l. 379 _bowed_, hastened; _brentest_, highest, steepest. 380 _heterly_, quickly, (hotly); _haled_, rushed. 381 _Bot al watȝ nedleȝ her note_, but their device was altogether in vain. 382 _þe roȝe raynande ryg_, the rough raining shower; _raykande waweȝ_, flowing waves. 383 _boþom_, a _bottom_ or valley. 384 _demmed_, collected, accumulated. 391 _þe hyȝe_, the heights, high grounds. 392 _bauseneȝ_, badgers. 394 _re-coverer_, succour, refuge. 395 _Þat amounted_, etc., read _Þat amounted þe mase_, etc., that the astonishment increased. (Professor Child). 397 _Bi þat_, by that time. This phrase is still preserved in the North of England. 399 _Frendeȝ, fellen in fere, faþmed to-geder_. Friends, fallen in company, _embraced_ (fathomed) together. The verb _faþme_ in Early English also signifies to _grope_. 400 _dryȝ_, suffer; _delful_, doleful. 404 _freten_, devoured; _waȝeȝ_, waves. 406 _hurkled_, rested. This word is still preserved in the local dialects of the North of England, with the sense of “to cower,” “squat.” 407 _mourkne_, rotten. 409 _here_, company. 411 _aȝt-sum_, in care, sorrowful. 413 _hurlande goteȝ_, rushing streams. 414 _kytheȝ vncouþe_, unknown regions. P. 49. l. 421 _flyt_, current, flitting. 424 _lumpen_, the passive participle of _lympen_, to befal, happen. 430 _yreȝ_ is evidently an error for _yþeȝ_, waves. 433 _Rac_, moving clouds, mists. Still in provincial use. 436 _meth_, pity, mercy. 438 _lasned_, lessened, became smaller. 439 _stac vp þe stangeȝ_, closed up the pools. _Stang_ = _stanc_, _stank_, a word still used in the North of England. 441 _loȝ_ = _logh_, deep. 443 _lome_ = _loom_, i.e., the ark. 446 _rasse_ = the provincial _raise_, a mound. 449 _kyste_ = chest (ark); _wern_ = _were_ (?). P. 50. l. 451 _eggeȝ_, _edges_, banks, hills; _vnhuled_, uncovered. 452 _bynne_, within. Cf. _boute_, without. 461 _smach_ smack, scent; _smoltes_ (? _smolte_, i.e. smelt). 463 _ȝederly_, quickly, soon; _steuen_, command, literally voice. 466 _fodeȝ_, persons; _elleȝ_, provided that. 469 _doune_ = _dovene_, a female dove (see line 481). 476 _dreȝly_, drearily, sorrowfully. 480 _naytly_, dexterously (neatly). 482 _borne_ = _burne_, stream. 483 _skwe_, sky, cloud; _skowteȝ_, looks. P. 51. l. 485 _downe_ = _dovene_ (see ll. 469, 481). 487 _What!_ lo! 490 _saȝtlyng_, reconciliation. 496 _woned_ = _waned_, decreased, gone down. 498 _tyned_, enclosed. 499 _godeȝ glam_, God’s message (word); _glod_, came, literally glided. 501 _walt_ _wafte_ (?) (see B. l. 857). 504 _þroly þrublande in þronge_, quickly pressing in throng (crowd), _i.e._, huddling together. 509 _breþe_, steam, savour. 511 _spedeȝ & spylleȝ_, prospers (speeds) and spoils. 517 _barnage_, childhood. P. 52.