l. 976 _Trynande ay a hyȝe trot_, going ever (at) a great pace.
987 _loueȝ_, not _loaves_, but = the provincial _looves_ = hands.
989 _dampped_ = _dumped_, beaten down.
991 _malscrande mere_, accursed lake.
992 _on a lawe_, on a hill.
1000 _& alle lyste on hir lik_ (i.e. _lick_) _þat arn on launde
bestes._
“Als so sco loked hir behind,
A stan sco standes bi þat way
And sua sal do to domesday;
In a salt stan men seis hir stand
Þat best likes o þat land;
Þat anes o þe wok day,
Þan is sco liked al away
And þan þai find hir on þe morn,
Hale als sco was ar beforn.”
(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 17b.)
1002 _niye_, anguish.