l. 1482. nime. Conditional clauses of doubt or future contingency take gif or bûton with subj.; cf. ll. 452, 594; of fact or certainty, the ind.; cf. ll. 442, 447, 527, 662, etc. For bûton, cf. ll. 967, 1561. l. 1487. "findan sometimes has a preterit funde in W. S. after the manner of the weak preterits."--Cook's Sievers' Cram., p, 210. l. 1490. Kl. reads wäl-sweord, = _battle-sword_. l. 1507. "This cave under the sea seems to be another of those natural phenomena of which the writer had personal knowledge (ll. 2135, 2277), and which was introduced by him into the mythical tale to give it a local color. There are many places of this kind. Their entrance is under the lowest level of the tide."--Br., p. 45. l. 1514. B. (_Beit._ xii. 362) explains niðsele, hrôfsele as _roof-covered hall in the deep_; cf. Grettir Saga (_Anglia_, iii. 83). l. 1538. Sw., R., and ten Br. suggest feaxe for eaxle, = _seized by the hair_. l. 1543. and-leán (R.); cf. l. 2095. The MS. has hand-leán. l. 1546. Sw. and S. read seax.--_Beit._ ix. 140. l. 1557. H.-So. omits comma and places semicolon after ýðelîce; Sw. and S. place comma after gescêd. l. 1584. ôðer swylc = _another fifteen_ (Sw.); = _fully as many_ (Ha.). ll. 1592-1613 _seq._ Cf. _Anglia_, iii; 84 (Grettir Saga). l. 1595. blondenfeax = _grizzly-haired_ (Bright, Reader, p. 258); cf. _Brunanb._, l. 45 (Bright). l. 1599. gewearð, impers. vb., = _agree, decide = many agreed upon this, that_, etc. (Ha., p. 55; cf. ll. 2025-2027, 1997; B., _Beit._ xii. 97). l. 1605. C. supposes wiston = wîscton = _wished_.--_Beit._ viii. 571. l. 1607. broden mæl is now regarded as a comp. noun, = _inlaid or damascened sword_.--W., Ho. l. 1611. wäl-râpas = _water-ropes = bands of frost_ (l. 1610) (?). Possibly the Prov. Eng. weele, _whirlpool_. Cf. wæl, _gurges_, Wright, Voc., _Gnom. Verses_, l. 39.--E. l. 1611. wægrâpas (Sw.) = _wave-bands_ (Ha.). l. 1622. B. suggests eatna = eotena, eardas, _haunts of the giants_ (Northumbr. ea for eo). l. 1635. cyning-holde (B., _Beit._ xii. 369); cf. l. 290. l. 1650. H., Gr., and Ettmüller understand idese to refer to the queen. l. 1651. Cf. _Anglia_, iii. 74, _Beit._ xi. 167, for coincidences with the Grettir Saga (13th cent.). l. 1657. Restore MS. reading wigge in place of wîge. l. 1664. B. proposes eotenise ... èste for eácen ... oftost, omitting brackets (_Zackers Zeitschr._ iv. 206). G. translates _mighty ... often_. l. 1675. ondrædan. "In late texts the final n of the preposition on is frequently lost when it occurs in a compound word or stereotyped phrase, and the prefix then appears as a: abútan, amang, aweg, aright, adr'ædan."--Cook's Sievers' Gram., p. 98. ll. 1680-1682. Giants and their work are also referred to at ll. 113, 455, 1563, 1691, etc. l. 1680. Cf. ceastra ... orðanc enta geweorc, _Gnomic Verses_, l. 2; Sweet's Reader, p. 186.