He offered his prayer (in good time) opportunely.
P. 40. l. [1379] ilc on = each one.
Ne wor nogt so forð ðeuwe numen,
The custom had not been so forth (up to that time) practised.
[1388] bofte = bi-ofte, behoof; cf. O.E. byefþe, bi-ofþe. See l. [1408]. [1390] beges = bracelets, armlets, probably from A.Sax. bugan (= beogan), to bow, to bend. The original meaning of beg is crown. In Piers Ploughman 346, beighe signifies a collar. In the Middle High German version of the Book of Genesis (ed. Diemer) it is stated that Eliezer, for love, gave Rebekah
"Zwêne ôringe
und zuêne arm-pouge
ûz alrôteme golde."
[1391] ghe seems to be an error for he. [1394] kiddit = made it known, showed it. [1397] good grið = good entertainment. [1398] Him (the dative of the personal pronoun), for him.