lines of Old French literature". The identity of the verb is debated: early editors read , but a reexamination of the manuscript by Learned (1941) revealed that the copyist originally wrote . Scholars disagree about whether the line turning the ⟨r⟩ into an ⟨n⟩ was an inadvertent ink smudge or a deliberate correction by the copyist. Several interpretations have been proposed for both readings, including: : "reunites, assembles", "affirms" : "hardens", "adores", "endures" Scholars further disagree about whether the possessive adjective in refers to Eulalia or to Maximian, and about the nature of this . Questions also surround the syntactic construction of the line, as well as the interpretation of the verse within the context of the Sequence. The following examples illustrate the variety of translations suggested for this verse: "" "" "She steeled her soul (she strengthened herself inwardly)" "That she worship his false god" "" See also Oaths of Strasbourg Notes References Further reading Jeanette M. A. Beer (1989). "Eulalie, La Séquence de Ste.". Dictionary of the Middle Ages. Vol. 4. External links Cantilène de sainte Eulalie from the Bibliothèque municipale de Valenciennes Old French Online (B. Bauer and J. Slocum), Lesson 4: La Cantilène de Sainte Eulalie Bibliographie de la Cantilène de Sainte Eulalie (Yves Chartier) Medieval poetry Medieval French literature Christian hagiography Walloon culture History of Wallonia 9th-century poems Works set in the 4th century Diocletianic Persecution