268 _wexe wild_. A popular word combination. Cf. ‘Proverbs of Hendyng’ (Böddeker’s ed.) 121: _Ne wax þou nout to wilde_ (Wissmann). 275. _Bi daie ne bi niȝte_. Cf. ‘Erl of Tolous’ 42: _Be dayes and be nyght_. ‘Launfal’ 412: _Be dayes ne be nyȝt_. ‘Lay.’ 13829: _bi dæie no bi nihtes_, etc. 282. _him þuȝte_. Cf. Wissmann’s note with incorrect reference to ‘Lay.’ 312. See present volume, 268 Note. 300. _wed broþer_. Cf. Glossary. 315. _sette him on bedde_. The usual mode of entertainment. Cf. ‘Beues of Hampton’ (E.E.T.S.) 1090; ‘Guy of W.’ (E.E.T.S.) 3043; ‘Sir Eglamour’ 679: _sche sett hym on hur beddys syde_. 319 ff. For other instances of the maiden wooing the man see ‘Beues of H.’ 1093 ff.; ‘Amis and Amiloun’ 550 ff.: ‘Sir Eglamour’ 674 ff., etc. 321. _trewþe pliȝte_. Cf. ‘Sir Eglamour’ 674: _Therto ther trowthys they plyght_. ‘Erl of Tolous’ 210: _Therto my trouth y plyght_, etc., frequently. 333. _bi one ribbe_. Not clear. Cf. Wissmann’s Note, also Kölbing (Engl. Stud. vi. 155), who translates _bi_, ‘_im bezug auf_,’ ‘with reference to.’ 341. _fule þeof_. Cf. ‘Havelok’ 1780: _Goth henne swiþe fule þeues_ (Wissmann). 350. _mote þu deie_. Cf. ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 6858: _God geve the wel evyl pyne_; 6862, _God geve you wel evyl endyng_. 364. _hou one_. Cf. 559 C H, 650 C H, also Glossary. The OE. weak form _āna_ seems to have the same experience as _seolfa_, ‘self.’ 366. _vs wroþe_. _wroþe_ means ‘fearful’ (Mätzner). 373. _makede hire bliþe_. Cf. ‘Havelok’ 2244, ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 1606 (Wissmann). 378. _squieres wise_. Cf. 264 Note. 379, C. _pleie_. Cf. ‘Lyb. Disc.’ 25-26: _As hyt befelle upon a day To wode he wente on hys play_. 387-8. _kyng on benche_. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 14963-4: _& heo gon scenchen, on þas kinges benche_. Also ‘Ipomydon’ 229: _Of þe cuppe ye shall serve me_. Cf. also 1185. 403. _On knes he him sette_. The conventional mode of salutation. Cf. ‘Lay.’ 22147-8: _Comen to þan ki[n]ge, & setten an heore cneowen_. Cf. also ‘Lay.’ 13821 and ‘King of Tars.’ 719: _& gret hir feir vpon his kne_, also 90, 221. ‘Guy of Warwick’ 161-2: _Gye on his kneys sone hym sett, And that mayden feyre he grett_. ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 891-3, 1591; ‘Ypotis’ 15: _On his kne he hym sette. Well fayr þe emperour þer he grette._ ‘Ipomydon’ 267-8: _Ipomydon on knees hym sette And the lady feyre grette_. 187-8: _Vppon {his} knees he hym sette, And þe kyng full feyr he grette_. Cf. also 902-3, also ‘Erl of Tolous’ 1066: _To the emperour he knelyd blyve_. Cf. Wissmann’s Note. 405-6. _of his feire siȝte ..._ Cf. ‘R. H.’ 1053: _De la belte de horn tute la chambre resplent_. Compare with this the flame which came from Havelok’s mouth when he slept. 420. _honde_. Cf. ‘Ipomydon’ 2164: _Ipomydon toke hyr by the hond_. Cf. also ‘Havelok’ 408; ‘Amis and Am.’ 550 ff.; ‘Guy of W.’ 217 ff.; ‘Rich. C. de L.’ 891-3: _Fayr he grette that lady bryght, And sayde to her with herte free, What is thy wille, Lady, with {me}_.