As frekeȝ þat semed fayn,
Ayþer oþer in armeȝ con felde.
1 trowoe, MS. 2 quyle (?) or quen (?). 3 buurne, MS.
XV.
Gawayne looks on his host;
Gawayn glyȝt on þe gome þat godly hym gret,
& þuȝt hit a bolde burne þat þe burȝ aȝte,
A hoge haþel for þe noneȝ, & of hyghe elde;1
Brode bryȝt watȝ his berde, & al beuer hwed,
Sturne stif on þe stryþþe on stal-worth schonkeȝ,