[1470] and = an = in; or else figt must be an error for fagt = fought; and nigt = nagt. [1477] Ghe is evidently an error for ghet or get, yet. liues = alive. Cf. newes, anew, etc.
P. 43. l. [1484] swete mel, sweet meal (food), not sweet speech. "And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison."—(Gen. xxv. 28.) [1487] seð a mete, sod a meat. "sod pottage."—(Gen. xxv. 29.) [1493] mattilike weri = mattilike and weri, overcome (faint) and weary. Mattilike is connected with the O.E. mat, mote, faint, half dead. See Allit. Poems, p. 12, l. 386.
Iacob wurð war he was gredi,
Jacob became aware that he (Esau) was hungry.
—(See Gloss. s.v. Gredi.)
[1495]-6 "Brother," quoth he, "sell me those privileges Which are said to be the first (eldest) son's." [1499] bliðelike, quickly; blithelike has often this sense in O.E. writers. [1501] wurði wune, a worthy (high, great) privilege. [1503] offrende sel, offering time.
Was wune ben scrid semelike and wel,
Was wont to be clothed seemly and well.