[2233] bi-lewen = bi-liuen = remain.
[2235]-8
Then quoth Judah, "It will go hard with us,
If we do not keep our agreement with him."
Famine increased, this corn is gone,
Jacob again biddeth them go again (to Egypt).
[2241]-2
Then quoth he, "When (since) it is necessary,
And I know no better plan."
[2249] God grant that he may be kindly disposed (towards you); eði-modes = eðe-moded (see [note] to l. 1584). [2252] ligt = soon; literally easily, without difficulty. [2254] Kind thought (natural affection) was in his heart then; ðag = ða = ðo = then, is necessary for the sense and the rhyme.