Talk:abit
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Rfv-sense : (obsolete) Template:third-person singular of. Claims of Chaucer. --Semper amore (talk) 14:43, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
- The Yeoman's Tale, l.1175
- He is so variaunt, he abit nowhere.
- Other hits in Chaucer seem to be = "habit", as in clerical garb. But this does seem to be an attestation of the 3rd sing present of abide
- — Catsidhe (verba, facta) 21:23, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
- Since we consider everything before about 1500 (I don't remember the exact cutoff) to be Middle English, we need to either find something later, or convert it to Middle English. That's assuming we can find the one cite needed for Middle English, of course. Given that the Yeoman's tale passage would work just as well with the French verb habiter, what do we know about whether the Old French equivalent made it into Middle English, and whether it ever lost its h? Chuck Entz (talk) 22:10, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
- A quick check at the Middle English Dictionary at the University of Michigan shows more than enough cites for a Middle English entry. Chuck Entz (talk) 22:27, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
- Since we consider everything before about 1500 (I don't remember the exact cutoff) to be Middle English, we need to either find something later, or convert it to Middle English. That's assuming we can find the one cite needed for Middle English, of course. Given that the Yeoman's tale passage would work just as well with the French verb habiter, what do we know about whether the Old French equivalent made it into Middle English, and whether it ever lost its h? Chuck Entz (talk) 22:10, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
- Moved to Middle English section. — Ungoliant (Falai) 12:17, 4 October 2013 (UTC)