122. #wite--lende#: in T lende is probably _pr. s. subj._ of lenden, OE. #lendan#, to arrive, in the very rare causal use, bring to land (#lǣnde#, _pt._ of #lǣnan#, would, by rule, be lande in this text): the sense then may be, grant that he convey us to heaven, a forced meaning for lende; similarly J with, God yef vs vre ende gód · hwider þat he vs lende. On the other hand the scribe of D, regardless of the rhyme, can have meant only #lǣnde# in writing, wite whet he us lende, meaning, preserve what he has entrusted to us, i.e. our souls; the expression of a familiar idea as at 121/144; 127/339, 368, and similarly lenne in e _r. w._ þenne, must be taken to represent #lǣne#, _pr. s. subj._ of #lǣnan#. The meaning of L, with which E and M agree, is probably the same, but if #lende# means convey, then #wite# must have the rare sense of, see to it, provide, as in, ‘Wite ȝe þet ȝe ȝemen þenne halie sunnendei,’ OEH i. 11/28. It would seem that all the texts derive from a corrupt source; the author may have written ⁊ wite us þen we wende; comp. ‘For-þi er we wende. | Makie we us clene and skere. | Þat we englene ivere. | Mawe beon o buten ende,’ OEM 73/27-30; 21/116-17. 123. #uuel#: mistake for nule, due to the persistence of uuel from 121. 124. J reads, þat deþ cume to his dure. #him# is in L only: comp. 30/6. 125. Comp. ‘Mult avient sovent, | quant li mals le prent, | qu’il ne puet parler, | penitence prendre | ne le suen despendre, | partir ne doner,’ Reimpredigt 32/64. #itit#: bilimpeð D. 126. #for þi#: þi E e, with same meaning; D omits. #biet# is difficult; possibly it is a mistake for beiet, kneels; see 132/3; 143/84. For #bit ⁊ bet#, prays for pardon and amends, comp. 86/120. The variations in the MSS. here look like attempts to mend a faulty source. E, like T, has bit ⁊ beȝit ⁊ bet, prays for pardon, obtains it and amends: e has beot ⁊ beat ⁊ bit, the first verb probably from beoden, the second possibly for beȝat: þat bit ore J; þat ore bit M gives a good sense, but is plainly from the previous line. Finally the reading of D, ꝥ bit ⁊ bete ⁊ bet, suggests that the author wrote, þat beot bote ⁊ bet, that offers satisfaction and reforms; comp. 136/132, and for bet, 38/164. 127 T. #þe deað#: the article is often so prefixed in ME.; see NED. iii. 73 for examples. 128. #latheð#: leted E; leteþ e J M; uorlet D: probably the scribe of L meant to write lateð as in T, he does not elsewhere use th.