Tolkien and Gordon edited the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in 1925 (without translation). His own translation was published posthumously in 1975 as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl and Sir Orfeo , where line 1610 is thus translated (it is cited in The Annotated Hobbit p308, so you've probably seen it):
>with bred blent þerwith his braches rewardez
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>and with them [boar's entrails], blended with blood, the bloodhounds rewarded
bred is translated as blood. Other translators all translate it as bread, like this one.
In both Tolkien & Gordon's 1925 work and the manuscript in the British Library, line 1610 reads bred. And the glossary in Tolkien's 1925 book says bred=bread, which can also be confirmed with any dictionary.
bred also appears in line 891 and 1361, both translated to bread in Tolkien's 1975 book.
Therefore it should definitely be bread.
Chivalry is a large theme in the epic poem, Sir Gawain and The Green Knight; the poem's author is still unknown, but is dubbed as the .
My entire question is in the title of this post, but to elaborate:
I'm very excited to see The Green Knight but I want to know if there's anything I should read or study up on first, to best understand and appreciate it. If I can enjoy it perfectly well without that, great, but figured it was worth asking the question. I've certainly seen movies before where that's the case, it being beneficial to understand some things about the subject before seeing the film!
I just finished reading “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” translated by Simon Armitage… and I am absolutely in awe. What an amazing poem/book. Im so surprised that this book isn’t mentioned more often in this sub.
I loved the story telling, moral battles, trek through the wilderness… I couldn’t put the poem down and finished it in less than a day! I’m excited to watch the movie here soon in the next few days!
Has anyone else read this poem? Thoughts?
Any other books that are similar to this with a trek/adventure with encounters with giants or even more mythological creatures and such?
Hi, this is a bit of a stretch,but I'm trying to find somewhere I can listen to or download thishttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007721hIt seems like it's very very rarely broadcast - just in 2006, 2009 and again in 2019 :' )
I first listened to this on youtube, but the link no longer works due to account being terminated.Here's what the link was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-76i6buNr7AChannel was called "Englishman's Radio Miscellany" and video was called "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Historical Radio Drama 2006"
Many thanks,I'm a huge fan of the poem, and this radio drama is what introduced me to it in the first place!
i really wanna get into sir Gawain and the green knight lore but i suck at reading poems, is the a novel or a short story version i can purchase? please help me. i want to read it before watching the movie.
Did I miss some passage? Or did they add specially giants and stuff for movie. I do not mind that it tweaks from the original story. But I'm curious how much, because the original story is pretty straightforward. A bunch of magic and stuff, but no giants and deadly premonitions, like in the trailer. There is some notion of adventures that Sir Gawain had while traveling to the Castle of 'What's his name". Did I miss something when I read the story or is it all out of the mind of David Lowery? For context I read the Tolkien translation.
Apologies in advance if it is borderline unreadable English is not my first language, so typing is pretty darn hard. I'm also not the best in formatting.
Hi, I'm looking for a "B-format" edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: With Pearl and Sir Orfeo. That is, an edition like the ones in this post (except for the two on the left):
Or the ones on the bottom left of this post (but not the black ones to their right, which are also sometimes called "B-format"):
The latter link is fairly comprehensive, but the edition there of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight : With Pearl and Sir Orfeo is not of this format, but rather in the black format.
I want to buy the classic, Tolkien-in-gold B-format of this book, and I was wondering if this is it:
(ISBN: 9780008433932).
I'm not quite sure because the same book is listed on Amazon (here), and, as you can see, it doesn't quite fit the format:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61d3tz5xm1L.jpg
It seems a bit different to me, without the little square on the side with a sample from the cover, like in the original B-format editions you can see in the posts I linked to.
Does anyone have it? How does it fit with the rest of the books?
My version of the classic medieval tale. (written well before the movie)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Camelot. New Year’s Day. King Arthur has gathered his most trusted, legendary Knights of the round for a Feast to celebrate the new year. The dining hall is roaring with laughter, the wine is flowing like the river Thames, and the tables are filled to the edges with deer, elk, small game, fresh fruit, and vegetables from the massive gardens.
The King arrives with gifts in tow. After the servants finish stacking the Knight’s gifts, Arthur takes a seat by the crackling fire. “Before we celebrate further, I want to hear an exciting adventure. You all have gone far and wide to protect my kingdom. Entertain your thankful King with a story.”
King Arthur’s faithful protectors were pleased, any chance to impress their liege and boast to the others is a golden opportunity. As the King didn’t accompany them often, there were many hard fought battles with opposing enemies, evil fairies, trolls, and giants, just to name a few. Sir Galahad had single handedly taken down a small army of cyclops. The noble Sir Percival made it through the never before traversed haunted forest. Of course Lancelot had enough tales to drown the Kraken. The Knights, clamoring to present their story first, were interrupted by a massive hulk of a man. He had the form of a man, but was green in tone. His skin was green, his long hair spilling from his helmet was green. The protective armor he wore was green. If he hadn’t had spoke he may have been mistaken for a mossy oak tree. The equally massive horse he rode into the hall was also entirely green. Dismounting, the giant nearly touched the ceiling. He bore an axe in one hand and a holly bough in the other.
Arthur and his Knights fell silent. Taking in the incredible display before them. Not a muscle moved. “ I don’t wish to fight anyone here,” The Green Knight bellowed. “There is not a man here strong enough to defeat the abominable.” “I’m here for a friendly challenge.” “I ask if anyone here is brave enough to strike me with my own axe.” The Knights were confused but were ready. No one would let an outsider come into Camelot and defy their King and his land like this. “The only condition is that I get to return the blow in a year and a day.” “The splendid axe will belong to whomever accepts my deal.” Now the silence was deafening. How could this man believe he would survive a blow from what looks like one mighty axe blade. Look
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Hi,
I am looking for "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" originally aired 21st December 2006 (I believe), narrated by Ian McKellen.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007721h
Part of the BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play series.
I first listened to it through an upload on youtube but the link no longer works due to account being terminated.
Here's what the link was: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-76i6buNr7A
Channel was called "Englishman's Radio Miscellany" and video was called "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Historical Radio Drama 2006"
Many thanks if you are able to give any help at all or point me to what I might be able to do to be able to listen to this again. I'm a huge fan of the poem, and this radio drama is what introduced me to it in the first place!
I've tried searching archive.org but with no success.
