OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
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$ 90. With regard to final e after ir, ar, or, ur, it does.not appear to be more frequently silent in such 
cases than after other letters, except in sire and more. 
siré (N. Fr. sire), 9542, 12527, 13080, 18035, 16274, 
16428, 16516, etc. ; sir, 7056. 
iré (S. yrre), 7575 ; 7671? rh. squire (Fr. esquier, 
and spelt elsewhere squier). 
declaré, 14893, extremely doubtful. 
moré, 98, 827, 976, 1124, 2742, 7453, 7679, 9372, 
9489, 13219, 14791, 14842. 
mor, 7485, 10648, 16255. 
poré, 4536, 4540, 16308. 
biforé, 9602, 14995. 
soré, 2697, 3462. * 
doré, 552, 3471, 3482. 
therforé, therfor, 777, 7374, 10571, 10647. 
 vesturá, 10373. 
siré, 16253 (but Tyr. has * pe siré") ; 857, rh. 
schire. 
iré, 14072, 1764, 1661, 7593, 17210, 17220. 
baré, 9225, 685 f, 16099 f. 
fairé, 234, 884, 1687, 2596, 2665, 4021, 12043, 
12060, etc. 
sparé, 739. 
charé (Fr. chaire), 16099. 
. declaré, 7061 f, 14939 f. 
hairé, 14151. 
peyré, 2123. 
moré (S. máre), both adjective and adverb, 306, 785, 
1577, 2826, 4049, 4050, 9107, 14563 ; 804, 3222, 
` 3519, 6023, 6313, 9110, 13352, 14560, 15774, 
16790, 16813, 16915, 17072. 
poré, 232, 480, 490, 539, 704, 13594, 14128, 16307. 
byforé, 379 f, 3238 f. 
soré, 230, 1396, 12657, 12799. 
doré, 1989, 3435, 3499, ete. 
therforé, 3506 f, 8035 f, 9023. 
fouré, 2141, 3883, 13388. 
puré, 1281, 12016. 
$ 91. A considerable number of cases will now be given of e silent after other letters than r, without any 
attempt to explain the fact. ` 
a. e silent after 1, m, n. 
allé, 210, 348, 779, 937, 946, 979, 4541, ete. 
hallé, 9962, 10400. 
talé, 13875. 
tellé, 38, 10043. 
hellé, 660. 
fellé, 2112. 
wellé, 8091. 
felé, 9332, 9338. 
melé, 4051, 4068. 
welé, 4542, 8350, 8847. 
soulé, 658, 14355, 14399. 
melle, 4019. 
mylé, 14102. 
pylé, 6944. 
damé, 4571, 4604, 5152. 
madamé, 7786, 7792. 
namé, 14864, 15128. 
claymé, 9176. 
demé, 3194. 
comé, 689, 14184. 
welcomé, 764, 856, 7382, 7393. 
somé, 9345. 
tymé, 9678, 10327, 10790, 12976, ete. 
pan’, 1167, 15438. 
regné, 1626. 
clené, 12228. 
begynné, 17347. 
noné, 1066. 
soné, 6733, 7655, and almost always. 
gouné, 93. 
b. e silent after wy, y. 
dawé, 10069. 
schrew’, 7024. 
trewé, 10043. 
bowé, 2897. 
crow’, 17172. 
ynowé, 4675. 
trowé, 526, 1803, 3665, 9092, 9111, 10850, ete. 
widow’, 6609, 6626, 7166, ete. 
morwé, 824. 
