OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
hirself, 11717. . 
hirselve, 10698 f, 10732, 10951 f. 
hirselven, 11727, 11745, 16854. 
youreself, 1837, 9614, 10768, 14157. 
-yourselve, 8350, 10772. 
yourselven, 6809, 10556. 
hemself . (= themselves), 1256 ; ii. . 884; ; iii. 89. 
hemselfen, 11690. 
Demonstratives, and others. 
§ 47. 
that (S. neut. pet), definite article = the, as in “ that 
oon — that other," 1351, 1353, 7603, 9350, 9351, 
12151, 12152, 14222, etc., etc. 
tho (S. plural pa?) —those; oon of tho that, 2353. 
who ben tho that, ii. 354, 355. 
and tho were bent, 3246. 
tho wordes, 500, 10256. 
they (S. plural pa), 16, 40, 41, ete. (their and them 
do not occur). 
thi, 1755, should probably be thei (“gentil men 
thi were”). 
thes, plur. of this (S. pas), 2189, 10607. 
471 
1060, 2625, 2837, 4230, 
12138, 12209, 17119, ete. 
this, plur. of this, 
thesé (?) « e 9150, 11555, 11613, 14076, 
14307, - 14913, 15040, 
16687, 16688. 
thisé (?) * gd 9110. 
whos, genitive (S. hwees), 5062, 5438, 7350 ; iii. 176, 
178. 
everich = every, each; whan tweye han everich 
wounded other, ii. 327. 
everich wolde aske his oughne thing, iii. 370, ete. 
on, oon (S. án) = one, 3815 (“herd on crie"); 
2711 f, 343, 16470. 
0, oo, 343, 2735, 5985, 16470. 
non, noon (S. nan) :— non auditour, 596 ; noon harm, 
5256; noon deynteth morsel, 16321. 
no: — no cost, 192 ; no dore, 552, etc. 
plur. noon holy men, 178 ; noon countrefeted termes, 
13466; noon hasardoures, 14028. 
non dremes, 16455. 
noon, absolute form, 320, 344, eté., as in English. 
For some peculiar uses of pronouns, see further on, 
$$ 102, 103, 104. 
VERBS. 
- $48. Present Indicative. — The First Person 
. Singular of the Present Indicative terminates in é. 
I make, 895, 1735. I doute, 9315. 
` reeche, 1400. trowe, 10765. 
drede, 1595. thanke, 11616. 
— have, 1607. take, 12220. 
aske, 1741. pronounce, 13750. 
forgeve, 1820. stonde, 13806. 
knowe, 2113. preche, 13808, 13839. 
love, 2769, 12164. rekke, 13820. 
rede, 3073. telle, 13832. 
. warne, 3583, 13219. 
swelte, 3702. 
mene, 5061. 
beschrewe, 6427. 
wynne, 7014. 
desire, 8383. 
But, 
I bequethé, 2770. 
trow, 1803, 3665, 10527, 
17312. 
knokke, 14145. 
saye, 14146. 
wane, 14147. 
graunte, 14237. 
praye, 15429. 
etc., etc. 
I felé, 9332, 9338. 
hopé, 9548. 
redé, 14208. 
I answer, 4892. 
schrew, 7024. 
I fel, 2234 f? 
$ 49. The Second Person of the Present Indica- 
tive ends in -st as in modern English. But some- 
times in -s.* 
thou saist, 12408. 
thou sest, 13047. 
sclaundrest, 13623. 
discoverest, 13624. 
goddés of maydenes 
that myn hert has 
knowe, 2302. 
thou wytes, 4528. 
etc., etc. thou ne has, 5051. 
So, lixt (for ligst, A. S. lygst), what dos thou, 10241. 
7200, 7343. says thou, 12188. 
thou spekis, 12420. 
$50. The Third Person ends generally in -eth, 
th, occasionally in -es (is). 
priketh, 11. schyneth, 978. 
seith, 743. laugheth, 1496. 
takth, 5562, etc. 
bathis, 8961. 
* The second and third persons occasionally, but very 
rarely, end in Anglo-Saxon in is. 
