161. #nond#, aphetic form of anond, onond. The emendation appears to be justified by the reading of N, although this shortened form does not occur elsewhere. All the scribes seem to have been puzzled by the peculiar use of the word; N adds a gloss ‘also.’ T has dos hond to, sets his hand to; C omits. The word is adverbial, meaning likewise; a development of #on efen#, on a level with. He doth likewise the same thing, is a tautology characteristic of the writer: ‘il fet meismes ceste chose,’ F. 162. #ꝥ he wule ꝥ#, which he wills that it should burn: comp. 7/52: ‘le quel il vult qe arde en n{ost}re queor,’ F. 163. #ne geineð nawt#, is of no avail. 164. #nohtunge#, depreciation: comp. ‘for noht oðer nohtunge,’ HM 9/1. But F interprets it otherwise, ‘ascune altre chose qe rien ne vaut.’ #to hurten#, may dash asunder: ‘par quey il seuerent lune de laltre,’ F. #to hurren# CT means, whirl asunder: comp. dialectal Danish hurre, dial. English hurr, to whirr round. 165. For #frommard# see 58/66. #cwencheð# should be cwenche or #hurten#, hurteð. An early instance of cwenchen, to be extinguished. 166. #halden ham#, let them, i.e. the brands, hold themselves firmly together. 167. #ne--of#, let them not heed; see 8/84. F has ‘⁊ ne lour seit a rien tout soffle lenemy.’ 168. #monie#, i.e. brondes. #iueiet#, joined; corresponds to OE. #gefēged#, _pp._ of #gefēgan#: a favourite word of the author; comp. ‘iveied togederes,’ AR 26/9; ‘iueied somed,’ id. 308/17; ‘hope ⁊ dred beon euer iveied togederes,’ id. 336/9, 356/7. #ontende#: comp. 128/370; ‘of þeos two treon ȝe schulen ontenden fur of luue wiðinnen ower heorte,’ AR 402/7. For #wið# see 130/52: F has ‘nomeem{en}t ensemble. si plusours estes ensemble iointes ⁊ bien dam{ur} esprises,’ where the first ensemble is superfluous. 170. #schriuen ham#, let them make their confession: a new development in the meaning of the word: OE. #scrīfan# means, to hear confession, to impose penance (#scrift#). F has ‘Al p{re}stre ia le plus tard ne se co{n}fessent souent,’ where the equivalent of #noðeleater#, nevertheless, is noteworthy. 174. #se lengre se mare#: ‘a touȝ iours · plus ⁊ plus,’ F. 177. #gruchesi#, a hitherto unrecorded form, means, like the other readings, to munch, nibble. It is related to #gruse# T as the mod. dialect. forms growdge (Lincs.), grouge (Notts) are to grouze, to eat noisily (mostly Lincs.): #gruselie# N may be represented by gruzzle, to eat voraciously (Lanark). Similarly OF. groucier is grutch in ME., in mod. dialects, grouse, to grumble. 178. #liht#, readily given by the mistress; comp. 48/312. F appears to have read liþ, ‘le conge gist en toutes choses la ou ny ad pecche.’