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- PART II: NOTES
- PREFACE
- CORRIGENDA.
- 231/1. unseihte represents #unsæht#
- 249/8. After &c., add wart 122
- 250/31. Add wart
- 253/27. Omit comma after sc͞i
- 263/31. wile
- 266/26. #ālīesednesse# (but once #ālȳsendnesse#)
- 266/27. #ā# + #w#
- 271/13. #sǣdon#
- 312/36. After Bodleian add (D)
- 318/37. #gēar#
- 356/1. C 6
- 396/6. Add with before which
- 428/14. Add _ia_ in giarked 84
- 428/38. #tōgēanes#
- 457/8. Add #hn# to _n_ before nap
- 567/13. nyht, 160/185
- NOTES
- I. WORCESTER FRAGMENTS
- B, C
- 3. #[þe]ne#. Singer’s _þonne_, then, next, adopted by H., may be right.
- 36. Comp. ‘Nu lið þe clei-clot | al so þe ston,’ OEM 172/73, 4.
- 38. #riht wen[den]#, set straight.
- 2. This line is repeated at Frag. D 28.
- 9. Comp. ‘Whare ben al þine worþliche wede,’ Desputisoun, 25.
- 11. #bote#, cure or relief, an ambiguous word.
- 17. Comp. ‘Wai hwi noldestu er | of þisse beon icnowe,’ OEM 178/167, 8.
- 21. #fo[re]#. See 2/2 note, and comp. _fore_ after its noun in 4/23.
- 38. Comp. 12/11.
- II. SAINT GODRIC’S HYMNS
- Χρ [Chr]
- III. THE PETERBOROUGH CHRONICLE
- 19. #Andreas# is the Vulgate form.
- 20. #þe mihte#: comp. 8/81.
- 40. #na god#, &c. Comp. 4/20-28.
- 58. #to ð#, to the extent that, so far that, so that. OE. #to þon þæt#.
- 66. #bæron#: supply _sculde_ out of _myhte_.
- 83. #leredmen#: see 4/20.
- 106. #Stephnes kinges#: see 15/87 note.
- 108. #pining#: see 7/54. #ð#, with which; see 46/292.
- 124. March 20th, 1140.
- 155. #hamtun#, Northampton: _p_ in the modern spelling is parasitic.
- 165. #mid rapes#, a detail peculiar to the Chronicle.
- 174. #Canteberi#: see 1/14.
- 188. #lundene#, L. Lundonia: Lundone 656 E, but generally with -en.
- 196. Comp. 6/22.
- 198. #sunnen dæi#, December 19th. Martin died Jan. 2nd.
- 204. #sone#: on the day after his election.
- IV. CHARTER OF HENRY THE SECOND
- 3. #þe . . . inne#, in which; see 1/3 note. E has þær . . . inne.
- 4. #Cantuarabirȝ#; see 1/14.
- 6. #kinges#: see 15/87 note.
- V. A PARABLE
- 10. #derewrlice#, so as to confer honour on him.
- 38. #for þan þe# is the usual expression: for þat þe may be right.
- 43. #þas#: Morris read [_vel_ as].
- 52. All this doth your lord.
- 55. #ȝewold#, for omission of subject see 6/18 note.
- 56. #hares unþances#, see 10/167 note.
- 61. #be -- is#, as regards his being father.
- 64. #G. m.#, Gode men.
- 71. #ȝecnowe#, revealed.
- 74. #ȝescod#, discretion, reason: see 122/176.
- 83. #fele#; see 132/9.
- 101. #þer aȝen#, to remedy these blemishes of our nature: L. _remedium_.
- 119. #morȝe mete#, the ‘forme mete’ of 12/11.
- 121. #witetlice# of the MS. may represent OE. #witodlīce#, assuredly.
- 144. With #aþestreð# comp. 123/230.
- 160. #litl her#, a little time ago.
- 161. #Ego# &c.: S. John vi. 51; in Vulgate, _descendi_.
- 173. #Ego sum# &c.: S. John xv. 1.
- VI. THE PROVERBS OF ALFRED
- 3. #egleche#, valiant: OE. #aglǣca#, a fierce warrior. egloche S.
- 5. #of . . . wis#: comp. 212/533.
- 9. #bigon#: gon T, gan W,S: set to work to teach.
- 29. #one#, alone: comp. 19/41, 22/118, 60/2.
- 46. #leden#, guide; usually with personal object.
- 62. #bihoue#: comp. 91/108: ‘to his awere bihoue,’ L 4565. T has bilif.
- 64. Let the knight see that it thrive, i.e. be well kept.
- 69. #lorþeu#: see 1/19.
- 89. #welde#: comp. 4/41.
- 113. #þas feye furþ#, the life of the doomed man.
- 126. #lone#: Skeat quotes ‘divitiæ . . . donum Dei,’ Eccles. v. 18.
- 127. #þar of#, from them: comp. 22/117: the expression is unusual.
- 128. ‘Homo vitæ commodatus, non donatus est,’ Syri Sent. 220.
- 136. #godes vrre#: comp. 46/276.
- 138. #by come#: comp. 27/275: in T, were.
- 153. #þe#, an ethical dative; see 13/34 note.
- 158. #teleþ#, derides, makes sport of.
- 166. #bywite#: þenkeþ T.
- 170. #custe#, qualities, virtuous or otherwise.
- 171. #vuele iauhteþ#, estimates falsely, makes a bad bargain.
- 177. #vppen eorþe#, a favourite tag: see 28/315; KH 247 O.
- 185. #wille#, all that is in thy mind: comp. 27/305, 23/166.
- 196. After #þat#, _heo_ has dropped out.
- 213. #Schene vnder schete#: comp. ‘swete in bedde,’ Havelok 2927.
- 234. #loþ#, read leoþ; OE. #lēoþ#, song.
- 244. Repeated from 21/108.
- 246. #vayre . . . frakele#: see 23/172 note.
- 249 is a very lame verse; we might read, þat feole speken can.
- 254. #cuþe#, give warning.
- 261. #From--wune#, (dis)accustom thyself from lying: a singular phrase.
- 270. #sytte#: comp. 22/144: rest in contentment; ‘sit soft.’
- 280. #holde#, maintain: ‘vpholde,’ 21/113.
- 285. Comp. 18/9-11.
- 303. See Hendyng 85 and Kneuer 28.
- 305. With #wille#, comp. 24/185.
- 317. #lude and stille#: see 25/226.
- 329. #areche#, get at, control.
- VII. MEMENTO MORI
- 3. #turneþ#: went, BA.
- 16. B has, ne mai him noma{n} to yenes.
- 18. #Mede#, bribery: B reads, ne listes ne leches drench.
- 21. Possibly a reference to the advice given at 27/288.
- 27. #such#, such and such a man, indefinitely.
- 37. Comp. ‘Quor deades strenge warp him dun,’ GE 21/714.
- VIII. POEMA MORALE
- 4. #a#: on D; of JM. #on#: at E; á e; of M.
- 8. #bute#, unless; comp. ll. 24, 210, 271.
- 14. #elde# &c.: comp. 20/72; 40/197; 48/323.
- 15. #wiste#: awuste E; á wyste e; iwiste TD; er þan ich hit wiste JM.
- 16. #smike#: smeke E; smeche e D; smoke J; smiche M.
- 17. #al to þriste#, all too bold, ready; comp. 157/127.
- 22. #lipnie#, depend on, trust to: hopie E e; leue D; truste M.
