Cf. Laȝ. 130, "he fel iswowen;" i. 192, stille he was iswoȝen (the later copy reads iswoȝe).
Of his soule beð mikel hagt.
On his soul is much sorrow.—(See l. [2044], p. 59.)
The literal signification seems to be thought, care. (See Agte in l. [3384].)
P. 15. l. [490] or or, etc. = first ere, etc. = first before, etc. fen = mud, dirt.
"Man here is nathyng elles
Bot a foule slyme, wlatsom til men,
And a sekful of stynkand fen."
—(Hampole's P. of C., l. 566.)