"Manne frame = men's advantage."—(O.E. Miscell. p. 2, l. 39.)
"Jhesu, do me that for thi name
Me liketh to dreȝe pyne ant shame
That is thy (the?) soule note ant frame,
Ant make myn herte milde ant tame."—(Lyric Poetry, p. 71.)
He knowned (= knoweð) one ilc sterre name.
He alone knoweth each star's name.
[135] He settes = He set (placed) them. Cf. l. [156], where wroutis = wrought them. The pronoun is or es = them. See Prefaces to Ayenbite of Inwyt, O.E. Hom. 1st and 2nd SS. [136] ðis walkne went = this welkin's course. See l. [63]. [141] bi mannes tale = by man's reckoning. [143] egest = hegest = highest. ðe sunnes brigt = the sun's brightness. [145] moneð met, measure of a month. Cp. O.E. metwand. [148] Reke-fille (see l. [3136]) = reke-filleð (cp. O.E. winter-fylleð = October. See Menologium, p. 62, ed. Fox), April (the vapoury or watery month).