English of the XIVth CenturyGinn, 1896 - 313 Seiten |
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adjective adverb anon Arcite Arcyte aventure berd byforn caas called Chaucer cloth companye construction construed couthe dative denotes deth devyse doon doun Emelye English felawe force French genitive gerund gerundial Goth Gower gret grete hath heed heere heih hence herte highte hire hond idea infinitive inflection knight kyng lady language Latin literally lord lovede lust lyve maken Mars meaning moche Morris nought noun original Palamon person pleyn plural preposition pret preterite prisoun pronoun refers romede ryde sayn Scan schal sche schortly schulde sense sentence seyde Shak signified speke sterte subj subjunctive swerd tale Thanne Thebes ther Theseus thilke thincan thing thou trewe tyme Tyrwhitt reads unto usually verb Wedgwood weren weye whan Wiclif withouten wolde word wyde yeer
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 97 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it : and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Seite 107 - ... the merchandise of gold and silver, and precious stones and of pearls, and fine linen and purple, and silk and scarlet, and all thyine wood and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble...
Seite 154 - But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth : and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
Seite 5 - But sore weep she if oon of hem were deed, Or if men smoot it with a yerde smerte : And al was conscience and tendre herte.
Seite 14 - And yet he was but esy of dispence; He kepte that he wan in pestilence. For gold in phisik is a cordial, Therfore he lovede gold in special.
Seite 3 - Syngynge he was, or floytynge, al the day; He was as fressh as is the monthe of May.
Seite 26 - WHYLOM, as olde stories tellen us, Ther was a duk that highte Theseus ; Of Athenes he was lord and governour, And in his tyme swich a conquerour, That gretter was ther noon under the sonne. Ful many a riche contree hadde he wonne ; What with his wisdom and his...
Seite 8 - Ther nas no man no-wher so vertuous. He was the beste beggere in his hous; For thogh a widwe hadde noght a sho, So plesaunt was his ' In principio' Yet wolde he have a ferthing, er he wente.
Seite 81 - What is this world? what asketh men to have? Now with his love, now in his colde grave Allone, with-outen any companye.
Seite 4 - Upon his arm he bar a gay bracer, And by his side a swerd and a bokeler, And on that other side a gay daggere, Harneysed wel, and scharp as poynt of spere; A Cristofre on his brest of silver schene.