488 OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
yeré, 8278. 
in feer&, 4815, 12308. 
steeré, 4868, 5253. 
freré, 6881, 13283. 
maneré, 7207, 8455. maneré, 140, 10821. 
to leere, 7098, 13277. leeré (verb), 10418. 
cheré, 8017,12232,12310. deeré, 14739, 14836. 
matieré, 8198, 8467. materé, 729, 15409. 
weré (subj.), 8758. 
to heeré, 8963. 
cleeré, 12182, 15066. 
beeré, 15091. 
(to) appeeré, 13060. 
in feeré, 4815, 8989. 
freré, 6847, 7739. 
to heeré, 915, 2900. 
cleeré, 8655, 9719. 
beré, 6169. 
to repeiré, 14737. 
On the same principle: — 
feeré, 2346, 2688, 2932,  beeré, 15036, and 
7286, 16877. above. 
Therefore, Therefore, 
eeré, 6603. weré, pl., 2901, 15662. 
teré, 11206, 15664. 
geré, 5220. 
teré, 15664. 
theré, 5222. theré, 15037. 
eeré, 6218, and above (S. eáré). 
Therefore, 
weré, pl., 8604, 12823. 
weré, subj., 17131. 
theré, 7650. 
wheré, 7634, 10629. 
$ 88. Less to be relied on are the following : — 
speré, 15289 (S. speré) : therefore, 
beré (ursus), 1642. 
weré (plural), 2950. 
to beré, 4877. 
to deré, 10554. 
teeré (see above) : therefore, 
weré (pl), 4954, 11493, 15544, 15662. 
ther&, 4956. 
weré (2d person), 16146. 
scheré, 15542. . 
yeré, 15545. 
enqueré, 9417. á 
scheré (S. scearé) : therefore (?), 
weré (pl.) 15544. 
yeré, 15545. 
teeré, 15547. 
geré ? (S. geara), 367 : therefore, 
weré (subj.), 353. 
weré (plural), 1017. 
theré, 5222, 8250. 
enqueré (Old Fr. enquerre), 9406? therefore, 
enqueré, 3166. 
theré, 3165. 
requeré (Old Fr. requerre), 6634? therefore, 
therë, 6633. 
Fynesteré (Fr. Finisterre), 410? therefore, 
weré (plural), 409. 
meré (equa), 543. 
melleré ? 544. 
forberé, 3168. 
mylleré? 3167. 
§ 89. On the other hand, we find many cases in 
which e final must have been silent, or where it is 
actually dropped, after er; as, 
beré ( ferre), 1424, 
beré (ursus), 2060, 
beré ( fero), 8760, 
weré (vestiri), 8762, 
sweré (jurare), 11101, 12076, ) 
So, answeré, 9744. 
baner (N. Fr. baniere), 980. 
beeré, 6179. 
beré, 2762, 9918, 12264. 
chambré, 9696. ~ 
deeré, 7334; 15538? 
feré, 11172. 
freré, 208, 7315; 
but freré, 7252, 7254, 7258, 7264, etc. 
maner, 71, 2546, 3681, 8395, 16332, etc. 
sweré, swer, 456, 8045, 8238. 
Nore. — For the double forms here, her; there, 
ther; where, wher; evere, ever; see $ 72, b. 
Herë, 1645, 14400, 14401, 12294 f, might as well 
be written Aer::so, also, in 4023, 10989, where it 
stands rhymed with peere (N. Fr. peer, patr), which 
word again, in those places, and also at 16336, where 
it is rhymed with Chaunteclere (Fr. Chantecler), and 
even 15540, where it is rhymed with deere, should, 
I apprehend, be written, as at 12907, peer. Chaun- 
tecler is mostly misspelt, as above, in the Nonnes 
Prests Tale. That it ought to have no final e ap- 
pears from the French derivation, and from the 
rhymes ber (tuli) and powér (N. Fr. poueir), 16822, 
16830; also misspelt bere, powere. — Ever, 12802, 
should be evere, to correspond with dissevere. 
rhymed with the 
| pronoun her, hiré. 
