16. #Discite# &c.: S. Matt. xi. 29.

18. #sanderbodes#, messengers; apparently the word occurs only here, but

sandermen is in AS. Chron. 1123 A.D. A combination of #sand#, _gen._

#sande#, message, and #boda#, messenger: r may be due to Scandinavian

influence (NED viii. 91), or it is possibly analogous to that in

provender, OF. provende, lavender, Anglo-French lavendre, from LL.

lavendula. #þiderward#, on the way there; see 91/93 note.

21. #hihten#, adorned; comp. ‘alle þos wennen huihten his wurðshipe,’

OEH ii. 195/32, 71/24.

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