English of the XIVth Century: Illustrated by Notes, Grammatical and Philological, on Chaucer's Prologue and Knight's Tale : Designed to Serve as an Introduction to the Study of English LiteratureGinn, Heath & Company, 1872 - 313 pages |
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... Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A werte , and theron stood a tuft of heres , Reede as the berstles of a sowes eeres . His nose - thurles blake were and wyde . A swerd and bocler baar he by his side , His mouth as wyde was as a ...
... Upon the cop right of his nose he hade A werte , and theron stood a tuft of heres , Reede as the berstles of a sowes eeres . His nose - thurles blake were and wyde . A swerd and bocler baar he by his side , His mouth as wyde was as a ...
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adjective adverb anon Arcite Arcyte aventure berd 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 schort 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 Wel cowde weren weye whan Wiclif withouten wolde word wyde yeer
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