90. #Subter# &c.: Isa. xiv. 11; the Vulgate has erunt vermes.

92. For #manciple# M has mancipium, which may = manceps, purveyor. #ah#:

Uor N: TP omit.

94. #neppes#, drinking cups, but Morton translates ‘table cloth.’ nepp

C; neppe N; nappes TP; cuppe V; ‘ciphis,’ M; ‘hanaps,’ F. #crohhe#: so

T; crochȝe C; OE. #crōh#: crocke NPV; OE. #crocca#: ‘urceolo,’ M;

‘poot,’ F.

95. #bismuddet#: so BT, a form found here only; comp. ‘smod,’ stain,

E. E. Allit. Poems, 59/711: bismotted V, from be + smot; both words mean

besmutted, smudged. C has bismuðeled, which, with ð for d, appears to be

a derivative of *besmud. bismitted N; OE. #smittian#, to stain;

discoloured. bismoked P, grimed with smoke, is a substitution for a less

familiar word. #bismulret#: bismurlet T; bismorlet V point to a

*#smyrlian# from #smyrels#, ointment: bismeored C; bismeoruwed N;

bismured B; bismered P, besmeared, are variant spellings of the same

word; OE. #besmierwan#. ‘perfusus et fedatus,’ M, a colourless

expression beside the vigorous English; ‘esmite ⁊ enbroe,’ F. #scale#:

OWScand. skál, bowl (Björkman, 92, 93): schale CP; scoale N; skale T;

bolle V.

96. #mis wordes#, words mispronounced; comp. 62/43 note for another

meaning: ‘iargoune paroles corrumpneme{n}t,’ F. P omits all from

Meaðeleð to fallen. #haueð imunt#, has an inclination; OE. #gemyntan#,

intend, purpose: the use here is peculiar: þat is in poynt to fallen V;

‘en pensee de cheir,’ F.

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