[343]. nu ut quod strenðe is omitted by T.
[344]. ende: see 96/34. Nu nu quoð fearlaic . T.
[345]. lessere &c., inferior in importance to that of mirth’s messenger; so Morris, taking sondes as s. gen. balancing ‘mi’ after þen. T has sonden.
[346]. unbihefre: see 91/108. licwurðe ne icweme: comp. ‘Hesteres bone þe cwene was þe kinge Assuer licwurðe ⁊ icweme,’ AR 146/7, 120/25, 326/13.
[347]. ow: T adds quoð meað.
[349]. þah with nu, nevertheless at this time, on this occasion. T has, flutte nu þah fearlac.
[351]. ‘Forsitan tu admitteris si Desiderium vitae aeternae aliquando loqui cessaverit,’ V 209 d.
[352]. stutteð, ceases: a word characteristic of the group: comp. ‘þa ne cuðen ha neauer stutten hare cleappe,’ AR 72/14 (Corpus MS.); ‘Stute nu þenne ⁊ stew þe, | ⁊ stille þine wordes,’ SK 1529; ‘Wið þis ꝥ ha stutte stoden þe cwelleres,’ SJ 64/12; ‘stute nu ant stew þine unwittie wordes,’ SM 6/2: it is mostly used of cutting short a discourse: cognate with Du. stuiten (Franck), G. stutzen.
[353]. ituht efter, disciplined in conformity with: similarly don efter, l. 355, to behave in subservience to: comp. 106/197.
[355]. T has, se ful itohen ⁊ don al as ham luste ase wil hare lafdi ⁊ nawt ase wit ham tuhte; lustneð &c.