477. #agte# and #soule# l. 478 are apparently accusatives in a sort of
apposition to ‘ðe’ l. 476. OE. #swician# requires #ymb# or #on# with the
name of the thing about which deceit is practised.
480. #Elpes#: the OE. forms are #elpend# and #ylp#; elp is probably a
shortened form of the former. #Inde riche#, the realm of India.
481. #berges ilike#, like mountains; ‘bene firmares montibus esse
pares,’ T.; ‘ylp is ormæte nyten mare þonne sum hus,’ Ælf. Lives, ii.
104/366.