- 24. #bute--milde#: a formula of frequent occurrence; see KH 80 note.
- 31. #lipnie#: lipne J; hopie E e T D; truste M.
- 32. #ech#: vych J; the others are with T.
- 43 T. After For, þar ne has been omitted by the scribe.
- 48. #wrangwise dome#: comp. 44/256. E reads mid wronge ne mid woȝe.
- 53. #er#, for her, which the other MSS. have.
- 58. #doð#: yeueþ J, with T.
- 68. #cheþ#: ware e J D T M; ȝare E, a case of letter substitution.
- 69. #mid--þonke#: equivalent to ‘of gode wille,’ l. 73: see 10/167 note.
- 79. #þenkeð . . . doþ#: doþ . . . queþeþ M.
- 81. #biloken#: comp. 13/37.
- 83. #fuȝeles# &c.: comp. 143/79.
- 84. #wit ⁊ waldeð#: wit ⁊ walt E. Comp. 139/17.
- 91. #gulteð#, &c.: comp. 117/18.
- 99. The variant #iseien# is peculiar to T: it is evidently due to l. 98.
- 101. Comp. 119/70, 72.
- 107. #bi clepie#, accuse. D has biclepien, bitelle ⁊ deme.
- 115. ‘Igitur ex nostro iudicio iudicat nos Deus,’ Alcuin ii. 131.
- 117. #com to monne#, was born; comp. 113/30.
- 119. #efter#: in accordance with: comp. 119/80.
- 123. #uuel#: mistake for nule, due to the persistence of uuel from 121.
- 124. J reads, þat deþ cume to his dure. #him# is in L only: comp. 30/6.
- 130 T. #abit#, puts off, delays.
- 144. All too dear he buyeth it, who giveth his neck for it.
- 147. #stunde#: hwile E.
- 148. #Et lete#: see 34/74 note. J reads ⁊ lete for crist beo wif.
- 155. #ꝥ . . . of#: see 1/3.
- 158. #he#: in L only: the others agree with T: #al# is in L T only.
- 162. #riche#: so J only; heiȝe E; heȝe e D M.
- 171. #ec#: Ac E; End e; ech D; Euerich M. 171, 172 are not in J.
- 177. #habbeð doules were#: nabbeð god idon E e: comp. 44/254.
- 188. #bendes#: comp. 81/67.
- 192 T. #þar þat#, of those who: comp. 1 Cor. vi. 2.
- 193. #honde#: comp. 56/50: ande e.
- 198. #uniselðe#: comp. 52/374; 26/256 note. J has vnyselyhþe.
- 199. #unsele#: vnhele J; vnvele D.
- 200. #a hele#: on hele E e D; myd blysse and myd wele J.
- 203. #ofþinche#: see 30/10.
- 204. #sorȝe#: see 40/194.
- 206. #eðe#: sore E J M.
- 213. ‘Nuls ne pot tant pecher com deus pot parduner,’ Guischart 948.
- 220. #wih#: wihd E; wið e D; fram M.
- 221. #hi# = ih, I.
- 238. See 32/35.
- 243. #ful enden#: fulendi D; OE. #fullendian#, finish.
- 247. E has ll. 249, 250 before 247, 248. In 251 T #þis# = þe is.
- 249. #nawiht#: nomon J; no þing D.
- 256. #Medierne#, greedy of bribes. Comp. 32/48.
- 271. #of ðufte#: see 30/10.
- 274. #speke#: speken E; spekeð J D. #niðfulle#: ondfulle D.
- 277. #uuel#: muchel J M.
- 278. #swierte leie#: comp. 76/17; 119/86-8: þiester leie D.
- 280. #ꝥ beoð þa#: comp. 1/10.
- 285. A common formula; comp. 119/85, 133/48; OEM 173/57-60; AR 144/21.
- 290. #ꝥ#, as that: bute þat E; Ase ꝥ J; swo ꝥ D.
- 294. #cristen dom#, baptismal vow. #heolde#, kept; see 48/310.
- 297. #ibede#: bene D.
- 304. #we ꝥ#: wel, swo D.
- 314. #unne#: lete J; leue M. #bote#: see 80/58 note.
- 315. #wele#: ayhte J.
- 320. #en#: of E J. #her ⁊#: oþer E J D M.
- 324. #of þere#, of that: J has þer of.
- 325. #ofte# &c.: see 32/47.
- 327. #lange#: comp. 42/210; 168/342.
- 333. #Mid#: Vor D. For #almihtin#, 337 T, see 79/17.
- 334. #ꝥ#: þe J; see 13/28. #he#: he ne E; heo . . . ne J; hi ne D.
- 335. #werie . . . wið#: see 48/299.
- 338. #niȝeðe del#, nine-tenths, the great majority: niȝende del D.
- 341. #us lað#: comp. ‘lað þah him were,’ L 244; 145/106.
- 342. #eal#, wholly; but M al hare wil.
- 353. þe lest haueþ murehþe J; Se ꝥ lest haueð blisce D.
- 354. #for ðas#, for the bliss of this world.
- 355. #uuel#: pyne J; hunger M.
- 359. #este#: comp. 17/159.
- 365. See 125/291.
- 373. #ulde . . . vnhelðe#: see 40/197.
- 381. #seon#: wite M.
- 384. #hali boc#: in liue boc D; on lyues be{c} (MS. bee) iseon J.
- 385. #alle &c.#: to alle derlinges J.
- 386. #he#: so J D: for #oþere# J has wordliche.
- 389. #mere#: OE. #mǣre#, glorious: swete J.
- 395. #ȝyue#: lete J; leue M. #swilc#: swichne D; suicchne M.
- IX. ANCRENE WISSE
- A. THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS.
- 9. ‘þe ueorðe [hweolp of þe Liun of Prude] is Presumptio,’ AR 198/14.
- 21. #moder#: so he writes of the ‘seoue moder sunnen,’ AR 216/21.
- 40. #grurefule . . . grisliche#: see 120/95. #Ariseð#: see 58/77.
- 42. #iborhen#: iboreȝen C; iboruwen N; iburhen T; ‘saluab{itur},’ M.
- 55. After #muð#, CNV add mis.
- 61. #hond#: ha{m} T.
- 65. #eiðer beoð#: eiðer baðe ha beoð C, with same meaning.
- 87. #mare--neodeð# belongs to #ethalt#: T has mare þen hire nedes.
- 90. #Subter# &c.: Isa. xiv. 11; the Vulgate has erunt vermes.
- 98. ‘Ecce servi mei’ &c., Isa. lxv. 13.
- 99. #hungrin#: impersonal; comp. 188/390.
- B. THE OUTER RULE
- 32. #holin#: OE. #holegn#, #holen#, holly.
- 57. #þe# is for þe þe, as in C and at 64/60.
- 60. #þus ne dest#, i.e. hidest not thyself from men’s gaze.
- 64. #untiffet wið uten#: comp. 1 Pet. iii. 3, 4.
- 67. #greattre#, coarser and larger pieces of work, not fancy trifles.
- 70. #chirche claðes#: ‘les vestementȝ de seint iglise,’ F.
- 74. #⁊--him#, to whom came.
- 75. #efter#: see 7/53.
- 76. #dead biburiet#: probably and has fallen out between these words.
- 89. #for nawt#, to no purpose.
- 97. #bimong#: a form characteristic of AR and the allied writings.
- 102. #beo bi#, as at 62/45.
