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OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF" GOWER's CONFESSIO AMANTIS. 



mot : my lege lord, god mot (?) you quite, i. 155. 

 Inf. to mote, iii. 296. ? 



owe 



debeo. 



Pres. oweth = debet, every lif(e) oweth wel to knowe, i. 362. 

 j n ( oughte = debet, i. 57 : ii. 64, 150, 369. 

 Pe * ( ought, i. 117, 291 (?). 



oughten, iii. 66, 188. 



ought (e) = owned, ii. 294 



shal 



Eng. shall. 



Pres. Sing. 1, 3. shal, shall, i. 49, 50, 51, etc. 



2. shalt, i. 48, 49, 51, etc. 

 Plur. shullen, i. 117 : ii. 76. 



shulle, i. 128 f. 

 shull, iii. 70, 305. 

 shall, i. 84, 117. 



Imper. Sing, shulde, i. 79. 



Plur. shulden, shulde, i. 76, 77, 79. 

 N. B. — I shall, ii. 96, =am destined to, may : also iii. 7 = je dots. 



sholde, ii. 96, = were destined to, might. 



thar 



need. 



Indie 



3. ther, iii. 164. 

 2. tharst, ii. 61. 



wot 



wot, scio. 



Indie. Pres. Sing. 1, 3. wot. ii. 276, 277. 



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Plur. 



2. wost, ii. 121, 123, 275 : iii, 352, 356. 



woten, iii. 185. 



wite 



Imperf. wiste, ii. 197, 204. 



Subj. Pres. Sing. ( 



Imper. 



(qy. witeth ?) ii. 242, 



Infin. witen, wite, i. 134, 31 f, 320 : ii. 4 f, 95, 377 . 

 Past Part, wist, i. 339 : ii. 46 : iii. 276. 



I wit, ii. 3, should doubtless be I wot. 



§ 66. The verb will. 

 Pres. Indie. Sing. 1. wille, ii. 279, wol, i. 6, 48, 50. 



C wilt, ii. 388. 



(wold 310) 



3. 



K wol, ii. 122 : perhaps also, if thou wol here, ii. 73. 



shall 



as he that fighte wolle, ii. 72, mayhe Suhj. Mood. 



Plur. wolle, i. 103. 



woll, wol, i. 43, 88, 129, 177, etc. 

 will, i. 177 : ii. 370. 



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