139 O. #hendeliche#, cleverly.

141. #hæȝe dæie#, festival; mostly associated with religious observance;

comp. ‘Hit wes an anne hæhȝe dæie[;] halȝede{n} leoden,’ L 10708. ‘Un

jor trova le roi haitié | Si l’a à consel afaitié,’ W 7009. #duȝeðe

monnen#, the men of his nobility, the retainers of his court; the first

element answers to OE. #duguðe#, _s. g._ of #duguð#.

148. #ræcchen . . . runen#, expound, disclose secret counsels; comp.

‘summe heo muche runen[;] ræhten heom bitweone{n},’ L 25123; ‘þe sunne

reccheð hire rune euch buten reste,’ SM 9/30. (‘Sol in aspectu

annuncians in exitu, vas admirabile opus excelsi,’ Ecclus. xliii. 2.)

150. #halden to wraððe# apparently means, consider it a ground for

anger: perhaps wenden should be read for halden.

153. #þine monscipe ihæȝed#, advanced thy dignity; comp. ‘⁊ mine

monscipe hæien,’ 5451; ‘þurh þe haueð Morgan mi mæi[;] is mo{n}scipe

afallet,’ id. 3838.

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