_wi_ = _wig_ = war. Cf. Semi-Sax. _wiȝe_, battle, conflict. (Laȝ. i. 201; ii. 260; iii. 5.) _wi-ax_, _wi-eax_, a battle-axe. (Laȝ. i. 67, 96, 166, 286.) 1855 _bi-speken_, blamed. Cf. _bi-spac_, l. 1444, p. 41. P. 54. l. 1872 _Gol prenes_ = _golde prenes_ = gold brooches. _Prene_ is connected with O.E. _preonne_, to sew up. (See O.E. Miscell, p. 172, l. 68.) Sc. _prin_, a pin. 1873-4 Deep he them buried under an oak, No covetousness made him weak (disobedient) in heart. 1877-8 For Solomon shall find them, And his temple deck withal. 1887 _merke dede_, set up a mark (monument). P. 55. ll. 1901-2 Of Edom so it was named then, For it was before called Bozra. 1906 _deden un-red_ = committed sin; _unred_, want of wisdom, miscounsel, folly, wickedness. (See Owl and Nightingale, 161.) "For _unræd_ is swiðe ræh (rash)."—(Laȝ. i. 278.) 1910 _Brictest of waspene_ (_wasteme_), brightest of form; _witter wune_ = skillwise, skilful, of good abilities. 1912 _vn-hillen & baren_, discover and lay bare (disclose); _vnhillen_ = O.E. _unhelen_. (See Surtees, Ps. xxviii. 9.) 1914 _wel-ðewed_, well conducted, well behaved. 1915 _for-ði wexem wið gret nið_; unless _wexem_ = _wex hem_, we should perhaps read, _for-ði he wexen wið gret nið_, Wherefore they increased in great envy (jealousy). _wið_ = in. 1919 _soren_ = _shorn_ = reaped. _Shear_ is still an E.Anglian term for to reap. "And I sal say til men _scherande_, Gaderes the darnel first in bande, And brennes it opon the land, And _scheres_ sithen the corn rathe, And bringes it unto my lathe." —(Met. Hom. p. 146.) 1920 _here_ = theirs. Cf. _ure_ = ours. 1923 _hu mai ðis sen_, how may this appear (be seen). 1928 _siðe_ = _siðen_ = afterwards. 1934 In Dothan he found them come. _sogt_ = sought = come, arrived? 1935 _fro feren_ = from afar. P. 56. l. 1942 _ðisternesse_ = _cisternesse_ = cistern. (See l. 1960.) Cistern occurs in the Middle High German Book of Genesis and Exodus, ed. Diemer, p. 75. "Nu sehet ze dem trômære, er bringet nivmare Slahen wir den selben hunt, Werfen in in der _zisterne_ grunt." 1942-4 In this pit, old and deep, Yet shall he be cast, naked and cold, What-so(ever) his dreams may signify. 1943 _wurðe_ = _wurð e_ = _wurð he_ (?) = he shall be. 1950 _derne sped_ = secret haste. I should prefer _derue sped_ = _derfe sped_, bold (wicked) haste. 1952 _spices ware_ = _spices-ware_ = spicery. 1958 Than he should there die in their power. 1961 _ðhogte swem_ = appeared grieved = was sorrowful. 1962-3 Believed him to be slain, set up a cry He will not cease, such sorrow he endured. 1962 _rem_, cry, outcry. "ðanne _remen_ he alle a _rem_, so hornes blast oðer belles drem (noise)." —(O.E. Miscell., p. 21.) 1967-8 In kid's blood they turned it, Then was there-on a piteous stain. 1968 _lit_ = stain.