_lewse_, cf. O.E. _leswen_, to pasture; _lezzer_[398] (Shropshire), a pasture-land. (Wicliffe, 1 Kings xvi. 11; 1 Cor. ix. 7; Luke viii. 34.) "If ony man schal entre by me, he schal be saved; and he schal go yn, and schal go out, and he schal fynde _lesewis_." (Wicliffe, St John x. 9.) "Egipte aȝenst kynde of oþer londes haþ plenté of corn; he is bareyne of _lesue_, and whan he haþ plenté of _lesue_ it is bareyne of corn." (Trevisa's translation of Higden's Polychronicon, vol. 1, p. 131.) 1577-8 Quoth Esau, "_The time of_ mourning shall pass away, And _I_ shall take vengeance of (on) Jacob." 1577 _grot_ is a noun formed from the vb. to _grete_ (to weep, mourn), just as _wop_ is from _wepe_ (weep). It is the same as the O.E. _gret_, _grete_, cry, outcry. P. 46. ll. 1583-4 "Be thou there," quoth she, "till Esau Appeased be, who rages now." _Eðe-moðed_ (= _eðe-moded_) is literally easy-minded, humble, mild, and hence soft-mooded, appeased. S.Sax. _edmod_, _eadmodied_, _edmodie_. See Laȝ. ii. 554; Ancren Riwle, 246, 278. The insertion of _be_ is necessary to the metre as well as to the sense. 1588-9 Esau married _in order_ to annoy us When he allied (himself to kin of Canaan) and is so foolish. 1591-2 Wherefore he maketh him stubborn and strong, For he is mixed amongst that kin. 1594 _Ne bode ic no lengere werldes lif_, I could endure (abide) no longer world's life. 1605 _an soðe drem_, in true dream. 1606 _heuene bem_ = heaven-beam (?), the sun (?). 1610 _Lened_ = leaned; but the MS. also sanctions _leued_ = remained; _and [Jacob] wurð ut-suuen_, and Jacob became cast out of (aroused from) _his sleep_. 1615 _i_ = _ic_, I. It is common to find _i_ before _sal_, instead of the fuller _ic_. P. 47. l. 1620 _amongus_ = _amonges_ = amongst. 1621 _a-gen cumen_ = _agen-cumen_, return. 1623 _for muniging_ = for _a_ memorial. 1624 _And get on olige_ = and poured on oil; _olige_ = the O.E. _olie_, _elye_ = oil; _anelye_, to anoint. 1636 A well well-covered under a stone. 1638 _abiden_ (= abode) is the pret. pl. of _abide_. 1641 _sulden samen_ = should assemble. 1649 _Iacob wið hire wente ðat ston_, Jacob for her removed that stone. _wið_ in O.E. signifies in, for, against, etc. 1651-2 And he made known he was her aunt's son, And kissed her after kins-wise (as a relative). _mouies_ is properly a female relative; S.Sax. _mawe_, _moȝe_, _mowe_, and must be distinguished from _mæi_, _mey_, _may_, etc., a male relative. "Þis ȝet þuncheð me wurst þæt tu þe ane hauest ouergan þi feder ant ti moder, _meies_ ba ant _mehen_." (St Marherete, p. 16.) "Nu is afered of þe þi _mei_ and þi _mowe_; Alle heo wereð þe weden þat er weren þin owe."—(O.E. Miscell. p. 178.) We occasionally, as in this instance, meet with the word in a more limited sense. "Annd hire _meȝhe_ Elysabaeþ Wass gladd inoh & bliþe Off hire dere child Iohan, And lefliȝ ȝho himm fedd."—(Orm. i. 109.)