l. 3 _forering_ = _for-bering_. (?) 10 _reken_, reverently, solemnly. 12 _cleche gret mede_, take great reward. 16 _& hym to greme cachen_, and him to wrath drive. 18 _hagherlych_, fitly, decently. 21 _scoymous & skyg_, scrupulous and particular; _skyg_ implies dread, fear, shyness. 23 _in a carp_, in a discourse. 24 _heuened aȝt happeȝ_, exhibited eight blessings. 25 _me myneȝ_, I remember. P. 38. l. 27 _hapeneȝ_, is happy, blessed. 29 _as so saytȝ_, as one says. 32 _May not byde þat burne_ (? _burre_) _þat hit his body neȝen_, May not abide (suffer) that man (? blow), that it (? he) should approach his body. 39 _helded_, approached. 41 _toteȝ_ = _totȝ_ = toes. 49 _worþlych_, worshipful (? _worldlych_, worldly). 50 _in her_ (? _herin_). 52 _here dere_, beloved heir. 54 _comly quoyntis_, comely attire. 56 _with sclaȝt_, against (for) slaughter. 59 _roþeled_, ready prepared, literally hastened. 62 _skyly_, device, excuse. P. 39. l. 65 _nayed_, refused; _nurned_, uttered. 71 _a-dreȝ_, aback, aside. 76 _More to wyte is her wrange, þen any wylle gentyl_, More to blame is their fault, than any forlorn gentile. _Wylle_ has the significations of wandering, astray; as “_wyl dremes_,” wandering dreams, “_wylle of wone_,” astray from human habitations, having lost one’s way; and hence _wylle_ is often used to denote uncertainty, bewilderment. 81 _laþeȝ_, invite. 90 _styȝtled_, established, placed. 91 _þe marchal_, i.e. the marshal of the hall, whose duty it was, at public festivals, to place every person according to his rank and station. 95 _at þi banne_, at thy command. 96 _renischche renkeȝ_, strange men. 97 _layteȝ ȝet ferre_, search yet farther. P. 40. l. 99 _wayteȝ_, watch. 103 _balterande cruppeleȝ_, limping cripples. _Balter_ signifies to jump, skip, hop, etc. 110 _demed_, decreed. 112 _Hit weren not alle on wyueȝ suneȝ, wonen with on fader_, They were not all one wife’s sons, begotten with one father. 127 _& rehayte rekenly þe riche & þe poueren_, And cheer, prince-like (nobly), the rich and the poor. _Rehete_ is the most common form of the word: “Him would I comforte and _rehete_.” --Rom. Rose, l. 6509. 131 _syled fyrre_, proceeded farther. 132 _Tron fro table to table_, went from table to table. _Tron_ is the pret. of the verb _tryne_, to go, walk. P. 41. l. 134 _Hit watȝ not_, there was one (who) was not. 135 _þryȝt_, thrust; _unþryuandely_, badly. 144 _ratted_, rent, torn. 145 _goun febele_. Cf. _feble wede_, bad or poor clothing. --Havelok the Dane, l. 418. 149 _broþe wordeȝ_, angry (fierce) words. 150 _Hurkele_, cower, hang. _Hurkele_ signifies, literally, to squat, nestle, rest. 153 _laled_, spoke (quickly). 164 _fulȝed_, baptised. 166 _harme lache_, take hurt. P. 42.