Altenglische Sprachproben: Nebst Einem Wörterbuche, Volume 2, Part 2Wiedmannsche Buchhandlung, 1885 - English language |
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Page 372 - He yexeth and he speketh thurgh the nose As he were on the quakke or on the pose.
Page 235 - Cristes curs mot he have that clepeth me gadelyng ! I am no worse gadelyng, ne no worse wight, But born of a lady, and geten of a knight.
Page 260 - Right as the Friday, sothly for to telle, Now it schyneth, now it reyneth faste, Right so gan gery Venus overcaste The hertes of hire folk, right as hir day Is gerful, right so chaungeth hire aray. 680 Selde is the Fryday al the wyke i-like.
Page 385 - Say, what was his song ? Hard ye not how he crakyd it ? Thre brefes to a long, iijus pastor.
Page 32 - And right anoon, ministres of that toun Han hent the carter, and so sore him pyned, And eek the hostiler so sore engyned, That thay biknewe hir wikkednesse anoon, And were an-hanged by the nekke-boon.
Page 139 - And she was clad in real habite grene; A fret of gold she hadde next her heer, And upon that a white...
Page 297 - I here by your clause. 4Cowthe ye by youre gramery . reche us a drynk I shuld be more mery. . Ye wote what I thynk. SECOND SHEPHERD. Have good aylle of Hely8, . bewar now, I wynk, For and thou drynk drely . in thy polle wylle it synk.
Page 402 - Pen scher pay out be schulderez with her scharp knyuez, Haled hem by a lyttel hole, to haue hole sydes...
Page 235 - Bi pate and by polle, To deuel ich hem tolyvre And take to tolle. The gedelynges were gedered 10 Of gonnylde gnoste, Palefreiours ant pages Ant boyes with boste, Alle weren yhaht Of an horse thoste: 15 The devel huem afretye, Rau other aroste! The shuppare...
Page 120 - Ther was also a DOCTOUR OF PHISIK, In al this world ne was ther non him lyk To speke of phisik and of surgerye : For he was groundud in astronomye. He kepte his pacient a ful gret del In houres by his magik naturel.