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... past participle of weak verbs ) is often preceded by the prefix y or i , answering to the Anglo - Saxon and modern ... past indicative and past participle , and the es of the plural and of the genitive , form separate syllables . In ...
... past participle of weak verbs ) is often preceded by the prefix y or i , answering to the Anglo - Saxon and modern ... past indicative and past participle , and the es of the plural and of the genitive , form separate syllables . In ...
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... past participle , and correspond to the A. S. ge . Cf. modern German . - 9. Smale . Final e denoting the plural . — Maken is a plural form , as also slepen in the following line . II . Priketh - inciteth , prompteth . — Hem , here . See ...
... past participle , and correspond to the A. S. ge . Cf. modern German . - 9. Smale . Final e denoting the plural . — Maken is a plural form , as also slepen in the following line . II . Priketh - inciteth , prompteth . — Hem , here . See ...
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... past of kerven , to carve ; A. S. ceorfan . = IOI . Yemen = yeoman . · No moo no more . 102. Him luste = it pleased him . - Ryde is inf . = to ride . 104. Pocok arwes = arrows winged with peacock feathers . 109. Not - heed cropped head ...
... past of kerven , to carve ; A. S. ceorfan . = IOI . Yemen = yeoman . · No moo no more . 102. Him luste = it pleased him . - Ryde is inf . = to ride . 104. Pocok arwes = arrows winged with peacock feathers . 109. Not - heed cropped head ...
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... past part . is frequently dropped . 129. Sauce : = saucer . - = unknown . Forks and spoons had not yet come into use . 131. No drope ne fille : = no drop fall . Double negative , as in French and Anglo - Saxon . 132. Leste = pleasure ...
... past part . is frequently dropped . 129. Sauce : = saucer . - = unknown . Forks and spoons had not yet come into use . 131. No drope ne fille : = no drop fall . Double negative , as in French and Anglo - Saxon . 132. Leste = pleasure ...
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... past part . is dropped . 233. His typet was ay farsed = His hood was always stuffed . Says an old writer : " When the order degenerated , the friar combined with the spiritual functions the occupation of pedler , huckster , mountebank ...
... past part . is dropped . 233. His typet was ay farsed = His hood was always stuffed . Says an old writer : " When the order degenerated , the friar combined with the spiritual functions the occupation of pedler , huckster , mountebank ...
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