2, T. _þe cristen woman_, the captive mother of Blauncheflur.
28, T. _louyd togeder_, a French idiom, _s’entr’amoient_.
72, T. _Boþ by day and by nyȝt_. Cf. ‘K. Horn,’ 275 Note.
77, T. _þat oþer_, preservation of the OE. definite inflected form,
_þæt_, source of modern English dialect ‘tother.’
80, T. _ben ... wo_. Cf. 142 T, and ‘K. Horn,’ 121 Note.
100, T. _fel to_, was due. Cf. Bradl.-Stratm. _fallen_.
110, T. _wore_ : _lore_. Cf. _were_ : _fere_, 82.
113-14, T. _sykes_, _lernes_, _mornes_. These forms seem due to Northern
influence on MS. T.
140, T. _Let do bring forth_. A curious combination. ‘Let’ is beginning
to usurp the place of ‘do’ in the sense of ‘cause to.’ Cf. 155 T, 211 T,
434 C, etc.
168, T ff. In these allusions to other romances are to be found the most
certain clues as to the time of composition of ‘Fl. and Bl.’
193, T. _at oone_. Cf. ‘K. Horn,’ 997 Note.
194, T. _Amyral_, emir, saracen ruler.
210, T. _wyrche_. Cf. ‘K. Horn,’ 1481.
226, T. _chargeþ_. Error for _targeþ_. Cf. MS. Cott.
227, T. _noome_, gone. Cf. _vndernome_, 152, 219 T.
250, T. _ronne on hye_, ran to the chamber above.
270, T. _wept_. Cott. has the older form _wep_. Cf., however, _Aryst_ (:
_atwist_), 869 T and 589 C, and Cott.
272, T. _So swete a þing_. Cf. v. 525, also ‘K. Horn,’ 473 C, Note.
338, T. _care vnbynde_. Cf. ‘K. Horn,’ 572.
341-2, T. _devyse_ : _prys_. These words have a meaning somewhat
different from the modern meaning. _Deuyse_ means direction,
supervision; _prys_ means value. Like _charged_ 343, and _monay_ 345,
they are French words with French meanings.
343, T. _charged_, loaded. Fr. influence.
345, T. _monay_, small money. Fr. influence.
376, T. _douȝt_. This use of _ȝ_ where it has no right etymologically
shows that it was no longer pronounced. Cf. _anooneryȝt_ : _white_
766 T.
40, C. _nabit_. Cf. ‘K. Horn,’ 1211 L., H.
67, C. _Fort he dide slep him nome_. ‘Until the dead sleep seized him.’
_Fort he_ comes from _for to he_ (Hausknecht).
76, C. _parais_. A French form. The _-d-_ shaded out in French about
1110.
110, C. _pane of meniuier_. Cf. Hausknecht’s Note. Hausknecht reads:
_I paned al wiþ meniver_, supplied with panes of meniver. _Meniuier_
(_menu_ + _vair_) means a kind of fur, probably of squirrel.
145, C. _in alle halue_. Cf. Map, 338, _on alle halve_ (Bradl.-Stratm.).