l. 247 _as wyrde þen schaped_, as fate then devised.
255 _malskred_, entranced, bewildered.
258 _warlowes_, monster’s.
259 _lyue_ = _leue_, believe.
262 _wauleȝ_ = shelterless, destitute, but _wanleȝ_ = _wonleȝ_
= hopeless, is perhaps a better reading.
268 _chawleȝ_, jaws.
269 _glaymande glette_, slimy mud.
270 _rop_, gut, intestine.