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.
Come Sir Marhaus, Sir Gawaine e Sir Uwaine incontrarono tre damigelle, e ciascuno di loro ne prese una.
CHAPTER XX. How a knight and a dwarf strove for a lady.
CAPITOLO XX. Come un cavaliere e un nano si contesero una dama.
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.
CAPITOLO XXI. Come il re Pelleas si lasciò catturare prigioniero perché voleva vedere la sua dama, e come Sir Gawaine gli promise di ottenere per lui l'amore della sua dama.
CHAPTER XXII. How Sir Gawaine came to the Lady Ettard, and how Sir Pelleas found them sleeping.
CAPITOLO XXII. Come Sir Gawaine giunse dalla Dama Ettard, e come Sir Pelleas li trovò addormentati.
CHAPTER XXIII. How Sir Pelleas loved no more Ettard by means of the Damosel of the Lake, whom he loved ever after.
CAPITOLO XXIII. Come Sir Pelleas non amò più Ettard grazie alla Damigella del Lago, che egli amò per sempre dopo.
CHAPTER XXIV. How Sir Marhaus rode with the damosel, and how he came to the Duke of the South Marches.
CAPITOLO XXIV. Come Sir Marhaus cavalcò con la damigella, e come giunse dal Duca delle Marche del Sud.
CHAPTER XXV. How Sir Marhaus fought with the duke and his four sons and made them to yield them.
CAPITOLO XXV. Come Sir Marhaus combatté con il duca e i suoi quattro figli e li costrinse ad arrendersi.
CHAPTER XXVI. How Sir Uwaine rode with the damosel of sixty year of age, and how he gat the prize at tourneying.
CAPITOLO XXVI. Come Sir Uwaine cavalcò con la damigella di sessant'anni, e come vinse il premio nel torneo.
CHAPTER XXVII. How Sir Uwaine fought with two knights and overcame them.
CAPITOLO XXVII. Come Sir Uwaine combatté con due cavalieri e li sconfisse.
CHAPTER XXVIII. How at the year's end all three knights with their three damosels met at the fountain.
CAPITOLO XXVIII. Come alla fine dell'anno tutti e tre i cavalieri con le loro tre damigelle si incontrarono alla fontana.
BOOK V.
LIBRO V.
CHAPTER I. How twelve aged ambassadors of Rome came to King Arthur to demand truage for Britain.
CAPITOLO I. Come dodici anziani ambasciatori di Roma vennero dal re Artù per esigere il tributo per la Britannia.
CHAPTER II. How the kings and lords promised to King Arthur aid and help against the Romans.
CAPITOLO II. Come i re e i signori promisero al re Artù aiuto e soccorso contro i Romani.
CHAPTER III.
CAPITOLO III.
Vocabulary
- Come
- How; used to introduce comparisons or questions
- Sir
- Sir; honorific title for a knight
- e
- And; basic coordinating conjunction
- incontrarono
- They met; third person plural past tense of incontrare
- tre
- Three; the number 3
- damigelle
- Damsels; young noble women or ladies-in-waiting
- ciascuno
- Each one; refers to every individual in a group
- di
- Of; basic Italian preposition indicating possession or origin
- loro
- Their; third person plural possessive or pronoun
- ne
- Of it/them; partitive pronoun replacing a noun phrase
- prese
- Took; third person singular past tense of prendere
- una
- One; feminine indefinite article or numeral
- CAPITOLO
- Chapter; division of a book or text
- un
- A/an; masculine indefinite article
- cavaliere
- Knight; armed warrior of noble rank
- nano
- Dwarf; a very short person or creature
- si
- Themselves; reflexive pronoun used with verbs
- contesero
- They disputed; past tense of contendere, meaning to compete
- dama
- Lady; a noblewoman or woman of high rank
- il
- The; masculine singular definite article
- re
- King; male monarch or ruler of a kingdom
- lasciò
- He let/allowed; past tense of lasciare
- catturare
- To capture; to seize or take someone prisoner
- prigioniero
- Prisoner; a person held captive against their will
- perché
- Because/why; expresses reason or introduces a question
- voleva
- He/she wanted; imperfect tense of volere
- vedere
- To see; infinitive verb meaning to observe or view
- la
- The; feminine singular definite article
- sua
- His/her; feminine singular possessive adjective
- come
- How/as; conjunction or adverb of comparison
- gli
- To him; indirect object pronoun, masculine singular
- promise
- He/she promised; past tense of promettere
- ottenere
