630. #fen#, mud; comp. ‘Or or flum noe spredde his fen,’ GE 490.

631. #taunede#, displayed: taunen is an aphetic form of *at-awnen (see

NED. _s.v._ tawne): it is found only here and several times in GE. ll.

631, 632 are the interpretation of ll. 603-605: ‘At satur ille fuit,

quia quot vult, tot sibi sumit,’ T.

634. Well is it for the man for whom he was willing to suffer it. ‘Et

somnum cepit cum nos moriendo redemit,’ T. For the omission of the verb

after #wel#, see 21/92 note: for #dat#, to whom, see 46/292 note.

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