wið-ðuten [= wiðð-uten] ðo ðe cuden flen
= except those who could flee.
P. 26. l. [882] bat = bad = bead = literally offered, and hence restored. bat = bette occurs in Legends of Holy Rood for amended, restored, p. 210, l. 6. [886] Borwen, delivered, rescued, the p.p. of bergen (O.E. berȝe, berwen).
"Þis boc is ymad vor lewede men
vor vader and vor moder and vor oþer ken
Ham vor to berȝe vram alle manyere zen
þet in hare inwytte ne bleve no voul wen."
—(Ayenbite, p. 211.)
"And huo þat agelt ine enie of þe ilke hestes him ssel þer-of vor-þench, and him ssrive, and bidde God merci yef he wyle by yborȝe."—(Ibid. p. 1.) Orm uses berrȝhenn, to save, preserve, from which he forms the derivative berrhless, salvation. [888] feres wale, brave companions (allies). Wale signifies select, choice, worthy, and hence brave. See Gloss. to Allit. Poems, s.v. Wale.