Notes on "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

Words derived from Old Norse inSir Gawain and the Green Knight: An etymological survey

“…Text: 171, 601, 865. The MS is generally read as <sturtes> at 171, and this is the form retained by Madden, Morris and TG (TG and Menner : 204–5 derive from OE steort ‘tail’, with TG glossing as ‘projections belonging to the gear of the Green Knight’s horse, of what kind is uncertain’; 171n). But other editors by and large prefer a form of ME skirt , viz.…”

“… Menner (: 205–6) reports and rejects both this idea and Emerson’s, before settling on derivation from early Fr vair , veir , ver ‘spotted or variously coloured fur, used for lining or trimming’ (and cp. OED s.v.…”