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Lufly And Its Variants In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight, Jacqueline De Weever
Lufly And Its Variants In Sir Gawain And The Green Knight, Jacqueline De Weever
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When Gawain enters the great hall of Bercilak's castle, he is welcomed and made to feel at home with a fine meal and fresh garments, and the lords and ladies, learning that he is Sir Gawain of King Arthur's court, say to one another:
'In menyng of manerez mere
þis burne now schal vus bryng,
I hope þaat may hym here
Schal lerne of luf-talking.' (924-927)
"Luf-talking" is Gawain's most famous attribute, and the adjectives and adverbs lufly, luflych, luflyly appear with the second highest frequency among adjectives and adverbs in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, …