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liarpe (S. hearpe), iii. 300, 301, 303 (2 cases), 325 f. 

 forte (S. heorte), i. 159, 319 : ii. 5, 13, 18, 20, 2J, 

 22, etc etc. 



her!;, herte, i. 75. 359 : ii. 3, 279. (?) 



hilte (S. hiite, also hilt, neut), i. 328 f. 

 kerse (S. eerse, eresse), i. 299 f, 334 f. 

 lilie (8. lilje), iii. 249. 



lun^e (3. lunge), iii. 100. 



masse, mease (S. tmesse), ii. 39 f, 389 f. 



mite (3. mite), ii. 275 f. 



molde (S. molde), i. 217 f : ii. 39 f, 63 f, 35G f : iii. 

 200 f. 



nettle (S. netle), i. 173. 



nightingale (S. nihtegale), i. 54 f : ii. 9S f, 32G f. 



nonne (S. nunne), iii. 281 f. 



oule (3. Ale), i. 100, 299 f : ii. 205 f. 



panne (3. panne), ii. 93 f, 201 f. # 

 pipe (3. pipe), ii. 113. 



resshe, risshe, reisshe (S. resce, risce), i. 160 f: ii. 



97 f, 284 i'. 



se, see (3. sa^, also IT. 2), always monosyllable, iii. 



29,5, 103, 104, etc. 

 Bnete (3. seyte), iii. 315. 



side (8. side). 42 f, 110, 111 f : iii. 17, 58, 203, 3G7. 

 sive (8. sife), i. 204. 



sonne (3. sonne), ii. 34, 84 f, 102, 183, 193, etc. 

 iwalwe (3. swalewe), ii. 328. 



throte (3. prote), ii. 176. 206 f. 



tonne (3. tunne), i. 321 (2 cases) : iii. 13 f, 14, 18, 



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50 f. 



tnnge (S. tunge), i. 295, 312: ii. 22, 90: iii. 338. 

 wacche (S. w:cece), ii. 96. 202. 



woke (S. wiee, wuce), iii. 116 f. 

 wiedie-eraffc (S. wiece), iii. 44. 

 wenebe (3. wenele), i. 203 f. 



vise (S. wise), i. 3, 68, 349 : ii. 34, 74. 



§ 5. The following may or may not be correctly 

 written. The combination of a liquid with e is 



unstable, the vowel easily slipping from one side 

 to the other of the consonant. 



throStel (3. prostle, 1. 3), qy. throstle ? i. 54 : com- 

 pare nettle (S. netle), i. 173. 

 neclder (8. risedre), qy. neddre '.' iii. 118. 



lappewiiihe (S. hle&pwince, -winge, incert. gen., ii 



329. 



more (8. more, mulberry?), i. 98 f. 

 eale (8. selle ? O. H. Germ. sala). ii. 29 



adder, (S. umbo), qy, addre? ii. 72, 2G0. 



§ 6. Exception to § 4. 



laverock (S. lAiVrce. also laferc, ii. 3), ii. 204 C 



to(e). ii. 148 f; is from the contracted S. tft. 



boo, ii. 95, monosyllable, from contracted S. ralio, 



ra (also II. 3). 



§ 7. Second Dbclrhmox op Axgi.o-Saxo* 



Nouns. 



M eulines. (II. 2.) 



hale (S. bealu), i. 329 f : iii. 295 f. 



breche [spouse-breche], (S. brice), i. 351 f: ii. 32 I 



brimme (S. brynmie), ii. 293 f. 



elude (S. cfile, evle), ii. 3G9 f : iii. 9 f, 44 f, 871 I 



cliese (S. efse. cfew), iii. 23 t 



ende (S. ende), ii. 81; 186, 253, 270, etc. 



hate (S. hete), i. 7, 310 - ii. 135: iii. 80 f, 3C0 t 

 herde (S. hirde), i. 39 (". 



ire (S. yi-iT. inc. gm) % i. 2S0 : iii. 148 f, L 2 f. 282 f. 

 leehe (S. hree), i. 267 f: ill 30 f, 315 r, 838 t 



love-dronka (S. drynce, also urine, I. 2), iii. 12, 16* 

 mede (S. meadu), ii. 59 f, 285 (2 cases), 287: i*i 



47 i': medow, ii. 266. 

 mele (S. mele, cyathwt), iii. 21 f. 

 inete (S. mete, also mett), ii. 15 f, 59 f, 137 f, 147 



f, 224: iii. 25 f, 31 f, 39, 100, 299. 

 shipe (termination, S.-fcipe): 



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dronkesbippe (S. druncenscipe), iii. 17. 

 worshipe (S. sreoro'scipe), ii. 65. 



kiiidesbip, felasliip oeeur in a couplet i. 170. 



but doubtless should have a final e. 



Blitte (S. slite), i. 15 1 



stele (3. stede, styde), i. GO f, 121 f, 197 f : ii. 10 f, 



204 1 207 f: iii. 204 1 



tete (3. kite, also tit), i. 268 f. 

 tie (S. tfge), ii. 246 f. 



whete (8. bwsete), ii. 59 f, 74 f : iii. 291, 293. 



§ 8. Exceptions to § 7. 



Such representatives as occur of the Saxon r.oun 



in -ere, denoting an a^ent, seem to want the 



final vowel. Nouns of this kind were by no means 

 as common in the old language as in the modern. 

 I have noticed but three fair cases in Gower: 



which hath no clapper for to chimo, ii. 13. 

 which was the firste founder tho, ii. 16L 

 the sothQ:)-saier tho was lef(e), iii. 164 



