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A
MIDDLE ENGLISH
VOCABULARY
BY
J. R. R. TOLKIEN
Designed for use with
SISAM'S Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose
OXFORD
AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
M DCCCC XXII
Printed in England
ABBREVIATIONS
AFr. Anglo-French.
allit. alliterative; (in) alliterative verse, &c.
cf. in etymologies indicates uncertain or indirect relation.
constr. constructed with; construction.
Du. Dutch.
E.; Mn.E. (Modern) English.
E.D.D. The English Dialect Dictionary.
Fr. French.
Fris. (Modern) Frisian (dialects).
from is prefixed to etymologies when the word illustrated has additional
suffixes, &c., not present in the etymon.
G. German.
Goth. Gothic.
Icel. (Modern) Icelandic.
Kt.; OKt. Kentish; Kentish dialect of Old English.
L.; Med.L. Latin; Mediaeval Latin.
MDu. Middle Dutch.
ME. Middle English.
MHG. Middle High German.
MLG. Middle Low German.
N.E.D. The Oxford (New) English Dictionary.
Nth.; ONth. Northumbrian; Northumbrian dialect of Old English.
NWM. North West Midland.
OE. Old English.
OFr. Old French.
OFris. Old Frisian.
OHG. Old High German.
OIr. Old Irish.
ON. Old Norse, especially Old Icelandic.
ONFr. Northern dialects of Old French.
OS. Old Saxon (Old Low German).
prec. preceding word.
red. reduced; reduction.
Swed. Swedish.
WS.; OWS. West Saxon (dialect of Old English).
* is prefixed where forms are theoretically reconstructed.
+ between the elements shows that a compound or derivative is first
recorded in Middle English.
NOTE
This glossary does not aim at completeness, and it is not primarily a
glossary of rare or 'hard' words. A good working knowledge of Middle
English depends less on the possession of an abstruse vocabulary than on
familiarity with the ordinary machinery of expression--with the precise
forms and meanings that common words may assume; with the uses of such
innocent-looking little words as the prepositions of and for; with
idiomatic phrases, some fresh-minted and some worn thin, but all likely
to recur again and again in an age whose authors took no pains to avoid
usual or hackneyed turns of expression. These are the features of the
older language which an English reader is predisposed to pass over,
satisfied with a half-recognition: and space seldom permits of their
adequate treatment in a compendious general dictionary or the word-list
to a single text. So in making a glossary for use with a book itself
designed to be a preparation for the reading of complete texts, I have
given exceptionally full treatment to what may rightly be called the
backbone of the language.
Brief indications of the etymology of each word are given, with
references in difficult cases to the Oxford English Dictionary
(N.E.D.). Apart from their usefulness as a basis for exercises in
phonology and the analysis of vocabulary, these will serve to
differentiate words distinct in origin which coincide in some of their
forms or spellings. The Old English or Old French forms cited are those
that best illustrate the Middle English; in consequence the Old English
forms frequently differ from normal West-Saxon, and the Old French forms
are especially those of the French current in England (Anglo-French is
rarely specified). Old Norse words have usually been cited in the normal
spelling (e.g. of Zoëga's Old Icelandic Dictionary). Accordingly, long
vowels in Old Norse words are marked as in bráþ-r. In Old English
words stable long vowels are marked as in brād; uncertain quantity
or probable shortening in Old English times is marked as in
adrǣ̆dd; vowels that were lengthened in the Old English period
(e.g. before ld, mb, nd) are marked as in cáld, clímban,
bíndan.
For the convenience of beginners the glossary is liberally supplied with
cross references, and the prefixed Table summarizes the principal
variations of form or spelling. Particular attention should be given to
the following points of arrangement: (i) Ȝ has a separate
alphabetical place following G; cross-references to gh are not
given: (ii) Þ has a separate alphabetical place following T;
variation between þ and th is disregarded, and initial Th is
entered under Þ: (iii) U, V are alternative forms of the same
letter; variation between them is disregarded, and initial U is
entered under V: (iv) Y initially has its usual place; but medial or
final Y will be found in the alphabetical position of I.
J. R. R. T.
PRINCIPAL VARIATIONS OF FORM OR SPELLING
1. a varies with o (before m, n); as land, lang, lamb--lond, long,
lomb; man, name--(Western) mon, nome.
2. a (= ā) varies in Northern texts with (i) ai, ay; as (a)
fare, fare--fayre (b) fayre--farest, fairest: (ii) with Southern
o, oo; see 14.
3. ai, ay varies with (i) ei, ey; as mayntene--meyntene: (ii) a;
see 2: (iii) o, oo; see 2.
4. au (before m, n) varies with a (chiefly in French words); as
daunce--dance.
5. be-, prefix varies with bi-; as begynne--biginne.
6. c varies with k; as bac, court--bak, kort.
7. des-, prefix varies with dis-; as des-, disavauntage.
8. e (= ẹ̄) varies in Northern texts with ei, ey; as
wel(e)--weill, weyl; stele--steill. See 13, 20.
9. ei, ey varies with (i) ai, ay (cf. 3); as weie, wey(e)--way(e):
(ii) hence in Northern texts with a; as strat-ly--streyte: (iii)
with e; see 8.
10. er varies with later ar; as fer, hertely--far, hartely.
11. f varies with u (= v): (i) initially (Southern); as
fader--uader: (ii) finally (Northern); as haf(e)--haue.
12. ght varies with ȝt, cht (Scottish), ht, st; as
nyght--niȝt, nycht, nyht, seuenist.
13. i (vowel) varies with y, passim: i, y varies with (i) e _in
Northern texts_; as hider, liuen, myddel--heder, leue, medill: (ii)
with e, (South) Western u; as hil, fyrst--hell, uerst--hul,
furst.
14. o, oo (= ǭ) varies in Northern texts with (i) a; as hot,
hoot--hate: (ii) hence also with ai (see 2): (iii) with oi, oy;
see next.
15. o, oo (= ọ̄) varies in Northern texts with (i) ou, u; as god,
good--goud, gud(e): (ii) oi, oy; as none, noon--noyne.
16. (s)sch varies with (s)sh, ss; as schewe--shewe, ssewe;
fle(s)sch--flessh.
17. þ varies with th, passim.
18. u (in au, eu, ou) varies with w, passim; see 21.
19. u, v (= u) varies with o (esp. before m, n); as
sun(ne)--sonne; but--bot(e); see also 15.
20. u, v (= ü) varies in Western texts with (i) e, eo; as
erthe--(Western) eorþe, vrþe: (ii) with i, y, e; see 13.
21. w varies medially with gh, ȝ (u); as owen, own--oghne,
oȝene, oune: initially (Scottish) with v; as
woundit--voundit.
22. y (consonant) varies initially with ȝ; as ye--ȝe;
medially with i, (i)gh, (i)ȝ; as say, se(i)gh, se(i)ȝe, saw.
23. single consonant varies with double; as sad--sadde.
24. single vowel varies with double; as breed--brede, breadth;
wod--wood, mad.
GLOSSARY
#A#, pron. he, XIII a 27, 47, 48; they, XIII a 13, b 22, 36, 39,
61, 64, 66. [Unaccented form of ME. ha. See Hare, Ham.]
#A#, v. inf. have, I 127. [Reduced unaccented form of haue; see
Habbe(n).]
#A(n)#, adj. one, IV b 34; indef. art. a(n), I 22, VIII b 7, &c.
See Ane, On(e).
#A(n)#, prep. on, in, &c. II 137, III introd., 22, VIII a 43, XIII
a 11, b 19, 34, &c.; a blode, with blood, XV g 16; a nyghtes,
at night (OE. on niht, nihtes), VIII b 16; a þre, in three, XIII
b 49 (see Ato, Atwynne); a Goddes half, for God's sake, XII b
80. [Weakened form of On, q.v.; an in III is possibly dialectal; a
is used only before following consonant.] See Ane.
#Abandoune#, v. to abandon, resign, X 50. [OFr. abandouner.]
#Abasshed#, pp. perturbed, XVI 177 (note to XVI 59). [AFr. abaiss-;
OFr. e(s)bair, e(s)baiss-.]
#Abate#, v. to lessen, XIV b 19; reduce, VIII a 209 (_imper.
sg._); intr. XVII 445; #Abatid# (of), pp. ceased, VII 104. [OFr.
abatre.]
#Abedde#, adv. in bed, XII a 141. [OE. on bedde.] See Bedd(e).
#Abhomynable#, adj. abominable, XI b 90. [OFr. abominable.]
#Abide#, #Abyde#, #Habide#, v. (i) intr. to wait, remain, stay, II
84, IX 197, XVII 531; tarry, II 348; imper. wait!, V 149; halt!, XVI
213; (ii) trans. to await, XVII 334; withstand, endure, XIV b 31;
#Abode#, pa. t. XIV c 68, XVII 373; #Abyde#, pp. in ys abyde,
has survived, XIII b 50. [OE. ā-bīdan.] See Bide.
#Abite#, n. outward appearance, XI b 99. [OFr. (h)abit.]
#Able#, adj. able, VI 239, XI b 92. [OFr. (h)able.] See Vnable.
#Abone#, adv. above, XVII 146. See Aboue(n).
#Abosted#, pa. t. sg. threatened boastfully, VIII a 148. [ME. a- +
Boste, q.v.]
#Aboue(n)#, #Abovin#, #Abuf#, adv. above, overhead, on top, V 149, VII
105, 135, IX 56, X 61; on the surface, VII 160; prep. above, higher
than, XI b 182, XVII 83; quasi-sb. in be at here aboue, get the
upper hand of them, XIII a 61. [OE. *on-bufan, abufan.] See
Abone.
#Aboueseyd#, adj. aforesaid, IX 307. [Prec. + pp. of Seie.]
#Aboute(n)#, #Abowte#, #Obout# (XIV a), (i) adv. about, round, on
all sides, here and there, to and fro, I 233, V 165, VIII a 297, XI
b 270, XII a 143, b 117, XIV a 15, XV i 3, XVII 303, 351, &c.;
round about, VII 83, &c.; round it, II 359; al aboute round, all round
about, XII a 79; (ii) prep. about, round, &c. (often following n.
or pron.), I 54, II 274, 284, V 95, XIV b 68, &c.; on, XI b 236;
in, XI b 293, 296; about al, in all directions, II 387; aboute
with for to (vnbynde), XVI 7. [OE. onbūtan, ābūtan.]
#Abrod#, adv. out wide, XII a 176. [OE. on + brād.]
#Abuf#. See Aboue.
#Abugge#, v. to pay for (it), VIII a 75, 159. [OE. ā-bycgan.]
See Bigge.
#Ac#, conj. but, II 56, III 34, VIII 67, &c. [OE. ac.]
#Acheue#, v. achieve, VI 115. [OFr. achever.] See Cheue.
#Accordandly#, adv. accordingly, IV b 33. [From pres. p. of Acorde.]
#Acord(e)#, #Accord#, n. agreement, VI 149, XI a 32; concurrence,
united will, XVII 30; made acorde of care and me, associated me with,
caused me to know, care, VI 11. [OFr. acord(e).]
#Acorde(n)#, v. trans. to reconcile, V 337; to acorde me with, to
associate myself with, V 312; intr. agree, XI b 128, XII b 145,
XIII b 52. [OFr. acorder.] See Corden.
#Acountes#, n. pl. settlement of accounts, VIII a 83. [OFr. acont,
acunt.]
#Acsede#. See Axe(n).
#Actif#, #Actyf#, adj. active, VIII a 245, XI b 74, 102. [OFr.
actif.]
#Aday#, adv. in dyne aday, eat at (mid-day) meal, VIII a 303. [OE.
on dæge, by day.]
#Ademand#, n. loadstone (magnetic iron ore), IX 123, 125, &c. [OFr.
adema(u)nt, L. adamantem (acc.), properly 'diamond'. The application
to 'loadstone' was due to false association with L. ad-amāre. The
mediaeval 'adamant' in consequence often combined the properties of
diamond and loadstone.] See Dyamand.
#Admytte#, v. to admit, XVII 551. [L. admittere.]
#Adoun#, #Adown#, adv. down, II 223, 435, VIII a 31, &c. [OE.
of-dūne, adūne.] See Doun(e).
#Adrad#, pp. afraid, XII b 133; #Adred#, XVII 201. [OE.
ofdrǣ̆dd, ofdrē̆dd, pp.] See Drede(n).
#Adreynt#, pp. drowned, II 397. [OE. ā-drencan, pp.
ā-drenct.]
#Adresced#, pp.; therupon him hath adresced, has fastened himself to
it, XII b 85. See Dresse. [OFr. adresser.]
#Aduersouris#, n. pl. adversaries, X 144. [OFr. adversier with
alteration of suffix.]
#Afelde#, adv. to the fields, VIII a 136, 283. [OE. on felda.]
See Feld(e).
#Aferd(e)#, adj. afraid, I 4, 67, 262, VIII a 115, XVII 316, &c.
[OE. ā-fǣred.] See Ferde.
#Affaite#, v. train, tame, VIII a 32 (note). [OFr. afait(i)er.]
#Affeccyon#, n. affection, (worldly) desire, IV b 52, 71. [L.
affectiōn-em through OFr.]
#Af(f)erme#, v. affirm, IX 77, XI a 50; confirm, IX 305. [OFr.
afermer.]
#Affie#, v. to have (faith in), XVI 29. [OFr. afier.]
#Afforces# (thame), pres. pl. (refl.) endeavour, IV b 20. [OFr.
s'afforcer.]
#Affray#, n. fear, XII a 142. [OFr. e(s)frai.]
#Afine#, adv. to the end, II 277. [OFr. a fin.]
#Afore#, adv. beforehand, XVII 164. [OE. æt-foran.]
#Aforth#, v. to afford, VIII a 192. [OE. (late) ge-forðian, to
manage.]
#Afright#, pp. Not afright, undeterred, XVII 541. [OE.
ā-fyrht.]
#After# (#-ir#, #-yr#, #-ur#), adv. after, behind, II 378, VII 24, XVI
376, &c.; afterwards, then, VII 46, VIII a 5, &c.; _be the whiche ...
after_, in accordance with which (mixed Fr. and E. constr.), IX 302;
prep. after, next to, I 215, XI b 27, &c.; according to, IX 220,
291, XI b 189, &c.; for (after desire, ask, &c.), VII 20, VIII a
291, XV h 5, XVI 242, &c.; conj. after, XVII 148. After þan,
afterwards, II 597. [OE. æfter; æfter þā̆m.]
#Afterward#, #Aftyrward(e)#, &c., adv. afterwards, II 164, IV b 59,
XI b 147, &c.; #Efterward#, III 16, 35, 38, 48. [OE. æfterweard (Kt.
efter-).]
#Agayn(e)#, #Agane#, adv. back, again, IV b 83, XVI 11, XVII 180,
479, &c. See Aȝayn.
#Agaynes#, prep. against, IV b 18, 19. [Prec. + adv. -es.] See
Aȝeines.
#Agaynste#, prep. against, XVI 280; to loke a., to gaze on, XVI 92.
[Extended from prec.]
#Agast#, pp. afraid, XIV c 51, XVII 184, 297; astonished, XVII 449.
[a- + OE. gæsted, afflicted.] See Gastli.
#Age#, n. age, time of life, VI 52, XII introd.; mature age, IX 22;
old age, VII 6, XIV c 106, &c. [OFr. age.]
#Ago#, pp. gone by, XII a 34. [OE. ā-gān.]
#Agrete#, adv. collectively, as a body, VI 200. [OE. on +
grēat.]
#Agreued# (for), pp. weighed down (with), V 302; annoyed (by), I 88.
[OFr. agrever.]
#Aȝayn#, adv. again, back, V 53, 257, 332; #Aȝe#, XIII a 8;
#Aȝein#, #Aȝeyn#, I 230, VIII a 44, XII a 28, &c.; #Aȝen#,
IX 132; #Oȝain#, II 141, 162. [OE. ongēn, ongegn.]
#Aȝayn#, #Aȝen#, #Aȝein#, #Aye#, #Oȝain#, prep. against,
III 58, V 48, IX 19; towards (of time), II 497, XII b 18. [As prec.]
See Agayn.
#Aȝeines#, prep. against, contrary to, VIII a 309, 311, 315;
#Aȝenes#, XIII b 17; #Aȝens#, I 261, 264, VIII b 78;
#Aȝenus#, XI a 29. [Prec. + adv. -es.] See Agaynes.
#Aȝenst#, prep. against, IX 92, 315, XI b 43, 46, 97. [Extended
from prec.] See Agaynste.
#Aȝleȝ#, adj. without fear, V 267. [ON. agi + OE. -lēas.]
See Awe.
#A-hungrye#, adj. hungry, XVII 499. [a- + OE. hungrig.]
#Ai#, #Ay#, adv. always, ever, IV a 1, 14, VII 18, X 61, XV a 10,
17, &c.; for ay, for ever, XVII 26. [ON. ei.]
#Ay#, n. fear, in for loue or ay, in any event, II 571. [OE. ege.]
#Aye.# See Aȝayn.
#Ayenbyte#, n. remorse. See III introd. [OE. ongēn + bite.]
#Ayere#, #Aire#, n. air, IV b 5, VII 107, 110. [OFr. air.]
#Aire#, n. heir, VIII b 62. [OFr. (h)eir.]
#Ays.# See Ese.
#Aither#, #Ayþer#, #Athir#, #Eyþer#, adj. and pron. both, VII 65;
either, V 112; eyþer oþer, each other, XIII b 57; athir othir in,
one in the other, X 22. [OE. ǣgþer, both; ā(w)þer, either.]
See Euþer.
#Ayther#, #Aþer#, conj. or, VI 131; ayther ... or, either ... or,
XVII 477. [As prec.] See Or^2; Oþer, conj.
#Aywhere#, adv. on all sides, V 113. [OE. ǣghwǣr.]
#Aketh#, pres. pl. ache, VIII a 253 (see Wombe). [OE. acan.]
#Akyng#, n. aching, XI b 136.
#Al#, adj. all, I 120, II 114, III 6, &c.; #Alle#, I 19, &c.; pl.
III 55, &c.; al(l) a(n), a whole, VII 183, VIII a 253, XIII a 32,
44, XIV c 4; al(le) maner(e), all kinds of, II 589, XI a 12 (cf.
Alkyn); al(le) þing(e), see Þing; all way, weys, see Alway,
Way; all it (þei, we), all of it (them, us), XV g 16, IX 104,
XVII 456, &c.; here names of alle, the names of them all, I 37; _of al
and sum_, in general and particular, in full, VI 224; as sb. all, XVI
303, &c.; every one (with sg. verb), VI 87. [OE. al(l).] See
Algate, Alkyn, Alsaume, &c.
#Al#, #All(e)#, adv. entirely, quite, very, I 108, II 76, V 304, VIII
a 138, &c.; in comb. with To-, II 81, 106, 262, IV a 78, VII 147;
with For-, II 398, XV c 29. Al away, quite away, IV a 75; _al
one_, alone, V 87, XII a 131, b 15; al oon, all one (and the same
thing), XI a 41; al to, up to (the number of), III 56; _all be
(were) it þat_, although, IX 50, 171, 302, 312; all if, although, XVII
231. [OE. al(l).]
#Al#, #All(e)#, n. all, everything, III 43, 51, &c.; about al, in
all directions, II 387; ouer al, everywhere, II 208 (OE. ofer all).
[OE. al(l).]
#Aldai#, #Al day#, adv. all day, V 166, XII introd. [OE. _alne
dæg_.]
#Alde#. See Olde.
#Alepy#, adj. (a) single, I 159. [OE. ā̆nlēpig.]
#Algate#, adv. by all means, at any rate, I 107, II 231. [Cf. ON.
alla götu, all along, always.] See Gate, n.^2
#Algatis#, adv. continually, XI a 38. [Prec. + adv. -es.]
#Aliens#, n. pl. foreigners, XIII b 61. [OFr. alien.]
#Aliȝt#, #Alihte#, v. to alight, II 377, XII a 76. [OE.
ā-lihtan.] See Liȝt, v.^2
#Aliri#, adv. ? across one another (of legs), VIII a 116. [? Related
to Lyre, n.^2]
#Alis#, v. See Eyleþ.
#Alyue#, adj. living, VI 85. [OE. on līfe.]
#Alkyn#, adj. of all kinds, VIII a 70. [OE. *alra cynna.] See
Kyn.
#Allas#, interj. alas! II 107, &c. [OFr. alas.]
#Alleg(g)e(n)#, v. to cite (in support of a contention), XI b 56,
XVI 277; to contend, XI b 79. [OFr. esligier, aligier, associated
with unrelated L. allēgāre.]
#Allowe#, v. approve, receive with approval, XVI 330; #Alod#, pp.
XVII 56 (note). [OFr. alouer, from L. allaudāre.]
#Allþough#, #Althogh#, conj. (even) though, IX 110, XII b 196, &c.
[Al, adv. + Þogh, q.v.]
#Allweldand#, adj. almighty, XVII 494. [Cf. OE. alwáldende.]
#Almes(se)#, n. sg. an act, or works, of charity, charitable gift or
offering, VIII a 121, 140, XI b 2, 163, 270, &c.; #Elmesses# pl.
(OKt. elmessan), III 17. [OE. ælmesse.]
#Almyȝt#, adj. almighty, VI 138. [OE. æl-miht.]
#Almyty#, #-myghty#, adj. almighty, VIII b 105, XV i 12. [OE.
æl-mihtig.]
#Alofte#, adv. in the air, aloft, V 220, XII a 94, &c. [ON. _á
loft_.] See Lofte.
#Alod#, pp. See Allowe.
#Alone#, adj. alone, XVII 489; see Al, adv.
#Als#, adv. also, as well, V 292, VIII a 148, X 8, 11, XVII 126,
127. [Reduced form of Also, q.v.]
#Als#, #Alss#, conj. as (esp. in als ... as, as ... as), like, IV
a 2, 63, 84, b 86, VIII a 37, &c.; as for instance, like, XVI 306,
308, 311; as, while, IV b 43, XV a 4; als ... þat, so ... that, IX
151; als b(i)liue, as quickly (as possible), straightway, II 531, 584.
[As prec.] See As.
#Alsaume#, adv. (all) together, 198. [Cf. ON. allir saman.] See
Sam(e), adv.
#Also#, #Alsua# (X), adv. also, as well, I 35, II 144, X 33, &c.;
conj. like, II 508; also bliue, also spac, also swiþe, as
quickly (as possible), straightway, II 142, 343, 574. [OE. al-swā.]
See Als, As.
#Al(l)way#, #-wey#, adv. always, (for) ever, continually, XIII a 3,
b 63, XVI 150, 168, &c.; in any case, certainly, XVI 164. [OE. _alne
weg_.] See Algate(s).
#Am#, 1 sg. pres. ind. am, V 90, &c.; coalescing with prec. pron. in
Icham, Ycham (q.v.). [OE. am.] See Ar, Art, Is, &c.
#Amaistrien#, v. to master, control, VIII a 205. [OFr.
amaistrier.]
#Amang#, adv. in the meanwhile, XVII 247; #Emang#, at times, from time
to time, XVI 262, 301. [OE. on-(ge)máng.] See Amonge.
#Ame#, v. to guess; as y kan ame, I guess, I 45. [OFr. aesmer,
amer.]
#Amend(e)#, v. to make better, reform, set right, VIII a 268, IX
338, XI a 48, XVII 256. [OFr. amender.] See Mend(e).
#Amendement#, n. improvement, cure, I 238, II 200, VIII a 132. [OFr.
amendement.]
#Amercy#, v. to fine, VIII a 40. [OFr. amercier.]
#Amidde#, prep. in the middle of, II 355. [OE. on-middan.]
#Amiddes#, adv. in the midst, XII a 170; prep. (from) among, II
191. [Prec. + adv. -es.]
#Amys#, adv. amiss, VIII a 322. [ON. á miss.] See Mysse.
#Amoner#, n. almoner, alms-giver, III 16. [OFr. au-moner.]
#Among(e)#, prep. among, II 220, VIII a 89, &c.; #Emang#, #Emong#,
XVII 112; (follows noun) XVII 400. [OE. on-(ge)máng.] See Amang,
Mong.
#Amonges#, prep. amongst, II 306, VII 37, &c. [Prec. + adv. -es.]
#Amorwe#, adv. on the next day, II 181, 497. [OE. on morgene.]
#An#, #And#, #Ant#, conj. and, I 254, VIII a 205, XI a 1, XV b
11, d 2, e 6, g 25, 26, i 5, &c.; an te, and the, XV e 19;
if, II 43, VI 200, 238, VIII a 250, XIII a 44, b 39, XIV c 14,
103, XVI 208 (even if), XVII 297, 502. On postponement of and in Gower
see note to XII a 26. [OE. and.]
#Ancres#, n. pl. anchorites, religious recluses, VIII a 139. [OE.
ā̆ncra.]
#Andzuerede#. See Ansuere.
#Ane#, indef. art. a, X 5, 16, 31, &c.; representing older inflected
forms, III 11 (first), 13, 49; adj. one, a single, IV a 58, X 157;
(predicatively) one, united, IV a 56; pron. one, IV b 1, 43; a
certain person, IV a 69, X 169. See A(n), On(e).
#Ane#, prep. on; ane his lhordes haf, on his master's behalf, III
11. [From OE. on, an, on anal. of in, inne.]
#Anely#, adv. only, IV b 81. [OE. ānlic, adj.] See Onely.
#Anewe#, adv. once more, XV a 22. [a- + OE. nēowe.]
#Angelis#. See Aungel.
#Anger#, n. grief, V 276. [ON. angr, grief.]
#Angré#, adj. angry, XVII 187. [From prec.]
#Angwys#, n. grief, IV b 28, [OFr. anguisse.]
#Ani#, #Any#, adj. any, I 2, 18, II 528, &c. [OE. ǣnig.] See
Eny, Ony.
#Animal#, n. animal, II 364. [OFr. animal.]
#Anodir#. See Anoþire.
#Anoynt#, v. to smear, XVII 127. [Formed on OFr. enoint pp. of
enoindre.]
#Anon(e)#, adv. at once, straightway, next, II 385, 499, VI 224, XVII
490, 526, &c.; #Onone#, VII 149, XVII 275. [OE. on ān.]
#Anothire#, #Anoþer#, adj. and pron. another, IV b 3, 34, IX 37,
&c.; #Anoþur#, XIV c 27; #Anouþer#, I 140; #Anodir#, XVI 87. [OE.
ān + ōþer.]
#Anouȝ#. See Ynoȝ.
#*Anowrned#, pp. adorned, II 363 (MS. anowed). [OFr. aourner; ? a-
to an- on anal. of E. alternation a-, an-.]
#Ansuer(e)#, #Answere#, v. to answer, III 5, 25, IX 178, XII b 76;
#Andzuerede#, pa. t. III 33. [OE. an(d)swerian.]
#Answar#, n. answer, VI 158. [OE. an(d)swaru.]
#Ant#. See An, conj.
#Antifeners#, n. pl. antiphonaries, XI b 229 (note). [OFr.
antiphonier.]
#Apayed#, pp. pleased, satisfied, VIII a 102, 189. [OFr. apaier.]
See Paie.
#Apassed#, pp. as prep. past, VI 180. [OFr. apasser.]
#Ap(p)ere#, #Appiere#, v. to appear, VI 45, XII a 132, XVI 368, XVII
173. [OFr. aper-; apareir.]
#Ap(p)eyre#, v. to do harm to, injure, impair, VIII a 126, 164, 212,
XIII b 14; #Apeyryng#, n. impairing, XIII b 15. [OFr. empeirer.]
See Empeyre.
#Apert#, adj. plain, V 324; adv. openly, plainly, I 200, VI 229; for
all to see, II 586. [OFr. apert.]
#Apon#. See Vpon.
#Aposede#, pa. t. put a (hard) question to, VIII b 10. [OFr.
oposer, aposer.]
#Apostel#, n. apostle, XI a 12, b 15, 99, 273, &c. [OE.
apostol.] See Posteles.
#Apparaille#, v. to dress, VIII a 59. [OFr. aparailler.]
#Apparale#, n. preparations, apparatus, gear, X 3, 14, 44, 119. [OFr.
aparail.]
#Apparence#, n. appearance, XII a 127. [OFr. ap(p)arence.]
#Appetit# (to), n. desire, appetite (for), VIII a 261, IX 15, XII
a 87. [OFr. apetit.]
#Appiereth.# See Ap(p)ere.
#Approprid#, pp. assigned as personal property, XI b 97. [OFr.
aproprier.]
#Aquit#, pp. requited, XII b 138, 197. [OFr. aquiter.]
#Ar#, conj. before (usually with subj.), VIII a 93, 196, 258, 261,
269, XV g 33, &c. [OE. ǣr, and with weak stress æ̆r(?).]
See Are; Er(e), adv.; Or.
#Ar(e)#, pres. ind. pl. are, IV b 18, V 9, 27, &c.; #Aren#, VIII a
268, 270, &c.; #Arn(e)#, II 13, VI 24, 42, &c. [OE. (Nth.) aron.]
See Art, Er(e), Ben, &c.
#Aray#, n. array, X 68; rank, estate, VI 131; of aray, stately, XVII
539 (or grete of aray, great in magnificence). [OFr. arei.]
#Arayed#, pp. arranged, XIII a 1. [OFr. areyer.]
#Aratede#, pa. t. rebuked, VIII b 11. [Unknown.]
#Archidekenes#, n. pl. archdeacons, VIII b 75. [OE. ærce-diacon,
OFr. archedekne.] See Dyacne.
#Are#, adv. before, I 93, XVI 38, 98, 345. [ON. ár (? late Nth.
ar); but see Ar, conj.]
#Arered#, pp. raised, set up, XIII a 11, 13, &c. [OE.
ā-rǣran.]
#Arȝe# (wyth), v. to be terrified, quail (at), V 203, 209, 233.
[OE. eargian.]
#Aryȝt#, adv. rightly, right well, XIII b 46; #Ariht#, XII a
67, XIV c 61. [OE. on-riht, ariht.]
#Arise#, #Aryse#, v. to arise, rise, get up, come to pass, II 311,
VIII a 112, 261, 319, b 15; #Aros#, pa. t. sg. II 318, XV g 1
(note). [OE. ā-rīsan.]
#Arm(e)#, n. arm, I 112, VII 162, &c.; embrace, XII a 161. [OE.
earm.]
#Armes#, n. pl. arms, weapons, (knightly) warfare, II 182, IX 109, &c.
[OFr. armes.]
#Armyt#, #Armed#, pp. armed, II 395, X 7, 37, &c.; #Y-armed#, II 136,
184, 292. [OFr. armer.]
#Arn(e).# See Ar(e), v.
#Arryuen#, #Aryue#, v. to come to land, IX 184; to come (to a
destination), VI 87. [OFr. arriver.]
#Art#, 2 sg. pres. ind. art, I 202, 204, II 422, &c.; #Artow#, art
thou, II 421 (see Þou); #Ert#, VIII b 34. [OE. eart.]
#Artetykes#, adj. pl. arthritic, accompanied with inflammation of the
joints, IX 314. See Gowtes. [OFr. artetique, corruptly from L.
arthrīticus.]
#Arwes#, n. pl. arrows, IX 258. [OE. earh.]
#As(e)#, conj. as, I 24, II 290, III 48, &c.; as ... as (foll. by
accus.), XVII 19; as that, as, XVII 182; as hys desserte, according
to his deserts, VI 235; even as, seeing that, XVII 427, 552; as euer,
as sure as ever, XVII 237, 395; so (in oaths, &c.), V 55, &c.; as if
(usually with subj.) I 31, 121, 195, II 108, 402, V 106, 133, 134,
189, 194, 221, 326, VII 45; as relative particle, I introd., XVII 325;
as swyþe, tyte, straightway, I 111, XVII 219. [Further reduced from
Als, q.v.]
#Asalis.# See Assaylle.
#Askes#, n. pl. ashes, XIII a 4. [OE. axe.]
#Aske(n)#, #Aski# (II), v. to ask for, demand, I 131, II 450, 467, VI
220, &c.; require, VIII b 71; inquire, I 132, IX 176. [OE.
ā̆xian.] See Axe(n).
#Aspien#, #Asspye#, v. to detect, observe, VIII a 123, 217, XI a
60; #Aspide#, pa. t. III 42. [OFr. espier.] See Spie.
#Assai#, #Assay#, n. test, trial; at assai, when put to the test,
XIV c 5; set in, till, hard(e) assay, place in sore straits, X 62,
170, 188. [OFr. essai, assai.]
#Assaie#, #Assay(e)#, #Asay#, v. to test, prove, make trial, II 452,
568, V 294, IX 61, 102, 121, XIV c 66, XVII 219, 249, 433; to
endeavour, VIII a 24, XII b 81. [OFr. essayer.] See Saye.
#Assaylle#, #As(s)ale#, #Assa(i)lȝe# (X), v. to assail, attack, IX
88, X 4, 12, 43, 114, 132, 144, XVII 295, &c.; #Assaling#, n. assault,
X 41, 60. [OFr. as(s)aillir.]
#Asse#, n. ass, XV f 5, &c. [OE. assa.]
#Assemblid# (to), pa. t. assembled (at), VII 85. [OFr. assembler.]
#Assembly#, n. joining of battle, VII 57. [OFr. assemblee.]
#Assende#, v. to ascend, XVI 32. [OFr. ascendre.]
#Assent#, pp. sent for, XII b 208. See Of-sende.
#As(s)ente#, n. agreement; compliance, VI 31; of þare assente, of
like mind with them, XVI 310. [OFr. asente.]
#Assent(e)#, v. to agree, VIII a 39, 57; pp. XVI 170. [OFr.
asentir.]
#Assoylled#, pp. absolved, IX 286. [OFr. assoillir.]
#Asspye#. See Aspien.
#As(s)tate#, n. estate, (high) rank, VI 33, 130, VII 21. [OFr.
estat.] See State.
#Astrangled#, pp. choked, II 396. [OFr. estrangler.]
#Asunder#, #-yr#, adv. apart, I 224; pleon. with parte, I 103. [OE.
on-sundran.] See Sonder.
#Aswon(e)#, adj. in a swoon, I 195 (note), II 549. [OE.
geswōgen.] See Falle(n); Swone.
#At#, prep. at, I 13, 74, &c.; in, VII 66, VIII a 63; IX 253; _at
wordes_, in words, II 139; (of time) V 23, 100, IX 284, XI a 12; to, V
108, VII 13; with infin. (at do), see Do; according to, I 82, II
271, XIV b 56, XVI 258, XVII 4, 322; at the value of, VIII a 162,
b 101, XVII 364; at the hands of, from, I 239, 240, 245, II 179, III
4, 31 (see Atte). #At on#, at one, in accord, VI 18; at þe full,
completely, XI b 198; haue at þe, see Habbe(n). [OE. æt.] See
Atte; Þare.
#At#, rel. particle; þat at, that which, what, VI 176 (note); _quhar
at_, see Whar. [ON. at; þat at is possibly for þat tat (cf.
Atte, Þou, &c.).]
#Ate#. See Atte.
#Atempree#, adj. temperate, IX 29. [OFr. atempré.]
#Aþer#, #Athir#. See Aither, Ayther.
#At-hold#, v. to restrain, II 88. [OE. æt- + háldan.]
#Atire#, n. apparel, II 299. [From next.]
#Atire#, v.; #Atird#, pp. equipped, II 158. [OFr. atir(i)er.]
See Tired.
#Atled#, pa. t. intended, V 195. [ON. ǽtla.]
#Ato#, adv. in two, apart, II 125, IX 140; #Atwo#, VIII a 97. [OE.
on twā.] See A(n) prep.; Tuo.
#Atour#, n. apparatus, equipment, X 125. [OFr. atour(n).]
#Atourned#, pp. equipped, II 291. [OFr. atourner.]
#Atrete#, adv. straight out, plainly, XIV c 78. [OFr. a trait.]
#Atslyke#, v. to slip away; atslykeȝ, is spent, VI 215. [OE.
æt- + slīcan.]
#Atte#, #Ate#, at the, II 232, 379, III 4, VIII a 96, b 29; of the,
III 31; in fixed expressions where Mn. E. has 'at', as: atte chirche,
VIII a 50; at(t)e firste, last(e), mete, see Furste, Laste,
Mete; atte nale = atten (OE. æt þam) ale, over the ale, VIII a
109. See At.
#Atteynte#, v. to convict, prove guilty, XVI 278. [From ateint,
convicted, pp. of OFr. ateindre. See next.]
#Atteny#, v. to reach, VI 188. [OFr. ateign-, stem of ateindre.]
#Atwynne#, adv. in two, I 189, 191. [OE. on + twinn.]
#Atwo#, #Avay#. See Ato, Awai.
#Avayll#, #Avale#, v. to be of use to, XVII 154; it avalis you, (it)
is your best course, XVII 296. [a- + OFr. vail-, valeir.]
#Avale#, #Availl# (X), v. intr. to descend, IX 195; trans. to let
down, X 28. [OFr. avaler.]
#Avauntage#, n. advantage, XIII b 35, 36. [OFr. avantage.]
#Auctorité#, n. authority, XI b 61. [OFr. au(c)torité.]
#Auctour#, n. original authority, author, IX 304; #Autours#, pl. XI
a 23. [OFr. autour, and (from 14th c.) auctour, &c.]
#Audience#, n. formal hearing, audience, XII b 209. [OFr.
audience.]
#Aue Maria#, an Ave, Hail Mary, IX 323. [First two words of Latin
prayer.]
#Auentur(e)#, #Auentour#, n. chance, (notable) occurrence, feat, II
15, 18, 32, &c.; risk, X 118; an auenture, (as conj.) in case, VIII
a 43; at auentur, as chance directed, recklessly, XIV c 34. [OFr.
aventure.] See Aunter.
#Aueril#, n. April, XV c 1. [OFr. avril.]
#Auȝt#. See Owe, v.
#Avys#, n. deliberation, IX 295, 297. [OFr. avis.]
#Avised#, pp.; wel avised, judicious, XII b 217. [OFr. aviser.]
#Aungel(l)#, n. angel, IV a 46, XI b 23, XVI 339, 389; #Angel#, XI
b 152, &c. [OFr. a(u)ngel.]
#Aunsetris#, n. pl. ancestors, men of former days, VII 5. [OFr.
ancestre, nom. sg.]
#Aunter#, n. chance, event, VII 5, 67, 155. [As Auentur; but due to
older and more popular borrowing.]
#Auter(e)#, n. altar, I 74, 76. [OFr. auter.]
#Autours#. See Auctour.
#Auþer#. See Oþer, adv. and conj.
#Awai#, #Away(e)#, #Awei(e)#, #Awey(e)#, adv. away, VIII a 184, XII
b 132, &c.; #Avay#, X 58, 187; #Oway#, II 192, 261, 329; #Owy# (in
rime), II 96, 491, 561; don awei, abolished, XI b 206; _wanne
awaye_, rescued, XVI 171; predic., gone, over, II 59 (oway), XVII
537. [OE. on-weg, aweg; ? with owy, cf. rare OE. wig.]
#Awake#, v. intr. to be aroused, wake up, II 77, VIII a 318, b 1,
&c.; trans. to wake, II 73; #Awake#, pp. wakened, XV g 14. [OE.
ā-wæcnan, str.; ā-wacian, wk.; both intr.] See Forwake,
Wackenet, Wake.
#Awangelys#, n. pl. gospels, XV i 6. [L. ēvangelium.] See
Euaungelistis.
#Awe#. See Owe, v.
#Awe#, n. fear; for Crystys awe, for fear of Christ, I 83. [ON.
agi.] See Aȝleȝ.
#Awede#, v. go mad, II 87; #Awedde#, pp. (gone) mad, II 400. [OE.
ā-wēdan.] See Wode, adj.
#Aweyward#, adv. (turned) in the opposite direction, XIII a 35. [OE.
onweg + adv. -ward.]
#Awen#, #Awne#. See Owen, adj.
#Awenden#, pa. t. pl. thought, XV g 17. [a- + OE. wēnan.]
See Wene(n).
#Awharf#, pa. t. sg. turned aside, V 152. [OE. ā-hweorfan.]
#Aworthe#. See Yworth.
#Awreke# (of), v. to avenge (on), VIII a 166; #Awroke#, pp. VIII
a 195. [OE. ā-wrecan.] See Wreke.
#Ax#, n. axe, V 155, XIV e 1, &c. [OE. æx.]
#Axe(n)#, v. to ask, demand, inquire (of), VIII a 291, XI b 207,
XII a 145, &c.; #Acsede#, pa. t. III 4, 25, 31. [OE. ā̆xian.]
See Aske(n).
#Babelynge#, n. babbling, XI b 84. [Echoic; cf. Blabre.]
#Bad(de)#. See Bidde.
#Bagge#, n. wallet (for food), VIII b 54. [ON. baggi.]
#Bayarde#, n. bay horse (as typical horse name); þat was bake for B.
= coarse horse-bread, VIII a 187. [OFr. baiard.] See Bred.
#Bayle#, #Bayll#. See Bale.
#Bayly#, n. dominion, VI 82. [OFr. baillie.]
#Bailyues#, n. pl. bailiffs, managers of estates, XI b 288. [OFr.
baillif.]
#Baill#, n.^1 wall (of the outer court in a feudal castle), XVI 195;
#Bale#, prison, custody, XVI 161 (but this may belong to Bale, q.v.).
[OFr. bail.]
#Baill#, n.^2 bundle, X 27. [OFr. bale.]
#Bayn#, adj. obedient, V 90, XVII 308. [ON. bein-n, direct.]
#Bair#. See Bare.
#Bak#, #Bac# (II), #Backe#, n. back, II 344, VII 126, XVII 264, &c.;
bak and bone, all over the body, XVII 407. [OE. bæc.]
#Bake(n)#, pp. baked, VIII a 187, 288, 305; #Ybake(n)#, VIII a
175, 278. [OE. bacan.]
#Bakoun#, #Bacoun#, n. bacon, VIII a 279, 304. [OFr. bacun.]
#Balde#. See Bold.
#Bale#; #Bayle#, #Bayll# (XVII); n. torment, misery, sorrow, IV a
77, V 351, VI 13, XIV a 28, XVI 275, XVII 26, 311, 552, &c.; at XVI
161 'torment' is possible, but see Bail, n.^1 [OE. balu.]
#Balȝ#, adj. rounded, or ? with level surface, V 104 (cf. Sir
Gaw. 2032, and Prompt. Parv. balwe, planus).
#Balkes#, n. pl. (unploughed) ridges in a field, VIII a 101. [OE.
balc(a).]
#Ban#, v. to curse, XIV b 94, XVII 94; #Banned# (MS.) I 188, ?
read Bende (q.v.). [OE. bannan, proclaim; ON. banna, forbid,
curse.]
#Bandis#. See Bond.
#Bane#. See Bon.
#Baner#, n. banner, II 294, XIV a 8. [OFr. banere.]
#Bank(k)es#. See Bonk(e).
#Baptiste#, pa. t. baptized, XVI 75. [OFr. baptiser.]
#Barbe#, n. cutting edge, V 242. [OFr. barbe, beard, barb (of arrow,
spear, &c.).]
#Bard#, pp. penned, XVII 328. [OFr. barrer.] See Barres, Vnbarred.
#Bare#, #Bair# (X), adj. bare, naked, V 9, 188, VII 164, X 190, &c.;
on bonkes bare, XIV b 20; despoiled, XIV a 20; bald (in style),
VII 74; mere, V 284, X 113. [OE. bær.]
#Bar(e)#, #Bare(n)#. See Bore, n.; Bere, v.
#Barely#, adv. openly, XIV b 94; summarily, VII 68. [OE.
bærlīce.]
#Baret#, n. strife, V 47 (see Bend). [OFr. barat.]
#Barfot#, adj. barefoot, II 232. [OE. bær-fōt.]
#Barga(y)n#, n. bargain, VIII b 100, XVII 94. [OFr. bargaine.]
#Barge#, n. a smaller sea-going ship belonging to a larger vessel, XIV
c 53, 65; ship, VII 90. [OFr. barge.]
#Barly#, n. (as adj.) barley, VIII a 129. [OE. bærlic.]
#Barm#, n. lap, XV g 13. [OE. bearm.]
#Barm-fellys#, n. pl. leather aprons, XV h 11. [OE. bearm +
fell; cf. bearm-clāþ, &c.]
#Barne#, n. child, VI 66, XVII 308, 419; barnes bastardes, bastards,
VIII b 75. [OE. bearn.]
#Barouns#, n. pl. barons, II 201, 503, 550. [OFr. barun.]
#Barras#, n. defensive outwork, X 164. [OFr. barras.]
#Barres#, n. pl. bars, XVI 190. [OFr. barre.]
#Barste#. See Brest(e).
#Bastardes#, n. pl. bastards; as adj., VIII b 75. [OFr.
bastard.]
#Baston#, n. stave, stanza, Introduction xv. [OFr. baston.]
#Batail(e)#, #Bataill#, #Batayl#, #Batel(l)#, n. embattled host, XIV
b 52; battle, VII 56, 91, *XI b 154, XIV b 31, XVI 131, &c. [OFr.
bataille.]
#Bataild#, adj. embattled, with battlements, II 360. [Modelled on OFr.
bataillé.]
#Bath#. See Boþe.
#Batis#, n. pl. boats X 123. [OE. bāt.]
#Baþe#, v. to bathe (trans. and intr.), II 585, XIII a 25. [OE.
baþian.]
#Baundoun#, n. control; in hire baundoun, at her disposal, XV c 8.
[OFr. bandun.]
#Be#, conj. by the time (that), X 157. Cf. bi þat. See next.
#Be#, #Beo# (XIV c 44), prep. by (way of), IX 179, 192, 198;
through, IX 112, 136, 137; (of time) by, at, in, VI 163, IX 204, 339,
XII a 117, 131, XV i 15, 20; by (means of), through, III 22, VII 23,
IX 67, 130, XII a 23, b 199, XVI 355, &c.; by (of agent), III 30,
IX 112 (first), 298, 305, XII b 217, &c.; by (in oaths, &c.), XII b
45, 164. Counted ... beo, set value on, XIV c 44; for idiomatic
expressions see the nouns. [OE. be.] See Bi.
#Be-#. See also Bi-, By-.
#Becam#, #Becomen#. See Bicome.
#Beclipte#, pa. t. embraced, XII a 178; #Byclypped#, pp.
encircled, XIII a 21. [OE. beclyppan.]
#Bede#, v. to bid, offer, V 254, XIV a 9; #Bede#, pa. t. sg. (bade),
V 22; offered, 180, 284. [OE. bēodan, early confused with
biddan.] See Bidde, Forbede.
#Bed(e)#. See Bidde.
#Bedd(e)#, #Bede# (IV), n. bed, II 93, 242, XII a 99, &c.; _dat.
sg._ in to bedde, to bed, VIII a 93, XII b 105; _þe bede of
blysse_, ? the joyful bridal bed (of Christ and the soul), IV a 11.
[OE. bedd.] See Abedde.
#Bedes#, n. pl. prayers, I 16. [OE. ge-bed.]
#Bedeyn#. See Bidene.
#Bedele#, n. herald, one who delivers the message of an authority, XI
b 48. [OE. bydel; OFr. bedel.]
#Bedreden#, n. pl. the bedridden, VIII a 185, b 21. [OE.
beddreda.]
#Bee#, #Bees#. See Ben.
#Beest#. See Best(e), n.
#Befalle#, v. to happen, chance, IX 129, &c.; to befall, XVII 514;
pa. t. sg. Befell(e), VII 67, 155; #Bevil#, #Bifel#, it chanced, II
57, III 41; #Befalle(n)#, pp. II 21, IX 194. [OE. be-fallan.] See
Falle(n).
#Begge#, to beg, VIII a 186, 233, b 29, &c. [? OE. bedecian; see
N.E.D.]
#Begger(e)#, n. beggar, II 483, 499, VIII a 188, 197, &c. [See
N.E.D.]
#Begyn(ne)#, #Bigin(ne)#, #Bygyn(ne)#, &c., v. to begin, act, do, come
about, I 69, IV b 57, VI 187, VIII a 160, XIV b 25, c 83, XVI
268, 280, XVII 267, &c.; begyn of, b. with, XVII 253; #Be-#, #Bi-#,
#Bygan#, pa. t. sg. began, I 154, &c.; did, XV a 7; came to pass, II
598; made (it) in the beginning, XVII 29; #Bygan#, pa. t. pl. I 72;
#Bygonne#, VI 189; #Begouth#, X 94; #Begonne#, pp. IX 171; #Be-#,
#Bygynnyng(e)#, n. IV b 58, IX 334, XIII b 9. [OE. beginnan;
begouth is due to confusion of gan with can (couþe); See Gan;
Can, auxil.]
#Begynnar#, #Bygynner#, n. beginner, causer, VI 76, XVII 406. [From
prec.]
#Begon#, pp. adorned, XII a 54. [OE. be-gān.]
#Begonne#, #Begouth#. See Begynne.
#Beȝonde#, adv. beyond, further on, IX 263, 280. [OE.
be-geóndan.]
#Beȝonde#, #Beȝounde# (I), #Biȝonde# (V), prep. across,
beyond, I 252, V 132, IX 8, 76, 135, &c.; see See. [As prec.]
#Behald(e)#. See Bihold.
#Behalue#, n. behalf; on Goddes b., in God's name, I 78. [Originally
be prep. and halfe dat. sg.; cf. Half.]
#Beheste#, n. promise, XII b 196. [OE. (late) be-hǣs.] See
Heste.
#Behete#. See Bihote.
#Behevin#, pp. hewn down, X 163. [OE. be-hēawan.]
#Behielde#, #-helde#. See Bihold.
#Behihtest#. See Bihote.
#Behynd#, prep. behind, X 85; as sb., XVII 331. [OE. be-híndan.]
#Behufit#. See Bihoue.
#Beie#. See Bigge, v.
#Beyn#, #Beyng#. See Be(n).
#Beytter#, n. healer, XVII 311. [From Bete, v.^2]
#Belamy#, #Bellamy#, n. good friend (ironically), XVI 213, 338. [OFr.
bel ami.]
#Beleeve#, n. belief, IX 289. [OE. ge-lēafa, with change of
prefix.]
#Beleue#, #Bileue#, v. to believe, I 89, VIII a 82, IX 120, XV g
9. [OE. ge-lēfan, (late) be-lēfan.] See Leue, v.^3;
Ylefde.
#Belyue#, adv. quickly, at once, straightway, VII 161, XVI 211;
#Belife#, XVII 192; #Bilyue#, V 3; #Blyue#, IX 18; #Bliue#, in _also
bliue_, II 142, als bliue, II 531, 584, as quickly as possible,
immediately. [OE. *be līfe.]
#Bellewys#, n. pl. bellows, XV h 6. [OE. belgas, pl.]
#Ben#, v. to be, II 207, VIII a 96, &c.; #Be(e)#, I 4, XVI 7, &c.;
#Buen#, XV c 18; future, 2 sg. #Best#, II 173; 3 sg. #Bees#, IV
a 35, XVII 373, #Betȝ#, VI 251; pl. #Be#, V 43, XVI 331; _pres.
pl._ #Be(n)#, are, II 3, 4, 12, &c.; #Beo#, XIV c 5; #Beoþ#, XIV c
103; #Beth#, #Beþ#, II 59, 110, 273, 582, VIII a 199, XV f 5; #Buþ#,
XIII a 1, 6, 10, 13, &c.; #Be(e)#, #Beo#, pres. subj., II 165, 433,
XIV c 98, d 3, &c.; #Ben#, XI b 73, 218, &c.; #Be(o)#, _imper. 2
sg._ XV g 10, f 7, &c.; 3 sg. IV a 55; pl. VIII a 118, XIV
d 11 (first); #Be#, pp. I 195, VIII b 74, XI a 44, XII a 20,
XVII 192, &c.; #Ben#, II 103, V 196, &c.; #Bene#, V 275, XVI 40; #Beyn#,
XVII 445, 532; #Ybe#, XIII a 16; #Beyng#, pres. p. in _in hytself
beyng_, inherent, VI 86. Ben (drepit, &c.), have been (smitten,
&c.), VII 9, 11; be(e) war, see War(e); lete ben, &c., cease from,
II 114, XVI 234. [OE. bēon.] See Ar(e), Es, Was, &c.
#Bend#, v. X 90, 98, XVII 253; #Bende#, pa. t. XII a 58, *I 188
(MS. banned); #Bende#, pp. V 47, 156; #Bendit#, X 80. The divergent
senses are all derived from the original one of stringing, bending, a
bow: ? to bind, *I 188 (note); to set ready for discharging, X 80, 90,
98; to make curve, bend, V 156, XII a 58, XVII 253; ? to make bow,
bring low, beat down, in hatȝ ... on bent much baret bende, ? has
upon the field overcome much strife (many opponents), V 47. [OE.
bendan.]
#Bene#, adv. pleasantly, V 334. [Not known.]
#Bene#, n. bean, VIII a 175, 188, 209, 278, 288, 298, IX 54; as
something of no value (cf. pees), XIV c 43. [OE. bēan.]
#Benedicite# (L. imper. pl.) bless (me, us); as exclamation of
amazement, XVII 163.
#Benethe(n)#, #Beneyth# (XVII), adv. underneath, IX 56, XVII 137; in
the lower part, IX 247. [OE. beneoþan.]
#Benome#. See Binam.
#Bent#, n. grass-slope, field, V 165; esp. in the allit. tag _on
bent_, on the field (of battle), or (as variant of vpon grounde, &c.)
on earth, V 47, 80, VII 91; on þis bent, here, V 270. [Perhaps a
special use of bent, bent-grass, OE. beonet.]
#Beo#, #Beoþ#. See Ben; Beo, prep.
#Berd(e)#, n. beard, II 265, 507, 585, V 160. [OE. béard.]
#Ber(e)#, v. to bear, carry, wear, lift, take; to hold, possess, keep;
to give birth to, produce; V 83, VIII a 136, IX 69, 109, XII a 197,
XIII a 51, XVII 318, &c.; 2 sg. subj. VI 106; #Berth#, _3 sg. pres.
ind._ XII a 81; #Bar(e)#, pa. t. sg. I 146, VIII a 93, XIV c 23,
59, XV i 3; #Ber#, V 193, VI 66; #Baren#, pl. IX 148; #Bere#, II
307; #Bore#, pp. I 85, II 210; #Born(e)#, II 41, V 252, 326, XIV b
12, &c.; #Ybore#, II 546; #Yborn#, II 174. Bar þe flour, see Flour;
b. þe felaȝschip, keep thee company, V 83; _the depnes ... we
bere_, the depth (of water) we draw, XVII 434, 460; born open, laid
open, V 2 (cf. OE. beran ūp). [OE. beran.] See Forbere.
#Bere#, n.^1 clamour, outcry, I 75, II 78, XVI 214. [OE.
ge-bǣre.]
#Bere#, n.^2 byre, cattle-stall, XV f 4. [OE. bȳre.]
#Bere-bag#, n. bag-carrier, a contemptuous nickname for Scots, XIV a
20 (note). [Stem of Bere v. + ON. baggi.] See Bagge.
#Berȝ(e)#, n. mound, V 104, 110. [OE. be(o)rg.]
#Berȝe#, v. to protect, III introd. [OE. be(o)rgan.]
#Berien#, n. pl. berries, II 258 (note). [OE. beri(g)e.]
#Beringe#, n. birth, III introd. [From Bere, v.]
#Berking#, pres. p. barking, II 286. [OE. be(o)rcan.]
#Bernakes#, n. pl. barnacle-geese IX 147 (note). [Anglo-L. bernaca,
OFr. bernaque.]
#Bernes#, n. pl. barns, VIII a 177. [OE. ber(e)n.]
#Berth#. See Bere, v.
#Beselé#, adv. earnestly, XVII 240. [OE. bisig + -līce.] See
Bysy.
#Besy(nes)#. See Bysy(nes).
#Besyde#. See Bisyde.
#Beso(u)ghte#. See Biseche.
#Best(e)#, adj. superl. best, IV a 84, VIII a 197, IX 42, &c.; as
sb., best (food), VIII a 295; do þi (doþ ȝour) best, see Don;
wyth þe beste, among the best (people), with the saints, IV a 4;
adv. best, most readily, most, VIII a 81, 107, XVII 472, &c.; _þe
best_, VIII a 22. [OE. betst.]
#Best#, v. See Ben.
#Best(e)#, n. animal, creature, II 214, 280, VIII a 134, IX 88, XII
a 78, &c.; #Beest#, XVII 3, 135, &c. [OFr. beste.]
#Beswyke#, #Byswyke#, v. to cheat, IV a 13, VI 208. [OE.
be-swīcan.]
#Bet#, adv. compar.; predic. in he was þe bet, he was better off
on that account, VIII b 100. [OE. bet.] See Best(e), Betre.
#Bete#, v.^1 to beat, I 6, VIII a 73, XVII 407; betes the stretes,
frequents the streets, XIV a 25; #Bette#, pa. t. sg. VIII a 171;
#Byete#, pa. t. subj. sg. III 40 (OE. bēote); #Bet#, pp. XVII
413; #Betin#, #Betyn#, XIV a 8, XVII 381. [OE. bēatan.] See
Forbette.
#Bete#, v.^2 to assuage, remedy, IV a 77, VIII a 233, XIV a 28,
29. [OE. bētan.] See Beytter.
#Betȝ#, #Betidde#. See Ben, Bitide.
#Betraied#, pp. betrayed, XVI 331. [be- + OFr. traïr.]
#Bet(e)re#, #Better(e)#, #Bettre#, adj. compar. better, II 40, XI b
37, XIII a 60, XV c 33, &c.; him were betre, it would be b. for
him, XII b 101; þat war better, for whom it would be b., XIV a 32;
adv. better, XI b 275, XIV d 14, &c.; rather, XI b 288; _þe
better_, all the better (for it), V 28, XVII 353; as conj., so that
... (the) better, VIII a 46, XVII 175. [OE. betera, bet(t)ra,
adj.]
#Bette#. See Bete, v.^1
#Betweche#, v. ? to commit (to protection of God), XV i 18. Only in
this passage; perhaps an error for becwethe (bequeath, commit), or
beteche (see Bitaiste).
#Betwen(e)#, #Bytuene# (XV), #Bytwene# prep. between, among, IX 162,
166, XII a 68, b 89, XV c 1, &c.; (follows case), V 174, VII 91.
[OE. betwēon(an).]
#Betwix#, #Bitwixe#, prep. between, XI a 32, XVII 185. [OE.
be-twix.]
#Beþ#, #Beth#. See Ben.
#Bevil#. See Befalle.
#Beuore#. See Bifor.
#Beweile#, v. refl. to lament, XII a 32. [be- + ON. *veila; cf.
veilan, lamentation.]
#Bewycche#, v. to bewitch, IX 86. [OE. be + wiccian.]
#Bewounde#, pp.; it hath b., wound (itself) about it, XII b 72.
[OE. be-wíndan.]
#Bewty#, n. beauty, XVII 20. [OFr. beauté.]
#By#, adv. at the side, by; alongside (without coming on board), XVII
373; þat ... by, by which, IX 300. [OE. bī.] See Þer(e).
#Bi#, #By#, prep. (i) On, at, by, II 156, 470, VIII a 167, XV g
16, XVII 75, &c.; bi ... side, beside, II 66, V 76; by (way of), over,
through, I 62, V 10, 16, 52, 93, X 11, XVII 477; along (with), beside,
II 280, 308, V 9, VIII a 4, &c.; (following its case) II 301, V 21,
XVII 18; against, touching, V 242; past, II 252, 290, V 36, 39. (ii) In,
on, for (of time), II 8, 15, VIII a 95, 274, XV a 24, &c.; see
Dai, While. (iii) Measured by, compared with, according to, &c., V 28,
158, 296, 297, VIII a 35, 58, 159, 248, b 57, XI b 5, &c. (iv) By
(means of), through, &c., II 408, VII 6, &c.; by virtue of, XI b 20;
lyue by, &c., live on, II 257, VIII a 284, b 26; by (of agent),
XI a 59, &c. (v) By (in oaths, &c.), II 316, V 54, &c. Bi al þing,
by every token, II 321, 375; by so, provided that, VIII b 40; _bi
þan_, thereby, or thereupon (cf. after þan), II 553; bi þat,
thereupon, V 84; by that time, VIII a 285; as conj., by the time
that, VIII a 294. [OE. bī̆.] See Be.
#By#. See Bigge.
#Bi-#, #By-#. See Be-.
#Bible#, n. bible, VIII a 227, XI b 230, &c. [OFr. bible.]
#Bycause# (of), prep. because (of), XIII b 16; bycause, _because
þat_, (conj.) because, XIII b 61, 62, IX 114, 226. [Be, Bi + Cause,
q.v.]
#Biche#, n. bitch, XIV b 78. [OE. bicce.]
#Byclypped#. See Beclipte.
#Bicome#, #Become#, v. to arrive; become; befit; hyt bycomeþ for, it
befits, VIII b 65; #Becam#, pa. t. sg. XII b 13; #Becomen#, pl.
IX 148; #Bicome#, II 288; #Bicome#, pp. II 194; _wher sche was
bicome_, whider þai bicome, wher he becam, what had become (became)
of her (them, him), II 194, 288, XII b 13. [OE. be-cuman.]
#Bidde#, #Bydde#, #Bid#, v. to pray, beg, VIII a 233; to bid, I 265,
VI 160, VIII a 210, XI b 79, XII a 48, XIV d 3, XVI 118, XVII
418, &c.; #Bad(de)#, pa. t. sg. bade, XII a 46, XV i 16, XVI 201,
XVII 309, &c.; bad to, bade, XII b 87; #Bed#, prayed to, III 46
(OKt. bed); #Bad#, pl. II 88, 137; #Bede#, pp. XII a 42
(prayed), 101 (commanded). [OE. biddan; the confusion with bēodan
began in OE.] See Bede.
#Bidderes#, n. pl. beggars, mendicants, VIII a 197. [OE. biddere.]
#Byd(d)yng#, #Bidding#, n. bidding, commands, I 86, XVI 257, XVII 76,
121, 375. [From Bidde.]
#Bide#, #Byde#, v. to abide (intr. remain, trans. await, face,
endure), V 224, VI 39, XIV c 21, 47, XVI 23, 207, &c. [OE.
bīdan.] See Abide.
#Bidene#, #Bydene#, #Bedeyn# (XVII), adv. forthwith, withal (often
meaningless), VII 79, 127, XIV b 74, XVII 442; al bidene, XIV b
11. [See N.E.D.]
#Bye#, #Byete#. See Bigge, Bete, v.^1
#Bifel#. See Befalle.
#Bifor(e)#, #Byforn#, #Befor(e)#, #Beuore#, &c., adv. before (hand),
II 147, VII 121, &c.; eir befor, X 140; as sb., XVII 331; prep.
before, in presence of, &c., II 42, III 58, V 4, IX 126, &c.; (of
time) VI 238, XI b 48, &c.; bifore þat, before (conj.), XI b
195; #Byfore#, conj. (with subj.), before, VI 170. [OE. be-foran.]
#Big#, #Bigge#, v. to take up one's abode; to big his boure, to
establish his dwelling, XIV b 26; bigges him, settles himself, XIV
b 24. [ON. byggja.] See Biging.
#Bigan#, #Began#, &c. See Begynne.
#Bigge#, #Bygge#, adj. strong, lusty, big, IV a 51, V 33, VI 14, VII
139, VIII a 207. [See N.E.D.]
#Bigge#, v. to buy, purchase, pay for, redeem, VIII a 275; #Beie#,
XII b 24; #By(e)#, IV a 65, IX 113; #Byye#, VI 118; #Bugge#, XV g
3; pa. t. #Boght#, IV a 38; #Bouȝte#, VIII a 201; #Bouhte#,
VIII b 100; #Boght#, pp. IV a 80, XII b 153, XVII 373;
#Bought(e)#, XVI 8, 275; #Iboust#, XV g 26 (see App. p. 278); _it
bees boght full dere_, you will pay for it dearly, XVII 373. [OE.
bycgan, (Kt.) becgan.] See Abugge.
#Byggynge#, n. buying, IX 90. [From prec.] See Bying.
#Bigile#, #Bygyle#, v. to deceive, V 345, 348, 359, XIV b 44. [OE.
be- + OFr. guiler.] See Gile.
#Biging#, n. dwelling, XIV a 20. [From Big, v.]
#Bygonne#, &c. See Begynne.
#Bigruccheth#, 3 sg. pres. grumbles at, VIII a 69. [OE. be- + OFr.
groucher.] See Grucche.
#Byȝe#, n. ring, VI 106. [OE. bēg.]
#Bihold#, #Behald(e)#, v. to behold, look, II 387, 502, IV a 81,
XVII 509, 534, &c.; bihold on, behold to, look at, II 367, XVII 343;
#Beholdes#, imper. pl., XVI 195; #Behelde#, pa. t. sg. VII 64;
#Biheld#, II 101, 320, 323, 530; #Behielde#, pl. XII a 164;
#Bihold#, #-holde(n)#, pp. II 409, 417, XII b 116. [OE.
be-háldan.] See Holde(n).
#Bihote#, #Byhote#, v. to promise, vow, VIII a 227; byhote God, I
vow to God, VIII a 273; #Behihtest#, 2 sg. pa. t. XII b 43;
#Behete#, pp. XVII 430; #Bihot#, XV a 20. [OE. be-hātan.] See
Hote.
#Bihoue#, v. to need; impers. in me bihoues, I must, it is time
for me to, V 228; pers. in #Bus#, 2 sg. pres.; þou bus be, you
ought to be, XVI 338; #Behufit#, pa. t. had need (to), X 156. [OE.
be-hōfian; with the reduced form bus cf. has, hast, &c.]
#Byye#. See Bigge.
#Bying#, n. redemption, XVI 12. [From By, to buy. See Bigge, v.;
Byggynge.]
#Biis#, n. fine linen, II 242. [OFr. bysse.]
#Biknowe#, #Byknowe#, v. to confess, V 317 (I b. yow, I confess to
you), VIII b 96; #Beknowen#, pp. in þou art b. of, you have
confessed, V 323. [OE. be-cnāwan, only recorded in sense 'know'.]
#Bile#, #Bill# (XVII), n. beak, XII a 182, XVII 508. [OE. bile.]
#Byled#, pa. t. boiled, bubbled, V 14; #Boyled#, pp. V 106. [OFr.
boillir; for similar development of vowel in V, see Nye,
Disstryeȝ.]
#Bylyue#, n. food, VIII b 21, 29. [OE. bī-leofa.]
#Bylongeth#, v. impers. it belongs to, befits, VIII b 70. [Be- +
Longe, v.^2]
#Bilow#, v. to humble, VIII a 223. [Formed on Lowe adj.]
#Bilt#, n. dwelling, *II 483 (MS. ybilt, but required sense 'lodged'
is unexampled). [Obscurely rel. to ME. bilden, build; see N.E.D.]
#Binam#, pa. t. sg. in b. [hym] his mnam, deprived him of his
talent, VIII a 237; #Benome#, pp. in b. þe poure ane peny,
deprived the poor of a penny, III 13. [OE. be-niman.] See Nyme.
#Bynde#, v. to bind, unite, IV a 54, XVI 97; #Bond#, pa. t. sg.
XII b 120 (but sb. = trosse is possible; see Bonde, n.);
#Ybounde#, pp. II 394. [OE. bíndan.] See Vnbynde.
#Biqueste#, n. (bequest), will, VIII a 79. [OE. *be-cwiss, related
to be-cweþan, bequeath; cf. Heste.]
#Bir#, #Byr#, #Bur# (V), n. a following wind, VII 126; speed (in _with
a byr_, speedily) XVII 371; violence, V 254; strength, V 193. [ON.
byr-r.]
#Byrd#. See Brid(d).
#Bireue#, v. to deprive; I wil it hym b., I will deprive him of it,
VIII a 242. [OE. be-rēafian, be-rēfan.]
#Byrye#, v. to bury, I 137, 140, 142, 144. [OE. byrigan.]
#Byrne#, #Burne#, v. trans. and intr. to burn, X 21 (rime with in
requires Bryn, q.v.), X 181, &c.; #Byrnand#, pres. p. IV a 26, X
27, 30. [OE. birnan, byrnan, &c., intr.] See Bren, Brin.
#Byrthen#, n. burden, IV a 49. [OE. byrþen.]
#Biseche#, #Bysech#, #Beseche#, v. to implore, II 113, 453, VI 30, IX
269, 328, XII a 38; #Besoghte#, pa. t. XII a 26; #Besoughte#, IX
294. [OE. be + sēcan.] See Seche.
#Bisemeȝ#, v. impers. it suits, V 123. [Be- + Seme, q.v.]
#Bisyde#, #Besyde#, adv. at the side, at one's side, hard by, I 209, V
20, 162, XII b 125. [OE. be sīdan, at the side.]
#Biside(n)#, #Be-#, #Bysyde#, prep. beside, XI b 57; (following its
case) I 243, II 303, V 197, XIV b 28, &c. See prec.
#Bisides#, #Bisydeȝ#, adv. at the side(s), round about, II 401, V
96. [Prec. + adv. -es.]
#Bisides#, #Bysydes#, prep. beside, near, XIII a 10; (following
pron.) II 281. [As prec.]
#Bysy(e)#, #Bysie#, #Besy# (aboute), adj. busy, occupied (with, in),
XI b 252, 287, 289, 293, 297. [OE. bisig.]
#Bysynes(se)#, #Besynes# (IV), n. restlessness, IV b 28; industry,
XIII b 24; worldly b. attention to worldly affairs, XI b 2, 309;
b. of worldly occupacion, preoccupation with w. affairs, XI b 251.
[OE. bisig + -nes.]
