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tydinges. “musings, thoughts (that come to me), truths.” The full range of meanings in this context is not quite covered by the definitions given in the MED: tiding(e) (n.), senses 1 (“report”), 2 (“news”), and 4 (“events, occurrences”). The word echoes Fire and Ice (art. 21), line 4, where it means “news of one’s fate.”back to note source
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that ich noth hwenne. Not knowing the time of one’s death is frequently lamented in the Jesus 29 lyrics. Compare The Saws of Saint Bede (art. 4), lines 190–92; Death’s Wither-Clench (art. 7), lines 1–2; and The Proverbs of Alfred (art. 24), lines 103–12.back to note source
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That ich not hwider ich scal fare. Compare The Proverbs of Alfred (art. 24), lines 103–12; and also the Harley lyric A Winter’s Song, lines 17–18: “For Y not whider Y shal, / Ne hou longe her duelle” (CHMS, 2:230).back to note source