p. 33, l. 1145. «myghty men of honde.» So in l. 3029. The same phrase occurs in M.H.G. “ein helt «ze sînen handen»,” which is explained as meaning, “a hero [or one who becomes a hero] by the strength of his hands or arms.” See Jänicke’s note to «Biterolf», 5078, and Grimm’s «Grammatik», IV. 727 note. The expression seems to be originally French; cf. Méon, «Fabliaux», III. 478: “chevaliers «de sa main»”; «Renard», ed. Martin, l. 21409: “proedom «de sa main».” Cf. also «Roman des Eles», ed. Scheler, l. 433, where «main» is wrongly explained by the editor. p. 33, l. 1151. «plete», “plead.” The rhyme leads us to suppose that the author pronounced «ple»d«e», which indeed is the more common form. p. 33, l. 1154. «and» makes no sense here. «thenkes» must also be incorrect, the 3rd person present singular always terminating in «-eth» in this poem, and not in «-es». Read «as thenketh me»; «thenketh me» occurs in l. 465. p. 34, l. 1158. «pight», “pitched, fixed.” The infinitive mood is «picchen»; cf. O.Dutch «picken», O.Icel. «pikka», “pungere, pangere.” p. 34, l. 1159. In the French «Fierabras», l. 606 «et seq.», Oliver also assists the Saracen to put on his gear. This point is not mentioned in the Ashmolean version, see «Introduction», p. xxviii. p. 34, l. 1163. «worthed up», “became up, got up, mounted.” It is the past tense of the verb «worthen», O.E. «weorðan», “to become.” Another past tense of this verb is «worth», l. 1204. p. 34, l. 1164. «areest», or «arest» = “a rest, or support for the spear when [p116] couched for the attack” (Morris). Originally = “stoppage, waiting, readiness.” Cf. Mätzner’s «Wörterbuch», p. 107. p. 34, l. 1167. «as fire of thonder», cf. «dinte of thondir» in l. 1207. p. 34, l. 1168. «to-braste», “burst in pieces.” The prefix «to-», answering to Germ. «zer-», has the force of “in twain, asunder.” p. 34, l. 1170. «threste», O.E. «þr[^æ]stan», “premere, trudere.” The author probably pronounced «thraste», which will improve the rhyme. p. 34, ll. 1179–80. «upon the hede» (blank in MS) «the hede». This is evidently a mistake of the scribe; «sore», l. 1180, too, which does not rhyme with «crowne», is probably miswritten for «sone». The rhyme as well as the context shows that the true reading is: “Olyver him hitte again Upon the hede than fulle sone He carfe awaye with myght and mayne The cercle that sate uppon his crowne.” p. 34, l. 1182. About the «cercle», see Demay, «Le Costume de guerre», p. 132. “Non seulement le cône du heaume (helme) est bordé par ce cercle, mais il est parfois renforcé dans toute sa hauteur par deux arêtes placées l’une devant, l’autre derrière, ou par quatre bandes de métal ornementées (de verroteries), venant aboutir et se croiser à son sommet.”—«crowne» means the “tonsure of the head,” then topically “the skull or head.”