[161]. nond, aphetic form of anond, onond. The emendation appears to be justified by the reading of N, although this shortened form does not occur elsewhere. All the scribes seem to have been puzzled by the peculiar use of the word; N adds a gloss ‘also.’ T has dos hond to, sets his hand to; C omits. The word is adverbial, meaning likewise; a development of on efen, on a level with. He doth likewise the same thing, is a tautology characteristic of the writer: ‘il fet meismes ceste chose,’ F.
[162]. ꝥ he wule ꝥ, which he wills that it should burn: comp. 7/52: ‘le quel il vult qe arde en nostre queor,’ F.
[163]. ne geineð nawt, is of no avail.
[164]. nohtunge, depreciation: comp. ‘for noht oðer nohtunge,’ HM 9/1. But F interprets it otherwise, ‘ascune altre chose qe rien ne vaut.’ to hurten, may dash asunder: ‘par quey il seuerent lune de laltre,’ F. to hurren CT means, whirl asunder: comp. dialectal Danish hurre, dial. English hurr, to whirr round.
[165]. For frommard see 58/66. cwencheð should be cwenche or hurten, hurteð. An early instance of cwenchen, to be extinguished.
[166]. halden ham, let them, i.e. the brands, hold themselves firmly together.
[167]. ne—of, let them not heed; see 8/84. F has ‘⁊ ne lour seit a rien tout soffle lenemy.’
[168]. monie, i.e. brondes. iueiet, joined; corresponds to OE. gefēged, pp. of gefēgan: a favourite word of the author; comp. ‘iveied togederes,’ AR 26/9; ‘iueied somed,’ id. 308/17; ‘hope ⁊ dred beon euer iveied togederes,’ id. 336/9, 356/7. ontende: comp. 128/370; ‘of þeos two treon ȝe schulen ontenden fur of luue wiðinnen ower heorte,’ AR 402/7. For wið see 130/52: F has ‘nomeement ensemble. si plusours estes ensemble iointes ⁊ bien damur esprises,’ where the first ensemble is superfluous.
[170]. schriuen ham, let them make their confession: a new development in the meaning of the word: OE. scrīfan means, to hear confession, to impose penance (scrift). F has ‘Al prestre ia le plus tard ne se confessent souent,’ where the equivalent of noðeleater, nevertheless, is noteworthy.
[174]. se lengre se mare: ‘a touȝ iours · plus ⁊ plus,’ F.