381. #seon#: wite M.

382. #icnawen ⁊ iwiten#, understand and get to know: iseon and iwyten J;

iknowen ⁊ isien D; biknowe ⁊ yseo M. For #mihte#, J has Milce; M milse.

383. #to#: þer to D; may luste J. The usual preposition is _after_, as

‘þa lisste himm affterr fode,’ Orm ii. 39/11333; ‘Aȝȝ lisste himm

affterr mare,’ id. i. 356/10220: but comp. 158/168; ‘Hi sete adoun ⁊ ete

faste: for hem luste wel þerto,’ Legendary, 223/127. #hleste# in 387 T

is explained in Specimens as a noun, desire: it can only be OE.

#hlystan#, listen, suggested by ‘isien’ in the next line.

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