Wass cumenn ut of heoffne,

& all þatt hirdeflocc hemm sahh

& herrde whatt teȝȝ sungenn."—(Orm. i. 115.)

"He comuth with so gret here

Wondur is the ground may heom beore."—(Kyng Alys., p. 91, l. 2101.)

P. 52. l. [1797]-8

And Jacob sent far before

Him rich gifts, and sundry bearers.

[1798] loac = lac, loc, a gift, present.

"ðe riche reoðeren