480 
Pres. Ind., lyst, list, lest, lust (S. lyst, Imp. lyste, 
impersonal), 1129, 1185, 1203, 1209, 1329, 1353, 
2076, 2379, 2815, 3004, 5900 f, 6819 f, 6830 f, 
7067, 7330, 8069, 8366, 8809, 9192, 10432, 10436, 
10437, 10634, 10641, 10645, 11406, 12098, 12162, 
14973 f. 
Imperf. Ind. liste, leste, Juste, 752f, 789f, 1006, 
1054(?) 8618, 10679, 10689, 10919, 11547 f. 
Imperf. Subj. 9878 f. : 
Bur, yow leste, 2d pers. plur. Pres. Indic. &c. 830 f, 
1355, 2210f, 9428, 10047f, 10439: — 8723 f is 
doubtful. 
if thou list occurs 7567 f (Tyrwhitt, thee). 
who so list it not to heere, 3176. 
[apparently, lest (list) should be leste (liste), 7317 f, 
8059 f. 
apparently, lust to should be luste, 4897. 
apparently, leste should be lest, 10694 f. 
lest, list, 7981 f, 7987 f, 8592 d 8862 f, 9921, are 
doubtful. ] 
OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
me mette (S. m:etan, impers., somniare), 16380, 
16384, 16564. 
But he mette, 16569, 16488. 
us moste (nobis opus est), 12874. 
us needeth, 6857. 
the oughte, him oughte (opokist); à ii. 357, iii. 109. 
us oughte, 9026 f, 13927, ii. 325. 
hem ought, ii. 348. 
hir ought[e] (oportuit), 8996 f. 
me rewith (poenttet), 10306. 
him semeth, iii. 86, 186, etc; semeth me, iii. 89. 
hem semed, 10370. 
him smerte, 230, 536; me smerte, 1396. 
the thar (opus est tibt), 5911, 5918, 6947, 17284, 
ii. 326. 
it thinkith me (S. pincd videar), 16264, 16963; 
him thenketh,* 3615. 
(him, hir, me, us) thoughte, 787, 956, 3344, 
3964, 10840, 16497. 
me athinketh (S. of pincd — poenitet), 3170. 
thursted him, 15525. 
$ 68. Negative Verbs. 
am. Indic. Pres. Sing. 1, nam, 1276. 
3, nys, 1276, 12213. 
Subj. Imperf. Sing. neré, ner, 1602, 7526, 13290, 
17205, iii. 106. 
have. Indic. Pres. Sing. 3, nath, 925, 5682. 
Imperf. Sing. nas, 323, 2592, 8592, 14721, 14722. 
Plur. neré, 2591 ; neré, 4967, 4968. 
Imperf. Sing. 1, 3. nadde, 3751. 
nad, 10212, 16983. 
will Indic. Pres. Sing. 1, nylle, nyl, 13391 f, 5628,8239. Imperfect Sing. 1, 3, nolde, 3159, 3168. 
3, nyl, 5762. 
Plur. 1, nyl, 6523. 
wot. Indic. Pres. Sing. 1, 3, nat, not, noot, 1265, 7634, 13076, 16955. 
Imperf. Sing. 1, 3, nyste, nyst, 4804, 6578, 12144. 
Plur. nysten, 10948. 
E ADVERBS. 
$ 69. Anglo-Saxon Adverbs have commonly, in the 
positive degree, the termination e, and this termina- 
tion is preserved in Chaucer. 
brighté (S. beorhte), 3352. 
clené (S. dene, clenlice), 12553. 
deepe (S. deópe), 129 f. 
evele (S. yfele), 1129; yllé, 3715. 
evene (S. efne), 1062. 
faire (S. fegere), 94, 12060 f. 
faste (S. fzeste), 4192, 6552, 11159, 13033, 13351. 
* Sax. Pencan — think. 
Pincan — seem. 
foule (S. fúle? füllice), 16964. 
harde (S. hearde), 3729. 
hye (S. heáhe), 2077, 3243 f. 
inne (S. inne), 41 f, 10891 f, 12809. 
late (S. late), 77. 
lighte (S. lihte), 6724. 
longe (S. lange), 1545, 14847, 15596 f. 
loude (S. hlúde), 716 f; louthe, from another S. form, 
hleó3, 17026 f. 
nede (S. néde), 9208, 9825 f, 13208 ; nedé CH, 14520. 
i Thenken = to think, occurs 9377, 1608: thynketh, 14428. 
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