"ðe firſt moned and te firſt dai,
He ſag erðe drie & te water awai."—(Ibid., l. [615]-6.)
"ðin berg and tin werger ic ham."—(Ibid., l. [926].)
"at te welle[n]."—(Ibid., l. [2756].)
This practice is much more frequent in the Bestiary, which is a proof, perhaps, that the present poem has suffered somewhat in the course of transcription.
"neddre is te name."—(O.E. Miscellany, p. 5.)
"it is te ned."—(Ibid., p. 6.)
"ðis lif bitokneð ðe sti
ðat te neddre gangeð bi,
and tis is ðe ðirl of ðe ston,