[180]. iheiet ⁊ iheret: comp. 138/17.
Edition: ... E. E. T. S., O. S. 51.
E.E.T.S., O.S.
Phonology: ... u-umlaut of i
i misprinted as italic instead of bold
neomen 45 has å-umlaut of i
a-umlaut
ǣ1 is e in lefdi 7
æ1
Anglian nēst, WS. nīehst
W.S.
[XX. THE OWL AND THE NIGHTINGALE]
[Manuscripts:] i. Jesus College, Oxford, E 29 (J); see [p. 285]. ii. Cotton Caligula A 9, British Museum (C); see [p. 450]. They are copies of a common exemplar X, which was probably taken directly from the poet’s original. X was written by two scribes; the work of the first is represented in ll. 1-353 of the present selection; that of the second in ll. 354-437; the former was accustomed to French scribal methods. The writer of C was a mechanical copyist and not at home in English, consequently he reproduces X with tolerable accuracy. The scribe of J was more independent (see [p. 293]).
[Facsimile:] Of J. The Owl and the Nightingale, ed. J. E. Wells.