- 107. #beoð#: the subject ȝe is understood from the preceding ow.
- 109. They were too severe in their austerities, AR 378/21, 228/18.
- 110. For #monluker# see 125/270 note.
- 115. #ꝥ--riwle# depends on #nan#. This passage corresponds to 65/57-61.
- 118. #skile#, reason.
- 121. #þe leaue#, who may remain, to stay: an intransitive use.
- 154. #do--ut#, put it utterly out.
- 157. #þe greatluker gulte#, who was more in fault; see 125/270.
- 163. #ne geineð nawt#, is of no avail.
- 174. #se lengre se mare#: ‘a touȝ iours · plus ⁊ plus,’ F.
- 190. #igodet#, improved: comp. 8/92; AR 386/15.
- 205. #ȝe don#, may ye do, do ye.
- 210. #note gastelich#, spiritual occupation, duties.
- 225. #biheue#: see 91/108. #bitohe#: see 21/106.
- 231. #wite . . . warde#: see 118/50.
- 235. #þe leafdi#: comp. ‘Saluum la Dame souent,’ Adgar, 200/58.
- 236. #meaðful#, moderate: OE. #mǣþfull#; comp. 122/197.
- 238. #þe#, for thee, dative.
- X. IN DIEBUS DOMINICIS
- 4. #blisse# &c.: see 78/77.
- 7. #to soþe# &c.: see 90/73 note.
- 8. #þet wes#: comp. 1/10, where the verb is plural.
- 25. #snau#: comp. 120/100.
- 32. #enden#: see 80/54.
- 33. #lude remeð#: ‘ululant’; comp. 120/99, 192/528.
- 34. #his#, each of them his; distributive in meaning.
- 53. #wreðful ⁊ ontful#: comp. 56/31.
- 66. #for#, by: comp. 94/26.
- 69. #a þet#: see 72/179 note.
- 82. #iset#, miswritten for iseit, translating ‘dicitur.’
- 91. #hafð mid hire#, there is inherent in it.
- 92. #mihte#, virtues, the power to accomplish certain purposes.
- 96. #ireste . . . of#: comp. 76/6.
- 100. #abuten ende#: see 34/85 note.
- Ἀναβατικὸν Παύλου [Anabatikon Paulou]
- XI. HIC DICENDUM EST DE PROPHETA
- 7. #ꝥ# = þet: see 76/8, 25.
- 8. #⁊ ꝥ#, and what is more, and indeed: comp. 80/33; OEH i. 121/9.
- 15. #bitacnunge#, spiritual meaning, allegorical significance.
- 18. #Beati# &c.: S. Luke xi. 28.
- 28. #þe--beoð#, that proceed from him.
- 32. #heueð sunnen#: see 54/8.
- 34. #glutenerie#, gluttony: OF. glutunerie; apparently here only.
- 35. #ꝥ#: comp. 1/10.
- 38. #tunes#, enclosures, such as parks: comp. OE. #dēor-tūn#.
- 43. Comp. ‘ne ꝥ þe pit tune ouer me his muð,’ OEH ii. 43/16.
- 90. #swam hire#, swam: see 13/34.
- 92. #alse feire . . . alse#, as kindly as if.
- 100. #þes--ehte#: read þes weorldes muchele ehte.
- 105. #trukie#: comp. 72/183.
- 62/46 (note) = IX. B (Ancrene Wisse: Outer Rule)
- XII. SERMONS FOR PALM SUNDAY AND EASTER DAY
- 1. #Turbe# &c.: S. Matt. xxi. 9.
- 4. #⁊# = and. #haueð--of#, has its origin in: for #of# comp. 131/98.
- 6. #Et# &c.: not a quotation from the Vulgate or Comestor.
- 8. #þe# is a mistake for he, necessary as sende l. 10 has no subject.
- 16. #Discite# &c.: S. Matt. xi. 29.
- 22. #oðre#: _adj. pl. d._, practically adverbial, besides.
- 29. #Osanna# &c.: S. Matt. xxi. 9.
- 64. #forbisne#: ‘virtutum suarum exemplis,’ Beda, vii. 263.
- 68. #quemende#: see 81/85 note.
- 69. #hereworde#: see 56/37.
- 72. #unwilliche# is an adverb; OE. #unwilsumlīce#; comp. 40/181 note.
- 73. #semeð#, burdeneth, as at 4/18.
- 79. Read #secla#.
- 85. #Ecce# &c.: St. Matt. xxii. 4 adapted.
- 89. #Probet# &c.: 1 Cor. xi. 28.
- 95. #wissinge#, instruction, guidance; i.e. penance.
- 105. #do#: comp. 122/185 note.
- 106. #faire him#, becoming to him; ‘bicumeliche,’ 86/116.
- 109. #sinbote# is explained by ll. 119, 120.
- 115. #for þat#, by reason of which, through which.
- 118. #embe#: usually þe . . . embe, about which.
- 121. #Miserere# &c.: Ecclus. xxx. 24.
- 123. #likeð . . . selðe#, is pleased at the prosperity of all of them.
- 129. #Amice# &c.: S. Matt. xxii. 12.
- 140. #for þi . . . for ꝥ þe#, for this reason . . . because.
- 148. #to lesende#: see 81/85 note.
- 163. #swo doð#: comp. 6/18 note.
- 172. #biliue#, food: comp. ‘bileue,’ 87/149.
- 177. #clensende#: see 81/85 note.
- 178. #michele sinnes#, mortal sins.
- XIII. VICES AND VIRTUES
- 2. #ute#, in the cloister.
- 4. #þe#, with which: see 46/292 note.
- 10. #For none winde#, because of any wind.
- 13. #kennes#: see 81/80 note.
- 20. #fullȝewiss#: see 32/40.
- 21. #hahte#, danger: OWScand. hǣtta; see Björkman, 99.
- 23. #Ascendunt# &c.: Ps. cvi. 26.
- 37. #spelleres#, talkers, preachers. For #hadede#, see 4/20.
- 39. #be trewe mann#: equivalent to our, Be a man!
- 42. #te gode#: comp. 30/21.
- 51. #me to helpe#, for my help: comp. 85/107; 176/24 note.
- 58. #halwende#, sanctifying, purifying: OE. #hālgian#, comp. 130/78.
- 61. Comp. ‘for ðan ȝif hit ne helpð one, hit helpð an oðer,’ VV 53/18.
- 65. #Qui# &c.: S. John viii. 47.
- 66. #on iþanke#: comp. 12/4.
- 75. #Fuerunt# &c.: Ps. xli. 4.
- 77. #Of--teares#, of tears of another kind; so 91/101.
- 78. #Lacrimis# &c.: Ps. vi. 7.
- 85. #Dispone# &c.: Isa. xxxviii. 1. Omit ⁊ before #tu#.
- 86. #cwide#, legacy.
- 88. #lað#: comp. 189/412: #richeise# is accusative.
- 89. #dede þat betste#, took the best course.
- 90. #for--idon#, exerted myself cheerfully for love of thee.
- 97. #muȝe forðdraȝen#, art able to produce from thy store; L. depromere.
- 99. #forð mid#: see 1/19. #Ciba# &c.: Ps. lxxix. 6 (adapted).
- 104. #alswa alswa . . . alswa#, even as . . . even so.
- 107. #sckelewisnesse#, skillwiseness, discretion: OWScand. skilvíss.
- 117. #on manieskennes wisen#: see 81/80 and 132/9.
