The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury TalesClarendon Press, 1880 - 221 pages |
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... wolde . NEGATIVE VERBS . Nam , nys , -am not , is not ; nas , nere , = was not , were not ; nath = hath not ; nadde , nad , = had not ; nylle , nyl = will not ; nolde = would not ; nat , not , noot , = knows not ; nost = knowest not ...
... wolde . NEGATIVE VERBS . Nam , nys , -am not , is not ; nas , nere , = was not , were not ; nath = hath not ; nadde , nad , = had not ; nylle , nyl = will not ; nolde = would not ; nat , not , noot , = knows not ; nost = knowest not ...
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... wolde he snyb | bë scharp | ly for | the nones . A bet tre preest | I trowe | ther no wher non is . ' The answere of this | I le të to | divinis . But wel I woot | that in I ( Prol . 11. 523-4 . ) this world | gret pyne is ...
... wolde he snyb | bë scharp | ly for | the nones . A bet tre preest | I trowe | ther no wher non is . ' The answere of this | I le të to | divinis . But wel I woot | that in I ( Prol . 11. 523-4 . ) this world | gret pyne is ...
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... wolde , bleddë , feddë , weptë ( Prol . ll . 78 , 94 , 145 , 146 , 148. ) = -ede seems to have been pronounced in Chaucer's time as -ed ; as lovede loved ( Prol . 1. 97 ) ; so wypede in 1. 133 of Prologue must be pronounced wyped . In ...
... wolde , bleddë , feddë , weptë ( Prol . ll . 78 , 94 , 145 , 146 , 148. ) = -ede seems to have been pronounced in Chaucer's time as -ed ; as lovede loved ( Prol . 1. 97 ) ; so wypede in 1. 133 of Prologue must be pronounced wyped . In ...
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... wolde he wepe he myghtë nought be stent . ' ( Knightes Tale , 1. 510. ) That in that grove he wolde him hyde al day . ' ( Ib . 1.623 . ) In all other cases b is regarded as a consonant INTRODUCTION . xlvii.
... wolde he wepe he myghtë nought be stent . ' ( Knightes Tale , 1. 510. ) That in that grove he wolde him hyde al day . ' ( Ib . 1.623 . ) In all other cases b is regarded as a consonant INTRODUCTION . xlvii.
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... wolde weepe if that sche sawe a mous Caught in a trappe , if it were deed or bledde . Of smale houndes hadde sche , that sche fedde With rosted flessh , or mylk and wastel breed . But sore wepte sche if oon of hem were deed , Or if men ...
... wolde weepe if that sche sawe a mous Caught in a trappe , if it were deed or bledde . Of smale houndes hadde sche , that sche fedde With rosted flessh , or mylk and wastel breed . But sore wepte sche if oon of hem were deed , Or if men ...
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