9 MARKS OF ABBREVIATION. d' de, as, knelyd', had', welcomyd, knelyde, hade, welcomyde. er, as p', ou', op', aūt, m'pe, ther, ouer, aunter, merthe. After the letter p it is expressed by re, as, p'fed, p'wey, presed, prewey. e es, as, kryste, lyzte, strike, weltere, krystes, lyztes, strikes, welteres. ħ he, as, higħ, i nogħ, wygħ, with, burlich, highe, in-noghe, wyghe, withe, burliche. ht hit. P, IP', # le, lle, as, hondel', hanfell', att, witt, fematts, hondele, hanselle, alle, wille, femalles. In MSS. of the fifteenth century # is used even with the final e. î me, as, tym, þañ, hem, seldom, tyme, thame, heme, seldome. ne, as, arñ, myñ, añ, fytheñ, arne, myne, ane, sythene; it sometimes has the power of nne, as, guñ, þeñ, when, gunne, thenne, whenne. p per, as, pauēture, flep, pile, perauenture, sleper, perile. p pro, as, puinces, pfered, prouinces, profered. q, qd, quod. ra, as, gyped, gcos, gce, pryde, graythed, gracons, grace, prayed. rre, as, her", fair, sekor, fyr, here, faire, sekore, syre. i ri, as, cistmasse, tifel, cristmasse, trifel. 00 ur, as, to nayed, cot, gou'no", yo“, tournayed, court, gouernour, your. rur, as, Gaynor, yo*, Gaynour, your. 9 us, as, Brut, ho3, þ3, ded", ell, Brutus, hous, thus, dedus, ellus; v is written for us. wt, with. A short stroke over a letter denotes the absence of m or n, as, trāmes, tresoù, hy, i, etc., trammes, tresoun hym, in. k Syr Gawayn and the Grene Knyzt. [fol. 91.] S [FYTTE THE FIRST.] I. IpEn þe fege & be affaut watz fefed at Troye, Watz tried for his tricherie, þe trewest on erthe; Fro riche Romulus to Rome ricchis hy fwype, On mony bonkkes ful brode Bretayn he fettez, Bi fybez hatz wont pine, & oft bobe blyffe & blūder Ful fkete hatz fkyfted fyne. 10 || wyth wyne; 15 |