P. 44. l. 1514 _then_, an error for _ten_, to go. 1515 _in wis_, in wise, so that; but may we not read _in-wis_ = _i-wis_, indeed, truly? See l. 2521. 1518 _Holden wurðelike_, esteemed honourably, held in honour, respect; _a_ may be for _and_, or for _aa_ = _aye_, ever. 1519-20 A hundred times as much waxed his honour, So may God prosper where he will. 1521 _Niðede ðat folk_ [ðat] _him fel wel_, That folk envied him because he prospered. 1522 And made him change his abode; _flitten_ is to remove, to _flit_. "O land he (Noe) had ful grette plenté, For him and for his sons thre; Mast to tilth he gave him þan, To _flitt_ þe breres he bigan; Sua lang wit _flitting_ he þam sloght, Þat wine-treis he þam wroght." —(Cursor Mundi, fol. 13.) 1524 _trewðe fest_, _troth-fast_, pledged by troth or plighted faith; _fest_ has usually the sense of confirming, pledging, in O.E. "Þis neu forward (covenant) was _festened_ þan." —(Cursor Mundi, fol. 23.) 1527-28 And age came upon Isaac, _He_ became sightless and weak of (with) age. _elde swac_ = _eldes wac_, weak of (with) age. 1531 _ðat_, what. 1535 _brogtes_, brought them. 1536 And she well knew the father's choice; _kire_ answers exactly to the later gloss, _wune_ = what is chosen, selected; S. Sax. _cure_, choice. "Þer stoden in þere temple ten þusend monnen þet wes þe bezste _cure_ Of al Brut-londe."—Laȝ. i. 345. 1537 And made exceedingly good, or very opportunely, that meat; _on sele_ = _on-sele_, good, literally timely, opportunely; S.Sax. _on sele_, safely. See note on l. 1542. "Cnihtes fuseð me mid leteð slæpen þene king And fare we _on sele_."—Laȝ. i. 32. sæ-men æfter fóron flód-wége folc wæs _on salum_. _The_ sea men after marched the flood way _the_ folk prospered (was in prosperity). —(Cædmon, 184, 13.) 1539 Clothed she Jacob and made him rough. 1542 _seles mel_, an error for _selie mel_, good (timely) meal? Cf. _miries dale_ for _mirie dale_, l. 1038, p. 30. See Laȝ. i. 75; ii. 173. "And þas word saide Brutus þe _sele_ (the good)."—Laȝ. i. 30. "haueð mi fader bi þære sæ Castel swiðe _sæle_."—(_Ibid._ ii. 14.) 1544 For he handled him and found him rough. 1545 When he knew him, opportunely he blessed him, faithfully and well. _on gode sel_, in good time, opportunely. See note to l. 1542. P. 45. ll. 1547-8 Heaven's dew and earth's fatness, Abundance of wine and oil. 1550 Supply _and_ after _migt_. 1565-6 Quoth Esau, "right is his name Called Jacob, to my disadvantage." 1569-70 Nevertheless, dear father, intreat I thee That thou give me some blessing. 1573 _erðes smere_, earth's fatness; _smere_ is properly _fat_, grease, butter. In the Orm. ii. 106 it is used in the sense of ointment. 1574 granted him blessing that was precious to him; _gere_ is evidently an error for _dere_, beloved, dear, precious. 1575-6 For Idumea, that rich land, Of pasture good, was in his hand.