"Ah wið se swiðe lufsume leores Ha leien, se rudie & se reade _i-litet_ (coloured) eauereach leor as lilie i-leid to rose, Þæt nawhit ne þuhte hit Þæt ha weren deade."—(St. Kath. l. 1432.) "Saide Laverd of Basan torne, torne sal I, In depnesse of þe se for-þi; Þat þi fote be _lited_ in blode o lim, Þe tunge of þi hundes fra faas of him."—(Ps. lxvii. 24.) P. 57. ll. 1975-8 He wept, and said that "wild beasts Have my son swallowed here." His clothes rent, in hair (cloth) shrouded, Long mourning and sorrow is him befallen. 1977 _haigre_. "Þai sal be, als þe appocalips spekes, In harde _hayres_ clende and in sekkes." —(Hampole's P. of C., 4530.) 1980 _hertedin_, consoled; literally encouraged him (to hope that his son was still alive). 1982 _herting_ = consolation. 1989 _skiuden_ for _skinden_ = went. 1992 They made quickly a gainful covenant. 1995 _wol_ = _wel_ = very. 1999, 2000 But he became then so naturally cold, To do such deed had he no power. 2004 The author of the poem seems to have confounded Potiphar with Poti-pherah, the priest of On. (See Gen. xli. 45.) P. 58. l. 2011 _an heg_ for _and heg_ = and high. 2015 _One and stille_, alone and secretly. 2019 Provided that he would with her wanton; _wile_ seems to be the same as _wigele_, to play, sport. May we not supply _plaige_, play, before _wile_? 2020 But what she desired was displeasing to him. 2024 But it was to him all alike displeasing. 2025 _tgeld_ = _tyeld_ = tent. Cf. _tilt_ (of a cart). 2030 _god_ = _goð_ = goes. 2031-2 And saith Joseph would do to her, What she might not prove (or bring) against him. 2031 _seið_, says. 2035-6 The blame is his, the right is hers, May God almighty discern the truth. _wite_, blame, still exists in _twit_; O.E. _at-wite_. P. 59. l. 2043 _chartre_ for _cwartre_ = prison. "Forr nass nohht Sannt Johan ȝët ta Intill _cwarrterrne_ worrpenn."—(Orm. ii. 270.) 2044 _in hagt_, in sorrow. We might translate ll. 2042-4 as follows:—"The gaoler did love him, and hath entrusted him the prison to live in care with the prisoners." 2045 _on-sagen_ = _un-sagen_ = O.E. _mis-saw_, opprobrious language. 2047 One that the king's cup presented (the butler). 2049-50 _onigt_ = _anigt_, by night; _o-frigt_ = _afrigt_, in fright, affrighted. 2054 Hard (troublesome) dreams would cause that (_i. e._ cause them to mourn). 2057 _softe or strong_ = pleasant or unpleasant. 2058 The interpretation will on (to) God belong. 2059 _win-tre_, a vine. "Me thoght I sagh a _win-tre_, A bogh þar was wit branches thre; O þis tre apon ilk bogh, Me thoght hang _winberis_ inogh."—(Cursor Mundi, fol. 26.) 2060 That had full grown boughs three; _waxen_ = full grown, explains Shakespear's _man of wax_. 2061 First it bloomed, and afterwards bore. 2062 Of the berries ripe became I aware. 2073 Present my petition (intercede for me) to Pharaoh; _herdne_ = _ernde_. Cf. O.E. _wordle_ = world.