1434 _sondes fare_, the journey of the messenger (Eliezer). 1437 _on felde_ = the O.E. _afelde_. 1439 _Eððede_ = _eðede_, alleviated, is connected with the O.E. _eþe_ (_eað_), easy, and literally signifies softened. 1440 _Of faiger waspene_, of fair form; _waspene_ is evidently an error for _wasteme_ or _wastene_. "He seh þeos seli meiden marherete ... þe schimede ant schan al of wlite (face) ant of _wastum_ (form)."—(Seinte Marherete, p. 2.) "In þis burh was wuniende a meiden swiðe ȝung of ȝeres, two wone of twenti, feir ant freolich o wlite & o _westum_."—(St Kath. p. 69.) 1442 _Here samening_, their union, intercourse. 1444 _And sge ne bi-spac him neuere a del._ And she contradicted him never a whit. _bispeke_ in O.E. also signifies to threaten. See Castle of Love, l. 221. P. 42. l. 1448 _Abraham dede hem siðen sundri wunen_, Abraham assigned them afterwards sundry abodes. 1456 _Him bi-stoden wurlike and wel_, Mourned for (bewailed) him worthily and well. See ll. 716, 3857. _wurlike_ = _wurðlike_, worthily. 1461-4 Long it was ere she him child bare, And he entreated God, when he became aware of it (_i.e._ that Rebekah was barren), That he should fulfil that promise, That he to Abraham erewhile made. 1463 _fillen_, to fulfil, accomplish. See Orm. i. 91. _quede_, promise, saying, is the same as the O.E. _quede_, a bequest, _quide_, a saying, from _queðe_, to say, still existing in _quoth_. See Laȝ. i. 38, 43; ii. 151, 197, 613 ; iii. 3; Orm. ii. 321. 1467-8 At one burden she bore Two, who were to her akin of blood. _sibbe blod_ = O.H.G. _sippe-bluot_, blood relatives. Perhaps this line was inserted by the author on account of the popular belief at this time, that the birth of twins was an indication of unfaithfulness on the part of the woman to her husband. 1469-71 Also it seemed to her day and night, As (though) they wrought in fight (struggling, conflict), Which of them should first be born. 1470 "And the children struggled together within her."—(Gen. xxv. 22.) The following curious paraphrase of this passage occurs in the Cursor Mundi, fol. 20b:—