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"Hadde" or any variety of spellings. At that point in time, spelling was not actually established as we know it today. Chaucer typically spelled things however he wanted to fit it into his poem, within reason. Some German conjugations were lingering, but not a great deal, at least in my experience (taking a class on Chaucer in which we are required to read the text aloud.)
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middle
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French
One significant difference between Old English and Middle English is that Middle English incorporates influences from .?
French
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