Chaucer Society Publications: First seriesJohnson Reprint Corporation, 1901 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
3ere 3eue 3oure a-boute a-geyn a-non a-nother allas alwey Arcite Canterbury Tales certeyn Chaucer coude crist Custaunce dede deth doth doughter doun drede Egerton Emelye entent euere euery F. J. Furnivall felawe ffor fful frere fressh fynde goddes goth gret grete hade hath haue hede heere herd heye hire hise hond hous husbonde in-to ioye kepe knygħt kyng Latin note leaf lengere leue litel lord loue lyue magyk manere moun mygħt myn hert neuere noon nought Palamon peeple peyne preye quod rede saue seide seith seye seyn Seynt shal shulde shuln sire sithe slayn sompnour sone sorwe spak speke swete swich tale thanne theise therfore Theseus thilke thow thyn thyng trewe tyme vn-to vnder vp-on wele weye whan wold womman wygħt wyse wyst wyues þat
Popular passages
Page 117 - This Aleyn al forgat, bothe mele and corn, Al was out of his mynde his housbondrye. 'What? whilk way is he geen?
Page 55 - That whan a man was set on o degree, He letted nat his felawe for to see.
Page 338 - They goon and pleye hem al the longe day. And this was on the sixte morwe of May, Which May hadde peynted with his softe shoures This...
Page 24 - As he that wys was and obedient To kepe his forward by his free assent, He seyde : ' Sin I shal beginne the game, What, welcome be the cut, a Goddes name ! Now lat us ryde, and herkneth what I seye.
Page 114 - Ther dorste no wight clepen hire but "dame"; Was noon so hardy that wente by the weye That with hire dorste rage or ones pleye, But if he wolde be slayn of Symkyn With panade, or with k'nyf, or boidekyn.
Page 168 - I trowe he hadde wyves mo than oon ; As, wolde god, it leveful were to me To be refresshed half so ofte as he ! Which yifte of god hadde he for alle his wyvis ! No man hath swich, that in this world alyve is.