& þer-fore, hende, now hoo!"
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XV.
The Green Knight rested on his axe,
The haþel heldet hym fro, & on his ax rested,
Sette þe schaft vpon schore, & to be scharp lened,
& loked to þe leude, þat on þe launde ȝede,
How þat doȝty dredles deruely þer stondeȝ,
Armed ful aȝleȝ; in hert hit hym lykeȝ.
þenn he meleȝ muryly, wyth a much steuen,