381. For #hem# read him; the scribe corrected ll. 379, 380, but
overlooked this. Transpose, ⁊ ðo him al freteð.
382. #cetegrandie#: genitive of ‘cete grandia,’ Gen. i. 21, treated as
though it were one word and a noun singular. Cetegrandia is not in
Papias or the Catholicon; it is quite possibly the invention of the
present writer; the heading in T. is ‘De Balena’ or ‘De Ceto.’ The word
in l. 383 appears to have been formed directly from it; the OF.
Bestiaries have cetus only.
383-388. ‘Est super omne pecus quod vivit in aequore cetus, | Monstrum
grande satis, cum superexstat aquis | Prospiciens illum, montem putat
esse marinum, | Aut quod in oceano insula sit medio,’ T. Insert gret
before fis.
385. #ðat#: pronoun anticipating the clause ðat--neilond, l. 387. #get#,
too; comp. ‘Of thre ȝere in þe temple sett, | And þerto fourtene winter
gett,’ CM 10531.
389. #vnride#, enormous, monstrous; OE. #ungerȳde#; the general idea of
the word is excessive. Comp. 192/507, 522, 120/125.
390. #hungreð#: impersonal as at 60/99; comp. ‘crist him ȝeueð swilcne
mete ꝥ him nefre eft ne hungreð,’ OEH i. 37/30; ‘þer in onliche stude
him hungrede,’ AR 162/1. Omit he. #gapeð# &c.: ‘os aperit | Unde velud
florum (_a. l._ hamum) se flatus reddit hodorum | Ad se pisciculos ut
trahat exiguos,’ T.
391. #it smit an onde#, a breath rushes forth; comp. 126/321 note: it is
formal nominative, the real subject is #onde#; comp. 188/403; ‘Til hit
sprang dai liȝt,’ KH 124 note.
393. #to him dragen#, move towards him: comp. 189/416, 32/49; ‘And
whatena hauld shall we draw to?’ Child, Ballads, iii. 434.