#  Glosses for Quiz on the Monk's Prologue and Tale (Lines VII.1889-2766) 

 



 ##  

  expand\_more  

 
  

 

**Compare your translations with the glossed text:**

1904 Whan she comth hoom she rampeth in my face,  
 **rampeth**; shakes her fist  
  
1911 That wol been overlad with every wight!  
 **overlad**: overborne, browbeaten  
  
1952 Though he were shorn ful hye upon his pan,  
 **pan:** skull  
  
1956 Of fieble trees ther comen wrecched ympes.  
 **wreeched ympes**: weak offshoots  
  
2044 Out of a wang-tooth sprang anon a welle,  
 **wang-tooth**: molar  
  
2074 Where-as they made hym at the queerne grynde.  
 **queerne**: mill  
  
2104 And made his hors to frete hym, flessh and boon;  
 **frete**: devour  
  
2160 Sixty cubites long and sevene in brede,  
 **brede**: breadth  
  
2169 Ne myghte hym nat bireve of his estaat.  
 **bireve**: deprive  
  
2213 And therfore God greet wreche upon hym sente,  
 **wreche**: vengeance  
  
2369 Now gaureth al the peple on hire, allas!  
 **gaureth al the peple**: everyone stares  
  
2390 Broghte this worthy kyng in swich a brike.  
 **brike**: plight  
  
2469 Were alle his clothes brouded up and doun,  
 **brouded**: embroidered  
  
2490 Be domesman of hire dede beautee.  
 **domesman**: judge  
  
2538 For fere almoost out of his wit he breyde,  
 **breyde**: suddenly moved, went  
  
2560 For lesynge of richesse or libertee,  
 **For lesynge**: for fear of losing  
  
2594 That he bad greithen his chaar ful hastily,  
 **greithen**: prepare  
  
2624 Ful wlatsom was the stynk of his careyne;  
 **wlatsom**: loathsome **careyne**: body  
  
2702 With boydekyns, as I shal yow devyse.  
 **boydekyns**: daggers  
  
2712 And so wel lovede estaatly honestee,  
 **estaatly honestee**: dignified decorum  
  
2721 That of this storie writen word and ende,  
 **word and ende**: beginning and end  
  
2731 But swich a reyn doun fro the welkne shadde  
 **welkne**: sky  
  
2740 And eek a sweven upon a nyght he mette,  
 **sweven**: dream **mette**: dreamed  
  
2748 Which that he knew in heigh sentence habounde,  
 **in heigh sentence habounde**: to abound in good judgment, wisdom  
  
2764 With unwar strook the regnes that been proude;  
 **unwar strook**: unexpected stroke

Score 4 points for each correct answer; if you made an 80 or more, congratulations. If you scored 76 or less, go back and again read carefully through of The Monk's Prologue and Tale (VII.1889-2766), paying close attention to meaning and availing yourself of the page glosses, the explanatory notes, and the glossary.