Today’s Totally Random
Lines
Lord Talbot, do not so
dishonour me:
Here will I sit before
the walls of Rouen,
And will be partner of
your weal or woe.
Duke of Bedford
King Henry the Sixth
Part I Act III, Scene ii, Line 92
Okay,
weal. A red swollen mark left by a blow. That’s the MW modern meaning
of weal.
Welfare, well being, prosperity, or state
community or commonwealth. Those are the two archaic meanings, the former of
which is what we are looking at today. The Duke is telling Talbot that he will
be with him for better or for worse; in prosperity or in woe. Sounds like he’s
going to marry the guy.
Well these two are clearly partners in weal or woe.
Luckily, on this day it was all weal.
1 comment:
That MW knows it all.
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