340. For #ouergon#, overcome, see 22/143.

342. #teres wet#: comp. 208/396; teres appears to be _pl. gen._, of,

with tears, so ‘swerdes slagen,’ GE 3721, where swerdes is _s. gen._

Contrast ‘of is teres wet,’ 209/410.

345. Holthausen omits #and#; the scribe has taken it from the next line,

as he did again at ll. 2839, 2840. #him biforen#, in his presence.

347. #wunes#, custom: the _pl._ is used for the rhyme. ‘Deposuitque

ioseph fratres secundum ordinem etatis eorum · sicut in domo patris

sedere consueuerant,’ C.

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