The pronoun of address in English literature of the thirteenth century Volume 20

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. 1915 Excerpt: ...24; 195, 14, etc.), 50 in MS. M of P. Mor. (4x viz. 147; 149; 209; 214), jowe in Nor. Leg. I (2x viz. 1, 84; I, 339) and juw in Orm. (169x). 3. There are 9 variations of the form with initial y (yh), namely, you in Psalter (4X viz. 4, 5; 33, 12; 117, 26 66; 126, 2), Horn MS. L (once, 3), Hav. (26x) and Curs. M. (13X e. g. 9298; 11866; 12094, etc.), yow in Nor. Leg. II (7X e. g. 6, 116; 7, 488; 16, 319, etc.), Hav. (once, 160) and in Curs. M. (342x), yhou in Psalter (5x viz. 113b, 14. 114; 118, 115; 128, 8; 135, 3), yhow in Nor. Leg. II (once, 16, 667), youu in Curs. M. (6x viz. 13047; 13481; 14648; 15445; 15447; "Probably a mistake for ower. K According to Skeat's collation; Morris prints gu. "According to Wende's collation; Stevenson prints pou for MS. C and fiou for MS. H. 22086), yov in Curs. M. MS. E (once, 22714), yu in Kent. Serm. (2x viz. 29. 17J 33. 27) and in Curs. M. (once, 12095), yuu in Curs. M. (1ox e. g. 20248; 20256; 20422, etc.67) and yw in Kent. Serm. (2x viz. 32, 19; 35, 10) and in Hav. (once, 453). 4. Miscellaneous forms. In Nor. Leg. II occur three forms with printed initial z, namely, zo (2x viz. 23, 17; 24, 203), zou (once, 23, 354) and zow in Nor. Leg. II (62x e. g. 19, 209; 21, 114; 23, 109, etc.). Two forms occur in the Psalter which are probably due to scribal carelessness, pou (once, 128, 8 Blisse of laverd pou to mede = Benedictio Domini super vos) and yhe (once, 65, 16 Comes and heres, and I sal telle al yhe J?at dredes God, what to mi saule dide he); Laj. B has wou (once, 26542 68). No forms with initial g occur later than Curs. M. MS. E, while the earliest y-forms occur in Kent. Serm. and the rest are for the most part in Northern monuments. The forms with initial vowel persist in the South and West, while the conson...