386. #he#: so J D: for #oþere# J has wordliche.

387. #wealded#: haueð on wealde D, has in his power, under his rule: see

22/122, 198/40 for the synonymous ‘owen a wold.’

388. #of him to sene#, of seeing him; comp. 124/239 note. #sed#: so D.

OE. #sæd#, sated, appears to be used here as a noun, for satiety. The

adj. is common enough, ‘Ich nam noht giet sad of mine sinnes,’ OEH ii.

75/8; ‘for selden y am sad þet semly forte se,’ Bödd., AE. Dicht. 149/5.

‘Mult porreit estre liez quant deu senz fin uerreit,’ Guischart 1256. J

has, Him to seonne murie hit is. In the second half of the line J D

agree with T.

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