280. #ꝥ beoð þa#: comp. 1/10.

281. #ateliche . . . eisliche#: comp. ‘swo eiseliche and swo ateliche,’

OEH ii. 171/24: J reads ateliche ueondes ⁊ grysliche wyhtes.

282. #ifon#, seize: the other MSS. agree with T: ison E. #ðurh sihte#:

bi sihtes J; mid isiȝte M. NED. explains bi sihtes, by looks or glances.

The context rather requires, with open eyes, knowingly, wilfully, but I

know no parallel. Comp. Heb. x. 26.

283. Comp. 134/93; ‘sathanas þe cwed,’ OEM 180/213. #ealde#: ‘serpentem

antiquum, qui est diabolus et Satanas,’ Apocal. xx. 2: comp. ‘Se ealde

deofol þe is mid andan afylled,’ Ælf. Lives ii. 180/183; ‘For to beon

yuonded · of sathanas þen olde,’ OEM 38/28, 76/130; OEH i. 75/30; SK

1184; HM 15/14. #belzebud#: belsebuc E; belzebuc M: ‘est finalis litera

b,’ Catholicon.

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