456 
But woodé, 2932, 7755, 10727, 15742: wood, 
1620. 
"TIL 3. answar (S. andswaru, L. answare, O. annd- 
sware), 6492. 
lové (S. lufu, also, lufe, I. 3, L. lufe, love, O. lufe), 
260, 674, 6096, 6336, 14569. (5 cases.) 
But lové, 1137, 1756, 1807, 2226, 2262, 2308, 
2316, etc., etc. (17 cases.) 
wë 
$ 13. Many nouns which in Anglo-Saxon end in 
a consonant have in Chaucer the termination e, de- 
rived from an oblique case of the old inflection.* 
Two forms not infrequently occur; one with, and 
the other without, the vowel. By the dropping of 
this vowel in later English, the primitive form is 
restored. "Though this secondary, transitional form 
in e is found in Layamon and the Ormulum (quite 
frequently with Feminines of the second Saxon de- 
clension), yet it is by no means so common as in 
Chaucer.f 
$14. MASCULINES AND NEUTERS OF THE SECOND 
AND Tuirp DECLENSIONS. (IL 1, 2, IIL 1, 2.) 
bedde (S. bedd, n. L. bed, dat. bedde, O. bed, o 
bedde), to, 4157, 4158, 12069; in, 9925, etc. 
bed, to, 4217 f; in, 4204f; unto, 4256. 
berne (S. bern, n., L. bærne, O. berrne), on, 13812 f. 
bissemare (S. bismer,., bisemar, bisemere), of, 3963 f. 
bladde (S. bleed, n.), acc., 620 f. e 
borwe (S. borg, m., L. borh), to, 10910 f. 
botme (S. botm, m.), to, 13249. 
brede (S. bread, n., L. bred), of, 7422. 
brembre (S. brémber, m.), nom., 15157. 
bronde (S. brond, m., L. brond), out of, 15318 f. 
arme (S. earm, m.), 158, probably an error; 2918, 
should be armes. 
bore (S. bâr, m.), acc. 2072 f? 
* Afew familiar parallel formations in other modern 
languages may be mentioned. Lat. radix, Ital. radice; 
animal, animale ; cupido, cupidine ; imago, immagine ; nix, 
neve; latro, ladrone; honor, onore; libertas, libertate; 
voluptas, voluttate. So in eent Romaic, as com- 
pared with Greek:— Greek, Xaumás, Romaic, \aprdda; 
xn, xiva ` vv£, vókra. 
f As it is possible that some may think the forms in é 
of the Masculine and Neuter nouns to be oblique cases 
of a nominative, which (if it occurred) would be found 
to end in a consonant, the grammatical relations of these 
nouns are always indicated, but this (probably superflu- 
ous) trouble has not been taken with the Feminines. 
OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
carte (S. cret, n., L. carte, O. karrte), nom. 7123 ; 
upon, 2043; in, 10107. 
cart, nom. 16522; acc. 7121, 7136, 16533. 
childe (S. cild, n. L. child, childe, O. child, wipp 
childe), nom. 5339, 14980, 15217f; acc. 8459; 
with, 5140, etc. 
child, nom. 15221, 15938, 15241; acc. 8488, 
15768. 
corne (S. corn, n., L. O. corn), in, 14404 f. 
croppe (S. eropp, m.), in, 1534. 
cultre (S. culter n. (?)), nom. 3761, 3783, 3810. 
dale (S. del, n., L. dal, dale, O. dale), over, 15248 f ; 
donge (S. dung, m.), of, 16504. [in, 16309 f. 
dong, of, 532, 16534. : 
drynke (S. drinc, m., possibly also drinca, 1. 2, L. 
drinc, drinke, O. drinnc, drinnke), acc. 1617, 
3411, 4918, 7481, etc. 
feere (S. fær, m.), for, 2346, 2688, 2932, 7286. 
ferne (S. fearn, n.), of, 10569 f. 
folde (S. falud, fald), acc. 514f; in, 1310 f. 
foote (S. fot, m., L. fot, dat. fote, O. fot, with fote), 
on, 10704 f; acc. 11489. 
fyre, fuyre (S. fjr, n., L. fur, O. fir), on, 6553f, 
7564 f, 7704 f. 
fyr, nom. 2921, 2935, 2948; in, 2947 ; unto, 2952. 
gate (S. geat, n., L. zat, dat. zete, O. zate), nom. 
14144 f; at, 7163f. 
golde (S. gold, n., L. gold, dat. golde), with, 12138. - 
grave (S. græf, n.), in, 2780 f; to, 14080 f. 
grounde (S. grund, m., L. grund, grunde, O. grund, 
to grunde), to, 5573f; under, 11581f; unto, 
15086 f; to, 16533 f. 
grove (S. gref, n.), til, 1480; of, 1604; in, 2862; 
bisyde, 16309. 
grové, to, 1690. 
-hede (termination, S.-hád: L. child-hode, man-ede, 
occur in later text, O. mazzdenn-had, mazzp-had, 
but in L. and O. this termination is rare). 
bretherhede, with, 513. 
chapmanhede, in, 14649 f. 
childhede, in, 14912 f. 
falshede, on, 13101 ; for, 13202 f. 
manhede, of, 758 ; acc. 1287 f. 
. cole (S. côl, n., L. col, dat. cole), acc. 13088 f? nom. 
13124? of 12737 f, rh. vitriole, Fr. vitriol. 
derke (S. adj. dearc), in, 4336 f. 
domě (S. dôm, m., L. dom, dat. dome, O. dom), to, 
11240. 
. fisshe (S. fisc, m., L. fisc, fisce), to, 180, bad line. 
