And the elders of his house arose, 'and stood' beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.
Soþeli þe eldere men of his hows camen, and constreyneden hym bi meke preieris, þat he schulde rise fro þe erþe; and he nolde, nethir he eet mete with hem.