L.18.89KD.18.86 Þe blode spronge down by þe spere · & vnspered þe kniȝtes eyen
M.18.89KD.18.86The blood sprange doun by þe speere . and vnspered þe knyȝtes eiȝen
Cr1.18.89KD.18.86 The blud sprang doun bi þe spere , & vnsparrid his eine
W.18.89KD.18.86 The blood sprong doun by þe spere . and vnspered þe knyȝtes eiȝen
Hm.18.89KD.18.86 þe blood sprong doun by þe spere · & vnspered þe knyȝtes eiȝen ·
C.18.89KD.18.86 The blode spronge doun by þe sper · and vnspered hise eighe(n)
G.19.89KD.18.86 the bloode sprange downe by þe speyre / & vnsperred hys eyne
R.18.89KD.18.86 Þe blode sprange doune be þe spere & opned
R.18.89: Alpha
had lost the alliterating stave from the b-verse, substituting the common synonym opned for beta's vnspered. Cx reads
as beta. þe kniȝtes eyȝes .
F.14.89KD.18.86Þe blood spanF.14.89: Span, "gushed, spurted." doun by þe spere / & opnedF.14.89: Alpha had lost the alliterating stave from the b-verse, substituting the common synonym opned for vnspered. þe knyȝtes eyȝes.