_Bi al-so fer so a boge mai ten_,
By as far as a bow may reach.
1239 _sik and sor_, sighing and sadness. 1241 _dede hire reed_, brought her
help.
1242
_An angel meðede hire ðat ned_,
An angel alleviated her distress.
_hire_ is the dative of the personal pronoun. 1244 _seli timing_, a
fortunate occurrence. See note to l. 1180. 1247 _nam fro ðan_, went from
that place. _fro ðan_ = Sc. _fra thine_, from thence. 1252 _mikil and rif_,
great (powerful) and wide-spread. 1254 In Arabia his kin dwell. 1258
_kungriche_ = _kineriche_, kingdom. Cf. _kungdom_ = _kunedon_ = kingdom, l.
1260. _kunglond_, _kunelond_ = _kinglond_, kingdom, l. 1262. _guglond_ =
_kunglond_, kingdom, l. 1264.
1261-2
His ninth son was Tema,
Wherefore is there a kingdom called Teman.
1264
_Het a guglond esten_ (eften ?) _fro ða_,
Was called a kingdom afterwards from that time.
_esten fro ða_ = eastwards from those _other kingdoms_. 1269 _siker pligt_,
firm, sure pledge.
P. 37. l. 1275 _feren pligt_, pledged fellows.
1279
_ðog [it] was nogt is kinde lond_,
Nevertheless it was not his native land.
1280
_Richere he it leet ðan he it fond_,
richer he left it than he found it.
1290
_On an hil ðor ic sal taunen ðe_,
on a hill where I shall show thee.
1292 _ðat he bed him two_ [to ?], that he commanded him to go to. _two_, an
error for _to_. See l. 3752. 1295-6 They say on that hill's side was made
the temple of Solomon. 1295 _dune-is siðen_ = _dune-is siden_, down's
(hill's) sides. 1299 _buxum o rigt_, rightly obedient. 1301 _sagt_, an
error for _sag_ (saw). See l. 1334.