389. #mere#: OE. #mǣre#, glorious: swete J.

391. #oþer#: oþre D, both meaning, to another; Ne may nomon hit segge ·

ne witen myd iwysse J.

392. #godes#: heuene J. Here D adds, Vten eftin þiderward | mid aldre

ȝernuolnesse | ⁊ vorsien þisne midelard | mid his wouernesse. || Ef we

vorsieð þis loþe lif | vor heuenriche blisce, | þanne selð us Crist ꝥ

eche lif | to medes on ecnesse. Zupitza notes that eftin is for efstin

(that is, hasten, OE. #efestan#), and wouernesse is OE. #wǣfernes#,

pomp, show.

393. #rixlet#: rixeð D; ricscleþ M; lesteþ J. #abuten#: buten J D; ay

bute M: see 34/85.

394. #of#: comp. 38/134; 112/11; 132/15: but ‘alesede hem eche deaðe,’

OEH ii. 5/26. Lines 393-4 are echoed in ‘And yef þat eche lif · þat

neuere ne haueþ ende. | Hwanne vre soule vnbynd · of lykamlyche bende,’

OEM 53/551, 2. #licames#: J D M agree with T.

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