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The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Note 825 — XIV. OF CERTAIN CUSTOMS.

Henri Van Laun translation

In the French of the Middle Ages these substantives had the termination els, aus, or iaus in the nominative singular plural, and el in the accusative singular and the nominative plural; aus became generally adopted in all cases, but dropped the s.

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