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OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF GOWER's CONFESSIO AMANTIS 



comen, i. 126, 150, 182 : holde, iii. 130. 



agrise, i. 24 f. 



iii. 51. 

 forlain, ii. 234 f. 

 wasshen, i. 138. 

 stonden, i. 141. 

 throwen, i. 167. 

 storven, i. 330. 

 stoken, ii. 21. 

 forlorn, ii. 190. 



forfare, i. 45. 

 befrose, i. 220. 

 bote, i. 280. 

 slawe, i. 185. 



begonne, i. 80, 258. 

 knowe, i. 82. 



sbape, i. 82. 



BCD 



n. 



394 : sain, iii. sbore, i. 101 f. 



224. 



besein, i. 168. 

 overs e in, ii. 234 f. 

 beflain, iii. 183. 



come, iii. 51. 

 stole, ii. 32. 

 founde, ii 83. 



yive, yove, i. 114, 127. 

 bounde, i. 127. 

 lore, i. 298. 

 bore, i. 136 f. 

 lette, ii. 3. 

 say, ii. 206 f, over-] 

 say, i. 193, [ 

 do, i. 47, 111, J tracted 



con- 



The contracted Participle seems, in a few in- 

 stances, to be protracted. (?) 



sene, i. 42 f, 82 f, 120 f, 254 f, 301 f : ii. 234, 



235 f : iii. 342 f. 

 be-seine, i. 54 f. 



§ 62. Simple Perfect. 



The Perfect Participle of the Simple Conjuga- 

 tion ends in -ed, -d, or -t, and requires but sligbt 

 notice. 



beloved, i. 106, 107. herd, i. 46, 115, 127 : iii. 



shewed (S. sceawod), i. 7, 49. 

 13, 76, 201 : ii. 29 : iii. hid (S. hyded), i. 70 : iii. 



39, 195. 

 cleped, iii. 57. 

 londed, iii. 49. 

 proyed, iii. 52, 61. 



fei 



' 226. 



52, 326 f. 



kid (S. cySed, cjd), i. 

 286 : iii. 51. f. 



miswent, i. 55 f. 

 sent, i. 70. 



lost, i. 155, 243, 356 : ii. 

 326. 



We find 



54 



a-stoned (S. stunod) would be expected. 



less a mistake. 



eft) 



<juently. 



prefix i- (S. ge-) 



i- write, i. 169. 

 i- bore, i. 176. 



i- lore, ii. 51 f. 



i- wounde, iii. 314 f. 



64. Present Participle. 



The Present Participle terminates, with few ex- 

 ceptions, in -ende (S. -encie). Many words of 

 French origin adopt this termination. 



accordende, i. 213 f. 



winkende, ii. 189. 



comende, i. 88, 133 f, boilende, ii. 201. 



swounende, i. 188. 



220 f. 

 touchende, i. 243. 

 wepende, i. 74. 

 criende, i. 137. 

 knelende, i. 155. 

 praiende, i. 345. 

 suende, i. 278, 213 f. 

 spekende, ii. 6 f. 

 thenkende, ii. 369. 

 thonkende, ii. 297. 

 ridende, i. 191 : ii. 46. 

 amblende, ii. 45. 



sailende, i. 200. 

 bledende, iii. 60. 

 unsittende, iii. 143. 

 continuende, ii. 18 f. 



gan, i. 48. 



d[e] 



d[e] what 



was 



best(e) 

 ridend[e] 



t[e] 



etc. 



In innumerable cases the elided e is not printed 



in Pauli's Gower : as touchend of, i. 49 : feignend 



of, i. 63 : feignend an, i. 70 : stalkend he, i. 72 : 



glistrend ayein, i. 80: hangend about, i. 115: 



thenkend he, i. 144 : knelend he, i. 151 : slepend 



appere, i. 271, etc., etc., etc. : brennend hast, iii. 

 352. 



Much less frequently the accent is thrown 

 back. 



com end after, i. 1. 

 touchende of, i. 52 : 



wepend eye, i. 236. 

 knelende on, ii. 96. 



touchend, i. 53, 67 : ii. 3. slombrend eyen, ii. 

 belongend unto, i, 12. 103. 



* 



wailend in, i. 144. suend after, ii. 104. 



walkend on, i. 185 : ii. 45. dredend alle, ii. 334, 



etc. 



The final e is most frequently not printed when 

 the accent is thrown back, but this is probably an 



error. 



i 



The only cases observed of Present Participles 

 in -end, where no elision could take place, are 

 the following suspicious and probably incorrect 



verses. 



4 



