Category: Poetry
The Editor of the present valuable and interesting record of our old English speech will, no doubt, both astonish and alarm his readers by informing them that he has never seen the manuscript from which the work he professes to edit has been transcribed.
The Editor of the present valuable and interesting record of our old English speech will, no doubt, both astonish and alarm his readers by informing them that he has never seen...
21. Part 211943 _wurðe_ = _wurð e_ = _wurð he_ (?) = he shall be. 1950 _derne sped_ = secret haste. I should prefer _derue sped_ = _derfe sped_, bold (wicked) haste. 1952 _spices ware_ = _...
19. Part 19"Þair throtes sal ay be filled omang Of alle thyng þat es bitter and strang, Of _lowe_ and reke with stormes melled, Of pyk and brunstane togyder welled." —(Hampole's P. of. C.,...
20. Part 201292 _ðat he bed him two_ [to ?], that he commanded him to go to. _two_, an error for _to_. See l. 3752. 1295-6 They say on that hill's side was made the temple of Solomon. 1295...
18. Part 18"Sette," he (Lucifer) said, "mi sete I sal Gain him þat heist es of alle; In þe _north_ side it sal be sette, O me seruis sal he non gette."—(Cursor Mundi, fol. 4b.)
22. Part 22P. 81. l. 2828 _vnsteken_, disclose. See Gloss. to Allit. Poems, s. v. _Steke_. 2830 _Gunc_ = you two. See Orm. i. 301; ii. 98. 2831 _funden_; O.E. _founde_, to go, occurs in Al...
17. Part 17ðo moyſes tolde he_m_ and aaron, ðan [h]e gunnen fro egipte gon. Vten ioſue and caleph, Alle elles he driuen i_n_ deades weph; 4096 Alle ðiſe wapmen ðor[389] god let liwen, ðe l...
28. Part 28Wriðel, herbs (?), from Du. _wortel_, an herb, 3153. The A.S. _wríðels_, a band, fillet, cover, does not help us to explain this satisfactorily. Is _wríðel_ written for _wrixel_...
25. Part 25Mene, company, fellowship, 501. A.S. _ge-mána_, a company, marriage. "Forr drihhtin haffde þanne sett Amang Iudissken þeode, Þatt nan ne shollde filedd ben Þurrh hæþenn macchess...
26. Part 26Sel, time, season, 417, 928, 1032, 1184, 1224, 1375, 1503, 1545, 2541, 2769, 3159; 'in _sel_,' quickly, opportunely, 1095; 'al swilk _sel_,' at such time, 1204; 'on _sel_,' 'on...
23. Part 2324. Part 24Glente, looked affrighted, stared in astonishment, 1029. It signifies originally merely to shine, look. "Þys persone lay and lokede furth Vntyl a cofre yn þe florthe; Þar-to þe...
27. Part 27Ðan, Ðane, Ðanne, then, 9, 999, 1003, 2680; than, 144; when, 17, 182, 2072; that time, 'bi _ðan_,' 'bi _ðanne_,' 1023, 3706; 'ear _ðanne_, or _ðan_,' 38, 2435; 'fro _ðan_,' 188,...
16. Part 16Oc alle he ſulen wenden a-gen, And in ðe deſert longe ben; And on ðe .xx. winter hold or mor ut of egipte told, 3736 ðat hauen ðuſ often fand, Ne ſulden welden ðat leue land,
15. Part 15for iſ here ðhogt nogt me for-holen; 'If ye liſten lefful to me, Ic wile min folc owen be.'" 3448 And moyſes tolde ðiſ iſrael, And him heten eu_er_ilc del, ðat hem bideð, ſulen...
14. Part 14"Hu! haue ge wrong," q_u_ad pharaon, "Gu wapmen giue Ic leue to gon; Of erf and wimmen leue ic nogt, Ear one of wapmen waſ bi-ſogt." 3080 Ef[t] ðiſ andſwere, ben vt-gon moyſes f...