#Bis(s)chop#, #Bysshop(p)e#, #Bissoppe#, n. bishop, I 246, III 58
(dat. sg.), VIII a 143, b 74, XI a 66, &c. [OE. biscop.]
#Byswykeȝ#. See Beswyke.
#Biswynke#, v. to earn with toil, VIII a 207. [OE. be-swincan.]
#Bitaiste# (= bitaihte), pa. t. entrusted, XV g 21. [OE.
betǣcan, pa. t. betǣ̆hte; on spelling see App. p. 278.]
#Byte#, v. to bite, XVII 229; apon the bone shal it byte, it shall
cut to the bone, XVII 220. [OE. bītan.]
#Bitide#, #Bytyde#, &c., v. to happen; to happen to, befall, VI 37;
pres. subj. V 127, 315, 341, XIV a 12; #Betidde#, pp. XVI 100;
tide wat bitide, come what may, II 339. [OE. be + tīdan.] See
Tide.
#Bityme#, adv. in all bityme, in good time, XIV b 27. [From _bi
tyme_, in time; cf. OE. tō tīman.] See Tyme.
#Bitte#, #Bytte#, n. cutting edge, V 242; blade, V 156. [ON. bit,
cutting edge; OE. bite, a cut.]
#Bittir#, #Bytter#, adj. bitter, IV b 27; salt (of water), IX 244;
grievous, XIV c 68, XVI 207, &c. [OE. bitter.]
#Bytuene#. See Betwene.
#Bytwyste#, prep. between (following its noun), VI 104. [A form of ME.
be-twixt(e), extended from Betwix, q.v.]
#Biwyled#, pp. deluded, V 357. [? OE. be + wiglian; cf.
biwiȝelien, Layamon 969.] See Wiles.
#Blabre#, v. to babble, XI b 248. [Echoic; cf. Babelynge, Blubre.]
#Blac#, #Blak#, adj. black, II 265, IX 23, XII a 99; _rowe and
blac_, with shaggy black hair, II 459; #Blake#, oblique and pl. IX
4, XII a 137, XV c 14. [OE. blæc.]
#Blame#, n. blame; scolding, XVII 299; v. to blame, V 300, IX 274
(mistranslation; see note), &c.; to blame, in the wrong, XIV b 85.
[OFr. bla(s)me; bla(s)mer.]
#Blan#. See Blynne.
#Blasphemye# (to), n. blasphemy (against), XI b 110 [OFr.
blasfemie.]
#Blawene#. See Blowe.
#Ble#, #Bleo# (XV), n. hue, complexion, in briȝt on ble, fair of
face, II 455; radiance, XV b 16. [OE. blēo.]
#Blede#, v. to bleed, XIV c 13; #Bled(de)#, pa. t. I 119, II 80.
[OE. blēdan.]
#Blefte#. See Bleue.
#Blende#, pa. t. mingled, in blende in his face, rose to his cheeks,
V 303; #Blent#, pp. in blent ... in blysse, set amidst joy, VI 25.
[ME. blenden obscurely related to OE. blándan, or ON. blanda.]
See Vnblendyde.
#Blended#, pp. deluded, V 351. [OE. bléndan.] See Blyndiþ.
#Blenk#, v. to gleam, V 247. [OE. *blencan, possibly identical with
recorded blencan, to cheat; for ME. blenchen, blenken, &c. = to
gleam, look at, glance aside, blench, cheat. Compare Glent, Glyfte.]
#Blent#, #Bleo#. See Blende, Ble.
#Bleþeliche#, adv. gladly, III 53. [? Obscure alteration of OE.
blīþelīce.]
#Bleue#, v. to remain; pres. subj. III introd.; #Blefte#, pa. t.
III 18. [OE. belǣfan.] See Leue, v.^1
#Bleuȝ#, #Blew#. See Blowe.
#Blew#, n. blue (stuff), XVII 200 (note); cled in Stafford blew,
beaten black and blue; cf. clothe here well yn Stafford blewe, Rel.
Ant., I, p. 29. [OFr. bleu.] See Blwe.
#Blynde#, adj. pl. blind, deluded, XI b 79; as sb., the blind,
VIII a 115, 185. [OE. blínd.]
#Blyndiþ#, 3 sg. pres. (blinds), deludes, XI b 7, 107. [OE.
bléndan infl. by blínd, adj.] See Blended.
#Blyndnesse#, n. blindness, XI b 221. [OE. blindnes.]
#Blyn(ne)# (of), v. to cease (from), IV a 39, V 254, XVI 16, 236,
XVII 110 (or I blyn = without stopping); #Blan#, pa. t. pl. I 73.
[OE. blinnan.]
#Blis(se)#, #Blys(se)#, n. happiness, joy, IV a 11, 40, VI 12, XIV
b 19, XV b 3, &c.; as haue I blys, so may I have (eternal) joy,
XVII 402. [OE. bliss.]
#Bliss(e)#, #Blesse#, v. to bless, I introd., VI 76, XVI 400, 404,
XVII 174, 256, 300, 467; bless with sign of the cross, V 3, XII b 86;
#Blist#, pp. XVII 514. [OE. blē̆tsian, already infl. by
blī̆tsian, blissian, to gladden.]
#Blisseful#, #Blysful#, adj. joyous, II 412, 438, VI 49; as sb.,
blissful one, VI 61; #*Blissefulest# (MS. blifulest), superl. II 527.
[OE. bliss + ful.]
#Blissing#, #-yng#, n. blessing, XVI 401, XVII 178. [OE.
blē̆tsing.] See Blis(se).
#Bliþe#, #Blyþe#, #Blith# (XIV b), adj. happy, glad, V 253, XIV b
49; bliþe of, glad at, II 573; þatow be bliþe of hir, that you may
have joy of her, II 471. [OE. blīþe.]
#Blyþely#, happily, VI 25. [OE. blīþelīce.] See Bleþeliche.
#Bliue#, #Blyue#. See Belyue.
#Blo#, adj. black and blue, XVII 413. [ON. blá-r.]
#Blod(e)#, #Bloode#, n. blood, I 119, V 246, IX 141, XV g 16, XVI
12, &c.; creature, XII b 220; byndes blode and bane, keeps the body
together, IV a 54. [OE. blōd.]
#Blodi#, #Blody#, adj. bloody, II 110, IV a 80, 86, &c.; _blody
bretheren_, brothers in blood, fellow men, VIII a 201. [OE.
blōdig.]
#Blom#, n. flower, perfection, VI 218. [ON. blóm, blómi.]
#Blosme(n)#, n. pl. flowers, blossoms, II 61, XV b 2. [OE.
blō̆sma.]
#Blowe(n)#, v. to blow, VII 106, XIII a 7, XV h 6, &c.; to brag,
XIV c 101; #Bleuȝ#, pa. t. sg. XIV c 77; #Blew#, VII 130,
(sounded the trumpet) X 43; #Blawene#, pp. IV b 13. [OE.
blāwan.]
#Bloweing#, n. blowing (of horns), II 285. [OE. blāwung.]
#Blubred#, pa. t. bubbled, V 106. [Echoic; cf. Blabre.]
#Blunder#, n. trouble, confusion, XVII 406. [Not known.]
#Blwe#, adj. blue, VI 63. [OFr. bleu.] See Blew.
#Bo#, adv. as well, too, II 27. [OE. bā, adj. neut.] See Boþe.
#Boc-house#, n. dat. sg. library, III introd. [OE. bōc-hūs.]
See Bok(e).
#Bodeþ#, 3 sg. pres. predicts, portends, XIII a 62. [OE. bodian.]
#Bodi(e)#, #Body#, n. body, I 113, II 105, XVI 23, &c.; _gon on bodi
and bones_, be in the flesh, live, II 54. [OE. bodig.]
#Bodyly#, #Bodely#, adj. of (the) body, bodily (opposed to
'spiritual'), VI 118, XI b 147, 158, &c.; bodely almes, (giving of)
charitable gifts for the needs of the body, XI b 2, 270, 301, 303.
[From prec.]
#Boffet#, n. buffet, V 275. [OFr. buffet.]
#Bogh#, #Boȝeȝ# (pl. V), #Bouȝ# (II), n. bough, branch, II
61, V 9, XV a 14, XVII 535. [OE. bōg.]
#Boght#. See Bigge, v.
#Boȝe#, v. to bend, bow; turn, go, V 110; #Boȝen#, pa. t. pl.
turned, went their way, V 9; #Bowand#, pres. p. (bowing), obedient,
XVII 76 (cf. Buxome, and Lowte). [OE. būgan.]
#Boyes#, n. pl. fellows, knaves, XVI 97, 145. [Obscure.]
#Boyled#. See Byled.
#Bok(e)#, #Boc#, n. book, III introd., VII 14, 65, IX 294, XI b
229, &c.; Bible, VIII a 248, b 39; Bible, or other book (as a book
of the Gospels, a psalter, &c.) on which an oath could be taken, XII b
165. [OE. bōc.]
#Bold(e)#, #Balde#, adj. bold, II 139, IV a 51, 83, &c.; _and that
be ye bold_, and be sure of that, XVII 524; #Boldely#, adv. XVI 178.
[OE. báld.]
#Boldyng#, n. encouragement, VII 14. [From prec.; cf. OE. báldian,
intr.]
#Bole#, n. bull; in bole-hyde, bull's hide, XV h 11. [ON. boli.]
#Bollyng#, n. swelling; for b. of her wombe, to prevent the swelling
of their bellies, VIII a 209. [ME. bolle-n, bolne-n, ON.
bolgna.]
#Bolted#, pp. bolted, shackled, VIII a 130. [From OE. bolt, n.]
#Bon(e)#, #Bane#, n. bone, II 54, IV a 54, VIII a 85, IX 141, XVII
220, 253, &c.; see Bak, Blod(e), Bodi, Flesch. [OE. bān.]
#Bond#. See Bynde.
#Bond(e)#, n. bond; bond to sheues, the straw binding for sheaves,
VIII b 14; her bonde, the bondage they imposed, XIV c 47;
#Bandis#, pl. bonds, XVI 190, 196; Our Lady's bonds, pregnancy, XVII
209 (see N.E.D., s.v. Band, Bond). [ON. band.]
#Bond(e)men#, n. pl. bondmen, serfs, VIII a 46, b 69;
#Bondemenne#, gen. pl. VIII b 74. [OE. bōnda (from ON. bóndi)
+ mann, influenced in sense by prec. (etymol. unconnected).]
#Bone#, n. boon, request, I 131. [ON. bón.]
#Bonk(e)#, #Bonkke#, #Bank(k)e#, n. bank, XIII a 40; shore, VII 126;
hill-side, V 9, 14, 94, 97, 104, 132, 149, XIV b 20. [ON. bakki,
older *banke.]
#Bood-worde#, n. tidings, XVI 366. [Stem of OE. bodian + wórd; cf.
ON. boð-orð, command.]
#Booste#. See Boste.
#Bord(e)#, n. board, XII a 92, XVII 119, 279; table, II 578, VIII
a 262. [OE. bórd.]
#Bore#, #Bare# (XIV), n. boar, VIII a 31, XIV b 19, 25, 49, 87.
[OE. bār.]
#Bore#; #Born(e)#. See Bere, v.
#Borelych#, adj. stout, V 80; massive, V 156. [Obscure.]
#Borgh#, #Borugh#, n. town, VIII a 301; in borugh, among
townsfolk, XIV d 4. [OE. burg, buruh.]
#Borne#, #Burn#, n. stream, V 106, XIV a 2; #Buerne#, flood, sea (an
allit. use), VII 159. [OE. búrne.]
#Borow#, n. surety; I dar be thi b., I'll go bail (for you), XVII
204. [OE. borg.]
#Borwed#, pa. t. borrowed, II 499, VIII a 93. [OE. borgian.]
#Boste#, #Booste# (XVI), n. boasting, XIV a 20; pride, XIV a 8;
arrogance, XIV b 85, XVI 214. [Obscure.]
#Boste#, v. to boast, XIV c 101; #Bosting#, n. boasting, XIV a
9. [Obscure.]
#Bot(e)#, #But#, adv. only, but, II 228, IV a 32, V 97, VI 22, VIII
a 276, IX 17, X 159, XIII a 38, &c. [OE. būtan.] See next,
and Boute.
#Bot(e)#, #But#, conj. (i) Except, but, VI 136, VIII b 9, IX 198,
&c.; ne ... bote, only, III 6, 22, &c. (cf. Bote, adv.); _noȝt
deop bote to þe kneo_, only knee deep, XIII a 39; bote ȝef,
except that, XIII b 5. (ii) Unless (with subj.), VI 68, VIII a 1,
39, 112, 143, b 95, X 73, XV c 17, g 21, XVII 44, 386, 550;
bot(e) if, &c., unless, VIII a 17, 53, X 78, XVII 247, &c.; _bot
þat_, unless, II 428. (iii) But, however, yet, I 21, II 74, IV a 57, V
61, VI 14, &c.; (misplaced) XII a 79 (note), 105; bot yit
(ȝeit), and yet, X 95, XVII 35, 64, 213. [OE. būtan,
būte.]
#Bot(e)#, n. cure, redress, salvation, IV a 7, VIII a 187, XIV c
84; #bote of#, cure for, II 552. [OE. bōt.]
#Botel#, n. bottle, VIII b 54. [OFr. botel.]
#Botened#, pp. cured, I 241, VIII a 185. [Formed on Bot(e), n.]
#Boþ(e)#, #Both#, #Bath# (IV, X), adj. and pron. both, IV a 56, V
315, VI 13; in hem boþe (after negative), in either of them, XI b
27; vs both, us two, XVII 185; on bath halfis, on both sides, X 198;
vpon boþe halue, on either side, V 2, 97; as adv. (originally
pron. in apposition), as well, too, V 306, VIII a 119, 162, 252,
274, b 46; boþ(e) ... and, bath ... and, both ... and, I 52, II
86, IV a 66, &c. [ON. báði-r.] See Bo.
#Boþem#, n. bottom, V 77. [OE. botm, *boþm (still NWM.); cf.
bytme, byþme.]
#Bouȝ#. See Bogh.
#Bouȝte#, #Bouhte#, &c. See Bigge, v.
#Boun(e)#, #Bowne#, adj. ready, IV a 81, XIV a 9, XVI 201; prompt,
XVI 257; make youe b., prepare yourselves, arm, XVI 178; make þe b.,
hasten, XVI 339; watȝ nawhere b., was not to be found anywhere, VI
174. [ON. búin-n, bún-.] See Busk.
#Bounté#, excellence, XV c 26. [OFr. bonté.]
#Bour(e)#, #Bower#, n. abode, XIV b 26, XV e 17, 18; pl. bowers,
chambers, XVII 348. [OE. būr.]
#Bourde#, n. entertainment, II 445; #Bourdys#, pl. jests, II 9.
[OFr. bourde.]
#Boute#, prep. without, V 285. [OE. būtan.] See Bot(e).
#Bowand#. See Boȝe.
#Bowe#, n. bow, IX 258, XII a 57. [OE. boga.]
#Bowers#. See Bour(e).
#Braggere#, n. braggart, VIII a 148. [From ME. braggen, of unknown
origin.]
#Braid#. See Brode.
#Braide#, #Brayd#, #Brade#, n. a sudden movement; in a brade, in a
trice, XVII 21; bittir braide, grievous onslaught, XIV c 68, XVI
207. [OE. brægd.]
#Brayde#, v. to move quickly; draw, V 251; #Brayde#, pa. t. threw, V
309; #Brayde#, pp. in brayde down, lowered, V 1. [OE. bregdan.]
#Brayn#, n. brain, XV h 6 (distrib. sg.; see Hert). [OE.
brægn.]
#Brak#. See Breke(n).
#Brandis#, n. pl. pieces of burnt wood, X 113. [OE. bránd.]
#Bras#, n. brass, XVI 196. [OE. bræs.]
#Brast#. See Brest(e).
#Braunche#, #Branch#, n. branch, I 121, V 109, XVII 511. [OFr.
branche.]
#Bre#, n. foaming sea, VII 152. [App. a curious allit. use of OE.
brīw, *brēo, broth.]
#Bred(e)#, n. bread, VIII a 18, 129, 131, 207, 298; _as euer ete I
brede_ = so may I live, on my life, XVII 395; hors bred, _houndes
bred_, bread of beans, bran, &c., for the food of horses and dogs, VIII
a 208. [OE. brēad.]
#Bred-corne#, n. grain for bread, VIII a 64. [Prec. + OE. corn.]
#Brede#, #Breed#, n. breadth, XVII 126; of breed, in breadth, XVII
259. [OE. brǣdu.]
#Brede#, v. intr. (to expand), grow, VI 55. [OE. brǣdan.]
#Bredeȝ#, n. pl. planks, V 3. [OE. bred.]
#Breff#, adj. brief, meagre, VII 74. [OFr. bref.]
#Breke(n)#, v. to break, violate, VIII a 31, IX 46, XI b 187, XVI
257, XVII 387, &c.; intr. II 338, IX 118; #Brak#, pa. t. sg. X 106;
#Breke#, pa. t. pl. V 14; #Broke#, pp. injured, VIII b 34 (see
Broke-legged, VIII a 130); #Brokynne#, broken, XVI 195. [OE.
brecan.]
#Brekynge#, n. breaking; smale b., breaking a long note into a
number of short ones, fine trilling, XI b 138. [OE. brecung.]
#Brem(e)#, adj. fierce, violent, V 132, VII 139, 152, &c.;
threatening, wild, V 77; passionate, VII 104; glorious, II 61; adv.
gloriously, XV b 27. [OE. brēme, adj. and adv.]
#Brem(e)ly#, adv. fiercely, violently, V 251, VII 106; exceedingly, V
165. [From prec.]
#Bren#, #Bran#, n. bran, VIII a 175, 278. [OFr. bren.]
#Bren#, v. to burn; #Brent#, pp. VII 152, 159; #Brennynge#, _pres.
p._ fervent, XI b 67; #Brennynge#, n. burning, IX 10. [ON.
brenna.] See Byrne, Brin.
#Brent#, adj. steep, V 97. [Cf. OE. brant.]
#Bren-waterys#, n. pl. XV h 22, 'water-burners', i.e. blacksmiths
(from the hiss of the hot iron when plunged in water). Compare
burn-the-wind, a nickname for blacksmiths. [Bren, v. + Watter.]
#Brere#, n. briar, II 276. [OE. brǣr, brēr.]
#Brest#, n. breast, V 303. [OE. brēost.]
#Brest(e)#, #Brast# (XVII), v. trans. and intr. to burst, IV a 81,
XV h 6, XVII 264; #Barste#, pa. t. sg. VIII a 171; #Brosten#,
pp. XVI 196. [OE. berstan; ON. bresta.]
#Bretfull#, adj. full to the brim, VII 164. [OE., ME. brerdfull,
prob. with substitution of ON. cognate form *bredd-; cf. Swed.
bräddfull.]
#Brether(en)#. See Broþer.
#Breue#, v. to set down in writing; #Breuyt#, pa. t. sg. VII 65;
pp. VII 14. [Med. L. breviāre, OE. brēfan.]
#Brid(d)#, #Byrd# (XVII), n. young bird, XII a 196; (small) bird, II
305, VII 104, XII a 169, 172, XVII 514, &c. [OE. bridd, young bird
(late Nth. pl. birdas).]
#Brydel#, n. bridle, V 84. [OE. brīdel.]
#Brygge#, n. (draw)bridge, V 1. [OE. brycg.] See Draw-brig.
#Bryght(e)#, #Briȝt#, #Bryȝt#, #Briht# (XII), #Bryht# (XV), &c.,
adj. and adv. bright, II 152, 269, 455, IV a 72, b 6, V 158, XII
b 130, XV b 26, XVII 9, &c. [OE. berht, byrht.]
#Brightnes#, n. splendour, XVII 15, 20. [OE. berht-nes.]
#Brimme#, #Brymme#, n. water's edge, V 104; brink, XII b 32. [OE.
brymme.]
#Brin#, #Bryn#, v. trans. to burn, X 21 (implied by rime); #Brynt#,
#Brint#, pa. t. X 113; pp. X 32, 165. [ON. brinna.] See Bren,
Byrne.
#Bring(e)#, #Bryng(e)#, v. to bring, take, escort; cause to be; IV a
7, b 46, VIII a 64, IX 60, X 17, XI a 3 (adduce), XII a 193, XIV
b 68, &c.; #Broght(e)#, #Broȝt(e)#, #Brought#, #Brouȝt(e)#, _pa.
t._ I 123, II 93, III 11, VIII a 288, XII a 25, b 47 (subj.),
XVI 161, &c.; pp. V 77, VII 90, XIV b 72, &c.; #Ybrouȝt#, II 389,
563; bryng it to an ende, accomplish it, IX 169; bringen forth,
bring forth, produce, IX 60, XII a 193; to thay bryng, until they
bring (something), XVII 499; broughte oute of, rescued from, XVI 161;
brought it so breff, made it so meagre, VII 74; broght dede, brought
to death, I 213. [OE. bringan.]
#Brynstane#, n. sulphur, X 20. [OE. bryn-stān.]
#Brytouns#, n. pl. men of Brittany, II 16. [OFr. Breton; L.
Brit(t)ōnem, Briton.]
#Britoner#, #Brytonere#, n. a man of Brittany, VIII a 148, 169.
[From prec.]
#Brockes#, n. pl. badgers, VIII a 31. [OE. brocc.]
#Brode#, adj. broad, V 1, 165, VII 106, XV g 5; #Brood#, XIII a
39; #Braid#, X 24. [OE. brād.]
#Broght(e)#, #Broȝt(e)#. See Bring(e).
#Broke#, n. brook, stream, V 14, 132, VIII a 129. [OE. brōc.]
#Broke#, #Brokynne#. See Breke(n).
#Broke-legged#, adj. broken-legged, crippled, VIII a 130. See
Breke(n), Legges.
#Brood#. See Brode.
#Brosten#. See Brest(e).
#Broþe#, adj. fierce, V 165. [ON. bráð-r.]
#Broþely#, adv. fiercely, V 309. [ON. bráð-liga.]
#Broþer#, n. brother, I 210, XII a 6; #Brother#, gen. sg. XII a
18; #Brether#, pl. XVII 318, 320 (see note); #Breþeren#, brethren,
VIII a 201, XI b 243, &c. [OE. brōþor; ON. brǽðr, pl.]
#Brouch#, n. trinket, XIII b 23 (translates L. crepundia). [OFr.
broche.]
#Brouȝt(e)#, &c. See Bring(e).
#Broun(e)#, #Browne#, adj. brown, VIII a 301, XV c 14; dull-hued,
IX 38, 98; dark, VI 177. [OE. brūn.]
#Browe#, n. pl. eyebrows, XV c 14; forehead, V 238. [OE. brū.]
#Buen#. See Ben.
#Buerne(s)#. See Borne, Burne.
#Bugge#. See Bigge, v.
#Bugles#, n. pl. bullocks, IX 256. [OFr. bugle.]
#Bur#. See Bir.
#Burde#, pa. t. subj. impers. (it would befit) in me burde, I had
better, ought to, V 210, 360. [OE. ge-byrian.]
#Burgase#, #Buriays#, n. pl. burgesses, citizens, II 504, XIV b 65.
[OFr. burgeis, sg. and pl.]
#Buriel#, #Buryel#, n. tomb, XIII a 46. [OE. byrgels.]
#Burne#. See Byrne.
#Burne#, n. warrior, knight, man, V 3, 21, 210, 247, 252, 270, 309, VI
37; voc. sir (knight), V 216, 254; #Buernes#, pl. VII 90, 91. [OE.
béorn.]
#Burnist#, pp. polished, II 368. [OFr. burnir, burniss-.]
#Burþ-tonge#, n. native speech, XIII b 16, 43. [OE. byrþ- +
túnge.]
#Bus#. See Bihoue.
#Busk#, v. (to prepare oneself); make haste, V 216; refl. in _busk
þe_, hasten, XIV a 22; trans. (prepare), make, V 180. [ON. búa-sk,
refl.] See Boune.
#Busshel#, n. bushel (a measure of volume varying very greatly at
different times and places), VIII a 64. [OFr. buissiel.]
#But#. See Bot(e).
#Butras#, n. (? pl.) buttress, II 361. [? OFr. bouterez, nom. sg.,
or pl., of bouteret.]
#Buþ#. See Ben.
#Buxome#, adj. obedient, willing, VIII a 188. [Stem of OE.
būgan + -sum.] See Boȝe.
#Caas#. See Cas(e).
#Cagge(n)#, v. to tie up, VI 152. [Not known; only allit.]
#Cayre#, v. to ride, V 52. [ON. keyra.]
#Calabre#, n. calaber (a squirrel fur), VIII a 265. [OFr. Calabre,
Calabria.]
#Calde#. See Colde.
#Call(e)#, v. to call (cry, summon, name), I 32, IV b 47, VI 182, X
70, XVI 126, XVII 432, &c.; subj. sg. XVI 141; #Cald#, pp. named,
VII 70, XVII 513. [OE. (late) ceallian, from ON. kalla.]
#Cam#. See Com.
#Cammede#, adj. XV h 5; ? snub-nosed (cf. Reeve's Tale, 14); ?
crooked (fits context better, but see etym.). [Cf. OFr., ME. camus,
snub-nosed; cammed, bent (from Welsh cam), is not else recorded till
later.]
#Can#, v.^1 I know, know how to, can. Pres. ind. 1, 3 sg. #Can#, II
22, 437, XIII b 38 (knows), &c.; #Con#, V 70, 215, XV c 26;
#Kan(ne)#, I 45, IV a 11, 90, XVI 74; 2 sg. #Can(ne)#, XVI 100, XVII
229; #Canstow# (see Þou), VIII b 12; pl. #Can#, IX 208; #Con#, VI
21; #Conen#, know, IX 185, 208; #Conne#, VI 161; #Conneþ#, VIII a 116,
XIII a 17, b 22, 38 (know); #Cunne#, XIV c 101; #Kan(e)#, IV b
21, 41, 44, 86; #Konne#, VIII a 70; #Kunnen#, XI b 153 (know), 275;
pres. subj. #Conne#, VIII a 143; #Kun(ne)#, XIV b 90, VIII a
250; pa. t. #Couþe#, #Cowþe#, I introd., V 115, 205, XII introd.,
b 200, &c.; cowþeȝ (2 sg.) with double constr., VI 124 (note);
pa. t. subj. could, might (have), #Coude#, XI b 271, XVII 286;
#Couþe#, V 276, 353; #Cowth#, XVII 473. Can no other red, XII b 102,
see Red; how I can of, what I can do in the way of, XVII 250. It is
sometimes difficult to distinguish this verb from the next (e.g. at V
205, VI 139, XVII 468). [OE. can, con; cūþe.]
#Can#, #Con#, v.^2 auxil. used with infin. as equivalent of simple
pa. t. (con calle = called, V 144), and also, by confusion with prec.,
of a present (con dresse = brings about, VI 135); 1, 3 sg. #Con#, V
167, 227, VI 51, 77, 93, 181, 221, 223, &c.; 2 sg. #Coneȝ#, VI 122;
pl. #Can#, X 50, 66, 108, 112; #Con#, VI 149, 191; pa. t. did, ? V
205 (see prec.). [Due to confusion in form, and partly also in sense,
between Gan (q.v.) and prec.; cf. begouth (s.v. Begynne).]
#Canell#, n. cinnamon, IX 158. [OFr. canelle.]
#Caple#, n. horse, V 107. [Cf. ON. kapall; see N.E.D.]
#Cardinales#, n. pl. cardinals, XIV b 40, 41. [OFr. cardinal.]
#Care#, #Kare#, n. woe, misery, IV a 18, 44, 60, V 316, VI 11, &c.;
care (of), anxiety (concerning), V 311. [OE. caru.]
#Care#, v. to have sorrow, XIV b 1. [OE. carian.]
#Carie#, v. to carry, XII b 27. [ONFr. carier.]
#Caroigne#, #Caryon#, n. dead body, carrion, VIII a 85, XVII 502.
[ONFr. caroigne; the phonology of the second form is obscure.]
#Carp#, v. to converse, VI 21; prate, XVII 360. [ON. karpa, brag.]
#Carpyng#, n. narration, X introd. [From prec.]
#Cart#, n. cart, VIII b 13, XVII 534; v. to cart, VIII b 66;
#Cartere#, n. carter (as a name), XIV d 3; #Cart-mare#, n.
draught-mare, VIII a 282. [ON. kart-r, OE. cræt.]
#Cas#, #Case#, n. chance, general run of events, circumstances,
plight, II 175, III 20, VII 25, 73, XII a 49, b 194, &c.; #Caas#,
pl. XIII b 40; in cas, it may be, XI 101, 105, 216; per cas, by
chance, XII a 7, b 4. [OFr. cas.]
#Cast(e)#, v.; #Cast(e)#, pa. t. V 249, XII b 70, &c.; #Kest#, V
207; #Casten#, pp. IV a 60; #Icast#, XIV c 79; #Kast#, I 143;
#Kest#, V 174; to cast, throw, put, I 143, IV b 3, VIII a 61, X 33,
XII b 103, &c.; (in charity), VIII a 16; to cast off, XVII 262;
icast out, abandoned, XIV c 79; to offer, propose, V 174, 207; to
scheme, XI b 306. [ON. kasta; for e forms before st cf.
Morsbach, ME. Gram. § 87, n. 2.] See Kest, n.; Vpcaste.
#Castel(l)#, n. castle, II 159, X 173, XVII 349, 538; a tower or
raised structure on the deck of a ship (see Topcastell), XVII 272.
[OE. (late) castel from ONFr. castel.]
#Catel#, #Catayll#, #Catall#, n. sg. collect., goods, property, VIII
a 86, 141, 214, XIV c 75, XVI 242, XVII 156 (cattle), 326. [ONFr.
catel.]
#Cateractes#, n. pl. flood-gates, XVII 343, 451 (see Genesis, vii.
11, viii. 2; Vulgate cataractæ, sluices).
#Caue#, n. cave, V 114, XII a 65. [OFr. cave.]
#Cause# (of), n. cause, reason (of), XI a 17, 54, XIII b 66, XIV
c 9; cause þerto, cause for it, XVII 102; cause, side in a quarrel,
&c., IX 82, XI a 50. [OFr. cause.]
#Cawht#. See Kache.
#Cerched#. See Serche.
#Certayn(e)#, #Certeyn(e)#, #Sarteyn(e)# (XVI), adj. certain, sure;
fixed, definite, XI b 113, XVI 225; some particular, IX 268; _come to
no certeyn_, came to nothing, I 179; nouȝt of certeyne, no definite
rule, VIII a 145; adv. assuredly, indeed, I 231, XVI 94, XVII 176,
&c. [OFr. certain.]
#Certes#, #Certis#, adv. certainly, truly, VIII b 22, X 134, XI b
42, 293. [OFr. certes.]
#Cesse#, #Sesse#, v. to cease, leave off, come to an end, VIII a
172, XI b 205, XVI 44, 294; #Cest#, pp. XVII 451; #Cessynge#, n.
ceasing, XI b 85. [OFr. cesser.]
#Chace#, n. quarry (in hunting), XII b 7. [OFr. chace.]
#Chace(n)#, to pursue, drive, IX 167, 229; chace of, drive, oust from,
VI 83. [OFr. chacier.]
#Chaffare#, v. to engage in trade, VIII a 235, b 98. [From ME.
chapfare, chaffare, n.; see Chapuare.]
#Chayngede#. See Chaunge.
#Chambre(s)#. See Chaumber.
#Chanel#, n. channel, river-bed, XIII a 57. [OFr. chanel.] Cf.
Kanel.
#Chapel(le)#, n. chapel, private oratory (attached to a castle, &c.),
V 35, 118, &c.; #Schapellis#, pl. XI b 234. [OFr. chapelle.]
#Chapelleyn#, #Chaplayn#, n. chaplain (a priest serving a 'chapel';
see prec.), VIII a 12, V 39. [OFr. chapelain.]
#Chapman#, n. merchant, XII b 179. [OE. cēap-man.]
#Chapuare#, n. trading, bargain, III 60. [OE. cēap + faru; cf.
ON. kaup-för.] See Chaffare, v.
#Charde#, pa. t. sg. turned back, ceased to flow, VI 248. [OE.
cerran.]
#Charge#, n. burden; weight, IV b 48; a þing of charge, a weighty,
important matter, XIV c 52. [OFr. charge.] See next.
#Charge(n)#, v. to burden, IV b 51; charge(n) with, to burden
with, to impose as an obligation, XI b 150, 198, 199, &c.; to enjoin,
order (a person), XI b 15, 31, 71, 120, 193; to attach weight,
importance, to, XI b 104, 106, 184, 188, 225. [OFr. charger.]
#Charious#, adj. burdensome, XI b 204. [OFr. chargeous,
charjous.]
#Charité#, #Charyté#, n. charity, christian love (for God or one's
fellows), IV b 15, VI 110, XI b 25, &c.; out of ch., not in a
state of ch., XI b 26, 89; I will kepe ch., I will not lose my
temper, XVII 235; par charité, for ch., for of saynte ch.,
(formulæ used in prayers, or requests), in the name of (holy) charity,
VIII a 250, XV d 5, XVII 165, 174; amen for ch., a formula of
conclusion, XVII 558. [OFr. charité; (de) par (sainte) charité.]
#Charke#, v. to creak, XII a 70. [OE. cearcian.]
#Charnel#, n. cemetery, VIII a 50. [OFr. charnel.]
#Chaste#, v. to rebuke, punish, VIII a 53, 318. [OFr. chastier.]
#Chastice#, #Chastis(e)#, #Chastyse#, v. to punish, chastise, curb,
XIV c 70, d 5, XVII 398, 403. [OFr. (rare) chastiser.]
#Chaud(e)#, adj. hot, VIII a 306; (Fr. word indicating affectation
of manners above labourers' station.)
#Chaumber#, #Chambre# (XVII), n. room (usually a smaller private room
or bedroom), II 100, 196, 584, XVII 129, 281 (see Ches, and note), &c.
[OFr. chambre.]
#Chaunce#, #Chance#, n. chance, fortune, adventure, event, I 22, 25,
28, 135, 221, V 331, VII 16; for ch. þat may falle, whatever may
happen, V 64; he cheueȝ þat chaunce, he contrives that event,
brings it to pass, V 35; per chance, XII b 18, 57. [OFr.
ch(e)ance.]
#Chaunge#, #Change#, v. to alter, change, trans. and intr., IV a
2, 42, XII a 125, XIII a 4, 56, XV a 22, &c.; #Chayngede#, _pa.
t._ XIII b 28; #Ychaunged#, pp. VIII b 85, XIII b 27. _Chaunged
his cher_, V 101, see Chere. [OFr. changier; chaingier.]
#Chaungyng#, n. vicissitudes, VII 16; ch. of wit, alteration of
sense, mistranslation, XI a 47.
#Chees#. See Chese, v.
#Cheyne#, n. chain, X 31. [OFr. chaine.]
#Chekes#, n. pl. cheeks, VIII a 169; maugré Medes (thi) chekes, in
Meed's (thy) despite, VIII a 41, 151; see Maugré. [OE. cēace,
cēce.]
#Chekke#, n. ill-luck, V 127. [OFr. eschec, checkmate.]
#Chelde#, adj. cold, XV e 16. [OE. (WS.) céald.] See Colde.
#Chenes#, n. pl. fissures, XIII a 8. [OE. cine, cion-.]
#Chepynge#, n. market, VIII a 294. [OE. cēping.]
#Cher(e)#, #Chiere# (XII), n. face, XV c 15; looks, XII a 120;
demeanour, VI 47; mery chere, gladness, XVII 463. Chaunged his cher,
V 101; ? altered the direction in which he faced, turned this way and
that (cf. Sir Gaw., 711); but the phrase elsewhere always refers to
colour or expression of face. [OFr. chiere, chere.]
#Cherche#, #Chirche#, #Churche#, n. church, Church, I 3, 21, VIII a
12, 50, b 12, 63 (note), XI a 62, b 178, &c. [OE. cirice,
circe.] See Kirke.
#Chercheȝerd#, n. churchyard, I 3, 66, 263; #Cherche porche#,
church porch, I 77. [Prec. + OE. géard; OFr. porche.]
#Cherles#. See Chorle.
#Cheruelles#, n. pl. chervils (a garden pot-herb), VIII a 289. [OE.
cerfille.]
#Ches#, #Chese# (MS. chefe), n. in thre ches(e), three tiers or rows
of, XVII 129, 281 (followed by sg. noun). [Perhaps a use of ME. ches,
chess, as 'rows of squares' (OFr. eschez, pl. of eschec, see
Chekke).]
#Chese#, v. to choose; chese ȝou, choose (for) yourselves, II
217; #Chees#, #Ches#, pa. t. sg. XI b 56, XII a 110; for past
pple. see Ycore. [OE. cēosan.]
#Cheses#, n. pl. cheeses, VIII a 276. [OE. cēse.]
#Chesible#, n. chasuble (the outer vestment of a priest when
celebrating Mass), VIII a 12. [OFr. chesible.]
#Chesouns#, n. pl. reasons, XI a 50. [Shortened from OFr.
ache(i)son; see Enchesone.]
#Cheualrous#, adj. chivalrous, V 331. [OFr. chevalerous.] See
Chiualrye.
#Cheue#, v. (to acquire), control, bring about; _cheueȝ þat
chaunce_, brings that event to pass, V 35; #Cheuyt#, pp. brought
about, VII 16. [OFr. chever and achever.] See Acheue.
#Cheuentayn#, n. chieftain, Lord, VI 245. [OFr. chevetaine.]
#Chibolles#, n. pl. chibols, a variety of small onion, VIII a 289.
[ONFr. *chiboule, OFr. ciboule.]
#Chyche#, n. niggard, VI 245. [OFr. chiche, adj.]
#Chyde#, v. intr. to complain, find fault, VI 43, VIII a 307, 314.
[OE. cīdan.]
#Chiere#. See Cher(e).
#Child#, #Chylde#, n. child, III 39, IV a 73, &c., child hys,
child's, XIII b 23; #Childer#, #Chylder#, pl. XVII 327, 527;
#Childern#, #Chyldern#, XIII b 16, 33, 37, &c.; #Children#, VIII a
91, &c. [OE. cíld; cildru, pl.]
#Child-bedde#, n.; on child-bedde, in travail, II 399. [OE. cíld +
bedd.]
#Chillyng#, n. becoming cold, in for chillyng of here mawe, to
prevent their stomachs getting cold, VIII a 306. [OE. cilian; but
see N.E.D.]
#Chirche#. See Cherche.
#Chiries#, n. pl. cherries, VIII a 289. [ONFr. cherise, sg.; cf.
OE. cires-bēam.]
#Chyteryng#, n. chattering, XIII b 14. [Echoic.]
#Chiualrye#, n. knighthood, the knights as a body, XIV c 42. [OFr.
chev-, chivalerie.] See Cheualrous.
#Chorle#, n. common man, V 39; #Cherles#, pl. VIII a 50. [OE.
céorl.]
#Cité#, #Cyté#, #Cytee#, #Citie#, #Sité#, n. city, II 48, 479, VII 66,
85, VIII b 94, IX 23, XIII b 67, &c. [OFr. cité.]
#Cytryne#, adj. lemon-yellow, IX 115. [OFr. citrin.]
#Clanly#, adv. elegantly, VII 53. [OE. clǣ̆n-līce.] See
Clene.
#Clatere#, v. to clatter, resound, V 133, VII 137. [OE. clatrian.]
#Clateryng#, n. clattering, XV h 4. [OE. clatrung.]
#Clause#, n. clause (in grammar), XIV c 11 (see Construwe).
[Med.L. clausa, OFr. clause.]
#Cled#, pp. clad; cled in Stafford blew, beaten black and blue, XVII
200; see Blew. [OE. clǣþan (rare).]
#Cleket#, n. trigger, X 82. [OFr. cliquet.]
#Clene#, adj. clean, IV b 6, V 323, 325; unmixed, VIII a 299;
pure, VII 179, XI b 295, XV i 7; elegant, VII 77; splendid, VII 150
(or adv.). [OE. clǣne.] See Clanly, Clense.
#Clen(e)#, #Cleane#, adv. entirely, VII 150 (or adj.), XIV b 77,
c 56, 80. [OE. clǣne.]
#Clengeȝ#, 3 sg. pres. clings, V 10. [OE. *cléngan.] See
Clingge.
#Clense#, v. to cleanse, clear out, IV a 7, VIII a 98. [OE.
clǣ̆nsian.]
#Clepe(n)#, #Clepyn#, v. to call (cry, summon, name), I introd., II
201, III 12, 24, IX 27, XII a 76, b 16; #Cleped#, #Clept#, pp. II
49, IX 3, XII a 6, &c.; #Ycleped#, II 52, III 17, 32. [OE.
cleopian.]
#Clere#, adj. clear, bright, glorious, fair, II 269, 358, V 283, VII
107, 123, XVI 128, 389; free (from guilt), *XVI 356 (MS. clene); adv.
clearly, VII 77; #Clerlych#, adv. clearly, XIII a 12. [OFr. cler.]
#Clerematyn#, n. (? lit. 'fine morning') appar. name of a fine
flour, or bread made from it, VIII a 299. [? OFr. cler matin.]
#Clerk(e)#, n. one in holy orders, ecclesiastic (opp. to 'lay'),
scholar, writer, II 2, VII 53, VIII b 56, 58, XI a 36, 59, b 55,
177, XVI 283, &c.; #Clerkus#, pl. VIII b 65. [OE. cler(i)c; OFr.
clerc.]
#Clete#, n. cleat, small (wedge-shaped) piece of wood; _ȝaf
nouȝt a cl. of_ = cared not a rap for, XIV c 54. [OE. *clēat;
cf. OHG. chlōȥ, MDu. cloot.]
#Cleue#, v. to split, V 133. [OE. clēofan.]
#Clyff#, n. cliff, rock, V 10, 133. [OE. clif.]
#Clingge#, v. XV a 8; the clot him clingge, may the earth of the
grave cling to him (or waste him; cf. _alþaȝ oure corses in
clotteȝ clynge_, Pearl 857); #Yclongen#, pp. withered, II 508. [OE.
clíngan, shrivel, shrink.] See Clengeȝ.
#Clipte#, pa. t. sg. clasped, XII b 62. [OE. clyppan.]
#Cloise#. See Clos.
#Cloistre#, n. monastery, III introd., VIII a 141. [OFr.
cloistre.]
#Cloke#, n. cloak, VIII a 265. [OFr. cloque.]
#Clomben#, pa. t. pl. climbed, V 10. [OE. clímban; pa. t. pl.
clúmbon.]
#Cloos#, n. enclosure; in cloos, enclosed, IX 191. [OFr. clos.]
#Clos#, #Cloise# (oi = ō, cf. Coyll), adj. closed; secluded,
forbidden, VII 179; close, VI 152 (man hit cl., make it secure);
adv. (or predic. adj.) close, near, VII 137. [OFr. clos.]
#Close#, v. to close, enclose, IX 172, XI b 39; #Yclosed#, pp.
XIII a 24, 40. [From prec.] See Enclose.
#Clot#, n. clod, XV a 8 (see Clingge); #Clottes#, pl. lumps,
XIII a 5. [OE. clott.]
#Cloþ#, n. a cloth, XV f 8; cloth, VIII a 14; #Cloþes#, &c., pl.
clothes, I 165, 236, II 408, VII 175, VIII b 18, XI b 257, XIII a
9, &c. [OE clāþ.]
#Cloþed#, pp. clothed, VIII b 2. [OE. (late) clāþian.]
#Cloþe-merys#, n. pl. ? mare-clothers (? contemptuous reference to
blacksmiths as fashioning pieces of horse-armour; for similar compound
see Brenwaterys), XV h 21. [Prec. + OE. mēre.]
#Cloude#, n.^1 clod of earth; under cloude, in the ground, XV b
31. [OE. clūd, mass of earth, or rock.]
#Cloud(e)#, #Clowde#, n.^2 cloud, VII 107, 137, XII a 137. [Prob.
same as prec.]
#Clout#, n. piece of cloth, XV f 8, 11. [OE. clūt.]
#Cloute#, v. to patch; cloute more to, stick more on to it, XI b
200; go cloute thi shone, go and cobble your shoes, 'run away and
play', XVII 353; #Yclouted#, pp. patched, VIII a 61. [OE.
clūtian.]
#Clowe#; clowe gylofres, cloves, IX 157. [OFr. clou (nail) _de
girofle_ (gilofre).]
#Clustre#, n. bunch, IX 153, 160. [OE. cluster.]
#Cnistes#. See Knyght(e).
#Cnowe#. See Knowe.
#Coc#, #Cok#, n. cock, XII a 77, XV g 33. [OE. cocc.]
#Coffes#, n. pl. mittens, gloves, VIII a 62. [Unknown; cf. Prompt.
Parv., 'cuffe, glove or meteyne'.]
#Coyll#, n. lit. cabbage; pottage, cabbage or vegetable soup, XVII
389. [OE. cāl; oy = ō (see the rimes).] See Koleplantes.
#Coke#, v. to put hay into cocks, VIII b 13. [From (obscure) ME.
cocke, hay-cock; see N.E.D.]
#Coker#, n. a labourer (at haymaking or harvest), VIII b 13. [From
prec.; cf. Cath. Angl., 'coker, autumnarius'.]
#Cokeres#, n. pl. leggings, VIII a 62. [OE. cocor, quiver; cf.
Prompt. Parv., 'cocur, cothurnus'.]
#Coket#, n. very fine flour next in grade to the finest (wastell),
VIII a 299. [Panis de coket occurs in 14th c. legal Latin; connexion
between this and AFr. cokkette, Anglo-L. coketa, cocket, seal of
King's Customhouse, has been suggested, but not proved.]
#Cold(e)#, adj. cold, I 119, VII 115, &c.; #Calde#, IV a 82. [OE.
cáld.]
#Cold(e)#, n. cold, I 163, IX 31, XV f 13; for colde of, to keep
the cold from (see For, prep.), VIII a 62. [OE. cáld.] See
Chelde.
#Col(e)#, n. live coal, IV a 13; coal, XV h 5. [OE. col, live
coal.]
#Coloppes#, n. pl. 'collops', eggs fried on bacon, VIII a 280. [See
N.E.D., s.v. Collop, and Cockney.]
#Colour#, n. colour, IX 34, XII a 55, &c.; outward appearance, XI
b 217. [OFr. colour.]
#Com#, #Come(n)#, #Cum# (X), v. to come, I 80, 176, II 137, V 43, X
45, 173, XVII 241, &c.; #Comest#, 2 sg. wilt come, XV g 5; #Commys#,
3 sg. XVII 507; #Cam#, pa. t. I 77, II 153, VIII a 294, &c.;
#Com(e)#, I 32, II 91, III 3, V 107, VI 222, VII 83, &c.; pa. t. subj.
(should come, &c.), VI 214, 238, VIII a 108, X 29, XV g 30;
#Come(n)#, pp. I 161, II 29, 181, IX 314, &c.; #Comyn#, VII 40, 102;
#Comne#, IV a 23; #Cumen#, XIV b 8, 87; #Ycome(n)#, II 203, 319,
404, 422, 478, 592. With dat. refl. pron. in: foret hym com, forth
came, XV g 18; in him com ... gon, came (walking) in (cf. OE.
cōm inn gān), XV g 24; him com, III 19. Comen of,
descended from, II 29. [OE. cuman, cōm, cumen.]
#Coma(u)nde#, #Comawnde#, #Commaund#, v. to command, I 105, VIII a
16, XI b 66, XV i 1, XVI 341, XVII 118, &c.; with to, XI b 40;
to commend, V 343; to entrust, give, XI b 222. [OFr. comander.]
#Com(m)aundement#, &c., n. commandment, IV b 15, XI b 63, 86, 226;
gaf in comm., commanded, XVII 32. [OFr. comandement.] See
Maundement.
#Comenci# (II), #Comse# (VIII), v. to begin, VIII a 34, 309; _pres.
subj._ II 247 (note to l. 57). [OFr. comencer.] See Comessing.
#Comendacion#, n. 'Commendation of Souls', an office for the dead
(made a part of daily office) which originally ended with the prayer
Tibi, Domine, commendamus, XI b 132.
#Comessing#, n. beginning, II 57. See Comenci.
#Comford#, &c. See Conforte, v.
#Comyng(e)#, n. coming, advent, XII a 35, XVI 315, 363, &c.; _hom
comynge_, homecoming, IX 285. See Com.
#Comyn(s)#. See Com, Comun.
#Comly(ch)#, adj. fair, beautiful, V 343, XVII 71. [OE. cȳmlic,
influ. in ME. by assoc. with becomen.]
#Comlyng#, n. stranger, foreigner, XIII b 45. [OE. cuma +
-ling.]
#Commys#. See Com.
#Commyxstion#, n. intermingling, XIII b 12. [L. commixtiōnem.]
#Comne#. See Com.
#Comounly#, adv. usually, IX 51; in common, IX 60. See Comun.
#Compayni#, n. company, II 462; #Company(e)#, VII 150, IX 312, &c.;
#Cumpany(e)#, X 147, &c.; in cumpanye, in the society of men, I
introd., IX 288. [OFr. compai(g)nie.]
#Comparison#, n. comparison; wiþoute comparison, XI b 237. [OFr.
comparaison, -eson.]
#Compelle#, v. to compel, XI b 51, XIII b 18. [OFr. compeller.]
#Compilet#, pp. compiled, put together, VII 53. [OFr. compiler.]
#Comprehended#, pa. t. sg. comprised, embraced, IX 300. [L.
comprehendere.]
#Compunccion#, n. repentance, XI b 180. [OFr. compunction.]
#Comse#. See Comenci.
#Comun(e)#, adj. common (people), XIV b 67; as sb., the community,
VIII b 20, 79; #Comunes#, #Comyns#, pl. the common people; the
Commons (as an estate of the realm), XIV b 67, c 73; lay men, XI a
39, 59. [OFr. comun; and direct from L. commūnis.]
#Con(en)#, #Coneȝ#. See Can, v.^1 and v.^2
#Concyens#, #Conscience#, n. conscience, IV b 15, VIII b 87, &c.;
(personified) VIII b 6, &c. [OFr. conscience.]
#Condicioun#, n. nature, quality, XII a 120. [OFr. condicion.]
#Confederat#, adj. allied, XIII b 5. [L. con-fœderātus.]
#Confesse#, v. to confess, XI b 143; confessed clene, made clean
by confession, V 323. [OFr. confesser.]
#Conforme#, v. (refl.), to suit (oneself), make (oneself) suitable,
XII a 184. [OFr. conformer.]
#Confort#, #Coumforde#, n. support, comfort, consolation, VI 9, VIII
b 79, XII a 151. [OFr. con-, cunfort.]
#Conforte#, #Com-#, v. to comfort, succour, support, IV a 15, VIII
a 214; #Comford#, pa. t. pl. VII 173. [OFr. conforter.]
#Confusyun#, n. putting to shame, I 203. [OFr. confusion.]
#Congele#, v. to congeal, IX 64. [OFr. congeler.]
#Conig#, n. rabbit, XIV b 75. [OFr. conin, coning.]
#Conne#, #Conneþ#, &c. See Can, v.^1
#Connynge#, n. intelligence, IV b 56, 79. [From cunn-, old infin.
stem of Can, v.^1]
#Conquerour#, n. conqueror, XIV c 92. [OFr. conquerour.]
#Conquest#, n. the (Norman) Conquest, XIII b 32. [OFr. conqueste.]
#Consaile# (#-sale#, #-seyl#, #-seille#), #Counsail(le)#, (#-sayle#,
#-sayll#), n. counsel, deliberation, advice, II 179, VIII a 309, X
15, XIV b 40, 43, XVI 114, 163, XVII 157; prudence, IV b 56, 57, 61;
council, VIII a 312, IX 296, 298. [OFr. conseil, c(o)unseil,
counsel, council.]
#Conseille#, v. to advise, VIII a 14; #Counsell#, imper. sg. XVII
472. [OFr. conseillier.]
#Consente#, v. to agree; consented to o wyl, was agreed, I 49. [OFr.
consentir.]
#Consider#, v. to reflect, XVII 291. [OFr. considerer.]
#Constreyne#, v. to force, VIII b 56, XI b 248. [OFr.
constreign-, stem of constreindre.]
#Construccion#, n. construing, XIII b 28. [L. constructiōnem;
see next.]
#Constru(w)e#, v. to construe, interpret, XIII b 18, 34; _pres.
subj. pl. in ȝif ȝe c. wel þis clause_, if you see the point of
what I say, XIV c 11. [L. construere.]
#Conteyne#, v. to contain, IX 337, XIII a 20. [OFr. contenir,
conteign-, stem of subj.]
#Contemplacio(u)n#, #Contemplacyone#, n. contemplation (of God), IV
b 51, XI b 11, 308. [OFr. contemplacion.]
#Contemplatyf#, #-if#, adj. contemplative, devoted to prayer and
contemplation of God, VIII a 245, XI b 1, 8, &c. [OFr.
contemplatif.]
#Continue#, v. to persevere, VIII b 40, 110. [OFr. continuer.]
#Contynuell#, adj. continual, IX 32. [OFr. continuel.]
#Contray# (XIII), #Contré#, #-ee#, #-ey#, (IX), #Countré# (XVII),
#Cuntray# (II), #Cuntré# (I), #Cuntrey# (XI), n. country, land,
region, I 253, II 351, IX 4, 9, 26, 134, 138, XI a 35, XIII a 41,
b 63, XVII 487 (see Sere), &c., as adj. in contray longage,
language of the land, XIII b 13. [OFr. contrée, c(o)untrée.]
#Contrarie# (to), adj. opposed (to), XI b 54. [OFr. contrarie.]
#Contrefetes#, n. pl. imitations, IX 117. [OFr. contrefet, pp., made
like.] See Counterfete, v.
#Cop#, n. top, XIII a 45. [OE. copp.]
#Cope#, n. long cloak, XII a 53; esp. the out-door cloak of an
ecclesiastic, VIII a 182. [OE. *cāpe, from Med.L. cāpa.]
#Cope#, v. to provide with 'copes', VIII a 141. [From prec.]
#Copuls#, 3 sg. pres. links, IV a 12; #Coppled#, pp. linked (in
rime), Introduction xv; see Kowe. [OFr. copler.] See Couple, n.
#Corage#, n. heart, XII a 11; gallantry, XIV c 108. [OFr.
corage.]
#Corde#, n. cord, XII b 53, 60, &c. [OFr. corde.]
#Corde(n)#, v.; corden into on, agree together, XV i 6. [Shortened
from Acorde, q.v.]
#Cormerant#, n. cormorant, II 310. [OFr. cormoran.]
#Coround(e)#, pa. t. crowned, VI 55; pp. II 593, VI 120. [OFr.
corouner.] See Crouned(e).
#Corouneȝ#, n. pl. crowns, VI 91. [OFr. coroune.] See Croun(e).
#Corsed(est)#. See Curse.
#Corseynt#, n. shrine of a saint, I 239. [OFr. cors saint, holy
body.]
#Cortays(e)#, #Curteys# (II), adj. gracious, II 28, VI 73; as sb.,
gracious lady, V 343. [OFr. corteis, curteis.] See Kort.
#Cortaysye#, #Cortaysé#, #Courtaysye#, n. courtesy, grace, VI 72, 84,
96, 109, 121 (of cortaysye prob. only equivalent to cortayse,
adj.); of courtaysye, by cortaysye, &c. by especial favour, VI 97,
108, 120. [OFr. corteisie, curteisie.]
#Cortaysly#, #Curteisly#, #-lich#, adv. courteously, VI 21, VIII a
34, 157. See Cortays.
#Cosseȝ#, #Cosses#, n. pl. kisses, V 283, 292. [OE. coss.] See
Kysse.
#Cost#, n.^1 border, IX 192; #Costes#, pl. coasts, regions, VII 83,
146. [OFr. coste]
#Cost#, n.^2 expenditure, cost, XI b 169; ? means (to meet expense),
XI b 141. [OFr. cost.]
#Costen# (in), v. to expend (on), XI b 234. [OFr. coster.]
#Costes#, n. pl. manners, disposition, V 292. [OE. (Nth.) cost from
ON. kost-r.]
#Costy#, adj. costly, XI b 228, 234. [From Cost, n.^2]
#Cote#, n.^1 cot, mean dwelling, II 489, VIII b 2. [OE. cot.]
#Cote#, n.^2 coat; here a tunic (cf. 'waistcoat') worn beneath the
outer gown, XVII 262. [OFr. cote.]
#Coth#, n. pestilence, XVII 417. [OE. coþu.]
#Cou#, #Cow#, n. cow, III 49, 52, 54, VIII a 282; pl. #Ken#, III
56; #Kyȝn#, IX 256; #Kyn(e)#, VIII a 134, b 18. [OE. cū; pl.
cȳ (Kt. *cē).]
#Couaytyng#, #Coueytynge#, n. coveting, IX 90; object of coveting (cf.
louyng, &c.), IV a 23. [From OFr. coveit(i)er.]
#Couaytise# (III), #Coueitise# (XI), #Couetyse# (V), #Coueteis# (XVII),
n. covetousness, avarice, III 22, V 306, 312, XI b 55, 256, XVII 52.
[OFr. coveitise.]
#Couche#, n. bed, XII a 89. [OFr. couche.]
#Coude#. See Can, v.
#Coueyne#, n. band (of conspirators), I 41. [OFr. cov(a)ine.]
#Coueitous#, adj. covetous, XI b 196. [OFr. coveitous.]
#Couenable#, adj. suitable, XIII a 20. [OFr. covenable.]
#Covenant#, #Couenaunde#, #-aunt#, n. covenant, agreement, V 260, 272,
VI 202, 203, VIII a 153, XII b 41, 96, 199; pl. terms of the
agreement, V 174; in c. þat, on condition that, VIII a 28. [OFr.
covenant.]
#Coueryng#, n. covering, I 177, 184. [From OFr. co(u)vrir.]
#Coumforde#; #Counsail(le)#, &c. See Confort; Consaile (-seille).
#Counted#, pa. t. reckoned on (or heeded), VII 115; _counted
nouȝt a bene beo_, gave not a bean for, XIV c 43. [OFr. cunter.]
#Counterfete#, v. to imitate (fraudulently), IX 114; to resemble, VI
196 (bad connotation often absent in this use, but possibly here
present--'make them unjustly resemble us'). [Formed from ME.
counterfete, imitated, OFr. contrefet.] See Contrefetes.
#Countes#, n. countess, VI 129. [OFr. cuntesse.]
#Countré#. See Contray.
#Countre note#, n. counterpoint, a melody added as an accompaniment to
another, XI b 137 (note). [OFr. countre + note.]
#Couple#, n. match, pair, II 458 (note); #Copple#, couplet (in verse),
Introduction xxxiii. [OFr. couple.]
#Cours(e)#, n. course, VII 102, XIII a 61, &c.; cours ... about,
circuit, X 157; flow, VII 123; force, rushing, VII 115; by course, in
due order, VII 73. [OFr. cours.]
#Court(aysye)#. See Cortaysye, Kort.
#Courtpies#, n. pl. short jackets, VIII a 182. [Current in 14th and
15th centuries; cf. MDu. korte pie, short coat of coarse woollen
stuff.]
#Couþe#, #Couthe#. See Can, v.
#Couwee#, adj. tailed, in (ryme) couwee, rime in pairs followed by a
shorter line, or 'tail', tailrime, Introduction xv. [OFr. rime couée.]
See Kowe.
#Cowardise#, #Coward(d)yse#, n. cowardice, V 205, 306, 311. [OFr.
couardise.] See Kowarde.
#Cowth#, #Cowþe(ȝ)#. See Can, v.
#Crache#, v. to scratch, II 80. [Obscure; cf. MDu., MLG. kratsen.]
#Cradel#, n. cradle, XIII b 22, XV f 4. [OE. cradol.]
#Craft(e)#, n. craft; industry, VIII b 20; knowledge, in _to ken all
the cr._, to know the whole story, VII 25. [OE. cræft.]
#Crafty#, adj. skilled in a craft, VIII a 70. [OE. cræftig.]
#Cragge#, n. crag, V 115, 153. [Obscure.]
#Crak#, v. to crack, XIV a 10; #Crakked#, pp. XIV a 11. [OE.
cracian, to crack (sound).]
#Craue#, #Crafe# (XVII), v. to demand, VIII a 86; to plead for, XVII
174; craue aftir, ask for, XVI 242. [OE. crafian, demand.]
#Creatoure#, #Creatur#, n. creature, XV i 4, XVII 78. [OFr.
creature.]
#Crede#, n. the Creed, VI 125; sall ken ȝow ȝowre crede = will
teach you what you ought to know, a lesson, XIV b 4. [OE. crēda,
from L. crēdo, I believe (cf. VIII a 83).]
#Credence#, n. credence, IX 303. [OFr. credence.]
#Creem#, n. cream,VIII a 277. [OFr. cresme.]
#Cren#, n. crane (machine), X 16, 28. [OE. cran (bird); the above
are the earliest recorded instances of the transferred sense.]
#Crepe#, v. to creep, XII b 173. [OE. crēopan.]
#Creuisse#, n. fissure, V 115. [OFr. crevasse.]
#Cri(e)#, #Cry#, n. lamentation, II 114, 220; held in o cri,
lamented in the same strain, II 95; shouting, clamour, II 285, XV h 4;
a cry, appeal, II 511 (see Sette). [OFr. cri.]
#Crie(n)#, #Crye(n)#, #Cry#, v. to cry out (shout, call, lament),
proclaim, XI b 48, XII a 76, 140, XVI 186, 363, XVII 384, &c.;
pres. subj. XVI 141; #Crid(e)#, pa. t. II 78, XII b 31, 69;
#Cryit#, X 86; #Criand#, #-ende#, pres. p. XVI 73, XII b 16. _Cryen
after_, shout for, XV h 5; crie on, appeal to, XVI 107; _cry me
mercy_, cry to me for mercy, XVII 384 (the earliest recorded sense in
E.). [OFr. crier.]
#Criere#, n. crier, herald, XI b 48. [OFr. crier.]
#Criing#, #Criyng(e)#, n. (loud) shouting, XI b 133, 249; _at o
criing_, with one voice, II 581 (cf. at one cri, Havelok 2773);
lamentation, II 195. [From Crie(n).]
#Cristal(l)#, n. crystal, II 358, IX 32, 103, &c. [OFr. cristal.]
#Crystemesse#, n. Christmas, I 29. [OE. crī̆stmesse.]
#Cristen(e)#, #Crystene#, #Crystyn# (I), #Krysten# (VI), adj.
Christian, I introd., 82, VI 101, IX 211, XI a 37, &c.; as sb. pl.
VIII a 89. [OE. crī̆sten.]
#Cristendom#, #-dam#, n. Christian lands, IX 214, XIV c 19. [OE.
crī̆sten-dōm, Christianity.]
#Croft#, n. small field, VIII a 33, 285, b 17. [OE. croft.]
#Croppeth#, 3 pl. pres. nibble, VIII a 33. [ON. kroppa.]
#Crouders#, n. pl. fiddlers, II 522. [From ME. croud, crouþ (Welsh
crwth), fiddle.]
#Croun(e)#, #Crowne#, n. crown, II 235, 415, VI 67, &c.; crown of the
head, XIV a 10, 11. [OFr. coroune; cf. ON. krúna. In the sense
'crown of head' only the cr- forms appear.] See Corouneȝ.
#Crouned(e)#, pp. tonsured, admitted to holy orders, VIII b 58, 62,
67. [OFr. corouner.] See prec. (which also in ME. had sense
'tonsure'), and Corounde, Vncrouned.
#Crowe#, n. a crow, XII a 75. [OE. crāwe.]
#Crowe#, v. to crow, XV g 33 (with pleonastic reflex. pron.); to
announce by crowing, XII a 77. [OE. crāwan.]
#Cruddes#, n. pl. curds, VIII a 277. [Obscure.]
#Cruell#, adj. cruel, IX 237. [OFr. cruel.]
#Cubite#, (#Cubettis#, pl.), n. cubit (Biblical length measure =
ell), XVII 124, 136, 258, 261, 443. [OE. cubit, L. cubitus.]
#Cultur#, n. coulter, iron blade fixed in front of the share in a
plough, VIII a 98. [OE. (from L.) culter.]
#Cum#, #Cumen#. See Com.
#Cumbrit#, pp. hampered, VII 183. [OFr. (en)combrer.]
#Cunesmen#, n. pl. kinsfolk, XV g 6. [OE. cynnes, gen. + mann.]
#Cunne(s)#. See Can, Kyn.
#Cuntek#, n. contest; yn cuntek, vying with one another, I 31. [OFr.
(only AFr.) contek, of unknown origin.]
#Cuntenaunce#, n. bearing, II 293. [OFr. cuntenance.]
#Cuntray#, #-é#, #-ey#. See Contray.
#Cuppes#, n. cups, IX 256. [OE. cuppe.]
#Curse#, v. to curse, I 98, 130, &c.; #Corsed#, #Cursed#, pp. and
adj. V 128, 306, IX 85, &c.; cursed shrewe, VII 183, VIII a 153.
[OE. (late) cū̆rsian, from OIr. cúrsagim.]
#Cursyng#, n. cursing, I 128, 154, 261. [OE. (late) cū̆rsung.]
#Curteis#, #-eys#. See Cortays.
#Custome#, n. custom, IX 292, XI b 204, 206. [OFr. custume.]
#Dai#, #Day(e)#, n. day, I 138, VI 56, XII a 68, &c.; dawn, XII a
77; life-time, II 572, &c. (also pl. VI 56, VII 39); daies olde, old
age, XII introd.; time, in withinne tuo monthe day, in two months'
time, XII a 29; þise dayeȝ (gen. sg.) longe, all (this) day
long, VI 173 (see Longe); by dayes, once upon a time, II 15; bi
this dai, (for) this day, VIII a 274; but an oath at XV a 24, XVII
386; on a day, one day, II 303; þis othir daye, the other day, XVI
148; þis endre dai, a day or two ago (see Endre), XV a 4. [OE.
dæg.]
#Dayeseȝes#, n. pl. daisies, XV b 4. [OE. dæges ēage.]
#Dalf#; #Dalt#. See Deluen; Delen.
#Dam(e)#, n. dame, lady, queen, II 63, 113, 322, VIII a 72, XVII
298, &c.; mother, VIII a 73, XVII 324. [OFr. dame.]
#Damisel#, #Damysel(le)#, n. damsel (esp. young lady-in-waiting), II
90, 144, VI 1, 129. [OFr. damisele.]
#Dampne#, v. to damn, condemn, XI b 197, 306; #Dampnet#, _pa. t.
pl._ VII 50; #Dampned#, pp. XVI 272; as sb. XVI 377. [OFr.
dam(p)ner.]
#Dan(e)#, #Danȝ#, Master, Dom, an honourable title esp. prefixed to
names of members of religious orders, I introd., III introd. [OFr.
Dan (nom. Danz, Dans); L. Dom(i)nus.]
#Danes#, n. pl. Danes, XIII b 13. [Med. L. Dani. (cf. ON.
Danir).]
#Dang#. See Dynge(n).
#Dar#, v. dare, 1 sg. pres. II 336, VIII a 263, &c.; 3 sg. IX
88, &c.; #Dare#, pres. pl. XVI 145; #Dore(n)#, XI b 36, 199;
#Dorst(e)#, pa. t. sg. dared, XII b 109, XIV c 21; #Durst#, II
140, 427, 482; pl. II 73, 84, X 130; #Durst#, pa. t. subj. (would)
dare, XVII 479. [OE. dearr, durron; dorste.]
#Dare#, v. to cower, V 190; ? #Dard#, pa. t. sg. VI 249 (see
note). [OE. darian.]
#Dase#, v. to be dumbfounded, XVII 314. [OE. *dasian; cf. darian,
and ON. dasa-sk.]
#Dastard#, n. wretch, vile fellow, XVI 180, 203. [Perhaps formed with
Fr. suffix -ard from dased, dast, pp. of prec.]
#Date#, n. date, used in VI in various senses, some strained; point of
time, hour, VI 169, 181; season, 144 (see Dere), 145; limit (beginning
or end), 133, 156, 157, 168, 180; to dere a date, ? too soon, 132
(cf. 126). [OFr. date.]
#Daunce#, #Dance#, n. dance, I 134, 227; fig. plight, XIV b 72.
[OFr. dance, daunce.]
#Daunce#, #Daunse#, v. to dance, I 21, 72, 87, II 298, XV d 6;
#Daunsynge#, n. dancing, XI b 139. [OFr. dancer.]
#Daw#, n. (jackdaw), fool, XVII 247. [OE. *dawe.]
#Dawing#, #Dawyng#, n. daybreak, first signs of dawn, IV a 94, X 42.
[OE. dagung.]
#De#. See Deye.
#Deaw#, #Dew#, n. pl. dew, IX 59, XV b 28, &c.; May dew, dew
gathered in May (believed to have medicinal and magical properties), IX
63. [OE. dēaw.]
#Debate#, n. parleying, wrangling, V 180, XVI 142; wythouten debate,
putting aside contention, VI 30. [OFr. debat.]
#Debate#, v. to contend, XII b 225; #Debatande#, pres. p.
debating, V 111. [OFr. debat-re.]
#Declare#, v. to set out, declare, VII 77, XII b 210. [OFr.
declarer.]
#Declyne#, v. (to decline), fall; con d. into acorde, came to an
agreement (cf. ME. fall at (or of) accorde), VI 149. [OFr.
decliner.]
#Ded(e)#, adj. dead, I 195, 209, II 108, &c.; used as pp. of 'slay',
VII 92, XVI 148; was broght dede, was brought to death, died, I 213.
[OE. dēad.] See next, and Deþ.
