teche
408 Of my hous, & my home, & myn owen nome,
Þen may þou frayst my fare, & forwarde3 holde,
[F] & if I spende no speche, þenne spede3 þou þe better,
For þou may leng in þy londe, & layt no fyrre,
412 bot slokes;
[G] Ta now þy grymme tole to þe,
& let se how þou cnoke3.” 
“Gladly sir, for soþe,”
416 Quod Gawan; his ax he strokes.

[Sidenote A:  “It pleases me well, Sir Gawayne,” says the Green Knight,
  “that I shall receive a blow from thy fist; but thou must swear that thou
  wilt seek me,]
[Sidenote B:  to receive the blow in return.”] [Sidenote C:  “Where shall I seek thee?” says Sir Gawayne;] [Sidenote D:  “tell me thy name and abode and I will find thee.”] [Sidenote E:  “When thou hast smitten me,” says the knight, “then tell I
  thee of my home and name;]
[Sidenote F:  if I speak not at all, so much the better for thee.] [Sidenote G:  Take now thy grim tool, and let us see how thou knockest.”]

XIX.

[A] The grene kny3t vpon grounde grayþely hym dresses,
A littel lut with þe hede, þe lere he discouere3,
[B] His longe louelych lokke3 he layd ouer his croun.
420 Let þe naked nec to þe note schewe. 
Gauan gripped to his ax, & gederes hit on hy3t,
Þe kay fot on þe folde he be-fore sette,
[C] Let hit doun ly3tly ly3t on þe naked,
424 Þat þe scharp of þe schalk schyndered þe bones,
[D] & schrank þur3 þe schyire grece, & scade hit in twynne,
Þat þe bit of þe broun stel bot on þe grounde.
[E] Þe fayre hede fro þe halce hit [felle] to þe erþe,
428 [F] Þat fele hit foyned wyth her fete, þere hit forth roled;
Þe blod brayd fro þe body, þat blykked on þe grene;
[G] & nawþer faltered ne fel þe freke neuer þe helder,
Bot styþly he start forth vpon styf schonkes,
432 [H] & ru[n]yschly he ra3t out, þere as renkke3 stoden,
La3t to his lufly hed, & lyft hit vp sone;
& syþen bo3e3 to his blonk, þe brydel he cachche3,
[I] Steppe3 in to stel bawe & stryde3 alofte,
436 [J] & his hede by þe here in his honde halde3;
& as sadly þe segge hym in his sadel sette,
As non vnhap had hym ayled, þa3 hedle3 he[1] we[re],
in stedde;
440 [K] He brayde his bluk[2] aboute,
Þat vgly bodi þat bledde, [Fol. 97.]
Moni on of hym had doute,
Bi þat his resoun3 were redde.

[Sidenote A:  The Green Knight] [Sidenote B:  puts his long lovely locks aside and lays bare his neck.] [Sidenote C:  Sir Gawayne lets fall his axe] [Sidenote D:  and severs the head from the body.] [Sidenote E:  The head falls to the earth.] [Sidenote F:  Many kick it aside with their feet.] [Sidenote G:  The knight never falters;] [Sidenote H:  he rushes forth, seizes his head,] [Sidenote I:  steps into the saddle,] [Sidenote J:  holding the while the head in his hand by the hair,] [Sidenote K:  and turns his horse about.] [Footnote 1:  Ms. ho.] [Footnote 2:  blunk (?).]