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Page 19
... spęke spak ; pl . spēken spoken stele stal stolen tere tar toren tręde trad troden weve waf woven wreke wroken , wręken come cam , cōm ; pl . camen comen ( nęme ) ( take ) nam , nôm nomen √ . ' Give ' -conjugation . gete gat geten C 2 ...
... spęke spak ; pl . spēken spoken stele stal stolen tere tar toren tręde trad troden weve waf woven wreke wroken , wręken come cam , cōm ; pl . camen comen ( nęme ) ( take ) nam , nôm nomen √ . ' Give ' -conjugation . gete gat geten C 2 ...
Page 26
... spęke , to Pitee ran i , al bespreynt with teres , to preyen hir on crueltē me awręke ; but er i myght with any word outbreke , or tellen any of my peynes smerte , i fond hir dęd and buried in an herte , Adoun i fel , whan that i saugh ...
... spęke , to Pitee ran i , al bespreynt with teres , to preyen hir on crueltē me awręke ; but er i myght with any word outbreke , or tellen any of my peynes smerte , i fond hir dęd and buried in an herte , Adoun i fel , whan that i saugh ...
Page 46
... spęke al this nat yoore agon it happede me for tō beholde upon a bōk was write with letteres olde , and therupon a certeyn thing to lerne the longe day ful faste i redde and yērne . 4 . For out of olde fēldes , as men sey , cometh al ...
... spęke al this nat yoore agon it happede me for tō beholde upon a bōk was write with letteres olde , and therupon a certeyn thing to lerne the longe day ful faste i redde and yērne . 4 . For out of olde fēldes , as men sey , cometh al ...
Page 59
... spęke and seye : ' Foules , tak hed of mỹ sentence , i preye ; and for youre ese in fortheryng of youre nede as faste as i may spęke i wol yow speede . 56 . Ye knowe wēl how Seynt Valentīnes day , by my statute and thurgh my governaunce ...
... spęke and seye : ' Foules , tak hed of mỹ sentence , i preye ; and for youre ese in fortheryng of youre nede as faste as i may spęke i wol yow speede . 56 . Ye knowe wēl how Seynt Valentīnes day , by my statute and thurgh my governaunce ...
Page 62
... spęke , i mōt for sorwe deye . 68 . Of long servyse avaunte i mē nothing but as possible is me to dye this day for wo , as he that hath ben languyssyng this twenty yeer , and as wēl happen may , a man may serven bet and more to pay in ...
... spęke , i mōt for sorwe deye . 68 . Of long servyse avaunte i mē nothing but as possible is me to dye this day for wo , as he that hath ben languyssyng this twenty yeer , and as wēl happen may , a man may serven bet and more to pay in ...
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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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