#Ded(e)#, n.^1 death, I 212, IV a 48, b 71, X 51, 77, 118, XVI
317, XVII 193, 543. [A variant, usually Northern, of Deþ, q.v.]
#Ded(e)#, n.^2 deed, act, feat, event, III 45, VII 38, 88, IX 312, XI
b 255, XVI 24, &c.; as obj. to do, I 79, VIII b 9, XII a 111;
behaviour, way of acting, IV a 62, XI b 62; Dedis of Apostlis,
Acts of the Apostles, XI b 285; in dede, in the actual performance,
VII 23, XVI 72; to fre of dede, too lavish in its action, VI 121; _in
dede and þoȝte_, in performance and intention, VI 164. [OE.
dēd.]
#Ded-day#, n. death-day, VIII introd. [OE. dēaþ-dæg; see Dede
(death), but here assimilation of þd to dd is possible.]
#Ded(e)#, #Deden#, v. See Don.
#Dedir#, v. to tremble, XVII 314. [Cf. MnE. dither.]
#Dedly#, adj. mortal, XI b 208, 209, 211. [OE. dēadlic.]
#Defaced#, pp. effaced, erased, III 36. [OFr. de(s)facier,
defacer.]
#Defaute#, n. defect, XI a 43, 44, 57; lack, in for defaute of,
for lack of, VIII a 200, XI b 250. [OFr. defaute.]
#Defence#, #Defens# (of), n. defence (against), IX 332, X 64, 135;
of noble defens, nobly fortified, II 48. [OFr. defense.]
#Defend(e)#, v. to defend, V 49, VIII a 82, X 52, &c.; to make
defence, X 61, 191; make defence against, ward off, VII 85; #Defending#,
n. defence, X 194. [OFr. defend-re.]
#Defensouris#, n. pl. defenders, X 153. [OFr. defensour.]
#Deffie#, v. to defy, XVI 158. [OFr. de(s)fier.]
#Degiselich#, adj. strange, wonderful, II 360. [From OFr.
de(s)guis(i)é.] See Gisely.
#Degrade# (rime-form of), pa. t. sg. degraded, XVII 20. [OFr.
degrader.]
#Degré#, #Degree#, n. position, rank, VIII b 71, XVII 21, 489; state
(of preparedness), X 40. [OFr. degré.]
#Deye# (VIII), #De# (X), #Dye(n)#, v. to die, II 189, VIII a 269,
325, IX 150, X 73, &c.; #Deye#, pres. subj. VIII a 92, 114; #Deyd#,
pa. t. sg. I 215; #Dyȝede#, XIV c 106; #Deyden#, pa. t. pl.
VIII b 41; do ... deye, garre ... dye, kill, VIII a 269, XVI
164. [ON. deyja.]
#Deill#, #Deyll#. See Dele, n.
#Deyned#, pa. t. pl. deigned, VIII a 303. [OFr. deigner.]
#Deynté#, n. delicacy, II 254. [OFr. deinté.]
#Delaiement#, n. delay, XII b 152. [OFr. delaiement.]
#Dele#, #Deill#, #Deyll#, n. part, quantity, in a grete dele, a
great deal, XVII 450; ich a deyll, all, XVII 299; ylk a dele, _ilke
deill_, altogether, IV a 27, X 75. [OE. dǣl.] See Euerydel,
Halvendel, Somdel, &c.
#Dele(n)#, v. to divide, distribute, deal, mete out, perform, V 124,
217, VI 246, VIII a 91, XI b 270, 272; #Dalt#, pa. t. sg. V 350;
#Deled#, pp. XIII b 49; dele with, have to do with, XVI 63; with
cognate obj. dele penny doyll, XVII 390 (see Doyll); delen ato,
part (intr.), II 125. [OE. dǣlan.]
#Dele#. See Deuel.
#Delit(e)#, #Delyte#, n. delight, IV b 39, XII a 88, XVI 63;
delytes of, delight in, IV b 62. [OFr. delit.]
#Delitabill#, adj. delightful, X introd. [OFr. delitable.]
#Delytte#, v. in delyttes þaym (in), 3 pl. refl., take delight
(in), IV b 42. [OFr. delit(i)er.]
#Deliuer#, adj. nimble, V 275; #Deliuerly#, adv. nimbly, quickly, X
58, 89. [OFr. de(s)livre.]
#Deliverance#, n. deliverance, XII b 17. [OFr. delivrance.]
#Deluen#, v. to dig; to bury; VIII a 135; #Dalf#, pa. t. sg. XIV
introd.; #Doluen#, pa. t. pl. VIII a 184; #Doluen#, pp. (dead
and) buried, VIII a 173. [OE. delfan.]
#Delueres#, n. pl. diggers, VIII a 101. [OE. delfere.]
#Deluynge#, n. digging, VIII a 244. [OE. delfing.]
#Deme#, #Dieme#, v. to judge, sentence, XII b 216, XVI 34;
criticize, VIII a 75; consider, deem, XI b 190, 209, 211; _ne deme
thow non other_, imagine nothing different, VIII a 173; speak, say, V
115 (note), VI 1; with cognate obj. domes for te deme, to tell their
tales, XV b 30. [OE. dēman.]
#Den#, n. cave, XIII a 41, 42, 43. [OE. denn.]
#Den#. See Dynne.
#Deneȝ#, adj. Danish; Deneȝ ax, an axe with a long blade and
usually without a spike at the back, V 155 (note). [OE. denisc; OFr.
daneis.]
#Deop#. See Dep.
#Deores#, n. pl. wild animals, XV b 29. [OE. dēor.]
#Departed(e)#, #Depertid#, pa. t. separated, VI 18 (intr.), VII 145
(trans.); departed, IX 308, 320; pp. divided, IX 1. [OFr.
de(s)partir.]
#Dep(e)#, #Deop# (XIII), adj. deep, XII b 11, XIII a 39, XVI 377;
as sb., the deep (sea), VII 154, XII a 160; adv. deeply, VI 46.
[OE. dēop; adv. dēope.]
#Depely#, adv. deeply, greatly, VII 114. [OE. dēop-līce.]
#Depertid#. See Departed.
#Depnes#, n. depth, XVII 434, 460, 520. [OE. dēop-nes.]
#Depriue#, #-pryue#, v. to deprive, VI 89, XVI 175. [OFr. depriver.]
#Dere#, adj. dear; prized, I 258; beloved, I 125, VI 8, VIII a 91,
XIV c 1, XV f 1, XVII 172, 190, 419, 527; my dere, my friend, VIII
a 251; pleasing, VI 40; good, &c. (vaguely applied in allit. poems),
VI 132, 144, VII 61; #Derrist#, superl. best, VII 39. [OE. dēore;
dē̆orra, compar. (whence also stem of ME. superl.).]
#Dere#, n. harm, I 166, XVII 317; maken þe worlde dere, do injury to
mankind (? or 'make the world dear to live in'; but cf. 166), VIII
a 154. [OE. daru, influenced by derian.]
#Dere#, v. to afflict, XIV b 10. [OE. derian.] See prec.
#Dere#, adv. dearly, at great cost, IV a 80, VIII a 75, XVII 373;
as me dere liketh, to my liking, VIII a 286. [OE. dēore.]
#Derffe#, adj. doughty, VII 84. [ON. djarf-r, older, *dearf-.]
See Deruely.
#Derke#, n. darkness, VII 167. [OE. de(o)rc, adj.] See Þerk.
#Derlyng#, n. darling, IV a 54. [OE. dēor-ling.]
#Derne#, adj. secret, XV b 29 (note). [OE. derne.]
#Derrist#. See Dere, adj.
#Derthe#, n. dearth, famine (personified), VIII a 324. [OE.
dēorþu.] See Dere adj.
#Deruely#, adv. boldly, V 266. [ON. djarf-liga.] See Derffe.
#Des#, n. seat, throne, XVII 17. [OFr. deis; see N.E.D., s.v.
Dais.]
#Des-#, #Dis-avauntage#, n. disadvantage, XIII b 35, 37. [OFr.
desavantage.]
#Deschaunt#, n. descant, XI b 137 (note). [OFr. deschant.]
#Desert#, adj. uncultivated and desolate, IX 200; n. desert,
uninhabited land, IX 179, XI b 24. [OFr. desert.]
#Deserue(n)#, v. to deserve, VIII a 43, b 32; to earn, VIII a
211, b 43, 47. [OFr. deservir.] See Serue(n).
#Desyre#, n. desire, IV a 5, XI b 295. [OFr. desir.] See
Dissiret.
#Desplaid#, pp. unfurled, II 294. [OFr. despleier.]
#Desport#, n. amusement, IX 276; do desport, play, make merry, XII
a 174. [OFr. desport.]
#Desserte#, n. deserts, merit, VI 235. [OFr. desserte.]
#Desspendoure#, n. steward, almoner, III 21. [OFr. despendour.]
See Spendere.
#Destiné#, n. fate, V 217; Fate, VIII a 269. [OFr. destinée.]
#Destresse#, n. distress, II 514. [OFr. destresse.]
#Det#, n. debt, XVII 222; #Dettes#, pl. VIII a 92. [OFr. dette.]
#Determynable#, adj. decisive, authoritative, VI 234. [OFr.
determinable.]
#Determinacion#, n. authoritative decision, XI b 263. [OFr.
determinacion.]
#Deþ#, v. See Don.
#Deþ(e)#, #Deth#, n. death, II 332, V 37, VII 9, VIII a 324 (the
Plague), &c. [OE. dēaþ.] See Ded(e), adj. and n.
#Deuel(l)#, #Deuelle#, #Deuyl(l)#, #Dele# (V), n. devil, Devil, IV b
20, 26, V 120, VIII a 56, 114, XI b 105, XV h 16, XVI 341, 399,
&c.; what deuel, what the devil, XVI 223. [OE. dēofol.]
#Deuelway#; in þe d., in the Devil's name, XVI 133. [See N.E.D.,
s.v. Devil 19.]
#Deuere#, n. duty, XVII 319. [OFr. deveir.]
#Devyded# (in), pp. divided (into), IX 28. [L. dīvidere.]
#Deuise#, #-yse#, #Devise#, v. to descry, II 312; to describe, relate,
IX 267, 268, 271. [OFr. deviser; see N.E.D., s.v. Devise.]
#Deuocio(un)#, #Deuocyun#, n. devotion, devoutness, pious practice, I
18, V 124, XI b 110, 120, XII a 14, &c. [OFr. devocion.]
#Deuote#, #Deuout#, adj. devout, VI 46, XI b 58, &c. [OFr. devot.]
#Deuoutnes#, n. devoutness, XIV c 79. [From prec.]
#Dew#, #Dewly#. See Du, Duly.
#Dyacne#, n. deacon, III 9, 12; #Diaknen#, dat. pl., III 5. [OE.
diacon, OFr. diacne.] See Archidekenes.
#Dyamand#, #Dyamaund#, n. diamond, IX 33, 36, &c. [OFr. diamant,
altered form of ademant; see Ademand.]
#Diche#, #Dyche#, n. moat, dike, II 361, VI 247; notion in VI appar.
releasing of water pent up by a dam. [OE. dīc.]
#Dyd#, #Dide(n)#. See Do(n).
#Dye(n)#. See Deye.
#Diemed#. See Deme.
#Diete#, v. refl. to diet (oneself), VIII a 263. [From OFr. diete,
n.]
#Diffynen#, pres. pl. determine, fix, IX 315. [OFr. definer.]
#Digge#, #Dyggen#, v. to dig, II 255, IX 231; #Digged#, pa. t. pl.
VIII a 101. [? OFr. diguer; see N.E.D.]
#Dyggynge#, n. digging, IX 201.
#Dignyté#, n. dignity; of dignyte, worshipful, XVII 166. [OFr.
digneté.]
#Dyȝede#. See Deye.
#Diȝte#, #Dighte#, #Dyȝte#, #Dyghte#, v. to arrange, prepare,
make, I 30, V 155, VIII a 286; diȝte, arrayed for battle, XIV b
34; dyght to dede, put to death, XVII 543. [OE. dihtan.]
#Diken#, #Dyken#, v. to dig, VIII a 135, 184. [OE. dīcian.]
#Diker(e)#, #Dyker#, n. digger, ditcher, VIII a 101, 325. [OE.
dīcere.]
#Dykynge#, digging, ditching, VIII a 244. [OE. dīcung.]
#Diligently#, adv. watchfully, IX 191. [From OFr. diligent.]
#Dim#, adj. faint, II 285; #Dimme#, adv. faintly, XII b 31. [OE.
dimm.]
#Dymes#, n. pl. tithes, XI b 300. [OFr. di(s)me, from L.
decima.]
#Dimuir#, adj. calm, XIV c 37. [OFr. *demeur, in demeurement,
soberly.]
#Dyne#, v. trans. to eat (at dinner), VIII a 303; _2 sg. pres.
subj._ VIII a 257; #Dyned#, pp. intr. had dinner, VIII a 274.
[OFr. di(s)ner.]
#Dyner#, n. dinner, VIII a 286. [OFr. di(s)ner.]
#Dynge(n)#, v. to strike, smite, beat, V 37 (MS. dynneȝ), VIII a
135, XVI 180, 203; #Dang#, pa. t. pl. X 54. [OE. *dingan; cf.
dencgan, ON. dengja.]
#Dynne#, n. noise, XVI 234, 284; #Den#, XV h 2. [OE. dyne.]
#Dynt#, n. stroke, blow, V 48, 155, 196, XV h 2; dynt of honde, a
blow (with a weapon), V 37, VII 92. [OE. dynt.]
#Diol#. See Dole.
#Dirige#, n. (dirge), matins in the office for the dead, VIII b 48,
XI b 132 (note). [L. dirige.]
#Disceit#, n. deception, wile, XI b 171, 311. [OFr. deceite.]
#Disceyue(n)#, v. to deceive, IX 112, XI b 92. [OFr. deceiv-re,
decev-eir.]
#Discende#, pa. t. descended, XVI 77. [OFr. descend-re.]
#Disciple#, n. disciple, XI b 15, XII introd. [OFr. disciple.]
#Discord#, n. discord; without discord, in peace (or
incontestably; cf. Distance), XVII 31. [OFr. discord.]
#Discrecyone# (of), n. ? separation (from), IV b 69. [OFr.
discrecion.]
#Discre(e)t#, adj. judicious, discerning, VIII b 88, IX 295. [OFr.
discret.]
#Disour(e)s#, n. pl. professional story-tellers, jesters, I introd.,
VIII a 56. [OFr. disour.]
#Dispisen#, v. to despise, XI b 93, 179. [OFr. despire,
despis-.]
#Dyspleseȝ#, #Displeases#, v. 3 sg. pres. displeases, VI 95, XVII
85; imper. pl. (intr.) be displeased, VI 62. [OFr. desplaisir.]
#Dysseuer#, v. depart, XVII 27. [OFr. dessevrer.]
#Dissiret#, pa. t. desired, VII 114. [OFr. desirer.] See Desyre.
#Disstryeȝ#. See Distroie.
#Distance#, n. quarrelling; without distance, indisputably, XVII 57.
[OFr. destance.]
#Distreynen#, v. to afflict, IX 315. [OFr. destreindre,
destreign-.]
#Distroie#, #-oy(e)#, #Destroye#, v. to destroy, VII 28, IX 215, XI
b 215, XVII 93; #Disstryeȝ#, pres. pl. V 307. [OFr. destrui-re;
with disstryeȝ cf. Byled, Nye.]
#Distroiynge#, n. destruction, XI b 100. [From prec.]
#Dysturble#, v. to disturb, I 16. [OFr. destourbler.]
#Ditees#, n. pl. poems, XII introd. [OFr. dité.]
#Diuers(e)#, #Dyuers(e)#, adj. varying, divergent, XIII b 44;
different, various, IX 16, 287, 289, XII a 55, &c.; dyuers maner(e),
different kinds of, XIII b 47, 48; ich maner diuers animal, every
kind of different animal, II 364. [OFr. divers.]
#Dyuersitees#, #-eeȝ#, n. pl. (strange) varieties, IX 266, 280.
[OFr. diversité.]
#Do(n)#, #Doo#, v. I 219, IV b 65, IX 169, &c. to do; to done (OE.
tō dōnne), VIII a 104, 197, IX 160; 2 sg. #Dos#, XVII 196;
#Doste#, VIII a 75; #Dotȝ#, VI 196; 3 sg. #Deþ# (OE. dēþ),
III 60; #Dose#, IV a 57, &c.; #Dotȝ#, V 143; #Doþ#, II 112, &c.;
pl. #Don(e)#, II 2, VIII a 220, &c.; #Dos#, I 157; #Doþ# (MS. doh),
*XV b 22; imper. pl. #Dotȝ#, VI 161, 176; #Doþ#, I 82, II 218.
Pa. t. sg. #Ded(e)#, I 176, II 232, III 17, &c.; #Dyd#, I 166, &c.;
#Did(e)#, XI b 13, XVII 11 (2 sg.), &c.; pl. #Dede(n)#, II 32, XV
i 13; #Diden#, XI b 247. Pres. p. #Doande#, IV b 9; pp. #Do#,
XI b 271, XII a 107, &c.; #Doyne#, XVII 139; #Don(e)#, IX 326, XIV
a 24, &c.; #Ydo#, II 381; #Ydone#, II 76. (i) To act, do, make,
perform, work, II 32, III 17, IV b 9, 25, VI 161, XIV b 38, &c.; to
exert, XI b 6; representing any verb understood, I 157, II 112, &c.;
be to done, es to doo, is to be done, IV b 65, VIII a 197; _doþ
at_, act according to, I 82; don gret pyne, toil hard, VI 151; _don
him felaschipe_, bear him company, XII a 24; doþ ȝour best, do
your best, II 218; do þi best, get on as best you can, II 126; _made
hymself to done_, set himself to work, VIII a 104. (ii) To make, cause
to, III 60, VI 196; ded come, fetched, I 176; do deye, kill, VIII
a 269; dotȝ me drede, makes me afraid, V 143; do(n) to wyte,
to vnderstande, give (one) to understand, inform, II 2, VIII a 56;
followed by infin. (without expressed subj., as did it wryte, had it
written), I introd., 218, VIII a 79 (note), and (merging into mere
auxil. as in Mn.E.) I 167, XVI 203, XVII 326, &c. (cf. Gar). (iii) To
put, I 219, VI 6; dede on (upon), donned, II 343, XII a 53; _don
awei_, set aside, abolished, XI b 206. (iv) Refl. in dede him out,
went out, II 232, 474. (v) Pp. finished, I 68, XVII 139; at an end,
XIV a 24; past, over, II 76, VII 167, XVII 148; haue done, (get it
done), be quick, XVII 316, 352, 480. I haue at do, I have something to
do, XVII 235 (see At); do way!, enough!, II 226. [OE. dōn;
dyde (dē̆de, dǣde), pa. t.; see Morsbach, ME. Gram., §
130, n. 6.] See Vndo.
#Docke#, v. to curtail, mutilate, XI a 57. [Obscure.]
#Doctours#, n. pl. doctors (of the Church), XI a 27. [OFr.
doctour.]
#Doȝty#, #Doughty#, #Douhti#, adj. doughty, V 196, VII 84, XIV c
106; as sb., V 266. [OE. dohtig.]
#Doȝtyr#, #Doghter#, #-yr#, #Douȝter# (VIII), #Dowhter# (XII),
n. daughter, I 44, 47, 215, VIII a 14, 73, XII a 192, &c.;
#Doghtyr#, gen. sg. I 136. [OE. dohtor.]
#Doyne#. See Do(n).
#Doyll#, n. dole, what is distributed in charity; penny doyll,
masspenny, the offering for a mass for the soul of one dead, XVII 390.
[OE. (ge-)dāl.] See Dele(n).
#Doynge#, n.; d. awaye of, putting away, IV b 61; doyngis,
affairs, XI b 290. [OE. dōung.]
#Dold#, adj. stupid, XVII 266. [? Related (as dulled to dull) to
OE. dol.] See Dull.
#Dole#, #Diol# (II), n. lamentation, grief, misery, II 198, VIII a
114, XIV b 10, XVI 347. [OFr. dol, doel, deol, diol, &c.]
#Dol(e)ful#, adj. doleful, XIV b 72, XV h 16. [Prec. + -ful.]
#Doluen#. See Deluen.
#Dome#, n. judgement, XVI 319; doom, I 173; award, VI 220; _domes for
te deme_, to converse, XV b 30 (see Deme). [OE. dōm.]
#Domesday(e)#, #Domysday#, n. Doomsday, IV a 35, XI b 48, XVII 25.
[OE. dōmes dæg.]
#Donge#, n. dung, manure, VIII a 283. [OE. dúng.]
#Donkeþ#, pres. pl. moisten, XV b 28. [Unknown; cf. Mn.E. dank.]
#Dore#, #Doore# (XVII), n. door, XII a 70, XVII 137, 280, 376. [OE.
duru; dor.]
#Dore(n)#, #Dorste#. See Dar.
#Dosnyt#, pp. dazed, stunned, X 129. [Obscure.]
#Dote#, n. dotard, fool, XVII 265. [? From next.]
#Dote#, v. to talk folly, XVII 367. [Cf. MDu. doten; ? OFr.
redoter.]
#Dotȝ#, #Doþ#. See Do(n).
#Doubill#, #Double#, adj. double, X introd., XII a 162. [OFr.
double.]
#Doufe#; #Douȝter#; #Douhti#. See Dowue; Doȝtyr; Doȝty.
#Doumbe#, adj. dumb, XI b 175. [OE. dúmb.]
#Doun#, n. down (feathers), XII a 95. [ON. dún-n.]
#Doun(e)#, #Down(e)#, adv. down, I 76, 194, II 69, X 101, &c. See
Adoun.
#Dounes#, n. pl. hills, XV b 28. [OE. dūn.]
#Dousour#, n. sweetness, VI 69. [OFr. dousur.]
#Dout(e)#, n. fear, I 147, XII a 144, XIV a 14; (fear of) danger,
X 38. [OFr. doute.]
#Doute#, v. to fear, VII 114; #Dutte#, pa. t. sg. V 189. [OFr.
douter.]
#Dowhter#. See Doȝtyr.
#Dowid#, pp. endowed, XI b 140. [OFr. do(u)er.]
#Dowue#, #Dowfe#, #Doufe#, n. dove, XVI 78, XVII 484, 505, 514. [OE. ?
*dūfe; ON. dúfa.]
#Drad#, #Dradde#. See Drede(n).
#Dragounes#, n. pl. dragons, IX 203. [OFr. dragon.]
#Dray(e)#, n. commotion, XIV b 34, XVI 146. [OFr. de(s)rai.]
#Draught#, n. (a move in chess), an artful trick, XVI 399 (see
Drawe). [OE. *dræht, related to next.]
#Draw(e)#, v. trans. to draw, drag, pull, bring, &c., IV b 19, IX
124, X 82, XIII a 33, XVI 319; to cart, VIII a 283; intr. move,
proceed, &c., XVII 245; #Drogh#, pa. t. sg. XV a 12; #Drou#, XV g
16; #Drouh#, #Drowh#, XII a 155, b 73, 124; #Droghe#, pa. t. pl.
VII 88; #Drew#, X 58; #Drawe#, pp. XII b 90, XIII a 35; #Drawyn#,
X 124; #Ydrawe#, II 295. Þou drawes to wittenesse, thou citest, XVI
279; drawe vs no draught, make no move against us, play us no trick (a
chess metaphor; cf. Chaucer, Bk. Duchesse, 682), XVI 399; _drou
hymselue bi þe top_, tore his hair, XV g 16; drawe to, toward,
approach, XII b 124, XIII a 57; draweth <to> colour lyke, approaches
the colour of, IX 34 (note); drawe after, take after, resemble, XIII
b 6. [OE. dragan.] See Vp-, With-drawe.
#Draw-brig#, n. drawbridge, X 165. [Prec. + ON. bryggja.] See
Brygge.
#Drawynge# (intill), n. coming (to), IV b 63.
#Drede#, n. fear, I 147, 211, &c.; doubt (cf. Dredles), in _I puit
ȝou holly out of d._, I assure you, XIV c 12; _ensample and drede
aȝens_, a fearful caution against, I 261; for drede, in fear, V
190, XVII 212; in spite of their fear (of me), XVI 146. [From next.]
#Drede(n)#, #Dred#, v. trans. to fear, IV b 85, V 287, XI b 141,
XVII 47, 55; intr. to be afraid, IV a 31 (with of), 61, V 143;
refl. to be afraid, XI a 61, XII b 67, 108 (dradde him vnto, was
afraid of). #Dradde#, pa. t. XII b 67, 108; #Dredde#, I 145, XIV c
30, 62; #Drad#, pp. XIV c 19. [OE. (on)-drēdan, -drǣdan.]
See Adrad.
#Dredles#, #Dreid<les>#, adj. fearless, V 266; (parenthetic) without doubt,
X 88. [From Drede, n.]
#Dreed#, pp. endured, XVII 533. [OE. drēogan, str. v.]
#Dregh#, #Dreȝ#, adj. heavy; tedious, IV a 12; adv. heavily,
forcibly, V 195. [ON. drjúg-r, older *dreog-.]
#Dreie#. See Druyȝe.
#Dreynte#, pa. t. drowned (intr.), XII a 135; #Dreinte#, pp. XII
a 167. [OE. drencan, drencte.]
#Dreme#, n. noise, XV h 16. [OE. drēam.]
#Dremys#, n. pl. dreams, XI b 73. [ON. draum-r, appar. identified
in form with OE. drēam, noise, music; see prec.]
#Drepit#, pp. smitten, VII 9. [OE. drepan.]
#Dresse#, #Dres#, v. (to direct); to arrange, ordain, VI 135; to set
(up), X 16; I will dres me to, I will get ready to, XVII 238. [OFr.
dresser.]
#Drife#, #Dryfe#. See Dryue.
#Dryȝtyn#, n. God, V 70. [OE. dryhten.]
#Drink#, #Drynk(e)#, #Dryng#, n. drink, XV e 14, 15; esp. in _mete
and drink_, &c., see Mete; pl. potions, VIII a 269. [From next.]
#Drynke(n)#, v. to drink, IX 6, 256, &c.; drink strong drink, VIII a
257; fig. pay the penalty, pay for it, XVII 380 (or drown; but cf.
N.E.D., s.v. Drink 16); #Drank#, pa. t. pl. I 158; #Dronken#,
pp. in ben lyghtly d., easily get drunk, IX 14; #Ydronke#, VIII a
274. [OE. drincan.]
#Dryue#, #Driue#; #Dryfe#, #Drife# (XVII), v. trans. to drive, VIII
a 128, 184, b 19, XV h 2, XVII 273; intr. to hasten, I 171, XVII
193; as þai miȝt driue, as fast as they could go, II 141; #Dryuen#,
pp. (intr.) hurtled, V 195. [OE. drīfan.] See To-dryue.
#Drogh(e)#. See Draw(e).
#Drone#, #Drowne#, v. to drown, VII 154, XVII 372. [See N.E.D.]
#Dronke-lewe#, adj. given to drunkenness, XI b 197. [OE.
druncen-lǣwe.]
#Dronken#. See Drynke(n).
#Drou(h)#, #Drowh#. See Draw(e).
#Drought#, n. dry weather, VIII a 283. [OE. drūgoþ,
*drūhþ-.]
#Druyȝe#, #Dreie# (XII), #Dry(e)#, adj. dry, I 120, XII b 23,
XVII 370; as sb., XIV c 30. [OE. drȳge (Kt. drēge).]
#Du#, #Dew#, adj. belonging; was dew to, belonged to, VII 61; _hor
du nyghtis_, the nights belonging to them, VII 127; #Duly#, #Dewly#
(XVI), adv. correctly, rightly, as is due, VII 60, 64, XVI 248. [OFr.
deü, du.]
#Duell(e)#. See Dwelle(n).
#Duine#, pp. wasted, II 261. [OE. dwīnan; dwĭnen, pp.]
#Duk(e)#, n. duke, VII 84, 92, XIV c 65, &c. [OFr. duc.]
#Dull#, adj. stupid, foolish, VII 50. [OE. ? *dylle, rel. to dol.]
#Dulle#, v. to make dull, stupefy, XII introd. [From prec.]
#Dure#, #Duyre#, v. to endure, last, remain, VIII a 58, b 25, XIII
a 3, XIV c 4. [OFr. durer.]
#Durst#. See Dar.
#Dusche#, n. crash, X 106. [Echoic.]
#Duschit#, pa. t. sg. crashed, X 101. [As prec.]
#Dutte#. See Doute.
#Dwelle(n)#, #Duell(e)#, v. to linger, tarry, XII b 146; _to dwelle
in_, to dwell on, XI b 130; to remain, abide, IV a 90, IX 173, XII
b 172, XVI 304, &c.; to live, dwell, IX 10, 165, 288, &c. #Dwelling#,
n. XIV a 24. [OE. dwellan.]
#Ebreu#, n. Hebrew (language), XI a 44; #Ebrew#, IX 208, 212. [OFr.
(h)ebreu.]
#Eche#, adj. each, VIII a 104, XI b 6, 19, &c.; eche a, every,
VIII a 2, 189, 243; pron. each one, II 403, XI b 47. [OE.
ǣlc.] See Ich, Ilk, Vch.
#Echone#, pron. each one, I 51, 196; #Echoune#, I 49. [Prec. + OE.
ān.]
#Een#; #Eest#; #Eet#. See Eiȝe; Est; Ete(n).
#Eft(e)#, adv. afterwards, again, once more, thereupon, I 141, 143,
229, 235, II 211, V 227, 320, XVII 241, 448. [OE. eft.]
#Eftsone#, adv. (soon) afterwards, VIII a 163; immediately, XII b
68, 70. [Prec. + OE. sōna.]
#Eftsoneȝ#, adv. soon afterwards, straightway, V 349; #Eftsonis#, X
4. [Prec. + adv. -es.]
#Efterward#. See Afterward.
#Egge#, n. (edge, cutting weapon), axe, V 324. [OE. ecg.]
#Eggyng#, n. incitement, IV b 84. [From ON. eggja, to egg on.]
#Egyrly#, adv. fiercely, X 133. [From OFr. aigre, egre.]
#Egle#, n. eagle, IX 247, 251; egle hys for egles (gen. sg.), XIII
a 22. [OFr. aigle, egle.]
#Eiȝe#, n. eye; sg. #Eye#, IX 304; #Ye#, I 149, 192; #Yȝe#, VI
207; #Yhe#, XII a 71; pl. #Een#, VII 57; #Eȝe#, XV c 14;
#Eyen#, VIII a 168; #Eiȝe#, II 327, 591; #Eyȝen#, II 111;
#Yhen#, XII a 106. [OE. ēage, ēge.]
#Eir#. See Er, adv.
#Eyleþ#, 3 sg. pres. ind. ails, troubles, VIII a 122, 254; #Alis#,
XVII 294. [OE. eglan, to molest.]
#Eiste#, n. goods, XV g 20. [OE. ǣ̆ht. On st for ht, see
App., p. 278.]
#Eyþer#. See Aither.
#Ek(e)#, adv. also, II 323, VIII a 282, XII b 195. [OE.
ē(a)c.]
#Elles#, #-eȝ#, #-is#, #Els# (XVII), #Ell# (IX), adv. otherwise,
else, if not, VI 131, VIII a 175, 227, IX 132, XI b 25, 241, 246,
XVI 305, &c.; pleonastic in apodosis to bote, but if, I introd.,
VIII a 307; (any one) else, V 40; (introducing threat), or (else),
XVII 299. [OE. elles.]
#Elleswhere#, adv. elsewhere, away, XII b 180. [OE. elleshwǣr.]
#Elmesses#. See Almes.
#Emang#, #Emong#. See Amang, Amonge.
#Emell#, prep. among (following pron.) XVI 104. [ON. á (or í)
milli.]
#Empeyre#, v. to impair, IX 338. [OFr. empeirer.] See Apeyre.
#Emperise#, n. empress, VI 81. [OFr. emperesse, with substitution of
fem. suffix -ice.]
#Emperour(e)#, n. emperor, IX 260, XII b 191, 211. [OFr.
emper(e)our.]
#Empyre#, n. imperial sway, VI 94. [OFr. empire.]
#En#, prep. in Fr. phrase, en exile, in exile, II 493. [OFr. en.]
#Enarmede#, pp. armed, VII 87. [OFr. enarmer.] See Armyt.
#Encerche#, v. to explore, IX 273. [OFr. encerchier.] See Serche.
#Enchauntements#, n. pl. spells, IX 84. [OFr. enchantement.]
#Enchauntour#, n. sorcerer, IX 86. [OFr. enchant(e)our.]
#Enchesone#, #Enchesun#, n. cause, occasion, I 202; _for þat enchesone
of_, on account of, I 43. [OFr. acheso(u)n, encheso(u)n, &c. For a
similar alteration, see Endorde.] See Chesouns.
#Enclose#, v. to shut up, enclose, IX 165, 168, 174, 227. [en +
Close; cf. in cloos, s.v. Cloos, n.]
#Encrees#, v. to increase (intr.), XVI 292. [OFr. encreis- (AFr.
encres(s)-), stem of encreistre.]
#Ende#, n. (i) end, limit I 95, 187, V 112, VII 98, &c.; at þe ende,
on the end, XII b 54; sette an e. of, put finishing touch to, XII
introd.; withouten e., for ever, XVI 300, 404; _the vttiremeste e.
of all þi kynne_, the furthest point (to which one can go back) in your
ancestry, XVI 232; see Fer, Laste, Partener, Toune, Tweluemonth; (ii)
borders, confines, IX 180; (iii) object, XII a 21; to þat e. þat,
&c., in order that, IX 111, 281; (iv) result, success; _[ben] triet in
þe e._, turn out trustworthy, VII 17; bryng to an e., accomplish, IX
169; make an e., bring it about, XII a 48; betre (wors) ende,
advantage, disadvantage, XIII a 59, 60; (v) fate, death, VII 180;
make e. of, destroy, XVII 104. [OE. énde.]
#Ende#, v. trans. to end, I 206; to complete, VII 4; intr. to come
to an end, VII 29; to continue to the end, XI b 110. [OE. éndian.]
#Endyng#, n.; withowten e., for ever, eternally, IV a 96, IX 335.
[OE. endung.]
#Endyte#, v. to suggest or dictate (the form of words to be said or
sung), I 56. [OFr. endit(i)er.]
#Endles(se)#, adj. endless, eternal, IV a 90, VII 2, XVI 35, &c.;
#Yendles#, XVI 124. [OE. endelēas; énde-; with Yend- cf.
ȝederly (and see N.E.D., s.v. End).]
#Endorde#, pp. as sb. adored (one), VI 8. [OFr. adorer; confusion
of prefix is probably English, but cf. Enchesone.]
#Endre#, adj. latter, just passed; þis endre dai, a day or two ago,
XV a 4, Introduction xii. [ON. endr adv., formerly.]
#Enduir#, #-dure#, #Induyr#, v. to last, VII 39, XIV c 36, XVII 148,
283; to bear, have the strength (to), XIII a 42; _endured in worlde
stronge_, suffered severely in the world (or ? remained strong in this
world), VI 116. [OFr. endurer.]
#Enemy(e)#. See Enmy.
#Enes cunnes#. See Eny.
#Enew#. See Ynow.
#Engendren#, v. to beget offspring, IX 59. [OFr. engendrer.]
#Engendroure#, n. parentage, origin, VIII a 228. [OFr.
engendrure.]
#Engynys#, n. pl. machines, X 33. [OFr. engin.] See Gyn(e).
#Engynour#, n. engineer (contriver of machines), X 71, 89. [OFr.
engigneor.] See Gynour.
#Engliȝsch#, n. English (language), XI a 30, 37, 64, 65;
#Englysch#, XIII b 29, 34, &c.; #English#, XI a 2; #Englis(s)#, III
introd.; #Englysshe#, VII introd.; #Inglis#, I introd. [OE.
englisc.]
#Engliȝsch#, adj. English, XI a 34; #Englisch#, XIV c 17;
#Englyssh#, I introd.; #Inglis#, X 43, XIV a 26, b 10. [OE.
englisc.]
#Engliȝsch(e)men#, #Englyschmen#, n. pl. Englishmen, XI a 28, 40,
52, XIII b 9, 43, &c. [OE. englisc + mann.]
#Eny#, adj. any, III 5, VIII a 251, XIII a 48; eny wyle, any
length of time, VIII b 25; in eny weie, by any means, XII a 16;
#Enes cunnes#, XV g 22, #Eny kyns#, VIII b 20, of any kind, any kind
of (OE. *ǣniges cynnes). [OE. ǣnig, Kt. ēni(g).] See
Ani, Ony.
#Enmy#, #Enemy(e)#, n. enemy, IV a 92, V 338, VIII b 78, IX 81,
&c. [OFr. enemi.]
#Enogh#. See Ynoȝ, Ynow.
#Enquestes#, n. pl. inquests (inquiries into matters of public or
state interest), VIII b 59. [OFr. enqueste.]
#Ensa(u)mple#, n. example, instance, I 202, XI b 298, 301;
cautionary instance, warning, I 261 (see Drede; cf. next). [AFr.
ensample altered, by confusion of prefixes, from OFr. essample.]
See Sample.
#Ensamplen#, v. refl.; wherof [he] may ensamplen him, from which he
may take warning, XII b 223 (cf. prec.). [From prec.]
#Entaille#, n. fashion, XII a 64. [OFr. entaille.]
#Entent(e)#, n. purpose, VII 27; to what e., for what reason, XII
b 168; to þat e. to, to þat e. and ende þat, in order to, that, IX
120, 280; mind, X 184; will, desire, IV a 22; with all thare e.,
with their whole minds, XVII 113. [OFr. entent, entente.]
#Enterlacé#, adj. interlaced, (verse) with alternate rime,
Introduction xv. [OFr. entrelacé.]
#Entyrludes#, n. pl. comic dramatic pieces, farces, I 5. [AFr.
*entrelude, Anglo-L. interlūdium.]
#Entysyd#, pa. t. enticed, XVII 37. [OFr. enticier.]
#Entre#, #Entere#, v. to enter, XVI 270, 282; entered in Iudas,
inspired Judas, XVI 165. [OFr. entrer.]
#Entrike#, v. to deceive, XII a 116. [OFr. entriquer.]
#Enveremyt#, pa. t. surrounded, X 46. [OFr. environner; the forms
enverom- &c. first appear in English in 14th c.]
#Enuy#, n. envy, XVII 51. [OFr. envie.]
#Eorne#, v. to run; to flow, XIII a 23, 37, 54, 62; #Yarn#, _pa. t.
sg._ ran, III 43; #Ourn#, pl. II 85; #Vrn#, II 89. [OE. éornan; pa.
t. éarn, úrnon.] See Ryn.
#Eorþe#. See Erth(e).
#Erbeȝ#, #Herbes#, n. pl. (green) plants, V 122, XII a 82. [OFr.
(h)erbe.]
#Erde#, n. dwelling-place, own land, VIII a 194; in tag in erde
(on earth, among men), V 348, it is perh. a form of Erth(e). [OE.
éard. The frequent ME. (Northern) form erd(e), earth, may, in part,
be due to this; but cf. Dede n.^1]
#Er(e)#, #Eir# (X), adv. before, V 209, XII b 113; ere now, XVII
328; formerly, VI 12; earlier (with befor) X 140; conj. before
(usually with subj.), II 190, 256, V 152, 204, 223, XII a 104, b
19; prep. before (in time), VIII a 140. [OE. ǣr.] See Ar,
Are, Or.
#Er(e)#, pres. ind. pl. are, I introd., IV a 60, b 8, 53, 54,
XIV a 6, 7, 12, 18, b 85, &c. [ON. eru.] See Ar(e), Es, &c.
#Ere#, n. ear, II 528, VIII a 263, XII a 104, b 32; #Eris#,
pl. XI b 159. [OE. ēare.]
#Erie#, #Erye#, v. to plough, VIII a 4, 5, 67, 100, 110. [OE.
erian.]
#Erles#, #Erls#, n. pl. earls, II 202, 503, VII 84. [OE. éorl, infl.
in sense by cognate ON. jarl.]
#Erliche#, adv. early, VIII b 15; #Erly#, VI 146; e. and late, at
all times, VI 32. [OE. ǣr-līce.] See Er(e), Ar.
#Ernde#, n. the business (on which one has come), V 235. [OE.
ǣrende, message; ON. erinde, &c. message, business.]
#Erre#, v. to err, XI b 14. [OFr. errer.]
#Errour#, n. error, falsehood, heretical opinion, VII 46, XI b 44,
77, 215; speke errour, say what is mistaken, VI 62. [OFr. errour.]
#Ert#. See Art.
#Erth(e)#, #Eorþe# (XIII, XIV c), #Vrþe# (VI), n. earth, soil, IV
b 4, 12; the ground, IV b 36, V 161, IX 149, XIII a 8, 15; the
world, VI 82, XI a 8, XVII 180; in erth(e), on earth, in the world,
IV a 47, IX 332, XVI 363, XVII 42, &c.; in eorþe, XIV c 110; _vpon
erthe_, V 30; in erth (sc. lufe in erth), earthly (love), IV a 10.
[OE. eorþe, éorþe.] See Erde.
#Erth(e)ly#, adj. earthly, IV a 29, b 12, 29, XVI 134, &c. [OE.
eorþ-lic.]
#Erytage#, #Herytage#, n. inheritance, VI 57, 83. [OFr. (h)eritage.]
#Es#, 3 sg. pres. ind. is, I 7, *128 (note), IV a 1, 5, 10, &c., b
65, XIV a 5, 20, b 8, 9, XV a 9. [A Northern form. ON. es.]
See Is, &c.
#Eschue#, #Eschuie#, v. to avoid, escape, VIII a 55, XII b 8.
[OFr. eschiwer, eschuer.]
#Ese#, #Ays#, n. comfort, pleasure, in him is ays, gives him
pleasure or comfort, II 239; at ese, comfortable, VIII a 144; well
off, XVII 388. [OFr. aise, eise.] See Malais, Missays.
#Esely#, #Esily#, adv. without discomfort, XII b 91; easily, IX 119.
[From ME. esé, OFr. aisié (related to prec.).]
#Est(e)#, #Eest# (XVII), east; adj. IX 2; adv. XVI 333; n. IX 73,
XIII b 51, XVII 453. [OE. ēast, adv., ēaste, n.]
#Ete(n)#, v. to eat, VIII a 129, 258, 298, IX 142, 242, XV g 25,
XVII 395 (see Bred), &c.; #Eet#, pa. t. sg. VIII a 291; #Ete#,
pa. t. pl. I 158, II 396; #Eten#, pp. VIII a 261, IX 144; #Etin#,
XIV b 74, 76, 77. [OE. etan.]
#Euaungelistis#, n. pl. evangelists, XI b 306. [L.
ēvangelista.] See Awangelys.
#Euel(l)#. See Yuel.
#Euen#, #Eve#, n. evening, III 54, VIII a 178, XII b 18, XVII 205;
see Morwe. [OE. ǣfen, ēfen.]
#Euen(e)#, #Euyn#, #Evin#, adv. equally, exactly, just, quite, indeed,
I introd., VII 27, XII b 49, XVII 125, 290, 379, 462, &c.; also,
too, VII 51, 154; evin (till), just opposite, X 81; euene ryȝt,
exactly, XIII a 47; euen Hym by, on a level with Him, XVII 18;
ful(l) euen, equally, as well, quite, XVI 280, XVII 10, 344. [OE.
efen, efne.]
#Euenly#, adv. exactly, XVII 258. [OE. efen-līce.]
#Euensong(e)#, n. evensong, vespers, VI 169, XI b 131, 189, 224,
241. [OE. ēfen-sáng, -sóng.]
#Euentyde#, n. evening, VI 222. [OE. ēfen-tīd.]
#Euer(e)#, adv. ever; always, continually, for ever, I 94, VII 2, VIII
a 271, b 100, &c.; at any time, II 42, V 57, IX 327, &c.; added to
indef. relatives (q.v.), I 2, XVII 210, &c. [OE. ǣfre.]
#Euerich#, #Euerych(e)#, #Eueri#, adj. every, each, I 9, II 60, 517,
580, IX 63, XIII a 22, 26, &c.; euerich a, every, II 490, XVII 544.
[OE. ǣfre-ylc.] See Eche, Ich, &c.
#Euerichon#, pron. every one, II 189; #Euerilkone#, XVI 311 (in
apposition to prec. noun). [Prec. + OE. ān.]
#Everydel#, adv. in every detail, XII a 147. [Eueri + Dele, q.v.]
See Somdel.
#Euermare#, #Euermore#, adv. (for) evermore, ever after, I 97, II 213,
IV a 20, VIII a 236, XIV b 64, &c.; now and always, VI 231. [OE.
ǣfre + māre.] See Mor(e).
#Euermo#, adv. evermore, II 168. [OE. ǣfre + mā.] See Mo.
#Euyll#. See Yuel.
#Evidence#, n. evidence, indication (of what is to come), XII a 128.
[OFr. evidence.]
#Evin#, #Euyn#. See Euen(e).
#Euþer#, conj.; euþer ... and, both ... and, VII 57. [OE.
ǣg-hwæþer, ǣgweþer.] See Aither.
#Examyne#, v. to examine, test, IX 295, 297, 300. [OFr. examiner.]
#Excellent#, adj. surpassing, IX 270, 330; #Exellently#, adv.;
exellently of alle þyse oþer, conspicuously among all these others, V
355. [OFr. excellent.]
#Excuse(n)#, v. to excuse, V 63, 360, XI b 8, 145, &c. [OFr.
excuser.]
#Exile#, n.; en exile, in exile, II 493. [OFr. en exile.]
#Expownd#, v. to expound; I expownd, it is my opinion, XVII 440.
[OFr. expondre.]
#Expres#, v. to express, XVII 13. [OFr. expresser.]
#Expresse#, adv. definitely, XI b 63. [OFr. expres, adj.]
#Fabill#, #Fable#, n. fable, fabulous tale, VI 232, VII 34, X
introd. [OFr. fable.]
#Face#, n. face, V 303, &c.; distrib. sg. (see Hert), XIII a 33;
in His face, to His face, openly, XI b 179; mannes face, VIII a
234 (note). [OFr. face.]
#Fader#, #Fadir#, #-yr#, #Uader# (III), n. father, I 122, II 29, III
introd., VIII b 37, IX 286, &c.; #Fadir#, gen. sg. XVI 79;
#Fadris#, XVI 36. [OE. fæder.]
#Fadirhode#, n. fatherhood (as title), IX 294. [Prec. + OE. hād.]
#Faggatis#, n. pl. fagots, X 111. [OFr. fagot.] See Flaggatis.
#Faght#. See Fight.
#Fai#, #Fay#, n. faith, XIV c 7; in French formula par ma fay, by
my troth, VI 129. [OFr. fei.] See Feith, Parfay.
#Faierie#. See Fairi.
#Fayll#, n. in withoutten fayll, without fail, XVII 149. [OFr.
faille.]
#Fail(l)e#, #Fayl#, v. to fail, be wanting, VIII a 320, XI b 186,
XIV c 35, XVII 274, &c.; faile (fayl) of, to fail in, miss, XVI 157,
XVII 492; #Fayled#, 2 sg. pa. t. were at fault, V 288; #Failet#, pl.
in f. hym, he lacked, VII 175. [OFr. faillir.]
#Fayn(e)#, adj. glad, VI 33, 90, VIII a 266, 295; _fayn I wold
(that)_, I would be glad (if), XVII 526. [OE. fægen.]
#Fayned#. See Feynen.
#Fair(e)#, #Fayr(e)#, #Feyre# (I), #Uayre# (III), adj. fair,
beautiful, I 63, II 70, XV c 13, &c.; excellent, good, &c., I 260, III
2, V 250, VI 130, XIII a 30, &c.; seemly, I 80; as sb. in _þat
faire_, that fair being, IV a 81; fayre myght the befall, may good
luck come to you, XVII 514; #Feyrest#, #Fairest#, #Farest#, superl. II
53, XV c 28, XVII 79, &c.; as sb. the fairest (season), VII 99. [OE.
fæger.]
#Faire#, #Fayre#, adv. fairly; courteously, VIII a 25; well, V 161,
XVII 255; deftly, V 241; properly (set out), VII 82. [OE. fægre.]
#Fayre(s)#. See Fare, v.
#Fairi#, #-y#, #Feyré#, #Faierie# (XII), n. faëry, fairyland, II 10
(the feyré), II 283, 562; magic, II 193, 404, 492, XII b 67. [OFr.
faierie.]
#Fairnise#, n. beauty, II 56. [OE. fæger-nes.]
#Fais#. See Foo, n.
#Faitest#, 2 sg. pres. beg under false pretences, VIII b 30.
[Back-formation from Faitour.]
#Fayth#, &c. See Feith.
#Faitour#, n. impostor; beggar, or idler, feigning disease or injury,
VIII a 115, 177; (as term of abuse), XVI 157, 209. [OFr. faitour.]
#Falce#. See Fals.
#Fall#, n. fall, XII b 14. [OE. (ge-)fall.]
#Falle(n)#, #Fall#, v. to fall; #Fel#, #Fell(e)#, pa. t. sg. I 23,
VII 25, XII b 28, &c.; #Fyl#, I introd., 25, 28, 186; #Falled#, V
175; #Fell(en)#, pl. VII 95, IX 149; #Fyl#, #Fillen#, I 194, II 15;
#Fal#, #Falle(n)#, pp. VII 93 (slain), XII b 57, XVII 521, &c.; _fal
yn a swone_ (corrupt. of fallyn aswone; see Aswone), I 195. To fall
(down), I 194, II 327, &c.; fel on slepe, fell asleep, II 72; to
happen, turn out, come to pass, I 23, II 8, V 183, 310 (see Foule),
VII 25, XII b 18, &c.; (with dat. pron.) to happen to, befall, VII
171, XII b 28, 184; to fall to one's share, V 175, 259, VII 76; _hit
fell hom of a foule ende_, an evil fate overtook them, VII 180; _as fell
for the wintur_, for winter, VII 124. And my fry shal with me fall, my
children who will share my fate (? or who I may happen to have) XVII
66; #Fallyng#, n. VII 109. [OE. fallan.] See Befalle.
#Fals(e)#, #Falce#, adj. false, lying, dishonest, V 314, VII 18, VIII
a 213, XI a 11, XVII 35, 201, &c.; as sb. VII 41; #Falsly#, adv.
XI b 81. [OE. fals, from L. falsus.]
#Falshed#, n. lying, VII 34. [Prec. + OE. *hǣdu.]
#Falssyng#, n. breaking of faith (applied to the girdle as the cause;
cf. Kest), V 310. [From ME. fals(i)en; cf. OFr. falser.]
#Fame#, n. rumour, tale, XII b 189; of good f., of good repute,
XVII 141. [OFr. fame.]
#Famyn#, n. famine, VIII a 319. [OFr. famine.]
#Fand(e)#. See Fynde(n).
#Fang#. See Fonge.
#Fantasyes#, n. pl. delusions, imaginings, IX 84, XI b 73. [OFr.
fantasie.]
#Fantosme#, n. illusion, XII b 75. [OFr. fantosme.]
#Fare#, n. behaviour, practices, V 318, XVI 158; _his feynit fare þat
he fore with_, the deceit he practised, VII 44. [OE. faru.] See
Wel-fare.
#Fare#, #Fayre# (XVII), v. to go, fare, behave, II 604, XVII 190, 255,
415; fare by, to, wiþ, behave towards, treat, I 256, VI 107, XIV
c 95; fareȝ well, &c., farewell, V 81, XVII 238; #Fore#, pa. t.
VII 93; fore with, practised, VII 44; dealt with, VII 176; #Faren#,
pp. departed, gone (by), VII 29, VIII a 99. [OE. faran.] See
Ferde, pa. t.
#Farest#. See Faire.
#Farleis#. See Ferly, n.
#Fasor#, n. appearance, VI 71. [OFr. faisure.]
#Fast(e)#, adv. securely, I 101, II 94, IX 173, XII b 30, &c.; as
intensive adv. varying with context, II 118, V 335, VIII a 102, XI b
187, XII b 69, XVI 107, XVII 488, &c.; quickly, V 147, XI b 274, XII
b 104, &c.; fast by, hard by, XIII a 50. [OE. fæste.]
#Fastes#, 3 pl. pres. fast, IV b 49. [OE. fæstan.]
#Fath#. See Feith.
#Fauco(u)n#, n. falcon, II 307, 312, VIII a 32, &c. [OFr.
fauco(u)n.]
#Fauntis#, n. pl. children, VIII a 278. [Shortened from OFr.
enfa(u)nt.]
#Fauour(e)#, n. grace, beauty, VI 68, XVII 79. [OFr. favour.]
#Fautlest#, adj. superl. in on þe f., the (one) most faultless, V
295. [Error for, or red. of, fautlesest; OFr. faute + OE.
-lēas.]
#Fautours#, n. pl. supporters, XI a 1, 49. [L. fautor.]
#Fawty#, adj. faulty, V 314, 318. [From ME., OFr. faute, n.]
#Fe#. See Fee, n.^1
#Feaw#, #Few(e)#, adj. pl. few, VI 212, VII 52, XIII b 50, XV a
19, &c. [OE. fēawe.] See Fone.
#Fecche#, v. to fetch, VIII a 150; #Fette(n)#, pa. t. VIII a
287, XII b 150, XVI 382; #Yfet#, pp. II 170. [OE. fetian,
feccan.]
#Fede#, v. to feed, VIII a 247, XI b 281; #Fedde#, pa. t. VIII
a 292, XI b 278, &c.; #Uedde#, subj. would feed, III 8; #Fedde#,
pp. IV b 39. [OE. fēdan.]
#Fedynge#, n. feeding; in f. of, for feeding, XI b 258. [OE.
fēding.]
#Fee#, #Fe#, n.^1 goods, XVII 309, 326. [OE. fe(o)h, fēo-.]
Distinguish next.
#Fee#, n.^2 fee (as a term of venery, the share given to the dog,
falcon, &c.); some small gain in their hunting, XVII 490. [OFr. feu,
fe, &c.]
#Feeldes#; #Feele#; #Feende#; #Feere#; #Feest#. See Feld(e); Fele,
adj.; Fende; Fere n.^1, n.^2; Fest.
#Feghtande#. See Fight.
#Feye#, adj. doomed to die, XV c 20. [OE. fǣge.]
#Feill#. See Fele, adj.
#Feynd(is)#. See Fend(e).
#Feyne(n)#, #Fayne# (VII), v. to feign, pretend, invent, VII 41, XI
b 1, 81, &c.; feyned hem, pretended to be, VIII a 115; to falsify,
VII 34; #Feynit#, pp. false, VII 18; feynit fare, deceit, VII 44.
[OFr. feindre, feign-.]
#Feyré#; #Feyre(st)#. See Fairi; Faire.
#Feith#, #Fayth#, #Fath# (XVII), &c., n. faith, XI b 13, 171, XVI
364, &c.; plighted word, troth, V 216; bi my feith, in (god) fayth,
&c., upon my word, V 297, VIII a 266, XVII 228, 330, &c. [OFr. feid,
later fei.] See Fai.
#Feythful#, adj. honest, VIII a 247; #Feithfulliche#, adv.
honestly, VIII a 71; #Faithfully#, accurately, VII 78. [Prec. + OE.
-ful.]
#Fel#. See Falle(n).
#Felaȝschip#, #Felaschipe# (XII), #Felaushepe# (I), #Felowship#
(XVII), n. community, I introd.; company, in bere, don f. (with
dat. pron.), keep (one) company, V 83, XII a 24; friendship, XVII
363. [Next + OE. -scipe.]
#Felawe#, #Felowe#, n. fellow, I introd., XIV d 7, 16;
(contemptuous), XVI 284. [OE. fēo-laga, from ON. fé-lagi.]
#Feld(e)#, #Filde#, #Fylde#, n. field, II 60, VIII a 134, 232; field
of battle, VII 45, 93; #Feeldes#, pl. XIII a 19. [OE. féld.] See
Afelde.
#Fele#, #Feele# (XVI), #Feill# (X), #Uele# (III), adj. many, II 401,
522, III 2, V 349, VI 79, VII 29, X 55, 63, 141, XV b 10, XVI 61, &c.
[OE. fela, adv.]
#Fele#, #Feele#, v. to feel, perceive, experience, IV a 25, b 45,
V 125, XIII a 26, XVI 346 (see Fitte), XVII 121, &c.; 2 sg. subj.
V 204; #Felte#, pa. t. I 156, 163. [OE. fēlan.]
#Fell#, v. to fell; to destroy, IV a 47. [OE. fellan.]
#Fell(e)#, #Fellen#. See Falle(n).
#Fell(e)#, adj. deadly, cruel, V 154, VI 7, VII 82, 109, XIV b 33;
#Felly#, #Fellyche# (I), adv. cruelly, terribly, I 130; fiercely, V
234. [OFr. fel.]
#Felloune#, adj. grim, deadly, X 115, 192. [OFr. feloun.]
#Femayll#, #Femele# (IX), adj. female, IX 58, XVII 152. [OFr.
femelle.]
#Fend(e)#, n. devil, Devil, V 125, VIII a 82, IX 93, XI b 3, 220,
XVI 340, &c.; #Feende#, XVI 9, 14, &c.; #Feynd#, XVII 35, 43. [OE.
fēond.]
#Fende#, v. to defend, XVI 30. [Shortened from Defende, q.v.]
#Fenyl#, n. fennel, XV b 18. [OE. finu(g)l.]
#Fenyx#, n. Phœnix, VI 70. [OE. fenix, L. phœnix.]
#Fer#, #Ferre#, #Far#, adj. and adv. far, IV b 36, V 24, XIII a
27, XV g 5, XVII 439, &c.; as fer as, in so far as, IX 293; _(vn)to
the fer(re) ende_, to the very end, VII 78, 95. #Fer(re)#, #Fyrre# (V,
VI), compar. farther, V 83, XIV b 18; away, XVI 156, 336; further,
VII 97; moreover, V 53, VI 184; fyrre þen, beyond, VI 203. [OE.
feorr; feorr, firr compar.] See Ferforth, Fyrþer.
#Ferde#, n. fear, in for ferde, in fear, V 62, 204, XVII 315. [Prob.
false division of for-fer(e)d, pp., terrified; OE. *for-fǣran,
-fēran.] See next.
#Ferd(e)#, pp. afraid, V 314, XIV b 93, XVII 102; at XVI 209 rime
requires flaide (see Flay and note). [OE. fǣran, fēran.]
#Ferd(e)#, pa. t. fared, XII a 43, 145; ferd with, dealt with, X
172. [OE. fēran.] See Fare, v.
#Fere#, #Feere# (XVI), n.^1 companion, XV f 5; wife, V 343, XVI 352.
[OE. fēra.]
#Fere#, #Feere#, n.^2 company, in in fere, &c., all together,
collectively, XVI 126, 364, 385. [OE. ge-fēre; but this use is
prob. partly developed from ME. y-fere(n), OE. ge-fēran, pl.,
(as) companions.] See Yfere.
#Fere#, n.^3 fear, VIII a 177, 292. [OE. fǣr, fēr.]
#Fere#, n.^4 outward appearance, VII 18. [Shortened from OFr.
afe(i)re.]
#Fere-flunderys#, n. pl. fiery sparks, XV h 12. [See Fyr; cf.
Mn.E. and dial. flinders, splinters.]
#Ferforth#, adv. far, XII b 190. [OE. feorr + forþ.] See Fer.
#Ferked#, pa. t. sg. flowed, V 105. [OE. fer(e)cian, go.]
#Ferly#, adj. wonderful, II 4 (note); adv. wondrously, extremely, I
145, XV b 10. [OE. fǣr-līce, suddenly, prob. infl. by ON.
ferliga monstrously; see next.]
#Ferly#, n. a marvel, V 346, X 134; #Farleis#, #Ferlies#, pl. VII
95, XVI 61. [OE. fǣr-lic, sudden, prob. infl. by ON. ferlíki (ME.
ferlike) monster.] See prec.
#Ferre#. See Fer.
#Ferryit#, pp.; f. wes, had farrowed, X 109. [Formed on farrow,
ferry; OE. færh, ferh, young pig.]
#Fers(e)#, adj. fierce, bold, II 293, XIV b 33, XVI 131. [OFr.
fer-s, nom. sg.] See Fuersly.
#Fersch#, adj. fresh, XIII a 29, 49. [OE. fersc.] See Fresch.
#Ferste#, #Uerst#. See Furst.
#Feruent#, adj. hot, IX 10; burning bright, XVII 8; eager, XVII 77.
[OFr. fervent.]
#Fest#, #Feest# (XVII), n. feast, festival, V 333, XVII 454 (? with
topical allusion to the Corpus Christi festivities). [OFr. feste.]
#Feste-dayes#, n. feast-days (of the Church), VIII b 30. [From
prec.]
#Fest(e)#, v. make fast, confirm, XVI 340; pa. t. V 279; pp.
fixed, made fast, IV a 1, 82, XVI 335, 337. [OE. fæstan; on the
vowel see Cast.]
#Festnyt#, pp. fastened, X 124. [OE. fæstnian; see prec.]
#Fet(e)#. See Fote.
#Fethre-bed#, n. feather-bed, XII a 94. [OE. feþer-bedd.]
#Fette(n)#. See Fecche, Fote.
#Feurþe#, adj. fourth, XIII a 18. [OE. fēorþa, fēowerþa.]
See Fowre.
#Fewe#. See Feaw.
#Ficht#. See Fight.
#Fift#, #Fyft#, adj. fifth, VII 129, X 2. [OE. fī̆fta.]
#Fyfteyn#; #Uyf-#, #Vif-#, #Vyftene# (III); adj. fifteen, III 21, 26,
29, XVII 443. [OE. fī̆ftēne.]
#Fight#, #Fyght(e)#, #Fiȝte#, v. to fight, IV b 26, VIII a 36,
XVI 131, &c.; #Ficht#, X 66; #Fiste#, XV g 31 (see Appendix, p.
278); fyght with, oppose, XVII 138; #Faght#, pa. t. sg. XVI b 48;
#Foght#, pl. VII 45; #Feghtande#, pres. p. in are f., fight, IV
b 18; #Yfouȝte#, pp. VIII a 146. [OE. fe(o)htan.]
#Fight#, #Fiht#, n. fighting, battle, VII 29, 52, XIV c 60; #Ficht#,
X 115, 198. [OE. fe(o)hte.]
#Figure#, n. shape, XII a 114. [OFr. figure.]
#Fyked#, pa. t. sg. flinched, V 206. [OE. *fician; cf. be-fician,
and next.]
#Fikel#, adj. fickle, XIV c 7. [OE. ficol.]
#Fyl#. See Falle(n).
#Filde#, #Fylde#. See Feld.
#File#, n. worthless creature, XIV b 47. [ON. fýla.]
#Fyled#, pp. sharpened, V 157. [OE. fīlian, to file; or OFr.
afiler.] See Fylor.
#Fill#, v. to fill, XVII 180. [OE. fyllan.]
#Fill(e)#, #Fulle#, n. one's fill, II 256, VIII a 261, XVII 207.
[OE. fyllo.]
#Fille#, n. chervil (see Cheruelles), or wild-thyme, XV b 18.
[OE. fille; in glosses fil, cerfille = cerpillum (i.e.
serpyllum thyme, but perhaps confused with chærephyllum, chervil).]
#Fillen#. See Falle(n).
#Fylor#, n. whet-stone, V 157. [Cf. OFr. afiloir.] See Fyled.
#Filthe#, n. filth, IV a 37, b 16; corruption, XVI 380 (see
note). [OE. fylþ.]
#Fyn(e)#, adj. fine, VII 175, IX 64. [OFr. fin.] See Fine.
#Finaly#, adv. in the end, XII b 107. [From OFr. final.]
#Fynde(n)#, #Finde#, #Fynd#, v. to find, discover, II 1, 256
(subj.), VI 148, VII 82, IX 75, XIII a 17, XVI 6, XVII 330, &c.; to
get, XII a 17, XVI 288; to invent, devise, II 4, 14, XI b 137; to
provide for, VIII b 80; to provide one with (as fynden hem tode),
VIII a 71, b 21, 27, 51, 92; founden me to scole, provided the
means to put me to school, VIII b 37; founden with, provided with,
XI b 140. #Fint#, #Fynt#, 3 sg. pres. (OWS. fint) II 239, VIII b
92; #Fand#, pa. t. sg. X 182, 186; #Fond(e)#, I 37, II 426, VIII b
41, XII a 59, XV a 13, &c.; #Founde#, II 537, 569 (subj.);
#Fande#, pl. XVI 62; #Found#, #Founde(n)#, II 309, VII 172, VIII b
37; #Fon#, pp. XVII 503; #Fonden#, IV a 63; #Founde(n)#, I 229, VII
66, XI b 140, &c.; #Fun#, XIV b 93; #Funden#, XIV b 47, 50;
#Yfounde#, II 4, 14, XIII a 64. [OE. fíndan.]
#Fyndynge#, n. finding, IX 234; invention, XI b 226. [From prec.]
#Fine#, adv. extremely, very, II 94. [Cf. Afine, Fyn; see Zupitza,
(15th c.) Guy of Warwick, l. 9086 (note).]
#Fynen#, pres. pl. refine, IX 45. [OFr. finer.]
#Fynger#, #Finger#, n. finger, II 109, VI 106, VIII a 10. [OE.
finger.]
#Fint#, #Fynt#. See Fynde(n).
#Fyr(e)#, #Fire#, #Fuyr#, n. fire, II 398, IV a 6, XII a 69, XIII
a 3, 4, &c.; #Fere#, in fere-flunderys (q.v.), XV h 12. [OE.
fȳr (Kt. fēr).]
#Firmament#, n. firmament, heavens, VII 124, 134, XVII 7, 422.
[(Christian) L. firmāmentum; first appears in E. c. 1050.]
#Fyrre#. See Fer.
#Firste#, #Fyrst(e)#. See Furst(e).
#Fyrþer#, adv. further, I 255. [OE. furþor, ? infl. by firr.]
See Fer, Forþer.
#Fysch#, #Fische#, #Fysh#, n. fish, VIII a 305, XIII a 37, XVII 3.
[OE. fisc.]
#Fiste#. See Fight.
#Fitte#, n.; fele þi fitte, undergo your turn of woe, XVI 346. [ME.
fit, terrible or violent experience, &c.; ? OE. (once) fitt,
contest.]
#Fyue#; #Uif#, #Vif#, #Vyf# (III); adj. five, III 22, 23, 27, V 125,
VI 91 (see Þo, adv.), VIII a 319, XIII b 32, &c. [OE. fīf.]
#Flaggatis#, n. pl. fagots, X 23, 25, 27. [? Alteration of Faggatis,
q.v.; another reading is fagaldis.]
#Flaȝ(e)#. See Fle(n), Flye.
#Flay#, v. to put to flight; terrify, XVII 380; #Flaide#, pp. *XVI
209 (required by rime; MS. ferde). [OE. flēgan.]
#Flayles#, n. pl. flails, VIII a 178. [OE. *flegel, fligel; OFr.
flaiel.]
#Flapten#, pa. t. pl. lashed, laid on, VIII a 178. [Cf. Du., G.,
flappen.]
#Flasshet#, pa. t. sg. flashed, VII 134. [Obscure.]
#Flaw#. See Flye.
#Flawme#, n. flame, IV a 14, 66. [OFr. flaume.]
#Fle(n)#, v. to flee, V 57, 62, XV i 16, XVII 292, 296; #Fles#, _2
sg. pres._ V 204; #Flese#, pres. pl. IV b 86; #Fleth#, imper. pl.
XIV d 14; #Flaȝ(e)#, pa. t. sg. V 206, 208 (second); #Fley#, XI
b 273; #Flowen#, pl. VIII a 177; #Fled#, pa. t. and pp. XIV
b 48, 51, 80. [OE. flēon, str.] See Flye.
#Flee#, #Fle(e)ynge#, #Fleȝe#; see Flye. #Fley#; see Fle(n).
#Fleme#, n. a fugitive, XV b 36. [OE. flēma.]
#Flemmynges#, n. pl. Flemings, people from Flanders, XIII b 7. [OE.
*flǣming; cf. ON. flǽming-r, MDu. vlāming.]
#Fles(e)#. See Fle(n).
#Flesch(e)#, #Flessche#, #Flessh(e)#, n. flesh, meat, I 129 (note), V
245, VIII a 18, 150, 305, IX 141; flesshe or bone, a limb, I 197.
[OE. flǣ̆sc.]
#Flesch(e)ly#, adj. carnal, of the body, IV a 57, b 71;
#Flecshly#, carnal-minded, worldly, XI b 158. [OE. flǣ̆sc-lic.]
#Flete#, v. to float; #Flietende#, pres. p. XII a 157; #Flett#,
pp. XVII 436. [OE. flēotan, str.]
#Fleth#. See Fle(n).
#Flett#, n. floor, XVII 223. [OE. flett.]
#Flex#, n. flax, VIII a 13. [OE. flex.]
#Flye#, #Flyghe#, #Flee# (IV), v. to fly, I 193, IV b 4, 30, 38, 41,
&c.; #Flaȝ#, pa. t. sg. V 208 (first); #Flaw#, X 92; #Fleȝe#,
was, VI 71 (note); #Fle(e)ynge#, pres. p. IX 148, 252; #Flone#, pp.
XVII 487. [OE. flē(o)gan.] See Fle(n).
#Flyeghynge#, #Flyghyng(e)#, n. flying; of gude (ill) fl., strong
(weak) in flight, IV b 34, 35, 38. [From prec.]
#Flietende#. See Flete.
