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OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OF GOWER'S CONFESSIO AMANTIS 



verri-licbe, i. 12 : iii. 5. 

 longe, i. 342: ii. 28, 184 f, 215, 302 f : iii. 285. 

 loude, ii. 308 : iii. 307 f, 358: a-Ioude, iii. 268. 

 oute, i. 16 : ii. 143 f : iii. 294 f. 

 eame (S. same, pariter), ii. 240 f. (?) 

 smale (S. smale), ii. 279 f. 

 softe, ii. 45, 240, 309. 



sone, ii. 250 : iii. 51. 



sore, ii. 185, 215, 280, 308. 



atille, ii. 121 : iii. 285 f. - 



•withe, iii. 57 f, 306 f. 



uppe, i. 15 f, 128 f : ii. 249. 

 wide, i i i, 208, 324, 326. 



higli (rh. eye), should be highe, ii. 35 f. 



So, alofte, ii. 103 f, 109 f, 195 f : iii. 136 f, 195 f, 

 351 f. 



blive, i. 314 f : ii. 238 f : iii. 49 f, 58 f, 292 f, 



313 f. 

 lowe, ii. 35, 101 f. 

 smarte, iii. 113 f. 



straite ( 



227. 



L. stride), ii. 354 f : iii. 47 i, 



We 



wele (S. wela, wel), iii. 149 f. 



iii. 206, 353, 356. 



§ 70. Comparatives and Superlatives of the An- 

 cient ( * Irregular " ) Form. 



compar. bet, i. 126 : " for bet for wers," ii. 24, 325. 



better, i. 66, 88. 

 the bet, i. 108 : ii. 285. 

 the better, ii. 285 : iii. 213. 



compar. ner ( 



nere, i. 318 f. 



( " ner and ner " ) 



120 : iii. 212. 



9 



super, neste 



breste). 



next is found, iii. 121 f (rh 



compar. ferre, ii. 19. 



the ferre, i. 281 £ 

 compar. lasse, i. 25, 366 f : ii. 138. 



the lasse, i. 303 : ii. 212. 



lest, i. 121. 



super. 



compar. lenger, ii. 257, 297 : iii. 54,. 185, 249 

 compar. more, ii. 283 : more hard, i. 25 : more strong, 



ii. 381 : more harde, ii. 146 ; the more, 



super, 



i. 3. 



moste (glade), i. 182. 



compar. wers, " for bet, for wers," ii. 24. 



worse, iii. 209, 269. 



the werse, worse, i. 334 : ii. 364 : the wors 

 iii. 153. 



the werre, i. 334 f : iii. 238 f. 



no woman mighte worse fare 



ne sorwe more than she did[e], ii. 383. 



§ 71. The following Adverbs have an internal e 

 which is not found Saxon. 



truely (treowlice), i. 227 : ii. 57, 362. 



nedely (nydlice), ii. 41. 



redely (S. hraedlice), ii. 198, 371. 



§ 72. The following Particles, of various ter- 



minations in Saxon, have e more or less frequently. 

 Those marked * have also a form in -s : see § 73. 



a. From Saxon forms in -an. 



J a-boven, ii. 185 : iii. 12, 81. 

 ( a-bove, ii. 16, 274. 



above, iii. 236. (?) 

 a-boute,* i. 127 : ii. 50, 102 f, 188 f : iii. 36, 76. 



a-twinne (S. on-tweonan ? ), i. 371 f: ii. 244 f, 

 326 f. 



be-hinde, ii. 31 f, 21 7 f, 380 f : iii. 44 f, 97, 313. 

 be-twene, ii. 327 : iii. 53 f, 284 f. 



< betwene, i. 6, 9, 20, 286, 309 : ii. 22 : iii. 

 4 139, 232. 



( betwen, i. 12, 15, 332 : iii. 350. 

 -forn, -fore : a-forn (S. onforan), iii. 32 f. 



a-fore i. 364 : ii. 267 f : iii. 227. 

 to-fore (S. tOforan), i. 204, 209 : ii. 

 31 f, 47, 77 f, 154: iii. 40, 273, 

 342. 



tofore, i. 59, 117, 155, 201, 

 205, 321, 348 : iii. 61. 



* 



before, i. 138. 

 -nethe : be-nethe (S. be-ni]?an), i. 35. 



under-nethe (S. under-nipan), i. 258. 

 -side : a-side (S. on-sidan ? ), ii. 85 f, 143 f. 



278 : iii. 166 f. 

 be-siden * (S. be-sidan), ii. 379. 

 be-side, iii. 82 : i. 289. 

 ( sithen, i. 42. • 



sitbe, i. 31, 43, 210 : iii. 71 f. 

 ( withouten, ii. 70, 118, 282, 333. 

 I withoute, i. 7, 30 f : ii. 118, 143, 187 : iii. 379. 



without, L 8 (?) 



