Acc ȝatte hemm hĕre wille
& ȝatte þatt ȝho wollde ben
Rihht laȝhelike fesstnedd
Wiþþ macche, swa summ i þat ald
Wass laȝhe to ben fesstnedd."—(Orm. i. 80.)
"& þe king him ȝette
swa Hengist hit wolde."—(Laȝ. ii. 172.)
"& þe king him ȝette
al þat he ȝirnde."—(Laȝ. i. 189.)
See Seinte Marherete, p. 18. Allit. Poems, p. 17, l. 557. a = an = in. [637] men cleped = one calleth it; cleped = clepet = clepe + et; et = it. We have a similar construction in l. [1082]: