The approach to selective normalization is described in the introductory section on the text of this edition. Bracketed initials refer to the Chaucer Society six-text manuscripts in which these spellings occur: Cp = Corpus Christi (the base manuscript of the edition); J = St. John's College, L.1; H3 = Harleian 1239; Cl = Campsall (now Pierpont Morgan Library 817); H1 = Harleian 2280; G = Cambridge University Library Gg.4.27.
abide [J, Cp, H1, G]; abode (pret.) [Cp, H3, H1]; agayn [J, Cp, Cm, Hi]; air [H3]; all [Cp]; aloft [Cp]; alone [J, Cp, G]; alway [Cp, H3, G]; any [J, Cp, H1]; arise [J, Cp, H3]; array (n.) [J, Cp, H1]; arrayed (pple.) [Cp, H1]; assayed (pret.) [J, Cp, Cm, G]; avise (n.) [H3]; avise (inf.) [Cp]; avised (pret.) [Cm, H1]; avisions [J]; away [J, Cp, Cm, G]
bed [Cp, H1]; been [H3]; befalle [H1]; befel [G]; befell [H3]; before [H3, G]; beforn [G]; began [J, G]; beginne [G]; begynne [G]; beginnyng [G]; begunne [G]; beheste [G]; behighten [J]; beholde [J, H3, G]; beholdynge [H3]; behynde [H3]; beloved [J, Cm]; bere (bear, vb.) [J, Cp, H3, H1]; bereth [Cp, Cm, H1]; beset (adj.) [Cp, Cm, G]; best [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; betid (pret.) [G]; betrayed [G]; betwene [G]; bewreye [Cp, G]; bifalle [J]; birth [H3, Cm]; bleede [J]; blood [J, Cp, Cm]; blew (pret.) [Cm, H1, G]; blisse [J, H3, H1, G]; book [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; bookes [J, Cp]; bounte [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; bright [J, Cp, Cm]; busy [G]; by [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]
can (kan) [J, H3, G]; care [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; candel(e) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G];caught [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; certayn [Cp, Cm]; chase [G]; cheeke [J]; cheer [Cp];cherishe [Cm]; chide [J, G]; cleene [J]; cleere [J, Cp]; cold [J, Cm, G]; come (inf.) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; come (pret.) [J, Cp, Cm]; come (pple.) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1];comes (pres.) [H1]; cometh [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; coude [G]; coughe [H3]; cried [J, Cm, H1];cry [G]; crye [J, Cp, Cm, H1, G]; cruel [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; cunnyng [J]
dare [G]; deere (dear) [J, Cp]; defame [J, Cm, H1, G]; defence [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G];defense [H3]; defyne [Cm, G]; degree [J, Cp]; deite [Cp, Cm]; delite [J, Cp, H3, H1];desire [J, Cp, H3, H1, G]; descryve [J]; departe [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G];departed [J, H3, Cm, H1, G]; deserve [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; despise [J, Cp, Cm];despite [Cp, H3, H1]; destroyed [Cp, H3, Cm]; determine [H3]; did [J, Cp, H3]; die [Cp];dight [J, Cm, H1]; diminucioun [J, Cm, G]; disgise [G]; dissimulen [J, Cm, H1];distresse [Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; disturbe [J]; divine [Cp, H3]; do (inf.) [J, Cp, He, Cm, H1];done [Cp, Cm, H1, G]; doore [Cp]; dost [J, Cp, Cm, H1, G]; down [J, Cp, H3]; drew [H1]; drinke [G]; durst(e) [Cp, H3, G]
espied [J]; estate [Cp, H3, H1]; ever [Cp, H3, H1]; every [all]; eye [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; eyen [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]
failyng [G]; fair(e) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; faith [H1]; false [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; falsely [J, Cm]; falsenesse [H1, G]; farewel [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; far (adj.) [J, Cp, H1]; fare (vb.) [Cp, Cm, H1, G]; fast [Cp, J, H3, Cm, H1]; felt(e) [J, Cp, Cm, H1]; feede [J, Cp]; feele [J, Cp, H1]; felle (pret.) [J, Cp, Cm, G]; finally [Cm]; fire [Cp, H1, G]; flee [Cp]; flood [J, Cp, Cm]; floodes [J]; force [J, Cp, H3]; found(e) [J, Cp, Cm]; founden (pret.) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; free [Cp, H3, Cm]; fresshly [J, Cp, Cm, H1]; from [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; fully [J, Cp, H1]
garden [Cp, H3]; gentil [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; geste [J]; gilt / gylt (guilt) [J, Cm, G]; give [J]; given [J]; glad [J, Cp, Cm, H1, G]; gladded [H1]; gleede [J, Cp]; go [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; goddes (pl.) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; goddes (gen.) [J, Cm]; gone (inf., pret.) [Cp, H1]; good [J, Cp, Cm]; greene [Cp]; ground(e) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]
had [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; hard [J, Cp, H3, Cm]; hastely [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; hastily [H1, G]; have (aux., pres.) [J, Cp, H3]; heede [J, Cp]; heere (hear) [J, Cp]; heete (n., heat) [J, Cp, H1]; help (v.) [J, Cp, Cm, H1]; help (n.) [J, Cm]; her (accus., gen.) [H3, Cm]; here-of [H1]; here-upon [Cm, G]; hide [H1]; high [H3]; higher [H3]; him self [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; his [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; hit (vb.) [J, Cp, Cm, H1]; hold(e) [J, Cp, Cm, H1, G]; home [J, Cp, H3, Cm]; homely [H3]; hoste (n.) [H3]; hot [Cm, G]; house [H1]; humme [Cm]; hunte [Cm, Cp, H3, H1, G]; hye [Cp, Cm]; hygh [Cm]
if [Cp, H1]
keep [Cm]
