When you put your belt on, yo, your belt goes through hooks in your trousers. So from his belt, hooks and buckles to the baubles and gems arrayed so richly around his costume. His clothing is decorated by these gems and baubls and so on. And adorning the saddle, ar decorating the saddle. All the details of his dress are difficult to describe. Embroidery is when you take needle thread and you make patterns or pictures by sewing a thread into into fabric. To embroider like that, it's, it's sewing thread with a needle into fabric, and a makinga making a picture.
Luke reads verses from a modernised version of this medieval poem, considered one of the masterpieces of Middle English literature.
Listen to hear the rhyme and rhythm of the poetry, the descriptive vocabulary and details of the story, with vocabulary explanations and comments from Luke.
This is part 2 of a double episode about this story. Video version available with on-screen text.
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