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Dialect: South-East Midland.
Vocabulary: A number of French words are taken over from the original, e.g. plee 81, ryot 83, violastres 97, saphire loupe 116, gowrdes 139, clowe gylofres 157, canell 158, avaled 195, trayne (for taynere?) 222, bugles 256, gowtes artetykes 314, distreynen 315.
Inflexions: Almost modern.
VERB: pres. ind. 3 sg. schadeweth 19, turneth 23.
3 pl. ben 4, han 14, wexen 22, loue 100.
pres. p. fle(e)ynge 148, 252; recordynge 317.
strong pp. ȝouen 90, begonne 171.
PRONOUN 3 PERS.: pl. þei 5; here 71; hem 20.
Sounds: OE. ā becomes ǭ: hoot 11, cold 31.