P. 73. l. 2544 _hatel_, severe, cruel. See Gloss. to Allit. Poems, s. v. _Hatel_. 2546 _seli sið_, prosperity. 2547 Quoth (spoke) this king with them, secretly, in council. 2548 _michil sped_ = great speed, rapidly. 2553 _feten_ seems to be an error for _seten_, made. 2555 _vn-ðewed swinc_, unaccustomed (extraordinary) labour; _vn-ðewed_ also signifies immoral, wicked. See Orm. i. 74, Allit. Poems, B, l. 190. 2556 _fugel_ = _ful_, foul, loathsome. 2560 They caused them to creep along (or through) dikes; _dikes_ = O.E. _diches_, may here signify subterraneous passages, burrows; or perhaps _dikes_ = sewers, from the allusion to _muc_ and _fen_. "And Jhesus said to him, Foxes han _dichis_, or _borowis_, and briddis of the eir han nestis, but mannes sone hath not where he reste his heued."-(Wicliffe, St. Matt. viii. 20.) 2561-2 And wide about (through) the cities to go, And come where none had been before. 2564 _comb_, crest or top (?). 2567 _ðhogen_ = _ðogen_, throve. See l. 2542. P. 74. l. 2575 But they disobeyed from fear of God. 2578 They defended themselves with lies. 2581-2 God requited it these women well, On _their_ homes, _their_ wealth, _a_ happy time. _eddi sel_ is, literally, pleasant time, but may here denote prosperity, success, etc. 2583 _opelike_ = openlike, openly. 2588 _Abraham_ is an error for _Amram_, _i.e._ Amram was Moses' first name. 2590 _dreful and bleð_, sorrowful and afraid; _bleð_. In A.Sax. _bleað_ = gentle, slow; _blæt_ = miserable; the S.Sax. _blæð_ = destitute, poor; _bliðere_, cowardlier. 2594 Nor could she take him stealthily (secretly) of (from) the water; or _stelen_ may signify to still, to quiet. 2595 _rigesses_ = rushes. Cf. Sc. _reesk_, _reyss_. 2596 _terred_ = _tarred_, pitched. P. 75. l. 2609-10 God had such beauty him given, That the very foes let him live. 2611-5 Egypt's women came near, And bad _her_ leave the child there, But she took it away with a cry (scream); Of their command took she no heed. 2613-4 _he_ = _ghe_ = she. It cannot be the plural _he_ = they, for this would require _namen_ instead of _nam_. 2621 On whose _teat_ (paps) he soon hath seized. 2629 _on sunes stede_, instead of a son. See l. 2637. 2639 _ayne_ [= _ane_] _stund_, one minute. 2644 _ðis timing_ = this occurrence, this timely assistance. P. 76. l. 2647-8 If help had not run between This child had then soon been killed.