183. #ire# is for hire. #hauen#, wealth; comp. ‘man hoh . . . loc to
chirche bringen ⁊ wurðin þermide godes bord[;] alse his haue beð,’ OEH
ii. 217/6: n has been added as to ‘boðen’ 181/181 and elsewhere in this
text and GE. Lit., that is to her for wealth; which constitutes her
wealth.
185. #winter agen#, to meet, resist, winter: comp. ‘Þe blake cloð . . .
is þiccure aȝein þe wind,’ AR 50/15; ‘Ðat arche was a feteles good | set
and limed agen ðe flood,’ GE 561. ‘Ut valeat brume fieri secura
future,’ T.