827 ff. Cf. the description of the coming of Hengest (‘Lay.’ 13785 ff.).

829. _Also mot i sterue_. For other forms of asseveration cf. 179, 197,

365, 437, 709, 1131, 1259, etc.

831. _Ne saȝ i neure_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 13830-1: _bi dæie no bi nihtes ne sæh

ich nauere ær swulche cnihtes_. Cf. also 180-2, also ‘Beowulf’ 246-7:

_Næfre ic māran geseah eorla ofer eorþan þonne is ēower sum_.