• Purity, a Middle English poem, ed. with introduction, notes, and glossary by Robert J. Menner.Purity, a Middle English poem, ed. with introduction,...

at þi worde, as þou me wyt lantez. ' ' Enter in, þenn, ' quod he, ' and haf þi wyf wyth þe, Þy þre sunez, wythouten þrep, and her þre wyvez; Bestez, as I bedene have, bosk þerinne als,

• Mandeville's travels : the Cotton version / from the edition by Paul Hamelius. Hamelius, Paul, 1868-1922. Mandeville, John, Sir. British Library. M...

whan he seyde: CRESCITE ET MULTIPLICAMINI ET REPLETE TERRAM. And þerfore may noman in þat contree seyn: this is my wyf, ne no womman may seye: this is myn husbonde. And whan þei han children þei may ȝeuen hem to

• Altenglische dichtungen des ms. Harl, 2253. Boeddeker, Karl, ed. 1846-Altenglische dichtungen des ms. Harl, 2253. Boeddeker, Karl, ed. 1846- Britis...

sei auf euch alle herabgespro|chen " , das merkt euch al le. þat þou shalt me wedde & welde to wyf. " welde. Da dieses Verbum nicht nur " regieren, beherrschen " , sondern auch " besitzen " bedeutet, so

• Altenglische dichtungen des ms. Harl, 2253. Boeddeker, Karl, ed. 1846-Altenglische dichtungen des ms. Harl, 2253. Boeddeker, Karl, ed. 1846- Britis...

ȝe wyten ywys, Hit is byfalle so " : " Reuthful is my red; Hue makeþ me selde gled, My wyf þat shulde be; y dude as hue me bad, of me hue is asad; euele mote hue þe! Hue

• The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury ...

be yoore ffor al to so one / may they lerne loore Of boldnesse / whan she woxe is a wyf/ ¶ And ye Maistresses / in youre olde lyf That lordes doghtres / han in gouernance Ne taketh of

• The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Corpus ms...

virgineus ffulfilled of honoures and worþinesse And strong of frendes and of gret richesse A doughter he hadde by his wyf And neuere hadde he mo in alle his lyf ffair was þis mayde in excellent beaute Abouen euery wight

• The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Lansdowne ms of Chaucer's Canterb...

virgineus Fu lfilled of honoure & worþinesse And stronge of frendes and of riches A douhtere he hadd be his wyf And neuer hadde he mo in al his lif Faire was þis maide in excellent beautee Abouen euery whight

• The right plesaunt and goodly historie of the foure sonnes of Aymon. Englisht from the French by William Caxton, and printed by him about 1489. Ed....

and after wente vp to the dongeon / And whan the noble omitted, F. orig. q. i. lady clare, the wyf of Reynawde, wyste that her husbonde came / she came agenste hym right glad & Ioyfull / and ledeth

• Joseph of Arimathie : otherwise called The romance of the Seint Graal, or Holy Grail: an alliterative poem written about A.D. 1350, and now first p...

al þis ilke þrowe. " ¶ þenne Ioseph askes fontston · & is I-folwed blyue; þei folewen him and his wyf · & with him ful monye. ¶ Siþen com vaspasians · and was furst sped, In þe nome of

• Adam Davy's 5 dreams about Edward II. The Life of St. Alexius. Solomon's book of wisdom. St. Jeremie's [Jerome's] 15 tokens before doomsday. The La...

wel & fede, And to hem toke guod hede, Him-selue & eke his spouse. þis man hadde a wel guod wyf; Hy ne louede fyȝt ne stryf In al here lyue. þe sike men wel ofte hy fedde, And broȝte

• Mandeville's travels : the Cotton version / from the edition by Paul Hamelius. Hamelius, Paul, 1868-1922. Mandeville, John, Sir. British Library. M...

an Aungeƚƚ. for he had don tresoun whan he leet sle vrie the worthi knygℏt for to haue Bersabee his wyf And þerfore aƚƚ the purueyance þat he hadde ordeyned to make the temple with he toke it Salomon his

• The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury ...

wher / swich another man ¶ This noble kyng / this Tartre Cambynskan Hadde two sones / on Elfeta his wyf Of whiche / the eldeste highte Algarsyf/ That oother sone / was clepid Cambalo A doghter hadde / this

• The Cambridge ms (University library, Gg. 4.27) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Ca...

man that hym sewid O destene that mayst nat been eschewid Allas that Chauntecleer fley from the bemys Allas his wyf ne roughte nat of dremys And on a fryday fil al this myschaunce O venus that art goddesse of

• The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Corpus ms...

þus þe sweete clerk his tyme spente After his freendes fyndyng and his rente This Carpunter hadde wedded a newe wyf Which þat he louede more þan his lyf Of xviij. ȝeer sche was of age Ialous he was and

• The Corpus ms (Corpus Christi coll., Oxford) of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Corpus ms...

That þer nas no wher swich anoþer man This noble king this Tartre Kambynskan hadde tuo sones in Eltheta his wyf Of which þe eldest highte Algarsyf That oþer was y-cleped Camballo A doughter hadde þis worþy king also That

• The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's C...

do of such matiere My tale is of a Cok as ȝe schal hiere That took his counseil of his wyf with sorwe / To walken in þe ȝerd vpon þe morwe That he had met þe dreme þat I

• Legends of the holy rood; Symbols of the passion and cross poems. In Old English of the eleventh, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. Edited from ...

Blodi brinke I· presse a grape·, with strok and stryf, Þe Rede wyn· renneþ ryf: In Samaritane· God ȝaf a wyf Þat leof licour to drynke: XII . LAdi· loue doþ þe to alegge Þi fruit is prikked· wiþ speres

• The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall. Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's C...

oþer werkes of charite [375 ] Eke whan he vseþ his wyf wiþoute souerayn desir of engendrure to thonour of god and for þentent to ȝelde to his wyf þe dette of his body. [376 ] eek whan he wil

• The early South-English legendary ; or, Lives of saints. I. Ms. Laud, 108, in the Bodleian library. Edited by Carl Horstmann.The early South-Englis...

knyȝht : þe pouere alle mididone. " ¶ A riche prince of sarazins : þudere was i-come, with him is wyf and his mayne : þat with him he hadde i-nome: To Maries prechingue : he lustnede ful sone; For

• Adam Davy's 5 dreams about Edward II. The Life of St. Alexius. Solomon's book of wisdom. St. Jeremie's [Jerome's] 15 tokens before doomsday. The La...

to his mete; ffor þe loue of Godes sone, wiþ Men of Religione wolde he sitte and ete. ¶ His wyf hiȝte dame Agloes, to sigge soþ with-oute les, þat muche was to preyse. But heo dede þe same manere