The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury TalesClarendon Press, 1880 - 221 pages |
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Page xxxii
... ( Prol . 1. 47. ) In Anglo - Saxon , fader , brother , doughter , took no inflexion in the genitive singular : this explains such phrases as ' fader day , " ' fader soule , ' ' brother sone , ” ' doughter name . ' 2. The following phrases ...
... ( Prol . 1. 47. ) In Anglo - Saxon , fader , brother , doughter , took no inflexion in the genitive singular : this explains such phrases as ' fader day , " ' fader soule , ' ' brother sone , ” ' doughter name . ' 2. The following phrases ...
Page xxxiii
... ( Prol . 1. 9. ) Adjectives of more than one syllable , and dicatively , mostly drop the -e in the plural . adjectives used pre- Some few adjectives of Romance origin form the plural in -es ; as ' places delitables . * Occasionally the ...
... ( Prol . 1. 9. ) Adjectives of more than one syllable , and dicatively , mostly drop the -e in the plural . adjectives used pre- Some few adjectives of Romance origin form the plural in -es ; as ' places delitables . * Occasionally the ...
Page xxxv
... Prol . 1. 40. ) It is not used exactly as a relative , as in modern Eng- lish , but is joined with that ; as ' Hem whiche that wepith ; ' ' His love the which that he oweth . ' ( b ) What is occasionally used for why ( cp . Lat . quid ...
... Prol . 1. 40. ) It is not used exactly as a relative , as in modern Eng- lish , but is joined with that ; as ' Hem whiche that wepith ; ' ' His love the which that he oweth . ' ( b ) What is occasionally used for why ( cp . Lat . quid ...
Page xxxvi
... ( Prol . 1.741 ) = if that any one can read him . 8. Me and men are used like the French on , English one . Me , which must be distinguished from the dative me , was in use as an indefinite pronoun much later than is unusually considered ...
... ( Prol . 1.741 ) = if that any one can read him . 8. Me and men are used like the French on , English one . Me , which must be distinguished from the dative me , was in use as an indefinite pronoun much later than is unusually considered ...
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... Prol . l . 134. ) PARTICIPLES . 1. The present participle ends usually in -yng . The A. S. suffix was -ende , which is used by Gower ; but in the Southern dialect of Early English we finde -inde ↳ , which has evidently given rise to ...
... Prol . l . 134. ) PARTICIPLES . 1. The present participle ends usually in -yng . The A. S. suffix was -ende , which is used by Gower ; but in the Southern dialect of Early English we finde -inde ↳ , which has evidently given rise to ...
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