533. #wis of here#: neither in OE. nor in ME. does #here# mean war,
battle, but only army, devastation. Morris reading heren, translates,
‘skilful in armed expeditions,’ which seems forced. Probably were is to
be read: comp. ‘Als it were wopnede here, | Redi to silden him fro
were,’ GE 1787. A similar phrase is ‘witter of figt,’ GE 864. In l. 534
read dere.