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Note E391 — 63.

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"Mo," lit. = more; but also used in the sense of others. "This use of mo is not common, but there are a few examples of it. Thus in Specimens of English, ed. Morris and Skeat, we have at p. 47, l. 51,

"Y sike for vnsete Ant mourne ase men doþ mo."

i.e. 'I sigh for unrest, and mourn as other men do.' And on the next page (48, l. 22) we have

'Mody meneþ so doþ mo, Ichot ycham on of þo,'

i.e. 'The moody moan as others do; I wot I am one of them.' Somewhat similar is the expression oþer mo, where we should now say others as well, Piers Plowman, C. Text, Passus v. 10."—Rev. W. Skeat, in note to l. 1039 of Chaucer, Clerke's Tale, Clarendon Press Series. Mo is also used in the same sense in 67, 11, p. 154.

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