THE LANGUAGE OF GOWER's COXFESSIO AMAOTIft 



309 



as he which couthe mochel what, i. 320 (cf. some 

 what). 



love is bought for litel what, ii. 275. 



/. "Who so, who that = siquis (with the Sub- 

 junctive). 



and, who so thenke therupon, 



his name was king Pandion, ii. 313. 



the boke of Troie who so rede, 



ther(e) may he finde, etc., i. 312. 



for ofte, who that hede toke, 



better is to winke than to Joke, i. 54, 206. 



her names, who that rede right [e], 



Sem, Cham,' Japhet, the brethern hight[e], 



* • • 



in 



102. 



So, t/mt man that wolde him well avise, 

 delicacy is to despise, iii. 40. 



g. As who saith = as one might say, so to speak : 



he sigh, and as who saith, abraide, i. 268. 

 and am, as who saith, loves knave, ii. 131. 



So, i. 4 : ii. 57, 258, etc. 



§ 105. Indefinite Pronouns. 



a. Redundant use of on (= one). 



lawe is on(e) the best . . . to make, etc., iii. 189. 

 a fairer child than it was on(e), i. 201. 



wi 



an other such as he was on{e), ii. 159, 259: iii 



327. 



We 



all 



* 



a gladder woman than was she, iii. 51. . 



b. One = only, single (Sax. ana), 

 and rather shall an one man, iii. 231. 



c. One with, personal pronoun, as in Scotch 

 my lane : 



wishing^ and wepinge all min one, i. 45. 



within a gardin all him one, i. 148. 



tho stood, as who saith, all him one, iii. 285, 178. 



§ 106. Prefixes for, to, be. 



for-stormed, i. 160 : iii. for-thenketh, ii. 276 : i 



322. 



186. 



for-blowe, i. 160 : iii. 323. for-slouthen, ii. 190. 



for-doth, i. 266. 

 for-gnawe, i. 320. 

 for- wept, ii. lf>. 



for-smite, iii. 308. 

 for-drive, iii. 380. 

 for-juged, iii. 195 



for-waked, ii. 15, 309. for-lain, ii. 234> 337. 

 for-shape. ii. 100, 338. for-worth, iii 10 f. 

 for-cast, ii. 167. 



for-trode, ii. 330. 



to-pulled, i. 61. 

 to-drawe, ii. 330. 

 to-swolle, ii. 50. 

 to-throweth, iii. 268 

 to-clef, iii, 296. 



for-swey, iii. 2. I, 272, 

 275, etc. 



to-breke, iii. 334. 



to-bnUn, ii. 74, 208: iii. 

 295, 2%. 



to-rof(e), iii. 296. 



etc. 



be-derked, i. 81. 

 be-bled, i. 183, 326. 

 be-flain, iii. 183. 

 be-shineth, iii. 242. 



be-reined, iii. 126. 

 be-*iH i w I, iii. 51. 

 be-knowe, iii. 10. 



etc 



107. 



8t:ntenc 



e^a- 



cases 



than two are used. 



ne hide it nought, i. 47. 



no vice of which he nis, i. 62. 



nothing ne lough, i. 101. 



ne shall me nought asterte, i. 107. 



he ne wolde him nought forbere, i. 147. 



no man sigh she nought, i. 196. 



she ne wolde nought be shore, 



for no counsel, i. 101. 



I may nought well, ne nought ne shall, i. 134. 



ne for ne write ne for ne taile, ii. 191. 



that ther(e) nis servaunt in min hous(e), 



ne non(e) of tho that ben about(e), 



that eche of hem ne stant in doute, i. 282. 



Single negatives : 



it mighte nought be to my love, 



for so yet was I never above, i. 296. 



for he therof his part ne tath, li. 129, 130, 131, 



146. 

 man is nought amended, ii. 132. 



for ther(e) may be no worse thing, ii. 202. 

 that reson might him non governe (?), i. 361 : 

 see non, § 108. 



But 



only takes a negative, as in Saxon and 



vulgar modern English : 



to the nis but o wey, iii. 373. 



