3489 _on_ = _one_. It may be an error for _oc_ = also. 3496 My vengeance is severe, my forbearance is long. 3497 _in idel_, in vain; _idel_ in O.E. signifies _empty_, _void_. 3498-3500 Nor swear it lyingly to defile in sport, Nor let thou my honour be lost in the fiend's tempting (_i. e._ in yielding to the devil's advice). P. 100. l. 3508 _for truke of_ = for failure of, for want of. 3515 Covet not thy neighbour's thing. 3518 Thou losest everlasting bliss. 3519 _figeren_ = _fiyeren_ = _feren_, afar. 3533 _nemeld_ = _nemend_ = _nemned_, named, appointed (?). P. 101. l. 3545-6 That mad folk there of day brought Hur (_i. e._ put Hur to death) and put Aaron in fear; 'to don of dawe' = to bringen of dage = put to death. (See Legend of St. Beket, l. 622; Allit. Poems, p. 9, l. 282.) "For quen the childe es born, sal I _Do it of daw_ sa priuely, That na wiht sal the squeling here, And delf it sithen in our herbere."—(Met. Hom. p. 167.) P. 102. l. 3573 _for gode_ is frequently employed by Chaucer. 3574 It is a song wicked and foolish. 3581-2 And mixed _it_ in _the_ water and poured it off, And gave that folk that draff (dregs) to drink. Cf. O.E. _draff_, chaff. "_Draffe_ or drosse, or mater stampyd, pilumen." (Prompt. Parv.) Cf. "_draf-sak_." (Chaucer.) 3583-4 Then wist he well who had done it (committed idolatry), Seen it (the dregs) was on their beards. 3603 _milche moð_ = _milce mod_, mild (merciful) mood. 3605-6 God answered, "Off shall I take them, Who are not _worthy_ to be placed thereon." 3607 _min engel on_, my angel alone. P. 103. l. 3611 _to pligt_, for _their_ sin. 3614 And as sun-beam bright shone his features. 3624 _wið witter dragt_, with skilful device. 3626 And their labour they well apply. 3635 _of lore wal_, of choice lore. 3637 _betten_ = _beten_, amend, from _bet_, better. 3640 Ere they from Sinai forth have passed. 3642 _ðe oðer_, the second. P. 104. l. 3647 This folk has after pleasure gone. 3653 Moses caused it to cease with his prayer. See note on _blissen_, p. 182. 3658 _for-hirked_ = _for-irked_, tired. 3661 _Loruerd_ = _louerd_, lord. 3664 Thou shalt cause me quickly to suffer death. 3676 And brought a great mint of quails; but _turles_ = _turtles_, doves. See Ayenbite of Inwyt, p. 181.