106. #o werlde#, in the world: comp. 180/140.

107. #te name#, a predicative phrase: him has fallen out before it.

Comp. ‘fox is hire to name,’ 185/298 = fox is for name to her; ‘him

. . . se gemyndega papa Petrus to naman scop,’ Bede 405/31 (‘cui papa

memoratus Petri nomen imposuerat’). Mätzner quotes ‘þam is to naman

nemned Drihten,’ Psal. lxvii. 4 (Dominus nomen est ei). A curious

variation is seen in ‘þat lond þat is to water nemned,’ OEH ii. 177/3.

The usual ‘bi name’ is at 176/24. For the noun toname, comp. ‘Ðes wimman

hadde ec on toname magdalene,’ OEH ii. 143/12.

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