It seems to be sometimes mute after _-ed_, when _-ede_ forms part of a verb. See ll. 1396, 1433, etc. Attention to the metre may detect errors in the text. Thus, in l. 75, the word _dais_ is missing:— forð glód | ðat fír | me [dá | is] lígt || See l. 113, which proves the point. In l. 1846 the definite form of the adjective is required, and _strong_ should be _stronge_— ðe stróng | e gód | of ýs | raél || It has been noted that the first foot of a line sometimes consists of _one_ syllable only, and that one _accented_. By a bolder license, this is sometimes the case not only with the _first_ foot, but with _other_ feet, e.g. with the _third_ foot. Line 2572:— Q_u_an é | bru chíld | ſúld | be bóren || Again, with the _last_ foot, as in l. 3580, unless we read _duste_:— And ſtíred | it ál | to dúſt | ſir || Very many other curious variations occur, which the reader will probably observe for himself with some interest. Thus, in l. 60, just above cited, the question arises whether or not the _r_ in _werld_ was pronounced with so strong a _burr_ as to render the word _dissyllabic_, as is often the case in Scotch poetry with words containing _rl_, _rn_, etc. CONTRACTIONS USED IN THE GLOSSARY. A.S. Anglo-Saxon. Da. Danish. Du. Dutch. Allit. Poems, Early English Alliterative Poems (Ed. Morris). O.E. Old English. Prov. E. Provincial English. Fr. French. Fris. Frisian. Ger. German. Goth. Gothic. M.H.Ger. Middle High German. O.H.Ger. Old High German. Laȝ. Laȝamon's Brut (Ed. Sir F. Madden). Met. Hom. Metrical Homilies (Ed. Small). O.N. Old Norse. Orm. Ormulum. P. of C. Hampole's Pricke of Conscience (Ed. Morris). Prompt. Parv. Promptorium Parvulorum (Ed. Way). S.Sax. Semi-Saxon. Sw. Swedish. [1] My obligations to Mr Skeat (in whose accuracy and judgment I have the fullest confidence) are numerous; and I am indebted to him, among other obligations, for the description of the manuscript, and for some interesting remarks upon the metre of the poem. My thanks are also due to the Rev. J. R. Lumby, who most kindly and readily re-collated the text with the manuscript. [2] It is thus described—wrongly, of course, as to age—in the printed catalogue of the Corpus manuscripts:—"ccccxliv. A parchment book in 8vo., written in the xv. century, containing the history of Genesis and Exodus in Old English verse." [3] From lines 19-26 we might infer that our author intended to include in his song much more of the Bible narrative than we have in the present work. [4] Father, God of all things, Almighty Lord, highest of kings, Give thou me a propitious season (enable thou me successfully), to show this world's beginning, Thee, Lord God, to honour, whetherso I read or sing.