Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 — Page 5
How the Knights of the Round Table were ordained and their sieges blessed by the Bishop of Canterbury.
円卓の騎士たちがいかにして任命され、その席がカンタベリーの司教によって祝福されたか。
CHAPTER III. How a poor man riding upon a lean mare desired King Arthur to make his son knight.
第三章。痩せた牝馬に乗った貧しい男が、アーサー王に息子を騎士にしてほしいと願い出たこと。
CHAPTER IV. How Sir Tor was known for son of King Pellinore, and how Gawaine was made knight.
第四章。トール卿がペリノア王の息子であることが判明し、ガウェインが騎士に叙せられたこと。
CHAPTER V. How at feast of the wedding of King Arthur to Guenever, a white hart came into the hall, and thirty couple hounds, and how a brachet pinched the hart which was taken away.
第五章。アーサー王とグィネヴィアの婚礼の宴の席に、白い牡鹿と三十組の猟犬が広間に入り込み、一頭の雌猟犬が牡鹿に噛みつき、その牡鹿が連れ去られたこと。
CHAPTER VI. How Sir Gawaine rode for to fetch again the hart, and how two brethren fought each against other for the hart.
第六章。ガウェイン卿が牡鹿を取り戻すために馬を走らせ、二人の兄弟がその牡鹿をめぐって互いに戦ったこと。
CHAPTER VII How the hart was chased into a castle and there slain, and how Sir Gawaine slew a lady.
第七章。牡鹿が城へと追い込まれてそこで殺され、ガウェイン卿が一人の貴婦人を斬り殺したこと。
CHAPTER VIII. How four knights fought against Gawaine and Gaheris, and how they were overcome, and their lives saved at request of four ladies.
第八章。四人の騎士がガウェインとガヘリスに戦いを挑み、いかにして打ち負かされ、四人の貴婦人の嘆願によって命を救われたか。
CHAPTER IX. How Sir Tor rode after the knight with the brachet, and of his adventure by the way.
第九章。トール卿が雌猟犬を連れた騎士を追って馬を走らせ、道中で冒険に遭遇したこと。
CHAPTER X. How Sir Tor found the brachet with a lady, and how a knight assailed him for the said brachet.
第十章。トール卿が一人の貴婦人のもとで雌猟犬を見つけ、その雌猟犬をめぐってある騎士が彼に襲いかかったこと。
CHAPTER XI. How Sir Tor overcame the knight, and how he lost his head at the request of a lady.
第十一章。トール卿が騎士を打ち負かし、その騎士が一人の貴婦人の求めにより首を斬られたこと。
CHAPTER XII.
第十二章。
Vocabulary
- 円卓
- entaku — Round table, famously associated with King Arthur.
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.
- 騎士
- kishi — Knight; a mounted warrior of noble status.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people.
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle identifying the doer.
- いかにして
- ikanishite — How; by what means or method something occurred.
- して
- shite — Conjunctive te-form of suru, meaning 'doing' or 'and.'
- 任命
- ninmei — Appointment or nomination to an official position.
- その
- sono — Demonstrative 'that' or 'the' referring to something nearby.
- 席
- seki — Seat or place assigned at a table or gathering.
- 司教
- shikyō — Bishop; a senior church official of high rank.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or agent.
- よって
- yotte — By means of; indicates agent or cause of action.
- 祝福
- shukufuku — Blessing; bestowing divine or ceremonial good wishes.
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb indicating completed action.
- か
- ka — Question-marking particle placed at sentence end.
- 第
- dai — Ordinal prefix meaning 'number' before numerals.
- 三
- san — The number three.
- 章
- shō — Chapter; a major division of a book or text.
- 痩せ
- yase — Thin, lean; describing a gaunt or emaciated state.
- 牝馬
- meuma — Mare; an adult female horse.
- 乗っ
- nott- — Riding; mounted on an animal or vehicle.
- 貧しい
- mazushii — Poor; lacking wealth or material resources.
- 男
- otoko — Man; an adult male person.
- 王
- ō — King; a male monarch ruling a kingdom.
- 息子
- musuko — Son; a male child in relation to his parents.
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object.
- ほし
- hoshi — Wanting; desiring something, from hoshii (want).
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and,' 'with,' or quotation marker.
- 願い出
- negaide — Petition; formally requesting or appealing to someone.
