Reeve's Tale 133 About variant maps Reeve's Tale 134 Reeve's Tale 135

Reeve's Tale 134 is in 56 witnesses (Edition Ad1 Ad3 Bo1 Bo2 Bw Ch Cn Cp Cx1 Cx2 Dd Dl Ds1 El En1 En2 En3 Fi Gg Gl Ha2 Ha3 Ha4 Ha5 He Hg Hk Ht Ii La Lc Ld2 Ln Ma Mc Mg Mm Ne Nl Ph2 Pn Ps Pw Py Ra1 Ra3 Ry1 Ry2 Se Sl1 Sl2 Tc1 Tc2 To1 Wy)

OUT 3 witnesses (Ld1 Ox2 Ra2)


The grettest clerkes Edition Ad1 Ad3 Bw Cp Ds1 En1 En2 Gl Ha4 Ha5 Hg Hk Lc Ld2 Mm Pw Ra1 Ra3 Se Sl2 Tc1 Tc2 Wy (The grettest clerkes), Bo1 Cx1 Cx2 Ne (The grettist clerkis), Bo2 (Þe grettest clerkys), Ch Ma (The grettest Clerkys), Cn (The grettist Clerkys), Dd Mg Ry2 (The grettest Clerkes), Dl (Thee grettest clerkis), El (The gretteste clerkes), En3 Ps To1 (The grettest clerkis), Fi (The grettest clerkꝭ), Gg (The gretteste clerkys), Ha2 (The grettist clerkes), He Nl (The grettest Clerkis), Ht (Þe grettest clerkes), Ii (The Grettest clerkes), Ln (The gretest clerkys), Mc-orig (Þᵉ grettest clerkes), Ph2 (The gretist clerkis), Pn (The gretest clerkes), Ry1 (The gretteste Clarkes), Sl1 (The grettiste Clerkis)

The grettest clerke Ha3 (The gretteste clerke), La (The grettest clerke), Mc-mod (Þᵉ grettest clerk), Py (The grettest clerk)

been noght Ad1 Dd En3 He Pn (be nat), Edition El Hg (been noght), Bo1 Cn Cx1 Cx2 Fi Ma Ne Ph2 Ps Sl2 Wy (be not), Bo2 (byn not), Bw Ry2 Tc1 (ben nouȝt), Cp Ha2 Se Sl1 (ben nought), Dl (been nowt), Ds1 Gl (ben nat), En1 (ben̄ nat), En2 (ben noght), Gg Ii Ln Pw (ben not), Ha4 (beþ not), Hk (beth nat), Ht Mc-mod Ra1 (beth not), Lc Mg (be nought), Ld2 (ben noȝt), Mm (bene noȝht), Nl (been nat), Ra3 (ben̄ not), Ry1 (bene notte), Tc2 (benot), To1 (buth nat)

is noght Ha3 (is nowte), Py (is nat)

ne been noght Ad3 Ch Ha5 (ne be nat)

ne is noght La (ne is nouȝt)

noght Mc-orig (not)

the wisest Edition Ha2 Hg Ii Pn Py Ra3 Se Tc1 (the wisest), Bw (þᵉ wisest), Cp Ht Mm Pw Ry2 (þe wisest), Cx2 Dd Gl Ld2 Wy (the wysest), La (þe wiseste), Mc (þᵉ wysest), Ry1 (þe wysteste)

wisest Ad1 Bo2 Ch Fi Mg Ps Ra1 (wysest), Ad3 Cn Cx1 Ds1 El En1 En2 En3 Ha4 Ha5 He Lc Ln Ma Ne Nl Sl1 Sl2 Tc2 (wisest), Bo1 Ph2 (wisist), Dl Gg (wyseste), Ha3 Hk To1 (wiseste)

men Edition Ad1 Ad3 Bo2 Bw Ch Cx1 Cx2 Dd Dl Ds1 El En1 En2 En3 Gg Gl Ha4 Ha5 Hg Ii Lc Ln Mc-orig Mm Ne-mod Nl Pn Ps Pw Ra1 Tc1 To1 Wy (men), Bo1 Cn Fi He Ma Mg Ph2 Ra3 (men̄), Cp Hk Ht Se Sl1 Sl2 Tc2 (menne), Ha2 Ld2 Ry2 (mēne), Ry1 (Men)

meg Ne-orig (meg)

man Ha3 Mc-mod Py (man), La (manne)

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