#middle english gawain

[talesfromtheenchantedforest]

Knight Emotions (TM)

Gawain: I am NOT sad that my horse died I would NEVER cry over a dead horse

Gawain: *weeps*

"Grissel," said Gawain, "is gone, God knows! He was the hardiest horse that ever took food. By him that in Bethlehem was orn ever to save us, I shall avenge you today, if I can right ride." [Galeron, the knight Gawain is fighting, says] "Go fetch me my Frisian, fairest afoot; he may serve you in combat just as well." "No more for the fair foal then I'll take. Except for the sadness over the dumb beast that died so. [Line likely missing]. I mourn for no mount, for I may get more." As he stood by his steed, that was so good at need, Gawain nearly went mad, he wept so sorrowfully.

— The Awntyrs off Arthur, edited by Thomas Hahn, my rough translation from the middle English

[illustratus]

The Green Knight by Julek Heller

[gailyinthedark]

Did not realize the Green Knight's moniker was meant so literally. I figured his armour was green, but apparently so is everything else including and specifically his eyebrows:

[taliesin-the-bored]

Happy Halloween to Guinevere's mother's terrifying prophetic ghost

The Adventures of Arthur at the Tarn Wadling (Jessie Weston translation)

[suede-moon]

Just the spelling of "eyelids" in Sir Gawain And The Green Knight 😭 (cute)

[how-do-i-do-words]

i did it again

couldn't decide which version fits better so i just made both

[queer-ragnelle]

separate the weak from the strong—send your friends the middle english poem the wedding of sir gawain and dame ragnelle. results may vary.

[billpottsismygf]

First seminar of my new course (dealing with Medieval literature, among other things) and the lecturer brought up BBC Merlin. Had a sudden wave of love and nostalgia for the show.

Maybe with me actually studying some Arthuriana, now is the time for me to finish (or more likely restart) my abandoned 2021 rewatch.

[appledotcodotuk]

it's actually slightly scary how badly reading middle english messes with my spelling. makes me worried somethings gonna leak into my emails 😭 visions swarm me of saying 'if ye culdst be so kinde, and so seemly as to yeven me the PDF' or something 😭

[justoceanmyth]

delighted that I'm alone bc I don't have to explain that the reason I'm giggling and kicking my feet is not, in fact, a real person or anything, but a knight in the middle english verse romance I'm reading

[talesfromtheenchantedforest]

area necromancer doesn't want you to know this One Weird Trick: asking women what they want

— The Marriage of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle, basically

[peaceliliesandtea]

i’m currently reading the chronicles of narnia as exam prep for a module i’m taking. i remember reading tltwatw as a child; i also remember being obsessed with the film, too. after doing an English degree for however many years and taking as many Medieval modules as possible, i can recognise various different Middle English influences on the text (this low-key sounds wanky but i mean it in a like wow, who’d have thought? not me! paul rudd kinda way). like yep, C.S Lewis you truly were a Medievalist. anyway, it’s so satisfying to recognise texts within other texts

[gailyinthedark]

Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol | me and bleoberys in the snow last winter | etymonline.com | collinsdictionary.com | Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet | etymonline.com | Gawain and the Green Knight | Elinor Wylie, Velvet Shoes | Apocalypsis 1:14 | Dylan Thomas, A Child's Christmas In Wales

[glorious-catastrophe]

furiously searching jstor for any articles that have been written about vigils in old english literature

[butterflies-and-bumble-bees]

(tagged by @heavensmortuary )

Pick 4 characters from 4 pieces of media and let your followers pick which one matches your vibe. (Looks like it's Oops, All Games edition here, lol):

tagging @indianampasta, @hard-times-paramore, @butterflies-and-bumble-bees, @ato-takahashi

No pressure to reply, anyone is welcome to participate!

[pog-mo-bhlog]

The Gawain poet really did think "what if a knight was bisexual" and dropped the best piece of medieval literature in the English language

We know next to nothing about this guy but he gave us one of the most important queer texts of the middle ages.