Afore it be time to gone.’
9.
9.1 ‘lither,’ idle, wicked.
But up then rose that lither lad,
And did on hose and shoon;
A collar he cast upon his neck,
He seemed a gentleman.
10.
10.2 ‘thrilled,’ twirled or rattled; cp. ‘tirled at the pin,’ a stock ballad phrase (Scots).
And when he came to that lady’s chamber,