l. 57. m[=i]n [e,][.g]e, objective genitive, 'the fear of me.'
m[=a]re, neut. 'a greater thing,' 'something more important.'
l. 89. hwæs is governed by _[.g]iernde_, by 'attraction.'
l. 153. bel[=i]efan is a later form for _[.g]el[=i]efan_.
l. 200. fram mannum. _fram_ here, as usual, denotes the agent 'by' in passive constructions.
l. 202. wite. Compare Gr. 48. (3) and 49. (8).
From Ælfric's translation of the Book of Judges in Thwaites' Heptateuch.
l. 8. on[.g]inþ t[=o] [=a]l[=i]esenne, will release, _on[.g]innan_ is often used pleonastically in this way.
l. 35. Gaza [.g]eh[=a]ten. When a name together with _[.g]eh[=a]ten_ is put in apposition to another noun it is left undeclined, contrary to the general principle (Gr. 42. 6).
l. 41. sw[=a] sw[=a] h[=i]e belocenu w[=æ]ron, locked as they were.
l. 51. [.g]eworhte. We should expect _[.g]eworhtum_ (Gr. 42. 5). Perhaps the nom. is due to confusion with the construction with a relative clause--_þe of sinum [.g]eworhte sind_. { 95}
l. 74. Dagon [.g]eh[=a]ten. Compare l. 35. swelce, 'on the ground that'--'because (as they said).'
l. 87. forþ is often used pleonastically in this way with _mid_.
l. 2. h[=e]r sind, there are here. _h[=e]r_ is here used analogously to _þ[=æ]r_, as in II. 3 and the modern E. _there are_. Cp. also l. 12 below.
[.g]eþ[=e]odu, languages as the test of nationality. It is believed that Latin was still spoken as a living language by the Romanized Britons at the time of the venerable Bede (eighth century), from whose Church History this section was taken by the compilers of the Chronicle.
l. 5. Armenia is an error for _Armorica_.
l. 24. h[=e]r, at this date--at this place in the series of entries which constitute the Chronicle.
l. 26. Wyrt[.g]eorn is the regular development of an earlier *_Wurtigern_ from the British _Vortigern_.
l. 28. Ypwinesfl[=e]ot has not been identified; some say Ebbsfleet.
l. 45. Æ[.g]lesþrep, Aylesthorpe, a village near Aylesford.
l. 52. The diction of this passage, with its alliteration and simile, shows that it is taken from some old poem.
l. 62. mid Defena-s[.c][=i]re, literally 'together with Devonshire,' that is 'with a force of Devonshire men.'
l. 64. dux is here written instead of _ealdormann_. So also we find _rex_ for _cyning_.