[1021]. 'That sufferest undeserved jealousy (to exist).'
[1029]. after that, accordingly; his, its.
[1035]. See note to Bk. ii. 784.
[1046]. ordal, ordeal, trial by ordeal, i.e. by fire or water. See Thynne's Animadversions, ed. Furnivall, p. 66.
[1056]. wreigh, covered; A. S. wrāh; see wrīhen in Stratmann.
[1064]. shoures, assaults. Bell actually substitutes stouris, as being 'clearly the true reading.' But editors have no right to reject real words which they fail to understand. Shour sometimes means a shower of arrows or darts, an assault, &c.; cf. A.S. hildescūr, a flight of missiles. In fact, it recurs in this sense in Bk. iv. 47, where Bell again turns it into stoure, against authority.
[1067]. 'For it seemed to him not like (mere) strokes with a rod ... but he felt the very cramp of death.'
[1106]. al forgeve, all is forgiven. stint, stopped.
[1154]. bar him on honde, assured him.
[1177]. 'For a crime, there is mercy (to be had).'