- こと
- koto — Thing; nominalizer turning verbs into noun phrases.
- 四
- shi / yon — The number four.
- である
- de aru — Formal copula meaning 'is' or 'to be.'
- 判明
- hanmei — Clarification; it becomes clear or turns out to be.
- 叙せられ
- josere — Invested or ordained into knighthood or a title.
- 五
- go — The number five.
- 婚礼
- konrei — Wedding ceremony; formal marriage celebration ritual.
- 宴
- utage — Banquet; a festive gathering with food and drink.
- 白い
- shiroi — White; the color white describing something's appearance.
- 牡鹿
- ojika — Stag; an adult male deer.
- 三十
- sanjū — The number thirty.
- 組
- kumi — Group or pair; a set of things or people together.
- 猟犬
- ryōken — Hunting hound; a dog bred for pursuing game.
- 広間
- hiroma — Great hall; a large room in a castle or palace.
- 入り込み
- irikomi — Breaking in; entering uninvited into a space.
- 一頭
- ittō — One animal; counter for large animals like deer.
- 雌
- mesu — Female animal; the female of a species.
- 噛みつき
- Biting; sinking teeth aggressively into something.
- 連れ去ら
- tsuresara — Carried away; taken off forcibly to another place.
- 六
- roku — The number six.
- 取り戻す
- torimodosu — To recover; reclaim something that was taken away.
- ため
- tame — For the purpose of; indicating reason or goal.
- 馬
- uma — Horse; a large domesticated animal used for riding.
- 走らせ
- hashirase — Causing to run; making a horse gallop swiftly.
- 二人
- futari — Two people; a pair of individuals together.
- 兄弟
- kyōdai — Brothers; male siblings sharing the same parents.
- めぐって
- megutte — Over; concerning a disputed matter or person.
- 互い
- tagai — Each other; mutually between two or more parties.
- 戦っ
- tatakatt- — Fought; engaged in combat or battle with someone.
- 七
- shichi / nana — The number seven.
- 城
- shiro — Castle; a fortified noble residence or stronghold.
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning 'toward' or 'to.'
- 追い込ま
- oiikoma — Driven or cornered into a place with no escape.
- そこ
- soko — There; that place previously mentioned or indicated.
- 殺さ
- korosa — Killed; caused the death of someone or something.
- 一人
- hitori — One person; a single individual alone.
- 貴婦人
- kifujin — Noblewoman; a lady of aristocratic rank and status.
- 斬り殺し
- kirikoshi — Killed by cutting; slain with a blade or sword.
- 八
- hachi — The number eight.
- 四人
- yonin — Four people; a group consisting of four persons.
- 戦い
- tatakai — Battle or fight; armed conflict between opponents.
- 挑み
- idomi — Challenging; issuing a dare or provocation to fight.
- 打ち負かさ
- uchimakasa — Defeated; overpowered and beaten in combat.
- 嘆願
- tangan — Pleading; earnest supplication or petition for mercy.
- 命
- inochi — Life; one's vital existence or lifespan.
- 救わ
- sukuwa — Saved; rescued from death or grave danger.
- 九
- ku / kyū — The number nine.
- 連れ
- tsure — Accompanying; bringing someone along on a journey.
- 追っ
- ott- — Chasing; pursuing someone or something from behind.
- 道中
- dōchū — Along the way; during the course of a journey.
- 冒険
- bōken — Adventure; an exciting or dangerous undertaking.
- 遭遇
- sōgū — Encounter; unexpectedly meeting someone or something.
- 十
- jū — The number ten.
- もと
- moto — Before or in the presence of a person or place.
- 見つけ
- mitsuke — Found; discovered or located someone or something.
- 彼
- kare — He; third-person singular masculine pronoun.
- 襲いかかっ
- osoikakatt- — Attacked; suddenly assaulted or pounced upon someone.
- 十一
- jūichi — The number eleven.
- 打ち負かし
- uchimakashi — Defeating; overcoming an opponent in combat.
- 求め
- motome — Requesting or seeking something from another person.
- より
- yori — From; comparative or source-indicating particle.
- 首
- kubi — Head or neck; also means decapitation in context.
- 斬ら
- kira — Cut or beheaded; severed by a blade.
- 十二
- jūni — The number twelve.
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