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clxx Chapter XIV.—-The Inflection of .the Speculum.
Genitive. The ending is -es, continuing the O.E. es: domes(day)
257, 745, 868 ; godes 38, 81, 89, etc. ; lordes 892.
Dative. The old dative in -e is preserved unaltered in the
Speculum, but in many instances uninflected forms1 occur also, when,
as in Chaucer (cf. ten Brink, § 201) the dative is like the nominative :
fire : (here, inf.) 356; wey'e : (ez’^e) 22; mou\e : (nou\e, O.E. nitpa)
420, 480; on Hue 859; yet without ending are mou\> : (cou]>, pp.)
813, and on basis of metrical type A, mou\e 94. Uninflected forms,
as is indicated by rhythm or rime, are : wif : lyf 234; loon 531; dom
415, 766; day : (lay) 250, : (nay) 251 ; day 49, 475, 516; bon 157 ;
bon : (non) 531; gold : (bold) 153 ; wil : (peril) 169. Owing to
elision pde 959, is not determinative in the question of the develop-
ment of the inorganic -e (cf. Sachse, § 25), through analogy with
short fem. stems by means of O.E. plural forms in -u. day 250, it
would seem, admits of explanation as nominative, subject of com, hit
being pleonastic. The line recalls the idiom illustrated in the
opening song of Wilhelm Tell, v. 1 : Es lachelt der SeeI O.E.
derivatives from the Latin to be classified here end in -e: pine'I 772,
but pine 104.
Plural. The ending -es (written often -is, -ys in other MSS.),
O.E. -as, occurs uniformly for masculine substantives : gostes (type
A, or gostes to produce type C) 431, but probably with syncope of
the -e in gostes 447 ; nailes 439 ; teres 827; giltes 752 ; weyes 865.
Dative forms are dawe (O.E. dagum) : (lawe) 37, 357 ; line : (shriue)
486. si\e (with apocope) 394 is the plural contributed by If and R.
The termination of the masculine is carried over to the plural of other
genders and other stems. Thus lores (O.E. hleor) occurs in rime with
teres 842 and shaftes with craftes 212. Neuter nouns end in -es; londes
(Londys,W) 152,163; wordes 276,998; werkes 860; shaftes (creatures
in D) 781 illustrate syncope of the second -e-; for \inges (or \inges)
141, see Pabst, Anglia2 xiii., p. 247, Anm. 1. The plural of the neuter
ends also in -e: Ring's (O.E. \ingum, \inga) 284, and perhaps in ping[e]:
(biginning, biginning\I\T) 8, 883, : (speking\e\) 329. les : (pes) 519
is without ending. D and R offer beme : (leme) 383; god 163 is with-
out ending. See also louered.e 177; bold 154 ; lyf 952, forms possibly
to be regarded as plural, but through context uncertain.
1 The principle was already illustrated by so early a linguist as Orrm
(1200), representing, it must be remembered, the northern portion of the East
Midland territory, and presenting northern peculiarities, often Scandinavian
characteristics.
2 Flexionsverhaltnisse bei Rbt. v. Gl.
Genitive. The ending is -es, continuing the O.E. es: domes(day)
257, 745, 868 ; godes 38, 81, 89, etc. ; lordes 892.
Dative. The old dative in -e is preserved unaltered in the
Speculum, but in many instances uninflected forms1 occur also, when,
as in Chaucer (cf. ten Brink, § 201) the dative is like the nominative :
fire : (here, inf.) 356; wey'e : (ez’^e) 22; mou\e : (nou\e, O.E. nitpa)
420, 480; on Hue 859; yet without ending are mou\> : (cou]>, pp.)
813, and on basis of metrical type A, mou\e 94. Uninflected forms,
as is indicated by rhythm or rime, are : wif : lyf 234; loon 531; dom
415, 766; day : (lay) 250, : (nay) 251 ; day 49, 475, 516; bon 157 ;
bon : (non) 531; gold : (bold) 153 ; wil : (peril) 169. Owing to
elision pde 959, is not determinative in the question of the develop-
ment of the inorganic -e (cf. Sachse, § 25), through analogy with
short fem. stems by means of O.E. plural forms in -u. day 250, it
would seem, admits of explanation as nominative, subject of com, hit
being pleonastic. The line recalls the idiom illustrated in the
opening song of Wilhelm Tell, v. 1 : Es lachelt der SeeI O.E.
derivatives from the Latin to be classified here end in -e: pine'I 772,
but pine 104.
Plural. The ending -es (written often -is, -ys in other MSS.),
O.E. -as, occurs uniformly for masculine substantives : gostes (type
A, or gostes to produce type C) 431, but probably with syncope of
the -e in gostes 447 ; nailes 439 ; teres 827; giltes 752 ; weyes 865.
Dative forms are dawe (O.E. dagum) : (lawe) 37, 357 ; line : (shriue)
486. si\e (with apocope) 394 is the plural contributed by If and R.
The termination of the masculine is carried over to the plural of other
genders and other stems. Thus lores (O.E. hleor) occurs in rime with
teres 842 and shaftes with craftes 212. Neuter nouns end in -es; londes
(Londys,W) 152,163; wordes 276,998; werkes 860; shaftes (creatures
in D) 781 illustrate syncope of the second -e-; for \inges (or \inges)
141, see Pabst, Anglia2 xiii., p. 247, Anm. 1. The plural of the neuter
ends also in -e: Ring's (O.E. \ingum, \inga) 284, and perhaps in ping[e]:
(biginning, biginning\I\T) 8, 883, : (speking\e\) 329. les : (pes) 519
is without ending. D and R offer beme : (leme) 383; god 163 is with-
out ending. See also louered.e 177; bold 154 ; lyf 952, forms possibly
to be regarded as plural, but through context uncertain.
1 The principle was already illustrated by so early a linguist as Orrm
(1200), representing, it must be remembered, the northern portion of the East
Midland territory, and presenting northern peculiarities, often Scandinavian
characteristics.
2 Flexionsverhaltnisse bei Rbt. v. Gl.