Chapter II: From the Gospel of St. Matthew

l. 1. th[=a]s m[=i]n word. Gr. 43. 8.

l. 16. [=a]weorpe. Gr. 49. (8).

l. 20. hit refers back to _s[=ae]d_, l. 18.

l. 22. [=u]p sprungenre sunnan. Gr. 41. 2.

l. 28. is [.g]eworden. An over-literal rendering of the Latin _factum est_.

l. 32. hine, reflexive, Gr. 19.

l. 40. t[=o] forbaernenne. We see here how out of the active 'in order to burn it' may be developed the passive 'in order that it may be burnt,' as in the modern E. 'a house to let.' Compare Gr. 50. 4, (1).

l. 52. on hiera fatu. Compare l. 137.

l. 60. [.g]ewordenre [.g]ecwidr[=ae]enne th[=ae]m wyrhtum. A very stiff adaptation of the ablative absolute of the original, 'conventione autem facta cum operariis.' _th[=ae]m wyrhtum_ is to be taken as a dative of the person affected (Gr. 41).

l. 67. dyde th[=ae]m sw[=a] [.g]el[=i]ce. The Latin has simply 'fecit similiter.' The sense is 'did like to it' (like his former proceeding), the _sw[=a]_ being pleonastic.

l. 86. thaet. Gr. 21.

l. 90. suna, dative, 'for his son.'

l. 106. [.g]iefth[=u]s. _h[=u]s_ must here be taken in the sense of 'hall,' 'chamber.' In Icelandic the plural _h[=u]s_ is regularly used to denote the group of buildings (often detached) constituting a house or homestead, the kitchen, for instance, which was originally detached, being still called _eldh[=u]s_ (fire-house).

l. 107. thaet h[=e] wolde ges[=e]on. This clause is due to a confusion of two constructions, (1) _h[=e] wolde [.g]es[=e]on_, (2) _thaet_ (in order that) _h[=e] [.g]e.s[=a]we_.