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OBSERVATIONS 



THE LANGUAGE OP GOWER 



CONFESSIO AMANTIS. 



that he the most[e] riche array, ii 231. 



most devoute, i. 64. 



the most[e] principall of alle, i. 52. 



the mostu chef(e), iii. 11. 



§ 39. The Plural of Monosyllabic Adjectives 

 and Adjective Pronouns ends in e. So, also, bothe, 

 fele, fevve, and many of the Cardinal Numbers. 



a. now sharpe notes and now softe 



now hisrhe notes and now lowe 



© 



;e > | iii. 90. 



blinde, i. 73. 



colde, ii. 237. 



gladde, ii. 45. 



grete, i. 53, 64, 140, 214. 



harde, ii. 72. 



i-nowe, i. 80 f, 268 f : iii. 198 f, 353 : i-nough, 



sing, i. 80 : iii. 156. 



loude, i. 137, 170. 



olde, i. 5. 



save, ii. 50 : iii. 175 f, 190 f. 



shorte, i. 308. 



smale, i. 80. 



softe, i. 170 f. 



sothe, ii. 99. 



swifte, i. 119. 



all the thoughtes, i. 66, al the waters, i. 38, 

 should probably read alle thoughtes, etc. 



b. bothe, i. 70, 170 : ii. 17, 78, 271 : bothe two, 



ii. 124. 

 fele, ii. 37 f, 207 f, 362 f : iii. 371 f. 



fewe, i. 2 : ii. 292 : iii. 380 : a fewe men, 



ii. 376. 



some, i. 15, 84, 110 (5 cases) : ii. 7 (3 cases) : 

 iii. 13 (3 cases). 



som men, i. 21 (2 cases). 



suche, i. 70, 73, 77, 100, 176, 365 (2 cases), 

 whiche, i. 55, 137, 362 : ii. 103, 188 : iii. 135. 



c tweine, tweie, i. 276 f : ii. 392 f. 



two, iii. 195, 231. 

 thre, iii. 140, 145. 

 foure, i. 194 : ii. 82 (2 cases) : iii. 116, 120, 



362. 



five, i. 52 f, 61, 280 f : ii. 88 f : iii. 119. 



eighte, iii. 122. 



nine, i. 330 : ii. 261 f, 265, 305 f. 



twelve, i. 21 f, 177 f : ii. 25 f, 209 : iii. 108 f, 



118 (3 cases) : twelve (twelf ?), ii. 68. 

 thrittene, iii. 132 f. 

 fourtene, i. 148 : iii. 326. 



fiftene, iii. 128 f. 



sixtene, iii. 120. 



eightene, iii. 119 f : i. 102. 



seven, iii. 116, 117 f, 121 f, 123 f, 



ten, i. 21, 177 : ii. 349 : iii. 120, [■ f e un ~ 



n ••• iO/i r \ declined, 



elleven, in. IZ4 t, 



twenty, iii. 126, 215: thritty, iii. 214, 290, 



etc. 



§ 40. The plural of Adjectives and Participle- 

 of more than one syllable has no -e. 



a. furred hodes, i. 63. 



lered men, iii. 283. (No other cases observed.) 



b. no dedly werres, iii. 222. 



thes(e) dredfull, i. 56, 247 : thes(e) wofull, ii. 



323 : wofull teres, iii. 260. 

 dolefull clothes, iii. 291. 

 other,* i. 106, 159, 223, 310 : ii. 352, 391 : iii. 



156, 362, 363. 



these other, i. 20, 63 : al other, i. 64, 69. 



c. hastif rodes, ii. 56. 

 certein sterres, iii. 128. 

 gentil hondes, ii. 281. 



§ 41. Adjectives and Participles standing in the 



mam 



predicate sometimes take e in the plural, some- 

 times are unvaried. 



a. that be greate, i. 5 f, 18 f, 30 f. 

 ben to smale, i. 6 f. 

 ben un-ware, i. 17. 

 wittes be so blinde, i. 49 f. 

 to him were alle thinges couthe, i. 138. 

 whiche are derke, i. 63. 

 they were glade, i. 79, 80 f, 182, 208. 



ngular form 



See § 30. 



sometimes 



* We find another care = another's care, i. 167. Other 

 is sometimes imdeclined in A. S. 



