414 
hatede, 8607. 
wiste, 11801. 
schulde, 14233. 
come, 2577 (comé, 14184: 
com, sing. 14090). 
fille, 2668 f. 
songe, 9609 f, 11024 f. 
byhighte, 11639. 
Or, c, has no termination. 
schuld, 2543,4898, 14233. sawgh, saugh, seigh, 4638, 
cried, 2564. 7121,9565,9678,13034. 
besought (rh. nought), bigan (rh. man), 5767; by- 
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4116. gon, 7142. 
had, 5786. schon, 9000. 
sayd, 7872. wan, 11713. 
remued, 11517. sat, 14079. 
herd, 14251. com, 16473. 
used, 14910. fond, 16476. 
ran (rh. man), 16867. 
$ 56. The Singular of the Subjunctive, both Pres- 
ent and Imperfect, terminates uniformly in é through 
all the persons. 
a. Present. 
if gold ruste, 502. 
(the martir) quyte you, 772. 
(though) he have, 1323. 
how sore that me smerte, 1396. 
pray I that Arcita me bere, 2258. 
God spede yow, 2560, 771 f. 
God save yow, 2565. 
but if thou madde, 3158. 
(Crist) blesse this hous, 3484. 
if thou wreye me, 3507. 
though thou aske, 3557. 
(that non) ne speke, 3586. 
God forbede, 4337, 11914, 13303. 
or thou come, 4539. 
speke we, 5374, iii. 138. 
if it like to this companye, 6860. 
til it be so that thou forsake, 7104. 
if eny have, 7115. 
(we pray) that he the sende, 7528. 
God yelde yow, 7759. 
(it liketh) that I yow wedde, 8222. 
God schilde that it scholde so byfalle, 9108, 3427, 
14675, 14697. . 
though Theofrast liste lye, 9171. 
schapen that he faile, 9506. 
tyl myn herte breke, 10180. 
and if thou drede nought, 12405. 
sitte we doun, 13123. 
OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
bytyde what bytyde, 15282. 
to oure hihe goddis thanke we, 15683. 
as wis God helpe me, 16894. 
so sore that the bihove, ii. 344. 
he us bringe, iii. 187. 
Several of the above forms would, by the modern 
definitions, be assigned to the Imperative Mood, but 
etymologically that view would be incorrect. The 
Anglo-Saxon had Imperative forms for only the 
second person. Thus, go we, 14634, is expressed 
in Saxon with the subjunctive, gan we (Apollonius), 
when the auxiliary uton is not used. So, to-becume 
pin rice, geweorde pin willa, thy kingdom come, thy 
will be done. (Matthew vi.) 
Exceptions : no man ne draw, 2549. © 
havé thou ynough, 5911, 5918. 
God help me so, 16911. 
(I pray) that never dawé, 10069. 
b. Imperfect. 
and though the ones on a tyme mysfillé, 2390. 
that if so were that enything him smerté, 10879. s 
God schildé that he deydé, 3427. 
for haddé God comaundid, 5651. 
for though he weré strong, 16007. 
Exception: for if ther fellé to morwe such a caas, 2112. 
c. The Plural of the Subjunctive is in -em, e. 
or ye me sleen, 11634. or that ye breké, 11632. 
lest that thay deidin, 7483. 
$57. Imperative. 
In Anglo-Saxon the 2d person singular of the Im- 
perative consists of the root of the verb, and termi- 
nates, therefore, in what is called the characteristic 
consonant ; except that verbs whose infinitive is in -an 
(1st Conj., Ist class) have the Imperative sing. in a 
(as lufian, lufa), while those which have a double 
characteristic drop one of the consonants and replace 
it with an e (as sittan, site). The plural of the Im- ` 
perative is the same as that of the Indicative, and 
ends in ath (iath), when the pronoun or subject . 
goes before or is omitted, or in e, when the pro- 
noun which is the subject follows. 
In Chaucer, the Imperative exhibits considerable 
irregularity. The a of the Saxon Imperative sin- 
gular of the 1st Conj. becomes e, which e is some- 
times shortened or suppressed. The full plural form 
(in -eth) is of very frequent occurrence; but some- 
