Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
_Wol_, I will. Pres. indic. 1. _wol_ (_wil_, also written _wole_); 2.
_wolt_, _wilt_; 3. _wol_ (also written _wole_), _wil_; pl. _wollen_,
_woln_, _wole_, _wol_. Pt. _wolde_. Pp. _wold_.
THE VERB SUBSTANTIVE. Infin. _been_, _ben_, _be_. Pres. indic. 1. _am_[70],
2. _art_, 3. _is_; pl. _been_, _ben_, _be_, _beth_, rarely _aren_, _are_.
Pres. subj. _be_; pl. _been_, _be_. Imp. _be_; pl. _beeth_, _beth_. Pp.
_been_, _ben_, _be_. Gerund, _to bene_. Pt. t. 1. _was_, 2. _were_, 3.
_was_; pl. _weren_, _were_, _wer_. Pt. t. subj.; _were_; pl. _weren_,
_were_.
ANOMALOUS VERBS (Praeterito-praesentia).
CAN. Pres. indic. 1. _can_, 2. _canst_, 3. _can_; pl. _connen_, _conne_,
sometimes _can_. Pres. subj. _conne_; pl. _connen_, _conne_. Infin.
_conne_. Pt. t. _coude_, _couthe_, could, knew. Pp. _coud_, _couth_.
DAR. Pres. indic. 1. _dar_, 2. _darst_, 3. _dar_; pl. _dar_. Pt. t.
_dorste_, _durste_. Gerund, _to durre_.
MAY. Pres. indic. 1. _may_, 2. _mayst_, 3. _may_; pl. _mowen_, _mowe_.
Pres. subj. _mowe_, _mow_. Pt. t. _mighte_. Infin. _mowen_.
MOOT. Pres. indic. 1. _moot_ (_m[=o]t_), 2. _most_, 3. _moot_ (_m[=o]t_);
pl. _moten_, _mote_. Pres. subj. _mote_ (but often written _moot_ or
_mot_). Pt. t. _moste_.
OW. Pres. indic. 1. _ow_ (?), 2. _owest_, 3. _oweth_; pl. _owen_. Pt. t.
_oghte_, _oughte_.
SHAL. Pres. indic. 1. _shal_, 2. _shalt_, 3. _shal_; pl. _shullen_,
_shuln_, _shul_ (or _shal_). Pt. t. _sholde_, _shulde_.
THAR. Pres. indic. _thar_, impersonal. Pt. t. _thurfte_, _hurte_,
impersonal.
WOOT. Pres. indic. 1. _w[`o][`o]t_ (_wot_), 2. _w[`o][`o]st_ (_wost_), 3.
_w[`o][`o]t_ (_wot_); pl. _witen_, _wite_, also _woot_ (incorrectly). Pres.
subj. _wite_. Infin. _witen_, _wite_; also _weten_. Pt. t. _wiste_. Pp.
_wist_.
s. 94. NEGATIVE FORMS. _Ne_, not, is prefixed to some verbal forms, and
coalesces with them.
Ex. _nam_, for _ne am_; _nart_, for _ne art_; _nis_, for _ne is_; _nas_,
for _ne was_; _nere_, for _ne were_. _Nadde_, ne hadde; _nadstow_, ne
haddest thou; _nath_, ne hath. _Nil_, ne wil; _niltow_, ne wilt thou;
_nolde_, ne wolde. _Noot_, ne woot; _niste_, ne wiste. We even find
_nacheveth_ written for _ne acheveth_; &c. Cf. _nof_, for _ne of_; _nin_
for _ne in_.
s. 95. ADVERBS.
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