112. #ðat . . . on#, in which: see 1/3 note.

113. Narrow the hole is, but he forces himself to go through it: comp.

‘Long silence ⁊ wel iwust nedeð þe þouhtes up touward þer heouene,’ AR

72/17. #Nimeð#: see 213/359 note. ‘Querit angustum lapidis foramen |

. . . | Inde pertransit spoliatque carnem | Pelle vetusta,’ T.: ‘cumeð

to ane þurlede ston ⁊ criepeð nedlinge þureh nerewe hole ⁊ bileueð hire

hude baften hire,’ OEH ii. 199/25. Transpose him nedeð.

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