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ADDITIONAL NOTES.
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In the same company of witnesses.] Sax. on þas ylcan gewitnesse, with this same witness, or evidence, i. e. with the same form of authentication, not in the presence of the same persons.
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ænigre wif handa - be þan libbenban - ofer hyra dæg.] The want of correspondence between the different clauses of this sentence, renders it somewhat obscure. The sense is probably correctly given by Mr. Manning.
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⁊ wif.] The ⁊ might be considered redundant; but "and if," or "an if," in the sense of if is not uncommon in our old writers.
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Worthy.] Sax. wyrþe, capable; dignus juxta leges.
