 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1813 - 544 pages
...Etenes, hi old dayn, Had wrought it tsithouten aiougk. — P. 153. st. 17. Etcn, Sax. signifies a giant, perhaps from their supposed voracity. " They say the...and snatch it from him."— Knyght of the Burning Fettle. The author has already said of Morant, that he was an etcn in every fight. Fytte 1st. st. 87.... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1812 - 562 pages
...damsels, that go in quest of their knights. , . " Wife. 'Faith, husband, and Ralph says true ; for they say the king of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and the ettins 5 will come and snatch it from him. Ralph. And certainly those knights are... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 546 pages
...Ktenes, bi old dayn, Had wrought it withouten woitgh. — P. 153. St. 17. Eten, Sax. signifies a giant, perhaps from their supposed voracity. " They say the...author has already said of Morant, that he was an eten in every fight. Fytte 1st. st. 87. In the Complaynt of Scotland, the tale of the Red Eten with... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...bl old dayn, Uud •. niic'li! It with oulen woogb.— P. 350, it H. Eten, Sax., signifies a giant, perhaps from their supposed voracity. "They say the King of Portugal cannot sit at hb meat. but giants and elins will come and snatch it from him." — Kayght of the Burning Pestle.... | |
 | Francis Beaumont - 1840 - 746 pages
...wandering damsels, that go in quest of their knights. " Wife. 'Faith, husband, and Ralph says true ; for they .say the king of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and the ettins will come and snatch it from him " Cit. Hold thy tongue — On, Ralph ! "... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher - 1843 - 592 pages
...wandering damsels, that go in quest of their knights. Wife. Faith, husband, and Ralph says true ; for they say the king of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and the ettins ' will come and snatch it from him. ' Then Palmerin and Trineus, &c.) " This... | |
 | Questions and answers - 1885 - 676 pages
...for in Beaumont and Fletcher's Knight of the Burning Pestle we find, the Citizen's Wife exclaiming, " They say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat but the giants :md the ettins will come and snatch it from him " (I. ii.). Some writers of authority consider... | |
 | Francis Beaumont, Leigh Hunt - Poetry - 1855 - 412 pages
...wandering damsels, that go in quest of their knights. [Wife. 'Faith, husband, and Ralph says true ; for they say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and the ettintf will come and snatch it from him. Cit. Hold thy tongue.— On, Ralph /]... | |
 | Thomas Wright - English language - 1857 - 534 pages
...thou foule ! (hou etayne ! Alle шу knyghtes thou garte be slayne. MS. Lincoln, A, i, 17, f. 128. For they say the king of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and the dt'ui.i will come and snatch it from him. B. $• Fl., Knight ofS. P., i, 1. And,... | |
 | sir John Scott Keltie - 1870 - 588 pages
...the curate In Don Quixote to the flames.— WEBEB. ' Wife. 'Faith, husband, and Ralph says true; for nd cherish it. You shall not be more ready to embrace any the giants and the ettius l will come and snatch it from him. ' Cit. Hold thy tongue.— On, Ralph!'... | |
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Faith, husband, and Ralph says true; for they say the King of Portugal cannot sit at his meat, but the giants and the ettins will come and snatch it from him. 
