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... forms Chaucer's English is closely allied to that of the Ormulum . In its spelling it shows the same French influence as the Ancren Riwle , only stronger . The two main changes that took place in the language itself during the ...
... forms Chaucer's English is closely allied to that of the Ormulum . In its spelling it shows the same French influence as the Ancren Riwle , only stronger . The two main changes that took place in the language itself during the ...
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... forms as fäder , heven , but kept short in the inflected forms fadres , hevnes , where the vowel is followed by two consonants . Long vowels were probably more or less shortened when unaccented , as in have when used as an auxiliary ...
... forms as fäder , heven , but kept short in the inflected forms fadres , hevnes , where the vowel is followed by two consonants . Long vowels were probably more or less shortened when unaccented , as in have when used as an auxiliary ...
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... forms , one with , the other without a final e ; such words are here , hēr , and there , ther . Other weak vowels besides e are dropt in some words . Thus the u in Jerusalem was silent , that is was contracted into that's , this is into ...
... forms , one with , the other without a final e ; such words are here , hēr , and there , ther . Other weak vowels besides e are dropt in some words . Thus the u in Jerusalem was silent , that is was contracted into that's , this is into ...
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... form the gen . plur . by adding es to the common case plural : - Sing . Com . foul ' bird ' Gen. foules Plur . Com . foules Gen. foules man mannes men mennes When -es rhymes on ys & c . , it is often written -ys . The e is often dropped ...
... form the gen . plur . by adding es to the common case plural : - Sing . Com . foul ' bird ' Gen. foules Plur . Com . foules Gen. foules man mannes men mennes When -es rhymes on ys & c . , it is often written -ys . The e is often dropped ...
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... form , which latter is formed by adding e , and a plur . formed also in e : Strong Sing . gōd Strong Plur . gōde Weak Sing . gōde Weak Plur . gōde The weak form is used after the definite article : the yonge sonne , and other ...
... form , which latter is formed by adding e , and a plur . formed also in e : Strong Sing . gōd Strong Plur . gōde Weak Sing . gōde Weak Plur . gōde The weak form is used after the definite article : the yonge sonne , and other ...
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alwey bēn Book C. S. JERRAM Canterbury Tales Chaucer Cicero courtepy Crown 8vo diphthong dōn ęch Edited by C. A. ęęk English foules French fynde GEORGE SAINTSBURY gōld gọn Grammar Greek gręęt grēne GUSTAVE MASSON hath heere HENRY SWEET herde herte heven hire hise hond Introduction and Notes kynde M.A. Extra fcap M.A. Second Edition māke maner męte Middle English Molière mỹ myghte Nātūre noght Novum Testamentum Graece nyght oother ōther pęs peyne pitee pleyn plur pret pronunciation quod rede ryght SAINTSBURY seyde seye seyn shal shē sholde shul sing sọ sorwe sōth spak spęke stiff covers swēte swich syllable thanne ther Third Edition thise thọ thogh thou thow thrē thurgh thỹ thyng trōuthe tyme unaccented untō verbs vowels W. W. SKEAT weel wēl wēl koude whan wolde words
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Page 85 - But al be that he was a philosophre, Yet hadde he but litel gold in cofre...
Page 83 - For if he yaf, he dorste make avaunt, He wiste that a man was repentaunt. For many a man so hard is of his herte, He may nat wepe al-thogh him sore smerte. 230 Therfore, in stede of weping and preyeres, Men moot yeve silver to the povre freres.
Page 74 - A knyght ther was, and that a worthy man, That fro the tyme that he first bigan To riden out, he loved chivalrie, Trouthe and honour, fredom and curteisie.
Page 72 - And bathed every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertu engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his sweete breeth Inspired hath in every holt and heeth The tendre croppes...
Page 72 - And specially, from every shires ende Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende, The holy blisful martir for to seke, That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke.
Page 81 - The reule of seint Maure or of seint Beneit, By-cause that it was old and som-del streit, This ilke monk leet olde thinges pace, And held after the newe world the space. He yaf nat of that text a pulled hen, That seith, that hunters been nat holy men...
Page 89 - And yet he was but esy of dispence ; He kepte that he wan in pestilence. For gold in phisik is a cordial ; Therfore he lovede gold in special.
Page 87 - Ful ofte tyme he was knyght of the shire. An anlaas and a gipser al of silk Heeng at his girdel, whit as morne milk. A shirreve hadde he been, and a countour. Was nowher swich a worthy vavasour. 360 An Haberdasshere and a Carpenter, A Webbe...
Page 91 - Up-on his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf, That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte; Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte; And this figure he added eek ther-to, That if gold ruste, what shal iren do?
Page 93 - Now is nat that of God a ful fair grace That swich a lewed mannes wit shal pace The wisdom of an heep of lerned men?