Note 1153 — Chapter XV · THE NORMAN INVASION AND THE CAMPAIGN OF HASTINGS.[1055]
Reading edition
Ib. 11642.
“Ensemble vindrent al gravier,
Chescun armé sor son destrier.
Tuit orent ceintes les espées,
Et plain vindrent lances levées.”
The last word expresses the way of bearing the lance, not in the rest, but used overhand.