460 
hondé, handé, 18788, 4033 f, 5808 f, 5909 f, 5962 f, 
5975 f, 6033 f, 7648 f, 11941 f, 12130 f, 15149 f, 
15405 f. 
heeth (S. hed), 6 f, 608 f, 3202 f. 
hen (S. henn), 178, 6694, 16925 (all rh. men). 
mark (S. marc), 12954. 
might * (S. miht, meaht, L. mihte, O. mihht, mihhte), 
1789, 2237, 2382, 4882, 7069, 12183, 12365, 
14708:— 962, 1152, 1609, 1858, 2114, 3080,. 
10624, 11914 (all rh. prom” — 539, 1878 (rh. 
wight), etc., etc. 
mighté, 10447 ? 
milk (S. mile, meole, L. mile, O. millc), 360, 3236, 
10928 (all rh. silk). 
night * (S. niht, L. niht, dat. nihte, O. nihht), 10, 23, 
1475, 1478, 9672 : — 1044, 16013 (rh. dight), etc. 
nighté, 16704: 12476 f, extremely doubtful. 
ok, ook (S. àc), 2292, 2923, 14180, 1704 f. 
queen (S. ewén, L. quen, quene, O. cwen), 1821, 
6443, 6481, 6598, 15199, 15201, 15210, 15839, etc. 
queené, 15834, 973 f, 4581 f, 4812 f, 6630 f, 
10110 f, 11358f, 13017 f, 14892f, 15834f, etc. 
sight (S. sih$, L. siht, dat. sihte, O. sihhpe), 10657, 
11470:— 3395, 11225 (rh. light): 7653, 10134 
(rh. knight): 8118 (rh. aright), etc. 
sighté, 2118, 2335, 3949, 8075, 10280. 
rest (S. rest, O. resste), 5161, 8036 (rh. lest, pres. 
tense) : 6083, 7906 (rh. chest) : 7077, 9736, 10669 
(rh. for the best) : 9005 (rh. the worthiest) : 14759 
(rh. Ais best): 8595 f? 6686f? 
reste, 822, 9729 :— 8617, 10920, 11548 (rh. 
leste, imperf.) : 8722 f? 9678f? 10693 f? 
soken (S. sócen), 3985. 
tow (S. tow), 5671. 
wight* (S. wiht, wuht, L. wiht, whit, O. wihht), 
1427, 2108, 2487, 9504, 11091, etc., ete. 
world * (S. weorold, L. weorld, weorlde, O. weorelld), 
176, 187, 414, 1267, 1306, 1326, 1362, 2589, 
9667, 11091. etc. 
worldé, 16151, 10376 ? 
-yng, termination (S. ung, ing). 
Nouns derived from Saxon feminine nouns in -ung, 
-ing, or formed in imitation of such, terminate in 
Layamon mostly in -ingé, rarely in -ing. In the 
Ormulum the termination is almost invariably -inng, 
but one or two have the nominative, and three or 
four an accusative, in -inngé. The more usual end- 
* See note on preceding page. 
OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
ing in Chaucer is certainly -yng. The termination 
-ynge occurs frequently at the end of a verse, and 
in most cases rhymed with an infinitive. 
axyng (S. ascung), 1828. 
begynnyng, 3009 (rh. thing). 
clothing, 8132. 
` comyng (S. cuming), 14461 (rh. thing). 
cónnyng (S. cunning), 5519. 
dwellyng, 6992 (rh. thing). 
fightyng (S. fihtung), 1658. 
hàngyng, 2460. 
harpyng (S. hearpung), 268. 
hüntyng (S. huntung), 191, 1689. 
lokyng (S. lócung), 2173, 3591. 
longyng (S. langung), 3679. 
makyng (S. macung), 449. 
offryng (S. offrung, Bosw.), 452. 
rennyng (S. rinnung), 553. 
smylyng, 119. 
teching (S. tecung), 520. 
wandryng, 469. 
wepyng, 2831. 
wonyng (S. wunung), 608. 
writyng (S. writung), 328 (rh. thing). 
wynnyng, 277 (rh. thing). 
But lernynge (S. leornung), 12281. 
turneynge, 2559. 
vanysschynge, 2362 (rh. plur. pres. indic.). 
walkynge, 10722. 
So carolynge, 13273. 
connynge (S. cunning), 15068. 
dawenynge (S. dagung), 4232, 16368. 
envenymynge, 9934. 
felynge, 16779. 
lyvynge, 14262. 
morwenynge, 16788. 
offrynge, 6897. 
rejoysynge, 17178. 
semynge, 15059. 
taryinge, 823. 
werkynge, 13043. 
all rhymed with infinitives, synge, brynge, iied 
sprynge, etc., etc., etc. 
$ 18. The following nouns, of etymons more or 
less uncertain, but mostly of undoubted Gothic origin, 
are found in Chaucer terminating in -ë. 
