102. #beo bi#, as at 62/45.

103. #as ofte#: four times a year, as in the Gilbertine Rule, p. *lvi.

#þe#, who, equivalent to whoso; if any one can dispense with

bloodletting; #þer buten#, without it: see NED. _s.v._ Here § 16.

105. #þe þreo dahes#, a recognized period of indulgence; ‘Minutis tribus

diebus pitantia mane vinum autem bis datur . . . a laboribus vacant, ad

lectos redeunt, a post prandium usque ad vesperas colloquium de bonis

faciunt,’ Guigonis Consuetudines, Migne, P. L. cliii. 737.

106. #schurteð#, amuse: a rare word supposed to be cognate with Germ.

scherzen. ‘Mes dalieȝ de paroles od voȝ meschines ⁊ od honestes countes

solaceȝ vous ensemble,’ F.

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