word-valiant

Updated: May 22, 2025

Thou wert best not stir my wrath again." "Nay," said Ralph, "thou hast my sword, and mayst slay me if thou wilt; therefore be not word-valiant with me." Said the Knight of the Sun: "Well, well, thou hast the right of it there. Only beware lest thou try me overmuch.

William Morris - The Well at the World's End: a tale