OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
brinke (Kel. bringr = colliculus), 11472, 9275f, 
11170f. 
cake (Dan. kage, Swed. kaka), 4309 f, 13737 f. 
chaffare, 14696 f, 14751 f. 
cloke (M. Lat. cloca, Flem. klocke), 2001 f. 
clowde, 16268 f. 
cope, 15435 f. 
daggere (a thing to dag, or pierce, with, Sax. ending 
-ere ?), 14070, 113 f; dagger, 14245. 
deynté (Welsh dant — tooth; dantaidd, toothsome, 
Wedgewood), 4559, 5790, 9917. 
dogge (Jcel. doggr, Dutch dogghe), 6951, 9888. 
drake, 3576 f. 
felawé, 2550, 16512, 397f, 655f, 1527 f, 4248 f, 
4366 f, 6967 f, 16499 f. 
flaw, 650, 1194, 2626, 2657, 4257, 7605, 7624, 
7668, 16489, 16514, 16516, 16527, 16531. 
felàwé, 652, felawé, 892. 
gable (Goth. gibla, Germ. giebel, Dan. gavl), 3571 f. 
jade, 16298 f. ` 
knarre, 551 f. 
know-leche, 14441. (Canthe termination -lechebe the 
same as -lezzc in the Ormulum = there, to -ness ?) 
kyn-rede, 1288 f, 11047 f. 
marle ( Germ. mergel, Lat. marga, Fr. marne), 3460. 
rote, roote (Icel. rôt, Goth. vaurts), 13389, 2 f, 329 f, 
425 f. 
sculle (Old Germ. sciulla, Ang.-Sax. scell ?), 3933 f, 
4305 f. 
slynge (as if from Ang.-Saz. sling), 15240 f. 
snowte (Dan. snude, Swed. snyte), 14816 f; snowt, 
16391. = 
stalke (cel. stilkr, Swed. stjelk), 3917 f. 
tare, 1572 f. 
wyndòwe (Kel. vindauga, Dan. vindue, Swed. vin- 
döga), 3358 f, 3676 f, 3695 f. 
wyndow [e?], 3708, 3725, 3730, 3738. 
§ 19. The unaccented final e of nouns of French 
origin is sounded in Chaucer, as it is in French verse. 
Exceptions, however, are frequent. 
Arcite, 1579, 1582, ete. — Arcité, 1147, 1357, 2317. 
aunte, 5401. 
best, 7424, 9413, 10578, 
bille, 13585, 13591 f. [6616 f. 
' eause, 4142, 5705, 7056. 
centre, 10336. 
chambre, 1073. chambré, 9696. 
couche, 7351. 
cynamome, 3699. 
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dame, madame, 15382, 
16444, 16686. 
doute, 9959. 
Dyane, 2074, 2348, etc. 
eese, 971. 
egle, 2180, 10437. 
entente, 1489, 7138, 
14986, 7212 f, 8610 f, 
8737, 11934 f, etc. 
experience, 7099 f. 
face, 1580, 16252. 
feste, 908, 6660, 8067, 
8072, 8145, 8886. 
force, 3910. 
fortune, 15487, 15727, 
15943, 16209. 
grace, 16219, 3071 f, 
14132 f. 
haunche, 3279. 
herbe, 11344. 
heritage, 10046, 11867. 
homicide, 14978. 
hoste, oste, 753, 6868, 
16936. 
joye, 1873, 1875, 12507. 
juge, jugge, 12317, 12391, 
13540, 13573. 
male, 12494. 
manere, 10501 f, 11737 f. 
medecine, 10254. 
nece, 14511, 14536, 14744. 
persone, 15428. 
peyre, 4384. 
place, 7262, 9963. 
plante, 11344. 
pompe, 8804. 
regne, 4813. 
remembraunce, 9855. 
requeste, 8061 f. E 
Rome, 673 f, 4576, 5388, 
10545, etc. 
sauce, 129, 353. 
sege, 939. 
servise, 122. 
signe, 10024, 10087. 
: 461 
ma-damé, 11635, 11830, 
16456. 
Dyan, 2293. 
entent, 3173, 4567, 13234, 
5350 f, 15123 f. 
experiens,* 10112. 
faas,* 15117 f! 
fest, 6658. 
forcé, 3910; fors,* 7771, 
9171, 9709, 10214, 
10304, 13548, 13718 f. 
gracé, 1175, 6842 ; gras,* 
15242! 
host, ost, 829, 3116, 12591, 
12625; 11007, 12580, 
rh. wost; 16988, rh. 
gost. 
maner, 10452, 11742, 
[11745. 
persón, 10339. 
phisik, 413, 2762. 
placé, 15024. 
regné, 1626. 
request, 7980 f. 
Romé, 5386. 
* For other similar cases, see further on, $ 91, € 