#Flyt#, #Flitte#, v. trans. and intr. to move, remove, escape,
depart, XVI 210, 336, 340 (subj.), XVII 223, 263; #Flyt#, pa. t.
XVII 17; #Flyt#, #Flit(t)#, pp. XVII 454, 540; in synder flit,
separated, XIV c 31. [ON. flytja.]
#Flo#, #Floo#, v. to flow, XVII 101, 115. [OE. flōwan, ON.
flóa.]
#Flone#. See Flye.
#Flood(e)#, #Flod(e)#, n. flood, water, stream, V 105, VII 160, XII
a 166, XVI 76; (in pl.) waters, waves, VII 123, 142, 171; floods, VII
109, VIII a 320, XVII 101, &c. [OE. flōd.]
#Floterand#, pres. p. weltering, tossing, VII 160. [OE. floterian.]
#Flour#, #Flowre#, n. flower, II 60, 67, IV a 57, XV e 19, &c.;
in the floures, in the bloom, XII introd.; excellence, in _bar þe
flour_, excelled (all), XIV c 23; flour, VIII a 150. [OFr. flour;
the sense in VIII was not differentiated in spelling until end of 18th
cent.]
#Flowen#. See Fle(n).
#Flowyng#, n. flood, XVII 540. [From OE. flōwan.] See Flo.
#Flume#, n.; flume Iordanne, River Jordan, XVI 76. [OFr. flum.]
#Fo#. See Foo.
#Fode#, #Foode#, n. food, VII 175, VIII a 21, 71, 200, 264, XVI 10
(see Frute), &c. [OE. fōda.] See Fede.
#Foght#; #Fois#. See Fight; Foo.
#Foysoune#, n. abundance, great number, X 166. [OFr. foison.]
#Fold(e)#, n. earth, in (vp)on folde, allit. tag of little meaning,
V 305, XIV b 18. [OE. fólde.]
#Fold(e)#, quasi-sb. (variety, repetition) in many oþer folde,
manifold other things, I 20; other wise many fold, in manifold other
fashions, XVII 54; bi foldis seuen, seven times, XVII 13. [False
division of OE. manig-fáld, seofon-fáld, &c., where -fáld is adj.
suffix.]
#Folde#, v. to fold; enfold, XV f 9, 10; #Folde#, pp. (? or _pa.
t._) in folde vp, ? covered with her hands, or upturned, VI 74. [OE.
fáldan.]
#Fole#, #Folys#, &c. See Fool.
#Folehardi#, adj. foolhardy, II 426. [OFr. fol-hardi.] See Fool.
#Folȝed#. See Folwen.
#Foly#, n. folly, I 67, XI b 123. [OFr. folie.]
#Folk(e)#, n. people, II 389, VIII a 292, 295, &c.; mortals, VII 45;
#Folkes#, pl. peoples, XVI 70. [OE. folc.]
#Folwen#, v. to accompany, VIII a 2; #Folȝed#, pa. t. V 354
(see note). [OE. folgian.]
#Fome#, n. foam, VII 172. [OE. fām.]
#Fomen#, n. pl. foemen, XIV c 85. [OE. fāh-mann.] See Foo.
#Fon#, #Fond(e)#, #Fonden#. See Fynde(n).
#Fonde#, v. to endeavour, seek (to), VIII a 213, XII a 183, XII
b 171, XIII b 24; #Fondet#, pa. t. V 57. [OE. fándian,
fóndian.]
#Fone#, #Fune#, adj. and pron. few, XIV a 28, 29, XVII 99. [ME.
also fo; ? obscurely rel. to Feaw, q.v.]
#Fonge#, v. to get, take, VI 79, 119; #Fang#, XVII 245. [OE. fōn,
ge-fángen; cf. ON. fanga.] See Onderuonge.
#Fonnyd#, (pp.) adj. infatuated, XI b 37, 38, 76, 167, 215. [From
ME. fon(ne), fool; obscure.]
#Foo#, adv. as an enemy, fiercely, V 258. [OE. fāh, fā-.]
#Foo#, n. foe, XIV d 12; #Fo#, II 112, VIII b 60; _frende nor
foo_, nobody, XVI 287; ichon other fo, each hostile to the other,
every man against his neighbour, XVII 112; #Fais#, pl. X 55, 65, 197,
#Fois#, XVI 30; #Fooes#, XVI 386. [OE. ge-fā.]
#Fool#, #Fol(e)#, n. fool, I 30, V 346, XI b 42, 184, &c. [OFr.
fol.]
#For#, conj. for, I 109, XVII 231, &c.; #Uor#, III 6, 8, &c.; because,
V 300, VII 178, VIII a 235, 237, XIII b 16, XVI 258, 295; so that,
XII a 93, 194, XVI 251; for that, so that, XII b 133. [OE. _for
þam (þe)_, for, because; for þȳ þæt, so that.] See Forþi.
#For#; #Uor#, #Vor# (III); prep. for (i) Cause: because of, on
account of, through, I 134, II 32, III 17, IV b 35, V 279, VII 183, IX
130, X 136, XI a 32, b 28, 256, XV b 24, &c.; for of (OFr. _de
par_) for sake of, XV d 5; for why (whi)? and why?, XVII 14, 284,
518; for (fear of), V 57, 199, XVII 102, &c.; (as precaution) against,
VIII a 9, 62, 87, 209, 306, XIV a 36, XV h 12. (ii) _Indir.
object_: for (benefit of), III introd., VIII a 278, &c.; for sake,
on behalf, of, I 90, III 40, IV a 88, &c. (iii) Dir. object: for
(purpose of), with a view to, to get, &c., IV a 69, VII 32, 88, VIII
a 230, X 41, XI b 126, 182, 235, XVI 220, &c.; for (uor) to, _for
te_, in order to, so as to, I 81, II 568, III introd., 44, XV b 30,
c 18, &c.; for till, X 149, 169; as equiv. of for with vbl. sb., X
8, 33, 105; merely equiv. of to, till, I 21, II 37, X 143, &c. (iv)
Equivalence: in favour of, VII 13, XI b 215; (in exchange, return,
&c.) for, IV a 42, V 284, VIII b 76, IX 190, XI b 162, XV g 20,
&c.; as result of, IX 201; for, as, VII 49, 50, VIII a 206, XII a
180, XIV c 92, &c. (v) Reference: with regard to, III 9, &c.; _for
the_, for all you care, XVII 193; in spite of, II 571, V 64, XIV a 24,
XVI 146; for all(e), despite (all), I 73, 86, XIV b 23, XVI 158.
(vi) Time: during, VI 226, VIII a 236, &c. See Maystrie, Nones,
Soþe; Þar(e), Þere(fore), &c. [OE. for(e).]
#Forbede#, v. to forbid, VI 19; forbede þat (with neg.), forbid to,
I 78; #Forbodyn#, pp. I 7. [OE. for-bēodan.] See Bede, v.
#Forbere#, v. to spare, XIV b 12. [OE. for-beran.] See Bere,
v.
#Forbette#, pp. cruelly beaten, IV a 86. [OE. for- + bēatan,
str.] See Bete, v.^1
#Force#, n. strength, XVI 210. [OFr. force.]
#Fordo#, v. to destroy, XVII 100, 114; #Fordon(e)#, pp. XVII 145;
ben fordon, come to grief, Introduction xv. [OE. for-dōn.] See
Do(n).
#Fore#. See Fare, v.
#Forest#, n. forest; wild, unenclosed, and partly wooded, land, II
160, 246. [OFr. forest.]
#Foret#. See Forþ.
#Forfete#, v. to transgress, V 326; #Forfette#, pa. t. XVI 352.
[From OFr. forfait, -fet, n.
#Forgaa#. See Forgon.
#Forgete#, v. to forget, IV a 79; #Forgetynge#, n. IV b 68. [OE.
for- + ON. geta; cf. OE. forgetan.] See Gete, Forȝete.
#Forgon#, v. to give up, XV b 35; #Forgoo#, V 142; #Forgaa#, IV b
31. [OE. for-gān.]
#Forȝ#, n. force, waterfall, V 105 (the earliest recorded instance
in E.). [ON. fors.]
#Forȝelde#, v. to repay, VIII a 272. [OE. for-géldan.] See
Ȝelde.
#Forȝete#, v. to forget, XI b 157; #Forȝete#, pp. XII b
202, XIV c 8, &c. [OE. for-getan.] See Forgete, Vnderȝete.
#Forȝeue#, v. to forgive, IX 324. [OE. for-gefan.] See Ȝeue.
#Forloyne#, v. to go astray, VI 8. [OFr. forloignier.]
#Forlorn#, (pp.) adj. ruined, in pitiful plight, I 136, II 127. [OE.
for-loren, pp.] See Lese, v.^1
#Forme#, adj. superl. first, V 305. [OE. forma.]
#Forme#. See Fourme.
#Forne#, adv. of old, V 354. [OE. foran, forne.]
#Forsake#, #Fursake# (XV), v. to deny, XV g 33; forsake, V 312;
(foll. by infin.) to refuse to, neglect to, XV c 19, XVII 273;
#Forsoke#, pa. t. sg. forsook, II 227. [OE. for-sacan.]
#Forschape#, pp. transformed (to something worse), XII a 8. [OE.
for-scapen, pp.] See Schap(e).
#Forschreynt#, pp. withered (by fire), II 398. [OE. for-screncan,
oppress, rel. to forscrincan, wither.]
#Forseyde#, pp. aforesaid, XIII b 49; #Uore-yzede#, #Uorzede#, III
19, 23. [OE. fore-sægd (Kt. -sēd).]
#Forsworn#, adj. perjured, XIV a 21. [OE. for-sworen.] See
Swere.
#Forto#, prep. until, XIII a 28, 29. [OE. forþ tō.]
#Fortune#, n.; by (be) f. by chance, VII 99, 180, IX 207; by good
fortune, VII 171. [OFr. fortune.]
#Forþ(e)#, #Forth#, adv. forth, away, out, on, forward, II 193, V 248,
&c.; #Foret#, XV g 18 (see Appendix § 6); #Fourth(e)#, XVI 298, 386;
#Furþ(e)#, #Furth(e)#, I 72, 87, X 87, XVI 140, XVII 480, &c.; _forþe
ygete_, produced, II 14; fra thine furth, thenceforward, X 130. [OE.
forþ, fórþ.]
#Forþer#, adv. further, II 481. [OE. furþor, forþor.] See
Fyrþer.
#Forþered#, pp. furthered, advanced, XI b 231. [From prec.; cf.
OE. fyrþr(i)an, forþian.]
#Forþi# (#-þy#, #-thi#, #-thy#), adv. and conj. wherefore, and so,
therefore, II 461, IV b 35, V 42, 50, VIII a 79, 88, b 86, XII
introd., b 170, XV c 22; because, IV b 26. [OE. for-þī,
for-þī þe.]
#Forwake#, pp. worn out with lying awake, XV c 29. [OE. for- +
wacen, pp. of wæcnan.] See Awake.
#Forward(e)#, n. agreement, covenant, V 279, VIII a 36, XVI 5, 166,
238. [OE. fore-weard, n.]
#Forwes#, n. pl. furrows, VIII a 98. [OE. furh.]
#Fote#, #Foot(e)#, #Fut# (X), n. foot, V 248 (see Spenne), IX 17,
&c.; collect. (dat.) sg. in on fote (fut), on foot, V 295; on
their legs, X 57; vnder fote, XIV c 85; foot's length, V 83, VIII
a 2, XVII 263, 366; #Feet#, #Fet(e)#, pl. II 79, 441, IX 255, &c.;
#Fette#, IV b 4; #Fote#, #Foot#, orig. gen. pl. in two fote long,
&c., V 157, IX 155, XIII a 38, &c.; orig. dat. pl., in on his, _to
(my) fote_, V 161, 208, VII 174. [OE. fōt.]
#Foul(e)#, n. bird, II 68, VIII a 32, XV b 6, 10, c 3, &c.;
#Fowhel(e)#, IV b 33; #Fowle#, IV b 47, XVII 3, 487, &c.; #Fowll#,
XVII 472; #Foull#, pl. XVII 156. [OE. fugol.]
#Foule#, adj. foul, loathsome, bad, II 464, VII 180, VIII a 320, XVI
337, &c.; #Uoul#, III introd.; adv., in foule mot hit falle,
evilly may it fare, V 310. [OE. fūl.]
#Founde#, v. to hasten, V 62, 161. [OE. fúndian.]
#Founde(n)#, &c. See Fynde(n).
#Fourme#, #Forme#, n. manner, fashion, V 62, IX 305. [OFr.
fo(u)rme.]
#Fourth(e)#. See Forþ(e).
#Fourty#, #Forty#, adj. forty, XVII 148, 445, &c. [OE.
fēowertig.]
#Fowe#, adj. streaked or variegated (fur), vair, in fowe and griis
(partial transl. of ME., OFr. vair & gris), II 241. [OE. fāg.]
#Fowheles#, #Fowle(s)#, #Fowll#. See Foul(e), n.
#Fowre#, #Four(e)#, adj. four, I 232, V 33, 157, XIII a 37, &c. [OE.
fēower.] See Feurþe, Fourty.
#Fra#. See Fro, prep.
#Fray#, n. strife, XVII 184. [Shortened from Affray, q.v.]
#Frayne#, v. to inquire, VII 97. [OE. (ge)frægnian.]
#Fraist#, #Frast# (XVII), v. to question, inquire of, XVII 183;
fraist of, investigate, VII 97. [ON. freista.]
#Fram#; #Uram#. See From.
#Franche#, adj. French, XIV b 33, 46; #Frensche#, XIV c 101;
#Frankys#, n. French language, I introd.; #Freynsch#, XI a 27,
XIII b 19, &c.; #Frensch#, XIII b 34, &c. [OE. frencisc; the forms
show infl. of OE. Francan, OFr. France, &c.]
#Franklens#, n. pl. franklins (men of free, but not noble birth,
holding land by freehold), VIII b 68. [OFr. franclein.]
#Frast#. See Fraist.
#Fraunchyse#, n. privilege, or liberality, VI 249; the
interpretation depends on that of Dard, Rescoghe (q.v. and note).
[OFr. franchise.]
#Fredom#, n. freedom, XI b 150, 205, 206, &c. [OE.
frēo-dōm.]
#Free#, #Fre#, adj. free, VIII b 68, XVI 295; lavish, VI 121; noble,
good, XVI 5, XVII 327; as sb., noble one, XVII 310; #Freest#,
superl. noblest, V 354. [OE. frēo.]
#Freend#. See Frende.
#Freike(s)#. See Freke.
#Freynsch#. See Franche.
#Freke#, n. man, knight, V 57, 206, VIII a 212, &c.; #Freike#, VII
160, 172. [OE. freca.]
#Freles#, adj. without reproach, VI 71. [ON. frýja + OE.
-lēas.]
#Frely#, adj. pleasant, II 4 (note). [OE. frēolic.]
#Frely#, adv. freely, IX 90, XI b 201, 245, 258. [OE.
frēo-līce.]
#Fremmede#, adj. not akin, IV b 22. [OE. fremede.]
#Frenchype#. See Frendschip.
#Frende#, #Freend#, n. friend, VI 198, XIV d 12, XVII 118; _fr. nor
foo_, nobody, XVI 287; #Frendes#, &c. pl. friends, IV b 22, XIV a
28, XVI 29, 385; kinsfolk, VIII b 37, 41, XVI 62. [OE. frēond,
friend; ON. frǽndi, kinsman.]
#Frendschip#, #-ship#, n. friendship, love, XIV c 3, XVII 121;
#Frenchype#, IV b 29; #Frenship#, XVII 362. [OE. frēond-scipe.]
#Frensch#. See Franche.
#Freris#, n. pl. friars, XI a 1, 33, 49, 55. [OFr. frere.]
#Fresch#, adj. fresh, VIII a 305. [Prob. OFr. freis, fresche
(fem.), rather than OE. fersc.] See Fersch.
#Frese#, n. danger, in no frese, doubtless, XVII 391. [MDu. vreese
(OFris. frēs, OS. frēsa).]
#Frese#, v. to freeze, II 247. [OE. frēosan.]
#Frete#, pa. t. pl. devoured, II 539. [OE. fretan, pa. t. pl.
frǣton.]
#Frewte#. See Frut(e).
#Fry#, n. offspring, XVII 66, 177. [ON. frǽ, frjó, seed.]
#Frydays#, n. pl. Fridays, VIII b 30. [OE. frīg(e)dæg.]
#Fryed#, pp. fried, VIII a 305. [OFr. fri-re.]
#Friþ#, #Fryth#, n. woodland, park, II 160, 246, V 83. [OE. fyr(h)þ,
gefyrhþe, wood.]
#Fro#, #Froo#, adv. away, XVI 210; to and fro, to and fro, on all
sides, XVII 111. [ON. frá.]
#Fro#, conj. from the time when, since, VI 15 (cf. fra þat). [As
prec.]
#Fro#, prep. (away) from, I 76, V 263 (follows pron.), VI 15, VII 90,
VIII a 29, IX 26, &c.; #Fra#, IV a 18, b 34, X 130, &c.; _fra
þat_, from when first, IV a 25; þat ... fro, whence, IX 230; _ther
... fro_, to where ... from, XII a 33; fro whom ... fro, from whom
(mixed Fr. and E. constr.), IX 329 (see next). [ON. frá.]
#From#, #Fram#, prep. from, II 190, 225, VIII a 51, XIII a 27,
&c.; #Uram#, III introd., 4; uram þet, from the time that, III 38;
adv. in of whom ... from, from whom (mixed E. and Fr. constr.), IX
78 (see prec.). [OE. from, fram.] See Þere, Þare.
#Frote#, v. to rub; wring, tear at, II 79; #Frotyng#, pres. p.
grating, XIII b 59. [OFr. froter.]
#Frounse#, v. to pucker, V 238. [OFr. fronci(e)r.]
#Frut(e)#, n. fruit, II 257, VIII a 320, IX 143; #Fruyt#, IX 139,
148, XIII a 51; #Frewte#, in f. of erthely foode, ? the fruit of the
tree, which was earthly food, XVI 10. [OFr. fruit.]
#Fuersly#, adv. fiercely; fuersly fell, turned out stormy, VII 129.
See Fers(e).
#Fuyr#. See Fyr.
#Ful#, II 388; see note.
#Ful#, #Full(e)#, adj. full, complete, II 60, XV e 3, 6, &c.; #Uol#,
III 47; as sb., in at þe full, completely, XI b 198; his fulle,
see Fille. [OE. full.]
#Ful#, #Full(e)#, adv. full, quite, very, I 22, II 443, 559, IV b
27, V 19, IX 244, &c. [OE. ful.]
#Fulfille(n)#, #Fulfylle#, v. to fill, IX 331, XII introd.; to
fulfil, finish, perform, accomplish, IV b 15, 73, VIII a 36, 319, IX
317, XI b 86, 88, XVI 6, &c.; #Uolueld#, pp. III introd. [OE.
fulfyllan (Kt. -fellan).]
#Fun#, #Funden#. See Fynde(n).
#Fune#. See Fone.
#Furred#, pp. fur-trimmed, VIII a 264. [OFr. fo(u)rrer.]
#Fursake#. See Forsake.
#Furst#, adv. first, II 14, XIII b 12, 20; #Fyrst#, #First#, I 154,
II 121, XVII 42, &c.; at first, I 226, 228, V 159; firstly, XI a 6,
b 5, &c.; #Uerst#, at first, III 33; boþ furst and last,
throughout, XIV c 76. [As next.]
#Furste#, adj. first, original, XIII a 7, b 4, 26; #Ferste#, XII
a 112; #Fyrst(e)#, I 214, VI 188, &c.; #Firste#, in atte firste, at
once, VIII a 165. [OE. fyr(e)st, (Kt. ferst).]
#Furth(e)#. See Forþ(e).
#Fut#. See Fote.
#Ga#, #Gaa#. See Go(n).
#Gabberes#, n. pl. swindlers, IX 112. [From ON. gabba, to mock.]
#Gadre#, v. to gather, pick up, assemble, XII b 22, 113, 117;
#Ged(e)re#, #Gedyr#, IV b 81, V 192, VII 86; #Ygadered#, pp. III 44;
gedereȝ þe rake, ? picks up the path, V 92. [OE. gæderian.]
#Gaf#, #Gaffe#. See Giffe.
#Gay(e)#, adj. gay, gallant, V 297, VII 111; as sb., fair one, VI
73. [OFr. gai.]
#Gayne#, n. gain (i.e. the three kisses), V 281. [OFr. gaigne.]
#Gaynesay#, v. to speak against, IV b 75. [ON. gegn + OE.
secgan.] See Agayn, Seie.
#Gam(e)#, #Gaume# (I), n. game, play, I 1 (see Somer), 99; sport, II
315; game (birds), II 309; trickery, XVII 214; merriment, XVII 529; _wiþ
game_, merrily, II 19; #Gamys#, pl. rejoicings, XVI 20. [OE. gamen.]
#Gan#, pa. t. sg.; #Gune#, XVI 47, &c.; #Gan#, pl. II 504; #Gonne#,
II 371; #Gun#, I 193: began, II 118, VIII a 146; (without to) II
425; made, II 438; did (without to, as equiv. of simple past) I 193,
II 77, 78, 272, 371, 495, 504, 510, 530, XVI 47, 286. [OE. ginnan.]
See Begyn(ne); Can, auxil.
#Gane#. See Go(n).
#Gang#, v. to go, depart, fare, X 4, XVI 144, 303, XVII 246. [OE.
gángan.]
#Garn#, n. yarn, thread; ther is garn on the reyll other, there is
other thread on the reel, other business on hand, XVII 298. [ON.
garn.]
#Garre#, #Gar#, v. to make, cause to, IV a 26 (subj.), XVI 20,
144, 199, 334, XVII 346; #Gert(e)#, pa. t. and pp. VIII a 296, X
198; caused (men to), X 16, 70, 82, 90, 98, 185; garre dye, kill, XVI
164; gert ga, cum, sent, brought, X 168, 173. [ON. gøra; the a
forms are difficult to explain.]
#Garryng#, adj. grating, harsh, XIII b 15. [Cf. MDu., MLG. garren,
v.]
#Gase#; #Gast(e)#, &c. See Go(n); Gost(e), &c.
#Gastli#, adj. terrible, XII b 126. [OE. (once) gǣ̆st-lic; cf.
gǣstan, v.] See Agast; distinguish Gostly.
#Gate#, n.^1 gate, II 379. [OE. gæt, pl. gatu.] See ȝate.
#Gate#, n.^2 way, V 51; hyȝe gate (figuratively) highway, VI 35;
gang (ȝede) his gate, go (went) his way, VI 166, XVI 144; #Gatis#,
pl. in many gatis, in many ways, XI b 117. [ON. gata.] See
Algate, Sogat, Þusgate.
#Gate#. See Gete, v.^1
#Gaud#, n. trick, in gaudes and gile, XIV a 18, 30; _gaudis and
gilery_, XVI 160. [? Cf. AFr. gaudir, to jest.]
#Gaume#. See Gam(e).
#Gawle#, n. gall; rancour, VI 103. The spelling and rimes are
noteworthy at so early a date. [OE. galla.]
#Ged(e)re#, #Gedyr#. See Gadre.
#Gedlyng#, n. fellow (contemptuous), XVI 212. [OE. gædeling.]
#Gees#, n. pl. geese, VIII a 276, b 19. [OE. gōs, pl.
gēs.]
#Gef#. See Giffe.
#Geynest#, adj. superl. most gracious, XV c 35. [ON. gegn.]
#Gentil(l)#, #Gentyl(e)#, #Ientil# (III), adj. of gentle birth, III
18, 23, VIII b 82, XIII b 20, &c.; noble, II 463, V 117, VI 245;
gentle, graceful, &c., II 305; docile, XVII 505; þat gentyl, that
gentle lady, VI 242; ientilman, gentleman, III 18, XIV introd.
[OFr. gentil.]
#Gere#, #Geir# (X), n. sg. tools, apparatus, necessary things, X 110,
XVII 245, 316, 326; arms, XVI 211; contrivance (the ark), XVII 274;
affair, business, V 137. [ON. gervi.]
#Gered#, pp. attired, V 159. [From prec. in frequent sense 'apparel'.]
#Gernier(e)#, n. garner, storehouse (for corn), III 43, 46. [OFr.
gernier.]
#Gert(e)#. See Garre.
#Gesse(n)#, v. to be of opinion; to expect, XI b 167; to conceive,
form an idea, VI 139 (note). [Cf. MLG. gissen.]
#Geste#, n. tale, VII introd., Introduction xxxiii. [OFr. geste.]
#Gestis#, n. pl. joists, frame-timbers, X 5. [OFr. giste.]
#Get(e)#, v.^1 to get, find, XIV c 38, 110, XVII 184 (subj.);
pres. as fut. XIV b 3, XVII 299; lay hold of, catch, XVII 339; _do
get in_, get in (trans.), XVII 326; #Gate#, pa. t. sg. VII 76;
#Getyn#, #Ygete#, pp. in getyn agayne, won back, XVI 11; _forþe
ygete_, set forth, produced, II 14. [ON. geta.] See Forgete.
#Get#, v.^2 to guard; get for, look out for, XIV a 36. [ON.
gǽta.]
#Geþ#. See Go(n).
#Gyaunt#, n. giant, VIII a 328. [OFr. geant.]
#Gyde#, n. guide, VIII a 1. [OFr. guide.]
#Gif#, #Gyf#, conj. if, IV a 85; bot gif, unless X 78, 180.
[Northern variant of Ȝif; the g (where not graphic for ȝ) is
difficult to explain.]
#Gif(fe)#, #Gyf(fe)#, v. to give, IV a 18, b 66, V 327, VI 183,
XVI 114, &c.; #Gyue#, XV h 21; #Gaf(fe)#, pa. t. sg. XVI 163, XVII
16; #Gef#, V 5 (wished), 281 (2 sg.); #Gifen#, pp. XIV b 88
(surrendered); #Gyf(f)ene#, IV b 53, 66; gaf in commaundement, gave
orders, XVII 33. [ON. gefa, OSwed. gifa; see N.E.D.] See
Ȝeue.
#Gyfte#, n. gift, IV b 53, 59, 69, VI 247; giving (? or
privilege), VI 205. [ON. gift.] See Ȝiftis.
#Gile#, #Gyle#, n. guile, treachery. II 7, XIV a 6, d 4, XVII 214,
&c. [OFr. guile.] See Wiles, Bigile.
#Gilery#, n. fraud, XVI 160. [OFr. gilerie, from prec.]
#Gill#, woman's name, Jill, XVII 219; for Iak nor for Gill, for
nobody, XVII 336. [Shortened from Gillian, OFr. Juliane.]
#Gylofres#, n. pl. in clowe gylofres, cloves, IX 157. [OFr.
gilofre.] See Clowe.
#Gyn(e)#, n. engine, machine, X 90, 99; contrivance, XVII 128, 276.
[Shortened from OFr. engin.] See Engynys.
#Gyng#, n. troop, company, VI 95. [OE. genge; ? infl. by gang.]
#Gynour#, n. engineer (contriver of machines), X 98, 126. [Shortened
from OFr. engigneor.] See Gyn(e), Engynour.
#Girdelstede#, n. waist, II 266. [OE. gyrdel + stede.] See
Gurdel.
#Gyrde#, v. to strike; gyrdeȝ he to, strikes spurs into, V 92. [?
Same as next.]
#Gyrdit#, pp. girt, X 24. [OE. gýrdan.]
#Gisely#, adv. skilfully, II 299. [From OFr. guise, n.] See
Degiselich.
#Giserne#, n. battle-axe, V 197. [OFr. guiserne.]
#Gyue#. See Gif(fe).
#Glad(e)#, v. to make glad, VIII a 113, XVII 491; #Gladde#, IV a
49. [OE. gladian.]
#Gladde#, #Glad(e)# (of), adj. happy, glad (at), II 583, XII
introd., XVI 42, 241, &c.; #Gladly#, adv. XII b 37; _beren
gladly_, are glad to wear, IX 109. [OE. glæd, glæd-līce.]
#Gle#, #Glew# (I, IV), n. mirth, pleasure, play, II 34, 267, IV a
44, 72, XVII 529; (skill in) making music, minstrelsy, II 383, 434, 444,
529, &c.; made hem glew, directed their singing, I 39. [OE.
glēo(w).]
#Gleme#, n. radiance, XVI 42. [OE. glǣm.]
#Glent#, pa. t. started aside, V 224. [Obscure; ME. glenten (mod.
glint) has same senses as Blenk, q.v.]
#Glew#. See Gle.
#Glyde#, v. to glide, V 198, XII b 126. [OE. glīdan.]
#Glyfte# (on), pa. t. glanced sideways (at), V 197. [Obscure; ME.
gliffen, and gliften, with same senses as Blenk, q.v.]
#Glode#, n. ? glade, open space, V 113; on glode, appar. a variant
of on bent (q.v.), on earth, where he stood, V 198. [Unknown.]
#Glorius#, #-ous#, adj. glorious, XVI 42, XVII 166. [OFr.
glori(o)us.]
#Glotyny#, #Glotony#, n. gluttony, XVII 37, 52. [OFr. gloutonie.]
#Glotoun#, n. Glutton (personified), VIII a 296. [OFr. glouton.]
#Gloue#, n. glove, VIII a 147. [OE. glōfe.]
#Gnacchen#, v. to gnash the teeth, XV h 9. [Echoic, on model of
next.]
#Gnauen#, v. to gnaw, grind the teeth, XV h 9. [OE. gnagan.]
#Go(n)#, v. VIII a 296, XV g 24, &c.; #Goo#, XI b 41, &c.; #Ga#,
X 168; pres. 2 sg. #Gost#, II 129; 3 sg. #Gase#, IV a 11, XIV a
25; #Geþ# (OE. gǣþ), II 238, 551; #Gotȝ#, VI 5; #Goth#, IX 178,
&c.; pl. #Gaa#, IV b 43; #Goo#, #Go(n)#, IX 18, 177, XI b 15, &c.;
#Gotȝ#, VI 150; #Goþ#, XIII b 64, 65; subj. #Go#, VI 170, XVI
156; imper. pl. #Gos#, VI 161; #Gotȝ#, V 51, 175; pp. #Gane#, X
84, 100, &c.; #Go#, I 222, II 196; #Gon(e)#, I 161, II 492 (ago), VI 16,
XVII 408 (done for), &c.; #Ygo#, II 349, 541 (ago); #Goande#, pres. p.
V 146. To walk, V 146, IX 18, XIV a 25; in him com ... gon (OE.
cōm inn gān), came walking in, XV g 24; to be (alive), V 41;
gon on bodi and bones, see Bodi; to go, II 190, 345, XV g 12, &c.;
gon (be), travel (about), IX 112; go hunte, &c., go and hunt, &c.,
VIII a 30, 32; go slepe, go to sleep, VIII a 296; hadde go, had
gone on, I 222; hou it geþ, what is the (inevitable) course of things,
II 551; is go(n), &c., went, II 196, X 176, XII b 176; _war tharin
gane_, were in it, X 128; to come, get, IX 164, 186, &c.; _gotȝ
(goth) out_, issues, VI 5, IX 178. [OE. gān.] See Ȝede.
#Gobet#, n. small share, VIII b 106. [OFr. gobet.]
#God#, n. God, I 89, V 81, VI 241, &c.; #Godd(e)#, I 78, V 51, 137,
&c.; #Godys# (MS. God; see XVII 88, note), gen. sg. XVI 241;
#Godes#, #Goddes#, pl. gods, II 31, VII 45, 176, 181, &c.; _gef hym
God and goud day_, wished him Godspeed and good day, V 5. [OE. god.]
See Goddes.
#God(e)#, adj. good, I 9, II 35, V 281, &c.; #Good(e)#, VIII b 71,
XI b 121, &c.; #Goud(e)#, V 50, 202, VI 208; #Gud(e)#, IV b 15, X
47, XIV a 14, &c.; #Guod#, III 59 (guode, wk., III 30, 31, &c.);
goud day, see God. [OE. gōd.]
#God(e)#, #Good(e)#, #Guode# (III), #Gude# (IV, XIV b), n. sg. good,
IV b 9, V 59, XII a 149; good thing, II 230; collective, goods,
wealth, III 8 (dat.), IV b 81, VIII a 225, XII b 35, XIV c 75,
&c.; #Godes# (and forms as above) pl., goods, III 1, VII 122, VIII a
218, XI b 272, XII b 48, XIV b 11, &c. [OE. gōd, n.]
#Goddesse#, n. goddess, XII a 44. [OE god + OFr. -esse.]
#Godenisse#, #God(e)nesse#, #Goodnesse#, n. goodness, bounty, II 55,
VI 133, VIII a 132, IX 329, &c. [OE. gōd-nes.]
#Godhede#, n. divinity, VI 53, XI b 280, XVI 249. [OE. god +
*-hǣdu; cf. OE. god-hād.]
#Godspelle#, n. (dat. sg.) gospel, III 57; #Gospel(l)#, VI 138, XI
a 23, b 20, &c. [OE. godspell.]
#Goyng#, n.; for goyng, as a result of moving about, I 157. [From
Go(n).]
#Gold(e)#, n. gold, II 150, XV g 22 (dat. sg.), &c. [OE. góld.]
#Golde-hemmed#, adj. bordered with gold, V 327. [Prec. and OE. hemm,
border.]
#Golf#, n. abyss (of water), VI 248. [OFr. golfe.]
#Gome#, n. man, V 50, 159, 171, 191, 202, VII 54, VIII a 210. [OE.
guma.]
#Gon(e)#, #Goo#. See Go(n).
#Gonne#. See Gan.
#Gore#, n. triangular strip (of cloth), gore; by synecdoche for
'gown', in under gore, in gown (among women, alive), XV c 35. [OE.
gāra.]
#Gos#, #Gost#. See Go(n).
#Goshauk#, n. goshawk (usually a large short-winged hawk), XII a 9.
[OE. gōs-hafoc.]
#Gost#, n. spirit, soul, V 182; #Haly Gast(e)#, #Hooly Gost(e)#, &c.,
Holy Ghost, IV b 53, IX 331, XI a 11, XVI 77, XVII 162, &c. [OE.
gāst.]
#Gostly#, adj. spiritual, IX 332, XI b 281, 289; #Gast(e)ly#, IV a
51, b 70, 85. [OE. gāst-lic.]
#Goteȝ#, n. pl. streams, VI 248. [OE. *got- rel. to gēotan.]
#Gotȝ#, #Goþ#, &c. See Go(n).
#Goud(e)#. See Gode.
#Gouerned#, pa. t. controlled, XIV c 26. [OFr. governer.]
#Goune#, #Gowne#, n. gown (outer robe), V 328, XVII 262. [OFr.
goune.]
#Gowrdes#, n. pl. gourds, IX 139. [OFr. gourde.]
#Gowtes#, n. pl.; gowtes artetykes, attacks of arthritic gout, IX
314. [OFr. goute.] See Artetyke.
#Grace#, n. favour, IX 296, XIV b 46, &c.; consideration, VIII a
117; grace, mercy (of God), I 186, VI 76, 252, VIII a 120, b 106, XV
i 8, XVII 551, &c.; personified in our Lord, VI 65; what God may send,
XVII 334; favour of fortune, luck, VII 76, VIII b 102, XII b 169,
186; lot, II 547. [OFr. grace.]
#Graciouse#, #-yous#, #Gracius#, adj. pleasing, VIII a 222;
gracious, XVII 28, 165. [OFr. gracious.]
#Gradde#. See Grede.
#Graidly#. See Graythely.
#Graielis#, n. pl. books containing the 'gradual' (part of the Mass),
XI b 229 (see note). [OFr. graël.]
#Grayne#. See Greyne.
#Grayþed#, pa. t.; grayþed hym, got ready, V 191; #Grathed#, pp.
made ready, XVI 211 (rime requires Graide). [ON. greiða.]
#Grayþely#, #Grathely# (XVI), #Graidly# (VII), adv. readily; ready, V
224; aptly, VI 139; carefully, VII 54; directly, XVI 92. [ON.
greið-liga.] See prec., and Grath.
#Grame#, n. wrath, XVII 89. [OE. grama.] See Greme.
#Gramer(e)#, n. grammar, XIII b 36; mayster of gr., (title of) a
licensed teacher of grammar, XIII b 28. [OFr. gramaire.]
#Gramerscole#, n. grammar-school, XIII b 28, 33, 38. [Prec. + OE.
scōl.]
#Grant merci#, gramercy, thank you (lit. great thanks), V 58, XII b
92. [OFr.]
#Grapes#, n. pl. grapes, IX 159, 160. [OFr. grape.]
#Grases#. See Gresse.
#Grath#, n. readiness, in with grath, promptly, XVII 482. [ON.
greiði.] See Grayþed, &c.
#Graue#, n. grave, I 139, XVI 23, 393. [OE. græf.]
#Graunt(e)#, #Grante#, v. to consent, I 51; to grant, VII 3, VIII a
326, XIV b 46, XV i 8, XVII 178, &c.; (with infin.) I 199, II 604.
[OFr. graanter, AFr. graunter.]
#Greate#. See Gret(e), adj.
#Grece#, n. fat, V 245. [OFr. gresse.]
#Grede#, v. to cry out, II 104; #Gradde#, pa. t. XII b 68. [OE.
grǣdan.]
#Greyn#. See Grene.
#Greyne#, #Grayne#, n. grain, corn, VIII a 113, 120. [OFr. grain.]
#Grekes#, #Grekys#, n. pl. Greeks, VII 40, 61, 86, 111, 176. [OE.
Grē(a)cas, L. Græcī.]
#Grem(e)#, #Gremy# (VII), n. anger; resentment, VI 105; mortification,
V 302; cause for anger, harm, V 183; with greme (gremy), wrathfully,
V 231, VII 176. [ON. gremi; OE. gremian, v.] See Grame.
#Grene#, #Greyn# (XVII), adj. green, II 353, V 35, VIII a 276, &c.;
n. green, V 123, 159, 191, 227; green sward, II 72; earth, XVII 534.
[OE. grēne.]
#Gresse#, n. grass, II 244, V 113; #Grases#, pl. herbs, II 260. [OE.
gærs, græs.]
#Gret(e)#, #Greate# (III), adj. great, large, I 22, 210, II 101, 240,
III 9, 17, &c.; greatly esteemed, VII 40; big, boastful, XVII 379; _many
grete_, many important people, XI b 207; smale and grete, _grete and
small_, all, XIV c 22, XVII 90, 344; #Grettere#, compar. IX 70, 91;
#Grettest#, superl. IX 182. [OE. grēat; grē̆ttra, compar.]
#Gret(e)#, v.^1 to greet, XII introd., XIV d 2. [OE. grētan.]
#Grete#, v.^2 to weep, V 89; #Grette#, pa. t. IV a 87. [OE.
grētan (*grǣtan), or grēotan.]
#Gretnesse#, n. size, IX 54. [OE. grēat-nes.]
#Greu#, n. Greek (language), XI a 45. [OFr. greu.]
#Grevance#, n. offence, sin (or affliction), XVII 58. [OFr.
grevance.]
#Greue#, v. to grieve, offend, VI 111, VIII a 225, XV f 3;
oppress, VIII a 313; injure, VIII b 60; greueth hym aȝeines,
voices a grievance against, VIII a 311; #Greuyng#, n. offending,
insulting, VII 181. [OFr. grever.]
#Greuous#, adj. grave, IX 287; #Greuously#, adv. gravely, XI b
144. [OFr. grevous.]
#Grew(e)#. See Growe(n).
#Gryed#, pa. t. sorrowed (inwardly), V 302. [Not known; cf. XI Pains
of Hell (OE. Miscell.) l. 160, gryd and wept.]
#Griffoun#, n. griffin, IX 245, 248, 251. [OFr. griffon.]
#Griis#, n. grey (fur), II 241 (see Fowe). [OFr. gris.]
#Grymme#, #Grim#, adj. fearsome, grim, II 184, V 192. [OE. grimm.]
#Gryndel#, adj. wrathful, V 270; #Gryndelly#, adv. wrathfully, V
231. [? Back-formation from *grindlaik (gryndellayk Sir Gaw. 312),
ON. grimmd + leik-r; cf. ON. grimm-leikr.]
#Gryndel-ston#, n. grindstone, V 134. [OE. *grindel (from gríndan)
+ stān.]
#Grys#, n. pl. young pigs, VIII a 276. [ON. grís-s.]
#Grisbittyng#, n. gnashing of the teeth, XIII b 15. [OE.
gristbitung.]
#Gryste#, n. resentment (? lit. grinding of the teeth), VI 105. [OE.
grist, grinding.]
#Grochinge#, n. reluctance, III 10. See Grucche.
#Gron(e)#, v. to lament, complain, V 89, XVII 409; groan, VIII a
255, XV h 9. [OE. grānian.]
#Gronyngys#, n. pl. lamentations (as a sign of repentance), XI b 99.
[OE. grānung.]
#Grot#, n. small bit; euerich a grot, every detail, II 490. [OE.
grot.]
#Ground(e)#, #Grownd# (XVII), n. ground, XII a 80, &c.; bottom, XII
b 71; bottom of the sea, XVII 439, 462; deep pool, XIII a 52; land,
XVII 465; foundation, cause, VI 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, VII 80; _(vp)on
grounde_, on earth, V 82, VIII a 225; to grounde, on the ground, II
549, VI 74. [OE. grúnd.]
#Grounde#, v. in nouȝt groundiþ hem, they have no foundation, XI
a 4; groundid (in), based (on), XI b 52; ben not gr. in God,
have no divine sanction, XI a 62. [From prec.]
#Grounden#, pp. ground, V 134; #Ygrounde#, XIV d 9. [OE. gríndan,
ge-grúnden.]
#Grow#, v. to feel terror, X 94. [Cf. MLG. grūwen.]
#Growe(n)#, #Grufe#, v. to grow, VIII a 113, IX 33, 53, XII a 80,
&c.; to come into being, in begynnys to grufe to vs, is about to begin
for us, XVII 463; #Grew(e)#, pa. t. I 164, 236, VI 65, VII 80;
#Growe#, pp. II 266, XIV c 89, 98; #Growynge#, n. growth, IX 71.
[OE. grōwan; grufe is freq. Northern form.]
#Grucche#, #Gruch#, v. to grumble, VIII a 210, 311; grumble at, V
183; #Gruchyng#, pres. p. reluctant, V 58. [OFr. gr(o)ucher.] See
Grochinge, Bigruccheth.
#Grufe#. See Growe(n).
#Grwe#, n. jot, in no grwe, not a jot, not at all, V 183. [? OFr.
gru, grain; cf. Grot.]
#Gud(e)#, #Guod(e)#, &c. See Gode.
#Gun(e)#. See Gan.
#Gurdel#, n. girdle, V 327; #Girdel#, V 290. [OE. gyrdel.]
#Guttes#, n. pl. entrails, VIII a 171. [OE. guttas.]
#Ȝa#, #Ȝaa#, adv. yea, yes, XVI 109, 305. [OE geā.] See
Ȝe, Yei.
#Ȝaf#. See Ȝeue.
#Ȝalow#, adj. yellow, IX 34, 115, 116; fair (-haired), IX 22. [OE.
geolu, geolw-.]
#Ȝalownesse#, n. fairness (of hair), IX 22. [From prec.]
#Ȝar#, adj. ready, X 110. [OE. gearo.]
#Ȝare#, adv. fully, V 342. [OE. gear(w)e.]
#Ȝarkke#, v. to ordain, decree, V 342; #Yȝarked#, pp. II 547.
[OE. gearcian.]
#Ȝate#, n. gate, II 232 (dat.), 385; #Ȝet#, X 167, 181, &c.;
#Ȝateȝ#, #-es#, #-iis#, pl. V 2, IX 223, XVI 124, &c. [OE.
ge(a)t, gæt (pl. gatu); the pls. above show infl. of sg.] See
Gate, n.^1
#Ȝe#, adv. yea, yes, VIII a 38, 227, b 110. [OE. gēa.]
See Ȝa, Yei.
#Ȝe#, pron. 2 pl. nom. you, I 38, II 215, &c.; #Ȝee#, IX 187,
219, 284; #Ye#, XV g 25, &c.; #Yee#, XVII 397. #Ou#, acc. and dat.
(to) you, XIV c 97; #Ȝou#, II 24, 204, &c.; #Ȝow#, I 22, VIII
a 6, 14, &c.; #You(e)#, XVI 402, XVII 294, &c.; #Yow#, V 23, 26, &c.;
refl. (acc.) yourselves, VIII a 112, XIV b 7, XVI 178; yourself,
V 49, VIII a 25; (dat.) for yourselves, II 216, 217; _ȝif ȝou
lyke_, it lyke ȝou, if it please you, IX 74, 284; ȝou to, for
yourselves, XIV d 7. #Ȝor#, poss. adj. XIV c 13, 106;
#Ȝour(e)#, I 84, II 218, &c.; #Ȝowre#, VIII a 14, 21, XIV a 8,
10, b 4, &c. The plural forms are often used to a superior, as: II
582, VIII a 118, ff., &c.; but also without special reason and
intermingled with þou, &c., as: II 466, V 42, 256-7, &c. [OE. gē,
ēow, ēower.]
#Ȝede# (pa. t. of Gon, q.v.), fared, went, &c., I 53, 104, II
301, 476, VIII a 93, &c.; walked, II 509; was, V 265; _ȝede
atwynne_, broke apart, separated, I 191; ȝede on fote = lived, V
295; ȝede his gate, went his way, VI 166. [OE. ēode; see
N.E.D., s.v. Yede, and Luick, Hist. Gramm. d. engl. Sprache § 261 n.
3; § 360.]
#Ȝederly#, adv. ? promptly, ? fully, V 257. [? OE. ǣdre,
ēdre, quickly, fully; cf. Yendles.]
#Ȝeer#, n. year, IX 61, 63, &c.; #Ȝer(e)#, I 151, V 332, VIII
a 44, XIII a 44, &c.; #Yeare# (dat.), III introd.; #Yer(e)#, III
44, VII 12, 99, XIV e 2, XVII 57; #Ȝer(e)#, pl. I introd., II
264, 492, 541, VI 123, VIII a 319, b 36, XVI 39, 354; #Ȝeres#, I
introd. [OE. gēr, gēar.] See Toȝere.
#Ȝef#, #Yef#; #Ȝif#, #Ȝyf#, conj. (usually with subj.) if,
I 17, II 169, III 13, 28, V 230, VI 122, VIII a 163, XIII a 35, 48,
XV b 34, &c.; whether, I 17, III 5, &c.; #Hyf#, VIII b 43; #If(f)#,
VIII a 123, XVI 331, &c.; #Iif#, V 275; #Yf#, IV b 24; #Yiif#, XV
a 23; ȝif (if) þat, if, IV a 24, 88, IX 219, 271, XII a 16,
b 46, XIV c 69; whether, XII a 184; all if, although, XVII 231;
see also Bote. [OE. gef, gi(e)f.] See Gif.
#Ȝeit#. See Ȝet(e), adv.
#Ȝelde(n)#, v. to yield, give (back), pay, repay, V 155, 257, VIII
a 44, IX 189; #Yelde#, III 50; #Ȝelde#, subj. (imper.) in
ȝ. hit ȝow, requite you for it, V 342; ȝ. ȝow (of),
reward you (for), VIII a 121; #Ȝolden#, pp. surrendered, XIV b
89; #Yyolde#, restored, III 58 (see the French). [OE. géldan.] See
Forȝelde.
#Ȝemen#, n. pl. yeomen, hired labourers, VI 175. [? OE.
geong-man, ME. ȝengman, ȝemman, ȝēman; see N.E.D.,
s.v. Yeoman.]
#Ȝeply#, adv. cunningly; (allit. only) quickly, promptly, V 176.
[OE. gēap-līce.]
#Ȝer(e)#. See Ȝeer.
#Ȝern(e)#, adv. eagerly, readily, II 323, VIII a 103, 292. [OE.
géorne.]
#Ȝerne#, v. to desire, long for; #Yȝyrned#, pp. XV c 32 (the
relative before ychabbe is omitted); #Ȝhernyng#, n. (the object
of) desire, IV a 22 (cf. Couaytyng, Lufyng). [OE. géornan,
gírnan; géorning.]
#Ȝet#. See Ȝate.
#Ȝet(e)#, #Ȝeit# (X), #Yet#; #Ȝit(t)#, #Ȝyt#, #Yit#;
#Ȝut# (VIII b); adv. yet; up to now, even now, XI b 243, XII
a 196, XIV c 84, XVI 373, XVII 359, &c.; strengthening (n)euere,
II 103, 147, VI 89, VIII b 41, XVI 136; still, once more, in addition,
moreover, II 464, VI 14, VIII a 38, 250, IX 40, 200, XII b 75, &c.;
all the same, none the less, I 225, II 174, V 151, VI 83, VIII b 98,
XI b 119, XV g 31, XVII 12, &c.; conj. and yet, but, XVII 17, 197;
ac ȝete, but ȝit, bot yit (ȝeit), &c., and yet, II 191,
IX 99, X 95, XI b 239, XVII 35, &c. [OE. gēt(a), gett,
gī(e)t, gȳt, &c.]
#Ȝete#, v. to grant, give; no waning I wyl þe ȝete, I wish to
give you no curtailment (of what is due), VI 198. [OE. (late)
gēatan, prob. modelled on ON. játa.]
#Ȝeue#, #Yeue# (III), v. to give, grant, III 7, IX 79, 293, XI b
162, &c.; #Ȝiue(n)#, II 454, VIII a 121 (subj.), XII b 35, 42,
&c.; #Ȝyue#, XI b 300; #Ȝifth#, 3 sg. pres. XII a 87.
#Ȝaf#, #Yaf#, pa. t. sg. III 39, 44, VIII a 192, 238, XI a 11;
#Yeaf#, III 10, 22, 52; #Ȝaf#, pa. t. pl. II 20; #Yeaue#, _pa.
subj._ III 21, 51. #Ȝouen#, pp. IX 90, XI b 264; #Yeue#, III 7,
14; #Y-yeue#, III 25, 29; ȝaf of, gave (cared) for, XIV c 54.
[OE. gefan, giefan, gyfan.] See Giffe, Forȝeue.
#Ȝhernyng#. See Ȝerne, v.
#Ȝif# (#Ȝyf#); #Ȝifth#. See Ȝef; Ȝeue.
#Ȝiftis#, n. pl. gifts, VIII a 42, XI b 265. [OE. gift; see
N.E.D., s.v. Gift.] See Gyfte.
#Ȝit(t)#, #Ȝyt#, #Yit#. See Ȝet(e), adv.
#Ȝiue(n)#, #Ȝyue#. See Ȝeue.
#Ȝoked#, pp. yoked, IX 253. [OE. geocian.]
#Ȝolden#. See Ȝelde(n).
#Ȝole#, n. Yule, Christmas; ȝole nyȝt, Christmas night, I
187. [OE. gēol; cf. ON. jól, n. pl. Yule; jóla-nátt,
Yule-night.]
#Ȝon#. See Yone.
#Ȝong(e)#, #Yong# (XVII), adj. young, VI 52, 114, 175, VIII b 36,
IX 21, XVII 397; old or ȝong, any one, II 221; ȝong and alde,
every one, IV a 49. [OE. geong.]
#Ȝor#. See Ȝe, pron.
#Ȝore#, adv. (since long ago), a long while, II 559, V 46, VI 226,
XV c 32. [OE. geāra]
#Ȝou#, #Ȝour(e)#, #Ȝow(re)#. See Ȝe.
#Ȝouen#. See Ȝeue.
#Ȝut#. See Ȝet(e), adv.
#Haade#. See next.
#Habbe(n)#, v. to have, possess, get, take, put, and auxil., XIII
a 59, 60, XV g 23; #A#, I 127; #Haf(e)#, IV a 64, V 150, &c.;
#Haif#, XVII 286; #Han#, XIV c 6, XV h 22; #Haue(n)#, I 107, VIII
a 74, XII a 66, &c.; #Hawe#, X introd. #Haf#, #Haue#, _1 sg.
pres._ V 23, IX 289, &c.; see Ichabbe, Ichaue; #Has(e)#, 2 sg. XVI
243, XVII 430, &c.; #Hast(e)#, I 131, XVI 223, &c.; #Hatȝ#, V 173,
228, 273, 324; #Hauest#, VIII b 26; #Habbeȝ#, 3 sg. *V 271
(note); #Hase#, IV a 39, XVII 550, &c.; #Haþ#, #Hath#, I 11, XVI 356,
&c.; #Hatȝ#, V 46, 126, 340; #Haues#, XV a 20; #Haueþ#, VIII b
98; #Habbeþ#, pl. III 2, XIII a 15, &c.; #Haf(e)# (with pron.), IV
b 16, VI 159, X 16, &c.; #Han# (the commonest form), II 21, V 25, &c.;
#Has(e)# (sep. from pron.), IV a 2, X 52, XIV b 71, XVII 95, &c.
#Haue#, pres. subj. V 219, VIII a 114, 261; as haue I (thou), so
may I (you) have, XVII 237, 333, 402. #Haf#, #Haue#, imper. sg. V 75,
I 124, &c.; #Haueth#, pl. XIV d 13. #Hadde#, pa. t. I 100, II 51,
XI b 265, &c.; #Had(e)#, I 116, V 13, XI b 202, &c.; #Hedde#, III 5,
42, &c. (OKt. hefde); #Hadde#, 2 sg. XVI 219; #Hadestow#, II 533
(see Þou); #Hadyn#, pl. VII 126. #Haade#, pa. t. subj. had, would
(should) have, XI b 270; #Hadde#, #Had(e)#, II 559, I 195, V 196, &c.;
#Hed(d)e#, III 13, 30, &c.; #Hadeȝ#, #Hadest#, 2 sg. subj. II 573,
V 326. #Yhad#, pp. II 249, 253. Haf (haue) at þe, have (i.e. let
me get) at thee, V 220, XVII 219; haue done, be quick, XVII 316, 352,
480; his lyf hade, preserved his life, VII 163. [OE. habban.]
#Habide#. See Abide.
#Habundant#, adj. abundant, IX 330. [OFr. abundant.]
#Hacches#, n. pl. hatches; of a buttery, or kitchen, VIII b 29; of a
ship, VII 147. [OE. hæcc.]
#Hade#, see Habbe(n), Heued; #Hadestow#, see Habbe(n).
#Haf(e)#. See Habbe(n), Half.
#Hafyng#, n. possession, VI 90. [From stem of Habben; cf. OE.
hæfen.]
#Hay(e)#, n. hay, XVII 159; mowing grass, IV a 33. [OE. hēg.]
#Haif#. See Habbe(n).
#Hayle#, n. hail, I 162. [OE. hægl.]
#Hayroun#, n. (collective), herons, II 310. [OFr. hairon.]
#Haithill#. See Haþel.
#Haywarde#, n. hayward (who had charge of fences, enclosures, &c., and
was sometimes keeper of the cattle on the common land), VIII b 16
(see note). [OE. hægweard.]
#Hald(e)#, &c. See Holde(n).
#Haldynge#, n.; haldynge vp, maintaining, XI b 168. See
Holde(n).
#Hale#, v. to draw, pull, XII b 87; #Halt#, pp. in vp halt,
uplifted, high, V 11. [OE. *halian (OFris. halia), or OFr. haler.]
#Half#, #Halue#, #Haf# (III), n. side, X 198; vpon boþe halue, on
both sides, V 2, 97; o this half, on this side (of the world), IX 250;
behalf, in ane ... haf (with intervening gen.) on behalf of, III 11;
(vp)on Goddeȝ halue, a (on) Goddes half, &c., in God's name, for
God's sake, V 51, 81, XI a 15, XII b 80; adj. and adv. half, IX
241, XII b 35, 79, &c. [OE. half.] See Behalue.
#Halȝeȝ#, n. pl. saints, V 54. [OE. hā̆lga.] See Holi.
#Haly#. See Holi.
#Halydam#, n. halidom, holy thing (such as relics of the saints, but
frequent coupling with God, and help, seems to show word to imply
the saints as a body; cf. prec. line), V 55. [OE. hāligdōm.]
#Hall(e)#, n. mansion, hall, home, II 219, V 261, XVI 136, XVII 67,
348, 516, &c. [OE. hall.]
#Halme#, n. shaft, V 156. [OE. halm, stalk; cf. Stele.]
#Halpeny#, n. halfpenny in halpeny ale, ale at a halfpenny a gallon,
small beer, VIII a 300. [OE. half-penig.] See Pené.
#Hals#, n. neck, VIII a 63. [OE. hals.]
#Halsed#, pa. t. embraced, greeted, XVI 64. [OE. h(e)alsian,
*embrace, implore, usually confused with next. Cf. ON. heilsa (=
next), greet; hálsa, embrace.]
#Halsen#, v. to interpret (dream), XII a 148. [OE. hǣ̆lsian,
hā̆lsian, interpret omens, &c.]
#Halt#, see Hale; #Halue#, see Half.
#Halue-acre#, #Half-acre#, n. half-acre, small plot, VIII a 4, 5,
100, 110. [OE. half + æcer.]
#Halvendel#, n. half, XII b 49, 218. [OE. halfan dǣl, accus.]
See Dele.
#Halwid#, pp. consecrated, XI b 29. [OE. hā̆lgian.] See
Halȝeȝ, Holi.
#Ham#, #Hamsylf#. See Hi, pron. pl.
#Hame#. See Hom, adv.
#Hamerys#, #Hamers#, n. pl. hammers, XV h 10, 13. [OE. hamor.]
See Homered.
#Hamese#, n. pl. alleged oriental name for diamonds, IX 37 (so in
French original).
#Han#, see Habbe(n); #Hand(e)#, see Hond.
#Handled#, pp. wielded, XV h 13. [OE. handlian.]
#Hange#, v. to hang (trans. and intr.), I 219, VIII a 63, XVI
307; #Hongeþ#, 3 sg. pres. II 506, 507; #Heng(e)#, pa. t. sg. II
344, 500; #Yhonged#, pp. XIII a 14. [OE. hōn (pa. t.
hēng), trans.; hángian, intr.; cf. ON. hanga (str.) intr.]
#Hap#, #Happ#, n. chance, fortune, XII b 8, XV c 9; #Happes#,
pl. happenings, II 8, XIII a 62. [ON. happ.] See Myshap.
#Happe#, v. impers. happen, VIII a 47; #Happed#, #Happit#, pa. t.
it befell, VII 117, VIII b 99. [From prec.]
#Happene#, #Happyn#, v. to happen, IX 47, 207, XVII 481; #Hapneth#, _3
sg. pres._ XII b 6. [Extended from prec.]
#Hard#. See Here, v.
#Hard(e)#, adj. hard, harsh, cruel, I 28, 135, II 243, &c.; strong,
immovable, IV a 48; as sb., what is hard, VI 246; adv. hard, V 85,
XV h 13; grievously, VII 117; closely, X 150, XVI 151. [OE. heard;
hearde.]
#Hardely#, #Hardily#, #Hardiliche#, adv. boldly, VIII a 30, XVI 143;
(parenthetic), certainly, I may say, V 322, XVII 522. [From next.]
#Hardi#, #Hardy#, adj. bold, II 27, VIII a 179, &c. [OFr. hardi.]
#Hardyment#, n. (act of) daring, X 183. [OFr. hardement.]
#Hardynesse#, n. hardihood, boldness, IX 79. [OFr. hardi + -ness;
cf. OFr. hardiesse.]
#Hardis#, n. pl. hards (coarser part of flax), X 20. [OE. heordan,
pl.]
#Hare#. See Hi, pron. pl., and fem.
#Harkens#, &c. See Herkne.
#Harlot#, n. rascal, scurrilous fellow, VIII a 54, [XVI 185]. [OFr.
harlot.]
#Harm(e)#, n. grief, misfortune, injury, detriment, I 147, V 204, 209,
VI 28, XII a 162, XIII b 39, XIV a 26, XVI 323, &c. [OE. hearm.]
#Harp#, n. harp, II 19, 231, &c. [OE. hearp.]
#Harpe#, v. to harp, II 37, 271, &c. [OE. hearpian.]
#Harpour(e)#, #Harper#, n. harper, minstrel, II 35, 40, 513, 522, &c.
[OE. hearpere; OFr. harpour.]
#Harpyng#, n. harping, minstrelsy, II 3, 43, 277, &c. [OE.
hearpung.]
#Harryng#, n. snarling, XIII b 15. [Echoic.]
#Harrowe#, #Herrowe#, interj. a cry for help, XVI 185, 343; as sb.,
uproar, XVI 98. [OFr. harou.]
#Harrowing#, n. despoiling, XVI title. [OE. hergung.]
#Hartely#. See Hertely.
#Harwen#, v. to harrow, VIII b 19. [Cf. ON. herfi, OSwed. harva,
a harrow.]
#Hasell-note#, n. hazel-nut, IX 55. [OE. hæsel-hnutu.]
#Hast(e)#, n. violence, haste, VIII a 291, XVII 411, &c; an haste,
III 22, 43, 47; in hast(e), V 150, VIII a 167, XVII 158, 293, 447,
speedily, immediately. [OFr. haste; cf. Heste, n.^2]
#Hast(e)#, v. intr. and refl. to hasten, VIII a 317, XVII 182;
hastis hemselue to hange, rashly (precipitately) hang themselves, XVI
307. [OFr. haster.]
#Hast(e)ly#, adv. speedily, XVII 39, 109. [From Haste, n.; cf. OE.
hǣstlice.]
#Hate#. See Hoot.
#Hate#, n. hatred, VI 103, &c. [Stem of next.]
#Hate#, #Hatie#, 2 sg. pres. subj. (you should) hate, IV a 47, VIII
a 52. [OE. hatian.]
#Hatȝ#, #Haþ#, &c. See Habbe(n).
#Hatte#, n. hat, V 13, XIV b 41. [OE. hætt.]
#Hatte#, see Hote, v.; #Hatter#, see Hoot.
#Haþel#, #Haithill# (VII), adj. noble, VII 38; n. knight, V 263,
340. [OE. æþele, adj., and hæleþ, warrior; see Björkman, _Morte
Arthure_, 358 (note, and refs.).]
#Hauenes#, n. pl. harbours, XIII b 68, XIV c 38. [OE. hæfen(e).]
#Hauer-cake#, n. oat-cake, VIII a 277. [ON. hafri + ME. cake
(cf. Icel., Swed. kaka).]
#Haukin#, n.; on haukin, a-hawking, II 308. [OE. hafoc, ON.
hauk-r, a hawk.]
#Haunche#, n. haunch; app. = shoulder, I 120. [OFr. hanche.]
#Haunt#, n. frequentation; wel gode haunt, great plenty, II 309.
[OFr. hant, from next.]
#Haunteþ#, 3 sg. pres. frequents, I 2. [OFr. hanter.]
#Hawe#. See Habbe(n).
#He#, pron. 3 sg. masc. he, I 4, 10, &c.; #Hee#, XVI 185; #A#, XIII
a 27, &c. (see A); indef. one, VIII a 130, 131, 211; _as he
which_, as (being) one who, XII a 23 (note), b 37, &c. #Him#,
#Hym(e)#, acc. and dat. I 63, II 51, &c.; refl. (for) himself, I
10, 70, II 244, 485, IV b 78, 80, V 191, VI 118, XVI 126; often
pleonastic (dat.) with verbs of bodily action, II 289 (note), XV b 7
(note), g 33; esp. of motion, III 19, V 86, XIV c 61, XV g 18, 24
(note), 27, 29, 30; orig. refl. accus. II 475, 501. #Himself#,
#Hymself(e)#, #-selue(n)#, #-seluyn#, #-sylf#, nom. himself, IV b
82, V 41, VII 69, XI b 225, XIII a 27, &c.; he himself, II 37, VII
161; acc. refl. XI b 223, XV g 16, &c. #Hiis#, poss. adj. (orig.
gen.) XIV d 7; #Hys#, #His#, I 46, II 29, &c.; #Hysse#, VI 58;
#Hus#, VIII b 60, 101, 102; #Is#, XV g 7, 24, 29; #Us#, VIII b
106; #Hise#, pl. XII a 156, &c.; as sb., his folk, I 135, XVII
553; written for genitive inflexion, XIII a 22 (see note), b 23.
[OE. hē, nom.; his, gen.; him, dat.] See Hi, Hit.
#He#, pron. fem. she, II 408, 446, XV c 7, 15, 17, &c. (see Hi,
pron. fem.); pl. they, II 185 (see Hi, pron. pl.). [OE.
hēo.]
#He#. See Heigh(e).
#Hebenus#, n. ebony, XII a 91. [L. ebenus.]
#Hed(e)#, see Habbe(n), Heued; #Hedde(n)#, see Habbe(n).
#Hede#, n. heed, notice, VIII a 15, XIV c 10; take hede, look
you, XVII 424. [Stem of OE. hēdan.]
#Heder#, #-ir#. See Hider.
#Hee#. See He, masc.; Heie, adv.
#Heele#, n. heel, XIII b 39; #Heleȝ#, pl. V 85. [OE.
hēla.]
#Heele#. See Hele, n.
#Heep#, #Hep#, n. host, VIII a 181; an hep (without of), a host
of, XII a 82. [OE. hēap.]
#Heere#. See Her(e), adv. and n.
#Heggen#, v. to make and trim hedges, *VIII b 19 (MS. eggen). [From
next.]
#Hegges#, n. pl. hedges, VIII a 31. [OE. *hecg.]
#Heght#. See Hight.
#Heie#, #Hye# (X), #Hyȝ(e)#, #Hee# (IV); adv. high, IV a 9, VI
113, X 16, 124, XV g 12; loudly, V 144, X 86. [OE. hēh.]
#Heigh(e)#, #Heiȝ(e)#, #Heih#, adj. high, noble; loud; II 26, 205,
326, 356, VIII a 4, XI b 133, XIV c 18, 100, 109, &c.; also #He#,
XVII 469; #Hegh#, VII 142; #Heȝe#, V 129; #Hye#, IX 196, XVII 553;
#Hyȝe#, V 19, VI 35, XIII a 40, &c.; #High(e)#, #Hygh#, I 13, VII
101, IX 137, &c.; #Hihe#, XII a 51; an hyȝ, on hegh, on high,
VII 142, XIII a 11; hyȝe gate, see Gate, n.^2; _heighe
pryme_, full prime, the end of the period 'prime' (6-9 a.m.), VIII a
106; hygh tymes, festivals, I 13; heigh way, highway, VIII a 4;
#Hyar#, compar. taller, X 10. [OE. hēh.]
#Heighlich#, adv. at a high rate, VIII a 307. [From prec.; cf. OE.
hēa-līce.]
#Heiȝing#, n. haste; an heiȝing, in haste, II 137. [From Hy,
v.]
#Heiste#; #Heite#; #Held(e)#. See Hote; Hete, n.; Holde(n).
#Helde#, v. intr. to incline, turn, V 263; #Heldand#, pres. p.
inclined, IV a 28. [OE. #héldan#.]
#Hele#, #Heele# (XVI), n. health, VIII a 256, b 7, 10;
restoration, XII a 18; salvation, XVI 38, 67, 106. [OE. hǣlu.]
See Hol(e).
#Hele#, v. to heal, VIII a 186, IX 92. [OE. hǣlan.]
#Heleȝ#. See Heele.
#Heling#, n. covering, X 6. [From OE. hel(i)an.]
#Hell#. See Hil.
#Hell(e)#, #Hel#, n. hell, IV a 48, 64, VI 82, &c.; originally
gen., in helle pitte, the abyss of hell, XVI 348; fendis in h.,
hell-fiends, XI b 216 (cf. OE. fēond on helle). [OE. hell.]
#Helme#, n.^1 helm(et), V 75, 129, &c. [OE. helm.]
#Helm(e)#, n.^2 helm (of rudder), XIV c 59, XVII 272, 420. [OE.
helma.]
#Help(e)#, n. help, reinforcements, VII 3, VIII a 240, X 180, &c.;
forces, XIII b 65. [OE. help.]
#Helpe(n)#, #Help(pe)#, v. to help, avail, II 116, V 141 (note), VIII
a 21, 241, &c.; pres. subj. V 55, XVII 247; #Holpyn#, pa. t. pl.
VIII a 100; #Hulpen#, VIII a 110; #Helping#, n. X 18. [OE.
helpan.]
#Hemself#, #-selue#. See Hi, pl.
#Hende#, adj. courteous, gracious, II 563, XVI 45; as sb., good sir,
V 262; #Hendely#, adv. courteously, V 340. [OE. (ge-)hénde,
convenient, at hand.]
#Hendy#, adj. gracious, fair, XV c 9, 37, &c. [Extended from prec.]
#Henge#. See Hange.
#Hennes#; #Hence#, #Hens# (XVII), adv. from here, VIII a 273, b
84, XVII 292, 507; from now, ago, VIII b 36, XVII 25. [ME. henen(e),
henne (OE. heonane) + adv. -es.]
#Hent(e)#, v. to catch, seize, get, receive, I 112, V 249, VI 28
(pres. subj.), VIII a 167, 181; hent to, lay hold of, XVII 420;
#Hent#, pp. IV a 24, V 209, 255; #Yhent#, XV c 9, 37, &c. [OE.
hentan.]
#Hep#; #Heore#. See Heep; Hi, pl.
#Her(e)#, #Heere#, #Hier(e)#, (III, XII), adv. here, at this point,
III 2, VI 159, XI a 1, b 82, XII b 34, 118, XVI 40, &c.; here is,
XII b 161, XVI 325; here abowte, hereabouts, XV i 1. #Her(e)-#,
#Hyer-#, used for neut. pron. (this &c.) in: #Her(e)fore#, for this
reason, XI a 22, 33, b 139; #Hereinne#, VI 217; #Her(e)of#,
#Hyerof#, at, of this, III 1, VIII a 177, IX 150, XI a 54. [OE.
hēr.]
