490 
joyé, 9929. 
weyé, 34. 
c. e silent after p, b, v 
helpé, 10773. 
felawschipé, 476, 430; worschip, 12560. 
hopé, 88, 9548. 
popé, 6002. 
havé, 888, 909, 921, 1257, 2774, 9210, 9277, 9308, 
10371, 10594, 10853, 11359, 11456, 11530, 14140, 
14142, and almost always. 
savé, 7289, 7449, 7857, 19717, 14133. 
avé, 14919. 
recyvé, 9576. 
levé, 5694, 9330, 9715, etc. 
givé, gevé, 223, 7455, 7456, 7457, 9401, 9403, 14319. 
lyvé, 9157, 14258. 
stryvé, 7568. 
lové, 1137, 1756, 1807, 2226, and iid always. 
grové, 1690. 
d. e silent after k, g, ch. 
saké, 539, 1319, 1802. 
seeké, biseké, 7251, 14109. 
speké, 9742, 9747. 
mariagé, 9550, 9560, 9663. 
viagé, 794. 
visagé, 630. 
agé, 13445. 
tongé, 10349. 
bringé, 10049. 
segé, 15865. 
speché, 16978. 
wreché, 16089. 
chirché, 3984. 
e. e silent after t, d, th. 
(Besides the final e of the Imperfect Indic. of Sim- 
ple Verbs, which is as often silent as pronounced.) 
haté, 13640. 
beté, 383. 
geté, 9819. 
meté, 136, 345, 9795, 10384. 
swetá, 2782. 
herté, 8062, 9113, 10526, 16301. 
scherté, 748, 2548, 6768. 
might’, 1789, 2237, and always. DH 
sight', 3395, 7653, etc. 
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OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
forbedé, 9635. 
dedé, 14926. 
heed', 7483. 
ledé, 9308. 
redé, 14208. 
steedé, 10438. 
endé, 197. 
fyndé, 15408. 
kyndé, 5263, 11080. 
lyndé, 2924. 
holdé, 9364. 
housé-bondé, 8574. 
fondé, 9284. 
woodé, 2932, 7755, 10727. 
lowdé, 15024. 
bruyd’, 9694. 
byquethé, 2770. 
mirthé, 9613. 
rewthé, 10752. ` 
trouthé, 10959, 11071, 11905. 
youthé, 9612. 
f. e silent after s (e). 
nosé, 123, 705, 2169. 
prosé, 466. 
clennessé, 508. 
besynes, 13140. 
goodnes, 7395. 
lewednes, 10537, 12415. 
worthines, 2594. 
goddessé, 930. 
blis’, blys’, 1686, 4453, 4842, etc. 
wisé, 2189. 
cheesé, 3628. 
supposé, 8223. 
thesé, thisé, 9110, 9127, 9150, 9297, 10041, etc. 
pu 9420. 
pres' (Fr. presse), 10308. 
nobles”, 15504. 
gracé, 1175, 6842. 
forcé, 3910 (but forcé, also in the same line). 
princé, 4642. 
malicé, 8950, 9098. 
placé, 15024. 
Constauncé, 4698, 4858, 4866, 4986 (but Constauncé, 
4684, 4851, 5320, 5527). 
Many words of French origin are spelt in Chaucer 
sometimes with a final ce, sometimes with s, as: 
