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Definitions for Sir Gawain

QuestionAnswer
arrayed dressed / decked out
barbican window in fortress gate through which weapons may fire
beardless children young knights (too young to shave)
beheading game knight matches strike or stroke of another
boar hunt temptation of pride
to behove to satisfy a condition or restriction
burg a fortified town
chivalry characteristics include loyalty, honesty, courtesy
comeliest most handsome
countenance facial expression
covenant contract
crabbed harsh
cuisses thigh armor
dais high main table in a hall
dossel ornamental hanging above dais
doublet silk garment covering armor from neck to a little below the waist
doughty brave
ell-yard 45 inches
entreat implore; beg
ere before
feint apparent aiming at one point when another is the real object of the attack
fox hunt temptation of avarice
Felix Brutus descendent of Aeneas; founded Britain
Five joys of Mary Annunciation, Nativity, Resurrection, Ascension, Assumption
Gawain’s Five Virtues boundless beneficence, brotherly love, pure min, manners, compassion
girdle scant belt-shaped garment that is less revealing than a loin cloth
gorget armor protection for the neck
gramercy expressing a surprised thanks
guile cunning
Guinevere Arthur’s queen
greave shin armor
Green Chapel Green Knight’s home
hart male deer
hauberk shirt of chain mail armor
hind-hunt temptation of lust
joust competition between two mounted knights using a variety of weapons
liege sovereign
mantle cloak or cape
mattins prayers
Michaelmas feast on first day of fall; September 29th
Morgan mistress of Merlin who knew the knights of the court; instigator
pentangle five pointed Star of Solomon
phantasm a creation of the imagination; fantasy
raiment clothing; garments
romance stories of Arthur, his knights, and his court
Romulus built Rome (according to Plutarch and Livy)
sunder sever
troth oath
twain two
welkin curved vault of the sky
wroth incensed; mad
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