#Her(e)#, #Heere# (I), n. hair, I 164, 237, II 265, 506, XV c 13.
[OE. hǣr, hēr.]
#Her(e)#, see Hi, pron. fem. and pl.; #Hereself#, see Hi, fem.
#Herbarwe#, #Herberowe#, n. lodging, II 434, XVI 136. [OE.
here-beorg.]
#Herber#, n. arbour (grassy place with trees), XV a 13. [OFr.
herbier.]
#Here#, n. host (of foes), V 203. [OE. here.]
#Here#, v. to hear, listen to, hear of, I 81, II 43, V 136, 205, VIII
a 54, 206, XI b 223 (subj.), &c.; #Heryn#, II 17; #Heris#, _2 sg.
pres._ XVI 101; #Herd(e)#, pa. t. I 75, 239, &c.; #Hard#, pp. XVII
46; #Herd(e)#, IV a 24, IX 172, XVI 98. For likyng to here, VII 71,
see Likeing. [OE. hēran.] See Yhere.
#Heremites#, #Heremytes#, n. pl. hermits, VIII a 139, 181, b 4.
[Med.L. (h)erē̆mīta; OFr. (h)ermite.]
#Hereres#, n. pl. hearers, IX 276, 321. [From Here, v.]
#Heresye#, n. heresy, XI a 1, 64. [OFr. heresie.]
#Heretik#, n. heretic, XI a 4; #Heretikis#, #-ys#, pl. XI b 37,
45, &c. [L. hǣreticus.]
#Heryen#, v. to praise, XI b 152. [OE. herian.]
#Heryng(e)# (of), n. hearing (of), listening (to), IX 277, X
introd., XI b 59, &c. [OE. hēring.]
#Herkne#, #Herken#, v. to listen, II 443, 525; imper. sg. II 557, XV
c 36; pl. II 23; #Harke#, imper. sg. XVI 137; #Harkens#, pl. XVI
37. [OE. hercnian; cf. OFris. herkia.]
#Herrowe#. See Harrowe.
#Hert(e)#, n. heart, II 338, IV a 8, VI 4, VIII a 208, &c.;
distrib. sg. for pl. (usual ME. idiom in similar contexts, cf.
Kne, &c.), IV a 16, b 41; hertes lif, life, XII a 4. [OE.
heorte.]
#Hertely#, #Hartely#, adj. heartfelt, XVI 245; adv. in heart, XVII
388. [Prec. + OE. -lic(e).]
#Heruest#, n. autumn, harvest, VII 101, VIII a 68, 285, 294, b 7.
[OE. hærfest.]
#Heruest-tyme#, n. harvest-time, VIII a 108. [OE.
hærfest-tīma.]
#Hespyne#, n. boat, X 127. [ON. esping-r, a ship's boat.]
#Heste#, n.^1 command(ment), XI b 106; #Hestis#, pl. XI b 70,
187, 191, &c. [Extended from OE. hǣs; cf. Beheste, Biqueste.]
#Heste#, n.^2 violence, VII 142. [OE. hǣst (allit.). This form
has hitherto escaped record (?); prob. distinct from Hast(e), q.v.]
#Het(e)#, #Hette#, &c. See Hote, v.
#Hete#, n. heat, I 163, VI 194, VII 138, IX 13; #Heite#, VII 101. [OE.
hǣtu.]
#Heterly#, adv. bitterly, violently, suddenly, V 223, 243, 249, VI 42.
[Blend of OE. hete-līce, and ON. hatr-liga.]
#Hethen#, adv. hence, IV a 17. [ON. héðan.]
#Heþ(e)#, n. heath, II 237, 243. [OE. hǣþ.]
#Heþenisse#, n. pagan lands, II 513. [OE. hǣþen-nes.]
#Heu#. See Hew(e).
#Heue#, v. to raise, exalt, V 220, VI 113 (2 sg.). [OE. hebban,
hef-.]
#Heued#, n. head, VI 99, 105, XV g 13; ? leader, XIV d 8; #Hade#,
II 391; #Hed(e)#, V 75, 249, VIII a 322, XI b 136, &c.; on hed, on
his head, II 149. [OE. hēafod, hē̆afd-.]
#Heuen(e)#, #Heuyn#, n. sky, heaven, Heaven, IV a 9, b 10, V 11,
VII 137, 153, XIII b 52, &c.; #Heueneȝ#, pl. the heavens, VI 63,
81; Crystes (þe Lordes, &c.) loue of heuene, love of Christ (&c.) in
heaven, VIII a 19, 214, XIV d 10. [OE. heofon.]
#Heuenly#, adj. heavenly, XI b 291. [OE. heofon-lic.]
#Heuenryche#, #Heuenryke#, n. Heaven, IV a 15; vnder heuenryche,
on earth, V 355. [OE. heofon-rīce.] See Ryche.
#Heuy#, adj. heavy, XV h 13; heuy in, laden with, IV b 29. [OE.
hefig.]
#Heuynes#, #Hevynesse#, n. heaviness, IV b 35; sorrow, XII a 10.
[OE. hefig-nes.]
#Hew(e)#, #Heu# (XV), n. hue, complexion, beauty, I 165, 237, IV a
69, XV c 13; shade (of colour), XII a 55. [OE. hēow.]
#Hi#, pron. 3 sg. fem. she, III 32, 33, 55, 60 (it, ref. to _fem.
noun_), &c.; #Hy(e)#, II 81, 337, III 45; #He#, II 408, 446, XV c 7,
15, 17; #Ho#, VI 68, 77, 83, 84, 94, 96. #Hare#, acc. and dat. III
55; #Her(e)#, I 53, II 92; #Hir(e)# (the most usual form), II 73, VI 68,
X 30, XII a 27, 44, 107, 145, XV c 17 (refl.), &c.; #Hyr#, VI 67,
70; #Hure#, VIII b 53. Poss. adj. (orig. gen.) #Hare#, III 33, 35,
45; #Her(e)#, I 210, 243, II 565; #Hir(e)# (the most usual form), II 56,
IV b 6, &c.; #Hyr(e)#, IV b 4, VI 69, XV c 4, &c. #Hereself#,
#Hirself#, refl. acc. herself, XI b 57, XII a 32, 184. [OE.
hēo (heō), also hē, hīe, hī, nom. and acc.;
heore, hire, &c., gen. and dat. On vowel of hare see next.]
#Hi#, pron. 3 pl. they, III 58; #Hy(e)#, II 91, XIII a 17, b 9,
11; #Hii#, VIII a 15; also #He#, II 185, III 57 (second); #A#, XIII
a 13, &c. (see A). Acc. and dat. #Ham# (to, for) them, III
introd., XIII a 23, b 39; #Hem# (the most usual form), I 39, II
88, &c.; #Hom#, V 353, VII 24, 35, &c.; refl. (to, for) themselves, I
200, II 69, VI 191, VII 33, VIII a 69, 181, 182, XI b 40, XV h 10,
&c.; pleonastic (dat.), XI a 61; cf. He. #Hamsylf# (XIII);
#Hemself#, #-selue#, nom. themselves, XI b 190; acc. and dat.,
XI b 198; (refl.) VIII a 144, XI b 93, 109, XIII b 24, XVI
307; of hemself, by themselves, XI b 73. Poss. adj. (orig. gen.)
#Hare#, their, III introd.; #Heore#, XIV c 7, 45, &c.; #Her(e)# (the
most usual form), I 39, II 16, &c.; #Hire#, IX 165, 185, &c.; #Hor#, V
345, VII 8, 181, &c.; #Huere#, XV b 8, 11, 29; #Hure#, VIII b 50;
(pronom.) here, theirs, XI b 129; here names of alle, the names of
all of them, I 37; at here aboue, see Aboue(n). [OE. hī,
hīe (hē, hēo), &c., nom., acc.; heora, hira, &c.
gen.; heom, him, dat. The vowel of a, hare, ham, is prob. due
to infl. of OE. þā̆, þā̆ra, þā̆m.] See Þai, His(e).
#Hy#, #Hyȝ# (V), #Hie#, v. to hasten; intr. XI b 274, XII b
104, XVII 371; refl. V 53, XVII 289, 312 (1 pl. imper.). [OE.
hīgian.]
#Hy(e)#, n. haste, in in hy(e), in haste, swiftly, X 46, 82, XVI
367, &c.; in (full) gret hy, X 80, 90, &c. Cf. Heiȝing. [From
prec.]
#Hy(e)#. See Heie, Heigh(e); Hi, pron. fem. and pl.
#Hyar#. See Heiȝ(e).
#Hide#, v. to hide, keep secret, XI a 57; refl. XIV b 22;
#Hidde#, pa. t. II 268, XVI 249 (intr.); #Hidd#, pp. XII b 187.
[OE. hȳdan.]
#Hyde#, n. skin, V 244; hide, XV h 11. [OE. hȳd.]
#Hydel#. See Ydel.
#Hider#, adv. hither, II 422, V 23, XIV c 47, &c.; #Heder#, XVII
290; #Hedir#, to me, XVII 291. [OE. hider.]
#Hiderward#, adv. hither, VIII a 317. [OE. hiderweard.]
#Hidous#, #Hidus#, adj. awful, XVII 101, 417; #Hydously#, adv.
terribly, XVI 138. [OFr. hidous.]
#Hiere#, #Hyerof#, see Her(e), adv.; #Hyf#, see Ȝef;
#Hyȝ(e)#, see Heie, Heigh(e); Hy, v.
#Hight#, #Hyȝt# (VI), #Heght# (XVII), n. height, XVII 260; of h.,
in height, XVII 125; on h., on high, above, up, VI 141, XVI 88, 235,
XVII 136. [OE. hēhþu.] See Heigh(e).
#Hiȝt(e)# (#Hyght#, #Hihte#, &c.); #Hihe#. See Hote, v.;
Heigh(e).
#Hii#, see Hi, pl.; #Hiis#, see He, masc.
#Hyle#, v. to protect, I 184. [ON. hylja.]
#Hil#, #Hill(e)#, #Hyll(e)#, n. hill, II 354, V 13, 131, XVII 337,
442, 466, &c.; #Hell#, XII a 65, 79, 86; #Hul# (#Hulles#, pl.), XIII
a 18, 45; by hylle ne be vale, nowhere, under no circumstances, V
203. [OE. hyll (Kt. hell).]
#Him#, #Hym(e)#. See He, masc.; Hit. #Himself#; #Hymself#, #-selue#,
#-sylf#, &c. See He, masc.
#Hyndrid#, pp. hindered, XI b 232. [OE. hindrian.]
#Hyne#, n. servant, VIII a 125; pl. labourers, VI 145. [OE.
hīga, gen. pl. hīgna.]
#Hypped#, pa. t. hopped, V 164. [OE. *hyppan; cf. hoppian.] See
Hoppit.
#Hir(e)#, #Hyr(e)#. See Hi, prons.
#Hyre#, #Hire#, #Huyre# (VIII), n. hire, pay, reward, VI 163, 223,
VIII a 133, 189, 192, &c.; (in bad sense) XIV b 66, XVI 167, 260.
[OE. hȳr.]
#Hyre#, v. to hire, VI 147; #Huyred#, pp. VIII a 108, 307. [OE.
hȳr(i)an.]
#Hirself#. See Hi, pron. fem.
#Hys#, #His(e)#. See He, masc.; Hit; Is.
#His(e)#, pron. acc. sg. fem. her, III 32, 53; acc. pl. them, III 7,
8, 28 (see note). [See N.E.D., s.v. His.]
#Hysse#. See He, masc.
#Hystoriale#, adj. historical, VII title and introd. [OFr.
historial.]
#Hit#, pron. 3 sg. neut. (nom. and acc.) it, III 27, IV a 52,
&c.; #Hyt#, I 19, XIII a 12, &c.; #It#, II 132, &c.; pleonastic, XII
a 56; as anticipated subject, it is (ere), there is (are), I
introd., II 552; it (with pl. verb, ref. to prec. or following
plural), they, VIII a 56, b 62, IX 139, XIII a 11; them, VIII a
43, 44. Dat. #Him#, (to) it, IX 124, 127; #It#, IV a 16, II 20
(indef. or pl.). Poss. adj. #His#, #Hys#, IX 130, 132, XIII a
61, XIV c 59; #Hytself#, refl. itself, VI 86. [OE. hit, him,
his.]
#Hitte#, v. to strike, to hit (a mark), V 228; #Hit#, #Hyt#, pa. t.
V 85, X 103, 127; #Hitte#, pp. V 219. [OE. (late) hittan from ON.
hitta.]
#Ho#, #Hoo#, interj. ho!, esp. used to call a pause, V 262 (or
imper. of next), XIV d 13, XVII 229. [Cf. OFr. ho!]
#Ho#, v. to pause, XVII 411. [From prec.]
#Ho#, pron. she; see Hi, fem.
#Hobbe#: familiar form of Robert (used contemptuously), XI b 176;
Hobbe þe Robbere, XIV d 6 (see note).
#Hode#, n. hood, II 229, V 229, VIII a 264. [OE. hōd.]
#Hogges#, n. pl. hogs, VIII a 174. [OE. hogg.]
#Hoylle#. See Hol(e), adj.
#Hoyne# (= hōne), v. to delay, XVII 319. [? Related to Ho, v.]
#Hol(e)#, adj. whole, sound, entire, (a)mended, V 322, VI 46, VIII a
61, IX 80; #Hoylle#, XVII 388; #Holle#, V 228. [OE. hāl.] See
Hele, v.
#Hold(e)#, n. stronghold, XII a 98; captivity, XVI 151. [OE.
(ge-)háld.]
#Holde#, adv. loyally, V 61. [OE. hólde.]
#Holde(n)#, #Hold#, #Hald(e)#, v. trans. to hold, keep, guard;
possess, have; regard as, think; II 295 (inf. dep. on se 289), 495, IV
a 52, 95, V 145, 280, 322, VI 94, 130, X 31, XI b 186, XIV b 37,
&c.; refl. keep (oneself), remain, VIII a 194, IX 279, XIV d 15,
XV h 10 (holdyn, pres. pl.); think oneself, IV b 12, V 273, XVI
325; intr. keep, remain, II 95, X 57. #Held(e)#, pa. t. II 94, VII
21, &c.; 2 sg. subj. if you kept, V 61; #Holdyn#, pa. t. pl. VII 50;
#Halden#, pp. V 29, 209; #Holde(n)#, VII 38, XI b 45, XII introd.,
&c.; #Yhold#, II 31. Held in hond, ruled, II 488; _holde vp her
hertis_, keep up their spirits, (or sustain them), VIII a 208;
holde with, have to do with, VIII a 54; holde it for, treasure it
as, VIII a 206; hold none slyke, reckon none like (her), XVII 233;
holde (to), beholden (to), XII introd.; holden, bound, under
obligation, VIII a 88, XI b 298, 300. [OE. háldan.] See Bihold.
#Hole#, n. hole, V 112, IX 222, XIV b 22, &c. [OE. hol.]
#Holȝ#. See Holwe.
#Holi#, #Holy#, adj. holy, I 12, XI b 299, &c.; #Hooly#, XI a 10,
11; #Haly#, IV a 84, b 50, 53, 75; #Holyere#, compar. XI b 28.
[OE. hālig.] See Halȝeȝ, Halwid.
#Holy#. See Holliche.
#Holicherche#, n. Holy Church (personified), VIII a 239;
#Holikirke#, VIII a 28. See Holi, Cherche, Kirke.
#Holynesse#, n. sanctity, XI b 100. [OE. hālig-nes.]
#Holle#. See Hol(e).
#Holliche#, #Holly#, #Holy# (VI), adv. wholly, altogether, VI 58, XIV
c 12, 97. [From Hol(e).]
#Holpyn#. See Helpen.
#Holtes#, n. pl. woods, II 214. [OE. holt.]
#Holwe#, #Holȝ#, adj. hollow, II 268, V 114. [OE. holh, n.]
#Holwenes#, n. cavity, XIII a 15. [From prec.]
#Hom#. See Hi, pron. pl.
#Hom(e)#, n. home, XII b 181; long home, eternal home (after
death), I 207. [OE. hām; cf. langne hām gesēcean, Fates of
Apost., 92.]
#Hom(e)#, #Hame# (XVII), adv. home(-wards), II 162, III 54, V 53, VIII
a 194, IX 285, 314, XVII 143, &c.; back, VIII a 92. [OE. hām.]
#Homely#, adv. familiarly, XVI 64. [OE. *hām-līce.]
#Homered#, pa. t. (hammered), struck, V 243. [From OE. hamor,
homor, n.] See Hamerys.
#Homward#, adv. homewards, XII b 104, 154, XVII 182. [OE.
hām-weard.]
#Hond(e)#, #Hand(e)#, n. hand, I 101, II 470, IV a 27, V 37, XIV c
45 (pl. or distrib. sg.; see Hert), &c.; #Hend(e)#, pl. IV a
65, 80, XVI *75, 400, XVII 34, 255; #Honden#, pl. II 79. _Held in
hond_, ruled, II 488; at our h., at hand, VII 13; hand yn h., I 151,
223; on hond, on the wrist, II 307; out of honde, straight away, V
217; tak vpon hand (without to), undertake to, X 130. [OE. hónd,
hánd; pl. hánda; ON. pl. hend-r.]
#Hondqwile#, n. moment, VII 117. [OE. hónd-hwīl.]
#Hondred#, #Hundred#, adj. and n. (orig. foll, by gen. pl.), II
143, 291, III 12, 15, XIII b 31, XV g 30 (see note), &c.; (as
ordinal) hundredth, IX 301. [OE. hundred.] See Hund(e)reth; Part.
#Hondreduald#, adj. hundredfold, III 50. [From prec.; cf. OE.
hund(tēontig)fáld.]
#Hongeþ#. See Hange.
#Hony#, n. honey, IV b 19, 20, 26. [OE. hunig.]
#Honnoure#, #Honour(e)#, n. honour, II 36, VI 64, XVI 132, 133, &c.
[OFr. honour.]
#Honoure#, v. to honour, adorn, VIII a 12; pp. as adj. V 344.
[OFr. honourer.]
#Honourable#, adj. worthy (of honour). IX 311. [OFr. honourable.]
#Hoo#, see Ho, interj.; #Hooly#, see Holi.
#Hoot#, #Hot(e)#, #Hate# (IV, VI), adj. hot, burning, II 58, VI 28,
VIII b 7, IX 7, 11, XIII a 1, XV h 10, &c.; grievous, bitter, IV
a 31; #Hatter#, compar. IV a 13. [OE. hāt; hā̆ttra,
compar.]
#Hope#, v. to hope, expect, imagine, V 233, VIII introd., a 88,
XIV c 91, XVI 43, &c.; hoped of, hoped for, V 240. [OE. hopian.]
#Hoper#, n. sower's seed-basket, VIII a 63. [See N.E.D., s.v.
Hopper.]
#Hoppit#, pa. t. leapt, VII 142; #Hoppyng#, pres. p. dancing, I 233;
verbal n. I 226. [OE. hoppian.] See Hypped.
#Hor#. See Hi, pron. pl.
#Hore#, adj. hoar, grey, II 214, VIII a 77. [OE. hār.]
#Hors#, n. horse, V 85, &c.; pl. XIII a 34 (beside horses, XIV
b 73); on hors, on horseback, II 304, 395; gen. in hors bred
(see Bred). [OE. hors.]
#Hose#, n. pl. hose, long stockings, XVII 225. [OE. hosa, hose.]
#Hospitalité#, n. hospitality, XI b 254. [OFr. hospitalité.]
#Host#. See Ost.
#Hote#, v. to bid; promise, assure, VIII a 256, 258; #Hete#, V 53,
VI 42, XIV a 26. Pa. t. (act.) #Het#, bade, III 7, 20; #Hyȝt(e)#,
#Hiȝte#, promised, V 150, 273, VIII a 125, 230. Passive (pres.
and pa. t.), is (was) called, #Hatte#, III introd., VIII a 45,
XIII a 63; #Heiste# (= heihte; see Appendix § 6, end), XV g 18;
#Hette#, XV g 19; #Hyȝt(e)#, #Hyght#, #Hiȝte#, #Hight#, I 27,
40, 45, VIII a 72, XVI 231, &c.; #Hihte#, XII a 85, b 20, &c.
[#Het#], pp. promised, XVII 301; #Hight(e)#, XVI 351, 396, XVII 46;
#Yhote#, called, II 601; commanded, III 29. [OE. hātan; hēt,
heht, pa. t.; hā̆tte, pass. Hette, hiȝte, &c., are due to
blending in form and function of the pa. t. forms with pass. (taken
as wk. pa. t.). Hete, pres., is prob. back-formation from hette.]
#Hote#. See Hoot.
#Hou#, adv. interrog. (dir. and indir.), how, in what way, that,
II 132, 507, III 1, XI a 62, 233, &c.; #Houȝ#, XI b 281, XIII a
13, b 1, 42; #How(e)#, XVI 3, &c.; hou euere, however, XI b 255;
how þat, how (indir.), IX 220, XII a 43, &c.; hou, how (it
happened), II 115. [OE. hū.] See Wou.
#Houed#; #Houndes#. See Hufe; Hund.
#Houped#, pa. t. sg. shouted, VIII a 165. [OFr. houper.]
#Houreȝ#. See Oure, n.
#Hous(e)#, n. house, II 432, III 54 (dat.), XII a 47, XVI 136,
&c.; houses of offyce, XVII 134, see Office. [OE. hūs.]
#Housebonde#, n. husband, XII a 133; #Husband#, XVI 45, XVII 208,
&c. [OE. hūsbunda, from ON. húsbóndi.]
#How(e)#, interj. ho!, VIII a 110, XVI 213. Cf. Ho.
#Huanne#; #Huere#; #Huerof#. See Whan(ne); Hi, pron. pl.; Wher(e).
#Hufe#, v. to tarry, XVII 461; #Houed#, pa. t. halted, V 100. [ME.
hōve(n); obscure.]
#Huge#, adj. great, V 13, 352, IX 233, XIII a 10. [Cf. OFr.
ahuge.]
#Huyre(d)#; #Hul(les)#; #Hulpen#. See Hyre; Hil; Helpen.
#Hund#, #Hound#, n. dog, II 286, XIV b 21, 76; houndes bred, see
Bred(e). [OE. húnd.]
#Hund(e)reth#, adj. and n. hundred, V 226, X 147, XVI 39, XVII 57,
&c. [ON. hundrað.] See Hondred.
#Hungre#, #Hunger#, n. hunger, VIII a 233, XVII 155, &c.; Famine
(personified), VIII a 165, &c. [OE. hungor.] See A-hungrye.
#Hunt(e)# (to), v. to hunt (after), II 284, VIII a 30; #Huntinge#,
n. XII b 5. [OE. huntian; huntung.]
#Hure#. See Hi, pron. fem. and pl.
#Hurt#, v. trans. to hurt, V 223; pp. and pa. t. V 243, X 56.
[OFr. hurter.]
#Hus#. See He, masc.; We.
#Hw-#. See Wh-.
#I#. See Ich; In, prep.
#Iacke#, #Iak#. Jack, XI b 176; Iak nor Gill, nobody, XVII 336. [ME.
Iakke, &c., pet-name assoc. with 'John'.]
#Iaies#, n. pl. jays, XI b 249. [OFr. jai.]
#Iangle#, v. to quarrel, VIII a 309. [OFr. jangler.]
#Iape#, n. trick, delusion, XI b 137, XII a 129, b 66. [Not
known.]
#Iboust#. See Bigge, v.
#Ic#; #Icast#. See Ich, pron.; Cast.
#Ich#, adj.^1 (after þis or þat), same, very, II 63, 455, 540;
#Yche#, I 208, 216. [OE. ilca.] See Ilk(e), adj.^1
#Ich#, #Yche#, adj.^2 each, every, II 179, 254, 364 (see Manere),
VII 19, XVII 151 (see Kinde), 170, &c.; #Vch#, V 13, VI 243, XV b 6;
ich a, every, II 187, 276 (not 307); each, XVII 273; vch a, VI 15,
76, 101, XIV c 20, 99; ich a deyll, ylk a dele, see Dele, n.;
in ich ways, see Way, Wise; #Ich#, pron. each (one), II 184, 292,
295, 307. [OE. ylc.] See Eche; Euerich; Ichon; Ilke, adj.^2; Þe.
#Ich#, pron. 1 sg. I, II 113, III 2, VIII b 1, XV c 5, d 4, f
6, &c.; #Ic#, XV g 26, 31; #Icche#, XV a 2, 11; #I#, #Y#, passim;
coalescing with foll. word in Ichabbe, Icham, Ichaue, Ichil, Ichim,
Ichot, Ichulle, q.v. #Me#, acc. and dat. (to, for) me, V 138, 145,
VI 205, XV a 20, c 10, 31 (see Reue), and passim; #Mee#, XVI
274; ethic dat. (I beg), V 76; in impers. constr. (where Mn.E. has
'I'), II 177, IV a 10, XV b 34; me is wo, woe is me, II 331;
refl. acc. myself, IX 279, XVI 325, XVII 238, &c.; dat. (pleonastic
with verb of motion) XV a 4. #Mi#, poss. adj. II 120, 124, &c.;
#My#, passim; #Min#, #Myn(e)#, I 126, II 205, VIII a 31, XV g 11,
&c.; as sb. (my property, people, &c.), VI 206, VIII a 142, XVI 217,
312, XVII 226 (see Þat, pron.). #Miself(f)e#, #Myselue(n)#, nom.
myself, II 566, V 293, VIII a 80, IX 292, &c.; I myself, VIII a 252,
XVI 67, 212; acc. and dat. (me) myself (not refl.), VIII a 28,
131. [OE. ic, mē, mīn, mē selfan, &c.] See Self.
#Ichabbe#, 1 sg. pres. ind. I have, XV c 9; #Ychabbe#, XV c 32;
#Ichaue#, II 209, 516. [OE. ic hæbbe (hafo, but not WS.).] See
Habbe.
#Icham#, 1 sg. pres. ind. I am, II 127, 382, 513, XV c 8, 29, d 1;
#Ycham#, XV b 23. [OE. ic am.]
#Ichil#, 1 sg. pres. ind. I will, intend to, II 132, 212, 341, 451;
(with ellipse of verb of motion) I will go, II 129, 316; #Ichulle#, XV
c 19; ichil þatow be, may you be, II 471. [OE. ic wile, wylle.]
See Wille, v.
#Ichim# = Ich him (acc.), II 428.
#Ichon#, #Vchon# (VI, VIII), pron. each one, every one, II 161, VI 90,
VIII a 202, &c.; in apposition with pl. noun, XVII 279. [OE. ylc +
ān.] See Ich, adj.^2; Echone, Euerichon, Ilkane.
#Ichot#, 1 sg. pres. ind. I know, XV b 23, c 10. [OE. _ic
wāt_.] See Wite(n).
#Ichulle#. See Ichil.
#Icnowe#, v. to know, XV g 32. [OE. ge-cnāwan.] See Knowe(n).
#Ientilman#. See Gentil.
#Ieu#, #Iewe#, n. Jew, IX 163, XI b 201, XV g 18, XVI 147, &c.
[OFr. giu, older ju(i)eu.]
#If(f)#, #Yf#, #Iif#. See Ȝef.
#Ile#, n. island, IX 40; #Yle#, IX 134, 261 (note), 310. [OFr. ile.]
#Ileid#, #Ileyd#. See Lay.
#Ilyche# (MS. inlyche), adv. equally, alike, VI 186, 242. [OE.
ge-līce.] See Lyke.
#Ilyke#, adj. equal, the same, IV a 14. [OE. ge-līc.] See
Lyke.
#Ilkane#, #Ilkone#, pron. each one, every one, X 160 (note), XIV b
74. [OE. ylc + ān.] See Ilk, adj.^2; Ichon; Echone.
#Ilk(e)#, adj.^1 (only after þe, þis, þat) very, same, III 45, V
65, VIII a 155 (see While), XII a 190, b 29, &c.; _þe ilke
zelue_, (namely) that same man, III 27. [OE. ilca.] See Ich,
adj.^1; Thilke; Þe.
#Ilk(e)#, #Ylk# (IV), adj.^2 each, every, X 35, XVI 273; ilk(e) a,
every, IV a 27 (see Dele, n.), X 133, XVI 130, 253. [OE. ylc.]
See Ich, adj.^2; Eche.
#Ill#, #Yll#, adj. bad, IV b 35; grievous, IV a 31; evil, wicked,
IV b 84, XVII 208; as sb. (pl.), the wicked, XVI 34; #Ill(e)#,
adv. ill, XV b 24 (see Like); badly, evilly, cruelly, unluckily,
VIII a 198, XIV a 31, XVI 139, XVII 203, 220, 246, &c. [ON. ill-r;
illa, adv.]
#Illusiouns#, n. pl. deceptions, IX 85. [OFr. illusion.]
#Imete#, v. to meet, XV g 6; imette wid, he met, XV g 7. [OE.
ge-mētan.] See Mete(n).
#Impe#. See Ympe.
#In#, #Yn#, adv. in (of motion), I 80, II 347, XIII a 9, XV g 24,
XVI 270, &c.; #Inne#, V 128. [OE. inn.] See Into, Intill; Inne;
Þare.
#In#, n. lodging, II 565; pl. in takes he his ines, takes up his
quarters, XIV b 27. [OE. inn, n.]
#In#, #Yn#, #I# (XV a, g), prep. (i) In, I 3, II 13, XIII a 3,
XV a 9, g 5, 13, &c.; into, II 349, XII a 125, &c.; according to,
as regards, with respect to, &c., VI 239, IX 141, XI b 26, 204, &c.;
in all his myghte, with &c., IV b 77. (ii) On, IV b 41, V 157, 279
(of time), IX 122, 286, XIII a 45, &c. In cas, in feere (fere),
see Cas, Yfere (Fere). [OE. in.] See In, Inne, advs.
#Incontynence#, n. unchastity, IX 130. [OFr. incontinence.]
#Indede#, adv. indeed, XI b 108, &c. [OE. in + dǣde, dat.
sg.]
#Induyr#. See Enduir.
#Informacioun#, n. information, IX 291. [OFr. informacion.]
#Infortune#, n. evil fortune, XII a 162. [OFr. infortune.]
#Inglis#. See Engliȝsch.
#Inne#, #Ynne#, adv. in (inside), IX 188, XIII a 21; after rel. in
þat ... in(ne), in which, I 190, VIII a 298, XV i 10; #Ine#,
prep. in, III introd. 16, 33, 35, 49, 50; on (of time) III introd.
[OE. innan, prep., adv.; inne, adv.] See In, adv., prep.;
Þare; Þer(e).
#Innoghe#, #Inogh(e)#. See Ynoȝ.
#Inpossible#, adj.; inpossible ... to be, impossible, IX 152. [OFr.
impossible.]
#Inspiracioun#, n. inspiration, IX 331. [OFr. inspiracion.]
#Instrumentis#, n. pl. appliances, X 8. [OFr. instrument.]
#Insuffisance#, n. inability, IX 313. [OFr. insuffisance.] See
Suffise.
#Intil(l)#, #Intyl(l)#, prep. into, IV a 3, 9, 16, 21, b 30, &c.;
in, X 118, 122. [OE. inn + ON. til.] See In, adv.; Til, prep.
#Into#, #Ynto#, prep. into, I 146, II 163, &c.; onto, in _putten hem
into_, embark on, IX 183; up to, until (cf. To), XII a 190, 221;
(un)to, XIV c 25. [OE. inn tō, intō.] See In, adv.
#Inward#, adv. inside, XII a 72. [OE. in(nan)-weard.]
#Inwardly#, adv. heartily, earnestly, XVI 361. [OE.
in-weard-līce.]
#Inwyt#, #Inwytte#, n. conscience, III title and introd. [OE. in
+ witt; cf. in-gewitnes, conscience.]
#Inwith#, adv. within, V 114. [OE. in + wiþ.]
#Iohan#, #Iohon#. John, XIV d 2, 3, 6, 9, 16. [L. Iōhannēs;
cf. OFr. Jehan.] See Iacke.
#Ioie#, #Ioy(e)#, n. joy, II 6, 45, IV b 54, XII a 175, &c.;
makes ioie, rejoice, XVI 383. [OFr. joie.]
#Iolif#, adj. gay, joyous, II 305. [OFr. jolif.]
#Iolité#, n. riotous mirth, levity, XI b 116, 129, 182. [OFr.
joli(ve)té.]
#Ioparde#, n. hazard; lys no ioparde of, there is no question of, VI
242. [OFr. ju (jeu) parti, even game, doubtful chance.]
#Iourneyes#, n. pl. day's journeys, IX 259. [OFr. journée.]
#Ipotayne#, n. hippopotamus, IX 240. [Ipotaine, mistake (in for
m) for OFr. ypotame, convenient corruption of L. hippopotamus.]
#Ire#. See Yre, n.^2
#Irnebandis#, n. pl. iron bands, X 24. [OE. īren + ON. band;
cf. OE. īren-bend.] See Bond; Yre, n.^1
#Is#, #Ys#, #His# (XI), 3 sg. pres. ind. is, I 9, 19, VIII b 105, XI
b 256, &c.; exists, IX 146; (without pron.) it is, I 253, 254, V
121, &c.; 2 sg. art, XVI 360; pl. are, VIII b 48, X 124, XVII 10,
&c.; rime requires Es (q.v.) at I 128 (note), XVII 10. [OE. is.]
See Es, Nis.
#Is#, gen. sg. See He.
#Iseȝe#, #-seye#, #-seiȝe#. See Se(n).
#Isold#. See Selle(n).
#Issue#, n. way out, IX 198, 235. [OFr. issue.]
#Ist#, is it, XVII 517. See Is.
#It#; #Itake#. See Hit; Take(n).
#Iueler#, n. jeweller, XII b 150. [OFr. juel(i)er.]
#Iuelis#, n. pl. jewels, XI b 283. [OFr. juel.]
#Iuge#, v. to judge, XVI 320. [OFr. jugier.]
#Iuggement#, n. judgement, XII b 207. [OFr. jugement.]
#Iuntly#, adv. close, X 97. [From OFr. joint, juint, pp.]
#Iustice#, n. justice, VIII a 324. [OFr. justice.]
#Iwis#, #Iwysse#, adv. certainly, indeed (often, esp. in rime,
practically meaningless), V 121, 172, VI 34, XIV b 17, XVII 550. [OE.
ge-wiss, adj.; cf. mid (to) gewisse.]
#K-#. See also C.
#Kache#, v. to chase, catch; kacheȝ his caple, urges on his
horse, V 107; #Kaȝt# (to), pa. t. took hold (of), V 308; #Cawht#,
pp. caught, XII a 161. [ONFr. cachier, conjugated on anal. of ME.
la(c)chen.]
#Kaies#, #Kayes#, n. pl. keys, XIV a 36, b 88, 89. [OE. cǣg.]
#Kalf#, n. calf, VIII a 282. [OE. calf.]
#Kanel#, n. (wind-pipe), neck, V 230. [ONFr. canel.] See Chanel.
#Karol(l)e#, v. to perform a 'carol' (see next), I 54, 83, &c.;
#Karollyng#, n. I 55. [OFr. carol(l)er.]
#Karolle#, n. a carol, a dance accompanied with song (often used with
ref. to song only), I 1, 14, &c. [OFr. carolle.]
#Kauelacion#, n. cavilling, quibbling objection, V 207. [OFr.
cavillacion.]
#Keyng(es)#. See Kyng.
#Kele#, #Keill#, #Keyle#, v. to cool, IV a 26 (intr.); _to kele
(keill) cares_, to assuage sorrows, XVI 84, XVII 300; with person as
dir. obj., from cares the to keyle, to preserve thee from grief, XVII
118. [OE. cēlan.]
#Ken#, #Kenne#, v. to make known, VII 25 (see note); to teach, VIII
a 14, 22, 24, XIV b 4 (see Crede), XVI 50, &c.; to know, in _daw
to ken_, to be known for a fool, XVII 248; will ȝe it ken, if you
will recognize the fact, XIV b 8; understand, I introd.; pp.
(well) known, XIV b 9. [OE. cennan, prob. infl. by senses of ON.
kenna.] Cf. Knowe(n).
#Ken#. See Cou, Kyn.
#Kene#, adj. keen, bold, eager, XIV a 2, b 9, 76; bitter (enemy),
V 338. [OE. cēne.]
#Kepe#, n. heed; in tok no kepe of, XII a 159. [From next.]
#Kepe#, v. to guard, preserve, keep, tend, II 208, V 80, 230, VIII a
85, 134, 153, IX 206, XI b 146, XVII 235 (see Charité), &c.; _kepe
seyntewarie_, minister in the sanctuary, VIII b 83; to care to, in _þe
lette I ne kepe_, I have no wish to stop you, V 74; #Kepynge#, n. XI
b 70. [OE. cēpan.] See Vnkept.
#Kertel#. See Kirtel.
#Kerue(n)#, v. to cut, VIII a 98; prune, VI 152. [OE. ceorfan.]
#Kest#, n. a 'cast' (see Cast, v.); a blow, V 230; plot,
treachery, V 345; used as 'treacherous thing' (cf. Falssyng), V 308.
[ON. kast.]
#Kest(e)#. See Cast, Kysse.
#Ketten#. See Kutten.
#Keuer(e)#, v. to (re)gain, recover; intr. recover, survive, V 230;
keuereȝ, 'gets', makes his way, V 153. [OE. ā-cofrian, intr.,
and OFr. (re-)covrer, 3 sg. -keuvre, trans.] See Recoueren.
#Kidde#, #Kyd#; #Kyend#; #Kyȝn#, #Kyn(e)#. See Kyþe; Kinde; Cou.
#Kille#, #Kylle#, v. to kill, VIII a 32, V 43. [? OE. *cyllan;
earliest ME. sense appar. 'beat'.]
#Kyn#, #Kynne#, #Ken# (III), n. sg. kindred, relatives, III introd.,
VIII b 81, XVI 232 (see Ende); kind, sort: #Cunnes#, #Kyns#, _gen.
sg._ in enes cunnes, (of any kind), any sort of, XV g 22; _eny
kyns_, VIII b 20; nones cunnes, (of no kind), no sort of, XV g 20;
(with loss of inflexions) na kyn, X 59 (see Þing); nor ... no kyn,
nor ... any (sort of), XVII 138; cf. Alkyn, Wolues-kynnes. [OE. cynn
(Kt. cenn).] See Eny, No(ne).
#Kinde#, #Kynd(e)#, #Kyend# (IV), n. nature, natural character (of
body or mind), kind, IV a 41, 44 (see note), V 312, VIII a 157, IX
56, XII a 8, 125, &c.; in hir kinde, in her own way, XII b 128;
species, in ich kynd (without of), every kind of, XVII 151;
#Kyndis#, pl. characteristics, IV b 1. [OE. (ge-)cýnd.]
#Kynde#, adj. inborn, naturally belonging to one, VIII a 243, b
58; to his kynde name, as his proper name, VII 70; Kynde Witt,
natural intelligence, common sense, VIII a 243 (personif.). [OE.
(ge-)cýnde.] See Vnkinde.
#Kynd(e)ly#, adv. kindly, VI 9, VII 173, &c. [From prec. in developed
sense 'having natural feeling'; OE. ge-cýnde-līce, naturally.]
#Kindel#, v. to kindle; trans. to cause (sorrow), XIV a 10;
intr. to begin, XIV a 19. Cf. Kele. [Rel. to ON. kynda (cf.
kyndill, torch); distinct from ME. kindlen, beget.]
#Kyndom#, n. kingdom, VI 85. [OE. cyne-dōm.] See Kyngdome.
#Kyng#, #King#, #Keyng# (IV), n. king, I 27, II 25, IV a 8, 66, V
207 (note), XIV d 10 (note), &c.; #Kynggis#, pl. XI b 284. [OE.
cyning, cyng, &c.]
#Kyngdome#, #Kingdom#, n. kingship, XI b 268, XVI 186; kingdom, II
206, &c. [OE. cyningdōm.]
#Kirke#, #Kyrk#, n. church, Church, V 128, VIII a 85; see note to
VIII b 63. [ON. kirkja.] See Cherche.
#Kirtel(l)#, #Kertel# (III), n. kirtle (a short coat reaching about to
the knees, worn under an outer garment), II 229, III 39, XIV b 61.
[OE. cyrtel, Kt. *certel.]
#Kysse#, v. to kiss; #Kyssedes#, 2 sg. pa. t. V 283; #Keste#, _3
sg._ XII a 178. [OE. cyssan (Kt. cessan).] See Cosseȝ.
#Kiþ#, #Kyth#, n. country, people, V 52, XIV c 92. [OE.
cȳ̆þþu.]
#Kyþe#, v. to make known, reveal; #*Kyþeȝ# (MS. lyþeȝ), _imper.
pl._ show, VI 9; #Kidde#, pp. revealed, XII b 188, XVI 251; #Kyd#,
shown, offered, V 272; acknowledged, VII 173; #Kud#, famed, XIV c 91.
[OE. cȳþan, pp. (ge-)cȳ̆dd.]
#Knacke(n)#, v. to sing in a lively or ornate manner (ref. esp. to the
breaking up of simple notes into runs and trills; cf. smale brekynge),
XI b 161, 173, 177; #Knackynge#, n. trilling, XI b 159, 182.
[Prob. same as ME. knacken, to crack, snap, &c.]
#Knackeris#, n. pl. trill-singers, XI b 145. [From prec.]
#Knape#, n. fellow, V 68. [OE. cnapa.]
#Knappes#, n. pl. studs, bosses, VIII a 265. [OE. cnæpp.]
#Knarreȝ#, n. pl. ? crags, ? gnarled boulders, V 98. [? Cf. LG.
knarre, knot.]
#Knaue#, #Knafe# (XVII), n. a lowborn man, servant, VIII a 51, b
66, XVI 244, XVII 173; #Knauene#, gen. plur. VIII b 56, XV h 4.
[OE. cnafa.]
#Knaw(e)#. See Knowe.
#Kne#, #Kneo# (XIII), n. knee, II 507, XIII a 39, XVII 488
(distrib. sg.; see Herte). [OE. cnēo.]
#Knele#, #Kneole# (XIII), v. to kneel, II 223, 418, 472, V 4, XIII a
48; #Kneland(e)#, pres. p. II 250, VI 74, XVII 488. [OE.
cnēowlian.]
#Knet#; #Knew(e)#. See Knit; Knowe.
#Knight(e)#, #Knyght(e)#, #Kniȝt#, #Knyȝt(e)#, #Kniht# (XIV), n.
knight, II 86, III 14, V 63, VII 87, VIII a 22, IX 108, XIV c 58,
&c.; #Kniȝte#, dat. sg. III 11, 25; #Cnistes# (for Cniste, _gen.
pl._) XV g 30 (note). [OE. cniht, servant; on cnistes, see
Appendix, p. 278.]
#Knyght-fees#, n. pl. estates of land (held by a knight under
obligation of armed service), VIII b 81. [Prec. + OFr. fé.]
#Knit#, #Knyt#, #Knet# (XII), pp. tied, bound, closed together, XII
b 30, 54, XIV c 29, XVII 451. [OE. cnyttan.]
#Knok(ke)#, #Knock(e)#, n. knock, blow, V 311, XV h 4, XVII 342.
[From next.]
#Knokkeþ#, 3 sg. pres. knocks, II 379. [OE. cnocian.]
#Knokled#, adj. knobbed, rugged, V 98. [From ME. knok(e)le, knob,
knuckle; cf. OFris. knok(e)le.]
#Knorned#, adj. ? gnarled, V 98. [Unknown.]
#Knowe(n)#, v. to know, V 26, IX 75, &c.; #Cnowe#, VIII a 213;
#Knaw(e)#, I, IV, VI, XVI, XVII; #Knewe(n)#, #Knew#, pa. t. II 408, IV
a 43, IX 291, &c.; #Knowe(n)#, pp. VII 46, XI b 231, XIV c 91;
#Knowun#, XI a 2, 7, &c.; #Yknowe#, XIII a 12, b 1: to know,
understand, recognize, I 220, IV b 86, V 174, VI 50, VIII a 51, IX
75, 114 (subj.), XI a 40, &c.; knowe (fro, fram), distinguish
(from), VIII a 50, XIV d 12; to experience, in vnrid to knowe,
grievous to endure, XVII 41; to confess, acknowledge (cf. Biknowe),
XVI 315; the soth for to knaw, to tell the truth, XVII 246; to make
known, declare, XVI 283. [OE. (ge-)cnāwan.] See Icnowe, Ken.
#Knowing#, n. knowledge, XI a 41, 66. [From prec.]
#Knoweleche#, #Knowlage#, n. knowledge, VII 73; for knoweleche, for
fear of recognition, II 482. [? Stem of ME. knowelechen, OE.
*(ge-)cnāwlǣcan; but the noun is recorded first.]
#Koyntly#. See Queynt.
#Kokeney#, n. (lit. cocks' egg), small egg, VIII a 280. [ME.
cokken(e), gen. pl. (OE. cocc) + ey (OE. ǣg); see N.E.D.,
s.v. Cockney.]
#Kole-plantes#, n. pl. cabbages (and similar vegetables), VIII a
281. [OE. cāl + plante.] See Coyll.
#Kongons#, n. pl. changelings, misshapen creatures, XV h 5. [ME.
conjoun (frequent); from ONFr. *ca(u)ngiūn, OFr. changon (very
rare).]
#Konne#. See Can, v.
#Kort#, n. court, V 272; #Court(e)#, I 232, II 376, &c. [OFr.
co(u)rt.]
#Kowarde#, adj. coward(ly), V 63. [OFr. couard.] See Cowardyse.
#Kowe#, n. tail, (verse in) tail-rime; couthe not haf coppled a k.,
could have made nothing of an intricately rimed verse, Introduction xv.
[OFr. coue.] See Couwee.
#Kronykeles#, n. chronicles, I 251. [OFr. cronicle.]
#Kud#. See Kyþe.
#Kun#, #Kunne(n)#. See Can, v.
#Kutten#, v. to cut, IX 140; #Cut#, VII 146; #Ketten#, pa. t. pl.
VIII a 182. [? OE. *cyttan; see N.E.D.]
#Labour(e)#, n. labour, VIII a 27, 247, b 44, &c. [OFr. labour.]
#Labor(e)#, #Labour(e)#, v. to labour, VIII a 118, b 8, 70, &c.;
laboure with londe, till the soil, VIII a 267; trans. to labour
upon, cultivate, VI 144. [OFr. labo(u)rer.]
#Laborer(e)#, n. labourer, VIII a 302, 313, b 77, XI b 296.
[From prec.; cf. OFr. laboreor.]
#Lac#, n. blemish, flaw, II 460. [Cf. MLG. lak.] See Lakke.
#Lacche#, v. to catch; to get, VIII a 223; #Laghton#, pa. t. pl.
in laghton þe watur, put to sea, VII 119. [OE. læccan, læhte.]
#Lace#, n. thong, V 158 (see note).
#Lacyd#, pp. ensnared, caught, IV a 79. [OFr. lac(i)er.]
#Ladde#, n. low-born fellow, XVI 243. [Obscure.]
#Ladde#. See Lede(n).
#Ladyschyp#, n. queenly state, VI 218. [OE. hlǣ̆fdige +
-scipe.] See Leuedi.
#Laghton#. See Lacche.
#Lay#, #Legge# (VIII), #Lei#, #Ley(e)#, #Leyn#, v. to lay, set, put, I
217, IX 125, XV f 12, g 13, XVII 461; lay on, smite, XVI 143;
leid to wedde, deposited in pledge, mortgaged, VIII b 77; to wager,
VIII a 263, XVII 479; lay down, establish (law), XVI 329. #Layde#,
pa. t. in layde þeron, applied to it, II 38; #Leyde#, VIII a 116;
#Ileyd#, #Ileid#, pp. in ileid ... lowe, laid low, XIV c 71, 81;
#Layd#, #Laide#, I introd., XVI 83, XVII 282, &c.; #Leyd#, #Leid(e)#,
I 109, XII b 33, 119, &c. [OE. lecgan, leg-; legde.] See
Ligge(n).
#Lay#, #Layȝ#. See Ligge(n).
#Lay(e)#, n. lay, II 3, 13, 599, &c.; see note to II 12. [OFr.
lai.]
#Layf#, #Laiff#, n. remainder, rest, X 132, 142. [OE. lāf.]
#Layne#, v. to conceal; layne yow (me), keep your (my) secret, V
56, 60. [ON. leyna.]
#Laite#, n. lightning, VII 135, 153. [OE. lēget(u).]
#Laited#, pa. t. searched for, VII 170. [ON. leita.]
#Lake#, n. lake, IX 182, XIII a 63, 64. [OE. lacu, stream infl. by
unrelated OFr. lac, lake.]
#Lakke#, v. intr. with dat. to be lacking (to); _yow lakked a
lyttel_, you were somewhat at fault, V 298; trans. to find fault with,
VIII a 219. [From Lac, n.; cf. MDu. laken.]
#Lammasse#, n. Lammas (August 1st), VIII a 284 (note). [OE.
hlāf-mæsse, hlā̆mmæsse.]
#Lance#, v. to utter, V 56. [OFr. lanc(i)er, cast.] See Launchet.
#Land(e)#; #Lang-#. See Lond; Long-.
#Langage#, #Longage# (XIII), language, VII 59, IX 185, XI a 12, XIII
b 2, 4, &c. [OFr. langage.]
#Langett#, n. thong (for tying hose, shoes, &c.), XVII 224. [OFr.
languette.]
#Lante#. See Lene, v.^1
#Lanterne#, n. lantern, VIII a 170. [OFr. lanterne.]
#Lapidarye#, n. treatise on precious stones, IX 75 (see note). [L.
lapidārium.]
#Lappe#, n. loose end, or fold, of a garment, VIII a 288, XV f 11.
[OE. læppa.]
#Large#, adj. generous, II 28; ample, VI 249; broad, large, V 157, IX
18, 155, 254 &c.; #Largelich#, adv. generously, II 451. [OFr.
large.]
#Larges#, n. generosity, V 313. [OFr. largesse.]
#Lascheth#, 3 sg. pres. ? belabours, XV h 17. [See N.E.D., s.v.
Lash.]
#Lasse#, #Les(se)#, adj. compar. less, smaller, IV a 92, V 158, VI
131, IX 29, 48, XIII b 36, &c.; quasi-sb., less, VI 241, &c.; ? a
smaller piece, XV h 17; þe lasse in werke, those who have worked
less, VI 239, 240 (see Longe, adv.); more and les(se), _les and
more_, see More; adv. less, V 300, VIII a 161, XI a 58, &c.;
neuer þe lesse, nevertheless, I 71. #Leest#, #Leste#, superl. least,
IV b 85; both the most and the leest, all, XVII 452. [OE.
lǣ̆ssa (lǣ̆s, adv.); lǣ̆st.]
#Last#, #Lest#, conj. lest, XI b 242, XV c 31, XVII 55. [OE. _þe
lǣ̆s-þe_.]
#Last(e)#, superl. adj. last, VI 187, 211, &c.; quasi-sb. in _at
þe_, atte, ate last(e), at last, in the end, II 93, VIII b 99 (MS.
latiste), XII a 105, b 188, &c.; at þe laste ende, in the end,
VIII b 101. [OE. latost, lætest.] See Atte, Late, Furst.
#Last(e)#, v. to endure, last, extend, IV a 1, 25, IX 199, XVI 66,
XVII 265, &c.; #Last# (OE. lǣ̆st), 3 sg. pres. II 335; #Last#,
pa. t. sg. VII 56; be lastand, endure, IV a 58; euer to last,
everlasting, VII 2; #Lastynge#, n. endurance, perseverance, IV b 73,
XI b 122. [OE. lǣ̆stan.]
#Lat(e)#. See Lete.
#Late#, adv. late, I 108, VI 178, XIV b 91, &c.; lately, recently,
XVII 442; erly and late, at all times, VI 32; nowe late, just
lately, XVI 162, 329. [OE. late.] See Laste.
#Lateyn#, #Latyn(e)#, n. and adj. Latin, I 58, 96, XI a 18, &c.
[OFr. latin.]
#Latte#. See Lete.
#Laþed#, pa. t. invited, V 335. [OE. laþian.]
#Laude# (of), v. to praise (for), XVI 384. [L. laudāre.]
#Laue#, v. trans. and intr. to pour, VI 247, XV g 16. [OE.
lafian.]
#Launce#, n. lance, V 129. [OFr. lance.]
#Launchet#, #-it#, pa. t. darted, leapt, VII 135, 153; launchet to,
reached, VII 163. [ONFr. lancher.] See Lance.
#Launde#, n. glade, grassy space, V 78, 86, 103, 265. [OFr.
la(u)nde.]
#Laund-syde#, n. shore, VII 170. [OE. land + sīde.] See
Lond(e).
#Law#. See Lowe, adj.
#Law(e)#, n.^1 law, VIII a 159, 313, XI a 2, 22, XIV b 63, XVI
313, &c.; practice, customary behaviour, in doþ at Crystyn mennys l.,
behave as Christians, I 82. [OE. lagu, from ON.]
#Lawe#, n.^2 mound, knoll, V 103, 107. [OE. hlāw.]
#Lawse#, v. to loose(n), undo, V 308; #Lowsyd#, pa. t. delivered,
XVII 209. [From ME. laus, lous, adj.; ON. laus-s.]
#Leche#, n. physician, VIII a 268. [OE. lǣce.]
#Lechecraft#, n. (art of) medicine, VIII a 251. [OE.
lǣce-cræft.]
#Lechery(e)#, n. sensuality, VIII a 137, XVII 53. [OFr. lecherie.]
#Ledderis#, n. pl. ladders, X 53. [OE. hlǣ̆dder.]
#Lede#, n.^1 man, knight, V 27, VII 62, 75; voc. my good man, VI
182; #Leyde#, XVII 48, in euery liffyng l., everybody; #Leude#, V 265,
321, 353. [OE. (allit.) lēod, prince.]
#Lede#, #Leede#, n.^2 people, country, in þurgh land and lede, over
the earth, I 227; in leede, on earth, XVI 70, 135. [OE. lēode,
pl., and lēod, fem.]
#Lede(n)#, #Ledyn#, #Leyd# (XVII), v. to lead, bring, I 153, IX 214,
XVI 391; guide, direct, XI a 55; to pass, lead (life), IV a 49, 63,
VI 32, XV h 20, XVII 393. #Ledys#, pres. pl. IV b 55; #Ladde#,
pa. t. II 584; #Ledde#, I 63, III 55; #Led#, pp. treated, XVII 202.
[OE. lǣdan.]
#Ledeing#, n.; at his l., under his control, XIV b 54. [From
prec.]
#Leder#. See Lyþer.
#Leders#, n. pl. leaders, XIV b 94. [From Lede(n).]
#Leede#. See Lede, n.^2
#Leef#, #Lef#, n. leaf; item (with ref. to books), VIII a 251;
sette ... at a lef, made light of, VIII b 101; #Leues#, #Leves#,
pl. II 244, VII 103, IX 154, XV b 14. [OE. lēaf.]
#Leel#; #Leere#. See Lele; Lere.
#Lees#, #Lese#, n. falsehood; without(en) lees, &c., truly, XVI 127,
XVII 390. [OE. lēas.] See Lesing.
#Leest#; #Leet#; #Leeue#. See Lasse; Lete; Leue, v.^2
#Lef#, #Leof# (XIV), adj. dear, II 102, *406; eager, XIV c 6; #Leue#
(wk. in voc.), XV g 10; as sb., dear one, VI 58. #Leuer#,
compar. in l. me were to, I would rather, II 177; #Leueste#, most
pleasing (to God), VIII b 89. [OE. lēof.]
#Lef#, see Leef; #Lef(f)e#, #Lefte#, see Leue, v.^1
#Leggaunce#, n. (performance of) duty to his liege lord, XIV c 67.
[OFr. legiance.]
#Legg#, n. leg, VI 99, V 160, VIII a 116. [ON. legg-r.]
#Legge#, #Lei#, #Ley(e)#, &c. See Lay, v.
#Leid(e)#, #Leyd(e)#. See Lay, v.; Lede, n.^1; Lede(n).
#Leif(f)#, #Leyf#, #Leyue#. See Leue, v.^1 and v.^3
#Leymonde#. See Leme.
#Lele#, #Leel#, adj. lawful, VIII b 109; faithful, XVI 65; according
to covenant, XVII 446. [OFr. leël.]
#Lelly#, adv. loyally, faithfully, V 56, 60, XVI 403. [From prec.]
#Leme#, v. to shine, flash, V 158; #Leymonde#, pres. p. VII 153.
[OE. *lēomian; ON. ljóma.]
#Lemes#. See Lym(e).
#Lemman#, n. lover, XV a 20. [OE. *lēof-man; early ME.
leofmon.]
#Lende#, v. trans. and intr. to 'land'; lende (on), to come, fall
(upon), XVI 47, 54; lendes (in), brings (into), IV a 44; #Lended#,
pa. t. remained, XIV b 45; #Lent#, pp. gone, taken away, XV c
11, 39; #Ylent# (on), come (upon), XV c 24. [OE. lendan, go,
arrive; the ME. sense development is obscured by confusion with Lene,
v.^1]
#Lene#, adj. lean, II 459. [OE. hlǣne.]
#Lene#, v.^1 to grant, give, VIII a 17, (absolutely) VIII a 215;
#Lante#, pa. t. V 182; #Lent#, pp. IV a 21. [OE. lǣnan.]
#Lene#, v.^2 to lean; lened (with), inclined, V 187: lened (to),
leant (on), V 264. [OE. hleonian.]
#Leng#; #Lengar#, #-er#. See Long(e), adv.
#Lenghe#, n. length, VI 56. [OE. lengu.)
#Lent#. See Lende, Lene, v.^1
#Lenten#, n. spring, XV b 1; #Lenten-tyde#, Lent, I 242. [OE.
lencten, lencten-tīd.]
#Lenþe#, #Lennthe#, #Lenght#, n. length, V 248, XVII 123, 257. [OE.
lengþu.]
#Leof#. See Lef.
#Lepe#, v. to leap, run; lepeȝ hym, gallops, V 86; #Lepte#, _pa.
t._ leapt, XII a 160. [OE. hlēapan, str.]
#Lepys#, n. pl. leaps; wyth sundyr lepys, ? dancing separately, I
234 (but see Sonder, and note). [OE. hlēp.]
#Lere#, n. face, VI 38. [OE. hlēor.] See Lyre.
#Lere#, #Leere#, v. trans. to teach, instruct, VIII a 251, XVI 55,
127, 330, 391; intr. to learn, IV a 17, XIV b 57, XVI 313, 321;
#Lerid#, pp. educated (i.e. clergy), XI a 38. [OE. lǣran,
teach.]
#Lerne(n)#, v. to learn, II 39, VII 20, &c. #Lurne(n)#, XIII b 29,
34, 36. [OE. léornian.]
#Lernyng(e)#, n. learning, XI b 169; instruction, in for l. of us,
for our instruction, VII 32; knowledge, XVI 85. [OE. léornung, intr.]
#Les(e)#. See Lasse, Lees.
#Lese#, v.^1 to lose, II 178, V 74, IX 130; #Lose#, XVII 363; #Lore#,
pp. XII a 187; #Lorne#, XVI 198; #Lost#, VII 148, VIII b 99;
#Ylore#, II 209, 545. [OE. (be-, for-)lēosan, pp. -loren; cf.
losian, be lost.] See Forlorn.
#Lese#, v.^2 to glean, VIII a 68. [OE. lesan.]
#Lesing#, n. a lie, II 465; #Lesyngis#, pl. XI b 39; _lesyngis
on_, lies against, XI b 98. [OE. lēasing.] See Lees.
#Lesse#. See Lasse.
#Lesso(u)n#, n. lesson, VIII a 272, XIII b 19. [OFr. leço(u)n.]
#Lest(e)#. See Lasse; Last, conj.
#Lete#, #Lette# (IV a 88), v. to let, &c.; #Lat(e)#, IV b 41,X 30;
#Lat(e)#, #Latte#, imper. sg. VIII a 40, 262, XVI 194, &c.;
#Let(e)#, II 114, V 140, &c.; #Leteȝ#, pl. V 319. #Leet#, _pa. t.
sg._ IX 223, 232; #Let(e)#, II 386, III 34, &c.; #Lette#, V 189; #Lete#,
pl. II 74; #Ylete#, pp. III 32, *VIII b 3. (i) To let, allow, II
74, IV b 41, &c.; bequeathe, III 32, 34; cause to (as leet make,
caused men to make, had it made), IX 223, 232, XII b 192; _let
untrusse_, unloaded, XII b 52; forming periphrastic imper., XIV b
90; lete ben, latte be, cease, stop, II 114, XVI 234; let be, left
unheeded, XII b 94. (ii) To give up, abandon, IV a 88, VIII a 266,
XIV c 6; lose, II 177; cease, II 279; neglect (to), XIV c 70. (iii)
Lette as, behaved as if, V 189; lete liȝte of, make (made) light
of, give little thought to, VIII a 161, XIV c 63; lytel ylete by,
held in small esteem, *VIII b 3. [OE. lǣtan, lētan; forms
with a perhaps due partly to ON. láta, and partly to early
shortening (? orig. in imper. sg.).]
#Lette#, n. hindrance, obstacle, XII a 72; delay, XII a 154. [From
next.] See Ylet.
#Lette(n)#, #Let# (of, fro), v. to hinder, prevent, keep (from), V
74, 235, XI a 41, b 3, 155, 179, XVII 341 (subj.), 470; #Let#,
pp. XII b 10; #Lettid#, XI b 181; lette to sue (studie),
prevent from following (studying), XI a 41, b 112. [OE. lettan.]
Distinguish Lete.
#Lettynge#, #-ing# (to), n. hindering (from), hindrance, XI a 26,
b 307; delay, interruption, VIII a 7, XI b 80. [OE. letting.]
#Lettres#, n. pl. letters, III introd.; #Letturs#, writings, VII 26,
59. [OFr. lettre.]
#Leþeȝ#, 3 sg. pres. softens, is assuaged, VI 17. [OE.
(ge-)liþian, -leoþian, distinct from līþian.]
#Leude#. See Lede, n.^1
#Leue#, n. permission, VIII a 68; leave, in tok his leve, XII a
31. [OE. lēaf, fem.]
#Leue(n)#, v.^1 to leave (alone, behind, off), abandon, neglect, cease
(to), V 86, XI b 10, 50, 301, XIII a 56, XVI 284, &c.; #Lef(f)e#, IV
b 66, XVI 376; #Leif(f)#, X 156, 198; #Leueþ#, imper. pl. stop, I
265. #Left(e)#, pa. t. and pp. I 71, IV b 74, VII 26, XI b 261,
XII b 179, XVI 314, &c.; #Leuid#, #Leuyt#, #Levit#, VII 74, 126, X
159, XIV b 78; #Yleft#, pp. XIII b 8, 41. For to leue for to,
that you may cease to, I 21; to lefe, to be left undone, avoided, IV
b 66. [OE. lǣfan.] See Bleue.
#Leue(n)#, #Leeue#, v.^2 to grant, in Crist leue, Christ grant, XIV
c 87, 95. [OE. lēfan.] See Leue, n.
#Leue(n)#, v.^3 to believe, V 60, 353, VI 65, 109, VIII a 84;
#Leyf#, #Leyue#, imper., VIII b 3, 24. [OE. (ge-)lēfan.] See
Beleue, Ylefde.
#Leue#, #Leu-#, &c. See Leef, Lef, Liue(n).
#Leued#, adj. leafy, I 62. [From Leef.]
#Leuedi#, n. lady, mistress, II 53, 89, 347, 455, XV c 23, &c.;
#Ladi#, XII a 50, 144, &c.; #Lady#, gen. sg. in oure Lady day, I
242. [OE. hlǣ̆fdige.]
#Levyn#, n. lightning, XVII 346. [? OE. *lēfn- < *lau(h)mni-
(cf. Goth. lauhmuni).]
#Levyr#, n. liver; l. and long, allit. elaboration of hert, XVII
399. [OE. lifer.]
#Lew#. See Lo.
#Lewed(e)#, #Lewid#, adj. lay, ignorant, uneducated, III introd.,
VIII b 4, XI a 3, XII b 144; lerid and lewid, XI a 38. [OE.
lǣwede.]
#Lewté#, n. loyalty, fidelity, V 298, 313. [OFr. le(a)uté.] See
Lele.
#Lhord#, &c. See Louerd.
#Lyand#. See Ligge(n).
#Libben#, v. to live, XV a 10; #Libbe#, 1 sg. pres. XV c 5;
#Libbeth#, #Lybbeth#, pres. pl. VIII a 20, 71. [OE. libban,
libbe, libbaþ.] See Liue(n).
#Lich(e)#; #Lyckend#. See Lyk; Likne.
#Lie#, v. to tell lies, VIII a 227. [OE. lē(o)gan.]
#Lye#. See Ligge(n).
#Lif#, #Lyfe# (obl. stem #Lif-#, and #Lyu-# &c.), n. life, manner of
life, lifetime, I 199, V 44, VI 32, VIII a 170, XI a 57, b 40,
XVII 398, &c.; #Liffe#, XVI 66; #Liif#, II 124, &c.; living being, IV
a 43, XII a 117, 121; lef liif, beloved (one), II 102, *406.
#Lyfes#, gen. sg. IX 328; #Lyueȝ#, VI 117 (see Longe, adv.),
218; #Liue#, #Lyue#, dat. sg. II 583 (being still alive), III 16, XII
a 168; bi my lyue, during my life, VIII a 95; yn þys lyue, in
this world, I 170; vpon lyue, alive (lede vpon l. = man), V 27. [OE.
līf.] See Liue(n).
#Lyf-holynesse#, n. holiness of life, VIII b 84. [OE. līf +
hālignes.]
#Lyflich#, adj. active, XIV c 93. [OE. līf-lic.]
#Liflode#, #Lyflode#, n. (means of) living, sustenance, food, VIII a
17, 230, 267, 284, b 43, 47, XII b 25. [OE. līf-lād.]
#Lift#, #Lyfte#, #Left#, adj. left (hand, &c.), V 78, IX 69, XIII b
39, &c. [OE. lyft.]
#Lift#, n. sky, X 100. [OE. lyft.] See Loft(e).
#Lyfte#, v. to raise, IV a 15, V 241; #Lyft(e)#, pp. IV a 9, VI
207 (see Lyþer). [ON. lyfta.]
#Lyf-tyme#, n. lifetime, VIII a 27. [OE. līf + tīma.]
#Ligge(n)#, #Lygge#, #Lig#, v. to lie (down, idle, &c.), be (lodged,
situated, &c.), II 74, VIII b 16, XIII a 53 (subj.), XVII 409;
#Lye#, VII 172, IX 19; #List# (OE. līst), 2 sg. pres. XV f 2;
#Lyeþ#, 3 sg. is to the point, is admissible, VIII b 93; #Liggeth#,
lies idle, VIII a 156; #Ligis#, XVII 84; #Lys#, exists, VI 242; #Liþ#
(OE. līþ), II 243, XII a 95; #Liggeþ#, pl. II 441, VIII a 15;
#Lyse#, IV a 61. #Lay#, pa. t. sg. I 181, II 133, IX 286, &c.; pl.
II 394, 399, X 1 (were encamped), &c.; #Layȝ#, subj. XI a 52.
#Lyand#, pres. p. X 55; #Ligand#, XIV b 71; #Liggeand#, II 388
(see note); #Lyggyng#, I 139. Liggen oute, be abroad, out of doors,
VIII b 16. [OE. licgan; the g(g) forms in I, XIV b, XVII prob.
represent dial. lig from ON. liggja.]
#Lightnes#, n.^1 splendour, XVII 16. [OE. lī̆ht-nes.]
#Lightnes#, #Liȝtnesse#, n.^2 lightness; gladness, VII 15; ease,
unburdensomeness, XI b 151. [OE. lī̆ht^2 + -nes.]
#Lyȝt#, #Light#, #Lyht#, n. light, VII 135, XI b 291, XV b 25.
&c. [OE. lē̆(o)ht.)
#Liȝt#, v.^1 to shine, II 371. [OE. lī̆htan.^1]
#Lyȝt#, #Liȝte#, #Light#, v.^2 trans. to lighten, relieve, IV
a 70; intr. to alight, V 108; come down, V 152; #Lyht# (on), pp.
lit (on), settled (on), XV c 12. [OE. lī̆thtan.^2]
#Lyȝte#, #Liȝt#, #Lyhte#, adj.^1 light, bright, II 369, VI 140,
XV b 14. [OE. lē̆(o)ht, lī̆(o)ht, adj.^1]
#Liȝte#, #Lyght#, #Liht#, adj.^2 light, slight, easy, I introd.,
IV a 49; lete liȝte (liht) of, make (made) light of, give little
thought to, VIII a 161, XIV c 63; #Lyȝttere#, compar. easier,
XI b 238. [OE. lē̆(o)ht, lī̆(o)ht, adj.^2]
#Liȝtly#, #Lightly#, #Lyghtly#, adv. lightly, easily, IV b 5, V
241, IX 14, 118. [OE. lī̆ht-līce.]
#Lyȝtnyng#, n. lightning, I 166. [From ME. liȝtne(n), extended
from Liȝt, v.^1]
#Liif#. See Lif.
#Lik#, v. to sup, taste; lik on, have a taste of, XVII 378; cf.
Drynk. [OE. liccian.]
#Lyk(e)#, #Like#, #Lich(e)#, adj. and adv. usually foll. by
(un)to, like, IV a 16, VI 72, 141, IX 35, 98, XII a 57, XVII 506.
[OE.(ge-)līc; (ge-)līce, adv.] See Ilyche.
