[18] l. 49. rathely, quickly.

[19] l. 63. fee, beasts, cattle.

[20] l. 71. sekerly, truly.

[21] l. 79. ware, worse.

[22] l. 86. byrde, bride.

[23] l. 89. stead, place.

[24] l. 98. duleful, painful.

[25] l. 103. gone = go (old infinitive).

[26] l. 104. Middle-earth = Earth, the middle region in the old Northern cosmogony.

[27] l. 107. Thomas is here addressing the Virgin.