Of iwel and dead hem stondeð greim
Of evil and death they stand in awe.
A similar phrase occurs in l. [432], p. 13. The phrase stande awe is not uncommon in O.E. writers.
"Than sal be herd the blast of bem,
The demster sal com to dem,
That al thing of standes awe."
(i. e. stands in awe of.)
—(Met. Hom. p. xii.)
"For Crist com sal be sa bright