The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury TalesClarendon Press, 1880 - 221 pages |
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Page xxxviii
... STRONG VERBS . 1. These verbs have a change of vowel in the past tense , and the past participle ends in en or -ë ; as sterven , to die ; pret . starf ; p.p. storven or storve . ( See Participles , p . xxxix . 3. ) 2. Some few strong ...
... STRONG VERBS . 1. These verbs have a change of vowel in the past tense , and the past participle ends in en or -ë ; as sterven , to die ; pret . starf ; p.p. storven or storve . ( See Participles , p . xxxix . 3. ) 2. Some few strong ...
Page xxxix
... strong verbs in -en or -e . 3. The prefix y- or i- ( A.S. ge- ) occurs frequently before the past participle , as i - ronne ( run ) , i - falle ( fallen ) , & c . b The Northern form of the participle was -ande , -and , which ...
... strong verbs in -en or -e . 3. The prefix y- or i- ( A.S. ge- ) occurs frequently before the past participle , as i - ronne ( run ) , i - falle ( fallen ) , & c . b The Northern form of the participle was -ande , -and , which ...
Page xlv
... strong verbs ; as holpen , spoken ( Prol . ll . 18 , 31 ) . ( c ) Present and past tenses of plural verbs ; as makën , slepën , longën , werën ( Prol . ll . 9 , 10 , 12 , 29 ) ; besekën , makën , losten ( Knightes Tale , ll . 60 , 77 ...
... strong verbs ; as holpen , spoken ( Prol . ll . 18 , 31 ) . ( c ) Present and past tenses of plural verbs ; as makën , slepën , longën , werën ( Prol . ll . 9 , 10 , 12 , 29 ) ; besekën , makën , losten ( Knightes Tale , ll . 60 , 77 ...
Page xlvii
... strong verbs ; as ironnë , ifallë ( Prol . II . 8 , 25 ) ; dronkë , brokë ( Knightes Tale , ll . 404 , 406 , 877 ) . ( d ) of the past tense ( attached to -ed , -d , or -t ) . See P. xlv . ( e ) Of the subjunctive and optative moods ...
... strong verbs ; as ironnë , ifallë ( Prol . II . 8 , 25 ) ; dronkë , brokë ( Knightes Tale , ll . 404 , 406 , 877 ) . ( d ) of the past tense ( attached to -ed , -d , or -t ) . See P. xlv . ( e ) Of the subjunctive and optative moods ...
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... strong was as a champioun . He knew the tavernes wel in every toun , And everych hostiler and tappestere , Bet then a lazer , or a beggestere , For unto such a worthi man as he Acordede not , as by his faculté , To han with sike lazars ...
... strong was as a champioun . He knew the tavernes wel in every toun , And everych hostiler and tappestere , Bet then a lazer , or a beggestere , For unto such a worthi man as he Acordede not , as by his faculté , To han with sike lazars ...
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