Colbrond stirt vp in þat stounde,
To fiȝt he was ful felle.
He was so michel and so vnrede,
That no hors miȝt him lede,
In gest as y you telle.
So mani he hadde of armes gere,
Vnneþe a cart miȝt hem bere,
Þe Inglisse for to quelle.’
p. 45, [l. 1270]. he instead of him is remarkable; this personal construction, provided that it is right, would offer an analogue to I am wo instead of me is wo; cf. Kölbing’s note to Tristrem, l. 245.