L.5.361KD.5.350 He trembledL.5.361: L alone reads trembled, though R has tremled and F tripplid. Most other B witnesses have some form of stombled. A corrector's <+> appears in the margin, though that possibly marks the scribe's spelling an for "and" later in the line. on þe thresshewolde · an threwe to þe erthe
M.5.361KD.5.350He ...stombledM.5.361: M's altered reading agrees with most B manuscripts. LR read trembled. on the thr.essh.folde and threw to þe erthe
Cr1.5.357KD.5.350 He stombled on þe threshold , & threwe to the earth
C.5.363KD.5.350 He stombled on þe threswold · and throwe to þe erthe
R.5.363KD.5.350 He tremledR.5.363: R's tremled is uniquely supported by L
(M having been altered once more to conform to the typical beta reading—for which, see
below); F reads tripplid while most betas offer the non-alliterating stombled. Among the A manuscripts, only Vernon offers a
viable reading, þrompelde, while the others attest various forms of stombled. As for the C version, though a few opt for stumblet, the majority attest thromblede. Based on its
alliterative pattern, this is presumably what Langland wrote originally, but the LR form is
almost certainly what it became in Bx. on þe threswolde
and threw to þe erthe .
F.5.360KD.5.350& tripplidtrippid on þe threshold / & ouer-threwh to grownde.