Note 12 — Second Series. Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth (continued 2)

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‘gon’ is infinitive; ‘cam gon’ = he came on foot, or perhaps at a foot-pace. This curious construction is only used with verbs of motion. Cp. the Homeric

βῆ δ᾽ ἴμεναι

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