English of the XIVth Century: Illustrated by Notes, Grammatical and Philological, on Chaucer's Prologue and Knight's Tale, Designed to Serve as an Introduction to the Study of English LiteratureGinn, Heath & Company, 1882 |
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adjective adverb anon Arcite Arcyte aventure berd biforn called Chaucer companye construction construed couthe dative denotes deth devyse doon doun Emelye English felawe force French genitive gerund gerundial Goth Gower gret grete hath heed heere heih hence herte highte hire hond idea infinitive inflection Julius Cæsar knight kyng lady Latin literally lord lovede lust lyve maken Mars meaning moche Morris nought noun original Palamon person pleyn plural preposition pret preterite prisoun pronoun refers romede ryde sayn Scan schal sche schortly schulde sense sentence seyde seyn Shak signified speke sterte subj subjunctive swerd tale Thanne Thebes ther Theseus thilke thincan thing thou toun trewe tyme Tyrwhitt reads unto usually verb Wedgwood weren weye whan Wiclif withouten wolde word wyde yeer
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Página 17 - He was short-sholdred, brood, a thikke knarre; Ther nas no dore that he nolde heve of harre, 550 Or breke it, at a rennyng, with his heed. His berd as any sowe or fox was reed, And therto brood as though it were a spade. Upon the cop...
Página 6 - Of prikyng and of huntyng for the hare Was al his lust, for no cost wolde he spare.
Página 3 - Syngynge he was, or floytynge, al the day; He was as fressh as is the monthe of May.
Página 15 - A good man was ther of religioun, And was a poure PERSOUN of a toun; But riche he was of holy thought and werk. He was also a lerned man, a clerk That Cristus gospel trewely wolde preche; His parischens devoutly wolde he teche. Benigne he was, and wonder diligent, And in adversite ful pacient; And such he was i-proved ofte sithes.
Página 10 - Sownynge in moral vertu was his speche, And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.
Página 15 - Up-on his feet, and in his hand a staf. This noble ensample to his sheep he yaf, That first he wroghte, and afterward he taughte ; Out of the gospel he tho wordes caughte; And this figure he added eek ther-to, That if gold ruste, what shal iren do?
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Página 3 - With lokkes crulle, as they were leyd in presse. Of twenty yeer of age he was, I gesse. Of his stature he was of evene lengthe, And wonderly deliver, and greet of strengthe.