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Re: Metrical meanderings

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Friday, July 7, 2006, 3:20
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From: "Elliott Lash" <erelion12@...>

> the verb is "kan" meaning "To know" - > -elliott
Bingo! :) Meaning "know," actually-- 1 and 3 pres. sg. Related OE pret/pres. verb cunnan, "know how to."
> --- Sally Caves <scaves@...> wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> >> >> >> > On 7/6/06, Sally Caves <scaves@...> >> wrote: >> >> So the rhyme wanders into other lines, but not >> terminally: >> > >> > OK. Guess it qualifies then. I like the term >> "residual rhyming". >> > >> >> Eventually Harry Bailie makes him shut up. :) >> Chaucer's sputtering >> >> rejoinder is that it's "the best rhyme that I >> can." >> > >> > Of course it is. That sentence no verb, though... >> >> Sure it does. You need to be intimate with O- and >> ME, though. Guess which >> active verb it is? :) >> >> >> "Why so?' quod I, "why wiltow lette me >> More of my tale than another man, >> Syn that is the beste rym I kan?" >> >> :D >> Sally >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com >