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Chapter XII.—Riming Stntcture of the Speculum, cxliii
Inflectional -n retained in the infinitive excludes from considera-
tion passages otherwise to be ranked in this class, for example: 181,
182, 188, 285, 292, 297, 405, etc. The introduction of final -n in
the infinitive lessens the number of lines illustrative of hiatus ;
cf. 58, 74, 380, 743, etc. Verse 273 is improved by the addition of -n;
And pere hileue\n\ euere mo. See also 1005 : Nov; pu miht kn6we\n\
in pi mod.
CHAPTER XII.
ON THE RIMING STRUCTURE OF THE SPECULUM.
§ 1. End Rime.
The rimes of the six MSS. of the Speculum are virtually the
same, modified only in orthography through dialectical variations.
They are in general adroitly handled, but are without great diversity
or originality. Imperfect rimes occur through assonance.
Assonance.—The Speculum contains five illustrations of assonance:
ek : fet 440; cam : man 590; men : hem 150; wemme : brenne 368;
vnderstonde : fonge (corrected in D and R to fonde) 508. 826 offers
in rime with ariht1 (Nfi, white A2, whifi Hls see Kluge, Pl. Grdr. I.
p. 849. Compare also illustrations of Guy of Warwick (Ff. 2. 38),
p. xiii., hyt : nyght 9505, and ryght : yyt 3209 (Zupitza’s 3219,
p. xiii.); str. 54 : delyt :plyt (-ght) 93. : spyt 95. Pearl 907, and
the Rolandslied, see Schleich, p. 26 lyght : wit 848 ; erthe : hed 101.
Readily corrected by restoring the original reading is perwid (read
perwip) : grip 148.
Inexact rimes.—In some rimes practically perfect in the funda-
mental text, the vowels of corresponding syllables are dissimilar in
instances, where the scribe’s orthography and the author’s do not
correspond. The unimportant disagreement may be amended by a
trifling change in orthography, since the consonants and consonantal
groups following the vowel are identical. The accompanying forms
are represented through illustrations from MS. Ax : e : i (?/) : for^ete :
iwite 194, : wite 764 ; her : fyr 452 ; here : fire 356; seknesse : hlisse
188 ; pisternesse : hlisse 114; prest : Crist 806.—e : ei: drede : seide
140, 494; rede : seide 168, 692.—e : ie : answerede : heriede 66.—
ei : i : ei^e : li^e 828.—u : e : turne : sterne 436.—a : o : gauge : longe
762.—i : o : sidle : wole 712.—i : u\ gilt : ipult 888; aperteliche :
1 The poet undoubtedly spoke riht : wiht.
Inflectional -n retained in the infinitive excludes from considera-
tion passages otherwise to be ranked in this class, for example: 181,
182, 188, 285, 292, 297, 405, etc. The introduction of final -n in
the infinitive lessens the number of lines illustrative of hiatus ;
cf. 58, 74, 380, 743, etc. Verse 273 is improved by the addition of -n;
And pere hileue\n\ euere mo. See also 1005 : Nov; pu miht kn6we\n\
in pi mod.
CHAPTER XII.
ON THE RIMING STRUCTURE OF THE SPECULUM.
§ 1. End Rime.
The rimes of the six MSS. of the Speculum are virtually the
same, modified only in orthography through dialectical variations.
They are in general adroitly handled, but are without great diversity
or originality. Imperfect rimes occur through assonance.
Assonance.—The Speculum contains five illustrations of assonance:
ek : fet 440; cam : man 590; men : hem 150; wemme : brenne 368;
vnderstonde : fonge (corrected in D and R to fonde) 508. 826 offers
in rime with ariht1 (Nfi, white A2, whifi Hls see Kluge, Pl. Grdr. I.
p. 849. Compare also illustrations of Guy of Warwick (Ff. 2. 38),
p. xiii., hyt : nyght 9505, and ryght : yyt 3209 (Zupitza’s 3219,
p. xiii.); str. 54 : delyt :plyt (-ght) 93. : spyt 95. Pearl 907, and
the Rolandslied, see Schleich, p. 26 lyght : wit 848 ; erthe : hed 101.
Readily corrected by restoring the original reading is perwid (read
perwip) : grip 148.
Inexact rimes.—In some rimes practically perfect in the funda-
mental text, the vowels of corresponding syllables are dissimilar in
instances, where the scribe’s orthography and the author’s do not
correspond. The unimportant disagreement may be amended by a
trifling change in orthography, since the consonants and consonantal
groups following the vowel are identical. The accompanying forms
are represented through illustrations from MS. Ax : e : i (?/) : for^ete :
iwite 194, : wite 764 ; her : fyr 452 ; here : fire 356; seknesse : hlisse
188 ; pisternesse : hlisse 114; prest : Crist 806.—e : ei: drede : seide
140, 494; rede : seide 168, 692.—e : ie : answerede : heriede 66.—
ei : i : ei^e : li^e 828.—u : e : turne : sterne 436.—a : o : gauge : longe
762.—i : o : sidle : wole 712.—i : u\ gilt : ipult 888; aperteliche :
1 The poet undoubtedly spoke riht : wiht.