_drogen_ may be an error for _drogende_ = suffering. _sori_ as an adjective is not sorrowful, as most editors interpret the word, but heavy, painful, and hence anxious, etc. See l. 974. "Quen thai him (Jesus) missed, thai him soht Imang thair kith and fand him noht, And forthi Joseph and Mari War for him sorful and _sari_."—(Met. Hom. 108.) 978 _quemede hire list_, satisfied her desire. P. 29. l. 984 _folc frigti_, formidable folk, _frigti_ does not here signify, as in other parts of the poem, _afraid_, but _to be feared_. 991 _in sunder run_, secret speech or secret communing, private conversation. See O.E. Hom. 2nd S. p. 29. 1010 _ðe ton_ = the one. _ton_ = that one the first; _toðer_ = that other, the second. P. 30. l. 1019 _quamede_ = _quemede_, pleased. 1021-1024 Quoth this one, "this time next year, Shall I appear to thee here; By that time shall bliss befall Sarah, That she shall of a son conceive." 1026 _And it hire ðogte a selli ðhing_, And it appeared to her a marvellous thing. 1028 _on wane_, wanting one, _i.e._ one less. "In þis burh was wuniende a meiden swiðe ȝung of ȝeres, _two wone_ of twenti."—(St. Kath. 69.) 1032 _And it wurð soð binnen swilc sel_, And it became so (came to pass) within such time. 1035 _stelen_ = go away stealthily or secretly. 1036 _Ne min dede abraham helen_, Nor my deed from Abraham hide. 1037 _sinne dwale_ = complaint of sin (see l. 1220); _dwale_ may be taken as an adj. = grievous, mischievous. 1038 _miries dale_, an error for _mirie dale_ = pleasant dale. See l. 1121. 1039-40 _ðo adde abram-is herte sor, for loth his newe wunede ðor_, Then had Abraham's heart grief, For Lot, his nephew, dwelt there. 1041-4 "Lord," quoth he, "how shalt thou do (this), if thou shalt take vengeance thereon; shalt thou not the righteous protect (spare), or for them (for their sake) to the others mercy bear (show)?" _með beren_ = to bear mercy, to show mercy to. See ll. 1046, 1242. 1046 _Ic sal meðen ðe stede for ðo_, I shall have mercy upon the place for those (for their sake). _Meðen_ signifies to use gently, act with moderation towards any one, to compassionate, to show mercy to. (See Allit. Poems, p. 45, l. 247; p. 51, l. 436; p. 54, l. 565; O.E. Hom. 2nd S. p. 153.) 1049 _at-wot_, departed. There is no such verb as _æt-wítan_, to depart, in Bosworth's A.Sax. Dict. The only meaning given to _atwiten_ by Stratmann is to reproach, twit. _At-wot_ may be a blunder for _at-wond_, departed. See l. 3058. Laȝ. l. 87. We have the O.E. _at-flegen_, _at-gon_, _at-scape_, etc. The simple verb _wite_ is not uncommon in Early English authors. "The first dai sal al the se Boln and ris, and heyer be Than ani fel of al the land, . . . . . . . . . And als mikel the tother day Sal it sattel and _wit_ away."—(Met. Hom., p. 25.) "When this was sayd, scho _wyte_ away."—(_Ibid._, p. 169.) 1054 _quake_ is evidently an error for _quate_ = _wait_, look for.