Readings for line KD.19.55

L.19.55KD.19.55
Þat longe hadde leyne bifore · as lucyferes cherles
M.19.55KD.19.55
Þat longe hadden leyn biforn . as luciferes cherles
Cr1.19.55KD.19.55
That longe had layne before , as Lucifers cherles
W.19.55KD.19.55
That longe hadde yleyen bifore . as Luciferis cherles
Hm.19.54KD.19.55
þat longe haddyn leyn byfore · as lucifer-isHm.19.54: For the his-genitive, see Tauno F. Mustanoja, A Middle English Syntax, Part I: Parts of Speech (Helsinki, 1960), 159-162. See also Hm.9.12. cherlysHm.19.54-73: A crude line drawing of a flower in pale brown ink appears in the right margin.
C.19.53KD.19.55
That lenge had leyne bifore ˜ as lucifers cherles
G.20.53KD.19.55
that long had lyene byfore / at lycyfers cherles
O.19.53KD.19.55
Þat longe hadden leyn bifore  as lucifers cherlis
R [Not found.]
F.15.56KD.19.55
Þat longe hadde leyn by-fore / as lucyferis chirlys.