AELFRIC'S COLLOQUY, AND THE A.-S. WORD ÆGYPE IN THE A.-S. PSALTER

In reference to MR. THORPE'S note (No. 15. p. 232.), I beg leave, with all possible respect and deference, to suggest that his joke is not quite *ad rem*.—What would do for a *beefsteak* does not help his *mistake*; for it is quite evident that sprote applies to fish-*swimming* and not to fish-*catching*; and I presume that "useful and sagacious" auxiliary, Dr. Kitchener himself, would hardly have ventured to deny that *fish* may *swim* quickly? Now let us try how MR. THORPE'S proposed *salice=wicker*, or *sallow*, with or without the *basket*, will suit the context. The fisherman is asked, "Q…