| Michael W. Twomey |
What is the Title
of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight?
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Titles
used in modern editions:
Syr Gawayne (Madden 1839).
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (Morris
1864).
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
(Tolkien-Gordon 1925, 1930; rev. Davis 1967;
Andrew-Waldron
1978, 1987, 1996; nearly all others).
Sir Gawain and the Grene Gome
(Jones 1960, 1972).
Spelling of "Gawain" in the manuscript:
Gawayn, Gawayne, Gawen, Gauayn, Gauan, Wawan,
Wawen, Wowen, Wowayn
(Index of Names, Tolkien-Gordon-Davis
1967).
SGGK manuscript, opening page
Incipit, Bible manuscript
Incipit, Chaucer's "Miller's Tale"