 He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre, Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade.  Chaucer: A Bibliographical Manual - Page 489by Eleanor Prescott Hammond - 1908 - 579 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 432 pages
...wrastling he wold bere away the ram. He was short shuldre'd, brode, a thikke gnarre.* Ther n'as no door, that he n'olde heve of harre/ Or breke it at a renning with his hede. His berd as any sowe or fox was rede, And therto brode, as though it were a spade. Upon the cop... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...wrastling he wold bere away the ram. He was short shuldred, brode, a thikke gnarre.8 Ther n'as no door, that he n'olde heve of harre/ Or breke it at a renning with his hede. His berd as any sowe or fox was rede, And therto brode, as though it were a spade. Upon the cop... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - Authors, English - 1904 - 458 pages
...ther he cam, At wrastlynge he wolde have awey the ram, He was short sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre, Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, Or breke it at a rennyng with his heed. His berd, as any sowe or foxe, was reed, And therto brood, as though it were... | |
 | Geoffrey Chaucer - Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages - 1907 - 352 pages
...he cam, At wrestling he wolde have alwey the ram. He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre, 550 Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, Or breke it, at a running, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And therto brood, as though it were a... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 616 pages
...he cam, At wrastlynge he wolde have alwey the ram.4 He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre,' Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre,* Or breke it at a rennyng with his heed. 551 His berd, as any sowe or fox, was reed, And therto brood, as though it were... | |
 | Eleanor Prescott Hammond - 1908 - 610 pages
...the rapid and hardbreathing movement of the preparations for the tournament, Knight's Tale 1636 ff., or the still more forcible and powerfully alliterative...marked as Tennyson's And flashing round and round aW whirled in an arch, but the two first of Chaucer's three lines are as certainly overweighted with... | |
 | Alexander Malcolm Williams - English language - 1909 - 454 pages
...ther he cam, At wrastlynge he wolde have awey the ram. He was shortsholdred, brood, a thikke knarre, Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, Or breke it at a rennyng with his heed. His herd, as any sowe or fox, was reed, And thereto brood, as though it were... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon, Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson - English poetry - 1911 - 792 pages
...he cam, At wrastling he wolde have alwey the ram. 550 He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre, Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And ther-to brood, as though it were a spade. Up-on the cop right... | |
 | Sarah Emma Simons, Clem Irwin Orr - Drama - 1913 - 410 pages
...cam, At wrastling he wolde have alwey the ram. He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre, Ther was no dore that he nolde heve of harre, Or breke it, at a renning, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed. Y-lyk a forneys was his mouth ful wyde, A swerd and bokeler bar... | |
 | Edward William Edmunds - Poets, English - 1914 - 234 pages
...ther he cam, At wrastlynge he wolde have awey the ram. He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre, Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, Or breke it at a rennyng with his heed. His berd, as any sowe or fox, was reed, And therto brood, as though it were... | |
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