#Like#, #Lyke#, v. to please, II 251, 449, 529, VI 206, VIII b 42,
XI b 142; impers. with dat. (as vs liketh, it pleases us, we
please), V 66, 178, VIII a 150, 286, IX 177, XII a 115, XVI 321 (or
pers. pl. 'like', as below), &c.; ȝif ȝou lyke, if it pleases
you, IX 74 (cf. ȝif it lyke ȝou, 284); _for loue þat likes
ille_, that are wretched bec. of love (or bec. of love that is
painful), XV b 24; quasi-pers. (with it) V 267, IX 284; pers. to
like, XVII 361. (OE. līcian.]
#Likeing#, #Likyng#, #Lykyng(e)#, n. delight, pleasure, IV a 30, VII
20, 75, XI b 158, XVII 75, &c.; for likyng to here, to be heard with
delight, to give pleasure in the hearing, VII 71; of gode likeing,
well-pleasing, II 599. [OE. līcung.]
#Likne#, #Lykne#, #Lyken#, v. to make like, XIII b 23; to compare,
IV a 6, VI 140, XIV c 74; #Lyckend#, pp. (to be) compared, IV a
33. [From Lyk, adj.]
#Liknes(se)#, n. likeness, appearance, XII a 9, 133, 172, XVII 28.
[OE. līc-nes.]
#Lilie#, n. lily, XV b 17; #Lilie-flour#, lily, XV e 19. [OE.
lilie; see Flour.]
#Lym(e)#, n. limb, member, VI 102, XIV c 93; #Lemes#, pl. IX 80;
#Limes#, #Lymes#, II 171, VIII a 118, b 8; Lymmeȝ, VI 104. [OE.
lim; pl. leomu, limu.]
#Lymbo#, #Lymbus#, n. limbo; the 'border' (of hell) where the souls of
the just who died before Christ awaited His coming, XVI 102, 198. [L.
limbus (patrum); in limbo.]
#Lymp(e)#, v. ? to limp; lympit of the sothe, ? stumbled from, fell
short of, the truth, VII 36. [Cf. OE. lemp-healt, limping; MHG.
limphin, to limp. Not recorded otherwise in E. until much later.]
#Lynage#, n. kindred, VIII b 26; tribe, IX 163. [OFr. li(g)nage.]
#Lynde#, n. lime-tree; (allit.) tree, V 108. [OE. línd(e).]
#Lyne#, n. sounding-line, XVII 461. [OE. līne; OFr. ligne.]
#Lynt#, n. lint, refuse of flax used as an inflammable stuff, X 20.
[ME. lin(e)t, obscurely rel. to OE. līn (OFr. lin), flax.]
#Lyoun#, n. lion, II 538, IX 247, 249. [OFr. lioun.]
#Lippe#, #Lyppe#, n. lip, V 238, VIII a 259, XI b 84, XII a 181,
&c. [OE. lippa.]
#Lyre#, n.^1 face, XVI 119. [ON. hlýr.] See Lere.
#Lyre#, n.^2 flesh, calves, V 160. [OE. līra.]
#Lys(e)#, #List#. See Ligge(n).
#List(e)#, #Lyst(e)#, v. impers. to desire, wish (as me list, I
desire), IV a 77, V 65, 74, XVI 68, 277; prob. pers. at IX 302, XVI
313; þat hym list after, what he has a desire for, VII 20; #List#,
pa. t. VII 166. [OE. lystan.]
#Lyste#, n. joy, VI 107. [Alteration of Lust, under infl. of prec.; or
ON. lyst.]
#Lystens#, imper. pl. listen, XIV b 57. [OE. *hlysnan (ONth.
lysna) infl. by hlystan.]
#Lite#, adv. little; bot gode lite, of but little worth, II 258.
[OE. lȳt.]
#Lyte#, n. waiting; on lyte, in delay, V 235. [From ME. līten,
to expect, await, tarry; ON. hlíta, to trust.]
#Litel#, #-ill#, #Lytill#, #Littel#, #Lyttel#, #Lutel# (XV c), &c.,
adj. little, small, slight, unimportant, IV b 45, VI 214 (or adv.
'little time there'), 244, IX 14, 21, 141, XV a 6, c 3, &c.;
quasi-sb. in a lityl(l), &c., a little, V 298, IX 62; ? a small
piece, XV h 17; somewhat (adv.), V 199, IX 103, 110; a little way
(adv.), V 78, 103, XVII 507; for litill, for little cause, XVII 187;
litel or nouȝt, little or nothing, XI b 188 (adv.), 258; _wyth
lyttel_, with little result (or ? soon), VI 215; #Litel#, #Litle#,
#Lyttill#, adv. little, IV b 24, VII 36, VIII b 3, XI b 253, &c.
[OE. lȳtel, adj.] See Lite.
#Liþ#, #Lyth#, n. limb, VI 38, XIV c 93. [OE. liþ.]
#Liþ#, #Lith#. See Ligge(n).
#Lyþer#, #Leder#, adj. bad; sluggish, XVII 289; as sb., in _to lyþer
is lyfte_, ? is turned towards evil, VI 207. [OE. lȳ̆þre.]
#Liue(n)#, #Lyue(n)#, v. to live, II 168, VI 117, VIII a 70, &c.;
#Lif(fe)#, #Lyf(e)#, IV a 17, 73, XVI 68, 70, XVII 4, 58, 145, &c.;
#Leue#, XVI 243, 322, 353, &c.; #Lyfed#, 2 sg. pa. t. VI 123; _pres.
p._ living, (while) alive, IV b 31, XII a 171, XVI 55, XVII 47, 48,
73, &c.; lyue men, let men live, XI a 46; liuen bi, &c., live on,
II 257, VIII b 26 (but lyue on, VIII b 46, &c.); _lyue (leue)
with_, live by, VIII b 44, XVI 160. [OE. lifian, leofian.] See
Libben, Lif.
#Lo#, #Loo#, interj. lo! II 381, 556, XVII 239; look, see, II 505,
507; #Lew#, XVII 507; we loo, alas! V 140 (see We, interj.). [OE.
lā; ME. vowel and usage show infl. of Loken.]
#Lode#, n. load, XII b 26. [OE. lād.]
#Lodesman#, n. leader, I 39. [Cf. OE. lād-mann.]
#Lofers#, n. pl. lovers, IV a 50. [From Louye.]
#Lofte#, n. air, in on lofte, aloft, V 193. [ON. loft, á loft.]
See Alofte, Lyft.
#Logede#, pa. t. dwelt, VII 62. [OFr. logier.]
#Loȝe#, #Loh#. See Louȝ.
#Loke#, pp. locked, I 101. [OE. lūcan, pp. locen.] See
Vnlokynne.
#Loke(n)#, #Look#, v. to look, I 124, XVII 129, &c.; #Lokyt#, pa. t.
VII 36; #Yloked#, pp. III 58. Intr. (i) to look, gaze, I 124, II
112, III 34, V 78, &c.; have an expression, VIII a 315; appear, VIII
a 170; loken (app)on, look at, VIII a 179, XI b 175; read, VII
75; on lusti to loke, pleasant to read, VII 15; loke agaynste, gaze
(straight) at, XVI 92; loke to, look at, V 265; (ii) to make
investigations, VII 36; (iii) to see to it, take care; foll. by þat
and subj., II 165, XVI 152, 211; without conj., IV a 19, 46, VIII
a 39, XIV d 7, XVII 129. Trans. to watch over, in _God þe mot
loke_, may God have you in his keeping, V 171; adjudicate, III 58;
ordain, decree, VIII a 313. Loke what, consider what (i.e.
whatever, interrog.), VI 103 (cf. OE. lōc(a) hwæt, indef.). [OE.
lōcian.]
#Lokyng#, n. examination, VII 26. [From prec.]
#Lokkeȝ#, n. pl. locks (of hair), V 160. [OE. locc.]
#Lollare#, #-ere#, n. idler, vagabond, VIII b 2, 4; #Lollarene#,
gen. pl. VIII b 31. [From ME. lollen, to lounge; see Piers Pl. C
X 215.]
#Lomb(e)#, #Lamb#, n. lamb, IX 142; used of Our Lord, VI 47, 53. [OE.
lómb, lámb.]
#Lome#, n. tool, weapon, V 241, VIII b 47. [OE. lōma.]
#Lond(e)#, #Land(e)#, n. land, country, soil, I 25, II 208, 355, VII
163, VIII a 267, IX 179, XIV b 63, &c.; in land(e), on earth, XVI
68, 314, XVII 145; þurgh land and lede, I 227 (see Lede, n.^2).
[OE. lónd, lánd.]
#Long#, n. lung (see Levyr), XVII 399. [OE. lungen.]
#Longage#. See Langage.
#Long(e)#, adj. long, II 506, IX 152, 155, &c.; longe clothes,
clerical garb, VIII b 42; tall, VIII b 24; lasting long, I 203, VIII
a 7; þy long home, your eternal home (after death), I 207 (OE. _lang
hām_); for long ȝore, a long while, VI 226; þe long day, _the
l. night ouer_, al þe woke l., all day (&c.) long, VI 237, VII 166,
XIII a 28 (cf. next); tedious, IX 267. [OE. láng, lóng.]
#Long(e)#, #Lang#, adv. a long while, II 335, V 232, VIII a 19, b
84, XV c 19, XVII 244, &c.; after an advb. gen., in _hys lyueȝ
longe_, þise dayeȝ longe, all his life (this day) long, VI 117, 173
(cf. prec.); #Leng#, compar. longer, II 84; #Lenger(e)#, #Lengar#, I
79, II 330, V 235, XI b 130, XII b 146, XVI 68, 193; _euer þe lenger
þe lasse þe more_, the further (you pursue the argument) the less (work)
the more (pay), VI 240; #Longer#, XVII 531. [OE. lónge, lánge;
compar. léng (adv.), lengra (adj.).]
#Long(e)#, v.^1 to long, VII 113; #Langand#, pres. p. in _langand
es_, longs, IV a 91. [OE. lóngian, lángian.]
#Long(e)#, v.^2; longe to (into), to belong (to), befit, V 313,
XIV c 25, 53; #Longande#, pres. p. that belongs, VI 102. [From ME.
(i)long, adj.; OE. ge-láng (on), dependent (on).] See Bylongeth.
#Longinge#, #-yng#, n. longing, VII 119, XV c 24; #Langyng# (til),
longing (for), IV a 93. [OE. lóngung, lángung.] See
Loue-longinge.
#Longith#, 3 sg. pres. lengthens, ? beats out long, XV h 17. [From
Long, adj.]
#Lording#, #-yng#, n. man of high rank, II 26, 520; sir (as a polite
address, esp. of minstrel to his audience), II 23, 204. [OE.
hlāfording.] See Louerd.
#Lordischipes#, #-is#, n. pl. lordships, estates, XI b 97, 141. [OE.
hlāford-scipe.]
#Lore#, n. (method of) teaching, XI a 39, XIII b 28. [OE.
lār.]
#Lore#, #Lorne#, pp. of Lese, v.^1
#Lorel(l)is#, n. pl. good-for-nothings, wastrels, XI b 140, 161,
173. [Prob. from prec.] See Loseles.
#Los#, n. fame, XIV c 111. [OFr. los.]
#Loseles#, n. pl. wastrels, VIII a 116. [Prob. from ME. lose(n),
variant of lore(n) pp. of Lese, v.^1] See Lorel(l)is.
#Losengerye#, n. lying flattery (of a parasite), VIII a 137. [OFr.
losengerie.]
#Lossom#, #Lossum#. See Louesum.
#Lost#, n. loss, VIII b 101. [Rel. to Lese, v.^1; cf. OE., ME.
los.]
#Lote#, n. noise, V 143. [ON. lát (pl.), behaviour, noise; cf.
Bere, n.^1]
#Loþ#, #Lothe#, adj. hateful, I 9; loath, unwilling, XIV c 6. [OE.
lāþ, adj.]
#Loþe#, n. grief, VI 17. [OE. lāþ, n.]
#Loþli#, #Loþlich#, adj. horrible, II 78; unpleasing, II 461. [OE.
lāþ-lic.]
#Loud(e)#, adj. loud, II 511, XII a 138; loud or still, under all
circumstances, XIV b 54. [OE. hlūd.]
#Loue#, n. love, II *12, 55, &c.; #Louue#, XV a 21; #Luf(e)#, I
introd., IV a 1, 5, XVII 82; with object. gen. (as _mi lordes
loue_, love for my master), II 518 (note), VIII a 19, 214; þi loue,
love of thee, VIII a 27; for loue or ay, in any event, II 571. [OE.
lufu.] See Louye.
#Louely#, adj. gracious, beautiful, pleasant, VIII a 10, 272, XVI
119. [OE. luf(e)lic.] See Luflyly.
#Lou(u)e-longinge#, n. unsatisfied love, XV a 9, c 5. [OE. lufu
+ lóngung.] See Longinge.
#Louerd#, n. lord, (the) Lord, master, husband, XV g 1, 11, &c.;
#Lhord#, III introd., 11, 29, 46; #Lord(e)#, II 120, 518, VIII a 19,
272, XII a 157, &c.; #Lordene#, gen. pl. VIII b 77. [OE.
hlāford.]
#Loues#, n. pl. loaves, VIII a 278. [OE. hlāf.] See Pese-lof.
#Louesum#, #-som#, adj. beautiful, lovely, II 111, 460; #Lossom#,
#-sum#, XV b 17, c 15; #Lufsoum#, as sb., lovely one, VI 38. [OE.
lufsum.]
#Louȝ#, pa. t. sg. laughed, II 314; #Loȝe#, V 321; #Loh# (on),
smiled (upon), XV c 15. [OE. hlæhhan, pa. t. hlōh.]
#Louy(e)#, #Louie#, v. to love, like, V 27, 31, VIII a 202;
#Loue(n)#, II 34, IX 100, 101, XII a 5, &c.; #Luf(e)#, #Luffe#, IV a
4, b 7, V 300, XVI 403, XVII 47, &c.; #Yloued#, pp. II 123. [OE.
lufian.]
#Louyly#, adj. ? lawful, VI 205 (note). [OE. lah-lic.] See Lawe,
n.^1
#Louyng#, #Lufyng#, n.^1 love; beloved (one), IV a 5 (note), 56.
[From Louye.] Distinguish next.
#Louyng#, n.^2 praise, IV a 24, XVI 405. [OE. lofung.]
Distinguish prec.
#Loupe#, n. any jewel of imperfect brilliance (esp. sapphire, with
which it is often joined), IX 116. [OFr. loupe.]
#Lowable#, adj. praiseworthy, VIII b 109. [OFr. louable.]
#Low(e)#, #Law#, adj. low, VII 102, X 137, XVII 21; near the bottom,
VI 187; lowly, VIII a 223, &c.; heiȝe and lowe, all men, XIV c
100; adv. low, V 168, XII b 11, &c.; thus low, here below, in so
lowly a place, XVII 173. [ON. lág-r.]
#Low(e)#, n. flame, VII 136, 152, 159. [ON. logi.]
#Lowe#, v. to praise; to lowe, praiseworthy, II 12 (MS. Harl.);
cf. Sir Gaw. 1399, and (for idiom) Wale. [OFr. louer.] See
Allowe.
#Lowsyd#. See Lawse.
#Lowte#, v. to bow; trans. (but see Þat, rel.) bow before,
reverence, XV i 4; #Lutte#, pa. t. sg. bowed, V 187; refl. V 168.
[OE. lūtan, str.]
#Lud#, n., in on hyre lud, ? in her own language, XV c 4. [? OE.
lēoden, lȳden, language.]
#Lufe#, n. palm of the hand, XVII 462. [ON. lófi.]
#Luf(f)-#. See Loue-; Louy(e); Louyng, n.^1
#Luflyly#, adv. courteously, V 321; in seemly manner, V 108. [From
Louely.]
#Lunatyk#, adj. suffering from recurrent fits of insanity (thought to
depend on the changes of the moon), IX 93. [L. lūnāticus.]
#Lurdans#, n. pl. rascals, XVI 102. [OFr. lourdein, lazy fellow.]
#Lurnede#, #Lurneþ#. See Lerne.
#Lust#, n. pleasure, desire, IV a 16, 59; lust, IV b 17, IX 277.
[OE. lust.] See Lyste.
#Lustful#, adj. pleasure-loving, XI b 256. [OE. lust-ful.]
#Lusti#, adj. pleasant, VII 15. [From Lust.]
#Lutel#; #Lutte#. See Litel; Lowte.
#Ma#. See Make(n), Fai.
#Maad(e)#, #Mad(e)#, &c. See Make(n).
#Madde#, adj. mad, XVI 247. [OE. (ge-)mǣ̆dd, pp.]
#Madde#, v. to act madly, V 346. [From prec.]
#Magesté#, n. majesty, VII 1. [OFr. majesté.]
#Magré#. See Maugré, prep.
#Maȝtyly#, adv. powerfully, forcibly, V 194, 222. [OE.
mæhtig-līce.] See Myȝt(e).
#Mai#, v. 1 & 3 pres. (ind. and subj.), am able to, can, may,
may well, have reason to, &c., IV a 31, XII a 66, XIV c 1, &c.;
#May(e)#, IV a 6, 36, &c.; #May(e)#, 2 sg. IV a 20, XVI 173, &c.;
#Meist# (= meiht; see Appendix, p. 278), XV g 6; #Miȝt#,
#Myȝt(e)#, II 452, VIII a 217, b 35. #Mai#, #May#, pl. IV a
61, IX 213, &c.; #Moun#, VI 176; #Mowe#, I 115, VIII a 40, IX 164, &c.
#Micht#, #Mycht#, pa. t. (ind. and subj.), was able to, could,
might, &c., X 17, 139, &c., #Miȝt(e)#, #Myȝt(e)#, I 16, II 221,
VIII a 133, XI a 44, b 283, &c.; #Myȝtte#, XI b 30, 103;
#Myght(e)#, I 184, IX 276, &c.; #Mihte#, #Myhte#, XII a 16, 75, XIV
c 36, &c.; #Moȝt(e)#, VI 67, 115, 119, #Moghte#, IV b 31. [OE.
mæg (meaht, miht, 2 sg.); late pl. mugon, subj. muge; pa. t.
mihte (late muhte).]
#Mai#, #May#, n.^1 maiden, VI 75, XV a 6, 16, c 28, Introduction
xii. [ON. mǽ-r, gen. meyj-ar; cf. OE. mǣg, woman (in
verse).]
#May#, n.^2 May, II 57, IV a 57; #May dew#, dew gathered in May
(thought to have special properties), IX 63. [OFr. mai.] See Deaw.
#Maid(e)#. See Make(n).
#Mayde(n)#, #Maiden#, n. maiden, virgin, I 41, II 64, VIII a 323, XV
i 7, &c. [OE. mægden.]
#Mayll#, #Male#, adj. male, IX 58, XVII 152. [OFr. ma(s)le.]
#Mayn#, n. might, XVII 310. [OE. mægen.]
#Mais#; #Maister#. See Make(n); Mister.
#Maysterful#, adj. arrogant, VI 41. [From next.]
#Maistre# (#-er#, #-ur#), #Mayster#, n. lord, Lord, II 413, VI 102,
VII 1, XIII a 2; master, V 22, VIII a 41, 236, 314, XV h 17;
mayster of gramere, a title, XIII b 27 (see note). [OFr.
maistre; OE. mægester.)
#Maistrie#, #Maystrie#, n. mastery, VIII a 323; for the maystrie
(OFr. pour la maistrie), to the utmost possible degree, IX 233; pl.
(partly due to OFr. maistrise, sg.) in make maistries, do a
wonderful, mighty (here masterful, high handed) deed, XVI 116, 202,
216, 217. [OFr. maistrie.]
#Make#, n. mate, XV b 20, c 18, 31, XVII 139. [OE. (ge)maca.]
#Make(n)#, #Mak#, v. to make, do; (with or without to) cause,
compel; VIII a 205, 280, IX 120, 206, XIV b 87, &c.; #Ma#, X 14,
167; #Mase#, 3 sg. IV a 15; #Matȝ#, VI 250; #Mais#, pl. X 72;
#Man#, VI 152; #Mase#, XIV b 34, XVI 116; #Makes#, #Maketh#, _imper.
pl._ VIII a 14, XVI 383. #Mad#, #Made(n)#, pa. t. I 39, II 20, VI
179, &c.; #Maid(e)#, X 5, XVII 3 (2 sg.), 28, &c.; #Maked#, II 329,
498, &c. #Maad(e)#, pp. XI b 101, 196, &c.; #Mad#, VI 126, VIII b
74, &c.; #Maid(e)#, X 3, XVII 73, &c.; #Ymad#, III introd.; #Ymaked#,
VIII a 180. Mad sumoun, caused (men) to summon (them), VI 179;
makes ioie, rejoice, XVI 383: it maketh, brings it about (that),
VIII a 199; ich made of, I summed up (as Mn. E. idiom), VIII b 5;
see also Dere, Qwart, Ylet, &c. [OE. macian; with the reduced forms
cf. Taken.]
#Makeleȝ#, adj. matchless, VI 75. [OE. ge-maca + -lēas.]
#Maker#, n. maker, causer, I 204; Creator, VII 1, XVI 2, XVII 1. [From
Maken.]
#Makyng(e)#, n. building, work, I 183; making, XI b 230. [OE.
macung.]
#Malais#, n. hardship, II 240. [OFr. malaise.] See Ese.
#Malice#, #Malis#, n. evil purpose, ill-will, VII 177, IX 119, XVI
302. [OFr. malice.]
#Malt#, pa. t. sg. melted, V 12. [OE. meltan, pa. t. malt.]
#Man#. See Make(n).
#Man(e)#, #Manne#, n. man, mankind, (any)body, one, I 102, II 27, IV
a 12, b 62, XVII 236, &c.; #Mon#, V 32, 170, 271 (note), VI 160, &c.
Gen. sg. (often generic, equiv. to 'human', &c.), #Manes(se)#, II 552,
XV i 16; #Mannes#, #-is#, #-ys#, #-us#, III 54, VIII a 234 (note),
XI b 113, 114, XII b 139, XVI 246, &c.; #Mans#, in mans wonder,
monster, XVII 408. #Manne#, dat. sg. III 19. #Men(e)#, pl. I 32, IV
b 9, &c.; #Men(ne)#, #Mene#, gen. pl. men's, people's, &c., IV b
69 (footnote), VIII b 29, XIII b 20; #Mennes#, #-ys#, #-us#, I 82,
VIII a 96, XI b 119, 192; #Mens#, IV b 50, *69 (footnote). [OE.
man(n), mon(n).] See Men, Noman.
#Manaced#, pa. t. threatened, VIII a 163; #Mansed#, V 277. [OFr.
manecier, manasser; cf. Comsed, for the reduction.]
#Manans#, n. threat, X 72. [OFr. manace, with confusion of suffix.]
#Mandeþ#, 3 sg. pres. sends forth, XV b 16, 25. [OFr. mander.]
#Maner(e)#, #Manyere# (III), n. (a) manner, way, I 80, X 103, XI a
11, XIII b 30 (without foll. of), &c.; in his manere, after his
fashion, VIII a 104; custom, II 431, XIII b 17, 26; kind, sort, IX
102, 139, &c.; any (ich) maner, any (every) kind of, II 364, VIII a
213; with sg. form after al(le), meny, and numerals (usually
without of), II 302, III introd., VIII a 20, XIII a 37, b 1,
9, &c.; deuyse, tell, the maner (of), describe, IX 264, 268;
#Manereȝ#, pl. courtesy, *VI 22 (MS. marereȝ). [OFr.
man(i)ere.]
#Manes(se)#. See Man(e).
#Manfully#, adv. manfully, X 117. [From OE. mann + -full.]
#Manhode#, n. virility, IX 80. [OE. mann + hād.]
#Mani(e)#, #Many(e)#, adj. many, I 133, II 294, III 41, VIII a 100,
&c.; #Meny(e)#, VIII b 36, XIII a 6, &c.; #Moni#, #Mony#, V 201, VI
212, &c.; mani (moni) a, &c., many a, II 432, XIV c 68, 92, &c.;
(without a), I 157 (note), II 520, XVII 355, 436; many ... fold(e),
see Fold(e). [OE. manig, menig, monig.]
#Manyere#. See Maner(e).
#Manyfold#, adj. many times multiplied, great, XII b 154. [OE.
manig-fáld.] See Fold.
#Mankyn#, n. mankind, XVII 71. [OE. man-cyn(n).]
#Mankunde#, #Mankynde#, n. mankind, XIII a 2, XVI 15. [OE. mann +
cýnd; cf. prec.]
#Mannus#, &c.; #Mansed#. See Man(e); Manaced.
#Mappa Mundi#, n. map, or descriptive geography, of the world, IX
301. [Latin; also appears in ME. in Fr. form mappe-mounde.]
#Mar#, #Marre#, v. to hinder, stop, XVI 116, XVII 129 (subj.);
marre ... to, prevent from, XVI 173; to destroy, V 194, XVI 208. [OE.
merran, hinder, spoil.]
#Marchant#, n. merchant, XII b 166. [OFr. marchand.]
#Marchaundise#, n. commercial dealings, XI b 290. [OFr.
marchandise.]
#Marches#, n. pl. (frontiers), regions, IX 273. [OFr. marche.]
#Marche#, v.; marcheth (to, upon), borders on, IX 193, XII a
61. [OFr. marchir, from prec.]
#Mare#. See Mor(e).
#Maryage#, n. marriage; to Hys m., as His spouse, VI 54. [OFr.
mariage.]
#Mark#, n. a mark (about 2/3 of a pound, 13_s._ 4_d._), XI b 162.
[OE. marc, a borrowed word of disputed origin.]
#Marked#, n. market-place, VI 153. [Late OE. marcet, from ONFr.
market.]
#Martyrdome#, n. martyrdom, I 34. [OE. martyr-dōm.]
#Mase#. See Make(n).
#Mased#, adj. bewildered, XVI 247. [Cf. OE. ā-masod.]
#Masse#, n.^1 Mass, VIII a 88, XI b 131, &c.; #Messe#, I 8, 69, VI
137, &c. [OE. mæsse, messe; OFr. messe.]
#Masse#, n.^2 conglomerate mass, IX 44, 46. [OFr. masse.]
#Masse-prest#, n. (secular) priest, V 40. [OE. mæsse-prēost.]
#Mast#. See More, Mor(e).
#Mast#, n. mast, X 123, XIV c 49, &c. [OE. mæst.]
#Mate#, adj. dejected, VI 26. [OFr. mat, orig. 'mated' in chess.]
#Mater(e)#, #Matiere#, n. matter, subject, VII 35, 98, IX 111, XII a
45, XIV c 14. [OFr. mat(i)ere.]
#Matȝ#. See Make(n).
#Matyn(n)es#, #-ys#, n. pl. matins (first of the canonical 'hours',
properly recited at midnight or before daybreak), V 120, XI b 131,
189, &c.; applied to all the morning office preceding public Mass, I 68,
? XI b 208; matynes of Oure Lady, matins proper to Our Lady (made a
part of daily morning office), XI b 132. [OFr. matines.]
#Maugré#, n. displeasure, ill-will, VIII a 236. [OFr. maugré.]
#Maugré# (#-ee#), #Mawgree#, prep. in spite of, VIII a 69, IX 197,
314; #Magré#, X 197; m. Medes (þi) chekes, in spite of Meed (you),
VIII a 41, 151 (an extension of ME. maugré þin, his, &c. where
þin, &c., are orig. gen.). [OFr. maugré.]
#Maulardes#, n. pl. mallards, wild-duck, II 310. [OFr. mallart.]
#Maundementis#, n. pl. commandments, XI b 184. [OFr. mandement.]
#Maunged#, pp. eaten, VIII a 255. [OFr. mangier.]
#Mawe#, n. belly, VIII a 167, 306 (pl. or distrib. sg.; see
Herte). [OE. maga.]
#Me#. See Men; and Ich, pron.
#Measse#, n. mess, portion (of food), XVII 389. [OFr. mes.]
#Mecull#. See Mekill, adj.
#Mede#, n. reward; Lady Meed (personif. of bribery, &c.), VIII a 41;
to mede, in payment, as reward, IV a 64, XIV b 2, XVII 122; _qwite
hym his m._, pay him out, XVII 216. [OE. mēd.]
#Medeful#, adj. profitable, XI b 247. [From prec.]
#Medycyne#, n. cure, I 244. [OFr. medicine.]
#Medill-erd#. See Myddel-erde.
#Medyn#, ? n. pl. meadows, XV i 14 (such a pl. form is remarkable in
this text, if genuine). [OE. mǣd, mēd.]
#Meditacioun# (of), n. meditation (upon), XI b 295. [OFr.
meditacion.]
#Meete#, n. measure(ment), XIII a 47. [OE. ge-met.] See Meteth.
#Meyny#, n. household, body (of servants, &c.), retinue, company, VI
182; #Meneye#, XVII 290; #Menȝhe#, X 39; #Menye#, VII 37, XVII 22.
[OFr. mai(s)nee.]
#Meyntene(n)#, #Mayntene#, v. to maintain, defend, support, keep up,
VIII a 37, XI b 43, 55, 166, XIV c 76; subj., XIV c 100;
#Meyntenynge#, n. upholding, XI b 170. [OFr. maintenir.]
#Meist#. See Mai, v.
#Meke#, adj. meek, humble, submissive, IV a 74, VI 44, VIII a 199,
XI b 58, XVI 1. [ON. mjúk-r, earlier *meuk-.]
#Mekenesse#, n. meekness, gentleness, VI 46, VIII a 41
(personified), XI b 118, 122. [From prec.]
#Mekill#, adj. great, X 116, XIV b 84, XVI 129, XVII 109, &c.;
#Mecull#, VII 10. [OE. micel.] See Miche, Mochel, More.
#Mekill#, adv. greatly, much, IV b 23. [OE. micel, micle.] See
Moche, Mor(e), Mo.
#Mekis#, 2 sg. pres. in mekis þiselffe, humblest thyself, XVI 350.
[From Meke, adj.]
#Mele#, v. to speak, say, V 227, 268, 305, VI 137, 229, ? *XV b 20
(MS. miles). [OE. mǣlan.]
#Melke#, #Milke#, n. milk, II 146, VIII a 176. [OE. me(o)lc,
milc.]
#Mell#, v.^1 to announce, declare; ? grant, XVII 44 (or from next,
in vague use extended from that seen in XVI). [OE. meðlan.] Cf. Mele.
#Melle#, v.^2 to mix, mingle, XVI 302; #Mellit#, pp. X 22;
#Ymelled#, XIII b 3; #Mellyng#, n. mingling, XIII b 12. [OFr.
mesler, meller.]
#Melody#, n. melody, (sweet) music, II 46, 278, 442, 523, 590, IV a
67. [OFr. melodie.]
#Membre#, n. limb, member, V 224, VIII b 34; fig. VI 98. [OFr.
membre.]
#Memoire#, #Memorye#, n. memory, XII b 221; commemoration (of the
faithful departed), VIII a 89. [OFr. memoire, memorie.]
#Men#, impers. subject sg. one, IX 69; also freq. (esp. in men may)
in syntactically doubtful cases prob. apprehended as pl., as IX 75
(first), 118, XV h 3, &c.; #Me#, III 3, 16, 48, 51, XIII a 9, XV g
8, 28. [OE. man, reduced under wk. stress.] See Man (esp. V 170).
#Mencioun#, n. mention, IX 267. [OFr. mencion.]
#Mend(e)#, v. to improve; make better (free from fault), XVI 359;
increase (joy), XVI 79; mend ȝow of ȝoure misdede, reform your
evil ways, XIV b 7; #Mendyng#, n. improvement, VI 92. [Shortened
from Amend.]
#Mendinauns#, n. pl. beggars, VIII b 80. [OFr. mendinant.]
#Men(e)#. See Man(e).
#Mene#, adj. common, thin (ale), VIII a 176. [OE. (ge-)mǣne.]
#Mene(n)#, v.^1 to mean; signify, I introd., VIII b 38, XVI 46;
declare (as one's intention), XVI 174; to intend, *XVI 301 (MS. mouys);
to imagine, suppose XI b 74 (or imply); impers. in me menys, I
call to mind, XVI 231; #Menede#, pa. t. VIII b 38; #Mente#, pa. t.
I introd.; pp. XVI 174; #Ymende#, pp. noted, III introd. [OE.
mǣnan.]
#Mene#, v.^2 to complain, XV b 22; refl. in mened hem, made
their complaint, VIII a 2. [OE. mǣnan, v.^2; prob. distinct from
prec., and rel. to Mon(e), q.v.]
#Meneye#. See Meyny.
#Mengen#, v. to remember, VIII a 89. [OE. myn(d)gian.]
#Menȝhe#. See Meyny.
#Meny(e)#. See Mani, Meyny.
#Menyng#, n. mention, XVI 103. [From Mene, v.^1]
#Menne(s)#, #-ys#, #-us#. See Man(e).
#Menskes#, n. pl. honours, V 342. [ON. mennska, humanity, kindness,
? hence in ME. grace, courtesy, honour; cf. senses of OE. ār.]
#Menstraci#, n. minstrelsy, music, II 302, 420, 589. [OFr.
menestralsie.]
#Menstrel#, n. minstrel, II 430, 449, 532; #Minstrel#, II 382, 486.
[OFr. menestral, -el.]
#Mente#. See Mene, v.^1
#Merci#, #Mercy(e)#, #Mersy#, n. mercy, I 167, II 113, III 1, VI 23,
VIII a 40 (personified), XVI 359, &c.; grant merci, thank you, V 58,
XII b 92 (see Grant). [OFr. merci.]
#Mercii#, n. pl. Mercians, men of the Midlands, XIII b 54. [Med.L.
Mercii; OE. Merce.]
#Mery#. See Miri(e).
#Meridionall#, adj. Southern, IX 2, 3. [L. meridionālis.]
#Merke(nes)#. See Mirke, Myrknes.
#Mersh#, n. March, XV c 1. [AFr., ONFr. march(e).]
#Merþe#. See Mirthe.
#Meruayl(l)e#, #-uail(e)#, #-ueyl(l)e#, &c. (of), n. amazement,
wonder (at), I 211, IX 151, 226; marvel, II 409, 598, IX 143, 146, 292,
&c.; a marvel (without a), I 115, 205, IX 18; no meruayle þaȝ
(with subj.), no wonder (if), V 239. [OFr. merveille.]
#Merueyl(l)ous#, adj. marvellous, I 247, IX 145; #Merveilous#, XII a
64; #Mervelus#, XVII 12, 164. [OFr. merveillous.]
#Meschaunce#; #Meschief#. See Myschance; Myschefe.
#Mese#, n. moss, II 248. [OE. mēos.]
#Message#, n. errand, XII a 52, 102; message, XII introd. [OFr.
message.]
#Messagere#, n. messenger, XII a 46; #Messengere#, XVI 362. [OFr.
messager.]
#Messais#. See Missays.
#Messe#. See Masse, n.^1
#Mesurable#, adj. moderate, reasonable, VIII a 192. [OFr.
mesurable.]
#Mesure#, n. capacity, XI b 113; moderation, XVI 302. [OFr.
mesure.]
#Mesurit#, pp. measured, X 25. [OFr. mesurer.]
#Mete#, n. food, VIII a 133, IX 15, XV e 7, g 3, XVII 160, &c.;
#Mette#, XVI 230; esp. joined with drink, I 158, II 254, VIII a
20, XI b 257, XVII 197; at(te) mete, at table, II 519, VIII a 55,
XV g 24. [OE. mete.]
#Mete(n)#, v. to meet, II 510, V 138, 167, VI 20, XIV a 27; #Mette#,
pa. t., VIII a 163, b 6. [OE. mētan.] See Imete.
#Meteþ#, 3 sg. pres. measures, XIII a 46. [OE. metan.] See
Meete.
#Methles#, adj. immoderate, violent, V 38. [OE. mǣþ-lēas.]
#Mette#, pa. t. dreamt, XII a 139, 153. [OE. mǣtan, impers.]
#Meue#, #Moue#, v. to move; trans. (inspire), XI a 66, b 246;
intr. proceed, pass on, VII 98; #Meuyt#, pa. t. passed, VII 30;
#Mevid#, pp. carried away, XVII 542. [OFr. moveir; accented stem
moev-, meuv-, &c.]
#Mezeyse#. See Missays.
#Mi#, #My#. See Ich, pron.
#Miche#, #Myche#, adj. great, much, II 278, 523, 560, VII 41, 122.
[OE. micel.] See Mekill, Mochel, More.
#Micht#, #Mycht#. See Mai, v.; Myȝt(e).
#Mid#, #Midde# (XV), prep. with, III introd., 9, 51, 55, XV a 19.
[OE. mid.] See Þer(e).
#Myddel#, adj. central, Midland, XIII b 10, 54. [OE. middel.]
#Middel#, #Myddel#, n. middle, XIII b 11; waist, XV c 16. [OE.
middel.]
#Myddel-erde#, #Medill-erd#, n. the world, V 32, XVII 100, 234.
[Altered by assoc. with prec. from OE. middan-(g)eard.]
#Mydyng#, n. midden, dunghill, XVII 376. [Cf. Danish mögdynge,
mödding (ON. *myk(i)dyngja) muck-heap.]
#Mydnyȝt#, n. midnight, V 119. [OE. mid-niht.]
#Myghtfull#, adj. mighty, XVII 1. [OE. miht + -ful.]
#Mighty#, #Myghty#, adj. mighty, VII 177, &c.; was so myghty to, had
the power to, XVI 91; quasi-sb. mighty princes, VII 118. [OE.
mihtig.]
#Myȝt(e)#, n. might, power, strength, capacity, I 84, 186, VIII a
195, XI b 114; #Mycht#, X 48, 65, &c.; #Myght#, IX 197, XVI 233, &c.;
#Miste#, #Myste# (see App. p. 278), XV g 29; of myste, mighty, VI
102; pl. deeds of power, XVI 174; do (all) his myȝt, &c., do all
in his power, X 79, XI b 6; with thair mychtis all, with all their
might, X 95; at my myght, as far as I can, XVII 322. [OE. miht.]
#Miȝte#, #Mihte#, &c. See Mai, v.
#Mykeȝ#, n. pl. ? favourites, VI 212 (note); see Mike, n. in
N.E.D. [Unknown.]
#Milde#, #Mylde#, adj. gentle, kindly, IV a 74, b 75, XV g 2,
&c. [OE. míld.]
#Mile#, #Myle#, n. mile; sg. for pl. after numerals, II 350, XIV
b 42; wel a four grete myle, fully (a distance of) four 'long
miles', IX 200 (see note). [OE. mīl.]
#Miles#, ? n. pl. XV b 20; ? read meles murge <wi>þ, call lovingly to;
see Mele, v.
#Myn#, adj. smaller, in more and myn, all, XVII 112, 278. [ON.
minni; meiri ok minni.]
#Myn#, #Mynne#, v. to remember, recall, mention, VII 30, 37; _myn(ne)
of_, be mindful of, VI 223, XVII 551. [ON. minna, remind; minna-sk,
remember.]
#Min#, #Myn(e)#. See Ich, pron.
#Mynd(e)#, n. mind, memory, VII 10, 11, 30, IX 319, XVI 2; _take in
m._, recollect, XII a 194, b 223. [OE. (ge-)mýnd.]
#Myne#, n. ore, IX 46, 52. [OFr. mine.]
#Myne(n)#, v. to mine, tunnel, IX 222, 224, 231, X 8. [OFr. miner.]
#Mynestres#, n. pl. servants, VIII b 63. [OFr. ministre.]
#Ministre#, #Mynstre#, n. monastery, VIII b 95, XIII a 50. [OE.
mynster.]
#Mynget#, #-it#, pa. t. mingled, VII 131; pp. VII 108. [OE.
méngan.]
#Mynt#, #Munt#, n. aim; feint, pretence at a blow, V 277, 282, 284.
[From next.]
#Mynte#, v. to aim, swing (an axe), V 222; #Mynte#, #Munt#, _pa. t.
sg._ V 194, 206. [OE. myntan.]
#Miracle#, n. miracle, XI b 280. [OFr. miracle.]
#Mire#, #Myre#, mire; fig. a desperate situation, XIV b 71, XVI 256.
[ON. mýr-r.]
#Miri(e)#, #Myrie#, adj. merry, joyous, gay, II 58, 436, VIII a 151,
XV a 11, 16, &c.; #Mery#, VIII a 69, XVII 463; #Myryest#, superl.
VI 75; #Muryly#, adv. pleasantly, playfully, V 227, 268, 277. [OE.
myrge.] See Mirth(e), Murgeþ.
#Mirke#, #Merke#, adj. dark, VII 108; n. darkness, XVI 53. [OE.
myrce, ON. myrk-r, adj.]
#Myrknes#, n. darkness, IV a 64; #Merkenes#, VII 131. [From prec.]
#Mirth(e)#, #Myrth#, n. joy, mirth, IV a 44, XIV b 3, XVI 79, &c.;
#Merþe#, II 6. [OE. myrgþ.]
#Mys#. See Misse, Mysse.
#Mysbede#, v. to ill-use, VIII a 46; #Mysboden#, pp. V 271. [OE.
mis-bēodan.]
#Myschance#, #Meschaunce#, n. disaster, misfortune, V 127, IX 87, XIV
b 30. [OFr. mescha(u)nce.]
#Myschefe#, #-cheif#, #-chief#, n. distress, damage, misfortune, I
175, VIII a 199, X 136, 178; #Meschief#, XII b 14. [OFr.
mesch(i)ef.]
#Misdede#, n. wrong-doing, XIV b 7. [OE. mis-dēd.]
#Miself(f)e#, #Myselue(n)#. See Ich, pron.
#Myserecorde#, n. mercy, VI 6. [OFr. misericorde.]
#Myshap#, n. accident, VIII b 35. [OE. mis- + Hap, q.v.]
#Myslyke#, v. impers. it displeases, is unpleasant to; subj. IV b
58, V 239. [OE. mis-līcian.]
#Missays#, #Messais#, n. hardship, suffering, II 262, 325; #Mezeyse#,
III 42. [OFr. mesaise, -eise.] See Ese.
#Mysse#, #Mys#, n. (sense of) loss, VI 4; misery, XVII 551; #Mysses#,
pl. offences, faults, V 323. [OE. miss, and mis- prefix.] See
Amys.
#Misse#, #Mys(se)#, v. to miss; misse (of), fail (in), VII 118, XVII
404; to do without, XVII 237; lack, VI 22. [OE. missan.]
#Mysspended#, pp. misspent, VIII b 97. [OE. mis- + spéndan.]
See Spende.
#Myste#, #Mist#, n. mist, V 12, VII 108, &c. [OE. mist.]
#Miste#, #Myste#. See Myȝt(e).
#Mister#, #Myster#, n. need, IV b 58, 67, X 151, 161; #Maister#, in
hom maister were, was their duty, VII 35. [OFr. mest(i)er,
meistier.]
#Myst-hakel#, n. cloak of mist, V 13. [OE. mist + hacele.]
#Mnam#, n. (mina), talent, VIII a 237, 238; #Nam#, VII a 235. [L.
m(i)nam, accus.]
#Mo#, adj. and quasi-pron. more (in number), others, I 133, II 90,
350, V 254, IX 153, XIV d 7, XV b 22, XVI 358, XVII 134, &c.; #Moo#,
XVI 208, 328. [OE. mā, compar. adv.]
#Moche#, adv. greatly, much, IX 101, 300, XI b 107, 183, &c.; to a
great extent, XIII b 41; #Much(e)#, VI 14, XI b 297, &c. [OE.
mycel, mycle.] See Mekill, Mor(e), Mo.
#Mochel#, adj. (and quasi-sb.), great, much, XII a 105, b 212;
#Moche#, II 36, III 25, 32, XIII a 51, &c.; #Much#, V 72, 268, VI 244,
&c.; in so moche, to the corresponding extent, XI b 232; _in so
moche þat_, in as much as, IX 299. [OE. mycel.] See Mekill, Miche,
More.
#Mod#, n. mood, temper, VI 41. [OE. mōd.]
#Mody#, adj. as sb. the passionate (lover), XV b 22. [OE.
mōdig.]
#Moder#, #-ir#, n. mother, II 30, III 40, V 252, XVI 250, &c.;
#Moder#, gen. sg. XI b 29; as adj. in modir tunge, XI a 40.
[OE. mōdor.]
#Moȝt(e)#, #Moghte#. See Mai, v.
#Moyne#. See Mone.
#Moyst#, adj. moist, IX 95. [OFr. moiste.]
#Mol#, n. dust, VI 22 (cf. mul, Pearl 905). [OE. myl.]
#Mold(e)#, n. earth, in tag (ap)on mold(e), on earth, alive, XIV b
3, XVI 1, 91, XVII 62. [OE. mólde.]
#Mon#. See Man(e).
#Mon(e)#, n. complaint, lamentation, grief, II 198, VI 14, VIII a
117, XIV a 27. [OE. *mān, rel. to Mene, v.^2]
#Mone#, n. moon, XV b 16, 25, XVII 355; #Moyne#, XVII 6; lunar
month, 478; abouen þe m., to the skies, ridiculously high, XI b 182.
[OE. mōna.]
#Moneday#, n. Monday, XIII a 29. [OE. mōnan-dæg.]
#Mong#, prep. among, VII 120. [Shortened from Amonge, q.v.]
#Moni#, #-y#. See Mani.
#Moniales#, n. pl. nuns, VIII b 80. [Med.L. moniālis.]
#Monk(e)#, n. monk, V 40, VIII a 322, b 80. [OE. munuc.]
#Monthe#, n. month, VIII b 52, XII a 34, &c.; pl. (orig. gen.)
in tuo monthe day, two months' time, XII a 29 (see Day). [OE.
mōn(a)þ.] See Tweluemonth(e).
#Moo#; #Moost#. See Mo; Mor(e).
#Mor#, n. moor, V 12, XV e 1, &c. [OE. mōr.]
#More#, adj. compar. greater, V 32, IX 28, 245, &c.; more, further,
&c. (easily passing into adv., as XIV b 3, &c.), II 264, V 180, XVI
106, &c.; quasi-sb. a greater amount, more, VI 193, 217, 240 (see
Longe adv.), &c.; more and les(se), les and more, all, XVI 383,
XVII 11, 94; more and myn, all, XVII 112, 278 (see Myn). #Mast#,
superl. greatest, most, X 18, 38, 104; #Most(e)#, XI b 25, XIV c
15, XVI 360; both the m. and the leest, all, XVII 452; þe most,
(the) most (part), I 23. [OE. māra; mǣst (late Nth. māst,
with vowel of compar.).] See Mekill, &c.
#Mor(e)#, #Mare# (IV, XIV), adv. compar. more, VI 193, &c.; forming
compar., VI 239, IX 248, XII b 130, &c.; longer, further, in the
future, again, &c. (esp. in no more, na mare, &c.), I 83, 144, IV
a 58, XIV b 3 (or adj.), &c.; moreover, VI 205; _noȝt ...
more_, not ... either, VI 228; no more bot, none the more except that,
V 243. #Mast# (IV), #Moost#, #Most(e)#, superl. most(ly), for the most
part, II 12, 33 (see Ony), IV a 77, VII 10, XI a 20, &c.; forming
superl., IX 42, &c. [As prec.; for older compar. adv. see Mo.] See
Mekill, &c.; Nomore.
#Moreyn#, n. plague; þe furste moreyn, the Black Death (1349), XIII
b 26. [OFr. morine.]
#Morn(e)#, n. morning, morrow, I 137, V 282. [OE. morne dat. sg.]
See Morwe.
#Mornyf#, adj. mournful, VI 26. [Stem of Mournen + OFr. -if; cf.
OFr. morni.]
#Mornyng#, n. morning, XVII 498. [From Morne.]
#Mornynge#. See Mournen.
#Morter#, n. mortar, VIII a 136. [OFr. mortier.]
#Morthereres#, n. pl. murderers, VIII a 268. [Cf. OE. myrþra, OFr.
mordreour.]
#Morwe#, #Morow#, n. morning, morrow, VIII a 140, XII a 152, b
176, &c.; fram m. til euen, all day, VIII a 178, (reversed for rime)
XVII 205. [OE. morgen.] See Morn(e).
#Most(e)#, &c. See Mor(e), and next.
#Mot(e)#, v. may, II 532, V 52, XI b 115, XIV c 87, &c.; must, II
125, 248, VIII a 284, XI a 38, &c.; #Most# (to), 2 sg. pres.
must go (to), XV g 3; #Most(e)#, pa. t. might, II 233, 330; must, is
(was) bound to, II 468, IX 197, 287, XI b 205; #Must(e)#, XVI 274,
XVII 130 (2 sg.); impers. in must vs, we must, XVII 292, 334. [OE.
mōt, pa. t. mōste.]
#Mote#, n. a whit, V 141. [OE. mot.]
#Mote#, v. to argue, XVI 256 (see note). [OE. mōtian.]
#Mournen#, v. to mourn, XV c 34; #Mournyng#, n. mourning, sorrow,
IV a 72; #Murning#, XIV b 2; #Mornynge#, XI b 118, 125, 130, &c.
[OE. múrnan.]
#Moun#. See Mai, v.
#Mountayne#, n. mountain, IX 161, 162, &c. [OFr. muntai(g)ne.]
#Mounteȝ#, n. pl. hills, V 12. [OE. munt; OFr. munt.]
#Mouthed#, pa. t. uttered, VIII a 234. [From next.]
#Mouþe#, n. (dat. sg.) mouth, II 465; be mouthe, by word of m.,
XII b 199. [OE. mūþ.]
#Mowe#. See Mai, v.
#Mowe(n)#, v.^1 to mow, VIII b 14 (first). [OE. māwan.]
#Mowe(n)#, v.^2 to stack (in mows), VIII b 14 (second). [OE.
mūga, mūwa, a mow, heap.]
#Mowres#, n. pl. Moors, IX 5. [OFr. Maure, More.]
#Much(e)#. See Moche(l).
#Muged#, pa. t. drizzled, was damp, V 12. [Cf. Norw. mugga, drizzle,
and Mug^4 in E.D.D.]
#Muk#, #Mukke#, n. dung, VIII a 136, XVII 62. [Cf. ON. myki.]
#Mullere#, n. Miller, XIV d 3, 9. [OE. *mylnere.]
#Mulne#, n. mill, V 135. [OE. mylen.]
#Multiplye(n)#, v. to multiply, increase; trans. III 1, VIII a
120, 323; intr. IX 60, XVII 31, 179. [OFr. multiplier.]
#Multitude#, n. multitude, XI b 228. [OFr. multitude.]
#Mun#, v. auxil. will (fut.), XIV b 2. [ON. munu.]
#Munt#. See Mynt(e).
#Murgeþ#, pres. pl. gladden, XV b 20 (see Miles). [OE.
(ā-)myrgian.] See Miri(e).
#Muryly#. See Miri(e).
#Murning#. See Mournen.
#Mused#, pa. t. mused; existed, were, V 356 (characteristic action of
'homo rationalis' standing for verb 'to be'; cf. flaȝe, VI 71).
[OFr. muser.]
#Muster#, #-ir#, v. to show, manifest, XVI 86, 104, 174. [OFr.
moustrer.]
#Na#. See No, Non(e).
#Nabbe#, 1 sg. pres. ind. have not, XV f 8, 11; #Nade#, pa. t. had
not (with another neg.), II 392. [OE. nabban, næfde.] See Habbe,
Ne.
#Nacion#, n. race, nation, XIII b 4, 17. [OFr. nacion.]
#Naȝt#, n. night; be naȝt, by night, by the time night has
come, VI 163. [OE. næht.] See Nyght.
#Naȝt#, pron. nothing (with neg. adv.), III 18; #Naȝt#,
#Nauȝte#, adv. not, VIII a 43; (with neg. verb) III 42. [OE.
nā-wiht, nā(u)ht.] See Nat, Noȝt.
#Nay(e)#, adv. nay, II 131, III 26, XVI 335, &c.; as sb., in
withoutten nay, undeniably, XVII 2 (cf. No). [ON. nei.]
#Nail(e)#, #Nayle#, #Naill(e)#, #Nayll#, n. nail, XVII 119, 273, 277;
finger-nail, I 164, 236, II 106, VIII a 62. [OE. nægel.] See
Naule.
#Nayled#, pp. nailed, IV a 86. [OE. nægl(i)an.]
#Nale#; atte nale = atten ale, at the ale, over their ale, VIII a
109. [OE. alu.] See Atte.
#Nam#, 1 sg. pres. ind. am not; nam bot, am only, II 430. [OE.
nam.] See Ne.
#Nam#. See Mnam, Nyme.
#Name#, n. name, I 37, VII 60, XV i 10, &c.; good name, praise, XI
b 257; #Nome#, VII introd.; be name (nome), by name,
individually, I introd., 46, VII 37; by name, especially, XVI 190;
bi Godes name (oath), II 316. [OE. nama, noma.]
#Nameles#, adj. (as a name) Nameless, Nobody, XIV d 2. [OE. nama +
-lēas.]
#Namely#, #-liche#, adv. namely, especially, I 264, VIII a 55, XI
b 253. [OE. nama + -līce.]
#Namore#; #Nane#. See Nomore; Non(e), pron.
#Nar(e)#, pres. ind. pl. are not (with neg.), II 390, V 24. [OE.
naron.] See Ne.
#Narwe#, adj. narrow, mean (dwelling), II 483. [OE. nearu.]
#Nas#, #Nes# (III), pa. t. sg. (usually with neg.) was not, II 98,
150, 354, III 42, XV g 28; #Nere#, pl. II 123; subj. would be, II
457. [OE. næs (Kt. nes); nǣron, nǣre.]
#Nat#, neg. adv. not, I 12, 97, 132, VIII b 93. [Reduced form of
Naȝt, q.v.]
#Natheles#. See Noþeles.
#Nature#, n. nature, XII a 113. [OFr. nature.]
#Nauȝte#. See Naȝt.
#Nauȝty#, adj. (worth nought), penniless, VIII a 218. [Cf. OE.
nāht-lic.] See Naȝt.
#Nauy#, n. navy, VII 111, 143. [OFr. navie.]
#Naule#, n. finger-nail, VI 99. [ON. nagl, or OE. nægl,
*naglas.] See Naile.
#Nauþer#, #Nawþer#, V, VI; #Noþer#, I, VIII, XIII; #Nouþer#, #-ur#, XIV
c; #Nowder#, XVII; #Nowþer#, #Nowther#, XIV b; #Nowthir#, XVI;
adv. neither, either (after a neg.), V 299; conj. neither (foll. by
ne, nor), I 118, V 206, XIV b 75, 78, c 57, 62, XVI 287, XVII
534, &c.; (foll. by then) XVII 535; nor, XIII a 13, 37. [OE.
nā-hwæþer, nō-hwæþer, nā(w)þor, nōþer, &c.] See
Neyther, Noiþer.
#Nawhere#. See Nowhar(e).
#Ne#, adv. not (preceding verb), I 73, V 74, VIII a 138, 172, &c.;
(usually with another neg., esp. noȝt, &c.), I 71, 156, III 18, VI
2, &c.; coalescing with auxil. verbs, see Nabbe, Nam, Nar(e), Nas,
Nil, Nis, Not; conj. nor, I 118, 160, IV a 2, &c.; ne ... ne,
neither ... nor, nor ... nor, I 158, IX 201; (foll. by another neg.)
and, I 12, 153, VIII a 280, IX 181, &c. [OE. ne.]
#Nede#, #Neid# (X), n. need, IV b 67, X 18, XI b 259, XVII 426;
at nede, in time of need, VIII a 113; pl. wants, business, V 148.
[OE. nēd.]
#Nedes#, adv. needs, of necessity, II 468, IX 288, XI b 205. [OE.
nēdes.]
#Nedeth#, #Nudeþ#, pres. (impers.) sg. (it) is necessary, VIII a
240, b 20; hem nedeth, they have need, VIII a 203; #Neyd#, with
mixed constr. in neyd thowe, you need, XVI 242. [OE. nēodian;
cf. next.]
#Nedid#, pa. t. compelled, XI b 75; pp. XI b 9, 35. [OE.
nēdan.]
#Nedeful(l)#, #Nedfull#, adj. necessary, IX 113, 131, XI a 51. [OE.
nēd + -ful.]
#Nedy#, adj. needy, in want, VIII a 15, 218; as jocular name, XVII
405. [OE. nēadig-, *nēdig.]
#Nedle#, n. needle (of compass), IX 124, &c. [OE. nēdl.]
#Nee#. See Nyȝ.
#Negh# (nere), v. intr. to approach, XVI 224; #Nyghys#, _3 sg.
pres._ XVII 370; #Neighed#, pa. t. VIII a 294. [From Nyȝ, q.v.]
#Neid#; #Neyd#; #Neiȝe#; #Neir#. See Nede; Nedeth; Nyȝ; Ner(e).
#Neyther#, #Neiþer#, adv.; ne neyther, and neither, VIII a 276;
neiþer ... ne, neither ... nor, XI b 190, 286. [OE. ne +
ǣgþer; cf. nāhwæþer.] See Nauþer, Noiþer.
#Nek#, n. neck, V 187, 242. [OE. hnecca.]
#Neltow#. See Nil.
#Nemeled#, pp. named, mentioned, XV i 10. [OE. nemnan, with mn >
ml.]
#Nempned#, pa. t. named, II 600. [OE. nemnan.] See Neuen(e).
#Ner(e)#, #Neir# (X), compar. adj. and adv. nearer, I 255; as
pos., near, X 77, XII b 114, XVI 43, 224, XVII 370; adv. nearly,
VIII a 171, XVII 412; prep. near (to), VI 44, VIII a 294, X 67;
#Nest#, superl. next, I 215; #Next(e)#, nearest, VII 13; next, I 138,
&c. [OE. nēar(a), compar. (cf. ON. nǽr, compar. and pos.);
nē̆st(a), nē̆xt(a).] See Nyȝ.
#Nere#, #Nes#. See Nas.
#Nesch#, adj.; quasi-sb. (what is) soft, pleasant, VI 246. [OE.
hnesce.]
#Nest#. See Ner(e).
#Nest(e)#, n. nest, IV b 36, IX 252, XIII a 22. [OE. nest.]
#Neuen(e)#, v. to name, mention, I introd., XVII 12. [ON. nefna.]
#Neuer(e)#, adv. never, I 152, VIII a 23 &c.; not at all, I
introd., XVII 313; neuer sa, so, no matter how, IV a 75, V 61,
VI 211; neuer þe lesse, nevertheless, I 71. [OE. nǣfre.]
#New(e)#, #Nw(e)# (V, VI), adj. new, II 217, V 176, 332, VI 167, VIII
a 294, &c.; quasi-sb. IX 275; na new, no new thing, IV a 42;
for new, in exchange for new (ones), VII 13; adv. anew, II 593;
newly, V 155; now newe (OE. nū nīowan), just lately, XVI 314.
[OE. nīowe.]
#Next#; #Nye#. See Ner(e); Noy(e).
#Nyghys#. See Negh.
#Nyght#, #Niȝt#, #Nyȝt#; #Nycht# (X); #Nyht# (XII); n. night, I
29, II 370, VII 127, X 197, XII a 68, &c.; be nyȝt, nyhte
(dat.), at night, XII a 117, 131, XV i 15; on nyght, at night, XV
h 22; see next. [OE. niht.] See Naȝt.
#Nyghtes#, #Nihtes#, #Nytes# (XV), adv. at, by, night, XV c 21; with
prep., a nyghtes, be nytes, VIII b 16, XV i 20. [OE. nihtes.]
#Nyght-rest#, n. rest at night, IV a 83. [OE. niht + rest.]
See Ryste.
#Nygromansye#, n. necromancy, black magic; (used vaguely as) impious
nonsense, XI a 5. [OFr. nigromanc(i)e.]
#Nyȝ#, #Nyh#, #Nee# (IV), #Neiȝe# (II), adv. nigh, at hand,
close (by), XII a 155, b 13, XIII a 52, b 61; nyh aboute, near
at hand, XII a 74; almost, II 199; prep. near (to), IV a 11
(note), XII b 29. [OE. nē(a)h.] See Ner(e), Welneȝ.
#Nyȝt-olde#, adj. kept over night, a day old, VIII a 303. [OE.
niht-áld.]
#Nyhte#, v. to become night, grow dark, XII b 19. [From Nyght, n.]
#Nyhtegales#, n. pl. nightingales, XV b 5. [OE. nihtegale.]
#Nil#, 1, 3 sg. pres. ind. will not (usually with another neg.) II
211, 332, 338; #Nul#, XV g 20; #Neltow# (nelt + þow), 2 sg. VIII a
149; #Nule#, pl. XV g 25; #Nold(e)#, pa. t. would not, was
unwilling to, II 140, 280, V 163, VIII a 232; subj. V 82; _wold ich
nold ich_, whether I would or not, willy nilly, II 154. [OE. nyllan,
nellan; nólde.] See Ne.
#Nym(e)#, v. to take, catch, seize; receive; take one's way, go (cf.
haþ þe way ynome, II 477); VIII a 43; nyme to þyseluen, take upon
yourself, be responsible for, V 73; #Nymmeth#, imper. pl. VIII a 15;
#Nam#, pa. t. sg. I 76, II 154, XII b 84, 156; #Nom#, III 53; XII
b 182; #Nom(e)#, pl. I 233, II 92, 287, VI 227; #Ynome#, pp. II
182, 193, 403, 477, 565 (note). [OE. niman.] See Vndernome.
#Nyne#, adj. nine, XIII b 33. [OE. nigon.]
#Nis#, #Nys#, 3 sg. pres. ind. is not (usually with another neg.), II
131, 306, 552, XII b 118, XIV c 27, XV c 25. [OE. nis.] See
Ne.
#Nist#; #Nytes#. See Not, v.; Nyghtes.
#No#, #Na# (IV), adj. no, none, (with neg.) any, I 11, 156, IV a 16,
36, 42 (see Newe), &c.; #Non(e)# (before h or vowel, or sep. from
noun) I 15, 160, II 354, 392, V 38, VIII a 54, IX 182, &c.; _na (no)
kyn_, see Kyn, Þinge; non oþer, nothing different, see Oþer(e);
na thyng, no þing, see Þinge; #Nones#, gen. sg. in n. cunnes,
see Kyn. [OE. nān.] See Non(e), pron.
#No#, #Na#, adv. not, no, I 79, II 84, IV a 58, &c.; see Mor(e),
No-more. Used in II as equivalent of Ne (q.v.); adv. not, II 84,
147, 225, &c.; conj. nor, and (with neg.), II 140, 150, &c.; _no ...
no_, neither ... nor, II 229. As sb. in wiþouten no, undeniably, II
50 (cf. Nay). [OE. nā.]
#Noble#, #Nobel#, #-ill#, #-ull#, adj. noble, excellent, II 48, VII 5,
49, XIII b 67, XIV b 65, c 18, XVII 128, 276, &c. [OFr. noble.]
#Nobleie#, n. splendour; fame and n. of þe world, ? reputation for
splendour among men, XI b 235. [OFr. nobleie.]
#Noblesse#, n. nobility, in ȝoure ... noblesse as form of
address, IX 270. [OFr. noblesse.]
#Nobot#, conj. only, V 114. [OE. nā + būtan.]
#Noȝt#, #Noght(e)#, #Noth# (XV f), #Nouȝt(e)#, #Nouht#, #Nout#,
&c., and reduced #Not#, adv. not at all, not, I 64, 86, II 22, 73,
348, IV b 2, VIII a 46, b 94, XV f 7 (see App. p. 278), &c.;
(with further neg.) I 15, II 306, 336, IX 196, &c. [OE. nā-(wi)ht,
nō-(wi)ht.] See Naȝt.
#Noȝt#, #Noght(e)#, #Nocht#, #Nouȝt(e)#, n. nothing, VIII a
142, 241, X introd., XI a 4, XVII 96, 287; (with addit. neg.), VI
160; for noȝt, to no purpose, I 183, XIV b 55; no good, in
nouȝt nis (nere), is (would be) impossible, II 131, 457 (cf.
OE. nāht, worthless). [As prec.]
#Noy(e)#, #Nuy#, #Nye# (V), n. harm, distress, V 73, VII 149, XIII a
49; noy for to here, grievous to hear (cf. Pine, Reuþe), VII 133.
[Shortened from OFr. anoi, anui; with Nye compare Byled, Strye.]
#Noye#, v. to do harm, XIII a 36. [Shortened from OFr. anoier.]
#Noys(e)#, #Noise#, n. noise, I 75, VII 133, XV h 3, &c. [OFr.
noise.]
#Noise#, v. intr. to make a noise, XII a 78 (note). [From prec.]
#Noiþer#, pron. neither, II 324; conj. in noiþer ... no, neither
... nor, II 346. [Nauþer, Noþer infl. by Neyþer.]
#Nolde#. See Nil.
#Noman#, n. nobody, XII a 67, b 8, &c. [OE. nān + mann.]
#Nombre#, #Nowmber#, n. number, VII 86, IX 195. [OFr. numbre,
nombre.]
#Nom(e)#. See Name, Nym(e).
#Nomore#, n. nothing more, VIII a 90; #Namore#, VIII a 140. [OE.
nā + māre, neut.] See Mor(e).
#Non(e)#, #Nane# (IV, X), pron. none, not one, I 197, V 102, X 143,
XII b 13, XIII a 23, &c.; no one, (with neg.) any one; I 153, II
423, IV a 13, V 36, VI 83, X 130, &c. [OE. nān.] See No, adj.
#None#, #Noyne# (X), #Noon#, n. noon, mid-day hour, II 372, VII 129, X
67, XIII a 28, XVII 317, &c.; #Nones#, pl. mid-day meal, VIII a
139. [OE. nōn, L. nōna (hōra).]
#Nonetide#, n. noontide, II 497. [OE. nōn-tīd.]
#Nones#; for þe nones, for the nonce (practically meaningless tag), II
53, XII a 83. [For for þen ones (OE. *for þam ānum + adv.
-es) as regards that particular thing, occasion, &c.]
#Norysscht#, pp. nourished, IX 59. [OFr. norrir, norriss-.]
#Normans#, n. pl. Normans, XIII b 13, 20. [OFr. Normant, pl.
Normans.]
#Norþ#, n. and adj. north, XIII b 53, 64, XVII 477, &c. [OE.
norþ, adv.; norþ-.]
#Norþeron#, adj. northern, XIII b 10, 56. [OE. norþerne.]
#Northumbres#, n. pl. Northumbrians, XIII b 58. [Cf. OE.
Norþ-hymbre.]
#Not#, 1 sg. pres. ind. know not, XII b 164, XIV c 110; #Nist#,
pa. t. (with neg.) knew not, II 288, 296, 494. [OE. nāt,
nyste.] See Ne, Wite(n).
#Note#, adj. ? useful, required; desired, V 24. [? Rel. to next.]
#Note#, n.^1 affair, business, XVI 268 (with pl. vb.), XVII 264; ado,
XVII 368. [OE. notu.]
#Note#, n.^2 (musical) note, II 438, XI b 162, &c.; tune, II 602, XV
a 11. [OFr. note, L. nota.] See Countre note.
#Note#, n.^3 nut, IX 157 (note). [OE. hnutu.]
#Notemuges#, n. pl. nutmegs, IX 157. [Prec. + OFr. #mug(u)e#, musk;
cf. OFr. nois mug(u)ede, &c.]
#Noth#. See Noȝt, adv.
#Notwiþstondinge#, prep. in spite of, XI a 25. [Noȝt + pres. p.
of ME. wiþstonden, OE. wiþstándan.]
#Noþeles#, adv. all the same, nevertheless, XIII a 6, b 3, &c.;
#Natheles#, IX 51, XII #a# 130, &c. [OE nā-þe-lǣs.]
#Noþer#, adj. no other; <no> no noþer, nor any other, II 230. [OE.
nān + ōþer.]
#Noþer#; #Noþynk#. See Nauþer; Þing(e).
#Nouelrie#, n. newfangledness, new invention, XI b 124, 164, 169,
200, 206, 210, 215. [OFr. novelrie.]
#Novels#, n. pl. news, something new, XVII 508. [OFr. novel(l)e.]
#Nouȝt(e)#, #Nou(h)t#. See Noȝt.
#Nouþe#, #Nouthe#, adv. just now, II 466; at present, VIII a 199.
[OE. nū-þā.] See Now(e).
#Nouþer#, #-ur#. See Nauþer.
#Now(e)#, #Nou#, adv. now, I 128, IV b 43, XI a 21, &c.; _oþer now
oþer neuer_, now or never, V 148; see Late, New(e); conj. since, now
that, V 352, VI 29; now ... now, now that, VI 17. [OE. nū.]
#Nowder#. See Nauþer.
#Nowhar(e)#, #-where#, #Nawhere# (VI), adv. nowhere, V 96, VI 174,
XIII a 17; in no case, not at all, V 186. [OE. nā-hwǣr.] See
Whar(e).
#Nowmber#; #Nowþer#, &c. See Nombre; Nauþer.
#Nudeþ#; #Nuy#; #Nul(e)#; #Nw(e)#. See Nedeth; Noy(e); Nil; New(e).
#O#. See Of, On, On(e).
#Obediand#, adj. obedient, XVII 121. [OFr. obedient with
substitution of pres. p. -and.]
#Obediencer#, n. an obedientiary, one owning obedience (to a
monastery, &c.); an administrative officer of a religious house, VIII
b 95. [OFr. obediencier.]
#Obitte#, adj. dead, XVI 269. [Nonce-use of L. obitus, deceased.]
#Obout#. See Aboute(n).
#Occean#, n. Ocean (as name of Indian Ocean), IX 9. [OFr. occean.]
#Occupacio(u)n#, n. occupation, employment, XI b 156, 251, 288, &c.
[OFr. occupacion.]