ladies [J, Cp]; lady(e)s [J, Cp, H3, Cm]; lay (vb.) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; led [J, Cp, H1, G]; leede [J]; leene (adj.) [J, Cp]; leeste [Cp]; left [J]; lesse [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; lesson [Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; let [H3, G]; lie (2 pres.) [Cp]; lieth (tell lies) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; light (n.) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; like (vb.) [J, Cp, H1, G]; like (prep.) [J, Cp, H3, H1]; live (vb.) [H3]; longer [H1]; look [J, Cp, Cm, H1]; lore [Cp, H3, Cm]; losse [Cp, H3, Cm]; lover [J, H3, G]; low [Cp, H1]; lustily [Cm]; lyve (pres.) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1]
mad [J]; made [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; meene (vb.) [J, Cp]; meene (n.) [Cp, H3, Cm]; meete (vb.) [J, Cp]; merye [J, Cm, H1]; might (n.) [Cp, Cm, H1]; mischaunce [Cp, Cm, H1]; moone [J]; more [Cp, H3, Cm, G]; muste [G]
namely [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; neede [J, G]; needes [G]; neer [J, Cp, H1]; neither [Cp, Cm, H1];nice [Cp, H1]; night [Cp]; none [H1, H3]; nor [J, Cp, Cm, H1, J]; noise [Cp, H1]; noyse [J, H3, Cm]
often [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; one [Cp, H1]; only [J, G]; open [H3, H1]; out [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; other [J, Cp, H3, H1]; over [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; overcometh [Cm, H1]
pace (n.) [H1, G]; parlement [J, Cp, Cm, H1, G]; people [J]; peyne [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; poore [J]; prayere [J, Cp, H3]; pressen [J, Cm, H1]; prime [J, Cp, H3, H1, G]; prively [H3]; proved(e) [J, H3, H1]
quit(e) (vb.) [J]
red (color) [Cm]; redde (pret.) [J]; reherse [G]; resigne [J, Cm, H1]; ride (pres.) [J, Cp, H1]; rise [J, H1]; rode (pret.) [J]; ruby [J, Cm, H1, J]
sacrifice [Cp, Cm]; saintes [H3]; salvacioun [Cp, Cm]; saw(e) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, G]; say [Cp, H3, G]; sayde [Cp, H1]; scorn [J, Cp, Cm]; see (vb.) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; see (n.) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; seen [Cp, Cm]; self(e) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; service [Cp, Cm]; sheene [J, Cp]; sholder [J, Cm]; short [J, Cp, H3, Cm]; shrive [G]; side [J, Cp, Cm, H1, G]; sigh [H1]; sighed [J, Cp, H3, Cm, Hl, J]; sighte (pret.) [Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; sign(e) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; singe (sing) [H3]; sister [J, H1]; sixty [Cm]; slayn [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; slewe [H1]; sleyn(e) [J, Cp]; smarteth [H3]; sobrely [J, Cp, H3, Cm, G]; son [J]; song [Cm]; some [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; soon(e) [J, Cp, Cm]; sore [Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; sounded [Cm]; special [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; speed(e) [J, Cp, Cm, H1]; speek [Cp]; spunne [G]; spye [H1, G]; steed(e) [J, Cp]; still(e) [J, Cp, Cm, H1, G]; stone [H3, H1]; stood [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; story [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; stounde [J, Cm]; streight [J, Cp]; sturdy [J, Cm]; such(e) [H3, Cm]; sweete [J, Cp]; sun(ne) [G]; sure [H3]
teene [J, Cp]; teer(e) (n., tear) [J, Cp, H1]; teeris [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; telle [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; tenderly [H1, G]; thank (n.) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; thank (vb.) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; thee (pron.) [H3]; thenne [Cm]; there [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; these [Cm, G]; they [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; thief [J, Cp]; thing(e) [J, Cp, Cm]; think [J, Cp, H3]; thirst [H1]; thou [H3, Cm, H1, G]; though [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; thrive [Cm]; thy [J, Cp]; thyne [Cp]; til (until) [J, Cp, Cm, H1, G]; took [J, Cp, Cm, H1]; touchyng(e) [J, Cp, H1, G]; traitor [J, H1]; traytour [Cm]; trust [J, Cp, Cm, G]; turn(e) [Cm, G]; turnest [Cp, H3]; turneth [Cm]; turnyng [Cm]
undo [J, Cm]; unlike [H1]
vermine [Cm]; voice [H1]
wall(e) [J, Cp, H3]; wall(e)s [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; warbul [H1]; ware (aware) [H3, Cm, H1]; way(e) [J, Cp, H3, H1, G]; wax(e) (pret.) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; weede [J]; weep(e) [J]; well (adv.) [H3]; wery [J, Cm, H1]; weyghte [G]; when(ne) [J, Cp, Cm, H1]; where [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; whether [Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; while [Cp, H3]; why [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; wide [J, Cp, H1]; widowes (gen.) [H3, H1]; wil (vb.) [H1, G]; wilde [G]; wile (n.) [H1]; will(e) (n.) [J, Cp, H3, H1, G]; wisdom [J, Cp, Cm, G]; wise [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; wisely [Cp, H3, G]; with [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; withouten [J, Cm, H1]; woful [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; woke [Cp, H3, H1]; woman [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; women [Cp, H3, Cm]; wonder [J, Cp, H3, Cm]; word [J, Cp, Cm, H1, G]; wounde [Cp, H3, Cm, H1]; wounded [Cp]; worke [J, H1]; world(e) [J, Cp, H3, Cm, H1, G]; worste [Cp, Cm]; worthy [J, Cp, H3, H1]; wrote [J, Cp, H3, Cm]
yes [Cp, Cm]; yet [Cp, Cm, H1]; you [Cp, Cm, H3]