206. #bletcæd#: by Robert of Chesney, bishop of Lincoln. The new abbot
made a tour of the surrounding monasteries, which had many interests in
common with his own: Ramsey, Benedictine Abbey in Huntingdonshire
(Dugdale, ii. 546); Thorney, Benedictine Abbey in Cambridgeshire (D. ii.
593); Spalding, Benedictine Priory in Lincolnshire (D. iii. 206). The
gap before Spallding may be filled by Bourn, that after it by Sulby
baresworth. Sulby Priory, to the south-west of Peterborough, is said to
have been founded about 1155; it was connected with the Waterville
family and had extensive possessions in Baresworth; possibly the abbot’s
visit was connected with its inauguration. The last gap may have held
Croyland. In the last two lines the italics indicate letters in the MS.
which are very faint and doubtful. #Ramesæie# corresponds to L.
Rameseia, Fr. Rameseie, in contemporary documents: #Torney# is mostly
Torny in Domesday; sometimes in L. Torneia.
_Cross-References_
15/87 (note) = V. (A Parable)
48/300 (note) = VIII. (Poema Morale)
_Errata_
#Phonology:# ... þat (9), at (5), -masse (3) [(5) -masse]
_æ_, wæs (9), þæt (once)
[_æ misprinted as bold instead of italic_]
_æ_ in bæron 63, 66 [_œ_]
... #eo#, umlaut of #i#
[_#i# misprinted as italic instead of bold_]
#ā# + #w# gives _au_
[_“au” misprinted as plain (non-italic)_]
For #w# ... þumbes 56 (#þūma#) has inorganic _b_ [inorganic _m_]
In wurtscipe 93 &c., wart 122, _t_ has displaced #þ#
[_“wart 122” added by author_]
Most of the adjective inflections ... onne 63
[_“onne” misprinted as bold_]
Strong verbs .. I c. warth, uuard, ward, wærd, wart
[_“wart” added by author_]
_pt. pl._ usually ends in -en
[_“-en” misprinted as italic_]
V. helden, heolden, hengen: iafen 44, bræcon 62 [braecon]
Weak verbs ... gæde 58 is _pt. s. subj._
[_final . invisible_]
Noteworthy among the Anomala are myhtes 2 _pt. s._;
muhten _pt. pl._; cunnen 1 _pr. pl._; durste _pt. s._
[_final . missing in first “pt. s.”, invisible in second_]
#Dialect:# ... representation by _a_ of #ǣ{2}# before _r_ [æ{2}]
9. ... exceptions being Octab{us} sc͞i
[_superfluous comma after “sc͞i” deleted by author_]
20. #þe mihte#: comp. 8/81.
[_Author’s Corrigenda:_
Dr. Bradley’s restoration in M. L. Review, xii. 73, þa þestreden
sona þas landes, appears to me certain.]
95. #fram#, by. [_“by” printed in bold_]
97. ... B-T. quotes, ‘mid eallon ðá[m] þingon ðe ðǽr fyrmest
tólæg,’ [ðær]
201. ... ‘in an dæis wile,’ within the space of one day.
[_corrected by author from “hwile”_]