THE RIMES IN THE AUTHENTIC POEMS OF WILLIAM DUNBAR. 



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wrytting : indytting, 227, 15. 



wynis : dynis, 80, 32. 



gryce (see above) : nyce, 273, 65. 



paradyis : wyiss (sb), 41, 3. 



service : ,, 255, 2. 



wyiss (sb) : benefice : deviss, 106, 104. 304, 2. 



syss (OE. si ) : ryss : cryis, suppryis, 366, 2. 



ryiss (v) : benefyiss, 280, 24. 



„ : cryis : suppryis, 367, 5. 

 abydit : decydit : devydit, 383, 29. 

 syd : wyd : crucifyed, 377, 95. 

 henwyfe : stryfe (OF. estrif), 71, 25. 

 knyfe : lyfe : stryfe, 83, 72. 



„ : stryfe, 129, 31. 

 wylis : ilis, 208, 17. 

 Syne (NE. since) : inclyne, 375, 6. 

 vvyne : ingyne : propyne : fyne, 301, 63. 

 byd : homicyd, 222, 33. 



„ : provyd, 266, 81. 

 depryf : dryf, 138, 91. 

 arryve : fyve, 385, 47. 

 lyve : wyve : laxatyve, 223, 41. 



„ : stryfe, 83, 69. 71, 23. 

 myne : fyne, 82, 21. 



schyne : devyne : regyne : rosyne : femynyne, 

 369, 2. 



,, : Lucyne : matutyne : crystalyne : fine, 

 101, 1. 

 wyiss (adj.) : devyiss : suppryiss, 76, 67. 



,, : survyiss : cryis, 249, 24. 



,, : cuvatyce, 311, 40. ryss : dispyss (NE. 



despise), 269, 63. 280, 22. 

 ryne (ON . rln) : devyne : regyne : rosyne : femi- 



nyne, 370, 12. 

 abydit : gydit, 383, 31. 

 wylis : begylis, 208, 16. 

 tyd : gyd, 326, 6. 327, 30. 

 gyis : wyiss (sb), 106, 103. 

 wyd : gyd, 252, 56. 

 syd : „ 327, 14. 

 ryd : „ 344, 13. 



e) Fr. ei. 



wyiss (adj.) : pryis (v), 76, 68. 



f) OF. e 



wyle : quhyle : myle : syle (OF. celier), 110, 217. 

 grysse : unwyse : dyce : pryce, 319, 56. 



g) Gk. v. 



wyle : style, 241, 41. 



§ 85. There seems to be no reason for treating the endings -me, -ite, -ive, -ice, etc., 

 separately. Dunbar uses them sparingly, probably despising, good artist as he was, 

 this cheap method of finding rhymes. But when he does use them, he seems to make 

 no distinction between them and the other long I or y sounds. 



With respect to the pronunciation of the y and I at this time, it is, as I have already 

 said, difficult to determine it. But in this connection one may ask whether the diph- 

 thong was ever quite the same in South English and Scottish. In South NE., and in 

 the American pronunciation, the diphthong is a distinct ai, the first element being like 

 the a in father. In the NSc, the a-element is not so marked, and the diphthong is 

 perhaps almost ei. In Irish brogue the first element has more the o quality and 

 approximates to oi, which appears to have been the pronunciation of Dryden's time, 

 from the riming of join, shine, etc., etc. 



O- 



§ 86. rimes with 



a) itself. 



befoir : thairfoir, 259, 4. forloir, 259, 2. score, 135, 



14. 

 beforne : borne, 269, 46. „ : forschoir, 329, 8. 



: forlorne, 382, 16. 

 schorne : „ 194, 82. 

 mainsworne : worne, 319, 64. 

 borne : forlorne, 381, 6. 

 worne : „ 382, 22. 



b) OE. o : 



mainssworne : corne, 319, 61. 

 forborne : horn, 94, 35. 



§ 87. 1. before Id. 

 a) OE. ea. gold : behold : old : told, 89, 34. 



toforrow : morrow, 100, 189. 

 forlorne : thorne, 383, 30. 



c) OE. u sowp : howp, 74, 27. 



d) OE. a (see § 18). 



e) Lat. o. 



before : decore : glore : restore : meniore : anrore : 

 implore : adore : indeflore : desore, 370, 49. 



f) OF. a. 



borne : worne : scorne, 176, 343. 

 mainsworne : ,, 319, 64. 



g) OF. o rose : inclois, 99, 156. suppois, 236, 22. 



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