Chaucer's Prologue and Knightes Tale: With Grammatical and Philological Notes. Designed to Serve as an Introduction to the Study of English LiteratureGinn & Company, 1904 |
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... - Saxon ever fully conformed to the cumbrous inflections of the written language . The fol- lowing brief sketch gives an outline of the grammar of Chaucer . - NOUNS . Singular . - The nominative answers to INTRODUCTION . xi.
... - Saxon ever fully conformed to the cumbrous inflections of the written language . The fol- lowing brief sketch gives an outline of the grammar of Chaucer . - NOUNS . Singular . - The nominative answers to INTRODUCTION . xi.
Page xiv
... softened and then silent . If it is found too difficult to give these sounds , read as in modern English , adding the final when necessary to the metre . CHAUCER . CHAUCER . THE PROLOGUE . WHAN that Aprille xiv INTRODUCTION .
... softened and then silent . If it is found too difficult to give these sounds , read as in modern English , adding the final when necessary to the metre . CHAUCER . CHAUCER . THE PROLOGUE . WHAN that Aprille xiv INTRODUCTION .
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... give them a relative force , e.g. , who that , why that , where that , when that , & c .; and by analogy also to other words , to render them more or less indefi- nite , as if that , though that , & c . When the original force of the ...
... give them a relative force , e.g. , who that , why that , where that , when that , & c .; and by analogy also to other words , to render them more or less indefi- nite , as if that , though that , & c . When the original force of the ...
Page 94
... gives the full form swa - leiks , in which swa is an old form of the relative pronoun preserved in so , whoso . The following pronominal roots are compounded with lic : i ( he ) ilke ( each ) . the who thilke . whilke ( which ) . swa ...
... gives the full form swa - leiks , in which swa is an old form of the relative pronoun preserved in so , whoso . The following pronominal roots are compounded with lic : i ( he ) ilke ( each ) . the who thilke . whilke ( which ) . swa ...
Page 95
... Give ' em to me . " This affords a good illustration of the growth of language ; the plural of the personal pronouns has disappeared , while its place has been filled by the plural of the definite article , for which we had no further ...
... Give ' em to me . " This affords a good illustration of the growth of language ; the plural of the personal pronouns has disappeared , while its place has been filled by the plural of the definite article , for which we had no further ...
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adjective adverb anon Arcite Arcyte aventure berd bigan byforn caas called Chaucer companye construction construed couthe dative denotes deth devyse doon doun Emelye English felawe force French genitive gerund gerundial Goth Gower gret grete hath heed heere heih hence herte highte hire hond idea infinitive inflection knight kyng lady Latin literally lord lovede lust lyve maken Mars meaning moche Morris nought noun original Palamon person pleyn plural preposition pret preterite prisoun pronoun refers romede ryde sayn Scan schal sche schortly schulde sense sentence seyde seyn Shak signified speke sterte subj subjunctive swerd tale Thanne Thebes ther Theseus thilke thincan thing thou toun trewe tyme Tyrwhitt reads unto usually verb Wedgwood weren weye whan Wiclif withouten wolde word wyde yeer
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