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A warrior fights with weapons in battle, as attested by "fyghte faythefully frekes"

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A warrior fights with weapons in battle, as attested by "fyghte faythefully frekes" (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 37)

A siege or assault on a castle/city is described, as attested by "eschewes castell chewyse" (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 37)

A figure journeys or travels to a destination, as attested by "riche kynge happyn" (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 37)

A figure journeys or travels to a destination (ryde thare that rowte) (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 37)

A warrior fights with weapons in battle (wapyns luke fyghte faythefully) (The Alliterative Morte Arthure, Passage 37)

The Alliterative Morte Arthure

  • attestation: A warrior fights with weapons in battle, as attested by "fyghte faythefully frekes" (Passage 37)

    "Bot luke 3e fyghte faythefully, frekes Jot ir selfen ; walde be wellyde all qwyke, and quarterde in sondre,"

  • attestation: A siege or assault on a castle/city is described, as attested by "eschewes castell chewyse" (Passage 37)

    "Eschewes to som castell, and chewyse $our selfen ;"

  • attestation: A figure journeys or travels to a destination, as attested by "riche kynge happyn" (Passage 37)

    "Or ryde to J>e riche kynge $if 30 W roo happyn,"

  • attestation: A figure journeys or travels to a destination (ryde thare that rowte) (Passage 37)

    "So raply >ay ryde thare, that all J>e rowte ryngez,"

  • attestation: A warrior fights with weapons in battle (wapyns luke fyghte faythefully) (Passage 37)

    "Feyne 3ow noghte feyntly, ne frythes no wapyns, Bot luke 3e fyghte faythefully, frekes Jot ir selfen ; walde be wellyde all qwyke, and quarterde in sondre,"

  • attestation: A siege or assault on a castle/city is described (ouercharggede eschewes castell chewyse) (Passage 37)

    "And $if J>e channce fall pat we bee ouercharggede, Eschewes to som castell, and chewyse $our selfen ;"

  • attestation: A figure journeys or travels to a destination (chewyse selfen ryde riche) (Passage 37)

    "Eschewes to som castell, and chewyse $our selfen ; Or ryde to J>e riche kynge $if 30 W roo happyn,"

  • attestation: A figure journeys or travels to a destination (bidde redily rescewe biernez) (Passage 37)

    "Or ryde to J>e riche kynge $if 30 W roo happyn, And bidde hym com redily to rescewe hys biernez.” And than the Bretons brothely enbrassez >eire scheldez,"

  • attestation: A figure journeys or travels to a destination (reall knyghttez raply ryde) (Passage 37)

    "Raykes with a rerewarde >as reall knyghttez ; So raply >ay ryde thare, that all J>e rowte ryngez,"

  • attestation: A figure journeys or travels to a destination (that rowte ryngez ryues) (Passage 37)

    "So raply >ay ryde thare, that all J>e rowte ryngez, Of ryues and raunke stele, and ryche golde maylez."