466 
the ferre leef, 3393. 
the deede sleep, 3643, 15524, 15535. 
the fourthe part, 4423, 9734. 
this weyke womman, 5352. 
the salte see, 5459, 5529. 
this glade folk, 5538, 8921. 
the same wise, 8549, 10438. 
thy borne man, 9664. 
the slakke skin, 9723. 
the smale wyket, 9919. 
thy fulle frend, 9940. 
this blinde knight, 10133, 13341 f. 
the quyke streete, 11806. 
the foule feend, 12633. 
his oughne sworne brother, 14119, 14222. 
this goode man, 14444. 
thin false querel, 15932. 
So, the foule feend, 12633. 
this grete wrong, 10228, 9201. 
the heighe God, 9199, 14048. 
his longe tale, 9531, 13149. 
his olde fader, 2840, 10133. 
the whiche brook, 3921, 6537. 
my whyte top, 3867, 4301, 17172. 
this wise philosophre, 14035, 9477. 
But these, and other similar forms, are not inserted 
in this list, because the indefinite forms have also, 
sometimes or always, a final e. 
$ 33. So, for the most part, the Definite Form of 
monosyllabic superlatives. 
dam beste begger, 252, 9542, 11043, 13408. 
atte (at the) beste, 29, 2209, 13403. 
his moste pryde, 897, 10614 f. 
pem leste weye, 1123, 8446 f, 11729. 
the leste strook, 1703. 
his firste purpos, 2544, 2989, 3687, 8621, 14441. 
his laste word, 2810, 13636. 
atte laste, 14793, 15009. 
the nexte way, 1415, 2367, 2369, 10075. 
the worste man, 14572, 9094. 
§ 34. Among Definite Forms of the Adjective are 
to be reckoned adjectives occuring in forms of ad- 
dress (as in Anglo-Saxon, leófa fader, etc.). 
false (S. fals), “ye, false harlot,” 4266, 4267, 16712. 
Indef. fals, 1132, 1155, 8876, 10453, 12956f, 13610. 
OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
goode (S. gôd), “ goode lemman,” 4245, 8728, 13650, 
16930, iii. 88, 89. —Indef. good, 514, 617, 618, 
652. 
But, “O good Constance,” 5237. 
leeve (S. ledf, L. lef, leve), “leeve brother,” 1186, 
7026, 14146, etc. 
stronge (S. strang, L. strong, stronge), “O stronge 
god," 2375. — Indef. strong, 752, 1058. 
yonge (S. geong, L. zung, zunge), “O yonge Hughe, 
15095. — Indef. yong, 79. d 
It is possible, however, that some of these forms 
belong under $ 50. 
” 
$ 35. The Definite Form of Adjectives of more 
than one syllable has not the final e. 
a. Comparatives and Superlatives. 
the bettir, 6153. . 
the ferther, 10100. 
the badder, 10538. 
the schortest, 858. 
the oldest, 914. 
the grettest, 4052, 6698, 11504, 14022. 
the wisest, 4052, 15641, 12895. 
the yongest, 9433, 14252, 15917. 
the hihest, 11373, 11789. 
the porest, 13865. S 
the fairest, 15637. 
b. Past Participles in -ed, -t, -en. 
the wenged, 1387. 
the clothred, 2747. 
the cursed, 4502, 4852, 4853, 5241, 5311, 5378, 
7235, 12758, 13155. 
his crouned, 10839. 
the burned, 11559. 
this sotted, 13269. 
this croked, 14176. 
these weddid, 14514. 
the burnischt, 16350. 
the broken, 1922. 
this dronken, 3152, 3911, 3147, 16967. 
c. Adjectives in -ed, -en, -ful, -isch, -ly, -y, etc. 
thy lewed, 3147, 13807. 
this naked, 10470. 
the sacred, 1923. 
this wicked, 4824, 5859, 8661. 
this wrecched, 2997, 4694, 5338, 5378, 8726. 
