l. 65 _nayed_, refused; _nurned_, uttered.
71 _a-dreȝ_, aback, aside.
76
_More to wyte is her wrange, þen any wylle gentyl_,
More to blame is their fault, than any forlorn gentile.
_Wylle_ has the significations of wandering, astray; as “_wyl
dremes_,” wandering dreams, “_wylle of wone_,” astray from human
habitations, having lost one’s way; and hence _wylle_ is often
used to denote uncertainty, bewilderment.
81 _laþeȝ_, invite.
90 _styȝtled_, established, placed.
91 _þe marchal_, i.e. the marshal of the hall, whose duty it was,
at public festivals, to place every person according to his rank
and station.
95 _at þi banne_, at thy command.
96 _renischche renkeȝ_, strange men.
97 _layteȝ ȝet ferre_, search yet farther.