- 126. #to laten#, to be passed over without mention, to be omitted.
- 127. #ðe--to sant#, to whom God sends it.
- 129. #alle dier#, a subject without a verb; the construction is altered.
- 132. S. Matt. x. 22, xxiv. 13.
- 137. #wissin . . . warnin#: so ‘wissedest ⁊ warnedest,’ VV 21/27.
- 139. #twene#, doubt: OE. #twȳn#.
- 143. #Hvte we#, let us: comp. 175/422; ‘Wuten we fare,’ VV 23/22.
- 147. #on#, in: see 83/15.
- 149. #ne heriȝe#: see 25/241 note.
- 151. #ofte ⁊ ȝelome#: see 32/47.
- 153. #implet#: a variant, without authority, for imple.
- XIV. LAȜAMON
- 11. #cuðen#, knew how, were able.
- 15. #Cantuarie#: see 1/14.
- 18. #Sone swa#: see 130/51.
- 20. #mid rihten at halden#, retain them and treat them fairly.
- 38. #of#: see 80/47.
- 47. #for þan#, because of the, for fear of the.
- 51 O. #wis . . . war#: comp. 18/16.
- 53. #þat . . . on#, and 54. #þe . . . to#: see 1/3.
- 60. #weoli#, rich, powerful.
- 67. #dihteð#, guides, directs.
- 74. #fridæi#: OE. #frige-dæg#, the day of Freya, identified with Venus.
- 83. ‘Mult volanters vous retanrai,’ W 6957.
- 111 is formal: see 102/142, L 1035, 3147 &c.
- 134. ‘unc sceal worn fela | māþma gemǣnra,’ Beowulf, 1783, 4.
- 137. For #londes# read londe, or for #þan#, þas.
- 139 O. #hendeliche#, cleverly.
- 154. #þine#: see 92/26.
- 161. #ambrosie#: Aurelius Ambrosius: O has the former name.
- 173. #kineliche#, royal, and therefore in the king’s gift.
- 176. #fare# &c.: see 34/86.
- 180. #of--idon#: see 94/9 note.
- 188. #afeoh#: ‘Et bien les recoif et conroie,’ W 7052.
- 190. #ueden . . . scruden#: see 100/100.
- 196. #driȝen#, submit to. #her# &c., in this and in all things.
- 210. #þer . . . on#, on which: see 1/3.
- 218. #swulc#, as it were: OE. #swylce#: O regularly substitutes ase.
- 233. Read rideren: used vaguely for knights.
- 241. #fæire underfon#: see 5/11 note.
- 245. #ꝥ#, until: see 72/179.
- 266. See 102/159. #weoren#, might be.
- 277. #þreoien#: nothing corresponding in W, only ‘entrebaisier.’
- 278. #sele laȝen#, pleasing customs: see KH 1110 note.
- 293. #murnede#, said of painful longing.
- XV. ORM
- 2. #⁊# = annd; see 115/114.
- 3. #uss birrþ#, we ought: a favourite expression of Orm.
- 5. #heffness ærd#, heaven’s region: a phrase suggested by #middellærd#.
- 9. #shaffte#, creatures: OE. #gesceafta#.
- 10. #baþe# belongs to #fet ⁊ hande#.
- 16. #all alls# = all alse, alswa, quite as.
- 19. And give himself as everlasting food there to us with angels.
- 21. #to ȝernenn#, &c., to be content with a humble lot.
- 36. #o ꝥ hallf ꝥ#, in that part of his nature in which: see 46/292.
- 43. #lahȝhre inoh#, sufficiently lower, i.e. much lower.
- 45. #lætenn#, &c., think very meanly: comp. 44/260.
- 46. #wokenn#, kept watch: comp. 113/56.
- 49. #rihhte læfe#: see 89/28.
- 53. #utnumenn hirde#: ‘princeps pastorum,’ 1 Pet. v. 4.
- 56. #wakemenn#, watchers.
- 71. #god innsihht#, ‘recta sapere,’ ‘a right judgement in all things.’
- 72. #hiss þeww#, to his servant.
- 75. #starrke#, rigid, stern: ‘se hearda dæg,’ Christ, 1065.
- 78. #hihht#, joyful expectation.
- 82. #Toc#, betook himself, began.
- 93. #o godess hallfe#, on God’s behalf.
- 97. #borenn . . . to manne#: see 113/30 note.
- 100. #all#: see 112/3.
- 107. #follc#, _dative_.
- 123. #Alls# is shortened alse, as. #ȝæn . . . gast#: see 114/66, 73.
- 140. #soþ sahhtnesse#: see 84/50.
- 149. #Forrhoȝhenn# &c., despise and reject.
- 154. #itt#: see 114/90.
- 155. #hise þannkess#, wilfully, of his own free will: see 10/167.
- 156. #himm lokenn#, keep watch over himself: see 4/20, 78/85.
- 158. #stannt . . . inn#: see 114/67 note.
- 170. #hewe#, form, appearance.
- XVI. SAWLES WARDE
- 2. #Si# &c.: S. Matt. xxiv. 43: V has ‘veniret’ with S. Luke xii. 39.
- 3. #a bisne#: a forbisne T.
- 6. #þes lauerd#: þe husebonde RT.
- 13. #hit#: see 1/10: ha RT.
- 32. #hire#, the corresponding vice. OE. #þēaw#, #un-þēaw# are masculine.
- 44. #ꝥ . . . speken#: see 81/77.
- 49. #efter his rihte#, according to his deserts.
- 55. #in#, adverb. #of feorren#: see 118/40 note.
- 72. #preoouin#, convict: a rare absolute use. preouin R, preoue{n} T.
- 74. #lif siðe#: see 2/27.
- 90. #alles cunnes pinen#: see 81/80.
- 91. #ase deoflen#: R has as þe deoulen, which is preferable.
- 95. #froggen#: T has frode{n}: see 46/273 note.
- 97. #eauraskes#, water-frogs: eaureskes R, eafroskes T.
- 102. #monge#, mixture, alternation of extremes.
- 108. #iwa#: i{n} wa RT.
- 110. #blake#: ‘bestia nigerrima sicut corvus,’ Visio Tnugdali, 36/4.
- 140. #fore#: see 118/42.
- 141. #rihte . . . reade#: comp. 141/50, 147/158.
- 142. Read beo[n] we, let us be.
- 145. #he#: ha RT.
- 148. #wurðeð#: so T, wurcheð R.
- 154. #ꝥ te#, what: R has only ꝥ, T reads ꝥ te li{m}peð to.
- 158. #Etstont#: here with _dat._; it takes wið 122/182; aȝeines 126/324.
- 160. #he#, the adversary.
- 167. #ma þah#, still more.
- 168. #forȝemeð ham#: comp. 22/137.
- 173. ne of licomliche estes R.
- 181. #⁊#: so T, but R has correctly to, in.
- 187. T omits halden.
- 191. #Nu . . . þenne#: see 60/8.
- 192. #werien . . . witen#: see 118/50. #halden#: habbe{n} T.
- 203. #on helpe#, as a help: comp. 123/226. #wite# &c.: see 118/50.
- 211. #mid alle#, utterly: the phrase translates L. penitus in SK 658.
- 215. #schimmeð#, shines: a form found also in SJ, SM: schimereð T.
- 220. #ꝥ#, in which, where.
- 224. #fondin ⁊ ifinden#, experience and discover.
- 229. #ȝe iseoð#: ȝoi isoð T.
