1411-1442) is replete
with suggestions of walrus-hunting, seal-fishing,
harpooning
of sea-animals
(l.
Beowulf
, Gr., and E. take ān-paðas = paths wide enough for only one,
like Norwegian _einstig_; cf. stīge nearwe, just above. _Trail_ is the
meaning. Cf. enge ānpaðas, uncūð gelād, _Exod._ (Hunt), l. 58.
l. 1421. Cf. oncȳð, l. 831. The whole passage (ll.
1411-1442) is replete
with suggestions of walrus-hunting, seal-fishing,
harpooning
of sea-animals
(l.
1438), etc.
l. 1425. E. quotes from the 8th cent. Corpus Gloss., "_Falanx_ foeða."
l. 1428. For other mention of nicors, cf. ll. 422, 575, 846. E. remarks,
"it survives in the phrase 'Old Nick' ..
