Note 183 — 21 THE MAID AND THE PALMER
Reading edition
Swedish F:
14 'And tell me how has it been with thy meat?' 'O I have eaten of almonds sweet.' 15 'And tell me how it has been with thy drink?' 'I have drunk both mead and wine, I think.' 16 'And tell me how was that bed of thine?' 'Oh I have rested on ermeline.'
Norwegian G:
13 'I have fed as well on herbage wild As others have fed on roast and broiled. 14 'I have rested as well on the hard, hard stone As others have rested on beds of down. 15 'I have drunk as well from the rippling rill As others that drank both wine and ale.'