-ONGE. [Note that _songe_, pp., _spronge_, pp., _tonge_, _yonge_, are really written for _sunge_, _sprunge_, _tunge_, _yunge_. They rime together, but are quite distinct from _fonge_, _honge_, _longe_, _stronge_, _wronge_; just as in mod. English.] -OOK. (A) _ook_, _strook_. (B) _awook_, _book_, _cook_, _forsook_, _hook_, _look_, _quook_, _shook_, _took_, _wook_. -OOT. (A) _boot_, he bit, _goot_, goat, _hoot_, hot, _noot_, know not, _smoot_, smote, _woot_, know, _wroot_, wrote. (B) _foot_, _moot_, must, _soot_. -OOTH. (A) _clooth_, _gooth_, _looth_, _ooth_, _wrooth_. (B) _dooth_, _sooth_, _tooth_. -ORE. _Bifore_, _bore_, pp., born, _forlore_, pp., _more_, a root, _shore_, pp., _swore_, pp., _therfore_, _wherfore_, originally had a short _o_, and usually rime together. _Hore_, pl., hoary, _lore_, _more_, _rore_, _sore_, _yore_, have open long _o_, and usually rime together. In a few cases, _bifore_ and _more_ rime with words in the other set. -OTE. (A) _grote_, groat, _hote_, hot, _throte_, throat (from A.S. _throtu_). (B) _bote_, satisfaction, _fote_, _rote_, root, _swote_, sweet. The above lists are offered for what they are worth. I believe them to be fairly correct; but they may not be quite exhaustive. Nevertheless, they record ascertained facts; and the facts remain true and useful, even if the theories be wrong. s. 42. SOME PECULIARITIES OF RIME. The subject of Chaucer's rimes is fully discussed by Ten Brink; _Studien_, p. 190. As the critical reader will necessarily consult this work, it is only necessary to give here a few of the chief results. Chaucer's rimes are usually either (1) masculine, or (2) feminine. Masculine rimes are those in which the rime is confined to _a single_ final syllable, as 'lic_our_,' 'fl_our_'; Prol. l. 3. Feminine rimes are those in which the rime extends through _two_ syllables, as 's_ote_,' 'r_ote_'; Prol. l. 1. It is necessary to remember that _every_ unaccented final _e_ at the end of a line is to be sounded, and constitutes a syllable.