143. #us seme#, reconcile us, settle our dispute. OE. #sēman#.

148, 149. Comp. 18/16, 30. In J 149, #worde# is faultily repeated from

l. 148.

151. #wot insiȝt in#, has skill in: the usual verb is seen in ‘insiht he

cuðe[;] a winde and a mone,’ L 30497.

153, 154. Comp. 157/120 and 161/186.

J 155. #bihouhte# appears to be a scribal error for biþouhte, which

occurs in the same text in a similar line, ‘Ful wel myd rede hire

biþouhte,’ l. 704. It can hardly represent OE. *#behogode# or

*#behogde#, pasts of #behogian#, #behycgan#.

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