498 
outher — other = either — or (S. 056e—o0dSe), 1595, 
1596, iii. 109. 
other = or, 9157, 10697, 13730, 13731. 
outher — outher — or, 13077, 13078. 
that expressing entreaty, like French que: — 
mercy, and that ye not discover me! 9816. 
ne that thy talé make us for to slepe, 7890. (?) 
ther in the sense of where, 172, 224, 249, 7042, 8696, 
10812. 
til in the sense of unto: — 
I wol the lede unto the Pope Urban. 
til Urban? 12234: so, 1480, 7348. 
unto in the sense of until: — 
and evere schal, unto myn herté sterve, 1146. 
unto the sonné gan arise, 5211. 
up in the sense of upon : — 
up peril of [Wright has on] my lif, 6727. 
uppon for on : — 
a long surcote of pers uppon he hadde, 619. 
$ 109. CERTAIN PECULIAR PHRASES. 
after souper, used as a noun (like afternoon). 
at after souper, 10616, 11531: so at after mete, 9795. 
can thank — scire gratias, savoir gré, 1810, 3066. 
do — cause, make. 
sche that doth me al this wo endure, 2398. 
and som tyme doth Theseus hem to rest, 2623. 
ne do no force of dremes (make no account), 
16427. 
So in the sense of cause to be (like the German 
lassen). 
(the children) he dede gelde, 15638. 
do me drenche (have me drowned), 10075. 
So again, with the addition of Jet. 
he leet the fest of his nativité 
don cryen . . . 10360.. 
let do him calle, 13588. 
gesse, in the New England sense of think. 
who so wel remembrith him of these tydinges, I gesse 
his synne schal not torne him to delit, iii. 91. 
al be thay grevous synnes, I gesse thay ben not 
dedly, iii. 119. 
go = walk (like German gehen). 
wher I ryde or go (a very common phrase in 
old poetry), 2254. 
OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF CHAUCER. 
he noldé suffré hir to ryde or go, 9964, 7175, ete. 
(his felaw was go walkid in the town, 7360, must 
be a bad reading; Tyrwhitt has y-walkid.) 
much in the sense of great. 
moche and lite (great and small), 496. 
for the more part (greater part), 2826. 
in his moste pryde (greatest pride), 897. 
nale, atte — at the ale-house, occurs, 6931. 
schal in the original sense of owes, ?s bound to. 
so faren we, if I schal say the sothé, 12590. 
folowe hire wille in al, 
as any lover to his lady schal, 11062. (?) 
(More distinctly in the sense of owes, if the read- 
ing is correct, and there is no ellipsis, in Court of 
Love : by the faith I shall to God, v. 131). 
slyde, let, in the modern sense. 
well neigh al othir cures let he slyde, 7958. 
sworn, apparently in the sense of sworn the contrary. 
som wikke aspect or disposicioun 
of Saturne, by sum constellacioun, 
hath geven us this; although we hadde it sworn, 
so stood the heven whan that we were born, — 
we moste endure it . . . 1089 — 1090. 
and walk I wold, as I had don biforn, 
fro hous to hous, although he had it sworn, 6222. 
unnéth[e] trowed thay, but dorst han sworn, 
that to Janicle, of which I spak biforn, 
sche daughter were (i. e. was not), 8279 — 81. 
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The same phrase (although we had it sworn) is 
ambiguous in 12609. 
Though al the world had the contrary swore occurs, 
10639, 1668. 
the, definite article, with abstract noun. 
thexperiens wot wel it is not so, 5706. 
thexperiens so preveth every day, 10112. (?) 
experiens without the article, 5583. 
these, curiously used somewhat like the Latin éste, but 
in a fainter sense. 
thesé wormes, [ne] thesé moughtes, ne thesé 
mytes, 
upon my perel fretith hem never a deel, 6142, 3. 
wher as thesé robbours and thesé theves by kynde, . 
12587. 
So, 10961, 10962, 12995. 
wear on, upon — wear. 
and wered upon my gay scarlet gytes, 6141. 
that werith on a coverchief or a calle, 6600. 
