There are two 'longe' s
probably
of the same mean|ing ryming, 91-2.
Adam Davy's Five Dreams about Edward II - 1389
inf.
, imp.
, or subj.
), a 'lite' (little), 225-6; ydytte (pp.
of dihtan, see 254) 'pytte' (pit), 241-2; vchone, fon, 262-3.
The ie is right: folie, wrie (inf.
), 79-80; Elye, prophecie, 152-3, &c.
The final e can hardly be allowd to ?
ing (obl.
) to match springe (inf.
), 3-4 (see 59-60); cp.
telle, wel, 55-6.
Mowe, abou?
e, 27-8, seem to show the silence of ?
.
There are two 'longe' s probably of the same mean|ing ryming, 91-2. The ryming of 'ysed' (pp. ) with 'ded' (dead, pp. ), 195-6; of 'sede' (perf. ) with 'falshede', 266, and the six '-ede' words in 267-272 (drede among them); of 'seide' with 'rede', 179-180, shows that the Elizabethan and our 'sed' is not, as has been asserted, a mere late slurring of the broad 'said', tho' that form or spelling has won in the fight for the survival of the fittest.
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[Laud MS. 622, leaf 69, back. ]
SO mychel wisdom neuer y-herd was; as kyng salamon cou? e:
Vche word wyt & wisdom was; ? at com out of his mou? e.
? e kynde he cou? e of vche beest; & of vche quik ? ing,
And ? e vertu of vche herbe; ?
There are two 'longe' s probably of the same mean|ing ryming, 91-2. The ryming of 'ysed' (pp. ) with 'ded' (dead, pp. ), 195-6; of 'sede' (perf. ) with 'falshede', 266, and the six '-ede' words in 267-272 (drede among them); of 'seide' with 'rede', 179-180, shows that the Elizabethan and our 'sed' is not, as has been asserted, a mere late slurring of the broad 'said', tho' that form or spelling has won in the fight for the survival of the fittest.
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[Laud MS. 622, leaf 69, back. ]
SO mychel wisdom neuer y-herd was; as kyng salamon cou? e:
Vche word wyt & wisdom was; ? at com out of his mou? e.
? e kynde he cou? e of vche beest; & of vche quik ? ing,
And ? e vertu of vche herbe; ?
