121-6. ‘Et bene chorus adveniens Angelorum militiae coelestis vocabulum accipit, qui et duci illo potenti in praelio, qui ad debellandas aëreas potestates apparuit, humiliter obsecundat. Deus . . . ad tutelam nostram constituit exercitus Angelorum,’ Bede, v. 235, 6. 123. #Alls# is shortened alse, as. #ȝæn . . . gast#: see 114/66, 73. 127-9: ‘Glorificant Angeli Deum pro nostro redemptione incarnatum, quia dum nos conspiciunt recipi, suum gaudent numerum impleri,’ Bede, v. 236. 132-5: ‘Gloria in altissimis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis,’ S. Luke ii. 14. 133. #griþþ ⁊ friþþ#: a frequent combination in O.; the words are synonyms, one Scandinavian, the other English: see 19/57 note. 136-8: that the angelic host was to be made up to its full number by the addition of holy souls, by which addition honour and glory in God’s presence should be as though it were increased, if indeed it were capable of increase. The explanation of this passage is helped by the parallel place, ll. 143-5: ‘Ȝiff--mihhte’ corresponds to l. 145. ‘quos infirmos prius abiectosque despexerant [Angeli], nascente in carne Domino iam socios venerantur,’ Bede, v. 236. 140. #soþ sahhtnesse#: see 84/50. 146-51: ‘qui cum pacem hominibus poscunt, exponunt et quibus, videlicet bonae voluntatis, hoc est eis qui suscipiunt natum Christum, non autem Herodi, pontificibus et Pharisaeis caeterisque antichristis, qui eius nativitate audita turbati sunt, eumque quantum valuere gladiis insecuti. _Non est enim pax impiis, dicit Dominus_,’ Bede, v. 236. 149. #Forrhoȝhenn# &c., despise and reject. 151. #wrihhte#, merit, lit. thing done: OE. #gewyrht#, from #wyrcan#: a _dat. pl._: comp. ‘⁊ he wass flemmd ⁊ drifenn ut | All affterr hise wrihhte,’ O. i. 286/8239, id. 147/4283. 154. #itt#: see 114/90. 155. #hise þannkess#, wilfully, of his own free will: see 10/167. 156. #himm lokenn#, keep watch over himself: see 4/20, 78/85. 158. #stannt . . . inn#: see 114/67 note. 165. #flocc#, company: a favourite word of the author’s: comp. 113/49, ‘þe laþe gastess flocc,’ O. i. 226/6546; ‘summ hæþene flocc,’ id. 344/9875. 167. #modiȝleȝȝc#, with same meaning as modiȝnesse, l. 165, but with Scand. suffix, leikr, leiki in Icel. forming abstracts. There are a good many instances in the MS. of -nesse corrected into -leȝȝc. #greditleȝȝc#: so MS., but the correct form is grediȝleȝȝc, as elsewhere in Orm. 170. #hewe#, form, appearance. 173. #hefennlike#: ‘Angeli corpora in quibus hominibus apparent, in superno aëre sumunt solidamque speciem ex coelesti elemento inducunt, per quam humanis obtutibus manifestius demonstrentur,’ Bede, viii. 294. f. 95 v ends with kinde, l. 174 is added on the margin, and the two leaves following are missing. _Cross-References_