translation.en: 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.
translation.me: Sotheli the eldere men of his hows camen, and constreyneden hym bi meke preieris, that he schulde rise fro the erthe; and he nolde, nethir he eet mete with hem.