OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF GOWEUS OOKFESSIO AMANTIS. 



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And 



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stronge (S. Strang), iii. 4 (and strong e Sampson 



') 



(let 



nede), ii. 15, 94, 280. 

 tame, ) (S. tarn), i. 144 (anon(e) as lie was 

 un-tame? ) humbly and tome lie found toward his 



god the same), 287 f : ii. 350. 



(S 



whiche (S. hwylc), ii. 177, 395 (of time which* 

 thou hast spended), i. 135. 



suche, thilke, whiche, might all have been 

 placed under like above, 

 wilde (S. wild), i. 236, 290 (som wilde place that 

 it were), ii. 180, 200, 264 : iii. 256, etc. 



nelle). 



) 



So moste : (wher(e) thou hast moste knowleching), 



i. 92, 112. 



[But most or all of the above are found also in 

 the older form, without the -e : e. g-, al, i. 35, 42 ; 

 fids, i. 70, 223, 231 : iii. 23, 159 ; fair, L 345 ; glad. 

 L 70, 87, 134, 167 ; great, i. 70, 229, 237, 360 ; lich, 

 i. 33 : ii. 21, 37, 149 ; strong, i. 28, 221 ; wis(e), iii. 

 216 f, 226 f; unwis, ii. 174 f, etc., etc. 



b. It will be observed that the foregoing adjec- 



tives are all from monosyllabic Saxon steins, or from 

 contracted dissyllables. A. few polysyllabic ad- 

 jectives are also found in Gower with the termina- 

 tion e. See, also, § 36, c. d ; § 42. 



in womannishe vois they singe, i. 58. 

 wherof in womannishe drede, i. 72. 

 for fere of womanisshe shame, iii. 304. 

 whan bodeliche thurst him bent, iii- 14. 

 of alle womannische grace, iii. 



So, diverse (Fr. divers) : 



they worchen by diverse way, ii. 85, 77, l-;> 

 but that there is divers! kinde, iii. 12. 

 and sheweth, as I shall reherce,. 

 how she was to this lord diverse, iii. 295. 

 divers, i. 356 f : iii. 3 f, 384 f. 

 coinune (Fr. commun) : 



the worldes good was first comiine, 



bat afterward upon fortune, iii. 152, lo9 : 



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but coimm, i. 216, 284: ii. 76, 113, 15C »2, 



etc. 



devoute (Fr. devot) : 



among his bedes most devout 3 



golh in the worldes cause about* , i. 64. 



So, secounde, i. 159: ii. 81 f, 198, but the form 

 seconde is found in Old Frei h. 



So, as if by dlO]»ping tlie iinal consonant, 



golde (S. golden), ii. 356 f. 



lite (S. lytel), i. IS : ii. 89 ( 891 f : iii. - I f 



221 f, etc. 



moche (S. micel, mucel), iii. 81. 



mochel occurs, ii. 384, 386 : iii. 25, 81 



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§31. The following adjectives, of uncertain 

 derivation, are found terminating in c. 



badde, ii. 47 f, 48 f. 



dronkelewe, iii. 5 f. 



meke (Goth, mnks, Icel. mjiikr). ii. 210 f. 



wikke, i. 295, 30(1. 



§32. The Definite ITonn of wumMyliaHe 



Adjectives, including Participles and Adjective 

 Pronouns (i. e., the Adjective when preceded by 

 the Definite Article, by any other demo trativ. 

 or by a Possessive Pronoun), ends in Gower in e. 



the wise man, i. 5. 

 the blinde world, i. 67. 



thilke bore free kindc i. 6 



this foule greate 0O1S6, i. 100. 



my faire maide, i. 164. 



the ferre leve, i. 3 43. 



this like point(e), iii. lOt 



thilke same ring, i. 247: ii. 14. 



the dede lady, L 248. 



the whiche, i. 318. 



the longe day, ii. 14. 



her dreinte lord(e), ii. 105. 



thy fulle mind, ii. 126. 



the sharpe swerd, ii. 128. 



the leude folk. ii. 158. 



the righte feith, ii. 173. 



min hole herte, ii. 277. 



the brente wall, ii. 375. 



the hid.e god, ii. 262, 384: iii. W, 148, h . 



etc. 



that highe tour(e), that stronge place, ii. 376. 



