This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...stille. and in the cringing manner of the hungry wolf, when he says, "Ich wende, al so opre dop pat ich Iseie were sop." The poem is composed throughout in tetrameter couplets. The style is simple and in keeping with the subject matter, more so than in the Dame Siriz. The dialogue, particularly, is simple and natural. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...stille. and in the cringing manner of the hungry wolf, when he says, "Ich wende, al so opre dop pat ich Iseie were sop." The poem is composed throughout in tetrameter couplets. The style is simple and in keeping with the subject matter, more so than in the Dame Siriz. The dialogue, particularly, is simple and natural. An interesting feature of the style is the use here and there of popular proverbial expressions, such as: 'pat ne can mep to his mete, ' 97;- Him is wo ineuchelonde, pat is pef mid his honde, ' 101, 102. The date of composition was not far from 1275, as is shown by the age of the manuscript as well as by the character of the language. The dialect is Southern, as is evident by the spelling of the very title. Other indications are the frequent dropping or misplacing of initial h-, the use of initial to-for earlier hw-, the forms auiecche, recche, the plural forms hennen, etc., the ending-ep in the third plural of the present indicative, the preservation of the prefix '-in verb forms. The West-Southern scribe betrays himself by the representation of O.E. y by u. The real pronunciation of this sound it is difficult to determine, since the rimes are not consistent. A Southeastern pronunciation seems to be indicated by such rimes as; aquenche, drunche, 13, 14, and sugge, abugge; putte, mette. On the other hand such rimes as: kun, him; sitte, putte, indicate a Midland pronunciation. Sir Cleges The third story of the present collection, that of Sir Cleges, is somewhat more than a century younger than the other two. The time of composition was not far from that of the Canterbury Tales. If there had been a minstrel in the famous company of pilgrims, this tale might with fitness have been attributed to him. Not only is the tail-rime stanza e...
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