#Occupied# (aboute, in), pp. occupied (with, in), XI b 114, 218,
242, 262. [OFr. occuper, altered on anal. of verbs in -fier,
-plier, &c.]
#Od#, adj. odd, (some) over, XVII 57. [ON. odda-, in odda-maðr;
see N.E.D., s.v. Odd.]
#Oder#. See Oþer(e), adj.
#Of#, #Offe#, adv. off, V 181, 340; of, out of, from (after þat
relative), VI 65, IX 135, 282, &c.; (with infin.) IX 257, 282, &c.; _of
the whiche ... offe_, see next. [OE. of.] See Her(e), Þar(e),
Þer(e).
#Of#, #Off#, VII 5; #O#, II 12, 283, VI 69, VII 18; prep. of. (i)
From, off, out of, II 29, III 4, 36, V 131, 153, 179, VI 247, VII 169,
VIII a 204, &c.; out of, (made) of, in, II 4, 362, IX 115, XVII 119,
&c. (ii) By, III 18, IV b 5, V 99, IX 55, XI b 31, 204, &c.; by
(means of), with, II 364, IX 65, &c. (iii) Of, about, concerning, I 160,
II 5, 12, III 3, VIII a 197, IX 147, XI b 1, 295, &c. (iv) _Forming
equiv. of gen._: as possess., I 34, 216, &c.; adjectival, II 3, IV
b 34, &c. (see the nouns); in, as regards, &c., V 170, VI 71, VII
18, 38, 164 (first), VIII a 52, XII a 9, XVI 129, XVII 543, &c.; _of
breed_, &c., in breadth, &c., XVII 123, 125, 259, 520; (introd. actual
measurement), IX 155, XVII 126; objective gen., at, for, on acc. of,
&c., II 471, 573, VIII a 38, 117, XI b 10 (first), XII a 144, &c.;
grame ... of, wrath against, XVII 90; partitive, of, among, in, VII
43 (see Oþere), VIII a 259, IX 182, XI a 39, XVI 388 (cf. note
to II 388); after Fr. idiom, IX 158, 227, 275, XII a 66; see Ony,
Oþer(e), Owen; adverbial (of time), for VIII a 253; in, XI b
136. Of the whiche ... offe, of whom ... from, of which, from whom
(mixed E. and Fr. constr.), IX 25, 77; of preiere of holy lif (XI b
83), see Vnderstonden; for other idiomatic uses see the nouns, &c.,
concerned. [OE. of.]
#Offend#, v. to offend, XVII 108. [OFr. of(f)endre.]
#Office#, n. duty, XI b 18, 21, 47, 60; houses of offyce,
quarters, stables (orig. places set apart for menial duties), XVII 134.
[OFr. office.]
#Offringis#, n. pl. offerings, offertories, XI b 300. [OE.
offring.]
#Of-hild#, pa. t. sg. withheld, III 10. [OE. of-héaldan, pa. t.
-hēold.]
#Of-sende#, v. to send for, II 428. [OE. of-séndan.] See Assent.
#Oft#, #Ofte(n)#, adv. often, II 1, 197, III 39, &c.; _ofte(n)
tyme(s)_, IX 61, 129, XVI 370. [OE. oft.]
#Oftesithes#, #Oft(e)sythes#, adv. often, IV b 27, VII 182, IX 63.
[OE. on oft-sīþas.] See Sithes.
#Oghne#. See Owen(e).
#Oght(e)#, #Oȝt#, #Ought#, #Ouȝt#, pron. anything, IV b 45, V
147, XII b 99, 107, XVI 100; adv. in any way, at all, XIV c 69.
[OE. ō(wi)ht.]
#Oghte#. See Owe.
#Oȝain#; #Oȝe#; #Oȝene#. See Aȝayn; Owe, v.; Owen(e).
#Oyl(l)e#, n. oil, IX 35; fig. XVII 46. [OFr. oile.]
#Ok#, n. oak, XIV c 57. [OE. āc.]
#Old(e)#, #Alde#, adj. old, V 114, VII 5, XII introd. (see Dai),
&c.; as sb., in old or ȝong, ȝong and alde, any one, every
one, II 221, IV a 49; of olde, of old, VII 26, 182. [OE. áld.]
#Olif-tre#, n. olive-tree, XVII 510. [OFr. olive + Tre.]
#On#, adv. on, II 343 (see Do); (still) V 232; (with infin. or
relative), upon, at, in, I 89, II 367, VII 15, XV f 9, 10, XVI 179.
[OE. on.] See Þer(e).
#On#; #O#, VII 106, IX 250, XV a 5, g 28; prep. on. (i) On, upon,
I 92, 194, II 303, XV c 24 (following pron.), &c.; on him seiȝe,
saw he had, II 325; on my frenship, as you value my f., XVII 362. (ii)
At, V 112 (first), XV c 15, h 3, 22, XVII 137, &c.; (iii) In, I 99,
XIV b 79, XV a 5, XVII 422, &c.; see Bodi, Lyte, Lud, &c.; after
'believe', I 89, VI 65; with manere, wise, I 80, V 124, VII 65, 77,
XI a 11, XIV b 95, &c.; (reference) II 455, XV c 13, &c.; _on
Englyssh tunge_, into English, I introd. (iv) Of (after 'think') I
221, &c. (v) A, in on a day, a day, VI 150 (OE. on dæg). (vi) A-, on
(in adv. expressions), as on haukin, a-hawking, II 308; see Behalue,
Fote, Lofte, Slep, &c. [OE. on.] See A-; A(n), prep.; Vpon.
#Onderuonge#, pp. received, III 28. [OE. under-fōn, pp.
underfángen.] See Fonge.
#On(e)#; #Oon(e)#, XI a 41, XVII 2, &c.; #Oo#, I 180, 231; #O#, I 49,
&c.; adj. one, a single, II 306, V 83, VI 170, IX 17, XI a 45, XIII
b 45, XIV d 8, XVII 136, &c.; one (and the same), I 49, 231, II 95
(see Cri); one (indivisible), VII 2, IX 334, XVII 2, 169; one (as
opposed to 'other'), I 180, IX 180, &c. (see Þe, Ton); o, a certain,
II 308; oone or two, one or two, some, XVII 133, 484; quasi-sb. in
into on, together, XV i 6; at on, at one, in harmony, VI 18; _al
oon_, (all) one and the same thing, XI a 41. [OE. ān.] See
A(n), Ane, One.
#On(e)#, pron. one (thing or person), V 348, VI 197, IX 24, XI b
223, XIII a 24, XV b 23, 34, &c.; #Oone#, XVII 209; #Onen#, _dat.
sg._ III 4; one (opposed to 'another'), IX 53, XIII b 16; _boþe þat on
and þat oþer_, both, V 344; see Þe, Ton; (some) one, a certain person,
V 149, VII 54 (with name). [As prec.]
#One#, adj. alone, only, V 6, VIII b 54, XIV b 61; strengthened
with al, V 87, XII a 131, b 15; a ... one, one ... only, V 181,
277; oure one, by ourselves, V 177 (note); let ... one, leave alone,
avoid (cf. OE. ān-forlǣtan), v 50. [OE. āna.]
#Onehed#, n. unity, or ? simplicity; onehed of wit, the uniformity
of men's understanding (interpretation) of the Bible, or ? the ease of
understanding it, XI a 32. [OE. ān + *-hǣdu.]
#Onely#, adj. in onely alepy, a single solitary, I 159; #Oon(e)ly#,
adv. only, XVII 288, 307. [OE. ān-lic, adj.] See Anely.
#Ones#, #Oneȝ# (V), #Onys# (XVII), adv. once, on a single occasion,
I 182, II 122, V 212, XII b 92; formerly, V 150, VIII a 202; at some
(future) time or other, XVII 207, 389. [OE. ānes.]
#Onest#, adj. trustworthy, VII 48. [OFr. honeste.]
#Ony#, adj. any, IX 85, 245, XI b 300, &c.; most of ony þing,
above all things, more than anything, II 33; pron. any, IX 326, XI b
147. [OE. ǣnig, infl. by ān.] See Ani, Eny.
#Onone#. See Anon(e).
#Oo#, adv. ever, continually, XV b 7. [OE. ā.]
#Oo#, #Oon(e)#, &c. See On(e), &c.
#Oostré#, n. inn, lodging, XVII 329. [OFr. host(e)rie.]
#Opan#, #Opon#. See Vpon.
#Opyn#, #Open#, adj. open, V 2, XVII 344; manifest, XI b 42.
#Opynly#, adv. manifestly, XI b 52; publicly, XI b 62. [OE.
open, open-līce.]
#Opynne#, #Oppen#, v. to open, XVI 122, 194. [OE. openian.]
#Oplondysch#. See Vplondysch.
#Or#, conj.^1 or, I 1, &c.; or ... or, either ... or, VIII a 244.
[Reduced form of Oþer, conj.]
#Or#, conj.^2 before, ere (usually with subj.), VIII a 79, X 2,
XVI 154 (see Ware), adj. 156, 278, XVII 110 (see Blyn), 153, 263,
&c.; (postponed) XVII 130; lest, XIV d 11. [See next.]
#Or#, prep. before, ere, XVI 224, XVII 317, 481. [? OE. ǣr, pos.
and compar. (once late Nth. ar) infl. by ON. ár, pos.] See Ar(e),
Er(e).
#Orchard#, n. garden, orchard, II 66, 91, 163; #Orchard-side#, II 134.
[OE. ort-geard, orceard.]
#Ordayn(e)#, #Ordainy#, v. to decree, establish, appoint, direct,
arrange, contrive, fashion, &c., II 205, XVII 309; #Ordand#, XVII 119,
468; #Ordeigne#, XII b 216; #Ordeyn(e)#, I 55, 148, VIII b 57, XI
b 125, 132, &c.; #Ordand#, #Ordanit#, pa. t. X 11, 34, XVI 25, 226;
ordaynede to, destined to, IV b 54. [OFr. ordener, 3 sg.
ordei(g)ne, -aine.]
#Ordynal(e)#, #-alle#, n. a book setting out the order and manner of
church services and ceremonies, XI b 1, 183, 186. [Med.L.
ordināle.]
#Ordenaunse#, #Ordynaunce#, n. ordinance, decree, law, XI a 15, b
100, &c.; preie oure ... ordynaunce, say the prayers we have
appointed, XI b 38. [OFr. ordenance.]
#Ordre#, #Order#, #-yre#, n. order, rank, VIII a 159, XI b 20;
pl. religious orders, XI a 61; the (nine) orders of angels, XVII 10;
moderation, in holde þe ordyre of, keep the rule of, observe
moderation in, IV b 22. [OFr. ordre.]
#Orgon#, n. diaphony; singing in two parts, XI b 138 (note). [OE.
organ, song, from L. organum.]
#Orysun#, n. praying; yn orysun, at prayer, I 17. [OFr. oreisoun.]
#Oritore#, n. oratory, chapel, V 122. [OFr. oratour, infl. by prec.]
#Orpedly#, adv. actively, V 164. [OE. orped-līce.]
#Ost#, #Host#, n. (armed) host, army, II 290, X 43, 45; multitude,
XIII a 32. [OFr. (h)ost, army.]
#Oþeȝ#, #Othes#, n. pl. oaths, V 55, XII b 44. [OE. āþ.]
#Oþer(e)#, #Other(e)#, #-ir(e)#, #-yre#; #Oder#, XVII 160; #Ouþer#, I,
(i) Adj., other, another, other kinds of, I 18, 258, IV b 16, 45, V
274, IX 227, XII b 170, XVII 298 (see Garn), &c.; #Othre#, pl. XII
a 82, 136; many oþer folde, see Folde; othere gude, some other
good (thing), IV b 9; oþer mani, many other, II 496; þat oþer,
see Þe; þis othir daye, the other day, XVI 148. (ii) Pron. sg.
another, some one (something) else, the other, I 101, II 324, VI 89, X
22 (see Aither), &c.; #Oþereȝ#, gen. sg. VI 90; ichon other,
each man to his neighbour, XVII 112; non other, nothing different
(from what has been said), VII 42, VIII introd., a 173; oþer oþer,
þat oþer, see next and Þe; pl. (uninflected), others, I 211, IV
b 67, 78, V 355, VII 48, X 154, &c.; #Othre#, pl. XII introd., a
41; #Oþren#, dat. pl. III 53; derrist of other, most excellent of
(illogically for 'more worthy than') all others, VII 39. [OE.
ōþer.] See Anoþire, Toþer.
#Oþer#, #Other#; #Auþer#, V 225; #Ouþer#, #Outhire#, #Owthyre#, IV b
8, 23, IX 276; adv. and conj. or, I 3, II 350, V 39, VIII a 305,
&c.; oþer oþer, or any one else, V 34; oþer ... oþer, either ... or,
V 148; oþer ... or, I 197, IV b 8, 23, IX 276; introducing
alternative questions, VIII b 34, 35; adv. in or oþer, or else, I
6; oþer ... auþer, or else, V 225. [OE. ā-hwæþer, ā(w)þer;
ō-hwæþer, ōwþer.] See Or^2, Ayther, Euþer.
#Oþer-while#, #Other-while#, #Oþer-wyle# (VIII b), adv. on another
occasion, XVII 213; at other times, II 289, 297; now and again, VIII b
52; other while ... other while, sometimes ... sometimes, XII a 128.
[Oþer, adj. + While.]
#Ou#. See Ȝe.
#Ouer(e)#, #Our(e)#, prep. over, I 177, V 246, X 84, 112, &c.; over
and above, XI b 150; (of time) through, VII 166 (following noun);
adv. over, II 578, V 164, &c.; all ... ouer, all over, in all parts,
VII 134 (cf. next); too, I 130, IV b 23, 24, VI 113, VII 36, &c.
[OE. ofer.]
#Oueral#, adv. everywhere, II 62, 208, XII introd., b 184. [OE.
ofer all.]
#Ouercast#, pp. overcast, clouded, VII 107, XVII 353. [OE. ofer- +
ON. kasta.]
#Ouercoms#, 3 sg. pres. overcomes, IV a 68. [OE. ofer-cuman.]
#Ouergrowen#, pp. overgrown, V 113, 122. [OE. ofer + grōwen,
pp.]
#Ouerheghede#, pp. raised too high, IV b 5. [Ouer, adv. + ME.
heiȝen from Heigh.]
#Ouerlaide#, pp. covered over, submerged, XVII 306. [OE.
oferlecgan.] See Lay.
#Ouermoche#, adj. and n. too much, VIII a 255, XI b 219; cf.
IV b 23. [OE. ofer-mycel.] See Mochel.
#Ouerraght#, pa. t. revised, VII 69. [OE. ofer + ? rǣcan ?
reccan.]
#Ouersen#, v. to supervise, VIII a 107. [OE. ofer-sēon.]
#Ouerset#, pp. overthrown, defeated, XIII a 59. [OE. ofer +
settan.]
#Ouertake#, v. to (re)gain, V 319 (note). [OE. ofer + ON. taka.]
#Ouerte#, adj. open, plain to see, VI 233. [OFr. overt.]
#Ouerturnyt#, pp. overturned, VII 148. [OE. ofer + túrnian (see
Turne).]
#Ought#, #Ouȝt#, #Ouhte#. See Oght, Owe.
#Oune#. See Owen.
#Oure#, n. hour, time, I 188, 189, VI 170, 191, &c.; #Houre#, I 190,
VI 195. [OFr. (h)oure.]
#Our(e)#; #Our(e)#, #Ous#, &c.; #Ourn#. See Ouer(e); We; Eorne.
#Out(e)#, #Owt(e)#, adv. out, I 50, IV b 3, XI b 26 (see
Charité), XVI 18, &c.; abroad, out of doors, VIII b 16; as exclam. of
anger, dismay, &c., XVI 185, 195, 343; out(e) apon the, fie on thee,
XVII 229, 408. [OE. ūt, ūte.]
#Outguoinge#, n. ate outguoinge of, on departing from, III 4. [From
OE. ūt-gān.] See Go(n).
#Ouþer#, #Outhire#. See Oþer(e), adj. and conj.
#Outraye#, v. to transgress, XIV c 69 (ouȝt is adv.). [OFr.
outreier.]
#Oway#. See Awai.
#Owe#, #Owyn#, #Oȝe#, v. to have; to have (to), be bound (to),
ought, XI b 6, XV i 4; with mixed pers. and impers. constr., in
vus oȝe, we ought, VI 192; to owe, VI 183; #Awe#, 2 sg. pres.
XVII 171; #Oghte#, pa. t. possessed, XII b 48; #Ouhte#, ought to,
VIII b 73; #Auȝt#, was bound to, II 555. [OE. āgan, pa. t.
ā̆hte.]
#Owen(e)#, #Owne#, adj. own, I 126, V 291, VIII b 63, IX 185, &c.;
#Oghne#, XII a 4; #Oȝene#, III introd.; #Oune#, XIII a 47, b
18, &c.; #Owhen#, II 163, &c.; #Awen#, V 73, 233; #Awne#, XVI 237, XVII
74; quasi-sb. in of hire owne, of their own, IX 188; _haue of myn
owen_, have property of my own, VIII a 77. [OE. āgen.]
#Owher#, adv. anywhere, II 17. [OE. ō-hwǣr.]
#Owy#; #Owr(e)#; #Owte#. See Awai; We; Out(e).
#Owth#, adv. on top, X 6. [? Reduction of OE. ufan, ufe- + wiþ;
cf. ME. out-wiþ.]
#Owthyre#. See Oþer, conj.
#Oxe#, n. ox, XV f 5; Oxen, pl. IX 253, 255. [OE. oxa.]
#Page#, n. knave, fellow, XVI 125. [OFr. page.]
#Pay#, n. pay, V 179. [OFr. paie.]
#Paie#, #Pay(e)#, v. to please, satisfy, VIII a 304; payes to, is
pleasing to, IV a 29; impers. in me paies, I am pleased, XVI 82;
to pay, II 451, VI 164 (fut.), VIII a 87, XIV d 10; #Paied#,
#Paid(e)#, &c., pp. satisfied, content, V 273, XVI 325, XVII 283;
paid, VI 224, 243. [OFr. payer.] See Apayed.
#Paiement#, #Payment#, n. payment, VI 238, XII b 151. [OFr.
paiement.]
#Payn(e)#, #Peyne#, n.^1 pain, suffering, torment, I 163, XI b 32,
XVI 4, 122, XVII 547, &c. [OFr. peine.] See Peynen.
#Payne#, n.^2 bread, VIII a 144. [OFr. pain.]
#Payneme#, n. pagan, IX 171. [OFr. pai(e)nisme, sg. collect.,
pagans.]
#Palays#, n. palace, II 85, 157 (see note), 439. [OFr. palais.]
#Pale#, adj. pale, II 110, IV a 10; wan, chill (connoting 'fatal',
'ill-omened'), VII 100, 116, 125. [OFr. pale.]
#Palfray#, n. palfrey, saddle-horse (esp. for use of women), II 156.
[OFr. palefrei.]
#Palmer#, n. pilgrim (properly one that had been to the Holy Land and
bore a palm-branch in token of this), VIII a 66. [OFr. palm(i)er.]
#Pans#. See Pené.
#Panter#, n. snare (for birds); fig. XI b 220. [OFr. pantiere.]
#Pappe#, n. breast, XV f 12. [Children's language.]
#Par#, #Per# (XII), prep. (with French words), by, through, for, VI
129, VIII a 250, XII a 7, b 18, &c. (see the nouns); transl. (in
Fr. phrases) by for, thurgh, XII b 8, XV d 5, XVII 557, &c.
[OFr. par, per.] See Paramoure, -aunter, -fay, Perdé.
#Paradys#, #Paradis(e)#, n. Paradise, II 45, 376, XVI 48, &c. [OFr.
paradis.]
#Parage#, n. (noble) lineage, VI 59, XIV c 109. [OFr. parage.]
#Paramoure#, adv. with all (his) heart, XVII 80. [OFr. par amour.]
See Par.
#Paraunter#, #Peraunter# (IX), #Peraventure# (XVII), adv. perhaps, V
275, VI 228, IX 272, XVII 503. [OFr. par aventure.] See Auentur(e),
Par.
#Parceyuet#, #Persauit#, pp. perceived, X 76, XIII a 13. [OFr.
parceiv-re.]
#Pardoun#, n. forgiveness of sins, VIII a 66. [OFr. pardun.]
#Parfay#, interj. by my troth, II 315, 339, 382. [OFr. par fei
(fai).] See Fai.
#Parfyt#, #Perfyte#, #-fite#, adj. perfect, IV b 84, VIII b 88, IX
338. [OFr. parfit(e).]
#Parfytnesse#, n. perfection, perfect conduct, VIII b 94. [From
prec.]
#Parforme#, #Performe#, v. to complete, IX 170; to perform, XI b
194, 286. [OFr. parfourmer.]
#Parische#, #Parysshe#, n. parish; attrib. in p. prest, _p.
chirchis_, I 201, XI b 97. [OFr. paroche, paroisse.]
#Parlement#, n. parliament, council, II 216. [OFr. parlement.]
#Parloures#, n. pl. parlours, living rooms, XVII 133. [OFr.
parlour.]
#Part#, n. part, share, VI 213, IX 31, 325, XI b 57, &c.; _more be
an hundred part_, more (by) a hundred times, IX 301 (lit. more by the
hundredth part: the use seems modelled on that of ME. dele; see
N.E.D., s.v. Deal, I e). [OFr. part.]
#Part(e)#, v. to divide, share, XII b 201; separate, I 103; refl.
in part me ... with, part with, leave, VII 96; #Partinge#, #-yng#,
n. distribution, XI b 275; separation, IV a 31. [OFr. partir.]
#Partener(e)#, n. sharer, IX 325; parteners of þe endes, sharers (in
their linguistic peculiarities) with the extremes, XIII b 55. [OFr.
parson(i)er, infl. by Part.]
#Party#, #Partie#, n. part, IX 1, 2, X 156, XIII b 52, &c.; side, IX
72; party (in legal proceeding), XII b 215; most party, most (part)
of, XVII 49. [OFr. parti, partie.]
#Pas#, n. pace, gait; queynt pas (as adv.), with skilful steps, II
300. [OFr. pas.]
#Passage#, n. passage, pass, IX 205, 206. [OFr. passage.]
#Passe(n)#, #Pas#, #Pasi# (III), v.; #Passed#, #-it#, #Past(e)#, _pa.
t._ and pp. (i) Intr. to pass, proceed, go, get, IV b 34, VII 125,
VIII a 78, XVI 296, &c.; go one's way, depart, pass on, V 61, VII 112,
VIII a 196, XVI 66, 96, 152, 194, &c.; pass away, XI a 9; passe bi
(be), pass (by), V 36, &c.; go over (through), IX 8, 137, &c.; _passe
the see_, go abroad, IX 308, XIII b 39; was past to, had reached,
VII 100; pp. past, gone by, over, VII 9, IX 317, XVI 105, XVII 181,
&c. (ii) Trans. to cross, go over (through), pass (safely), V 3, VII
116, 171, IX 308, XIII b 39, &c.; to surpass, VI 68; passynge,
exceeding(ly), IX 11, 232; to pass (time), III 44. #Passed#, #Passit#,
pp. as prep. past, VI 168, X 2. Cf. Apassed. [OFr. passer.]
#Pater#, #Pater-noster#, n. the 'Our Father', Lord's prayer, VI 125,
VIII b 48, 91, IX 323, XI a 33, 35.
#Patrones#, n. pl. patrons, those holding advowson, or right of
presentation to benefices (earliest use in E.), VIII b 82. [OFr.
patron.]
#Pauement#, n. pavement, I 194. [OFr. pavement.]
#Pece#, n. piece, VIII a 304, IX 46. [OFr. pece.]
#Pees#, #Pesse#, n. peace, XIV d 15, XVI 66, 296. [OFr. pais,
pes.]
#Pees#. See Pese.
#Peiere#, v. to impair, damage, XI b 250; peierid imperfect, XI
b 26. [Shortened from Ap(p)eyre, Empeyre.]
#Peyne#. See Payn(e), n.^1
#Peynen#, v. refl. to take pains, endeavour, IX 272. [OFr. se pener,
3 sg. peine.] See Payne, n.^1
#Peler#, n. robber, XIV a 15. [From ME. pelen, OFr. peler, rob.]
#Pelrinage#. See Pilgrimage.
#Penaunce#, n. penance, V 324, VI 117, VIII a 78, b 88. [OFr.
pen(e)ance.]
#Pené# (VI), #Peny#, #Penny#, n. penny (a silver coin, a twelfth of
the shilling), III 13, VI 150, 186, VIII a 275, &c.; penny doyll,
see Dele, Doyll; #Pans#, pl. pence, III 6, 10, &c. (cf. ME.
paneyes, and OFris. panning). [OE. peni(n)g, pæn(n)ing.] See
Halpeny.
#Peny-ale#, n. ale at a penny a gallon, thin ale, VIII a 304 (cf.
Halpeny-ale). [Prec. + OE. alu.]
#Pennes#, n. pl. quills, barrels of the feathers, IX 257. [OFr.
penne.]
#Peopull#, #People#, n. people, VII 16, 82, XIII b 1, &c.; #Peple#,
VIII a 287, IX 165, XI b 19, &c.; #Pepul(l)#, VII 145, XVI 194;
#Poeple#, VIII a 156; #Puple#, XI a 13, 20, b 268, XIV b 67, &c.
[OFr. people, poeple, puple, &c.]
#Peraventure#, #-aunter#. See Paraunter.
#Perce(n)#, v. to pierce, penetrate, IX 224, XII a 104. [OFr.
percer.]
#Percil#, n. parsley, VIII a 281. [OFr. persil.]
#Perdé#, interj. (by God), indeed, XVII 512. [OFr. pardieu, -dé.]
See Par.
#Pereles#, adj. peerless; unequalled, XVI 4. [From ME., OFr. per.]
#Perfite#, #-fyte#. See Parfyt.
#Peril#, n. peril, VIII a 87, 111, &c.; #Perellis#, pl. VII 116.
[OFr. peril.]
#Peril(l)ous#, #Perelous#, #Perlous#, adj. perilous, dangerous,
parlous, V 29, VIII a 45, XI b 44, XVII 431, &c. [OFr. perillous.]
#Perish#, v. to perish, XVII 94, 155. [OFr. perir, periss-.]
#Perl(e)#, n. pearl, V 296, VI 16, IX 66, &c. [OFr. perle.]
#Persauit#. See Parceyuet.
#Person(e)#, n. person, IX 304, XI a 46, XII a 115, XVII 2. [OFr.
persone.]
#Pese#, #Pees#, n. a pea, V 296, IX 48; at a pees, at nought, VIII
a 162; #Pesen#, pl. peas, pease, VIII a 189, 293; Peses, VIII a
180. [OE. pise, peose.]
#Pese-coddes#, n. pl. peascods, pea-pods, VIII a 287; #Pese-lof#,
n. loaf made of pease-meal, VIII a 172. [Prec. + OE. codd,
hlāf.]
#Pesible#, adj. tranquil, *XI b 67 (MS. posible). [OFr. paisible,
pesible.]
#Pesse#; #Pet#; #Peté#. See Pees; Pyt; Pité.
#Philosophie#, n. philosophy, natural science, IX 77. [OFr.
philosophie.]
#Phisik#, n. (art, practice, of) medicine, VIII a 266; (personified)
VIII a 264. [OFr. fisique, L. physica.]
#Picche#, v.; picche atwo, ? to thrust apart, divide (on the sharp
point of the pyk-staf), VIII a 97; to pitch, load (hay, in homing
the crop), VIII b 13. [Perh. distinct verbs; see N.E.D., s.v.
Pitch.] See Pike.
#Pictes#, n. pl. Picts, XIII b 6. [L. Picti; cf. OE. Pihtas.]
#Pie#, n. magpie, XI b 249, XII a 75. [OFr. pie.]
#Pik#, #Pyk#, n. pitch, X 19, XVII 127, 282. [OE. pic.]
#Pike#, v. to pick; piked vp, ? dug out (with a pointed implement),
VIII a 105; #Pykeȝ#, 3 pl. ? pick out, get, VI 213. [ME.
pi(k)ken, with variety of senses prob. due to confusion of distinct
words; see N.E.D., s.v. Pick, Pike, &c.]
#Pykers#, n. pl. pilferers, VIII b 17. [? From prec.]
#Pykstaf#, n. pikestaff, staff with a spike at lower end, VIII a 97.
[OE. pīc + stæf; cf. ON. (late) pík-stafr.]
#Piler#, n. pillar, II 367. [OFr. piler.]
#Pylgrym#, #Pilgryme#, n. pilgrim, VIII a 59, 96, 99, XIII a 48.
[OFr. pele(g)rin, &c.; cf. OHG. (from Fr.) piligrim.]
#Pilgrimage#, #Pylgrymage#, &c., n. pilgrimage, VIII a 66, 78, IX
325; #Pelrinage#, XII a 12. [OFr. pel(e)rinage, pelrimage,
peligrinage, &c.]
#Pilwe#, n. pillow, XII a 95. [OE. pyle, (once in gloss.) pylu.]
#Pyn#, n. pin (as a something valueless), XVII 364. [OE. pinn.]
#Pynd#, pp. confined, penned, XVII 332. [ME. pinne(n), or
pinde(n); OE. pýndan.]
#Pine#, #Pyne#, n. torment, suffering, grief, I 213, III 9, IV a 32,
50, 60, XVII 227, 437; toil, VI 151; pyne to behold, (parenthetic),
grievous to see, VII 145 (cf. Noy, Reuþe). [OE. *pīn; cf. next.]
#Pyne#, v. to torment, XVI 4, 219. [OE. pīnian.]
#Pypynge#, n. piping, playing on pipes, I 6. [OE. *pīpian, from
pīpe, pipe.]
#Pyt#, #Pitte#, #Pet# (XII), n. hole, pit, I 143, XII b 9, 11, 29,
&c.; pit (of hell), XVI 271, 348. [OE. pytt (Kt. pett).]
#Pité#, #Pyté#, #Peté#, n. compassion, pity, II 101, IV b 57, 75,
VIII a 193; es ... pyté, is pitiful, IV a 87. [OFr. pité.]
#Piteuous#, adj. full of pity, III 39; #Pytosly#, adv.
compassionately, VI 10. [OFr. pitous; piteuous is due to anal. of
words like Plenteuous, q.v.]
#Piþ#, n. pith, XIV c 90. [OE. piþa.]
#Placebo#, n. Vespers of the Dead, VIII b 48, XI b 131 (see
note).
#Play(e)#, #Pley#, n. mirth, rejoicing, IV a 59, XVI 392; (dramatic)
play, XI a 34. [OE. plega.]
#Play(e)#, #Pleie#, v. to play, amuse oneself, II 66, XIII b 22;
rejoice, XII b 159; #Playinge#, n. disport, XV a 5. [OE.
pleg(i)an.]
#Plain#, #Playne#, adj. flat, level, II 353; plain, clear, XVI 48;
#Playnly#, #Pleynly#, adv. plainly, clearly, XI b 43, 47, XVI 267,
326. [OFr. plain.]
#Playni#, #Pleigne#, #Pleyne#, #Pleny#, v. to complain, III 19, VI
189; refl. in pleyned hym, made complaint, VIII a 152; to sue (at
law), XII b 215. [OFr. plaindre, plaign-.]
#Planettis#, n. pl. planets, XVII 345. [L. planēta.] See
Starne.
#Plas#, #Place#, n. place, I 155, II 40, X 152, &c. [OFr. place.]
#Platen#, n. pl. (plates), pieces of (silver) money, XV g 4, 15, 21,
23 (cf. 'plates' in Wiclifite version, Matt. xxvi 15, &c.). [OFr.
plate.]
#Plee#, n. (plea, lawsuit), quarrel, IX 81. [OFr. plai(d), plait,
plet, &c.] See Plete.
#Pleigne#, #Pleny#. See Playni.
#Plenté#, #-ee#, n. plenty, abundance, II 253, VIII a 156, XIII a
63, XVI 392; quasi-adv. in plenté, abundantly, XVII 146; _more
plentee_, in greater abundance, IX 245. [OFr. plenté.]
#Plenteuous#, adj. abundant, XI b 265. [OFr. plentivous,
-evous.]
#Plese#, v. to please, VI 124, VIII a 105, 290, b 89, IX 321;
#Plesynge#, n. in to pl. of, so as to please, *XI b 108. [OFr.
plaisir, ple(i)sir.]
#Plesance#, n. pleasure, liking, IX 327, X introd.; _do the
plesance_, perform the pleasant office, XII a 185. [OFr. plaisance,
ples-.]
#Plesant#, adj. pleasant, IX 278. [OFr. plaisant, ples-.]
#Plete#, v. to sue for; claim, VI 203. [OFr. plaitier, pleder,
&c.] See Plee.
#Plyȝt#, n. (liability), offence, V 325. [OE. pliht.]
#Pliȝte#, v. to plight, pledge, VIII a 35. [OE. plihtan.]
#Plom#, n. plummet; as adj. vertical, straight down (measured by the
plumb-line), XVII 520. [OFr. plomb.]
#Plouman#, #Plouȝman#, #Plowman#, n. ploughman, VIII a 3, 147,
152, XIV d 5. [Next + OE. mann.]
#Plow(e)#, n. plough, VIII a 96, 99, 156, &c.; #Plogh#, XVII 534;
#Plowgh#, IX 254. [OE. plōg (a land-measure); ON. plóg-r.]
#Plow-fote#, n. a stave supporting the plough-beam and regulating
furrow's depth, but here appar. = 'plough-staff' (cf. other readings
'plou-bat'), a staff ending in a small spade for clearing earth, &c.,
from mould-board, VIII a 97. [Prec. + OE. fōt.]
#Plus#, adv. (in French phrase) more, VIII a 306. See Chaude.
#Poeple#, See Peopull.
#Poesie#, n. poetry, poem, XII a 1, 62. [OFr. poesie.]
#Poeuere#. See Pouer(e).
#Poyet#, #Poete#, n. poet, VII 33, 47, XII introd. [OFr. poete.]
#Poynt(e)#, #Point#, n. (i) (sharp) point, V 324, IX 118; (ii) point
(of time or place), VII 100, XII a 68; at the poynt, to hand, IX
253; bryng me to þe poynt, come to the point with me, V 216; item,
detail, instance, matter, &c., VI 234, VIII a 38, IX 287, XI b 106,
XVI 105, 326, &c. [OFr. (i) pointe, (ii) point.]
#Poynted#, adj. pointed, IX 55, 105. [From prec. (i).]
#Poysoun#, n. poison, IX 94. [OFr. poison.]
#Poysoun#, v. to poison, VIII a 293. [OFr. poisonner.]
#Poletes#, n. pl. pullets, chickens, VIII a 275. [OFr. polete.]
#Polyse# (V), #Pollis(s)che#, #Pollysch#, v. to polish, IX 35, 41,
119, 121, &c.; to cleanse, V 325. [OFr. polir, poliss-.]
#Pond#, n.^1 pool, lake, XIII a 19, 31, 43, &c.; #Pound#, XIII a
21, 23, 24, 25. [OE. *púnd, cf. pýndan.]
#Pond#, n.^2 pl. pounds, III 21, 24, &c.; #Poundis#, XI b 162.
[OE. púnd.]
#Pope#, n. Pope, I 249, VIII b 82, IX 286, XI b 46. [OE.
pāpa.]
#Popi#, n. poppy, XII a 81. [OE. popig.]
#Por-#. See Pur-.
#Porche#, n. porch, I 77. [OFr. porche.]
#Pore#. See Pouer(e).
#Poret(te)#, n. (young) leek or onion, VIII a 281; collect. sg.
VIII a 293. [OFr. poret, leek; porette, small onion.]
#Porful#, adj. poverty-stricken, XV f 2. [From Pouer(e), Pore.]
#Porpos#. See Purpos.
#Porter#, n. porter (at the gates), II 380, V 4, &c. [OFr.
port(i)er.]
#Portos#, n. (pl. as sg.) breviary, XI b 228 (see note). [OFr.
portehors.]
#Possyble#, adj. possible, VI 92. [OFr. possible.]
#Post(e)les#, n. pl. apostles, XV g 24, 25; itinerant preachers,
VIII a 143. [OE. postol.] See Apostel.
#Potage#, n. (vegetable) soup, VIII a 144. [OFr. potage.]
#Potful#, n. potful, VIII a 180. [OE. pott + full (properly adj.
with prec. noun).]
#Pound#. See Pond.
#Pouerlich#, adv. in humble guise, II 236, 567. [From prec.]
#Pouer(e)#, adj. poor, humble, II 430, 486, XII b 20, 36, &c.;
#Poeuere#, XI b 272; #Poure#, III 48, IV b 20, VIII b 82; #Pore#,
VI 213, VIII a 18, XI b 255, &c.; adj. pl. as sb., poor
(people), the poor, III 8, 41, VIII a 18, &c.; #Pouren#, dat. pl.
III 7. [OFr. pov(e)re, poure.]
#Pour-#. See Pur-.
#Power(e)#, #Pouer#, #Poure#, n. ability, power, VIII a 35, XII a
187, XVI 219; authority, VIII a 143; forces, XIV c 46. [OFr.
po(u)eir, pouer.]
#Pray(e)#, n. prey, II 313, XVI 175; fig. (of good things won as
prize) VI 79. [OFr. preie.]
#Prece#, #Pres(s)#, v. to press; thrust, force, X 49, 69, &c.; intr.
and refl. to press forward, hasten, V 29, X 131; pressit on,
assailed, X 190; hardest pressit, most hard pressed, X 150. See
Prees. [OFr. presser; on forms prece, pre(e)s, see N.E.D.]
#Preche#, v. to preach, VIII a 143, XI b 7, 24, XVI 51, &c.;
#Prechinge#, #-ynge#, n. preaching, III 49, XI b 3, &c. [OFr.
prech(i)er.]
#Precious#, #Precy(i)ous(e)#, adj. precious, costly, IX 42, 99, XI b
257; precious ston, II 151, 366, IX 123. [OFr. precious.]
#Preef#, n. test, IX 128. [OFr. proeve.] See Preue.
#Prees#, #Press#, n. press; crowd, XII b 213; uproar, commotion, XVI
125. [From Prece, q.v.]
#Preeued#. See Preue.
#Preie#, #Preye(n)#, #Prey#, #Pray(e)#, v. to pray, beg, II 534, IV
b 8, VIII a 119, 250, XI b 37, XVII 242, &c.; #Praid#, #Preide#,
#Preyd(e)#, pa. t. I 89, II 224, VIII a 117, XII b 69; pray,
pray to, VI 124; preye of, beg for, VIII a 38, 117; preye to, pray
(to), IX 320, 322; #Preiynge#, n. in p. of lippes, prayer with lips
(only), XI b 89. [OFr. preier.]
#Preiere#, #Preyer(e)#, #Preȝer# (XIV c), n. prayer, VIII a
244, b 88, XI b 36, XIV c 78, &c.; preiere in lippis, p. with
the lips (only), XI b 90. [OFr. preiere.]
#Preise(n)#, #Preyse#, #Prayse#, v. to praise, esteem, V 4, VIII a
102, b 31, XI b 176, 182. [OFr. preis(i)er.] See Prese, Prys,
Prist.
#Preostes#. See Prest(e), n.
#Pres(s)#. See Prece, Prees.
#Prese#, n. praise, great worth, VI 59. [Stem of Preise(n) with AFr.
monophthongization.]
#Presence#, n. presence, IX 94, XII b 127, &c. [OFr. presence.]
#Present(e)#, adj. present, IX 128, 336; as sb. in _in your
presente_, in your presence, VI 29. [OFr. present.]
#Present#, n. present, gift, I 123, VIII a 42, 290. [OFr.
present.]
#Presente#, v. to give gifts to, IX 24. [OFr. presenter.]
#Prest#, adj. prompt, quick, VIII a 190, XIV b 67; #Prestly#,
adv. promptly, VIII a 87. [OFr. prest.]
#Prest(e)#, n. priest, I 8, 9, III 49 (dat.), 53, &c.; #Preost#, XI
b 291. [OE. prēost.]
#Presthod#, n. priesthood, XI b 47. [OE prēost-hād.]
#Pretermynable#, adj. who predetermines, fore-ordains, VI 236. [Appar.
invented for rhyme from pre + terminable used actively.]
#Preue#, #Preeue#, v. to prove, show, VII 47, IX 298; to test, IX 297;
to approve, IX 305. [OFr. preuv-, proev-, &c. accented stem of
prover.] See Preef, Proue.
#Pryde#, #Pride#, n. pride, magnificence, IV a 59, b 14, XI b
55, XVII 543, &c.; of pryde, proud, XVI 182. [OE. prȳdo.] See
Proude.
#Priis#. See Prys.
#Prike#, v. to spur; intr. gallop, II 141, XIV a 15. [OE.
prician, to prick.]
#Pryme#, n. prime, first division of the day according to the sun
(varying with the season), or a fixed period 6-9 a.m.; heighe pryme,
fully prime, end of the period of prime, about 9 a.m., VIII a 106.
[OE. prīm, from L. prīma (hōra).]
#Prymer#, n. devotional manual, VIII b 48 (note). [Origin of name
doubtful; see N.E.D.]
#Primerole#, n. primrose, XV e 9, 10, 13. [OFr. primerole.]
#Prynce#, #Prince#, n. prince, V 4 (i.e. Sir Gawayne), XIV c 59,
XVI 182, &c. [OFr. prince.]
#Princypall#, #Principall#, adj. and n. chief, IX 1, 28, XVI 111;
#Principaly#, adv. in the first place, XI b 96. [OFr. principal,
or L. principālis.]
#Pryour#, n. priory, VIII b 95. [OFr. priorie; with this form of
the suffix cf. Oritore.]
#Prys#, #Prise#, #Priis# (II), n. worth, excellence, V 296, VI 59; _of
priis_, &c., worthy, excellent, noble, II 51, 64, 249, V 330, VII 47.
[OFr. pris, earlier prieis.] See Preise(n), Prist.
#Prisoune#, #Prison#, n. prison, XI b 126, XVI 220 (or read
prisounes, prisoners; see note). [OFr. priso(u)n.]
#Prist#, pp. esteemed, VII 33. [OFr. pris(i)er.] See Preise(n).
#Processioun#, n. procession; pomp, II 587. [OFr. procession.]
#Proferi#, #Profre#, v. to offer, II 434, V 278, VIII a 25, XII b
122, &c. [OFr. proffrir; proferer.]
#Profession#, n. declaration; vows (on entering religious order), in
singular prof., special vows, as opposed to the regular vows taken by
all priests, XI b 101. [OFr. profession.]
#Profit#, n. profit, VIII b 107. [OFr. profit.]
#Profit-#, #Profytable#, adj. profitable, advantageous, VIII a 270,
XIII b 68. [OFr. profitable.]
#Prologe#, n. prologue, VII 96, [OFr. prologue.]
#Property#, n. property, special virtue, VI 86. [OFr. proprieté.]
#Prophet(t)e#, n. prophet, XI b 18, XV g 9, XVI 267, &c. [OFr.
prophete, L. prophēta.]
#Prophecye#, #Prophicye#, n. prophecy, IX 216, XVI 27. [OFr.
prophecie.]
#Prophicied#, pa. t. prophesied (MS. prophicie), XVI 188. [From prec.]
#Propre#, adj. proper, separate, IX 187; #Propurly#, adv. properly,
rightly (or of my own knowledge, at first hand), IX 264. [OFr.
propre.]
#Proude#, #Prowd(e)#, adj. magnificent, glorious, II 376; proud,
haughty, arrogant, V 36, 201, VIII a 191, XV b 32, &c.; _prowdist of
pryde_, greatest in pride (or splendour), XVII 543; #Prowdly#, adv.
out of pride, XVII 17. [OE. prūt (rarely prūd), from OFr.
prout, prou(d), valiant.]
#Proue#, #Prufe#, v. to prove; demonstrate, show, X 74, XVI 255; test,
try, XVII 460. [OFr. prover; cf. OE. prōfian.] See Preue.
#Prow(e)# (to), n. benefit, good (of), IV b 82, XVI 220, 326; _may
to prow_, may be of benefit ('prow' prob. apprehended as infin.), I
introd. [OFr. prou.]
#Psalme#, n. psalm, VIII a 246; Seuene Psalmes, the Seven
Penitential Psalms, VIII b 49; note allit. with s. [OE. (p)salm,
L. psalmus.]
#Puire#, #Puit#. See Pure, Putte(n).
#Pull#, v.; #Puld#, pa. t.; to drag, VII 178; pull up, hoist, VII
125, XVII 153. [OE. pullian.]
#Puple#. See Peopull.
#Puplisshid#, pp. (rime requires puplist), openly declared, XVI 59.
[OFr. puplier + -is(h) from other verbs of Fr. origin.]
#Purchase#, #Porchase#, #Pourchace#, v. to acquire, obtain, VI 79,
VIII b 81, XII a 18. [OFr. p(o)urchac(i)er.]
#Pure#, #Puire#, adj. pure; elegant, seemly (cf. Clene), V 330;
utter, sheer, VIII a 111, IX 31, XIV c 13. [OFr. pur.]
#Pure(n)#, v. to purify, V 325, IX 45. [OFr. purer.]
#Purgatorie#, n. Purgatory, VIII a 45. [L. Purgātōrium.]
#Purge#, v. to purge out, IV b 77. [OFr. purg(i)er.]
#Purper#, adj. purple, II 242. [OFr. purpre; cf. OE. purpuren.]
#Purpos(e)#, #Pourpos#, #Porpos#, n. intention, purpose, resolve, IV
b 73, VI 148, VII 118, XII a 21, XIV b 39; put in a p.,
resolved, VII 112. [OFr. po(u)rpos.]
#Purpose(n)#, v. to intend, XI b 110. [OFr. po(u)rposer.]
#Purs#, n. purse, XII b 157, 173, 182. [OE. purs.]
#Pursewe#, #Pursuen#, #Poursuie#, v. to follow, pursue, IX 229. XII
b 7; persecute, torment, IX 93; pursewe to, go eagerly to, XVI 316.
[OFr. pursiwer, pursuer.]
#Purvaye#, #Purueye# (to), v. to provide, prepare (for), XVI 69,
XVII 553. [OFr. po(u)rveier.]
#Putte(n)#, #Puit# (XIV c), v.; #Put(te)#, pa. t. and pp.; to
thrust, IV b 3, 10, X 187, XVI 259, XVII 39; to put, set, VII 112
(see Purpos), VIII a 191, XII b 141, XIV c 12, XVII 21; to
impose, XI a 64; putte awey, do away with, XI b 127; _putten
errour in_, impute error to, XI b 77; put hom þerto, set themselves
to the task, VII 33; putten hem into, put out on, IX 183; _put vnto
payn_, set in torment, XVII 547; putte wryten, set in writing, IX 318.
[OE. pū̆tian, pȳtan, potian; see N.E.D.]
#Qu(h)-#. See also Wh-.
#Qualitee#, n. degree (of goodness), question of how good, IX 335.
[OFr. qualité.]
#Quantytee#, #Quantité#, n. limitation of greatness, question of how
great, IX 336; capacity, quantity, X 26. [OFr. quantité.]
#Quarell#, n. cross-bow bolt, IX 258. [OFr. quar(r)el.]
#Quaþ#, #Quath#, pa. t. sg. quoth, said, II 127, VIII b 26, &c.;
#Quatȝ#, VIII a 3; #Quod#, V 58, VI 61, &c. [OE. cwæþ.]
#Queer#, n. choir, VIII b 63, XI b 172. [OFr. cuer.]
#Queynt#, adj. skilful, elegant, II 299, 300 (see Pas); #Koyntly#,
adv. cunningly, V 345. [OFr. cointe, queinte, &c.]
#Quelle#, #Qwell#, v. to kill, destroy, IV a 92, V 41. [OE.
cwellan.]
#Queme#, adj. pleasant, V 41. [OE. cwēme.]
#Quen#. See Whan(ne).
#Quen(e)#, #Queen(e)#, n. queen, II 51, 71, VI 55, IX 190, XII a
195, &c. [OE. cwēn.]
#Querele#, n. (legal) complaint, accusation, XII b 209. [OFr.
querel(l)e.]
#Questioun#, n. question, IX 178. [OFr. questioun.]
#Quhedirand#, pres. p. whirling, or whirring, X 92. [Cf. Early ME.
to-hwideren, -hwiðeren, whirl to pieces; OE. hwaþerian, make a
rushing noise.]
#Quhelis#, n. pl. wheels, X 17. [OE. hwē(o)l.]
#Quhen#; #Quhill#. See Whan(ne), Whil.
#Quyk#, adj. alive, V 41. [OE. cwic.]
#Quyte#; #Qwyte#, #Qwite# (XVII); v. to pay, repay, V 176, 256, VI
235, XVII 216, 228; Quitte, pp. paid, VIII a 92. [OFr. quiter.]
#Quite#, #Quyte#. See Whyyt.
#Quo(m)#; #Quod#. See Who; Quaþ.
#Qwake#, v. to tremble, IV a 61. [OE. cwacian.]
#Qwart#, n. health; mase in qwart, heals, IV a 15. [ON. kvirt,
(neut. adj.) untroubled.]
#Qwiles#. See Whiles.
#Race#, #Rase#, n. headlong course, XVII 429; onslaught, violent blow,
V 8. [ON. rás infl. by senses of related OE. rǣs.]
#Raȝt#, #Raid#. See Reche; Ride.
#Rayle#, v. to order, array, XV b 13. [OFr. reiller.]
#Rayn#, v. to rain, XVII 147; #Renys#, pl. are raining down, XVII
351. [OE. regnian.]
#Rayn(e)#, n.^1 rain, VII 109, 132, XVII 445; #Reyn(e)#, I 162, XIII
a 18. [OE. regn.]
#Rayne#, n.^2 rein, V 109. [OFr. raigne, rainne, &c.]
#Raysede#, pp. uplifted, IV b 71. [ON. reisa.]
#Rake#, n. path, V 76, 92. [OE. racu, water-course, or ON. rák,
streak (Norw. dial. raak, path).]
#Ram-skyt#, n. a term of abuse, XVII 217. [OE. ramm + ON. skita.]
#Ran(ne)#. See Ryn.
#Randoune#, n.; in a randoune, with a rush, X 102. [OFr. _en un
randon_.]
#Ranke#, adj. brave, fine, VII 122. [OE. ranc.]
#Rape#, v. refl. to hasten, VIII a 112, b 108. [ON. hrapa.]
#Rapely#, adv. hastily; quickly, V 151; rashly, VI 3. [ON.
hrapalliga.]
#Rapes#; #Rase#. See Ropis; Race.
#Rather#, adv. earlier, VIII a 112. [OE. hraþor.]
#Rathly#, adv. quickly, XIV b 6. [OE. hræþ-līce.]
#Raton#, n. rat, XV i 1, 9, 18. [OFr. raton.]
#Raþeled#, pp. entwined, V 226. [See N.E.D. s.vv. Raddle, v.^1,
Ratheled.]
#Raue#, v. rave, talk foolishly, VI 3. [OFr. raver.]
#Ravyn#, n. raven, XVII 479, 499. [OE. hræfn.]
#Rauysche#, v. to carry off captive, carry away, IV a 16; #Reuey<se>d#,
pp. II 82. [OFr. ravir, raviss-.]
#Rawe#; #Rawþe#. See Rowe; Reuþe.
#Real#, adj. royal, II 356. [OFr. real.]
#Reame#, n. realm, kingdom, VIII b 78; #Reume#, XI a 25, 32, 52;
#Rem(e)#, VI 88, XIII b 47, 48; #Roialme#, IX 261. [OFr. re(i)alme,
re(a)ume; later roialme.]
#Reasoune#. See Reson.
#Rebalde#, n. Rascal, XVI 99. [OFr. ribauld.] See Rybaudry.
#Rebuke#, v. to rebuke, VI 7, VIII b 86. [ONFr. rebuk(i)er.]
#Receyue#, v. to receive, take, VIII b 73; #Res(s)ayue#, V 8, XVI
390; #Resceyued#, pp. XI b 265. [OFr. receiv-re.]
#Reche#, #Recche#, v.^1 to reck, care, VIII a 114; me no reche, I
care not (mixed pers. and impers. constr.), II 342. [OE. reccan.]
#Reche#, v.^2 to give, V 256; #Raȝt#, pa. t. V 229;
#Raȝteȝ#, 2 sg. V 283. [OE. rǣcan, rǣ̆hte,
rā̆hte.]
#Reches#, n. sg. riches, IV b 61. [OFr. richesse.]
#Recorde#, v. to ponder, go over in one's mind, IX 317; record, XII
introd., b 111. [OFr. recorder.]
#Recoueren#, v. to regain, IX 131. [OFr. recovrer.] See Keuer(e).
#Recuyell#, n. compilation, VII introd. [OFr. recueil.]
#Red(e)#, adj. red, II 107, XIV b 41, XV e 19; red(e) gold, red
gold, II 150, 362. [OE. rēad.]
#Red(e)#, n. advice, III 51 (dat.); counsel, plan, in _can no other
red_, sees nothing else for it, XII b 102 (cf. Wane, n.). [OE.
rǣd, rēd.]
#Red(e)#, #Redyn#, #Reede#, v. to advise, counsel, IV a 45, V 43
(note), VIII b 108, XIV c 97, XVII 341, &c.; to read, II 1, IV b
9, X introd., XII a 112, &c.; to read aloud, I 14; to reckon, VIII
b 73; to think, XVII 427; hard red (inf.), heard read, XVII 46;
#Ret# (OE. rǣ̆tt, rē̆t), 3 sg. pres. reads, III 3, 16;
#Rede#, pp. read, XVI 317. [OE. rǣdan, rēdan, str., later
wk.]
#Redere#, n. reader, IX 321. [OE. rǣdere.]
#Redi#, #Redy#, adj. prompt, ready (to hand), II 380, VI 231, X 34,
XII b 119, XVI 394; al redy, prompt(ly), XVI 120; #Redyly#, adv.
promptly, V 256. [Extended from OE. (ge-)rǣde.]
#Redresse#, v. to redress, set right, XII b 206. [OFr.
re-dresser.]
#Reformed# (of), pp. changed back to his proper form (from), XII a
19. [OFr. reformer.]
#Refuseþ#, pres. pl. reject, VIII b 82. [OFr. refuser.]
#Reghtewysnes#, #Reghtwysely#. See Ryghtwyse.
#Regioun#, n. region, IX 161, XII a 13. [OFr. regioun.]
#Regne#, n. kingdom, VI 141. [OFr. regne.]
#Regni#, #Regne#, v. to reign, II 425, IX 339. [OFr. regner.]
#Reherce#, #Reherse#, v. to repeat, XI a 4, XII a 103;
#Rehercyng(e)#, n. recounting, IX 274, 279. [OFr. rehercer.]
#Reyll#, n. reel, XVII 298 (see Garn). [OE. hrēol.]
#Reynand#. See Ren.
#Reyny#, adj. rainy, XII a 53. [OE. regnig.] See Rayn(e), n.^1
#Rele#, v. to reel, behave wildly, sway (in combat); _rele as vs
likeȝ_, let us fight as fiercely as we please, V 178. [Prob. related
to Reyll.]
#Relece#, v. to release, V 274. [OFr. relaissier, relesser.]
#Relees#, #Reles#, n. release, discharge, VIII a 84, XVI 288, 290.
[OFr. reles.]
#Releif#, #Releue#, v. to relieve, give relief to, X 151, 161, XI b
255. [OFr. relever.]
#Religioun#, n. religious rule, or order, VIII a 145. [OFr.
religion.]
#Relikes#, n. pl. heirlooms, precious things, VII 122. [OFr.
relique.]
#Rem(e)#. See Reame.
#Remembraunce#, n. recollection, VIII b 11. [OFr. remembra(u)nce.]
#Remene# (to), v. to compare (to), interpret (as), XIV c 41. [?
OFr. remener, bring back; senses seem due to assoc. with Mene, v.^1]
#Remissioun#, n. discharge, pardon, VIII a 84. [OFr. remissioun.]
#Remytte#, v. to hand on, refer (for consideration), IX 296. [L.
remittere.]
#Remnaunt#, #Remenaunte#, n. remainder, V 274, 333, VIII a 94. [OFr.
remenant.]
#Remorde#, pp. afflicted, VI 4. [OFr. remord-re.]
#Remwe#, v. to take away, VI 67. [OFr. remuer.]
#Ren#, #Renne#, v. to run, XIV b 6; to flow, IX 179, XII a 84; ?
#Reynand#, pres. p. XVII 111; see Ryn. [ON. renna.]
#Renys#. See Rayn, v.
#Renk#, n. knight, man, V 138 (see note), 178, 269. [OE. rinc.]
#Renne-aboute#, Gad-about, Vagabond, VIII a 142. [From Ren.]
#Renoun#, #Renowne#, n. renown, glorious name, in of renoun,
renouns (pl. in Fr. constr., with ref. to several persons), I 248,
II 202, XIV b 81. [OFr. renoun.]
#Rent#, pp. torn, VII 147. [OE. rendan.]
#Rental#, n. rent-book, VIII a 84 (see note). [OFr. rental.]
#Rentes#, n. revenues from property, VIII b 77, XI b 96. [OFr.
rente.]
#Reparde#, pp. shut off, barred, VI 251. [OFr. re- + ME. parren.]
#Repe#, v. to reap, VIII b 15. [OE. rī̆pan; on stem-vowel see
N.E.D. s.v. Reap.]
#Repent(e)#, v. to repent, XVII 81, 91, 117. [OFr. repentir.]
#Repentance#, n. repentance, XVII 56. [OFr. repentance.]
#Repereyue#, n. head-reaper, harvest-overseer, VIII b 15. [OE.
rip, harvest (or stem of prec.) + rēfa.] See Reue, n.
#Repleye#, v. XVI 380 (see note). [Cf. OFr. repley(i)er, &c. or
replevir; see N.E.D. s.vv. Repledge, Replevy, &c.]
#Reprené#, v. to reprehend, find fault with, VI 184. [OFr.
reprendre, preign-.]
#Repreue#, #Reprouen# (of), v. to reprove (for), V 201, XI b 187.
[OFr. repro(u)ver, repreuv-.]
#Reprufe#, n. disgrace, XVII 84. [OFr. repro(u)ve.]
#Rerd#, #Rurde# (V), n. loud voice V 269, XVII 230; noise, V 151
(see Rusche), XVII 101. [OE. réord.]
#Rert#, pp. ? (aroused), ready, VI 231. [OE. rǣran.]
#Res(s)ayue#, #Resceyued#. See Receyue.
#Rescowe#, #Rescoghe#, n. rescue, V 240; matȝ rescoghe, ? comes
to the rescue (cf. make reschewes, Morte Arthure 433), VI 250 (see
note). [Stem of ME. rescouen, v., OFr. rescourre.]
#Resette#, n. (place of) refuge, shelter, V 96. [OFr. recet.]
#Residue#, n. residue, VIII a 94. [OFr. residu.]
#Reson#, #Resoun(e)#, #Reasoune#, n. reason, (good) sense, VIII a
311, XI a 30, 48, b 6, XII b 225, XVII 501, &c.; (personified)
VIII b 5, &c.; what is reasonable, XVI 263; reasoning, XVI 255;
argument, saying, XVI 337; by reson, as a logical consequence, XVII
81; motive, in by þat resoune, with that intent, XVI 248. [OFr.
raison, re(i)son.]
#Resonabele#, adj. reasonable, VI 163. [OFr. resonable.] See
Vnresounable.
#Restay#, v. to stop; intr. to pause, VI 77. [OFr. resteir; see
N.E.D., s.v. Stay, v.]
#Restor(e)#, v. to restore, V 215, XVI 13, XVII 29; _trwe mon trwe
restore_, let an honest man honestly restore (another's property), V
286. [OFr. restorer.]
#Ret#. See Red(e), v.
#Reue#, n. reeve, manager of an estate, VI 182, XI b 288. [OE.
(ge-)rēfa.]
#Reue#, v. to rob, steal, IV b 20; constr. with dat. pron. of
person deprived, IV a 83, XV c 31. [OE. rēafian.]
#Reuey<se>d#. See Rauysche.
#Reuel#, v. revel, V 333. [OFr. reveler.]
#Reuerence#, n. reverence; at þe r., out of respect, V 138; _do a
r._, make an obeisance, XII b 128. [OFr. reverence.]
#Reuerse#, v. to reverse, countermand, XI a 15. [OFr. reverser.]
#Reuest#, pa. t. (refl.) vested, robed (himself), I 70. [OFr.
revestir.]
#Reulis#, n. pl. rules, XI b 203. [OFr. reule.] See Rewle.
#Reume#. See Reame.
#Reuþe#, #Rawþe#, n. (mental) pain, grief; hedde r. þerof, was
grieved at that, III 20; r. to here, grievous to hear, V 136 (cf.
Noy, Pine). [Extended with suffix -þ from OE. hrēow; cf. ON.
hrygð.] See Rewe(ful).
#Reward(e)#, n. regard, consideration, in takeþ r. of (to), give a
thought (to), XIV c 105-7; reward, VI 244, XII b 42. [ONFr.
reward.]
#Rewardeþ#, 3 sg. pres. gives reward, VIII b 32. [ONFr. rewarder.]
#Rew(e)#, v. to rue, regret, II 570, XVII 202; it shal him rewe, he
shall rue it, XV a 23. [OE. hrēowan, pers. and impers.]
#Reweful#, #Ruful# (V), adj. rueful; piteous, II 114; grievous, V 8.
[OE. hrēow + full.]
#Rewle#, v. to guide, XVII 429. [OFr. reuler.] See Reulis.
#Rybaudry#, n. ribaldry, coarse jesting, II 9. [OFr. ribauderie.]
See Rebalde.
#Ribbes#, n. pl. ribs, IX 257. [OE. ribb.]
#Riche#, #Ryche#, adj. of high rank, noble, II 326, 446, VIII b 26,
XV g 18, &c.; wealthy, III 52, &c.; splendid, costly, rich, II 81,
161, 356, &c.; high (feast), V 333; quasi-sb. noble (steed), V 109;
adv. (or predic. adj.) richly, II 362. [OE. rīce; OFr.
riche.]
#Ryche#, n. kingdom, VI 241. [OE. rīce.] See Heuenryche.
#Ryched#, pp. directed, intended, V 138. [OE. reccan, but form prob.
due to confusion with ME. richen, ruchen (OE. *ryccan), draw.]
#Richt#, #Rycht#. See Right.
#Rydde#, v. to separate (combatants), V 178. [Blend of OE. hreddan,
rescue, and ON. ryðja, rid.]
#Ride#, #Ryde#, v. to ride, II 340 (subj.), 347, V 39, 76 (note),
&c., #Raid#, pa. t. sg. X 149; #Rod(e)#; I 62, V 21, XV a 4; _him
rod_, sailed, XIV c 61; #Riden#, pl. II 308; #Ryden#, pp. gone on
military service (as knights), VIII b 78. [OE. rīdan.]
#Rifild#, pp. despoiled, XIV a 16, 17. [OFr. rifler.]
#Rife#, adj. plentiful, VII 122. [Late OE. rȳfe, *rīfe.]
#Ryfis#. See Ryue.
#Rigge#, n. back, II 500; #Rugge#, XV g 4. [OE. hrycg.]
#Right#, #Ryght#, #Rihte# (XII), adj. right, proper, true, XII a
124, XVI 255, XVII 471, &c.; right (hand), IX 70. [OE. riht.]
#Right#, #Ryght#, #Riȝt(e)#, #Ryȝt#, #Riht# (XII, XIV c);
#Richt#, #Rycht# (X); adv. straight, right, II 100, 186, V 94, &c.;
ful riȝt, straight (away), II 85, 191; ryght vprise (cf.
Vpperight), rise up, XVI 31; correctly, XVII 139; exactly, just, right,
I 94, II 166, V 236, IX 64, X introd., 102, XII a 146, XVII 513,
&c.; richt evin, just, X 93; (with neg.) at all, VI 160, VIII a 145,
b 86, XVII 524, &c.; very, IX 150, X 138, XIV c 10, &c. [OE.
rihte.]
#Right#, #Ryght#, #Ryȝt#, n. right, XIV b 37; justice, V 278, VI
136, 231; just cause, VIII b 78; by þe way of ryȝt to aske dome,
if they demand an award acc. to strict justice, VI 220; #Ryȝtes#,
#Riȝttis#, pl. duties, XI b 203; obligations, V 274. [OE.
riht.]
#Right#, pa. t. corrected, VII 69. [OE. rihtan.]
#Rightfull#, adj. just, IX 82; #Riȝtfulleste#, superl. XI b
193. [OE. (late) riht-ful.]
#Ryghtfulnesse#, n. Justice, VIII b 32. [From prec.]
#Ryghtwyse#, adj. righteous, IV b 7; #Reghtwysely#, adv.
righteously, IV b 55; #Reghtewysnes#, n. righteousness, IV b 80.
[OE. rihtwīs (rehtwīs), -līce, -nes.]
#Riȝtes#; al to riȝtes, quite correctly, fittingly, II 136; _to
his riȝtes_, as he should be, fittingly, II 292. [Extension of _to
riȝt_, according to what is right (see Right, n.), with adv.
-es.]
#Ryme#, n. riming poem, I introd.; #Rymys#, pl. (trivial) popular
poems, I 14; #Ryme couwee#, see Couwee. [OFr. rime.]
#Ryn#, v. to run, flow, pass swiftly, X 17, XVII 101, 277, 305, 357;
#Ran(ne)#, pa. t. I 155, IV a 9 (note), X 107; #Runne#, pp. in _be
runne_, may have mounted up, VI 163. [OE. rinnan.] See Eorne,
Ren(ne).
#Rinde#, n. bark, II 260. [OE. rínd.]
#Ryne#, v. to touch, V 222 (see note). [OE. hrīnan.]
#Rynge#, v. to ring, resound, XV b 12; #Ronge#, pa. t. V 136;
#Ry<n>kande#, pres. p. V 269 (confus. of ng, nk, freq. in this poem).
[OE. hríngan, wk.]
#Ryot#, n. strife, violence, IX 83. [OFr. riot(e).]
#Rype#, #Ripe#, adj. ripe, VIII a 289, IX 140. [OE. rīpe.]
#Ris#, n. leafy spray, II 305. [OE. hrīs.]
#Rise#, #Ryse#, v. to rise, IV a 62, V 17, XVI 394, &c.; #Ros#, _pa.
t. sg._ VI 77, 146, 159; #Ryse#, pl. I 208; #Rysen#, pp. XVII 442;
#Rysing#, n. resurrection, XVI 317. [OE. ā-rīsan.]
#Ryste#, n. repose, rest, IV b 10; #Rest(e)#, II 74, IV a 3, &c.
[OE. rest; on y-form see N.E.D. s.v. Rest.]
#Ryste#, #Rest(e)#, v. to rest; intr. IV b 42, V 263; refl. IV
b 38, IX 20. [OE. restan; see prec.]
#Ryue#, v. to tear (asunder), cleave, V 222 (note); #Ryfis#, _3 sg.
pres. intr._ is torn, XVII 399; #Roue#, pa. t. V 278; #Ryue#, pp. I
121. [ON. rīfa.]
#Riueling#, n. a rough shoe (as nickname for a Scot), XIV a 19. [OE.
rifeling.]
#Riuer(e)#, #Ryuer(e)#, n. river, II 160, 308, IX 12, XII a 85, XIII
a 16, &c. [OFr. rivere.]
#Ro#, n. peace, XVII 237. [OE. rōw, ON. rō.]
#Robbe#, v. to rob; #Yrobbed#, pp. III 18; #Robbing#, n. XIV b
6. [OFr. rob(b)er.]
#Robbere#, n. robber, XIV a 6. [From prec.; OFr. robbour.]
#Robe#, n. robe, II 81. [OFr. robe.]
#Roc#, #Rokke#, n. rock, V 76, 130, XV g 12. [Cf. OE. gloss
stānrocc, scopulus; OFr. ro(c)que.]
#Roche#, n. rock, II 347, V 131, IX 33, 62, &c.; #Rooch(e)#, XIII a
21, 22. [OFr. roche.]
#Roché#, adj. rocky, V 226. [From prec.]
#Rod(e)#. See Ride.
#Rode#, n.^1 rood, cross, VIII a 94, XIV c 73. [OE. rōd.]
#Rode#, n.^2 rosy hue, fair face, II 107, XV b 13. [OE. rudu.]
#Rof#, adj. rough; grievous (with sore), or ? n. gash, V 278
(note). [(i) As next with alteration of final spirant (cf. Þof),
though this is not the usual form of 'rough' in this text. (ii) Related
to Ryue, v.]
#Roȝ(e)#, adj. rough, rugged, V 94, 109, 130; #Rouh#, XIV c 37;
#Rowe#, II 265, 459 (see Blac); #Ruȝe#, V 98. [OE. rūh,
rūg-, rūw-.]
#Roialme#. See Reame.
#Royis#, 2 sg. pres. talkest folly, XVI 99. [Unknown.]
#Rok#, n. distaff, XVII 338. [Cf. ON. rokk-r, MDu., MLG.
rocke(n).]
#Rokke#. See Roc.
#Romayn#, n. a Roman, VII 69. [OFr. romain.]
#Romance#, n. (French) romance, story, XIV b heading. [OFr.
romanz.]
#Rome#, v. to wander, make one's way, V 130, VIII b 11. [ME. forms
point to OE. *rāmian.]
#Rooch(es)#. See Roche.
#Rooris#, 2 sg. pres. roarest, XVI 99. [OE. rārian.]
#Rooþur#. See Roþur.
#Ropis#, #Rapes#, n. pl. ropes, VII 147, XIV b 68. [OE. rāp.]
#Ros#. See Rise.
