Chaucer constantly uses men with a verb in the singular number, third person. See Notes and Queries for Feb. 8th, 1873, where I have shown that the West-Midland substituted men for the Southern me.

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The genitive and possessive are denoted by one form; as, ure, of us; gure, of you; here, of them.

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Because elided in these cases.

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The Bestiary is far more accurate in this respect.

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gangande rhymes with standen (O.E. Miscell., p. 21, ll. 654, 655).

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