- 236. #summes weis#: see 121/162.
- 237. #blisful#: wunderful R.
- 240. #etscene#: eðsene R, edscene T.
- 244. #in#, on.
- 245. #istirret#: isterret T. #weoleful#: meinful R, powerful.
- 253. #onsihðe#: see 64/55.
- 256. For #igret#, greeted, OE. #gegrētan#, R has igreiðet, prepared.
- 266. #haliche#: read haliliche with RT.
- 288. #buten--swinc#: ‘current et non laborabunt,’ Isa. xl. 31.
- 290. #wið ute wonunge#: ‘sine diminutione.’
- 308. #hwen#, since.
- 316. #blisse#: hus R. #bigotten#: see 124/259: biȝeoten R, biȝoten T.
- 324. #etstonden#: see 121/158.
- 332. #bisið him#, takes heed to himself.
- 333. #towart#: see 121/161.
- 334. #þider as#, to the place where: see 124/246. þider þer T.
- 342. #þer as#, where: see 124/246. #murðes#: murhðes T.
- 343. #nu ut quod strenðe# is omitted by T.
- 344. #ende#: see 96/34. Nu nu q{uoð} fearlaic . T.
- 347. #ow#: T adds q{uo}ð meað.
- 359. #ant--treowliche#: T omits.
- 360. #ofte# &c.: see 32/47.
- 377. #swa#, accordingly, i.e. by reading it.
- 381. #ꝥ lif#, such a life.
- XVII. SAINT KATHERINE
- 2. #hehest i rome#: comp. 140/32.
- 4. #refschipe#: comp. 143/71.
- 7. #walde#: for omission of gan, see 2/2.
- 16. #okine seotle#: comp. ‘set in kineseotle,’ SK 722.
- 21. #mahte#: so B; mihte T.
- 22. Add full stop after briddes.
- 27. #wisliche#: see 18/16.
- 30. #telleð wel to#: see 124/264.
- 34. #in#, upon.
- 35. #lasteles lates#, blameless gestures, bearing.
- 48. #towart#, in the direction of.
- 62. #hap#, good fortune, success. #wisliche#, truly.
- 65. #rode taken#: see 17/145.
- 71. #ȝeld#, tribute, resumed in ‘hit,’ l. 72.
- 72. #driueð#: comp. 60/11.
- 73. #⁊ al walt#: omit al and ⁊ after wisdom, with BT.
- 75. #he him ane#, he and only he: see 123/200 note.
- 84. #hereð# &c.: see 130/49.
- 88. #cang#: see 58/82.
- 89. #ꝥ he makeð#, by his making.
- 97. B reads, ant of nawt ant i.
- 98. #of#: comp. 83/5.
- 100. #þurh cunde#, by reason of their nature.
- XVIII. THE ORISON OF OUR LADY
- 3. #buwe . . . beie#: see 143/84.
- 8. #bi daie# &c.: comp. 133/50.
- 11. #hit#: see 115/120.
- 15. #of#: see 52/394.
- 22. #blostme#: comp. ‘Leuedi, flour of alle þing,’ OEM 195/28.
- 26. #wid innen#, surrounded by.
- 28. #sweieð#, make melody. #bitweonen#: see 148/6.
- 33. #riche#: see 19/34.
- 35. Comp. 50/360.
- 36. #þer ðe#, where: comp. ‘ȝet doð þer þe heo beoð,’ OEH i. 9/9.
- 39. #ualuwen#: see 29/6.
- 43. #swinken#, be distressed: comp. 134/97, and see 40/194 note.
- 61. #teone ⁊ treie#: see 24/208.
- 64. For #vort#, see 72/179 note.
- 70. #reste#, abode.
- 71. #were#: see 132/21.
- 81. #to#: see 124/249. #milce ⁊ ore#: comp. 135/102; ON 1083, 1404.
- 94. #fule fulðe#: comp. 29/33.
- 95. #to dealen#: comp. Rom. vii. 39.
- 97. #wel ilome#: see 32/47.
- 105. #stille#, silent: comp. 36/112.
- 106. #þauh#, and yet.
- 109. #ȝet#, further, longer.
- 111. #uallen# &c.: comp. 80/47.
- 120. #kare#, anxiety about; practically, fear: comp. 121/150.
- 123. #þuruh#, tightly. #bunden#: see 81/67.
- 134. #biseon to me#: see 124/249.
- 136. #swinc . . . sor#: comp. 40/194.
- 140. #spert#: comp. 89/44.
- 142. #wule#: supply, to-drawen me.
- 147. #wite# &c.: see 118/50.
- 148. #dweolðe#: see 134/93.
- 149. #dest#: supply witen ⁊ werien.
- 153. #lif . . . heale#: comp. 132/6.
- 156. #vort#: see 72/179 note.
- 160. #al so#, even as; not ‘as much as,’ Morris.
- 170. #bi#, concerning.
- XIX. SAINT JULIANA
- 3. #feader . . . of frumscheft#: OE. ‘#fæder frumsceafta#,’ Christ, 472.
- 8. #wið þon þat#, in order that.
- 13. #heascede#, insulted: comp. OE. #hyscan#.
- 19. #Maximien#: see 128/1 note.
- 24. #wel#, on good terms: comp. 138/21.
- 28. #in wið in#: see 130/57.
- 44. #hehest i Rome#: comp. 128/2. #heh reue#: ‘praefectus.’
- 46. #lette#: supply as subject, Keiser.
- 47. #ouertild#, canopied.
- 49. #As þe ꝥ#: comp. 128/1.
- 50. #rihten ⁊ to readen#: comp. 121/141; 147/158.
- 58. #igret#, magnified: OE. #grēatian#: ‘greaten’ is in AR 128/1.
- 63. #him#: see 13/34 note.
- 70. #awakenen#: see 54/24.
- 71. #refschipe#: ‘praefectura’: at 128/4, the imperial dignity.
- 72. #liggeð#: see 128/10.
- 75. #ich--is#: comp. 90/73.
- 89. #do#, join.
- 91. #To soðe#: see 90/73.
- 92. #Vnwurð#, despicable: see 26/258.
- 98. #ꝥ . . . to#, to whom.
- 100. #ꝥ ich wite#, so far as I know.
- 103. #lette lif#: see 118/28.
- 104. #ꝥ me of þuncheð#: see 30/10. #luuie . . . leue#: see 143/73.
- 105. #as#: see 121/1; similarly 145/108.
- 115. #beaten# &c.: see 34/86.
- 118. #fetles#, vessels, i.e. dwellings; comp. 131/83.
- 126. #eauer se# goes with #mare#.
- 131. #Þet#, because.
- 134. #bicumen#, arrive, come: comp. 175/434.
- 145. #healden#, pour, as at 72/197. Brock translates, ‘hold.’
- 163. #anes#: see 74/207 note.
- 167. #Al#, if not a mistake for Als, goes with #ham#.
- 168. #wid#, against: see 48/299 note.
- 170. #liues lattow#, life’s guide: OE. #lātþēow#, #lāttēow#.
- 173. #⁊ tu#, thou too, even so do thou &c. #folkes feader#: see 141/57.
- 174. #to drif#, drive away; usually means, drive asunder, dispel.
- 176. #ȝet# goes with #iseon#.
- 178. #wið#, see 82/118, 117/5.
- 180. #iheiet ⁊ iheret#: comp. 138/17.
- XX. THE OWL AND THE NIGHTINGALE
- 11. #hure and hure#: see 15/91 note.
