Acc helle-wawenn iss till þa
All affterr þeȝȝre wrihhte."—(Orm. i. 136.)
P. 60. l. [2077] liðeð nu me, listen now to me. [2078] bread-lepes = bread-baskets. Cf. O.E. bar-lepe, a basket for keeping barley in. See Townley Myst., p. 329; Wicliffe, Exod. ii. 3. Leep, or baskett (lepp. K). Sporta, calathus, corbis.—(Prompt. Parv.)
[2085]-6
It were preferable to me (I had rather) quoth Joseph,
Tell the meaning of pleasant dreams.
[2086] rechen = recken = to tell, explain; swep = force, stroke. Cf. the use of bond, wold, ll. [2114], [2122]. [2088] ben do[n] on rode, be put on the cross (be crucified).
[2089]-90
And fowls shall tear away thy flesh,
That no wealth shall be able to save thee.