estramaçon, a long, straight, two-edged sword. The word is of Italian origin and first came into use in the sixteenth century. In an adaptation of a thirteenth-century Chanson it is out of place, as is salade above.
escarcelle, a kind of large purse which was carried at the belt.
l 193. The reference to the Sorbonne, which was founded in 1252, is of course an anachronism.
estoc. See note on MARIAGE DE ROLAND, l 34.
bachelier. In the Middle Ages the word was used of a young man of good birth who, being too poor to raise his own standard, fought under the banner of a knight, but not as a squire. The juxtaposition of Je suis bachelier with Je sais lire en latin has given rise to the suspicion that Hugo, who found the word in one of Jubinal's articles, understood it in the modern sense. In the absence of further evidence, however, the poet may be considered entitled to a verdict of 'not proven'.
BIVAR.
Bivar, in Spanish Vivar, was the name of the ancestral home of the Cid. It is a castle near Burgos, in which the Cid was born in 1040.
patio (Spanish), a court or open space in front of a house. The ti is pronounced as in French question.
buenos dias=good day.
l 18. The full name of the Cid was Rodrigue Ruy Diaz de Bivar, or in Spanish Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar.