FOOTNOTES:
[374] tocherless = without a dowry.
[375] lee = calm, pleasant.
[376] rede = counsel.
[377] straik = stroke, as one might smooth over the top of a bushel of corn to make it bare measure.
[378] fur’ = furrow.
[379] owsen = oxen.
[380] yae = each.
[381] tett = tuft.
[382] tift = puff, whiff.
[383] bedone = adorned.
[384] deas = daïs, pew.
[385] cleiding = clothing.
[386] wame = womb.
[387] wood-wroth = mad with rage.