P. 92. l. 98 _to the fare_, to the voyage. 101 _tramme_, gear. 104 _Sprude spak to þe sprete þe spare bawlyne_, Spread quickly to the sprit the spar bowline (?). 106 _ladde-borde_, larboard. 107 _blyþe breþe_, gentle wind; _bosum_, tide. 108 _He_ refers to _breþe_. 112 _maȝt_, might; _mere_, sea. 115 _wenyng_, supposition. 117 _burde_, behoved. 119 _demed_, uttered. 122 _stapefole_ = _stapeful_ = high (?) P. 93. l. 131 _crafte_, power. 135 _tom_, interval. 140 _souȝed_, sobbed, moaned; _selly_, marvel. 141 _wonne_, pale. 143 _busched_ = _busked_, went. 144 _for roȝ_ = for roughness. 148 _bur_ = wave. 150 _to murte_, (?) _to-marte_, crushed, broken in pieces. 152 _coge_, boat. 155 _scaþel_, hurtful, dangerous. 156 _lode_ = _lote_, lot. 160 _leþe_, calm, quiet. 161 _lot_, noise, roar. P. 94. l. 173 _I lovne_, I offer (this advice), propose. 183 _flode lotes_, the noises of the flood. 184 _brede_, board. 185 _hurrok_, oar. 191 _runyschly_, fiercely. 192 _slaȝte_, strokes. 198 _lastes_, crimes. P. 95. l. 208 _at a worde one_, at a word alone. 213 _ossed_, showed, proved; _vnnynges_, signs. 216 _ruyt_, rush, hasten. 227 _baleleȝ_, innocent. 229 _synne_, after. P. 96. l. 247 _as wyrde þen schaped_, as fate then devised. 255 _malskred_, entranced, bewildered. 258 _warlowes_, monster’s. 259 _lyue_ = _leue_, believe. 262 _wauleȝ_ = shelterless, destitute, but _wanleȝ_ = _wonleȝ_ = hopeless, is perhaps a better reading. 268 _chawleȝ_, jaws. 269 _glaymande glette_, slimy mud. 270 _rop_, gut, intestine. P. 97. l. 273 _faþmeȝ_, gropes. 275 _saym_, fat, grease. 277 _le_, shelter. 291 _merk_, darkness. 292 _bulk_, stern. 302 _borne_ = _burne_, man. P. 98. l. 309 _flem_ = _flum_, stream. 317 _to my wo stoundeȝ_ = ? until my woe over-powers (confounds) me. 320 _to laste_ ? to the last; _mere_, boundary. 325 _þacces_, blows. 329 _meled_, conversed. 338 _spare drye_ dry _spar_ (rafter) but ? _spare_ = _space_. 339 _a warthe_, a ford. 341 _sluchched_ = _sluched_, dirty, muddy. 342 _mester_, need. P. 99. l. 345 _bruxleȝ_, reproaches, upbraids, 350 _loke_ = _loken_, fastened. 362 _dumpe_, be thrust. 364 _swete_, life; _to lose þe swete_ = to lose the (sweet) life. 372 _doured_, mourned, grieved. Cf. Sc. _dour_. 373 _Heter hayreȝ þay hent_, etc., rough hair shirts they took, etc. P. 100. l. 395 _for-clemmed_, very hungry, starved. 396 _rurd_, cry. 400 _amesyng_ = _mesyng_ = _mese_, pity, mercy. 403 _wodschip_, wrath. 411 _on-hit_, struck or inflamed (?); _calleȝ_, addresses. P. 101. l. 418 _bene_, bountiful, kind. 419 _lur_, loss. 426 _bale-stour_, death-pang; _bale_ in the sense of death is not very common. 447 _lylled_, flourished. 448 _lefsel_ = _leaf-bower_. See Glossary. P. 102.
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