And sge ne bi-spac him neuere a del.
And she contradicted him never a whit.
bispeke in O.E. also signifies to threaten. See Castle of Love, l. 221.
P. 42. l. [1448]
Abraham dede hem siðen sundri wunen,
Abraham assigned them afterwards sundry abodes.
Him bi-stoden wurlike and wel,
Mourned for (bewailed) him worthily and well.
See ll. [716], [3857]. wurlike = wurðlike, worthily. [1461]-4 Long it was ere she him child bare, And he entreated God, when he became aware of it (i.e. that Rebekah was barren), That he should fulfil that promise, That he to Abraham erewhile made. [1463] fillen, to fulfil, accomplish. See Orm. i. 91. quede, promise, saying, is the same as the O.E. quede, a bequest, quide, a saying, from queðe, to say, still existing in quoth. See Laȝ. i. 38, 43; ii. 151, 197, 613 ; iii. 3; Orm. ii. 321.