79. #ligten#, descend: see 141/42. ‘Descendam lugens ad filium meum in
infernum,’ C.
81-84. ‘Erat enim tunc in inferno quidam locus beatorum longe semotus a
locis penalibus · qui ob quietem et separationem ab aliis sinus
dicebatur. . . . Et dictus est etiam sinus abrae · quia etiam abraam ibi
erat in sustentatione usque ad mortem christi,’ C., commonly called
Limbus Patrum: ll. 83, 84 refer to the Harrowing of Hell, for an account
of which in ME. literature see Hulme’s edition of the legend, E. E. Text
Society.
85. #skinden here fare#, hasten their journey: the verb, which occurs
only here in ME., represents OWScand. skynda.