"Bute heore almesdede heore _ernde_ schal bere." But their alms-deed Shall intercede for them. —(O.E. Miscell. p. 164.) 2075 _kinde lond_, native land. 2076 And here wrongfully held in bond; _wrigteleslike_ = _wrigte-les-like_, fault-less-ly; _wrigte_ = _wrihhte_, a fault, crime. "For niss nohht Godess griþþ wiþþ þa Þatt wiþþrenn Godd onnȝæness, Acc helle-wawenn iss till þa All affterr þeȝȝre _wrihhte_."—(Orm. i. 136.) P. 60. l. 2077 _liðeð nu me_, listen now to me. 2078 _bread-lepes_ = bread-baskets. Cf. O.E. _bar-lepe_, a basket for keeping barley in. See Townley Myst., p. 329; Wicliffe, Exod. ii. 3. _Leep_, or baskett (lepp. K). Sporta, calathus, corbis.—(Prompt. Parv.) 2085-6 It were preferable to me (I had rather) quoth Joseph, Tell the meaning of pleasant dreams. 2086 _rechen_ = _recken_ = to tell, explain; _swep_ = force, stroke. Cf. the use of _bond_, _wold_, ll. 2114, 2122. 2088 _ben do[n] on rode_, be put on the cross (be crucified). 2089-90 And fowls shall tear away thy flesh, That no wealth shall be able to save thee. 2094 _wið-uten erd_, in _a_ foreign land. 2105 On a bush full grown and very beautiful (seasonable? well-seasoned, prime?). 2107 _welkede_ = withered. _drugte numen_, seized with drought (dryness). P. 61. l. 2114 Who could explain the meaning of these dreams. 2119 _ðo hogt_. Is _hogt_ an error for _logt_ = _lagt_, taken, or for _sogt_ = sought? 2122 _ðis dremes wold_ = this dream's meaning. _Wold_ signifies (1) power, (2) force, (3) meaning. 2130 _nedful_ = grievous; the O.E. _ned_ often signifies grief, trouble. 2132 _rospen and raken_, rasp and rake, diminish and scatter. The Swedish _raka_ signifies to clip, shave, shear. 2134 _laðes_, barns. (See note to l. 1919.) Chaucer uses the word in the Reve's Tale. "Berne or _lathe_, Horreum."—(Prompt. Parv.) 2136 _hungri gere_, famine years. 2146 _so to-bar_, so _falsely_ accused him. (See _baren_ in l. 1912.) In the Castle of Love _to-beren_ = disagree; _to-boren_, at enmity, l. 49. P. 62. l. 2153 The seven years of plenty pass away. Joseph himself knew how to provide beforehand. 2161 _for nede sogt_, _sought_, come by compulsion. (See l. 2165.) 2163 _he lutten him_, they did obeisance to him. 2167-8 Joseph knew them all in his thought (mind), He made as _if_ he knew them not. 2176 For hunger doth (causes) them (Jacob's sons) hither to come. 2178 _bi gure bering_, by your behaviour. 2181 For seldom betideth even any king. P. 63. l. 2190 _ða_ = _ðat_; _pore_ is evidently an error for _gure_ = your. 2191-2 For then was Joseph sore afraid That he were also through them deceived. 2196 _ðe ton_ = the one. 2198 _to wedde_ = in pledge, as hostage. "He said, 'Forsothe, a tokyne _to wedde_ Salle thou lefe with me.'"—(Sir Perceval of Galles, p. 19.) 2204 _Wrigtful_ = sinful. (See note to l. 2076.) 2209 For we denied him mercy; _werneden_ = denied, refused.