55. #in#, adverb. #of feorren#: see 118/40 note.

58. #elheowet#, of strange colour: apparently here only. T has blac ille

heowet, which looks like a popular derivation of an uncommon word.

59. #þuncheð ꝥ stont#: see 7/52 note. #biuoren#, as a preliminary, as

the first thing to be said: comp. ‘vore,’ 118/42. RT have biuoren ham,

which is rather pointless.

61-3. #lust#: ‘se respondit non aliter quicquam dicturum, nisi summum

fiat silentium. Quo impetrato sic incipit. Ego sum timor mortis et

mortem vobis venire nuncio,’ V. In AR 306, fearlac binds the sinner

condemned in Reason’s court. #munegunge#, ‘Memoria mortis,’ V.

64. #bisetten#, employ, expend (NED i. 817, comparing bestow): arrange,

dispose would better suit wordes, but not werkes.

67. #ah--hwenne#, but be always expectant of that time: comp. ‘deað þet

we beoð siker of ⁊ unsiker hwonne.’ AR 144/13.

68. #unmundlunge#, unexpectedly: vnmunidlinge T. #hwen--weneð#: comp.

‘er me lest wene,’ AR 178/12, and often; ‘þer we lest wenet,’ OEH i.

7/26; SJ 44/3.

70. #of#, with, filled with records of sins: comp. ‘Vre Louerd hefde

ifuld him of his þreatunge,’ AR 156/3; 121/130; 201/61 note. See 36/101.

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