Terz jurs cum li solail est levé,
En Totenés sunt arivé.
It seems to mean means "On the third day when the sun has risen [they] have
arrived in Totnes". It has the Latinism "cum" instead of usual modern French
"quand" for "when". The apparent plural "terz jurs" is nominative singular
(from Latin "tertius diurnus"; the "z" was pronounced "ts" as in German
spelling): Old French preserved from Latin a distinct nominative case
("cas-sujet").
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