248. #fort#: see 72/179 note.

251. #crei#: found here only; it has been explained as crowing, or

crying, it can hardly be connected with F. cri, but it may possibly be,

as Breier suggests, connected with OE. #crāwan#. More likely it is an

imitative word invented by the writer.

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