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... Press Series , from which I have also borrowed freely in the notes ; but I have had recourse to every historical and philological authority within my reach , in the hope of rendering this little work as perfect and useful as I could ...
... Press Series , from which I have also borrowed freely in the notes ; but I have had recourse to every historical and philological authority within my reach , in the hope of rendering this little work as perfect and useful as I could ...
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... Press Series ) ; but though he has consulted the last three also in cases of difficulty , he has found them of little real use . Chaucer himself seems to have had forebodings of the mutilations which were to befall his works , having ...
... Press Series ) ; but though he has consulted the last three also in cases of difficulty , he has found them of little real use . Chaucer himself seems to have had forebodings of the mutilations which were to befall his works , having ...
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... pres . , simulating the singular , owing to the fact of that being the plural inflexion of all three persons in the southern counties -ath in A. Sax . = And over his heed ther schyneth two figures . " Knightes Tale , 1185 , Harl . MS ...
... pres . , simulating the singular , owing to the fact of that being the plural inflexion of all three persons in the southern counties -ath in A. Sax . = And over his heed ther schyneth two figures . " Knightes Tale , 1185 , Harl . MS ...
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... pres . ind . am ; 2nd , art ; 3rd , is ; plur . been , aren , are ; past , was , wast , was , and were ; imp . sing . be , pl . beth ; p . part . ben , been . This , the " verb substantive , " is in fact made up of portions of three ...
... pres . ind . am ; 2nd , art ; 3rd , is ; plur . been , aren , are ; past , was , wast , was , and were ; imp . sing . be , pl . beth ; p . part . ben , been . This , the " verb substantive , " is in fact made up of portions of three ...
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... pres . oweth ; past , oughte , aughte ; pl . oughten , oughte . 7. Schal , shall ( compulsion ) ; pres . ind . sing . , 1st and 3rd , schal ; 2nd , schalt ; pl . schullen , schuln , schul ; past , schulde , scholde . 8. Thar , need ...
... pres . oweth ; past , oughte , aughte ; pl . oughten , oughte . 7. Schal , shall ( compulsion ) ; pres . ind . sing . , 1st and 3rd , schal ; 2nd , schalt ; pl . schullen , schuln , schul ; past , schulde , scholde . 8. Thar , need ...
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adjectives adverb allě alliterative verse attě berd bestě bettre But-if caas called Canterbury CANTERBURY TALES century Chaucer church clergy cloth boards Cotgrave court Courtepy couthe cowdě dative Daungerous Delite dictation exercise ecclesiastical England English Foolscap French words frendes gentil GEOFFREY CHAUCER German GRAMMAR gret haddě Harl heed hire hond inflections king Knightes Tale kouthe lady language Latin litel LONDON lord lovede maken maner meaning Mede mery mete modern monks morwe noble note on line O.Fr originally owně participle past tense person physician Piers Plowman pleyn plural poetry pres Prol Prologue pronounced Reader retained rime Robert of Gloucester rood Saxon schal sche schulde sense Seynt sounded Standard stoor strondes Swynk syllable Tabard tellě Teutonic Thanne ther therto Thomas Linacre thries Uppon verbs verse vileinye vowel weak verbs Wel cowde weren whan wolde worthi yonge
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