[22] MS. biþ; of. l. 2470.
[23] MS. kaue.
[24] MS. “wepne bere,” where “bere” is redundant.
[25] MS. hede.
[26] Printed thus in the former edition:— “But to rewnesse him thit drow.” But the MS. has fo, not to, where fo is corruptly written for for, as in l. 1318; and the initial letter of the last syllable but one may be read as a Saxon w (ƿ), not a thorn-letter (þ). It merely repeats the idea in ll. 497, 498.
[27] Qu. mouth.
[28] MS. she.
[29] So in MS. Qu. þe.
HAVELOK IS TAKEN TO GRIM’S COTTAGE.
Hwan grim him hauede faste bounden,