148. #wurðeð#: so T, wurcheð R.

151. #iburst#, bristled, and metaphorically, enraged: elsewhere said of

the boar, ‘burst bar,’ SJ 68/13, ‘iburst bar,’ id. 69/16; ‘al was heora

gristbatinge[;] al swa wilde bares eȝe. | Whil heo weoren blake[;] ⁊

ladliche iburste,’ L 1886; ‘comeþ þe maister budel brust ase a bore,’

Böddeker, AE. Dicht. 104/51. #sechinde#: R adds inȝong{e}, which is

superfluous, but not senseless; comp. 118/32.

152. #tis#, for þis after ant, cannot mean ‘thus,’ Morris: the meaning

is, this much I can do, warn you against his malice . . . but I have no

power against his force.

153. #of#, #for#, against. T has of his leað for hise wrenches ich con .

Ah i ne mai &c.

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