4. Part 4[61] Chaucer constantly uses _men_ with a _verb_ in the _singular_ number, third person. See Notes and Queries for Feb. 8th, 1873, where I have shown that the West-Midland subst...
11. Part 11"Spies were we neu_er_ non, Oc alle we ben on faderes ſunen, For hunger doð es[213] hider cumen." 2176 "Oc nu ic wot ge ſpieſ ben, for bi gure bering men mai it ſen;
3. Part 3Class I. (_a_) Beren (bear), { bar, } boren. { bor, } Bidden (bid), bad, beden. Bi-speken (speak), bi-spac, bi-speken. Bigeten (beget), bigat, { bigeten. { bigoten. Breken (brea...
13. Part 13And ietro geld it him i_n_ eſtdede, Sente after him, freinede hiſ kin, Helde him wurðelike iſ huſ wið-in; 2760 Of ali kinde he wiſte him boren, And bad him ðor wunen him bi-foren,
8. Part 8He ðrowede and ðolede un-timing ðat; 1180 Al it waſ for abraham-iſ wif, ðat he hire held ðor wið ſtrif; ðo bi-ðhogte him ful wel, And ſente after abraha_m_ ðat ilc ſel, 1184
10. Part 10And iacob ſente fer bi-foren hi_m_ riche loac, and ſundri boren, And iordan he dede ouer waden, Orf & men, wið welðe laden; 1800 And he bi-lef ðor on ðe nigt to bidden helpe of...
7. Part 7Told it abram ðat ilke deai. ðre hundred men and .xiij. wigt, Alle ſtalwurði and witt_er_ of figt, 864 wið mambre, and excol, and anel, Abram let him tunde wel; ðat hird he folg...
9. Part 9Wið wines drinc and ſeles mel. Yſaac wende it were eſau, for he grapte him and fond hi_m_ ru; 1544 ðanne he wiſte him on gode ſel, He him bliſcede holdelike and wel;
12. Part 12Wið criſme and olie, in trewðe geuen; for trewðe and gode dedes mide, ðon[230] ben ðan al ðat wech-dede; 2460 Su_m_ .on. ſum .ðre. su_m_ .vii. nigt, Su_m_ .xxx., ſum .xii. moneð...
5. Part 5Min ſete norð on heuene maken, And ðor ic wile ſitten and ſen Al ðe ðhinges ðe in wer[l]de ben, 280 Twen heuone hil and helle dik, And ben min lou_er_d geuelic."
6. Part 6Sexe hundred ger noe was hold Quan he dede him in ðe arche-wold; 576 Two ðhuſant ger, ſex hundred mo, And ſex and fifti forð to ðo, weren of werldes elde numen ðan noe waſ in to...
2. Part 2The Ormulum, the Bestiary, and Genesis and Exodus have some few other points of agreement which will be found noticed in the Grammatical Details and Glossary. There are, however...
29. Part 29cam, _pret._ Abraham, _s._ 40/1386; Abram, _s._ 21/708; Adam, _s._ 6/172, 11/356; Balaam, _s._ 39/1354; bi-nam, _pret._ 32/1110; Liam, _s._ 48/1676; nam, _pret._ 20/698, 40/1402...
31. Part 31nogt, _adv._ brogt, _pp._ 16/550, 25/874, 67/2344, 68/2386, 112/3936; sogt, _pp._ 55/1934, 89/3130; sowt, _pp._ 82/2870; ðogt, _s._ 31/1072, 67/2330; wrogt, _pp._ 52/1812, 53/18...
30. Part 30men, _s. pl._ amen, _int._ 118/4162; ben, _inf._ 72/2534; bi-twen, _postp._ ⅛; fen, _s._ 15/490; Gersen, _s._ 68/2364; herte-bren, _s._ 115/4054; ren, (?) 91/3218; ten, _a._ 107...
32. Part 32cumen, _pp._ binumen, 23/772, 82/2876; numen, _pp._ 11/366, 18/594, 18/620, 32/1112, 33/1142, 38/1316, 67/2346, 93/3270, 98/3438, 103/3640, 105/3680. _See_ mis-numen, numen, wun...