[945.] of alle men, &c. Comp. the Fr. l. 254.
Tant estoit franc & deboneire,
Que tuz voloit lur pleisir fere,
Pur la franchise q’il out.
[959.] Of him ful wide the word sprong. A phrase which from the Saxon times occurs repeatedly in all our old writers. A few examples may suffice.
Beowulf wæs breme,
Blæd wíde sprang.
Beowulf, ed. Thorpe, p. 2.
Welle wide sprong þas eorles word.
Laȝamon, l. 26242.