- 18. Tall grasses and green flag plants grew up through the hedge.
- 19. #rise#, boughs; comp. ‘blisse was among þe rise,’ ON 1664.
- 20. #auele#: see 132/9 note.
- 21. #he#: see 135/127 note.
- 22. #þan#, than that.
- 30. #ouerseȝ#, looked down at from her higher position: comp. 34/75.
- 35. #lete#, behaviour, i.e. hooting: comp. 165/281, 171/358.
- 39. #Me luste bet#, it would please me better.
- 40. #of#, by reason of, as the result of.
- 42. #bileue#, hold in, keep still; a somewhat forced sense.
- 45. #warp#, sent forth; see 13/45.
- 51. #on#, within the compass of, under.
- 54. #wise# may mean, song.
- 67. #bischricheþ#, screech at; apparently only here. Comp. 160/215.
- 70. #Hire þonkes#, gladly; see 10/167 note.
- 76. #Riȝt swo#, just as if; comp. 155/98, 163/222.
- 80. #owel#: see 58/67 note.
- 86. #cogge#: probably for cog-stone, a stone propped up at the edge.
- 88. #cunde . . . riȝte#: datives singular.
- 100. #noþerward#, downward: comp. 56/51.
- 104. #a bisemar#, a mockery, but ‘a bisemere,’ ON 1311 means in mockery.
- 106. #bare#: see 152/56.
- 109. The nightingale answers.
- 112. #tonge#, pair of tongs.
- 113. #so--ilike#, as those like you do, after the manner of your kind.
- 127. #to þriste#: see 30/17.
- 133. #lete awei#, give up, drop; comp. 50/348 note.
- 135. #fo we on#, let us proceed; comp. 143/67.
- 143. #us seme#, reconcile us, settle our dispute. OE. #sēman#.
- 158. #wile#, at one time.
- 168. #to#: comp. 52/383.
- 170. #a#, on.
- 186. Comp. 159/154.
- 187. #þat#, to which: see 44/250, 257 note, 46/292 note.
- 188. #to his dede#, as accompaniment of his actions.
- 200. #riȝte soþe#: comp. 156/140. #spelle#, long story; comp. 175/437.
- 202. #nich ne nay#, not I nor nay.
- 220. #bi#, near.
- 221. #goþ#: go might have been expected, as bigrede is subjunctive.
- 222. #Riȝt so#: comp. 153/76.
- 223. #rede#: dative.
- 227. #woning#: comp. 159/176, 182.
- 228. #to ihire#, to be heard, to listen to; comp. 159/180.
- 229. #efne#, uniformly, without trillings; comp. 153/48.
- 248. #fort#: see 72/179 note.
- 252. #þat#, so that.
- 258. #wel unwreste#, right feebly.
- 264. #aspille#, waste.
- 268. #unmeþe#: comp. 118/47.
- 310. #fort#: see 72/179.
- 328. Comp. ‘eorlum bringe | blisse in burgum,’ Grein, Poesie, iii. 189.
- 333. Comp. 161/203.
- 334. #to wan#, to what end, for what purpose: OE. #tō hwan# (#hwon#).
- 341. #bi#, through the agency of.
- 345. And note from the church song.
- 349. #to#, at; see 163/241.
- 356. #⁊--schelde# goes with orde.
- 358. #ilete#: see 165/281.
- 363. #þah#, not in J, is necessary to the sense.
- 365. #awille#, to their pleasure.
- 369. #þenne#, thence.
- 373. #Hwat#: an exclamation, What!
- 378. #Lateþ beo#, cease from your strife.
- 409. #for teche#: see 40/180.
- 413. #riche men#, men in high place.
- 414. #leteþ#, neglect.
- 417. See 44/260 note.
- 423. In J, #þat# is a mistake for þar.
- 425. #rede#, present, report.
- XXI. THE BESTIARY
- 4. ‘Qualicunque via descendit vallis ad ima,’ T.
- 5. The second half line is short; read he self filleð.
- 6. #[dun]#: supplied in Specimens with a reference to l. 22.
- 11. #lið#: read lieð, as in l. 15.
- 18. #hil#: comp. ‘Twen heuone hil and helle dik,’ GE 281.
- 39. ‘renovabitur ut aquilae iuventus tua,’ Ps. cii. 5.
- 40. #cumeð ut of elde#, divests himself of old age.
- 52. as directly in front as he is able.
- 57. #mide#, therewith; comp. 212/513 and see 1/19 note.
- 58. #grund#, bottom, see 188/401.
- 70. #rigte#, straightened.
- 78. #nimeð#: see 213/539.
- 96. #untrewe#, with double meaning, crooked and unfaithful.
- 99. Whatever he does, under all circumstances; comp. 34/86 note.
- 100. He shall find out what is wanting to him.
- 106. #o werlde#, in the world: comp. 180/140.
- 108. A padded line; the last half was probably, ⁊ elde forwurðen.
- 109. #him#: see 80/47 note. #ten#: the bestiaries say forty.
- 112. #ðat . . . on#, in which: see 1/3 note.
- 115. #ward# is merely expletive; see 178/89 note.
- 118. Transpose, inog siðen drinkeð, making a rhyming line.
- 123. Transpose, him fro. #sulde#, would be bound to, obliged to.
- 125. #rigteð him#: ‘Surgit in ipsum,’ T.
- 142. See 123/210.
- 145. #wurði--loken#, worthy to presume to look.
- 146. #ward#: see 178/89 note.
- 147. #wið#, in contact with, on: comp. 188/401, 201/148.
- 161. #firmest#, first of all, at the very beginning.
- 163. #forðward#, henceforth; at 81/90 it means, straight ahead.
- 170. Comp. ‘he haueð leue to fonden mon,’ OEH i. 67/232.
- 171. Transpose, us for to deren: it is a rhyming line.
- 178. #renneð rapelike#: comp. 187/368.
- 182. Comp. ‘He deden on gres and coren deres,’ GE 3088, 3049.
- 186. Holthausen restores alliteration by substituting colde for winter.
- 188. Transpose, ðar tileð.
- 189. #it#: the book Physiologus; so 192/506; see 177/38, 183/221.
- 205. For #derue# read glewe, wise, prudent.
- 208. For #nummore# read more.
- 211. get as at l. 195 would be better metrically.
- 212. Transpose, god to don, and, us forbedeð.
- 216. The first half is short; add, in erd after #nu#.
- 217. Next to the Ant in T. comes the Fox and then the Hart.
- 225. #it#: the adder.
- 235. #non wigt#, no whit, not at all.
- 236. #er#, before he recovers.
- 244. #nið ⁊ win#: see 181/169.
- 247. #ouerwene#, presumption: found here only.
- 248. Insert bi before #swilc#.
- 265. ‘Longius et pergunt pascua quando petunt,’ T.
- 268. Read biforen.
- 276. Transpose, mide cumen.
- 285. Connect ur non, no one of us.
- 288. #his wine#, to his friend.
- 294. #lage#: _acc._ after to fillen, which is subject of is.
- 309. #stund#, portion (of time): rarely with defining genitive.
- 311. #swiðe redi#, very prompt to seize the opportunity: comp. 187/368.
- 313. Transpose, beð ded.
- 318. #tetoggeð#, pulls to pieces; see 68/145.
- 323. #frame#: see 176/24.
- 324. For the combination, see 18/16.
