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cxlii Chapter XI.—Hiatus.
found: wonder of 149; hunger and 185; Many a 112, 369, 592;
Many and 675 ; Many on 829.
3. In other measures : euere among 186 occurs in the fourth
syllabic measure ; 44. euere he in the third measure. With a
second slurring in the same verse occurs : many on ‘ euere among
880. "
Slurring is illustrated through inflectional forms : substantives :
gen. in -es: faderes 254, 255 ; plu. in -es: pewes 97 ; in en: chil-
dren ifere 978.—Verbs: in -en: Icepen his 48; comen him 67;
comen 240.—In -est: lowest 13 ; in -ep : spekep (caesura) 275 ; makep
man 124.
Wheiper 219, 272, 536, 872, is to be read as a monosyllable, wher ;
cf. 219 : Wheiper (wKdf) he wole chese, ’ he hap power. See Chaucer,
Monk's Prologue, 3119; Leg. of Good Women, 1995 ; with Skeat’s
reference, 1. 72, to Shakspere’s 59th Sonnet, Wilder we are mended,
and Abt, Sh. Gr., § 136 and § 466, with reference to Tempest,
V. i. Ill ; p)ider 257 ; Oper 175 ; noper 862 are also to be regarded
as monosyllabic.
§ 8. Hiatus.
The hiatus depends upon the preservation of unaccented final -e,
before a word beginning with a vowel-sound, in positions where two
vowels do not coalesce (cf. Skeat, Leg. of Gd. Women, 217), and
where at times a conflict exists between type C or type A. The
Speculum, availing itself of technical licence in favour of type A
in distinction from type C, offers numerous examples of hiatus (pide
ante)-, cf. as follows :
v. 266 : To ioye • dr to strong turment. (A)
v. 656 : p>e to holde • in pi pride. (D)
The text is rich in such lines1; cf. 58, 68, 74, 109, 143, 145,
380, 409, 493, 495, 510, 651, 722, 743, 760; 792, 817, 845, 945,
1005. Elision (apocope) is not lost in the caesura, as may be
inferred from the following illustrations: 411, 413, 417, 721, 746,
etc. Hiatus is possible in other measures :
v. 122 : Wicke on ■ and wicke oper.
v. 1020 : Also ofte as pou • mayfy ptue duyt.
See 93, 106, 838, and possibly 600, 735, 904, etc.
1 The association producing hiatus occurs before h as follows : 198, 419, 694,
789, 834, 895, 1028, 1029, etc. In this position the verse is to be distinguished
from the Chaucerian system; cf. ten Br. § 270.
found: wonder of 149; hunger and 185; Many a 112, 369, 592;
Many and 675 ; Many on 829.
3. In other measures : euere among 186 occurs in the fourth
syllabic measure ; 44. euere he in the third measure. With a
second slurring in the same verse occurs : many on ‘ euere among
880. "
Slurring is illustrated through inflectional forms : substantives :
gen. in -es: faderes 254, 255 ; plu. in -es: pewes 97 ; in en: chil-
dren ifere 978.—Verbs: in -en: Icepen his 48; comen him 67;
comen 240.—In -est: lowest 13 ; in -ep : spekep (caesura) 275 ; makep
man 124.
Wheiper 219, 272, 536, 872, is to be read as a monosyllable, wher ;
cf. 219 : Wheiper (wKdf) he wole chese, ’ he hap power. See Chaucer,
Monk's Prologue, 3119; Leg. of Good Women, 1995 ; with Skeat’s
reference, 1. 72, to Shakspere’s 59th Sonnet, Wilder we are mended,
and Abt, Sh. Gr., § 136 and § 466, with reference to Tempest,
V. i. Ill ; p)ider 257 ; Oper 175 ; noper 862 are also to be regarded
as monosyllabic.
§ 8. Hiatus.
The hiatus depends upon the preservation of unaccented final -e,
before a word beginning with a vowel-sound, in positions where two
vowels do not coalesce (cf. Skeat, Leg. of Gd. Women, 217), and
where at times a conflict exists between type C or type A. The
Speculum, availing itself of technical licence in favour of type A
in distinction from type C, offers numerous examples of hiatus (pide
ante)-, cf. as follows :
v. 266 : To ioye • dr to strong turment. (A)
v. 656 : p>e to holde • in pi pride. (D)
The text is rich in such lines1; cf. 58, 68, 74, 109, 143, 145,
380, 409, 493, 495, 510, 651, 722, 743, 760; 792, 817, 845, 945,
1005. Elision (apocope) is not lost in the caesura, as may be
inferred from the following illustrations: 411, 413, 417, 721, 746,
etc. Hiatus is possible in other measures :
v. 122 : Wicke on ■ and wicke oper.
v. 1020 : Also ofte as pou • mayfy ptue duyt.
See 93, 106, 838, and possibly 600, 735, 904, etc.
1 The association producing hiatus occurs before h as follows : 198, 419, 694,
789, 834, 895, 1028, 1029, etc. In this position the verse is to be distinguished
from the Chaucerian system; cf. ten Br. § 270.