ella avrebbe voluto farlo uccidere.
CHAPTER XII. How Arthur accorded the two brethren, and delivered the twenty knights, and how Sir Accolon died.
CAPITOLO XII. Come Artù riconciliò i due fratelli, e liberò i venti cavalieri, e come Sir Accolon morì.
CHAPTER XIII. How Morgan would have slain Sir Uriens her husband, and how Sir Uwaine her son saved him.
CAPITOLO XIII. Come Morgan avrebbe voluto uccidere Sir Uriens suo marito, e come Sir Uwaine suo figlio lo salvò.
CHAPTER XIV. How Queen Morgan le Fay made great sorrow for the death of Accolon, and how she stole away the scabbard from Arthur.
CAPITOLO XIV. Come la Regina Morgan le Fay si addolorò profondamente per la morte di Accolon, e come rubò il fodero ad Artù.
CHAPTER XV. How Morgan le Fay saved a knight that should have been drowned, and how King Arthur returned home again.
CAPITOLO XV. Come Morgan le Fay salvò un cavaliere che sarebbe dovuto annegare, e come il Re Artù fece ritorno a casa.
CHAPTER XVI. How the Damosel of the Lake saved King Arthur from mantle that should have burnt him.
CAPITOLO XVI. Come la Damigella del Lago salvò il Re Artù da un mantello che avrebbe dovuto bruciarlo.
CHAPTER XVII. How Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine met with twelve fair damosels, and how they complained on Sir Marhaus.
CAPITOLO XVII. Come Sir Gawaine e Sir Uwaine incontrarono dodici belle damigelle, e come esse si lamentarono di Sir Marhaus.
CHAPTER XVIII. How Sir Marhaus jousted with Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine, and overthrew them both.
CAPITOLO XVIII. Come Sir Marhaus giostrò con Sir Gawaine e Sir Uwaine, e li sconfisse entrambi.
CHAPTER XIX.
CAPITOLO XIX.
Vocabulary
- Come
- How; introduces manner or comparison
- si
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself, himself, herself
- impegnò
- Committed, pledged, or devoted oneself to something
- a
- To, at; basic preposition of direction or purpose
- combattere
- To fight, to battle against an opponent
- per
- For, in order to; preposition of purpose
- essere
- To be; fundamental Italian auxiliary verb
- liberato
- Freed, released from captivity or restraint
- dalla
- From the; contraction of da and la
- prigione
- Prison, jail; place of captivity
- e
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- anche
- Also, too, as well; additive adverb
- liberare
- To free, to release from confinement
- venti
- Twenty; the number 20
- cavalieri
- Knights; armored medieval warrior noblemen
- che
- That, who, which; relative or subordinating conjunction
- erano
- Were; third person plural imperfect of essere
- in
- In, inside; basic preposition of location
- CAPITOLO
- Chapter; a numbered section of a book
- ritrovò
- Found again, rediscovered someone or something
- presso
- Near, close to, beside a location
- un
- A, an; indefinite article masculine singular
- pozzo
- Well; a deep hole for drawing water
- contro
- Against; preposition indicating opposition
- Della
- Of the; contraction of di and la
- battaglia
- Battle, fight; a military or armed conflict
- tra
- Between, among; preposition of position or time
- il
- The; definite article masculine singular
- Re
- King; male monarch or ruler
- la
- The; definite article feminine singular
- spada
- Sword; bladed weapon used in combat
- del
- Of the; contraction of di and il
- con
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- cui
- Which, whom; relative pronoun used after preposition
- combatteva
- Was fighting; imperfect tense of combattere
- spezzò
- Broke, snapped; caused something to shatter
- come
- How, as, like; conjunction of comparison
- riprese
- Took back, recovered, resumed possession of something
- da
- From, by; preposition of origin or agent
- sua
- His, her, its; possessive adjective feminine singular
- sconfisse
- Defeated, overcame an enemy in combat
- suo
- His, her, its; possessive adjective masculine singular
- nemico
- Enemy, foe; a hostile or opposing person
- confessò
- Confessed, admitted to a fault or secret
- tradimento
- Betrayal, treason; act of being disloyal
- di
- Of, from; very common Italian preposition
- le
- The; definite article feminine plural, or her
- sorella
- Sister; a female sibling
- ella
- She; third person feminine singular subject pronoun
- avrebbe
- Would have; conditional of avere auxiliary verb
- voluto
- Wanted, wished; past participle of volere
- farlo
- To make him, to do it; fare with pronoun
- uccidere
- To kill, to cause death of someone
- riconciliò
- Reconciled, brought two parties back together
- i
- The; definite article masculine plural
- due
- Two; the number 2
- fratelli
- Brothers; male siblings or brotherly companions
- liberò
- Freed, released; past tense of liberare
- morì
- Died; third person singular past of morire
- marito
- Husband; a male spouse in marriage
- figlio
- Son; a male child of a parent
- lo
- Him, it; direct object pronoun masculine singular
- salvò
- Saved, rescued from danger or death
- Regina
- Queen; a female monarch or king's consort
- addolorò
- Grieved, caused or felt deep sorrow
- profondamente
- Deeply, profoundly; to a great emotional degree
- morte
- Death; the end of life
- rubò
- Stole, took something without permission
- fodero
- Scabbard, sheath; case that holds a sword
- ad
- To, at; variant of a used before vowels
- cavaliere
- Knight; a mounted armored warrior nobleman
- sarebbe
- Would be; conditional of essere auxiliary verb
- dovuto
- Had to, been obliged; past participle of dovere
- annegare
- To drown; to die or cause death by water
- fece
- Made, did; third person singular past of fare
- ritorno
- Return; the act of coming back somewhere
- casa
- Home, house; one's place of residence
- Damigella
- Damsel, young noblewoman; maiden of noble birth
- Lago
- Lake; a large body of inland water
- mantello
- Cloak, mantle; a long outer garment worn over
- bruciarlo
- To burn it; bruciare with masculine object pronoun
- incontrarono
- Met, encountered; past tense of incontrare
- dodici
- Twelve; the number 12
- belle
- Beautiful, lovely; feminine plural of bello
- damigelle
- Damsels, young noblewomen; plural of damigella
- esse
- They; third person feminine plural subject pronoun
- lamentarono
- Complained, lamented; past tense of lamentarsi
- giostrò
- Jousted, competed in a lance tournament
- li
- Them; direct object pronoun masculine plural
- entrambi
- Both; referring to two people or things together
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