 The persons plural keep the termination of the first person singular. In former times, till about the reign of king Henry the eighth, they were wont to be formed by adding en ; thus, loven, sayen, complainen.  English Past and Present - Strana 96autor/autoři: Richard Chenevix Trench - 1855 - 213 str.Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | 1850 - 638 str.
...Henry VIII., ' they were wont to be formed by en : thus, loven, sayen, complainen ; ' but now (whatever is the cause) it hath quite grown out of use, and...this afoot again. Albeit (to tell you my opinion), 1 am persuaded ' that the lack hereof, well considered, will be found a great blemish ' to our tongue.... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 str.
...king Henry the eighth, they were wont to be formed by adding en ; thus, lorett, sayen, complainen. But now (whatsoever is the cause) it hath quite grown...prevailed, that I dare not presume to set this afoot again :_ albeit (to tell you my opinion) I am persuaded that the lack hereof well considered will be found... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1829 - 550 str.
...Eighth, they were wont to be formed by adding en. But now (whatsoever is the cause) it hath quite growne out of use, and that other so generally prevailed that I dare not presume to set this afoot againe." This is the reason why Chaucer used both TO and DO more rarely than we use them at present.... | |
 | 1850 - 602 str.
...Henry VIII., they were wont to be formed by en : thus, loven, sayen, complainen ; but now (whatever is the cause) it hath quite grown out of use, and...other so generally prevailed, that I dare not presume to'set this afoot again. Albeit (to tell you my opinion), 1 am persuaded that the lack hereof, well... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1855 - 272 str.
...reign of King Henry VIII., they were wont to be formed by adding en; thus, loven, sayen, complainen. But now (whatsoever is the cause) it hath quite grown...the lack hereof, well considered, will be found a groat blemish to our tongue. For seeing time and person be as it were the right and left hand of a... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1855 - 810 str.
...Henry VIII., they were wont to be formed by adding en ; thus, loven, sayen, complainen. But now (what' is the cause) it hath quite grown out of use, and that io generally prevailed, that I dare not presume to set bot again ; albeit (to tell you my opinion)... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1857 - 812 str.
...Eighth, they were wont to bo formed by adding en. But now (whatsoever is the cause) it hath quite growne out of use, and that other so generally prevailed that I dare not presume to set this afoot againe." This is the reason why Chaucer used both TO and DO more rarely than we use them at present.... | |
 | John Horne Tooke - 1860 - 812 str.
...Eighth, they were wont to be formed by adding en. But now (whatsoever is the cause) it hath quite growne out of use, and that other so generally prevailed that I dare not presume to set thia afoot againe." This is the reason why Chaucer used both TO and DO more rarely than we use them... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1858 - 1096 str.
...eighth, they were wont to be formed by adding en ; thus, ¡oven, saycn, complainen. But now (whatever is the cause) it hath quite grown out of use, and...blemish to our tongue. For seeing time and person bo, as it were, the right and left hand of a verb, wliat can the maiming bring else, but a lameness... | |
 | Augustus Henry Keane - 1860 - 134 str.
...us in his English Grammar, " till about the reign of Henry VIII. . . thus loven, sayen, complainen. But now (whatsoever is the cause) it hath quite grown...tell you my opinion) I am persuaded that the lack thereof, well considered, will be found a great blemish in our tongue. For seeing time and person be,... | |
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