256. For #igret#, greeted, OE. #gegrētan#, R has igreiðet, prepared.

259. #poure#: ‘de pauperibus et de infirmis tam gloriosos tamque

sublimes factos,’ V. T of poure, R `ꝥ´ poure `weren´; omitting on eorðe.

#bigoten#, drenched, perfused: comp. ‘Eall ic wæs mid blode bestemed |

begoten of þæs Guman sidan,’ Dream of the Rood, 48; ‘ꝥ ha al were

bigoten of þe blode,’ SJ 27/6.

261. #alle cunnes ledenes#: RT have the usual alles: the MS. has alleṣ,

where the dot may be only a casual resting of the pen: see 81/80, and

comp. l. 264.

264. #talden to#, esteemed: for ‘to’ T has of, which is the usual

construction, comp. 164/256, ‘telleð lutel þerof,’ AR 200/12, but ‘to’

at 129/30; ‘tellest herto lutel,’ AR 100/20. #aȝeines#: see 123/230.

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