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Critical and Explanatory Notes. Pages 31—33, ll. 676—722. 91
1. 676. abide: See Darlington, The Folk Speech of South Cheshire,
p. 105.
I. 685. aferd : See ferd, 1. 17 of A Poem on the Times of Edward II.,
Gamelyn, 1. 854, and Skeat, pp. xii, xiii. aferd of: ‘ affected with fear on
account of.’ Cf. Diet, of the Kentish Dialect, etc., p. 2 ; Halliwell’s Diet.
With MS. D affred note the reading of Chaucer, The Shipman’s Tale,
1. 403: . , ,
this wit was not ajerde ne affraide.
Macbeth, I. iii. I. 96 : ‘ Nothing afeard of what thyself didst make.’
V. i. 41: ‘a soldier, and afeard.’
II. 689, also 309. mid iwisse : See Poema Morale, 11. 40, 141, 154, 375,
391 ; On god Ureisun of ure, Lefdi, 1. 6 ; De Muliere Samaritana, 11. 37,
53 ; mid nane jwisse, Poema Morale, 1. 236.
See Monograph of M. Jacoby, Vier me Gedichte aus dem 13, Jahrhun-
dert, p. 43, 1. 47 ; ‘po pi sone al mid iwisse.’
mid : occurs in Southern poems. See note to 1. 689 and Pearl, Ebt.
of Gl., and other Southern poems. For the W.S. mid cf. Miller’s well-
known discussion, Ikeda’s Eccls. History, pp. xliv., xlvii. See also com-
pounds of mid, ’per mid, etc.
Page 32,1. 692. Latin: MS. Ar reads : 1 S[e]c[un]dwm multitudunem
dolor[um] meor[um] in corde meo consolationes tue letificaueront airimam
meam.’
1. 693. pe: so in Ar is a copyist’s error.
1. 698, also 512 and 908. is, aboue; See sit aboue, 11. 54, 962, the
heavenly ruler symbolized through the attributes of an earthly monarch.
The conception is very old. a notable characteristic of the O.E. See
heofoncyning, Exodus, 1. 410; Elene, 1. 621 ; Heliand : hohon himile,
]. 656 ; bi himile themu hohon, 1. 1509 ; heah heofon, Genesis B, 476, 736 ;
Piddle 41, 1. 22. See the gloria in excelsis and modern hymnology, e. g.
Seagrave’s ;
‘ Rise, my soul, to seats prepared above,
Exalted high at God’s right hand.’
See illustrations from the M.E. collected by Schmirgel, p. xlix.
aboue : love: a rime exceedingly frequent everywhere, as Kolbing
notes, Sir Beues, A 1. 1837, and illustrates in tyomedon, A 1. 5. See
‘ Willie’s emblem,’ Shep. Cal. for March :
‘ To be wise, and eke to love
Is granted scarce to Gods above.’
L 705. Type A can be secured by the reading a^eines, but this form is
not justified by the MSS. The scansion is as in 1. 446 according to
type C.
1. 710. stounde : bounde: For rimes with stounde, see Schmirgel, pp.
Ixi, Ixii.
1.712. wole: owing to a scribe who has spoiled the form. Read
wille.
Page 33,1. 716. and : and is important to metre and sense, and
has the support of three MSS., viz. DPfB.
1. 721, also 1. 217. shed : O.E. gescead, 0.H.G-. sceit, N.E. shed, ‘choice.’
Cf. Kath. 1. 240 : ‘schead ba of god & of uvel, nis bitwenen }unc & hem
nan shed ’; Orrm.:
1. 5533 : ‘ pe fifte life iss shed & skill,
& weorelld like J>iness. ’
1. 12,336 : ‘ Innsihht & witt, & shoed, & skill' (see skifuilliche, 1. 173).
L 722. falshede: falseness in antithesis to sopnesse.
‘ Bitwene sofndsse • and falshede.’
1. 676. abide: See Darlington, The Folk Speech of South Cheshire,
p. 105.
I. 685. aferd : See ferd, 1. 17 of A Poem on the Times of Edward II.,
Gamelyn, 1. 854, and Skeat, pp. xii, xiii. aferd of: ‘ affected with fear on
account of.’ Cf. Diet, of the Kentish Dialect, etc., p. 2 ; Halliwell’s Diet.
With MS. D affred note the reading of Chaucer, The Shipman’s Tale,
1. 403: . , ,
this wit was not ajerde ne affraide.
Macbeth, I. iii. I. 96 : ‘ Nothing afeard of what thyself didst make.’
V. i. 41: ‘a soldier, and afeard.’
II. 689, also 309. mid iwisse : See Poema Morale, 11. 40, 141, 154, 375,
391 ; On god Ureisun of ure, Lefdi, 1. 6 ; De Muliere Samaritana, 11. 37,
53 ; mid nane jwisse, Poema Morale, 1. 236.
See Monograph of M. Jacoby, Vier me Gedichte aus dem 13, Jahrhun-
dert, p. 43, 1. 47 ; ‘po pi sone al mid iwisse.’
mid : occurs in Southern poems. See note to 1. 689 and Pearl, Ebt.
of Gl., and other Southern poems. For the W.S. mid cf. Miller’s well-
known discussion, Ikeda’s Eccls. History, pp. xliv., xlvii. See also com-
pounds of mid, ’per mid, etc.
Page 32,1. 692. Latin: MS. Ar reads : 1 S[e]c[un]dwm multitudunem
dolor[um] meor[um] in corde meo consolationes tue letificaueront airimam
meam.’
1. 693. pe: so in Ar is a copyist’s error.
1. 698, also 512 and 908. is, aboue; See sit aboue, 11. 54, 962, the
heavenly ruler symbolized through the attributes of an earthly monarch.
The conception is very old. a notable characteristic of the O.E. See
heofoncyning, Exodus, 1. 410; Elene, 1. 621 ; Heliand : hohon himile,
]. 656 ; bi himile themu hohon, 1. 1509 ; heah heofon, Genesis B, 476, 736 ;
Piddle 41, 1. 22. See the gloria in excelsis and modern hymnology, e. g.
Seagrave’s ;
‘ Rise, my soul, to seats prepared above,
Exalted high at God’s right hand.’
See illustrations from the M.E. collected by Schmirgel, p. xlix.
aboue : love: a rime exceedingly frequent everywhere, as Kolbing
notes, Sir Beues, A 1. 1837, and illustrates in tyomedon, A 1. 5. See
‘ Willie’s emblem,’ Shep. Cal. for March :
‘ To be wise, and eke to love
Is granted scarce to Gods above.’
L 705. Type A can be secured by the reading a^eines, but this form is
not justified by the MSS. The scansion is as in 1. 446 according to
type C.
1. 710. stounde : bounde: For rimes with stounde, see Schmirgel, pp.
Ixi, Ixii.
1.712. wole: owing to a scribe who has spoiled the form. Read
wille.
Page 33,1. 716. and : and is important to metre and sense, and
has the support of three MSS., viz. DPfB.
1. 721, also 1. 217. shed : O.E. gescead, 0.H.G-. sceit, N.E. shed, ‘choice.’
Cf. Kath. 1. 240 : ‘schead ba of god & of uvel, nis bitwenen }unc & hem
nan shed ’; Orrm.:
1. 5533 : ‘ pe fifte life iss shed & skill,
& weorelld like J>iness. ’
1. 12,336 : ‘ Innsihht & witt, & shoed, & skill' (see skifuilliche, 1. 173).
L 722. falshede: falseness in antithesis to sopnesse.
‘ Bitwene sofndsse • and falshede.’