strong pp. wryte 37, fal 195, gone 161.
PRONOUN 3 PERS.: fem. nom. she 48; pl. nom. þey 32; poss. here 37; obj. hem 39.
The inflexions are very much simplified as compared with those of the Kentish Ayenbyte (III), but the verse shows that final unaccented -e was better preserved in the original than in our late MS., e.g.
And specyaly at hygh<ė> tymės 13.
For to see þys hard<ė> dome 173.
And at þe þre<ė> day<ė>s endė 198.
Þat nonė myȝt<ė> leye yn grauė 217.
Sounds: ǭ is regular for OE. ā: lothe 9, wroth 10, &c.; but the only decisive rime is also (OE. alswā): to (OE. tō) 35-6, where ǭ after (s)w has become close ọ̄; see Appendix § 8. ii, note.
Syntax: the loose constructions, e.g. ll. 15 ff. (note), 134-5, 138-9, 216-19, are characteristic of the period.