454. #suk#, suck, expressing the sound made by the water closing over
the vessel.
456-459 appears to be based on the experience of Brutus; ‘Brutus iherde
siggen[;] þurh his sæ-monnen | of þan ufele ginnen[;] þe cuðen þa
mereminnen | . . . | Þa mereminnen heom to svommen[;] on alchare sidan.
| swiða heo heom lætten[;] mid luðere heora craften. | Neðelas Brutus
at-bræc[;] al buten burstan, | ⁊ ferde riht on his wei,’ L 1334-1337,
1342-1347.