4-6. 'He gives a word of praise to the porter,—<who> kneeled before the
prince (i.e. Gawayn) <and who> greeted him with "God and good day," and
"May He save Gawayn!"—and went on his way, attended only by his man,
who, &c.' Clumsiness in turning direct speech into reported speech is a
constant source of difficulty in Middle English. For the suppressed
relative cp. note to XIII _a_ 36.
11. 'The clouds were high, but it was threatening below them.' _Halt_
for _halet_ pp. 'drawn up'.
16. 'The way by which they had to go through the wood was very wild.'
Note the regular omission of a verb of motion after _shall_, _will_, &c.
Cp. l. 64 _I wyl to þe chapel_; l. 332 _ȝe schal... to my woneȝ_,
&c.
28. 'If you would act according to my wit (i.e. by my advice) you would
fare the better.'
34. _Hector, oþer oþer_, 'Hector, or any other'. Hector is quoted as the
great hero of the Troy story, from which, and from the legends of
Arthur, the Middle Ages drew their models of valour.