4 But with her dreadful strokes were all dismayed:
dismayed > dismayed; defeated
5 Here, there, and everywhere about her swayed
swayed > swung, swept
6 Her wrathful steel, that none might it abide;
that > [so that] abide > endure; face
7 And eke the Redcross Knight gave her good aid,
eke > also
8 Ay joining foot to foot, and side to side,
Ay > Ever