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88 Some. SOM.

  • ♦ And som man wold out of his prison fayn,

That in his house is of his meynie slain." (Canterbury Tales.)

  • ' That by som aventure or som tretee."

(Ibid.)

  • ' Som in his bed, som in the depe see,

Som in the large feld, as ye may see." (The Knighte'8 Tale.) Soul. SOULE. (sowl.)

  • ' As God my soule save."

(The Merchant's Second Tale.) Sound. SOUK

    • This man complinin with a pitous soun,

For even like without addicioun." (The Complainte of the Blacke Knighte J

  • '0f 'hem that makin blodie souji^

In trumpe, heme, and clarioun." (The House of Fame.) Standeth. STONDETH.

  • ' And is so grow in yeris that LX yeer ago.

He sawe nat for age ; and yit it stondith so." ( The Merchant's Second Tale,) step. STAP. " And cried, out-and-harrowe ! and nere hym gan to stap. (The Merchant's Second Tale,)

  • * And would fayn have voidit and outward gan to stapp^

But Machaigne arose, and sesid by the lapp." (Ibid.) Sudden. SODEN. (soaden.)

  • ' But feir and soft wyth ese homward they her led.

For her soden sekenes ful sore they were adred." (The Merchant's Second Tale.)