l. 379 _bowed_, hastened; _brentest_, highest, steepest.
380 _heterly_, quickly, (hotly); _haled_, rushed.
381 _Bot al watȝ nedleȝ her note_, but their device was altogether
in vain.
382 _þe roȝe raynande ryg_, the rough raining shower; _raykande
waweȝ_, flowing waves.
383 _boþom_, a _bottom_ or valley.
384 _demmed_, collected, accumulated.
391 _þe hyȝe_, the heights, high grounds.
392 _bauseneȝ_, badgers.
394 _re-coverer_, succour, refuge.
395 _Þat amounted_, etc., read _Þat amounted þe mase_, etc., that
the astonishment increased. (Professor Child).
397 _Bi þat_, by that time. This phrase is still preserved in the
North of England.
399
_Frendeȝ, fellen in fere, faþmed to-geder_.
Friends, fallen in company, _embraced_ (fathomed) together.
The verb _faþme_ in Early English also signifies to _grope_.
400 _dryȝ_, suffer; _delful_, doleful.
404 _freten_, devoured; _waȝeȝ_, waves.
406 _hurkled_, rested. This word is still preserved in the local
dialects of the North of England, with the sense of “to cower,”
“squat.”
407 _mourkne_, rotten.
409 _here_, company.
411 _aȝt-sum_, in care, sorrowful.
413 _hurlande goteȝ_, rushing streams.
414 _kytheȝ vncouþe_, unknown regions.