l. 525 _sadde_, sharp, bitter. 529 _þen watȝ a skylly skyualde_, then was a design (purpose) manifested (ordered). 531 _nayte_, use, employ. 533 _wryþeȝ_, crawl, creep. 534 _folmarde_, polecat. 536 _lake ryftes_, fissures of the lake. 537 _Herneȝ_ = _erneȝ_, eagles. 539 _at a brayde_, in a moment. P. 53. l. 558 _merked_, ordained. 561 _raȝt_, extended to, gave. 566 _syt_, fault. 567 _quykeȝ_, living (things); _qued_, wickedness. 573 _vnhappen glette_, unfortunate filth, unhappy sin. 579 _heþyng of seluen_, contempt of [God’s] self. 583 _steppe yȝe_, bright eye; _steppe_ = _stepe_ is often explained by steep, deep set; but we often meet with such phrases as “_stepe_ stones,” bright stones, “_stepe_ starres,” bright stars. 586 _losed þe listen_, lost the hearing; _lysten_, in O.E. has frequently the meaning of _to hear_. 587 _trave_ = _trawe_, trow, believe. 588 _þer is no dede so derne þat ditteȝ his yȝen_. There is no deed so secret that closes His eyes (_i.e._ that He does not see). P. 54. l. 591 _gropande_, searching, examining. 592 _Rypande of vche a ring þe reynyeȝ & hert_ Trying (probing) the reins and heart of every man. _Rype_ is still used in the North of England in the sense of to plunder. Cf. our modern use of the word _ransack_ with its earlier meanings of to try, probe, search. 596 _honyseȝ_, disgraces, ruins, destroys. 598 _scarreȝ_, literally _scares_, is frightened, startled. 599 _to drawe allyt_ = _to draw a lyte_ = to draw back a little. 603 _blykked_, shone, glared. 605 _schunt_, aside, from _schunt_, to slip away, retreat. P. 55. l. 623 _orppedly_, quickly, hastily. 626 _happe_, cover, still in use in the north provincial dialects. 627 _som quat fat_, some sort of a vessel; _þe fyr bete_, make up the fire; _bete_ signifies, literally, to mend. 632 _deruely_ = _derfely_, quickly. 635 _þerue kakeȝ_ = _therfe_ or _tharfe_ cakes, _i.e._, cakes made without leaven. 646 _mensk_, thanks. 648 _leþe_, cease. 652 _ȝark_, select, chosen. 653 _for busmar_, in scorn. 655 _May þou traw for tykel þat þou tonne moȝteȝ_, Mayst thou trow (believe) for the uncertainty (of such a thing) that thou mightest conceive; _for tykel_, on account of the uncertainty. 654 _sothly_ = truly (? _sotly_, foolishly or _softly_). P. 56. l. 659 _byene_ = _ben_, been or _bycame_. The sense would require _hade_ before _byene_, if _byene_ = _ben_. 668 _Þat for lot þat þay lansed ho laȝed neuer_, That for (any) sound that they uttered, she never laughed; _lot_ = late, in the sense of _sound_, is not very common in Old English authors. 670 _a-loȝ_ = lowly, softly. 686 _blod_, child. 687 _bos_, behoves. 688 _atlyng_, intention, purpose; _vn-haspe_, disclose. P. 57.