[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.