[St. 101]
p. 41, [l. 1165]. the gres, which word is here required by the rhyme, is, in the same way as in this passage, used for ‘battle-field,’ in Perceval, l. 1225 f.:
‘Hedes and helmys ther was,
I telle ȝow withowttene lese,
Many layde one the gresse,
And many brode schelde.’
[St. 102]
p. 42, [l. 1181]. For tynding of his hand = for fear of (= for) the beating (blows) of his hand. Schoolboy slang still keeps the word ’to tund’ = to beat with something flat.—Hall.
[St. 103]
p. 42, [l. 1193]. On this expression Skeat treats in Notes to P. Pl., p. 3987, to which note I refer the reader. Cf. Li B. Disc., l. 130 f. (Ritson, Rom. II. p. 6):