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The Lay of Havelok the Dane

Note 49 — PREFACE. (continued 2)

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Qu. so; see l. 991.

50 Qu. wit = with: miswritten owing to confusion of þ with ƿ (w)?

51 MS. pulten. But see ll. 1031, 1033, 1044, 1051, &c.

* For stareden we should perhaps read stradden; see the Glossary.

52 In the former edition— “ye”. But the y is not dotted, and it may be “ƿe.”

53 MS. speche. Read “speke,” as in l. 946.

54 Qu. shok or strok.

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