[10] ðund is evidently an error for gund = yond, yonder, over. Cp. gu for ðu, ll. [365], [366].
"& þeond þat lond he heom to-draf (B. & ouer al þat lond he drof heom)."—(Laȝ. i. 68.)
[12] earuermor = eauermor = evermore. [14] soðe-sagen = soðe-sage = sooth-saw = sooth-saying, true saying.
[15]-16
Cristene men ogen ben so fagen,
so fueles arn quan he it sen dagen.
Christian men ought to be as fain (glad)
As fowls (birds) are when they see it dawn.
[17] telled = telleð = telleth. [20] devil-dwale = devil-deceiver, devil-heretic = arch-deceiver, arch-heretic. See l. [67]. Cf. maȝȝstredwale = master heretic = arch-heretic, in the following passage:—
"Off all þis laþe læredd follc