Readings for line KD.16.165

L.16.173KD.16.165
Aȝeines deth and þe deuel · destruyed her botheres myȝtes
M.16.173KD.16.165
Aȝyeins deth and þe deuel . destruyed bothe hire miȝtes
Cr1.16.172KD.16.165
Against death & the deuel destroyed both her mights
W.16.173KD.16.165
Ayeins deeþ and þe deuel . destruyed hir boþeres myȝtes
Hm.16.172KD.16.165
aȝenst deeþ and þe deuyl · destruyed her boþersHm.16.172:her boþers, "the both of them." myhtes
C.16.135KD.16.165
Ayeins deth and the deuel · distroied hir bother myghtes
G.17.172KD.16.165
ageynst dethe & þe deuvell to dystroye bothe theyr myghtes
O.16.174KD.16.165
Aȝens þe deþ & þe deuel  distruyede her boþer myȝtes
R.16.173KD.16.165
Aȝeynes deth and þe deuel  destruyde þere beireR.16.173: According to OED2, s. v. bo (a. and pron.) and both (a. and adv.), R's unique form beire is a genitive plural form of bo (= "both"). So R's phrase, þere beire miȝtes, means the powers of both of them. Beta has bother(es) while F rewrites the line. miȝtes .
F.12.175KD.16.165-166
A-geyn deeþ & þe deuyl / þe day for þe nyght he made.F.12.175: F melded two lines into this one. Bx reads as follows:
Ayeins deeþ and þe deuel destruyed hir boþeres myȝtes
Deide and deeþ fordide and day of nyȝt made.