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OBSERVATIONS ON THE LANGUAGE OP GOWER's CONFESSIO AMANT1S 



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§ 108. Various Particles. 



all as although : all nere it worth a stree, ii. 160. 

 alonge, on (S. gelang), ss along of, because of. 



howe all is on my self alonge, ii. 22, 33. 



for it is nought on me alo?ige, ii. 96, 205. 



and all was this on him alonge 1 ii. 310, 

 324 : iii. 267. 



So, on you is ever that I crie, ii. 121. 



with 



far as concerns 



in various shades of distinctness and strength, de- 

 creasing to insignificance. 



(a tale) that, as in conclusion, saith, i. 23. 

 what saist thou, son*?, as of thin ere, i. 60. 

 as for that time, i. 135 : as for the time that it 

 lasteth, i. 317. 



as for the while that it laste, ii. 79 : mercy which 



as 



s - • 



as tho, i. 166 : ii. 2, 14, 254 : but what as after 



shall befall[e], i. 234. 

 that ben nought able as of hem selve, i. 162. 

 now, Johan, quod she, in my power 

 thou must, as of thy love, stonde, iii. 353. 

 fame as for tojspeke of armes, ii. 239. 

 to whom reson in speciall 

 is yove as for the governaunce, iii. 101. 

 but yet ther(e) ben of londes fele, 

 in Occident as for the chele, 

 in orient(e) as for the hete, 

 which of the people be forlete/iii. 104. 

 wherof as to the world no more 

 ne woll she torne, iii. 316. 



as 



Latin guam : 



very 



as 



als 



they cast it over borde as blive, 

 immediately ; not vu, W » WM1V irom 01 

 quick ! ii. 266 : 313. 



So, als swithe, iii. 306: als tite, ii. 320- 

 faste, i. 55 : ii. 204. 



also (al so) faste, ii. 132, 156, 318: iii. 28: also 

 blive, m. 49, 58. 



(als = as : for als moche, i. 51 : als fer as, i. 89, 



132 : als well as, ii. 203, 379 : iii. 19.) 

 al so well as . . . iii. 350 = just as well . . . as. 



as 



-J r— ■» 



etc. (quippe) : 



inasmuch as he, seeing that, 





chival[e] 





for every herte 

 ye knowe, as ye that ben above, 

 the god and the goddesse of love, ii. 322, 

 as he that was tofore unkinde, ii, 325. 



but her accord(e) 

 to love mighte no man winne, 

 as she whiche hath no lust therinne, 

 but swor(e), etc., ii. 336. 



at-after 



after : 



within a time at-after mete, iii. 41. 

 to riden out at-after mete, iii. 63. 



Still used in the north of England. I do not 

 find the combination in Saxon, but as set-foran 

 occurs set-after probably existed. In Observations 

 on Chaucer, § 109, after-mete is wrongly explained 

 as a nouD, like after-noon. 



by, of time, as sometimes Germ, bei : 



by olde daies, i. 67, 89, 110, 118, 156. 



by olde tide, ii. 132. 



that he all by the brode sunne 



to bedde goth, iii. 255. 



the brighte sonne by the morwe, 242, 



Also, (they might beholde) by thritty mile 



aboute, ii. 195. 



by times seven, i. 138, 140. 

 by that 



ther on), i. 226. 



>/ 



ever among = still, continually : 



and ever among mercy she cride, i. 149. 



and 



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iii. 303, 328. 

 So, ever in on(e), iii. 28, 29. 



195: 



n 



15: 



forth with 



with 



herself forth with her childe also, i. 194. 

 the king(e) Allee forth with th'assent, i. 209. 

 forth with her wives hothe two, i. 209. 

 the lond forth with the king deceived were 



216. 



forth 



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67, 154, etc. 



in aunter if 



344 : ii. 147. 



if haply, i. 19 : iii. 331 : 



lest, i 



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