[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.