TIIE LANGUAGE OF GOWER's CONFESSIO AMANTIS. 



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by sleighte feignend than he wrought, i. 68. 

 of golde glistrend spoke and whele, iii. 112. 



A very few cases occur of the later form of the 

 participle in -inge, -ingf : 



sailinge (rh. singe), i. 59. 

 wlsshinge and w&piDge, i. 45. 

 the whel meving of love, i. 2 13. 

 brenninge (rh. comminge, noun), ii. 29, 

 sitting (rh. dwelling, noun), iii. 353. 



§ C5. Anomalous Verbs. 



can 



know, be able. 



Pres. Indie. Sing. 1, 3. can, i. 174. 



2. canst, i. 117 : iii. 38. 



Plur •[ coimen > *• 356 : ii. 313 : iii. 158. 

 * X conne, i. 92 : ii. 32, 81 f. 



Imper. Indie. Sing. 1, 3. couthe, ii. 33, 44, 378. 



Plur. cputhen, i. 26 : iii. 362. 





Infin. conne, i. 200 (know) : ii. 158 (be^ble). 

 Partic. couth, i. 138, 174. 



dar 



dare. 



Pres. Sing. 1, 3. dar, dar(e) i. 296, 297 : iii. 41(2), 257. 



2. darst, ii. 22. 



Plur. dare, ii. 13. 



Imper. 1, 3. dorste, ii. 118 : iii. 381. 



2. dursest, ii. 2, should doubtless be durstest. 



Plur, durste, i. 148. 



We find, and that I durst right wel avouche, i. 295, where durst is either Conditional or Present Indicative 



if that I dore (rh. dore, noun), ii. 96, is probably a Present Subjunctive. 



may 



may 



* 



mot 



Pres. Indie. Sing. 1, 3. may, iii. 6, 7. 47, etc. 



2. might, i. 50, 59, 66, 96, 141, 143, 178, etc. 



Plur. mowe, iii. 275. 



mow, i. 44 : ii. 42, 95, 355. 



may, ii. 286. 

 Imperf. Sing. 1, 3. mighte, i. 28, 30, 176 : ii- 19, 28, 44. 



might, i. 212. 

 Infin. it shall nought wel mow be forsake, i. 215. 



must, may. 



Indie. Pres. Sing. 1, 3. mot, i. 93, 114, 155, 266, 274 : ii. 245 (5 times), etc. 



2. must, i. 118, 145 : ii. 25. 



Plur. moten, mote, i. 268 : ii. 386 f. : iii. 286 I 



Sub. Pres. Sing, mote, i. 228, 139. 



Indie. Imperf. muste, ii. 242. 



Imperf. (sense of present), muste (=Eng. must), iii. 10. 



mus 



t (should probably be muste), ii. 245 : must three times, mot fire time* 



in the page. 



musten, i. 179. 

 In the sense of may. Pres Subj. mote : thy sweven mote falle, i. 139. 



God leve (read lene) it mote well ben(e) holde, m. 188. 



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