[203]. lust: imperative, as at l. 199; but Skeat, ‘I am pleased to tell,’ which would require me lust.
[208]. wune: miswritten for wunne as the rhyme shows. The original probably had ƿ̇unne, which the scribe of J copied as ynne.
[209]. me draȝe to, incline towards, act in accordance with. The physical sense, betake oneself, is seen in ‘þes duc mid his drihte; to þare sæ him droh,’ L 92, and intransitively at 32/47. Comp. also ‘heald þin cunde,’ follow thy nature, OEH ii. 31/6.
[210]. me, as in J, seems necessary as the object of schende, immediately before which it should be inserted.
[211] is formal; comp. ‘on me hit is isene,’ ON 367; ‘On þe hit is wel eþ sene,’ OEH ii. 255/5; Minot viii. 79 note. on me, in my case; for this use of on, comp. 155/94; similar is bi, 4/30. hit represents l. 212.
[212]. vor riȝte cunde, it is purely because of my nature that I am so keen.
[215], 216. Comp. 153/67, 68. to me ledeþ, lead against me, bring to attack me; comp. ‘Me þinkþ þu ledest ferde to me,’ ON 1672.
[220]. bi, near.
[221]. goþ: go might have been expected, as bigrede is subjunctive.
[222]. Riȝt so: comp. 153/76.