Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 2: Notes
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Selections from Early Middle English, 1130-1250. Part 2: Notes
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500
44, 45 are repeated with small variation in Frag. D 40, 41. For #fornon#
see 3/8 note. With the rhyme of 45, comp. ‘Beornen [þer e]fre · ende nis
þer nefre,’ Frag. E 49.
_Cross-References_
3/8, 4/19 (notes) = I. C (Worcester Fragments)
42/231 (note) = VIII. (Poema Morale)
_Errata_
#Literature:# ... (3) ... *Batiouchkof, Th., Romania, xx. 236;
[Th. Romania]
[_the passage cited as xx. 236 is actually xx. 1 and 513_]
Bruce, J. D., Modern Language Notes
[Languages Notes]
#ā# is normally ... #œ̄# is _eo_ in weoþinde 2/10. (OE. #wœ̄þan#).
[_text has “weoþinde,” and “wœ̄þan”_]
#ea# ... _å_-umlaut of #e# is _eo_ in freome, feole, weolen
(Bülbring, § 234); _u_- and _å_-umlaut of #i# is _eo_
[_first “å-umlaut” misprinted as bold instead of italic;
second misprinted as “a-umlaut”_]
... The prefix #ge# is represented by _i_.
[_#ge# misprinted as italic instead of bold_]
The consonants ... _k_ is written mostly before _e_ and _ie_
[_“k” misprinted as plain (non-italic)_]
#Accidence.# ... Neuters as ban 2/21 are uninflected, _pl. g._ has
-e, _d._, -en [-e, _d_, -en]
... The def. art. is _s. n._ þe- þeo- þat, _d. m._ þen,
_a._ þene- þeo- þat, _pl. n._ þeo- þa -þa, þeo, þe.
[_all hyphens printed as shown_]
The terminations of the verb ... _part. pt._ -ed, d, t
[_“-ed, d, t” misprinted as italic_]
[IB.]
30. ... ‘Postremo redimens elemosinis
[_form “elemosinis” for expected “eleemosinis” is in the
source text_]
... Hauréau, Notices, ii. 183/9. [Haureau]
32. ... M. L. Review, V. p. 105 [M.L.]
[IC.]
26. #þæne#. B. takes _þære_ of the MS. as _gen. sing._ [_pære_]
33. ... and contrast ‘[Nol]de he nefre þærof [[Nol] de]
35. ... as B. translates, ‘bist du verloren
[_#b#ist with anomalous bold #b#_]
37. ... For #unwurþ# see 26/258. [#unwurp#]
II. SAINT GODRIC’S HYMNS
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