- To obtain; to get or achieve something desired
- per
- For; preposition indicating purpose, means, or duration
- lui
- Him; third person masculine singular personal pronoun
- l'
- The; elided definite article before a vowel
- amore
- Love; a deep feeling of affection or romance
- della
- Of the; contraction of di + la, feminine singular
- giunse
- He/she arrived; past tense of giungere
- dalla
- From the; contraction of da + la, feminine singular
- Dama
- Lady/Dame; a noblewoman or woman of rank
- li
- Them; third person plural masculine direct object pronoun
- trovò
- He/she found; past tense of trovare
- addormentati
- Asleep; past participle of addormentarsi, meaning fallen asleep
- non
- Not; basic negation word in Italian
- amò
- He/she loved; past tense of amare
- più
- More/anymore; adverb of quantity or negation
- grazie
- Thanks/because of; expressing gratitude or attribution
- alla
- To the; contraction of a + la, feminine singular
- Damigella
- Damsel; a young noblewoman or lady-in-waiting
- del
- Of the; contraction of di + il, masculine singular
- Lago
- Lake; a body of still inland water
- che
- That/who/which; relative pronoun or conjunction
- egli
- He; formal third person masculine singular subject pronoun
- sempre
- Always; at all times, without exception
- dopo
- After/afterwards; preposition or adverb of time
- cavalcò
- He/she rode; past tense of cavalcare, to ride horseback
- con
- With; preposition expressing accompaniment or means
- damigella
- Damsel; a young noble lady or attendant
- dal
- From the; contraction of da + il, masculine singular
- Duca
- Duke; a high-ranking nobleman below a prince
- delle
- Of the; contraction of di + le, feminine plural
- Marche
- Marches; border regions or an Italian region
- Sud
- South; the cardinal direction opposite of north
- combatté
- He/she fought; past tense of combattere
- duca
- Duke; a high-ranking nobleman below a prince
- i
- The; masculine plural definite article
- suoi
- His/her; masculine plural possessive adjective
- quattro
- Four; the number 4
- figli
- Sons/children; masculine plural of figlio
- costrinse
- He/she forced; past tense of costringere
- ad
- To; preposition used before vowels, variant of a
- arrendersi
- To surrender; reflexive infinitive meaning to give oneself up
- sessant'
- Sixty; elided form of sessanta before a vowel
- anni
- Years; plural of anno, unit of time
- vinse
- He/she won; past tense of vincere
- premio
- Prize; a reward given for winning a competition
- nel
- In the; contraction of in + il, masculine singular
- torneo
- Tournament; a competitive contest among knights or players
- due
- Two; the number 2
- cavalieri
- Knights; plural of cavaliere, armed noble warriors
- sconfisse
- He/she defeated; past tense of sconfiggere
- fine
- End; the conclusion or final part of something
- dell'
- Of the; elided contraction of di + il before vowel
- anno
- Year; a period of twelve months
- tutti
- All/everyone; masculine plural adjective meaning everyone or all
- le
- The; feminine plural definite article
- fontana
- Fountain; a structure that jets or pours water
- LIBRO
- Book; a major division of a literary work
- I
- One/the; Roman numeral or masculine plural article
- dodici
- Twelve; the number 12
- anziani
- Elders; older men of authority or experience
- ambasciatori
- Ambassadors; diplomatic representatives sent between states
- Roma
- Rome; the capital city of Italy and ancient empire
- vennero
- They came; past tense of venire, third person plural
- esigere
- To demand/exact; to require something as an obligation
- tributo
- Tribute; a payment made by one power to another
- signori
- Lords/gentlemen; plural of signore, men of rank
- promisero
- They promised; past tense of promettere, third person plural
- al
- To the; contraction of a + il, masculine singular
- aiuto
- Help; assistance or support given to someone
- soccorso
- Aid/rescue; emergency help given in a dangerous situation
- contro
- Against; preposition indicating opposition or conflict
- Romani
- Romans; people of ancient Rome or Roman citizens
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