That > [So that] dismayed > overcome, defeated; dismayed

4 Nor ever to them yielded foot of ground 5 All had he lost much blood through many a wound,

All > Although

6 But stoutly dealt his blows, and every way

stoutly > bravely, robustly

7 To which he turned in his wrathful stound

stound > peril, time of peril; fierce attack; also (mainly northern usage): roaring, violent noise; so: uproar

8 Made them recoil, and fly from dread decay,

fly > flee decay > death

9 That none, of all the six before, him dared assay.