"Lathnes to kirc at sermon here
_Dreching_ o scrift (delay of shrift)," etc.—(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii.)
1427 _Or or_ first ere, i.e. before. 1428 _morgen-giwe_ = _morgen-giue_,
nuptial gift, the morning gift, the gift of the husband presented to the
wife on the morning after marriage. See Ancren Riwle, p. 94. Hali Meid. p.
39. 1430 _godun dai_, good day. _godun_ = _godne_, the accusative of the
adjective.
"He let clipie þe saterday:
Þe freres bifore him alle
And bed alle _godne_ day."—(St Dunstan, l. 200.)
1434 _sondes fare_, the journey of the messenger (Eliezer). 1437 _on
felde_ = the O.E. _afelde_. 1439 _Eððede_ = _eðede_, alleviated, is
connected with the O.E. _eþe_ (_eað_), easy, and literally signifies
softened. 1440 _Of faiger waspene_, of fair form; _waspene_ is evidently an
error for _wasteme_ or _wastene_. "He seh þeos seli meiden marherete ... þe
schimede ant schan al of wlite (face) ant of _wastum_ (form)."—(Seinte
Marherete, p. 2.) "In þis burh was wuniende a meiden swiðe ȝung of ȝeres,
two wone of twenti, feir ant freolich o wlite & o _westum_."—(St Kath. p.
69.) 1442 _Here samening_, their union, intercourse.
1444
_And sge ne bi-spac him neuere a del._
And she contradicted him never a whit.
_bispeke_ in O.E. also signifies to threaten. See Castle of Love, l. 221.