Sal it sattel and wit away."—(Met. Hom., p. 25.)
"When this was sayd, scho wyte away."—(Ibid., p. 169.)
[1054] quake is evidently an error for quate = wait, look for.
P. 31. l. [1055]
He ros, and lutte, and scroð him [hem?] wel.
He rose, and bowed, and urged (invited) them well.
He wisten him bergen fro ðe dead.
They wished to preserve him from death.
bergen is literally to preserve, but it may be here used passively, as the infinitive often is by O.E. writers, and we must then render the line as follows:—"They wished him to be preserved from death."