Observations on the language of Chaucer's Hous of fame
Chaucer streatment of final -e. It is modelled closely on similar studies of the Troilus by Professor Kittredge, of Harvard, and of the Legend of Good Women by Professor Manly, of Chicago University, in the hope that the identity of form may add something to the value of them all. In citing words from Old and Middle English in illustration of words and forms in the Hous of Fame, no attempt has been made to determine the dialect of Old English from which descent is to be traced, or to give a history of the changes which occurred between the Old English period and the time of Chaucer. The main object, as stated, has been to take some account of Chaucer suse of final -e. The authorities for the Hous of Fame are few and very faulty. Almost any blunder might be attributed to the scribe who could perpetrate such monstrosities as hytte (=: hyi), whatte (=: what), frerre (= fer), etc. Numberless instances of wrongly written -s could be cited; and at the end of the verse no little difl Bculty has been had in deciding in certain cases whether or not the -e is of value. In general I have preferred to follow the guidance of Willert, who has taken quite a step forward in the suppression of these seemingly idle -s. The present study is based on the Fairfax MS. i6, Bodleian I ibrary, as being perhaps the best of the three ;but careful comparison has been made with the other MSS., as well as with the editions of Caxton and Thynne. When the reading of another MS. than Fis given, the fact is noted and the variants usually registered.
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