King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady
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King Horn, Floriz and Blauncheflur, The Assumption of Our Lady
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Legends; Romances, English
140, T. _Let do bring forth_. A curious combination. ‘Let’ is beginning
to usurp the place of ‘do’ in the sense of ‘cause to.’ Cf. 155 T, 211 T,
434 C, etc.
168, T ff. In these allusions to other romances are to be found the most
certain clues as to the time of composition of ‘Fl. and Bl.’
193, T. _at oone_. Cf. ‘K. Horn,’ 997 Note.
194, T. _Amyral_, emir, saracen ruler.
210, T. _wyrche_. Cf. ‘K. Horn,’ 1481.
226, T. _chargeþ_. Error for _targeþ_. Cf. MS. Cott.
227, T. _noome_, gone. Cf. _vndernome_, 152, 219 T.
250, T. _ronne on hye_, ran to the chamber above.
270, T. _wept_. Cott. has the older form _wep_. Cf., however, _Aryst_ (:
_atwist_), 869 T and 589 C, and Cott.
272, T. _So swete a þing_. Cf. v. 525, also ‘K. Horn,’ 473 C, Note.
338, T. _care vnbynde_. Cf. ‘K. Horn,’ 572.
341-2, T. _devyse_ : _prys_. These words have a meaning somewhat
different from the modern meaning. _Deuyse_ means direction,
supervision; _prys_ means value. Like _charged_ 343, and _monay_ 345,
they are French words with French meanings.
343, T. _charged_, loaded. Fr. influence.
345, T. _monay_, small money. Fr. influence.
376, T. _douȝt_. This use of _ȝ_ where it has no right etymologically
shows that it was no longer pronounced. Cf. _anooneryȝt_ : _white_
766 T.
40, C. _nabit_. Cf. ‘K. Horn,’ 1211 L., H.
67, C. _Fort he dide slep him nome_. ‘Until the dead sleep seized him.’
_Fort he_ comes from _for to he_ (Hausknecht).
76, C. _parais_. A French form. The _-d-_ shaded out in French about
1110.
110, C. _pane of meniuier_. Cf. Hausknecht’s Note. Hausknecht reads:
_I paned al wiþ meniver_, supplied with panes of meniver. _Meniuier_
(_menu_ + _vair_) means a kind of fur, probably of squirrel.
145, C. _in alle halue_. Cf. Map, 338, _on alle halve_ (Bradl.-Stratm.).
173, C. _furtenniȝt_, a journey of a fortnight. (?)
176, C. _amidde riȝt_, right in the middle of. Cf. also 182.
231, C. _kernel_ (_kanel_), canal (Hausknecht).
275, C. _spray_. Cf. Bradl.-Stratm.
300, C. _þonur_ (_þe_ + _honur_).
304, C. _bulmeþ_, error for _welmeþ_. (?)
308, C. _for do_, old force of _for-_. Cf. Germ. _ver-_.
448, C. _hire stonde_. Trace of gram. gender. Cf. Hausknecht, 854 Note.
465, C. _lepe_. Cf. Hausknecht, 875 Note.
486, C. _Ho_, who so. Early instance of loss of _w-_.
497, C. _forȝe me_ (_forȝete me_).
513, C. _ileste a mile_, time to go a mile. Cf. ‘K. Horn,’ 631-2 Note.
536, C. _pal_. Cf. Hausknecht, 952 Note.
589, C. _arist_ (: _atwist_). Early instance of a strong verb become
weak.
597, C. _piler_, the pillar in the tower, the one in which the
water-pipe runs. Cf. 223-232 C.
937, T. _withdrowȝ_, restrained. Rare in this sense.
941, T. _soord_. Hausknecht reads _soon_.
960, T. _kinde of man_. Fr. _nature_. _Kind_ is felt to be no longer an
exact equivalent of _nature_; hence in T, _of man_ is added.
692, 697, C. _him_. Further traces of grammatical gender. Cf. 448, C
Note.
988, T. _lygge_. Read _bygge_. French _racatassent_.
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