It has long been recognized that Sir Gawain and the Green Knight's association
of the pentangle symbol on Gawain's shield and armour with Solomon and with
trawþe is important to our understanding of the poem. This article suggests that
the second pentad describes Gawain's trawþe in the sense of his pledged word. It
investigates the ways in which the testing of Gawain is linked specifically to
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