And Jacob sent far before
Him rich gifts, and sundry bearers.
1798 _loac_ = _lac_, _loc_, a gift, present.
"ðe riche reoðeren
& scheop & bule,
hwa se mihte
brohten to _lake_."—(St. Kath. 63.)
"And bi þatt allterr wass þe _lac_
O fele wise ȝarkedd."—(Orm. i. 34.)
"Alle hii nemen þat _lock_."—(Laȝ., later copy, ii. 320.)
_boren_ = bearers. A.S. _bora_. 1804 The sinews sprang from the limb. _lið_
= member, limb. See Hampole's P. of C. 1917.
1805-6
Would they (Jacob's kin) no sinews thenceforth eat,
His own kin will not forget that usage.
1808 Till the dawning up from the east burst. 1811 _leate_ = _lete_,
relinquish. 1818 How shall any man be able to hurt thee? 1826 And honoured
him as the first-born; _wurðe_ should be _wurð[ed]e_. 1828 _ðo rew him so_,
then had he such compassion upon Jacob.
P. 53. l. 1829 _trume_, host. (See Guy of Warwick, p. 291; Laȝ. iii. 73,
107.)
"And he arayeth hare _trome_
As me (one) areyt men in fyȝt."—(Shoreham, p. 108.)
Cp. _shel-ter_ = or _scheltron_ = _schild-trume_. 1833 Jacob was sorrowful
that he forsook (refused) them (the presents). 1835 _hol and schir_ = whole
and sound; _schir_ = sheer, pure, undefiled. 1837 _him to frame_ = for his
own use. 1840 _tgelt_ = _tyelt_ = encamped. Cf. Ger. _zelt_; Eng. _tilt_.
1843 There King Emor sold him a _piece of_ ground. 1848 She departed
leave-less (without permission) from that place. 1851 Her own counsel
misled (ruined) her. We might read
_for hire listede hire owen red_,
for her own counsel pleased her.
1854
_And his burge-folc fellen in wi_,
And his people (borough-folk) fell in war.
_wi_ = _wig_ = war. Cf. Semi-Sax. _wiȝe_, battle, conflict. (Laȝ. i. 201;
ii. 260; iii. 5.) _wi-ax_, _wi-eax_, a battle-axe. (Laȝ. i. 67, 96, 166,
286.) 1855 _bi-speken_, blamed. Cf. _bi-spac_, l. 1444, p. 41.
P. 54. l. 1872 _Gol prenes_ = _golde prenes_ = gold brooches. _Prene_ is
connected with O.E. _preonne_, to sew up. (See O.E. Miscell, p. 172, l.
68.) Sc. _prin_, a pin.
1873-4
Deep he them buried under an oak,
No covetousness made him weak (disobedient) in heart.
1877-8
For Solomon shall find them,
And his temple deck withal.
1887 _merke dede_, set up a mark (monument).