- 325. ‘Nunc zabulo similis, par aliquando viris,’ T.
- 329. Omit a and he.
- 330. #bukes#, belly’s: see 4/19, where it means body.
- 336. Whoever feeds on sin, he tugs at the fox’s flesh.
- 338. #geld#, requites; comp. l. 316.
- 339. #sending#, disgrace, confusion; OE. #scendan#.
- 341. #merk#, dark, murky; OE. #mirce#: comp. 190/439, 193/570.
- 347. #oðer#, to another.
- 348. Comp. ‘Danne ðogte eue on hire mod,’ GE 333; KH 281 note.
- 358. #manikines#: see 81/80 note.
- 359. #manne#: dat.; see 176/24 note.
- 364. Transpose, al idigt haueð. With #driueð# comp. 176/8.
- 365. #it#, the web.
- 366. Transpose, fleges ðer faren . ⁊ ðerinne fallen.
- 367. #wiðeren#, struggle; properly, resist.
- 368. #renneð# &c.: comp. 181/178. #redi#: comp. 185/311.
- 373. Read freteð.
- 374. #dareð#: see 185/310 and 195/624.
- 377. #stille er lude#, under any circumstances: see 25/226 note.
- 380. Transpose, his blod drinkeð. #dreueð#, vexes, annoys.
- 394. #it#, the sweet breath.
- 395. #houen#: see 177/53.
- 396. #swike#: see 82/111. #uncuð . . . of#: see 179/97.
- 397. ‘Piscis pisciculos claudit, deglutit et illos,’ T.
- 402. #heil ⁊ sund#: see 177/59.
- 405. #winnen#, come into conflict, at the change of the seasons.
- 408. #ðat stund#, at that time; comp. 185/309.
- 430. #tolleð#, allures: the earliest occurrence of the word.
- 431. Omit he. #sonde#, shame.
- 435. #in rigte leue#: see 89/28. #mid fles ⁊ gast#, in body and soul.
- 439. #helle dim#: comp. 186/341.
- 449. #sille#, marvellous; OE. #syllic#.
- 450. #it ben#: see 1/10 note.
- 452. ‘Quae faciunt sompnum nimia dulcedine vocum,’ T.
- 456. #wise . . . warre#: see 18/16.
- 476. #ðer imong#, all the time they are promising.
- 482. #o wolde#, in the woodland: comp. 195/620.
- 487. #minde#: see 184/263.
- 488. #noten of#, make use of: see 84/45. #gres#, herb, medicinal plant.
- 504. #Hu--wide# depends on l. 506. With #he# comp. 119/77, 194/602.
- 506. #her#: in Physiologus.
- 508. #to fuligewis#: see 32/40.
- 509. ‘Incumbit trunco arboris haut modico,’ T.
- 510. #trostlike#, confidingly: ‘Idunc dort a seür,’ P. de Thaün, 1550.
- 511. #of walke weri#, weary from walking; so, ‘weri of sorȝen,’ L 28081.
- 517. #bet#: used for the rhyme, where best might have been expected.
- 518. #he#, the elephant. #it . . . war#, aware of it: see 200/116 note.
- 519. #makeð char#, returns: comp. 190/457.
- 522. #unride#: see 188/389.
- 531. #ut# is a scribe’s mistake for up.
- 533. #forðen#: see 180/126. #no wigt#, not at all.
- 552. #ðat fele we#, for that we suffer.
- 556. #her non#, none of them.
- 560. #ovt#: read ogt, in any wise, at all.
- 566. #litel#: ‘parvus, quoniam deus est homo factus,’ T.
- 570. #dim#: comp. 186/341.
- 572. #boke#: Physiologus. #o rime#, in verse: insert al before o.
- 575. #muneð#, keep in mind; comp. 185/284.
- 579. #one#, alone: OE. #āna#. #fareð#, passes her life.
- 581. #luue abit#, awaits, watches for the return of her beloved.
- 585. #reche#, take heed, bethink thyself.
- 592. #briche#: see 185/293.
- 593. #on geuelike#: see 182/214.
- 594. Omit #men#. #his loðe#, those hateful to him.
- 600. #trendled# &c., rounded as a wheel.
- 602. #he#: see 119/77 note.
- 607. After #dages# insert al: comp. 195/635.
- 621. #ðe#, of which: comp. 46/292 note.
- 624. #daren#: see 185/310.
- 627. #tokned#: ‘per mistica dictus,’ T.
- 629. ‘Speciosus forma prae filiis hominum,’ Psalm xliv. 3.
- 630. #fen#, mud; comp. ‘Or or flum noe spredde his fen,’ GE 490.
- 635. #on on#, continuously.
- 636. #blod ⁊ bon#: see 191/495.
- 639. #vuemest#, highest.
- 641. #smel#: ‘nimio suae incarnationis odore,’ H. de S. Victor, ii. 426.
- 642. #let her#, left behind in the world.
- 645. ‘Serpens antiquus qui nobis est inimicus,’ T.
- XXII. GENESIS AND EXODUS
- 7. #misfaren#, go astray, misbehave.
- 17. #xi^e# is by the rhyme endluue or elluue.
- 31. #fro feren#, from afar: see 118/40.
- 41. #wid herte sor#, presumably on Reuben’s part.
- 45. #dor quiles#, meanwhile; comp. 204/265, and see 196/648.
- 48. #spices ware#: ‘aromata & resinam & stacten .i. myrram,’ C.
- 64. #an rewli lit#, a pitiable dye.
- 73. #in haigre srid#, clad in a hair, a hair shirt; see 62/31.
- 76. #hertedin#: read herten; comp. 184/277.
- 88. #bigetel#, advantageous: the adjective of ‘biȝete’ 60/12; only here.
- 95. #an#: comp. 201/163.
- 96. #prisuner#, gaoler. #prisunes#, prisoners.
- 103. #drempte#: see 198/37.
- 108. This is the answer of the dreamers. See 198/40 note.
- 111. #strong#: see 21/94 note.
- 128. #ða#: for ðat: the scribe not seldom drops final t.
- 132. #lepes#: ‘canistra,’ C.
- 136. #hagt#: see 200/98.
- 145. #ðat# is subject of #wurð#.
- 149. #pharaon#: probably _acc._; see 200/104.
- 150. #flodes strem#: ‘Putabat se stare super fluuium,’ C.
- 151. #vii#: seuene.
- 164. #ðo#: miswritten for ðe.
- 168. Who could solve the riddle involved in the dream: comp. 1/4.
- 176. #wold#, power, meaning. See 201/140.
- 180. ‘quod facturus est deus ostendit pharaoni,’ C.
- 194. #bege#: ‘collo torquem auream circumposuit,’ C. Comp. 133/34.
- 195. #bisen#: see 12/14 note.
- 212. #x#: The scribe writes tgen (2), then (1), ten.
- 219. #for#: but ‘ðo wurð pharaon nede driuen,’ GE 3165.
- 240. #for# &c.: as the name Benjamin implies.
- 244. #gure# is due to Morris.
- 247. #dun#, to an underground prison.
- 260. #michil mor#, much more than we now suffer.
- 286. #segeð#, descends: OE. #sǣgan#, cause to sink.
- 288. #ðor quiles#, as long as: see 196/648.
- 289. #us--hard#, it will go hard with us.
- 290. #no#: probably ne should be read.
- 299. #ðor biforen#, besides: see 205/270.
- 300. #wið#, with which.
- 304. #agen#, back; so 208/375.
