[126] "I wot," "I know," = truly, in sooth. The same in 5-2, 6-4, 7-4, 8-2.

[127] Part, separate. She does not yet know he is dead.

[128] Probably the distorted name of a town; a = in. "Cocks are crowing in merry--, and the wild-fowl announce the dawn."

[129] That die in childbirth.

[130] Margaret thus gives him back his troth-plight by "stroking" it upon the wand, much as savages and peasants believe they can rid themselves of a disease by rubbing the affected part with a stick or pebble and flinging the latter into the road.

[131] Gown.

[132] Mold, earth.

[133] But and==also.

[126] "I wot," "I know," = truly, in sooth. The same in 5-2, 6-4, 7-4, 8-2.

[127] Part, separate. She does not yet know he is dead.

[128] Probably the distorted name of a town; a = in. "Cocks are crowing in merry--, and the wild-fowl announce the dawn."

[129] That die in childbirth.

[130] Margaret thus gives him back his troth-plight by "stroking" it upon the wand, much as savages and peasants believe they can rid themselves of a disease by rubbing the affected part with a stick or pebble and flinging the latter into the road.

[131] Gown.

[132] Mold, earth.

[133] But and==also.