Review of Homework #6
heved is a transitional form between OE heafod and Mod head
fastand thryes = "fasting thrice"
for
z i z a z at wonnez = therefore they that live
French words in the passage: forest (cf. Mod Fr. for
L t)citee mountayne noble savour reflaire diverse maner spicery houre chaugez malady suppose grace passe Paradys vertuous
cuntree marchaunds
gynger (Lat. in OE)
semantic change occurs in words like noble (which meant very good) ; fair (which meant very good, particularly in terms of
physical beauty); savour (which meant flavor); deadly (which
meant mortal); spice (which meant flvorings of all kinds)
vertuous (meant strong)
doublets like malady / sekeness
reflaire / smell
mountayne has a double: hill
city and burh burg
cuntree and land
maner and way