Specimens of Early English: A New Edition, Revised for Third Time with Introduction, Notes, and Glossarial IndexClarendon Press, 1894 - English literature |
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... gode man . ' The plural is also denoted by a final e , as ' godë frendes . ' This e is often dropped towards the end of the fourteenth century . In Chaucer it disappears in words of more than one syllable , as ' mortal batailles . ' The ...
... gode man . ' The plural is also denoted by a final e , as ' godë frendes . ' This e is often dropped towards the end of the fourteenth century . In Chaucer it disappears in words of more than one syllable , as ' mortal batailles . ' The ...
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... gode dunt · þat duc Willam 3ef aday ; Vor pre stedes he slou · vnder him , as me say , Vorpriked , & uor - arnd ... Godes wille ydo . Vor þe wule pe men of pis lond pur hepene were , No lond , ne no folc⚫ azen hom in armes nere ; Ac nou ...
... gode dunt · þat duc Willam 3ef aday ; Vor pre stedes he slou · vnder him , as me say , Vorpriked , & uor - arnd ... Godes wille ydo . Vor þe wule pe men of pis lond pur hepene were , No lond , ne no folc⚫ azen hom in armes nere ; Ac nou ...
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... gode Margarete as is wille to [ him ] com , Pe eldore soster of þe tuo in spoushod he nom . Bi hire he adde an dozter suppe pe gode quene Mold , · 1 So in Hearne ; MS . ' feky . ' 231 235 240 245 • • Pat quene was of Engelond · as me 1 ...
... gode Margarete as is wille to [ him ] com , Pe eldore soster of þe tuo in spoushod he nom . Bi hire he adde an dozter suppe pe gode quene Mold , · 1 So in Hearne ; MS . ' feky . ' 231 235 240 245 • • Pat quene was of Engelond · as me 1 ...
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... erles eke & barons · þat he made here also , • • pozte þat hii ne come no3t mid gode rizte per - to , " 1 So in Hearne ; MS . At . ' . 270 275 • Hii rerde abbeis & priories vor hor sunnes po ΤΟ I. ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER .
... erles eke & barons · þat he made here also , • • pozte þat hii ne come no3t mid gode rizte per - to , " 1 So in Hearne ; MS . At . ' . 270 275 • Hii rerde abbeis & priories vor hor sunnes po ΤΟ I. ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER .
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... gode king · was 3ongost of echon . Doztren he adde al - so · Cecile het þat on pe eldoste , þat was at Cam⚫ nonne & abbesse . Constance pe oper was of Brutayne contesse , pe erles wif Alein · Adele 3ongost was , • To Steuene Bleis ...
... gode king · was 3ongost of echon . Doztren he adde al - so · Cecile het þat on pe eldoste , þat was at Cam⚫ nonne & abbesse . Constance pe oper was of Brutayne contesse , pe erles wif Alein · Adele 3ongost was , • To Steuene Bleis ...
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