- 305. Join #forð rigt#, straightway, or, by the nearest way.
- 311. #biri#, palace: at 12/7 it means, court.
- 312. #Her non#, none of them: so #ur non#, l. 316.
- 320. #on and on#, one by one; comp. 208/377, 214/573.
- 323. #vndren time#: ‘meridie,’ C. See 74/209.
- 324. For #riche#, see 6/30.
- 329. #understod#, received; comp. 210/447.
- 340. For #ouergon#, overcome, see 22/143.
- 349. #sonde#: see 13/30.
- 355. Omit #And#, with Holthausen.
- 358. Read trewðe, as elsewhere.
- 362. #biforen#: see 205/270.
- 365. #ut#, out of: the rare prepositional use.
- 368. And accuses of harm and damage.
- 370. #on#: see 210/454. Read unselðẹ, as elsewhere.
- 373. #sikerlike#, confidently.
- 375. #agen#: comp. 206/304.
- 382. Comp. ‘Wið bedes and gret and teres wep,’ GE 3888.
- 389. #Wið ðan ðat#, on condition that.
- 396. Read, al his. #teres wet#: see 207/342.
- 398. ‘pro salute vestra misit me dominus ante vos,’ C.
- 400. #sulen . . . ben numen#, are to be gone through; comp. 202/182.
- 404. #min blisses#: ‘gloriam meam,’ C.
- 421. #twinne srud#: ‘Deditque ioseph singulis binas stolas,’ C.
- 422. Comp. 198/62.
- 426. #in--wil#, at his father’s disposal.
- 444. #sen#: supply as object sune from the preceding line.
- 453. #dere# is Mätzner’s correction.
- 455. #xxx#: ðritti.
- 461. #So# is explained by l. 464.
- 467. #him#: corrected by Mätzner.
- 472. #xiiij#: The Vulgate and C. say seventeen.
- 474. #Quilc time#, at what time, when.
- 491. And prophesied of their future: Gen. xlix.
- 493. Comp. 212/526.
- 504. #migt#, power, that is, means, wealth.
- 507. #rigt#, properly, carefully.
- 531. #ðor--dede#, wherein he (Joseph) acted well, his pious act.
- 535. #rad#: comp. ‘And iacob was of weie rad,’ GE 1783.
- 542. #biriele#: this form without final _s_ is suspect.
- 544. #sent#: s added by Morris.
- 549. ‘nos quoque oramus vt patri tuo dimittas iniquitatem hanc,’ C.
- 559. #biforen# qualifies #hað . . . sworen#.
- 570. #egipte like#, after the Egyptian fashion.
- 571. Add he before #biried#. #hem#, his bones, l. 566.
- 573. #on and on#: comp. 206/320.
- 583. #sorge ⁊ grot#: see 199/74.
- 584. #cold ⁊ hot#: see 44/232-236.
- 586. #spilen#, disport themselves.
- XXIII. KENTISH SERMONS
- 5. #ase#: ‘ke quant.’
- 11. #hedden--offrendes#: ‘ourent apparaillees lor offrendes.’
- 13. #hym askede#: an order of words like ‘li demanderent,’ so at 215/17.
- 15. #anud#: ‘trublez.’
- 17. #þe laghe#: ‘les escriptures’: see 182/213 note.
- 18. #Hi--ierusalem#: ‘cil respondirent · ke en bethleent.’
- 23. This sentence is in D, but not in A. #he . . . herodes#: see 119/77.
- 27. For omission of the subject before #hin#, see 6/18.
- 35. #verrene#: ‘lointenes.’
- 36. #offrinke#: ‘offrendre,’ D, A.
- 39. #to here godes sacrefise#: ‘au sacrifice damlede.’
- 43. #Gostliche#: ‘esperitielment.’
- 44. #glareth#: ‘resplendist.’
- 46. #licht#, lights, lightens.
- 48. #he is#: an addition, not in the French.
- 55. #ihende#, near: OE. #gehende#.
- 57. #uastinge# &c.: ‘ieuner pur deu . ueiller . alier en pelerinage.’
- 60. #loket#: ‘defent.’
- 61. #amonestement# is conveyed directly from the French original.
- 66. #i þo yere#: ‘de uostre uie,’ DA.
- 77. #euangelica#: drawn from the gospel for the day, S. Joh. ii.
- 81. #cite#: ‘cithe’; A has ‘uile.’
- 94. #was#: for omission of the subject see 6/18 note.
- 100. #doþ forþ . . . ferst#: ‘mettent auant.’
- 101. #ihialde#: ‘estuie,’ stored up.
- 102. #wath nu#, until now: ‘desque aore.’ See 15/84.
- 103. #þo beleuede#: ‘Et si crurent en lui si disciple.’
- 109. #chald of#: ‘froid del amor;’ comp. 218/124.
- 112. #ofserueth#: ‘deseruent.’
- 115. #naturelliche#: ‘naturelmen.’ #anhet#: ‘eschaufe.’
- 117. #ine one time#: comp. 128/1.
- 119. #gostliche#: ‘esperitelment.’
- 122. #Nu# &c.: ‘Or esguard chescon uer sei meismes.’
- 126. #of# &c.: ‘de mal en bien.’
- 130. S. Matt. viii. 1, 2, as adapted in the lesson of the missal.
- 133. #iyue#: ‘liure.’
- 136. #a sikman#: the translator’s gloss on ‘leprus.’ #onurede#: ‘aora.’
- 141. #tokningge#: ‘signefiance.’
- 144. #Gauelinge#: ‘usure.’
- 146. #haleghen#, saints: the French has ‘amis.’
- 148. #pardurableliche#: ‘perdurablement.’
- 159. #forleted#: ‘guerpissez.’
- 168. #one time#: ‘une fiez.’
- 170. #was ileid him# &c.: ‘se esteit cochiez dormir.’
- 175. #tok#, rebuked: ‘chosa.’
- 177. #so awondrede hem#: ‘si sesmerueillerent;’ see 54/27.
- 194. #sexagesima# should be septuagesima.
- 195. S. Matt. xx. 1.
- 203. #for--forewerde#: ‘au couenant dun dener.’
- 206. #ayen þan euen#: ‘enuers la uespre.’ Comp. 221/235.
- 212. #agyn to#: ‘comence a cels.’ #al--ferste#: ‘iusquas premerains.’
- 214. #þes--commandement#: ‘le comandement sun seignor.’
- 219. #berdene#: ‘le fes de la peine,’ A; ‘les feissels ⁊ la paine,’ D.
- 227. #tides#, hours: ‘diuerses ores.’ Comp. 38/137.
- 228. #time# &c.: ‘les diuers tens de cest siecle.’
- 237. #seauede#: ‘se demustra:’ him has probably dropped out before ine.
- 238. #Werefore#, because: ‘car.’
- 245. #aresunede#, called to account; ‘chosa.’
- 246. #þo þet#, inasmuch as, so in l. 242; lit. when that: ‘quant,’ A.
- 256. #al so . . . ase#, just as.
- 259. #of diuers wordles#: ‘del diuers tens del siecle.’
- 260. #elde#, age, period of life: ‘aez,’ D; ‘age,’ A.
- 263. #beswo þet#, provided that: an early instance of the phrase.
- 267. ‘issint est humene nature de greinor chalor en cest aage.’
- 269. #agenes þo euen#: ‘uers le uespre:’ see 220/206.
- 280. #and#, if: comp. 176/2.
- THE END.