And Crist bad thaim thir feteles fille

Wit water, and thai did son his wille."

—(Met. Hom. p. 120.)

[562] set, made, formed. limed, daubed, pitched. [564] sperd, sparred, barred. See Orm. D. 261; H. i. 142, ii. 68; Havelok, 448. spere or sparre signifies also to lock, shut up. Chaucer, Troilus and Creseide, v. 455; Bone Florence, 1774. ðig = ðic, thick.

[566]

ðor buten noe(.) long swing he dreg.

Thereabout Noah endured long toil.

swing = swinc, toil, labour. [568] welken, pass away, literally to fade, wither; and usually applied to plants and flowers.

"It wites als gresse areli at dai,

Areli blomes and fares awai;