OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
thar — need. 
Pres. Indic. Sing. 3. (he) thar. 
Plur. 2. 
wot — wot, scio. 
Ind. Pres. Sing. 1, 3. 
2. 
Plur. 
Imperf. 
Subj. Pres. Sing. 
Infin. 
Past Part. 
Pres. Part. 
Pres. Indic. Sing. 1. 1 
| 
3. 
Plur. | 
Imperf. 
Subj. Pres. Sing. 3. 
Past Part. 
479 
Sax. pearf. 
thar (ye), ii. 332. purfon. 
(See further on, Impersonal Verbs.) 
wot, woot, 1142, 8031, 8690. wát. 
wost, 1165, 1176, 2309. wast. 
witen, 1796, 2816, 7472, iii. 92. witon. 
wité, 10305, 14796 ; wit, 7840. 
wote, 1262. 
wot, woot, 742, 831, 1837, 5782, 14584. 
wiste, etc., 228, 282, 8690. wiste. 
(er thou) wite, 17217. wite. 
wite, 3555, 9614 f, ii. 352, 382, iii. 82. witan. 
wist, 10574 f, 12210 ; un-wist, 2979. witen. 
witynge, iii. 114. witende. 
§ 66. The verbs wil, stert. 
wil, 1747, 5730. wille. 
wol, 805, 3493, 3495 ; wole? 811. 
wilt, 12186, 12226, 17264; wolt, 3531, 3511. wilt. 
wol, 2324. 
| wil, 12773, 13396. 
wolé? 807; wol, 1628, 7244, 13585. wile. 
woln, 4109, 5874, 8457, 14329. willad. 
wol, 4131, 14215. : 
wil, 3370, 8237, 14114, 14196. 
wolde, etc., 144, 538, 25; woldé, 278. wolde. 
wile, 13583. wille. 
(hath) wolde ! ii. 358. 
wilneth, 2566, etc., is from S. wilnian — desiderare, cupere. 
Pres. Indic. Sing. 3. 
Imperf. Sing. 
Plur. 
Past. Part. 
Pres. Part. 
Infin. 
Part. 
Imperf. 
(him) deyend, 15620, 16667 ; deyned hire, 15756. 
(him) falles (— opus est), 4025. 
him gained, 536. 
him lakked, 10330. 
stert, start (springs, leaps, starts), 5745, 6628, 7734, 10027, 11480. 
might be Imperfect Tense, but less probably.) 
sterte, 954 f, 1082 f, 1301 f, 1395 f, 1516 f, 1575 f, 1764 f. 
starte, 16863. 
(ben) stert (into) — jumped, 11689. 
(had) stert (out of) = started, 8936. 
stertyng (as the fire) — leaping, 1504. 
asterte (escape), 1597 f, 6896, 11334 f. 
ystert (astert ?), 1594. 
asterte, 4895 f; but asterted, 4857 (rh. converted). 
(All these 
$ 67. Some Impersonal Verbs. 
(yow, hem) liketh (S. licad = placet), 779, 5679, 
8187, 8188, 13397, 13399. 
liken (= placere), 8382 ; that oughte 
like yow, 15346. 
