[2] Add 'at the work.'

[3] 'Diminished,' Gn.

[4] i.e., with precious stones. Kr. reads '(rattled strong
shields).'

[5] 'Gold,' Kr. 'Lord of the house,' Gn. Cf. W.

[6] The Bishop of Rome.


III.

Thén was in bliss the giver of treasure,
The battle-brave king. To him was new joy 195
Inspired in his soul; greatest of comforts
And highest of hopes was heaven's Defence.
Then gan he God's law by day and by night
Through gift of the Spirit with zeal proclaim,
And truly himself devoted he eagerly, 200
Gold-friend of men, to the service of God,
Spear-famed, unfaltering. Then found the ætheling,
Defence of his folk, through learned men,[1]
War-brave, spear-bold, in books of God,
Whére had been hanged with shouts of the host 205
On tree of the rood the Ruler of heaven
Through envy and hate, just ás the old fiend
Misled with his lies, the people deceived,
The race of the Jews, so that God himself