38. #of#: see 80/47.

45. #feole# is impossible: Mätzner suggests the substitution of lot, as

in O, for beoþ, but that would require feol instead of feole. More

probably the scribe has been influenced by beoð into miswriting feole

for fallen: #beoð# is singular.

46. #for liue# &c. apparently means, for any consideration, at any

price, like ‘for love or hire.’

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