OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
gliden, 9761 f. - 
abiden, 9762 f. 
clomben, 16684. 
withstonde, iii. 173. 
The contracted participle is in a few cases pro- 
tracted (?). 
sene, seene (S. segen), 
134 f, 594f, 926f, 
1967 f, 2300f, 10959 f. 
slayne (S.slegen), 14115. 
say occurs, iii. 101 (?) 
$ 62. Simple Perfect. 
The Perfect Participle of the Simple Conjugation 
requires no notice. Send, which has Imperfect sende, 
4134f, has Participle send, 10458. Some Verbs 
which are of the Complex Conjugation in Saxon 
have become simple in Chaucer, according to the 
well-known law. Hence we have the form wist for 
witen, 10574 f, 12210. 
( dawet, 5935, assemblit, ii. 328, 
amendit, 7757, troublit, ii. 376, trivial 
constreynit, 8403, descendit, iii. 106, Lëtz, 
| i-feynit, 8405, engendrit, iii. 106, diodes 
biwaylit, 8406, defendit, 13925, e 
| compleynit, 8406, ; ! 
The abbreviated forms annonciate, consecrate (like 
the above, common in Scotch), occur 15501, 3. 
kidde, 9817 f, should probably be kid. 
$ 63. The prefix y-, i-, (S. ge-) frequently occurs 
in Chaucer before the past participle. 
. dwellyng, 1421. 
477 
i-ronne, 8 f. y-sene, 594 f. 
i-falle, 25 f. i-taught, 757. 
i-schreve, 226 f. y-buried, 948. 
i-chapud, 368. — i-brent, 948 f. 
i-bore, 380 f. y-corve, 2015 f. 
y-clepud, 412. — y-storve, 2016 f. 
The i- in 
i-be, 10275. 
y-hent, 12464 f. 
i-sayled, 16585. 
y-covered, iii. 94. 
i-born, iii. 106. 
is suspicious, as the final e of 
rounde i-schorn, 591, | the first word might very ea- 
place i-sette, 1637, — | sily have been carried over to 
ete., the Participle. 
§ 64. Present Participle. 
The Present Participle terminates, for the most 
part, in -ymg (Ang.-Sax. -emde). In some cases, 
however, it is rhymed with the Infinitive Mood, and 
we must either suppose the participle to end in yngé, 
or else the Infinitive to have lost its termination. 
wonyng, 390. 
lyggyng, 1013. 
romyng, 1073. 
fastynge, 13778. 
sittyngé, 802 (?). 
lyvynge, 903 f (?). 
lotynge, 12114 f (?). 
thunderynge (rh. sprynge), 2176. 
gliteryng[e?] (rh. bryng[e?]), 
2892. 
styryng[e?] (rh. spryng[e?]), 
rayhyng, 2505. 
wynsyng, 3263. 
sensing, 3341. 
abydyng, 3595. 
walkyng, 3955. 9673. . 
knowyng, 4223. wepynge (rh. brynge), 8790. 
ymaginyng (rh. smellynge (rh. brynge), 12207. 
thing), 8474. lernynge (rh. synge), 14927. 
romynge, 10092. 
lepand, 7739, the Somp- 
The older forms awaytand, 7634, ) occur, — all in 
touchand, 7872, j| noures Tale. 
$ 65. Anomalous Verbs. 
can — know, be able. 
Pres. Indie. Sing. 1,3. can, 373, 734, 743, 3128, ii. 333. Sax. can. 
2. can, 11895; canst, 17032, 17098. cunne, canst. 
connen, 10312, 10317. cunnon. 
Plur. ) conne, konne, 3120, 4121, 7696. 
conné, 13495. 
can, 1256, 3873, 6019, 10499. 
couthe, cowthe, 328, 2089, 10442. cide. 
Imperf. Indic. Sing. 1, 3. {coe 567, 4368, ete. 
couthé, 604. 
Infin. conne, 7100, ii. 376. cunnan. 
Past. Part. couth, 8818; coud, iii. 183. cud. 
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