Þere was sembling i-now!
For it ne was non horse-knaue,
Þo þei sholden in honde haue,
Þat he ne kam þider, þe leyk to se:
Biforn here fet þanne lay a tre,
They begin to “put the stone.”
And putten[51] with a mikel ston
Þe starke laddes, ful god won.
HE “PUTS THE STONE” FURTHER THAN ANY.
Þe ston was mikel, and ek greth,