P. 49.

l. 421 _flyt_, current, flitting.

424 _lumpen_, the passive participle of _lympen_, to befal, happen.

430 _yreȝ_ is evidently an error for _yþeȝ_, waves.

433 _Rac_, moving clouds, mists. Still in provincial use.

436 _meth_, pity, mercy.

438 _lasned_, lessened, became smaller.

439 _stac vp þe stangeȝ_, closed up the pools. _Stang_ = _stanc_,

_stank_, a word still used in the North of England.

441 _loȝ_ = _logh_, deep.

443 _lome_ = _loom_, i.e., the ark.

446 _rasse_ = the provincial _raise_, a mound.

449 _kyste_ = chest (ark); _wern_ = _were_ (?).

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