369. #nimeð . . . to#, makes for; see 213/539. #nimeð#, seizes: the
repetition is tolerable, because of the different meanings of the word.
370. #bit#: read biteð. #bane#, destroyer: OE. #bana#, mostly used of
the agent.
372. This line appears to be derived from ‘Et placet inde sibi nimium |
Quando nocere potest alium’ which comes in the application or
‘significacio.’ If so, it means that in this action she finds her
greatest profit. But probably hem should be substituted for hire.