#Rose#, n. rose, XV b 13, e 19. [OE. rose from L. rosa.]
#Rote#, n.^1 root, V 226, VI 60 (origin), VIII a 97, XIV c 82;
#Rote#, pl. (or collect. sg.), II 256, 260. [ON. rōt.]
#Rote#, n.^2 way, in bi rote, on the way, V 139. [OFr. rote.]
#Roted#, pa. t. rotted, I 236. [OE. rotian.]
#Roþur#, #Rooþur#, n. rudder, XIV c 25, 29, 36, 57. [OE.
rōþor.]
#Roue#; #Rouh#. See Ryue; Roȝ(e).
#Roun(e)#, n. speech, voice, XV b 2, 29 (see note), c 36; [OE.
rūn.]
#Round#, adj. round; adv. in al aboute round (as prep.) round,
XII a 79; #Roundnesse#, n. roundness, IX 67. [OFr. roönd,
round.]
#Rout(e)#, n.^1 host, company, (great) number, II 283, X 176, XII b
118, XIV a 16; on a route, in a mass, tumultuously, XVII 305. [OFr.
route.]
#Rout#, n.^2 roar, loud noise, X 92. [Stem of OE. hrūtan, or ON.
rauta; see Rowtyn.]
#Rouwed#, pa. t. rowed, XIV c 61. [OE. rōwan, str.]
#Rowe#, #Rawe#, n. row, VI 185; be rowe (rawe), on rawe, in
(due) order, in turn, XV h 15, XVI 317, 401. [OE. rāw.]
#Rowe#. See Roȝ(e).
#Rowtyn#, pres. pl. they crash, beat, XV h 15. [OE. hrūtan; but
see N.E.D. for various sources and senses of Rout, n. and v.]
#Rude-evyn#, n. eve of the feast of the (Exaltation of the) Cross, X
42. [OE. rōd + ǣfen.] See Rode, n.^1
#Ruful#. See Reweful.
#Rugge#; #Ruȝe#. See Rigge; Roȝ(e).
#Rugh-fute#, n. rough-footed, XIV a 19. [OE. rūh + fōt.]
See Roȝ(e), Fote.
#Ruysand#, pres. p. glorifying, in r. hyme of, glorying in, taking
credit to himself for, IV b 80. [ON. hrósa sér.]
#Runne#; #Rurde#. See Ryn; Rerd.
#Rusche#, v. to rush; make a loud rushing noise, V 136; _rusched on
þat rurde_, ? went on with that rushing noise, V 151. [Echoic, but app.
based on OFr. r(e)usser, AFr. russ(h)er.]
#Sa#, #Saat#. See So; Sitte(n).
#Sacramente#, n. sacrament, XVI 316. [L. sacrāmentum.]
#Sacrifise#, #-ice#, n. sacrifice, XI b 202, XII a 15, 40. [OFr.
sacrifice.]
#Sacrylage#, n. sacrilege, I 4, 19. [OFr. sacrilege, infl. by suffix
-age.]
#Sad(de)#, adj. steadfast, IX 92; heavy, grievous, XVI 44; _sette hym
sadde_, give him sorrow, XVI 204; #Sadly#, adv. sufficiently, long
enough, V 341. [OE. sæd, sated, wearied; ME. shows also senses 'heavy,
firm', &c.]
#Sadel#, n. saddle, V 42. [OE. sadol.]
#Saf(e)#, see Saue; #Sagh#, see Se(n); #Say#, #Sai-#, see Se(n),
Sei(e).
#Saye#, v. to make trial of, explore, XIV c 34. [Shortened from
Assaie.]
#Sayf#. See Saue, prep.
#Sayl(l)#, #Sail#, n. sail, VII 125, XIV c 50, XVII 153, 271, &c.
[OE. segl.] See Seile.
#Sayn#, #Saytz#, see Sei(e); #Saynte#, see Seynte.
#Sake#, n. in for ... sake (with interven. gen. or poss. adj.),
(i) for (one's) sake, VIII a 96, XII introd.; (ii) on (one's)
account, XV c 23; (with loss of prec. inflexion) I 177, XVII 88
(note). [OE. sacu; cf. ON. fyrir sakir because of.]
#Sakke#, n. sack, VIII a 9. [OE. sacc.]
#Sakles#, adj. innocent (i.e. against whom you had no just
quarrel), XIV a 3. [OE. sac-lēas, from ON. sak-lauss.]
#Sale#, n. in to the sale, for sale, XII b 148. [OE. *salu,
(once) sala.]
#Sal(l)#, #Saltou#. See Schal.
#Salt(e)#, adj. salt, VIII a 279, IX 13, XII a 166, &c.; n. XIII
a 30. [OE. salt, adj. and n.]
#Salvacioun#, n. salvation, IX 333. [OFr. salvacioun.]
#Sam(e)#, #Samen#, #Somyn# (VII), adv. together, VII 66, XVI 170, 239,
XVII 316; brether sam, brothers both, XVII 320; al samen, _all sam
(togeder)_, (all) together, XVII 292, 530; with one accord, VI 158;
see Alsaume. [OE. æt samne, somne; (late) somen; cf. ON. _allir
saman_.]
#Same#, adj. same I 188, &c.; pron. in þe (þis) same, the very one
(or thing), XII b 78, XVI 56, 71, &c. [ON. sam-r.]
#Samon#, n. salmon, XIII a 64. [OFr. saumon.]
#Sample#, n. illustration, parable, VI 139. [Shortened from OFr.
essample.] See Ensample.
#Sand#, n. sand, shore; bi see and bi sand, everywhere, XVII 75.
[OE. sánd.]
#Sang#, #Santis#. See Song(e), Seynte.
#Sap#, n. sap, XIV c 90. [OE. sæp.]
#Saphire#, n. sapphire, IX 115, 116 (see Loupe), 122. [OFr.
safir.]
#Sapience#, n. Wisdom; personif. of the 'sapiential' books (Proverbs,
Ecclesiastes, Canticles, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus), VIII a 231 (the ref.
is to Prov. xx. 4). [L. sapientia.]
#Sare#. See Sore.
#Sarri#, adj. ? vigorous, XIV c 90. [OFr. serré; see note.]
#Sarteyne#; #Sat#. See Certeyne; Sitte(n).
#Sauce#, n. sauce, VIII a 259. [OFr. sauce.]
#Saue#, #Saf#, adj. safe; a saue, have safe, save, I 127 (see
Habben); vochen saf, VIII b 51, see Vouche-saf. [OFr. sauf,
sauve (fem.).]
#Saue#, #Saf#, #Sayf# (XVII), prep. save, except, IX 174, 228, XVII
106; saue þat (conj.), V 161. [OFr. sauf.]
#Saue#, #Safe# (XVII), v. to preserve, keep safe, V 5 (subj.), 71,
XV i 19, XVII 309, 517, &c.; rescue, bring to salvation, XI a 38,
b 305, XVI 108, &c. #Sauynge#, n. preservation, XI b 304. [OFr.
sa(u)ver.]
#Saufly#, adv. safely, XII b 174. [From Saue, adj.]
#Saugh#. See Se(n).
#Saul(e)#, #Saull#, #Sawl(e)#, #Soule#, n. soul, IV a 24, 32, 61,
VIII a 81, XVI 272, XVII 390, &c.; distrib. sg. (see Herte), XI
b 250; #Soule#, gen. sg. I 212. [OE. sāwol.]
#Sauour# (to), n. savour, IX 153; relish (for), XI b 254. [OFr.
savour.]
#Sauoure#, v. to give a savour to, VIII a 259. [OFr. savourer.]
#Sauter#, #Sawter#, n. the Psalter, Book of Psalms, VI 233, VIII a
246, b 49, XVI 187. [OFr. saut(i)er.]
#Sawe#, n. saying; aftir þi sawe, according to thy word, XVI 397;
proverb, XVI 281. [OE. sagu.]
#Saw(e)#. See Se(n).
#Sawte#, n. assault, VII 57, 85. [Shortened from OFr. as(s)aut.]
#Saxon#, adj. Saxon, XIII b 49; #Saxonlych#, adv. in the Saxon
fashion, XIII b 8. [OFr. saxon.]
#Scaffatis#, n. pl. scaffoldings, temporary wooden structures for
assailing walls, X 9. [Cf. OFr. escadafaut, eschaffaut.]
#Scarslych#, adv. scantily, scarcely, XIII b 50. [From ONFr.
escars.]
#Scaþe#, #Skathe#, n. damage, injury, V 285, XV i 13. [ON. skaði.]
#Scere#, adj. bright, pure, in Scere Þorsday, Sheer, Holy, or
Maundy, Thursday, XV g 1. [OE. *scǣre, rel. to scīr; cf. ON.
skǽr-r, skír-r, and ON. Skíri-Þórsdagr, OSwed.
Skær(a)-Þorsdagher.] See Schyre, Skyre.
#Schadewe# (aȝen), v. to screen (from), IX 19. [OE. sceadwian.]
#Schaft#, n. handle, V 264. [OE. sceaft.]
#Schaȝe#, n. shaw, small wood, V 93 (see Side). [OE. scaga.]
#Schakeled#, pp. shackled; protected with greaves, XV h 12. [OE.
sceacul, fetter.]
#Schal#, #Schall(e)#, #Shal(l)#, #Sal(l)#, v. auxil. 1 and _3 sg.
pres._ am (is) to, must, shall, will, I 22, II 172, 207, IV a 7, 79,
IX 69, XIV a 34, XV a 10, XVI 15, XVII 164, &c.; 2 sg. #Sal(l)#,
IV a 17, 40; #Schal(l)#, #Shal(l)#, V 79, XVI 299, XVII 121, 381, &c.;
#Schalt(e)#, #Shalt#, I 206, II 130, VI 204, &c.; (with suffixed pron.)
#Saltou#, XIV a 23; #Shaltow#, VIII a 223; pl. #Sal(l)#, IV a
62, XIV b 18, &c.; #Schal#, #Schall(e)#, V 332, XVI 49, 192, &c.;
#Schyn#, V 333; #Scholle#, XIII b 39; #Schull#, #Schulle(n)#,
#Shul(en)#, I 38, VIII a 140, IX 63, 210, XI a 9, b 82, &c. _Pa.
t._ (ind. and subj.), was going to, ought to, was (were) to, should,
would; #Schold(e)#, #Shold(e)#, II 467, VIII a 36, b 67, 80, IX 89,
XII a 111, &c.; #Schuld(e)#, #Shuld(e)#, I 50, 69, 106, II 44, 190, V
16, XI a 21, &c.; #Ssolde#, III 7; #Suld(e)#, IV a 91, b 19, X 12,
&c.; 2 sg. #Schulde#, XVI 241; #Schust#, II 420, 570, &c. Note ellipse
of a foll. verb, as 'have', XVII 227; freq. 'go', 'come', II 130, IV a
91, V 16, 332. Which slepe schal, that may (at any time) sleep, XII
a 117; when it schuld be, whenever it was, II 370. [OE. sceal;
sculon, scylon; scólde, &c.]
#Schalk#, #Shalke#, n. man, V 200, 304, VII 72, 89. [OE. scealc,
servant, (in verse) man.]
#Scham(e)#, #Schome# (V), #Shame#, n. shame, XIV c 13; disgrace, XII
b 224; disgraceful thing, V 304; ignominy, disaster, harm, XIV a 12,
b 84, XV i 18, XVII 301; pl. shameful things, I 2. [OE. scamu,
scomu.]
#Schamfully#, adv. ignominiously, IV a 66. [OE. scamful-līce.]
#Schank(e)#, n. leg (below the knee), XV h 12. [OE. scanca.]
#Schapellis#. See Chapel(le).
#Schap(e)#, #Schappe#, #Shappe#, v.; #Schop#, #Shope#, pa. t. V 260,
VII 72; #Schaped#, pp. V 272; #Schape(n)#, XII a 130, 169, &c.;
#Yschape#, XIII a 45. Trans. to fashion, make, V *261, 272, VII 72,
VIII b 18, IX 107; to turn (into), XII a 169, XIII a 45; to
contrive, bring (it) about, V 70, XII a 130; ordain, appoint, V 260;
schappe ȝou to, appoint for yourselves, XIV d 7; refl. in
shappis hym, designs, intends, XVI 155; intr. to prepare, be about
(to), X 14. [OE. sceppan, scōp, ge-scapen.] See Forschape.
#Schapp#, n. shape, IX 248. [OE. ge-sceap.]
#Scharp(e)#, #Sharp(e)#, adj. keen, sharp, harsh, bitter, severe, II
38, 539, V 199, XI b 142, XIII b 59, XIV c 21, 33, XVII 350, 356,
&c.; as sb., the sharp blade, V 245, 264. [OE. scearp.]
#Schaterande#, pres. p. intr. dashing, splashing, V 15. [OE.
*scaterian; cf. MDu. scheteren.]
#Schaued#, pa. t. shaved, II 585. [OE. scafan, str.]
#Schawys#. See Schewe(n).
#Sche#, pron. fem. sg. she, II 75, 77, 323, &c.; #She#, I 48, &c.;
#Scho#, IV b 1, 2, 4, 6, &c.; ref. to inanimate thing (gyne), X 80.
For obl. cases, &c., see Hi, fem. [See N.E.D. s.v. She.]
#Schede#, v. to spill; intr. fall, VI 51 (cf. Pearl 10);
#Shedyng#, n. spilling, VIII a 9. [OE. scādan, scēadan.]
#Scheep#, #Shep#, n. pl. sheep, VIII b 18, IX 238. [OE.
scē(a)p.] See Schep.
#Schelde#, n. shield, V 250. [OE. scéld.]
#Scheltrom#, n. rank of armed men, II 187. [OE. sceld-truma.]
#Schene#, #Shene# (VII), #Schine# (II), adj. fair, goodly, VII 89,
120, 151, 157; bright, II 358, V 246; as sb., bright blade, V 200.
[OE. scēne, scȳne, scīne.]
#Schende#, v. to ruin, destroy, V 198, VIII a 166, XVI 155;
#Schente#, pp. brought to nothing, I introd. [OE. scéndan.]
#Schep#, n. Shepherd, Pastor, XIV d 1. [OE. *scēpa.] See
Scheep.
#Schere#, v. to cut, score, IX 122. [OE. sceran.]
#Schert#, #Sserte#, n. shirt, II 230, III 40. [OE. scyrte (Kt.
*scerte); see Appendix p. 280.]
#Schewe(n)#, #Shewe#, v. to show, reveal, declare, (make) manifest, II
159, IV b 10, V 188, IX 285, XI a 3, b 19, XII a 49, XVI 22,
XVII 82; #Schawys#, 3 sg. X introd.; #Sseweþ#, pl. III 59;
#Shewyng#, n. in of feyre sh., that puts the case plainly (or of
fair seeming, very presentable), I 260. [OE. ge-scēawian.]
#Schylde#, #Sheld#, v. to defend, protect, IV a 76, XVII 301;
forfend, in God schylde, God forbid, IV a 91. [OE. scíldan,
scéldan.]
#Schille#, adv. shrilly, loudly, II 104, 526. [OE. *sciell, scyl,
adj.]
#Schille#, v. to shrill, resound, II 272. [OE. sciellan.]
#Schyn#; #Schine#. See Schal; Schene.
#Schyne#, #Shyne#, v. to shine, XVI 94, XVII 9, 453; to be
conspicuous, IV b 70; #Schon#, pa. t. sg. II 152; #Schine#, _pa. t.
pl._ II 415. [OE. scīnan.]
#Schipman# (#-mannes#, gen. sg.; #-men#, pl.), n. sailor, IX 124,
X 119. [OE. scip-mann.]
#Schip(pe)#, #Ship(pe)#, n. ship, VII 89, 120, X 120, XIV c 17, &c.;
#Schipe#, dat. sg. XII a 23. [OE. scip.]
#Schir#. See Sir(e).
#Schyre#, #Shire# (VII), adj. bright, clear, fair, lovely, V 15, 245,
VII 151, 157; quasi-sb. fair (flesh), V 188. [OE. scīr.] See
Scere, Skyre.
#Scho#; #S(c)hold-#, #Scholle#; #Schome#; #Schon#; #Schop# (#Shope#).
See Sche; Schal; Scham(e); Schyne; Schap(e).
#Schore#, n. (shore), bank, V 15, 93; vpon schore on the ground (by
the river), V 264. [Cf. MDu., MLG. schore.]
#Schort(e)#, #Short#, adj. short, brief, IV b 45, VII 72, XI b
136. [OE. scort.]
#Schote#, v. trans. to shoot, IX 258; intr. shot, sprang, in
#Schot#, pa. t. sg. V 246, 250; #Shotton#, pl. VII 120. [OE.
scēotan.]
#Schoueles#, n. pl. shovels, VIII a 183. [OE. scofl.]
#Schour#, #Show(e)r#, n. shower, VII 108, XVII 350; squall, XIV c
21. [OE. scūr.]
#Schowue#, v. intr. to thrust, make one's way, V 15, 93. [OE.
scūfan.]
#Schranke#, pa. t. sg. shrank; flinched, winced, V 199, 304; _schrank
to_, penetrated into, V 245. [OE. scrincan.]
#Schrifte#, n. in do thi schrifte, made your confession, XII
introd. [OE. scrift.]
#Schuldereȝ#, #-es#, n. pl. shoulders, V 199, 246, 250. [OE.
sculdor.]
#S(c)hul-#. See Schal.
#Schunt#, n. a sudden jerk and swerve, V 200. See next.
#Schunt#, v. to flinch; pa. t. V 212. [Prob. rel. to OE. scunian.]
#Schust#. See Schal.
#Science#, n. knowledge, learning, IX 77. [OFr. science.]
#Sclauain#, #Sclauin#, n. a pilgrim's mantle, II 228, 343. [OFr.
esclavine.]
#Sclaundre(n)#, v. to scandalize, XI b 242. [OFr. esclandrer.]
#Scole#, n. school, VIII b 37, XIII b 17. [OE. scōl.]
#Score#, n. score, twenty, XIII a 20, 21, &c. [ON. skor, notch,
twenty.]
#Scornes#, n. pl. taunts, XIV c 102. [OFr. (e)scarn; see N.E.D.]
#Scottes#, #Skottes#, n. pl. Scots, XIII b 3, XIV a 1, &c.;
#Skot#, sg. XIV a 33. [OE. Scottas.]
#Scoumfited#, pp. defeated, XIV c 60. [ME. (di)scomfite(n), formed
on OFr. desconfit, pp.]
#Scowtes#, n. pl. jutting rocks, V 99. [ON. skúti.]
#Scrippe#, n. pilgrim's wallet (for food), VIII a 63. [OFr.
escreppe; ON. skreppa.]
#Se#. See See.
#Se(n)#, #See(n)#, #Seo# (XV b), v. to see, perceive, I 149, II 11,
462, VIII b 93, IX 225, XV b 17, &c.; #Seþ#, 3 sg. II 251, 321.
#Sagh#, pa. t. sg. I 175; #Say#, I 174; #Saugh#, IX 169; #Saw#, X 161,
&c.; #Seȝ(e)#, V 96, 102, &c.; #Seigh#, VIII a 231; #Seiȝe#, II
147, &c.; #Seih#, XV a 6; #Siȝe# (riming heiȝe), II 355;
#Sih#, #Syh#, XII a 139, 146, &c.; #Saugh#, pl. IX 226; #Saw(e)#, I
221, X 13; #See#, VII 57; #Segh#, VII 22; #Seiȝe#, II 592.
#Iseȝe#, #-seye#, #-seiȝe#, pp. XIV c 8, 16, 88, &c.; #Yseye#,
XIII a 16, 18; #Seȝe#, #Seyȝe#, XIV c 24, 32, &c.; #Seun#, in
wolden be seun, would like to appear, XI a 51; #Seen(e)#, #Sene#,
(properly adj.; see Ysene), seen, visible, plain, IV a 33, VII
182, IX 102, XII a 196, XIV a 3, b 79, XVI 67, &c. [OE. sēon;
se(a)h, sæh; sāwon, sēgon; (ge)-sewen, segen;
ge-sēne, adj. (late pp.).]
#Seasonable#, adj. opportune, favourable, VII 128. [OFr.
seisonable.] See Sesoun.
#Seche#, v. to seek, V 101, IX 108, &c.; to visit, II 432; to try, XII
b 177; intr. to go (to), see the pp.; for to seche, absent,
lacking, XII a 37; #Sekeþ#, imper. pl. XIV d 15; #Soght#, pa. t.
IV a 39; #Soȝt#, #Soght#, pp. VII 54, XIV b 50, XVII 157; _so
watȝ ... her answar soȝt_, such was the answer they found (to
give), VI 158; were soght to, had got to, VII 168. [OE. sēcan,
sō̆hte.]
#Secound#, #Secunde#, adj. second, XI a 54, XIII a 9, b 32.
[OFr. secund.]
#Secte#, n. sect, IX 289. [OFr. secte.]
#Securly#. See Sikerlich.
#Sed#, n. seed, XII a 81. [OE. sǣd, sēd.]
#Sedgeyng#, n. telling, narrating (as a 'Segger', q.v.),
Introduction xxxiii.
#See#, n. sea, IX 9, XII a 25, XIV c 34, &c.; #Se#, VII 125, X 11,
XIII a 28, &c.; #Sea#, VII 143, &c.; beȝo(u)nde þe see, in
foreign lands, I 252, IX 76, 128, 271; bi see and bi sand, _on se and
bi side_, on sea and land, everywhere, XVII 75, 542. [OE. sǣ.]
#Seede#, XVI 48. A pa. t. is perh. concealed by corruption: ?
seeded, was born (from Sed; cf. my moder of whom I dede sede, Cov.
Myst. 393); ? deede, died (from Deye, q.v.).
#Seek#; #See(n)#; #Seere#. See Sike; Se(n); Ser(e).
#Sege#, n. siege, X 1, XIV b heading. [OFr. s(i)ege.]
#Segge#, n. man, V 339. [OE. secg.]
#Seggers#, n. pl. (professional) story-tellers, I introd. [From ME.
segge(n) to tell (see Seie); cf. OE. secgend, and Disour.]
#Segh#, #Seȝ(e)#. See Se(n).
#Sei(e)#, #Seye(n)#, #Sein#, #Seyn(e)#, &c. v. to say, tell, mention,
I 254, VIII a 123, 279, IX 76, 134, XI a 34, b 8, XII a 27, XIV
c 9, &c.; herd seye, heard men relate, IX 221; #Say(n)#, #Sai(e)#,
IV a 74, VII 182, XIV b heading, XVI 169, XVII 382, &c.; #Zigge#, in
yhyerde zigge of, heard it said by, III 49. #Seist#, 2 sg. pres.
VIII a 226; #Sais#, #Says#, VI 49, XVI 60, &c.; #Seyt#, 3 sg. II
556; #Seiþ#, &c., I 97, VIII a 246, &c.; #Saytȝ#, VI 97, 141;
#Zayþ#, III 48; #Sais#, pl. XVI 108; #Seith#, imper. pl. XIV d 13.
#Seyd(e)#, #Sayd(e)#, &c., pa. t. I 78, II 188, &c.; #Zayde#, #Zede#,
III 12, 28; #Seyd#, #Saide#, pp. I 108, IX 297 (aforesaid), &c.; _þat
is sone saide_, that is easily said, easier said than done, XVI 205.
[OE. secgan (segþ); sægde, sǣde.] See Aboueseyd, Forseyde.
#Seigh#, #Seiȝe#, #Seih#, &c. See Se(n).
#Seiynge#, n. saying, assertion, XI b 12, 222. [From Sei(e).]
#Seile#, #Saile#, #Sayle#, v. to sail, VII 128, XII a 31, XIV c
33. [OE. segl(i)an.] See Sayll.
#Seyll#; #Seymland#. See Sele; Sembland.
#Seynt(e)#, #Saint#, #Saynt(e)#, adj. holy, I 246, XV d 5; Saint, I
34, III introd., 3, VIII a 3, XIV d 1, &c.; n. saint, XI b 87,
95, &c.; #Sant#, XVII 555; #Sauynt#, III introd.; #Sent#, XV i 7,
11. [OFr. saint.]
#Seyntewarie#, n. sanctuary, VIII b 83. [OFr. saintuaire.]
#Seyr#, see Ser(e); #Seist#, #Seyt#, #Seiþ#, &c., see Sei(e);
#Seke#, see Sike; #Sekeþ#, see Seche.
#Selde(n)#, adv. seldom, VI 20, XIV c 8, 40, &c. [OE. seldan.]
#Sele#, #Seyll# (XVII), n. happiness, prosperity, V 341, 354 (see
note), XVII 301. [OE. sǣl.]
#Self(e)#, #Selue#, #Seluen#, #Zelue# (III), adj. same, very, II 341,
V 79; þe burne seluen, Troy selfe, the knight himself, Troy itself,
V 309, VII 63; quasi-sb. self, person, V 88, 233; þe ilke zelue þet,
the very one who, III 27 (see note); see the personal prons. [OE.
self(a).]
#Selle#, n. prison-cell, XVI 342. [OFr. celle.]
#Selle(n)#, #Sell#, v. to sell, IV a 46, VIII a 264, IX 113, &c.;
#Sulle#, XV g 19, 20, 22; #Solde#, pa. t. XVI 147; #Sold#, #Isold#,
pp. in boght and sold, iboust ant isold, XII b 153, XV g 26;
to selle, for sale, VIII a 301. [OE. sellan (late WS. syllan).]
#Selly#, adj. strange, curious, V 102. [OE. sel(d)-lic.]
#Seluer#. See Siluer.
#Sembland#, #Seymland#, n. looks, countenance, XIV b 79, XVII 211.
[OFr. semblant.]
#Seme(n)#, v. to beseem, suit, XV b 33; to seem fitting, XI a 6;
to seem, appear, IV b 50, VIII b 27, 94, XI b 288, &c. [ON. sóma
(sœ́mdi, pa. t. subj.); cf. next.]
#Semly#, adj. seemly, fair, II 411, XIV b 28, XV b 26;
#Semlokest#, superl. XV c 6. [ON. sœ́m-r + OE. -lic,
-lucost; cf. ON. sœ́mligr.]
#Sen#. See Siþen, Se(n).
#Sendal#, n. a kind of thin rich silk, VIII a 11. [OFr. cendal.]
#Sende#, v. to send, I 51, VIII a 132, &c.; #Sende#, pa. t. V 294;
#Sent# (after), sent (for), II 424; sent word, VIII a 321; #Zente#,
III 23, 37; #Send(e)#, #Sent#, pp. I 92, XVI 56, 398, XVII 254, &c.;
#Yzent#, III 14, 30. [OE. séndan.]
#Sent#. See Seynt(e).
#Sentence#, #-ense#, n. (considered) opinion, authoritative
pronouncement, XI b 264; passages from (authoritative) writings, XI
a 27; (subject) matter, XI a 30; meaning, sense (opp. to words), XI
b 134, 143, 174; in þis sentense, as follows, XI a 55. [OFr.
sentence.]
#Septentrion#, n. North, IX 31. [OFr. septentrion.]
#Serche#, v. to search; to inquire (of), VII 24; #Cerched#, pp.
explored, IX 310. [OFr. cerchier.] See Encerche.
#Ser(e)#, #Seere#, #Seyr# (XVII), adj. special, XVI 41, 387, 398;
various, different, manifold, IV b 42, 60, X 44, 152, XVI 122, 294;
into seyr countré, abroad, XVII 487; fele sere, many and various
(women), V 349. [ON. sér, dat. sg., for (by) itself; separately.]
#Serely#, adv. individually, differently, IV b 60. [ON. sér-liga,
apart.]
#Sergont#, #Ser<g>ant#, n. servitor, III 11; man-at-arms, XIV b 28.
[OFr. serjant.]
#Serymonyes#, n. pl. ceremonies, XI b 202. [OFr. cerimonie.]
#Serpent(e)#, n. serpent, IX 203, XII b 72, 126. [OFr. serpent.]
#Seruaunt(e)#, #-ant#, n. servant, V 71, XI b 170, XVI 65, XVII 65,
&c.; #Seruand#, XVII 110; #Seruauntz#, pl. VIII a 252. [OFr.
servant.]
#Serue(n)#, v.^1 to serve, be servant to, do one's duty to, VIII b
65, 70, XI b 178, XII a 189; deal with, treat, XVI 206; (without
obj.) to serve mass, VIII b 12. [OFr. servir.]
#Serue(n)#, v.^2 to deserve, VI 193 (or 'served', from prec.);
#Yserued#, pp. VIII a 81. [Shortened from Deseruen, q.v.]
#Seruyce#, #-ys(e)#, #Servise#, n. service, IV b 37, XI b 181, XII
b 122; church-service, I 81, XI b 174. [Late OE. serfise from OFr.
servise.]
#Sese#, v. to seize, V 339; sesed in, seised in, put in legal
possession of, VI 57. [OFr. seisir.]
#Sesoun#, n. season, time, V 17. [OFr. se(i)son.]
#Sesse#. See Cesse.
#Sete#, n. seat, throne, XIV c 86. [ON. sǽti.]
#Sete(n)#; #Seþ#; #Seþen#, #Seþþe(n)#, &c. See Sitte(n); Se(n); Siþen.
#Sett(e)#, #Set#, v. to set; #Yset#, pp. XIII a 12. To seat, VIII
a 48; set in sete, enthroned, XIV c 86; refl. to sit, I 200, II
69, XVII 340; to set, put, place, IV b 23, V 162, X 48, 62, XVI 140,
387, &c.; to set up, erect, I 91, 180; fix (time), XII a 35; to cause
to be, make, XVI 204, 205; to value, XII b 149; set(te) at, set,
value at (the rate of), VIII a 162, b 101, XVII 364. Sette aboute,
occupied with, XI b 115; sett a crie on, appealed to, II 511 (see
Crien, v.); set his entent (apon), determined (on), X 184; settes
(1 sg.) my ioy ... when, account it happiness when, IV a 30; _settis
no store bi_, has no regard for, XVII 92; set till, trained on, X 81;
set vp, to open, X 185. [OE. settan.]
#Settel#, n. throne, IV a 9. [OE. setl.]
#Seuen(e)#, adj. seven, IV b 53, XVII 13, &c.; See Psalme, Starne.
[OE. seofon.]
#Seuenyst# (#Seuenistes#, &c.), n. seven nights, a sennight, week, XV
e 3, 6. [OE. seofon niht (pl.); see Appendix, p. 278.]
#Seuered#, pa. t. intr. severed, was cut (or trans. with omitted
he), V 244. [OFr. sev(e)rer.]
#Seun#, #Sewingly#. See Se(n); Sue(n).
#Sex#, #Six#, adj. six, IX 106 (see Squared), XVI 39, XVII 57, &c.;
#Sexti#, sixty, II 90, 304. [OE. sex, sextig.]
#Sh-#. See Sch- (except as below).
#Shaltow#; #Shep#; #Sheld#. See Schal; Scheep; Schylde.
#Sheues#, n. pl. sheaves, VIII a 135, b 14. [OE. scēaf.]
#Shlepe#. See Slep(e), n.
#Shon(e)#, n. pl. shoes, VIII b 18, XVII 353 (see Cloute). [OE.
sc(e)ō, late gen. pl. sceōna.]
#Shotton#; #Showr#. See Schote; Schour.
#Shrewe#, n. a bad man, evil-doer, VII 183, VIII a 153. [OE.
scrēawa, shrew-mouse; see N.E.D.]
#Sybbe#, adj. related, akin, IV b 22. [OE. sibb.]
#Sic#; #Sich(e)#; #Sicht#. See Swilke; Swiche; Sight.
#Side#, #Syde# (#Siddis#, pl.), n. side, II 156, V 112, IX 69, XVII
542 (shore; see See), &c.; bi (at) ... side, (orig. with intervening
gen.) beside, II 66, V 76, 93; on the see syde, in the direction of
the sea, IX 177; in (on) no syde, in no direction, V 102, IX 164, 192;
in on syde, in one respect, XIII b 35; on alle siddis, in all
respects, XI b 238; quasi-adj. lying on either side, XIII b 55.
[OE. sīde.]
#Sygh(e)#, v. to sigh, IV a 69, 85; trans. to lament, regret, IV
a 59. [Alteration of OE. sīcan, ME. siken, aided by ME. pa. t.
sihte.]
#Sight#, #Siȝt#, #Syght(e)#, #Syȝt#, #Sicht# (X), n. sight,
view, II 334, IV b 50, X 192, XV i 16, XVII 555, &c.; at a syght,
at one view, XVII 469; be sight, by sight, XVI 229; to sight, to
look upon, XVI 90; with sight, by looking (reading), VII 24. [OE.
gesihþ, -siht.]
#Signe#, #Syngne# (V), n. sign, token, evidence, V 96, XI a 3, XVI
19, 41, &c. [OFr. signe.]
#Siȝe#. See Se(n).
#Sih#, #Syh#. See Se(n).
#Sike#, adj. sick, ailing, morbid, XI b 242; #Seek#, XV a 2;
#Seke#, XVII 61. [OE. sēoc, sēc.]
#Sykel#, n. sickle, VIII b 23. [OE. sicol.]
#Sikenesse#, #Syke-#, n. sickness, disease, VIII a 122, 254. [OE.
sē(o)c-nes.]
#Siker#, #Syker#, adj. safe, sure, secure, II 35, VIII b 40, XI a
238, XIV c 49, 55. [OE. sicor.]
#Sikerlich#, #Securly#, adv. certainly, II 571, XVII 38, 372. [From
prec.]
#Sikernesse#, n. security, XII b 40. [As prec.]
#Silke#, n. silk, VIII a 11. [OE. seolc; silcen, adj.]
#Siluer#, #Syluer#, #Seluer#, #Zeluer# (III), n. silver, money, II
150, III 5, VIII a 186, b 76, XV g 4, &c. [OE. seolfor,
silfor, &c.]
#Symented#, pp. cemented, IX 233. [OFr. cimenter.]
#Symonye#, n. simony, XI b 98. [OFr. simonie.]
#Symple#, #Simple#, adj. simple, ignorant, XII b 95, XVII 173. [OFr.
simple.]
#Syn(e)#. See Synn(e), Siþen.
#Synder#, adv. in in synder, asunder, XIV c 31. [OE. synder-;
see Sonder.]
#Syndry#, adj. sundry, various, X 3, 9, 152. [OE. syndrig.] See
Sondri.
#Synful#, #Synffull#, adj. sinful, XI b 105, 133, &c.; _synffull
care_, the woe due to sin, XVI 292. [OE. synn-ful.]
#Synge(n)#, #Sing(g)e#, v. to sing, I 14, 56, II 68, VIII b 72, XV
a 7, b 6, &c.; #Sinkestou#, singest thou, XV a 17. #Songen#, _pa.
t. pl._ VIII a 109; #Sung(g)e#, I 57, 66, 168; #Songen#, pp. XI b
133, 135, 143; #Syngynge#, n. I 5. [OE. síngan.]
#Synglerty#, n. uniqueness, VI 69. [OFr. senglierté.]
#Syngne#. See Signe.
#Singuler#, adj. individual; unusual, irregular, XI b 101;
#Singulerly#, adv. uniquely, solely, XI a 52. [OFr. singuler.]
#Synke#, v. to sink, XVI 348; #Sonkyn#, pp. having sunk, VII 161.
[OE. sincan.]
#Sinkestou#. See Synge(n).
#Synn(e)#, #Syn(e)#, #Zen# (III), n. sin, III introd., IV a 7, b
16, 76, VI 250, IX 324, &c.; #Syn#, gen. sg. (before sake), XVII 88.
[OE. synn (Kt. senn).]
#Synn(e)#, #Syn#, v. to sin, XI b 28, 144, XVII 37, 49. [From prec.]
#Synnelees#, adj. without sinning, VIII a 226. [OE. synn-lēas.]
#Sir(e)#, #Syr(e)#, #Schir# (X), n. lord, master, XIV b 69, XVI 117;
sire, father, XVI 254; oure syre, the master of our house, XVII 396;
(as polite form of address) sir, II 131, 431, XIV c 105, XVII 294,
&c.; sir swete, my good sir, V 169; (pref. to names and titles) Sir;
e.g. of knights, V 50, X 36, &c.; but used also of kings, II 24, XIV
a 9, b 32, &c.; ecclesiastics, I 201, XI b 176; and generally, II
512, VIII a 262, b 55, XVI 169. [OFr. sire.]
#Syster#; #Sité#. See Suster; Cité.
#Sythe#, #Syþe#, n. scythe, V 134, VIII b 23. [OE. sigþe.]
#Sithes#, n. pl. times, IX 244. [OE. sīþ.] See Oftesithes.
#Sitte(n)#, #Sytt#, #Sit#, v. to sit, sit at table, V 42, VIII a
262, XV g 25, XVII 247, &c.; I sit not dry, it isn't dry where I
sit, XVII 370; to dwell, remain, IV a 64, XVI 272, 342; #Sitt#, _3 sg.
pres._ (OE. sitt), II 443; #Saat#, pa. t. sg. XI b 57; #Sat#, II
42, 519, &c.; #Sete#, II 413, 580; #Sete(n)#, pl. II 276, 395, VIII
a 109, XV g 24, &c.; #Sete#, pp. seated, II 520; #Sittynge#, n.
XI b 58. [OE. sittan.]
#Sitthenes#, adv. afterwards, VIII a 65. [OE. siþþan + adv.
-es.] See Siþen.
#Siþen#, #Sythen#, &c. adv. after that, afterwards, next, then, since,
IV a 59, 85, V 153, VII 66, &c.; #Seþþe(n)#, I 248, II 162, 587, &c.;
#Seþthe#, XIII b 27; #Syne#, X 22, 35, &c.; ay syne, ever since, XVI
223; or syne, ere long, XVII 228. [OE. siþþa(n), seoþþan; ON.
síðan.]
#Siþen#, #Syþen#, conj. after, when, since, seeing that, V 26, 326, XI
a 35, &c.; #Sytthen#, VIII b 41; #Sith#, #Siþ#, VIII b 74, XI b
8, &c.; sith þat, IX 176; #Seþ(þ)en#, I 116, II 121, 469; _seþþen
þat_, II 425; #Suþthe#, XIII b 19; #Syn#, VI 159, VII 29, &c.; _syn
þat_, V 252; #Sen#, XVI 169, 254, &c. [As prec.]
#Sk-#. See also Sc-.
#Skayned# (of), pp. grazed (by), V 99 (see note). [ON. skeina.]
#Skant#, n. little, XVII 198. [ON. skam(m)-t, neut. adj.]
#Skelp#, n. a smack, XVII 323. [Unknown.]
#Skewe#, #Skwe# (V), n. cloud, V 99, VII 132, 136. [ON. ský, earlier
*skiwj-.]
#Skyfte#, v. to apportion, arrange, VI 209. [ON. skifta.]
#Skill#, n. discernment, reason; as it is skill, as is reasonable,
XVII 334. [ON. skil.]
#Skipte#, pa. t. leapt, XII b 61. [Obscure.]
#Skyre#, adj. bright, VII 136. [ON. skír-r.] See Scere, Schyre.
#Skirmyt#, pa. t. skirmished; darted to and fro, VII 136. [OFr.
eskirmir.]
#Sklayre#, n. veil, VIII a 7. [MLG. sleier.]
#Skryke#, v. to shriek, XVII 232. [? OE. *scrīc(i)an; cf. ON.
skrǽkja.]
#Skunnyrrit#, pa. t. shrank, were dismayed, X 59. [Obscure; ? cf.
Schunt, and OE. scunian.]
#Skweȝ#. See Skewe.
#Slade#, n. valley, V 79. [OE. slæd.]
#Slayn#. See Slo.
#Slake#, v. to slacken, die down, XIII a 4. [OE. slacian.]
#Slang#, pa. t. pl. flung, X 53; #Slongyn#, pp. VII 165. [ON.
slyngva.]
#Sle#, adj. cunning, X 15; working in secret, IV a 10 (see note).
[ON. slœ́g-r.] See Slyght.
#Slep(e)#, #Sleep#, #Shlepe#, n. sleep, XI b 219, XII a 81, 88, XV
g 14, &c.; (personified) XII a 47, 89, &c.; on slepe, asleep, II
72; slydyn vppon shlepe, fallen into oblivion, or fallen asleep,
dead, VII 6. [OE. slēp, slǣp.]
#Slepe(n)#, v. to sleep, II 407, 456, XII a 141, XV a 3, &c.;
refl. in slep þou þe, go to sleep, XV g 13; go slepe, go to
sleep, VIII a 296; #Slepe#, pa. t. II 75, 134, 402; #Slepte#, I 159,
243. [OE. slēpan, slǣpan, str. and wk.]
#Slepi#, adj. sleepy, drowsy, XII a 91, 104, 109. [OE. in
un-slēpig.]
#Sleuthe#, #Sloth#, n. sloth, VIII a 137, XVII 53. [OE. slǣwþ.]
See Slowe.
#Slewe#. See Slo.
#Slydyn#, pp. slipped; fallen, VII 6. [OE. slīdan.]
#Slyght#, n. skill, XVII 137. [ON. slœ́gð.] See Sle.
#Slike#, #Slyke#, adj. such, XIV b 35; none slyke, (that) no one
(is) like her, XVII 233. [ON. slik-r.] See Swilke.
#Slip#, v.; slip this spyndill, strip, spin off all that is on this
spindle, XVII 364. [Cf. MLG. slippen; ON. sleppa.]
#Sliper#, adj. slippery, untrustworthy, XIV c 5. [OE. slipor.]
#Slyttyng#, adj. harsh, piercing, XIII b 59. [OE. slītan, ?
slittan.]
#Slo#, v. to slay, II 332; #Slewe#, pa. t. XVI 306; #Slogh#, XIV a
3; #Slouȝ#, II 313, XIV c 45; #Slayn#, pp. XVII 307, 546. [OE.
slēan]; ON. slá.]
#Slober#, n. slime, ooze, VII 165. [Cf. ME. slobere(n), v., and
similar forms in Du., Fris.]
#Sloken#, v. to extinguish, IV a 6. [ON. slokna, intr.]
#Slombrende#, pres. p. slumbering, drowsy, XII a 106. [OE.
*slūmerian; cf. slūma.]
#Slomeryng#, n. slumber, sleep, VII 6. [As prec.]
#Slongyn#. See Slang.
#Slowe#, #Slouȝ#, adj. sluggish, slothful, XI b 219; dull
(unfeeling or spiritless), XIV c 103. [OE. slāw.]
#Sluche#, n. sludge, ooze, VII 165. [Obscure.]
#Smal(e)#, adj. small, slender, fine, II 109, IX 46, XI b 138, XIII
a 30, &c.; adv. fine, in small pieces, II 538, XI b 177, XIV d
9, &c. [OE. smæl; smale, adv.]
#Smateryd#, pp. be-grimed, XV h 1. [Cf. ME. smoter-lich,
bi-smoteren.]
#Smekyd#, (pp.) adj. smoky, smoke-blackened, XV h 1. [OE.
smē(o)can.]
#Smertly#, adv. suddenly, swiftly, X 83, 91, 168. [ME. smert, sharp;
cf. OE. smeart.]
#Smeþes#, n. pl. smiths, XV h 1. [OE. smiþ.]
#Smyle#, v. to smile, XVII 215. [? OE. *smīlian, rel. to MHG.
smielen, Sw. smila, &c.]
#Smyte#, #Smytte#, v. to smite, V 192, XVII 215, 218, 220; to rebuke,
IV b 76; #Smytte#, pp. XVI 338. [OE. smītan, smear.]
#Smoþe#, adj. smooth, level, II 353. [OE. smōþ.]
#Snaw(e)#, #Snogh# (I), #Snowe#, snow, I 162, V 20, 166, 247, XVI 89;
snowe-white, II 145. [OE. snāw; snāw-hwīt.]
#Snewe#, v. to snow, II 247. [OE. snīwan, *snēowan.]
#Snyrt#, pa. t. touched, grazed, V 244. [Cf. ON. snerta, str.]
#So#, #Soo# (XVI), #Sa# (IV, X), adv. (i) Demonstr. so, thus, in
this (that) way, I 90, 150, IV a 20, XVI 206, &c.; (in adjurations,
&c.; cf. As) so, II 532, VI 127, &c.; in like manner, the same, V 213,
XV b 22 (or as, rel.), XVI 373, XVII 391, &c.; so, to such a
degree, &c., II 39, IX 11, 202, XVI 99, XVII 357; (intensifying adjs.
and advs.) I 28, VI 20, X 133, &c.; (before adjs. without a) such
(a), II 148, 426, IX 159, X 47, &c.; neuer sa, (n)ever so, IV a 75;
(giving indef. sense to relatives, q.v.) so ever, II 340, IV a 71,
VI 206, &c.; so ... till þat, so that, until, IX 223, 229, 231; _so
as_, (in so far) as, XII a 126, 174, 177, &c.; so þat, so long as,
provided, XI b 223. (ii) Relative as, II 112, VIII a 215, XV b
33, c 30, g 14; as ... so, as ... as, II 352; so may be, may be,
VIII b 34; by so, provided that, VIII b 40. [OE. swā.] See
As(e), Swa.
#Sobre#, adj. earnest, serious, VI 31, 172. [OFr. sobre.] See
Vnsober.
#Socour(e)#, n. succour, help, XII b 17, XVII 157, 254. [OFr.
sucurs, infl. by related verb; see Succur.]
#Sod#, n. sod, clod, XVII 58. [MLG., MDu. sode.]
#Sodeinli#, #Sodonly#. See Soudein.
#Soferan#, n. sovereign lord, XVII 92; #Souereynes#, superiors, VIII
a 74. [OFr. soverain.]
#Softe#, adj. soft, tender, gentle, VII 130, XII a 181; adv.
softly, gently, XII a 93, b 89; #Softly#, adv. II 300. [OE.
sōfte, adj. and adv.]
#Sogat#, adv. in this way, XIV b 96. [So + Gate, n.^2] See
Þusgate.
#Soght#, #Soȝt#; #Soyne#. See Seche; Sone, adv.
#Soio(u)rne#, v. to dwell, II 47, XVI 221; stay, V 341. [OFr.
sojourner.]
#Solace#, #Solas#, n. consolation, solace, IX 316, XVI 28, 41, 46;
enjoyment, VII 22, IX 276; solace make, amuse themselves, I introd.;
joy, XVI 387, 398, 407. [OFr. solas.]
#Solas#, v. to delight, II 383. [OFr. solacier.]
#Sole#, n. (level) place, XVII 391. [OFr. sole.]
#Solempne#, adj. awe-inspiring, XVI 355. [OFr. solem(p)ne.]
#Solitarie#, adj. solitary, *XI b 36 (MS. solarie). [L.
sōlitārius.]
#Solowe#, v. to be soiled, sullied, I 165, 237. [OE. *solgian, cf.
solian.]
#Som(e)#, #Somme#, #Sum(me)#, #Zome# (III), adj. some, (a) certain, V
51, VI 68, VII 33, IX 119, XVI 19, XVII 157, &c.; pron. sg. one, I
135; some, (a) part, II 516, XI a 56, &c.; pl. some, II 5, III 2, VI
148, VIII a 9, &c.; #Sum time#, #Som tyme#, &c., adv. once (upon a
time), II 31, XIII b 5, XIV c 17, 43, d 1; sometimes, VIII b 49,
IX 47, 240, XIV a 32. [OE. sum.]
#Somdel(l)#, adv. somewhat, IX 13, XIII b 27. [OE. sume dǣle.]
#Somer#, n. summer, II 257, 352; #Somour games#, summer-games, I 1.
[OE. sumor.]
#Somyn#. See Sam(e), adv.
#Somwhat#, adv. somewhat, a little, VIII a 257, XIII b 6. [OE.
sum + hwæt indef.]
#Son#. See Sonne.
#Son(e)#, adv. at once, straightway, I 69, II 71, XIV b 7, XV a
16, XVII 353, &c.; soon, II 153, XVI 205 (see Seie), &c.; #Soyn(e)#, X
70, XVII 21, 28, 189; #Sunner#, compar. I 10; conj. as soon as, XV
a 11 (cf. sone so, XV g 14). [OE. sōna.] See Eftsone(ȝ).
#Sonder#, #Sundyr#, #Swndir#, adv. in in sonder, &c., asunder, X
106, XVII 407 (cf. ON. í sundr); #Sundyrlepys#, adv. separately,
(corruptly) in wyth s. l., I 234 (see Lepys, and note). [OE.
sundor, on-sundran, sundorlēpes.] See Asunder, Synder.
#Sondre#, #Sundir#, v. to disperse, VII 143; intr. to separate, XVI
240. [OE. (ā-)sundrian.]
#Sondri#, adj. (with sg.) sundry, XII introd., b 185. [OE.
syndrig under influence of sundor.] See Syndry.
#Sone#, n. son, I 46, VIII a 74, b 76, &c.; #Sonne#, XVI 241, XVII
141; #Sun#, XIV b 70, 92. [OE. sunu.]
#Song(e)#, #Songge#, #Sang# (IV), n. song, singing, I 66, 168, IV a
24, VII 104, XI b 1, 112, &c. [OE. sáng, sóng.]
#Songen#; #Sonkyn#. See Synge(n); Synke.
#Sonne#, n. sun, sunlight, II 152, VI 170, XII a 66, &c.; #Son#,
XVII 6, 354, 453; #Sunne#, V 17, VI 159, &c.; #Sun#, VII 101, &c. [OE.
sunne.]
#Sonne(s)#; #Soo#; #Soon#. See Sone; So; Soun.
#Sopers#, n. pl. soap-dealers, VIII b 76. [From OE. sāpe,
soap.]
#Sopertyme#, n. supper-time, VIII a 260. [OFr. so(u)per + OE.
tīma.]
#Sore#, #Sare#, adj. sore; in pain, XVI 204, 205; grievous, V 48, X
51; n. wound, V 278 (see Rof, and note); pain, grief, II 263, 560,
XV c 33; adv. sore(ly), bitterly, exceedingly, I 88, IV a 59, VI
190, X 141, XIV b 60, &c. [OE. sār, n. and adj.; sāre, adv.]
#Sori#, #Sory#, adj. woeful, wretched, I 123, II 458 (note), XVII 61,
211, 264. [OE. sārig.]
#Sorȝe#, n. sorrow, pain, V 315, 347; #Sorow(e)#, #Sorwe#, I 210,
IV a 66, IX 84, XV h 21, &c. [OE. sorg.]
#Sorowand# (of), pres. p. sorrowing (for), IV b 80. [OE.
sorgian.]
#Sort#, n. company, VII 168; kind, XII a 173. [OFr. sorte.]
#Soster#. See Suster.
#Soth(e)#, #Soþ(e)#, #Suth# (XIV b), adj. true, VI 122, VII 11, XI
a 51, b 58, &c.; n. (the) truth, VII 36, VIII a 124, IX 247, XIV
b 58, &c.; in soth to me, IX 100 (see note); _the soth for to
knaw_, to tell the truth, XVII 246; for soþe, &c., (OE. for sōþ)
for a fact, with certainty, IV a 74, V 26, 291, VIII b 3; indeed,
certainly, II 12, V 234, 339, VIII b 90, &c.; adv. actually,
certainly, I 24, V 42. [OE. sōþ, adj. and n.; sōþe, adv.]
See Suthfast.
#Sothful#, adj. truthful, VI 138. [OE. sōþ + full.]
#Sothlé#, #Sothly#, adv. truly, V 294, XVII 496. [OE.
sōþlīce.]
#Soudein#, adj. sudden, XII b 6; #Sodeinli#, #Sodonly#,
#Suddan(d)ly#, adv. suddenly, VII 130, X 179, 184, XII b 61. [OFr.
soudain.]
#Souereynes#; #Soule#. See Soferan; Saul(e).
#Soun#, #Soon# (XIII), n. sound, II 272, 436, XII a 119; voice, VI
172; pronunciation, XIII b 44, 46. [OFr. soun; OE. sōn.]
#Sounde#, adj. unharmed, safe, II 592; #Soundly#, adv. without
mishap, VII 128. [OE. gesúnd, gesúnd-līce.]
#Sounyng#, n. pronunciation, XIII b 52. [From ME. soune(n), OFr.
souner.]
#Soupe#, v. to sup, VIII a 211. [OFr. souper.]
#Souþ#, #Southe#, n. and adj. south, IX 8, XIII b 53, 64, XVII
477. [OE. sūþ, adv.]
#Souþeron#, adj. southern, XIII b 10, 56, 60. [OE. sūþerne.]
#Sow#, n. a sow; a movable structure with a strong roof, X 5 (note),
29, 109, &c. [OE. sugu; cf. Med.L. sūs, scrōfa, in this
sense.]
#Sowe#, v.^1 to sew, VIII a 9, 11. [OE. sēow(i)an.]
#Sowe(n)#, v.^2 to sow, VIII a 26, 65, 67; #Sowen#, pp. VIII a
5. [OE. sāwan.]
#Sownd#, v. to sound (for depth), XVII 438. [OFr. sonder; cf. OE.
súnd-līne.]
#Spac#, adj. quick; adv. in also spac, straightway, II 343 (see
Also). [Cf. ME. sprac-liche, mod. dial. sprack (? rel. to ON.
spark-r, sprǽk-r); but see N.E.D.]
#Space#, n. space; place, XVI 110; space of time, while, XVII 337; _in
þat (this) space_, then (now), VI 78, XVII 552. [OFr. (e)space.]
#Spak(e)#; #Spar#, v. See Speke(n); Spere.
#Spar#, n. piece of timber, XVII 130. [MLG., MDu. spar(re), OFr.
esparre.]
#Spare#, v. to abstain from; trans. to spare, XVII 379; intr. to
hesitate to, XIV b 13; to desist, stop, XIV b 23; #Spard#, pa. t.
in no sp. noiþer stub no ston (cf. sparede he neyþer tos ne heles,
Havelok 898), stopped for nothing, went as fast as he could, II 346.
[OE. sparian.]
#Sparke#, n. spark, XII a 69. [OE. spearca.]
#Spec#. See Speke(n).
#Speche#, n. speech, talk(ing), language, what is said, VI 40, VII 34,
XII b 212, XIII b 4, &c. [OE. sp(r)ǣc.]
#Special(l)#, adj. special, IX 296, XVI 110; in special, especially,
particularly, in detail, XII a 110, 135, &c.; #Specialych#,
#Specyaly#, #Special(l)y#, especially, particularly, I 13, V 25, XI a
37, XIII b 58. [OFr. (e)special.]
#Spede#, n. prosperity; (cause of) success, asset, XIV c 15. [OE.
spēd.]
#Spede#, v. intr. to succeed, prosper, fare, I 110, VIII a 46;
#Spedde#, pa. t. XII b 106; all ill mot þou spede, curse you, XVI
139; trans. to speed, make prosperous, V 52, VI 127; to further, V
148; God spede, God speed thee (as greeting), XVII 190. [OE.
spēdan.]
#Speke(n)#, v. to speak, talk, tell, say, II 138, V 234, IX 212, XI
b 256, XIII b 8, XVII 206 (as fut.) &c.; #Spak(e)#, pa. t. sg. I
225, XII a 100, &c.; als I spake, according to my word, XVI 28;
#Spec#, XV g 2, 28, 29; #Speke#, II 324, VI 78; #Spak#, pl. I 200;
#Speke#, pp. XII b 99; #Spoke(n)#, I 100, IX 135, &c.; #Spekynge#,
n. speaking, conversing, XI b 121, 160. [OE. sp(r)ecan.]
#Spelle#, n. tale, speech, talking, V 116 (see Deme), VI 3, XV h
8; gospel, III 50. [OE. spell.]
#Spelle#, v. to tell, declare, V 72, XV h 8. [OE. spellian.]
#Spend(e)#, v. to dispense, XVI 28; to spend, VIII b 28, 73; use
(up), XVII 130; lose (life), V 45; spende aboute, spend on, XI b
236; #Spent#, #Yspent#, pp. ended, dead, II 199, 215. [OE. spéndan.]
#Spendere#, n.^1 dispenser, steward, III 22, 24, 28. [Shortened from
Desspendoure, q.v.]
#Spendour#, n.^2 spender, spendthrift, VIII b 28. [From Spende.]
#Spenne#, V 248; ? spenne-fote, ? with feet together (a standing
jump). [ON. spenna, clasp + OE. fōt.]
#Sper(e)#, n. spear, V 75, X 138, XIV b 13; spere lenþe, spear's
length, V 248. [OE. spere.]
#Spere#, #Spar#, v. to bar, shut, XVI 139; out to spar, to keep out,
XVII 128; #Sperde#, pp. shut up, XVI 110. [OE. ge-sparrian; MDu.
sperren.]
#Sperhauke#, n. sparrowhawk, VIII a 190. [OE. spear-hafoc.] See
Haukin.
#Spices#, n. pl. spices, IX 158. [OFr. espice.]
#Spie#, #Spy#, v. to spy; spyde with, detected in, XVII 544; to
search, enquire (after), V 25 (cf. Sir Gaw. 901). [OFr. (e)spier.]
See Aspien.
#Spyll#, #Spill#, v. to destroy, waste, IV a 32, XIV a 33. [OE.
spillan.]
#Spille-tyme#, n. idler, VIII b 28. [Prec. + OE. tīma.]
#Spyndill#, n. spindle, XVII 364. [OE. spinl; OFris., MDu.
spindel.]
#Spyn(ne)#, v. to spin, VIII a 13, XVII 238, 359, 361; #Span#, _pa.
t. sg._ XIV introd.; #Spon#, pp. XVII 337. [OE. spinnan.]
#Spyryt#, #Spirit(e)#, n. spirit, IX 85, XI b 39, XIII a 2. [OFr.
(e)spirit.]
#Spyttyn#, pres. pl. spit, XV h 8. [OE. spitt(i)an.]
#Spitus#, #Spytus#, adj. ill-tempered, XVII 416; cruel, XVII 455.
[Shortened from OFr. despitous.]
#Spoke(n)#; #Spon#. See Speke(n); Spyn(ne).
#Spornande#, pres. p. stumbling, VI 3. [OE. spórnan.]
#Sprai#, #Spray#, n. (leafy) spray, XV a 1, c 2, &c. [? OE.
*spræg (cf. spræc).]
#Spraulyn#, pres. pl. sprawl, move in ungainly fashion, XV h 8. [OE.
sprēawlian, move convulsively.]
#Sprede(n)#, v. to spread, unfold; intr. II 67, IX 217; #Spradde#,
pa. t. (trans.) XII a 176; #Sprad#, pp. outspread, XII a 156.
[OE. sprǣdan.]
#Spring(e)#, #Spryng#, #Sprinke#, to spring; sprout, II 67, XV a 1,
b 9, c 2, &c.; con spryng, was born, VI 93; #Sprang#, pa. t. sg.
rose, broke (of day), VII 167; #Yspronge#, pp. scattered, XIII a 19.
[OE. spríngan.]
#Spryng#, n. sunrise, early morning, IV a 94. [From prec. (cf. VII
167); cf. OE. up-spríng.]
#Sprit#, pa. t. sprang, V 248. [? OE. spryttan, to sprout; cf.
senses of spríngan.]
#Spurye#, v. to enquire (after), V 25. [OE. spyrian (æfter).]
#Square#, adj. square; of regular geometric shape, IX 55, 105;
#Squared#, in six (&c.) squared, with six (&c.) regular facets, IX
106; #Squarenesse#, geometric, crystalline, shape, IX 68. [OFr.
esquar(r)e, n.; esquarré, adj.; esquarrer, v.]
#Squier#, n. squire, II 86. [OFr. (e)squier.]
#Sserte#, #Sseweþ#, #Ssolde#. See Schert, Schewe, Schal.
#Stabyl#, v. to make steadfast, IV a 27. [OFr. (e)stablir.]
#Stabylnes#, n. steadfastness, constancy, IV a 42, b 46. [From
next.]
#Stable#, adj. steadfast, VI 237, XI b 119. [OFr. (e)stable.]
#Stad#, #Sted(de)#, pp. placed, set; stad, stratly stad, _hard
sted_, hard put to it, sore bested, VII 156, X 145, XVII 199; _stad
with_, furnished with, V 69; see note XVI 40. [ON. steðja, pp.
stadd-r.]
#Staf#, n. staff, stick, XII b 55, XVII 381; #Staue# (dat.), V 69.
[OE. stæf.]
#Staffing#, n. hitting (with a staff); beating, X 193. [From prec.]
#Stage#, n. stage; degree of advancement, VI 50; the hihe stage, the
high places (of the gods), XII a 51. [OFr. (e)stage.]
#Stalke#, v. to stalk, stride, V 162. [OE. in be-stealcian,
stealcung.]
#Stall#, n. (distrib. sg.) place, station, XVII 345. [OE. stall.]
See Stold.
#Stalward#, #-worþ#, adj. valiant, strong, II 27, IV a 48, X 6;
#Stalworthly#, adv. valiantly, XIV b 86. [OE. stælwyrþe.]
#Stande(n)#, #Stant#; #Stane#, &c. See Stonde; Ston(e).
#Stane-still#, adj. perfectly silent, XIV a 32. [OE. stān +
stille.] See Still(e), Ston(e).
#Stark#, adj. stiff, XVII 268; stark ded, stiff in death, XII a
156; hard, XV h 14; strong, X 31; #Starkast#, superl. X 105. [OE.
stearc.]
#Starne#, #Sterne#, n. star, XVII 8; the seven starnes, the Seven
Stars, usually the Pleiades (cf. OE. seofon steorran,
seofon-stierre), but here the seven 'planets' (Jupiter, Mars, Mercury,
Moon, Saturn, Sun, Venus), XVII 423 (cf. 345). [ON. stjarna, earlier
*stern-.]
#Start#, #Sterte(n)#, v. to start; flinch, V 218; pa. t. sprang, XII
a 143, 152. [OE. styrtan (once), *stertan.]
#State#, n. state, position; in a higher state, at a greater height,
XVII 443. [OFr. estat; L. status.] See As(s)tate.
#Statut#, n. decree, ordinance, VIII a 315, XI b 105. [OFr.
statut, L. statūtum.]
#Staue#; #Sted#. See Staf; Stad.
#Sted(e)#, #Stedde#, #Steed(e)#, n.^1 place, I 15, IV a 46, V 145,
XVI 40 (see note), &c.; in þis (other) stede, here, elsewhere, V
255, XII b 177; town (or distrib. sg. posts), X 117; stead, in _in
mi stede_, in stede of, II 207, VIII a 63; pl. estates, II 161.
[OE. stede.] See Stude.
#Stede#, n.^2 steed, II 145. [OE. stēda.]
#Stedfastly#, adv. steadfastly, IV a 90. [OE. stede-fæst, adj.]
#Steem#, n. esteem (of men), Introduction, xxxiii. [OFr. estime.]
#Steke#, v. to fasten, shut, &c.; #Stoken#, pp. shut, XVI 193;
stoken vp, hidden away, VII 11; hatȝ stoken me þis steuen, has
'stuck me with' this tryst, imposed it on me, V 126. [OE. in
be-stecan; see N.E.D. s.v. Steek.]
#Stele#, n.^1 stem; shaft, handle, V 162. [OE. stela.]
#Stele#, #Steill#, n.^2 steel, X 122; trew as stele, XVII 120. [OE.
stēle.]
#Stele#, v. to steal, XIV b 14; #Stole#, pp. II 491. [OE.
stelan.]
#Stelyd#, pp. made of steel, XV h 14. [OE. stēled.]
#Stende#, pa. t. subj. should stone, XV g 8. [OE. stǣnan.]
#Stere#, #Steer(e)#, v. to steer, XIV c 26, XVII 175. [OE.
stēoran.]
#Stereman#, n. steersman, captain, XVII 427. [OE. stēor-mann.]
#Steren#. See Sturne.
#Stere-tre#, n. tiller, XVII 433. [OE. stēor + trēo.]
#Steryd#, see Stire(n); #Sterne#, see Starne, Sturne; #Sterte(n)#,
see Start.
#Steuen#, #Stevyn#, n.^1 voice, V 268, XVII 72. [OE. stefn, fem.]
#Steuen#, n.^2 tryst, appointed meeting, V 126, 145, 170. [OE.
stefn, masc., time; ON. stefna, tryst.]
#Steward#, n. steward, master of (king's) household, II 205, 495, &c.;
cf. X 36, 171. [OE. (late 11th c.) stī-ward.]
#Stie#, v. to mount, XI b 123. [OE. stīgan.]
#Stif(fe)#, adj. unyielding, dauntless, V 31, 301, XIV c 20. [OE.
stīf.]
#Stiȝtel#, #Styȝtel#, v. to control, govern; stiȝtleȝ,
is master, V 145; sturn ... to stiȝtel, ill to deal with (or
harsh in his rule), V 69; refl. in styȝtel þe vpon, limit
yourself to, V 184. [Cf. OE. stihtan.]
#Stik#, v. to thrust through, XIV b 14. [OE. stician.]
#Still#, v. to quieten, XVII 217. [OE. stillan.]
#Still(e)#, #Styll(e)#, #Styl#, adj. still; motionless, I 196, II 117,
V 184; quiet, silent, I 265, II 443, 525, XII a 83, XV g 10, 32,
&c.; inactive, XI b 37; calm, II 103; holde me stille, hold my
peace, IX 279; stylle as þe ston, still as (a) stone, firm as a
rock, V 225, XVII 525; perfectly quiet, XVII 406; adv. quietly, XV b
21; without contention, V 317; secretly, II 567; perpetually, ever, IV
a 42, XVI 168. See Loud(e). [OE. stille.]
#Stynk#, v. to stink; to thou stynk, until you stink, XVII 381;
#Stynkynge#, pres. p. disgusting, XI b 99. [OE. stincan.]
#Stynt#, v. trans. to stop, check, X 65, 105; #Stint#, pp. ceased,
II 447. [OE. (ā)-styntan.]
#Stire(n)#, #Stir(e)#, #Styr(e)#, v. trans. and intr. to stir, move,
I 197, XVII 366; to toss, VII 141; to rouse, incite, induce, XI b 39,
93, 129, 310, XVII 37, &c.; #Steryd#, pa. t. I 197. [OE. styrian.]
#Stith(e)#, adj. stout, doughty, VII 7; violent, VII 141, 156;
quasi-sb. doughty men, VII 21. [OE. stīþ.]
#Stod(e)#; #Stoken#. See Stonde; Steke.
#Stoking#, n. stabbing, X 193. [OFr. estoquer; MLG. stoken.]
#Stok(ke)#, n. stem, tree-trunk, I 121, XIV c 82; block, XIV e 1;
anvil, XV h 14; by stok oþer ston, anywhere, VI 20; _nouþur stok nor
strete_ (rime-substitute for ston), nothing, XIV c 62; cf.
Stub(be). [OE. stocc.]
#Stold#, pp. fixed, XVII 525 (for *Stald; see note). [OE.
stallian.]
#Stole#. See Stele, v.
#Ston(e)#, #Stoon#, #Stane# (X), n. stone, rock, precious stone, II
151, IX 88, X 54, 83, XI b 40, XII b 130, XIII a 53, XV g 12,
&c.; stone floor, ground, II 197, V 162; trew ... as ston in the wall,
XVII 515; for other phr. see Still(e), Stok(ke), Stub(be); cf.
Stane-still. [OE. stān.]
#Stony#, adj. of stone, XIII a 5. [OE. stānig.]
#Stonde#, #Stand(e)#, v.; #Stant#, 3 sg. pres. XII a 74, &c.;
#Stont#, II 556; #Stod(e)#, pa. t. I 74, II 391, V 301, &c.; #Stood#,
XIII a 32; #Stude#, X 196; #Standen#, pp. VI 159. To stand, I 8, V
184, VI 154, &c.; up him stod, stood up, XV g 27, 29 (see He,
masc.); to stand firm, endure, remain, IV a 42, X 196, XII a 188,
b 221, XIV d 4; to stonde for, stand up for, XI a 66; _stonde þe
a strok_, stand a blow from you, V 218; to stand still, I 64, 169; _lete
... stonde_, left, VIII a 106; to be, XII a 165, XVII 416; _hou that
it stod(e)_, how it had been settled, XII b 202; how matters stood,
XII a 150; how so euer it standis, whatever the circumstances, XVII
210; to stonde in, consist of, XI a 55, 60; upon hem stant, is
based on, consists of, these, XII a 127. [OE. stándan, stóndan.]
#Store#, n. store, stock, in settis no store bi, has no regard for,
XVII 92. [OFr. (e)stor.]
#Storyis#, #Stories#, n. pl. stories, VII 11, 21, X introd. [OFr.
(e)storie.]
#Storke#, n. stork, IV b 47; see Strucyo. [OE. storc.]
#Stounde#, n. space of time; in þat stounde, thereupon, II 550. [OE.
stúnd.]
#Stoupe#, v. to stoop, VIII b 24. [OE. stūpian.]
#Stour(e)#, n. conflict, battle, VII 7, 28, XIV c 20, XVI 130. [OFr.
(e)stour.]
#Stout(e)#, adj. proud, II 293; fierce, II 184, XIV a 13, XVII 304,
347; adv. stoutly, II 360; #Stoutly#, adv. boldly, X 60. [OFr.
(e)stout.]
#Strak#; #Straught# (#Strauhte#). See Strok(e); Strecche.
#Strange#, #Straunge#, adj. foreign, outlandish, strange, IX 274, 311,
XII a 13, XIII b 14, 40, &c.; #Strangelych#, adv. in a foreign
tongue, XIII 62. [OFr. (e)strange.]
#Strangere#, Introduction xv; ? n. stranger, foreigner, as name of
(unknown) variety of stanza; ? adj. compar. stranger (metre; i.e.
than 'rime couée'). [OFr. estrangier, or estrange.]
#Stratly#, adv. straitly; stratly stad, hard put to it, X 145; _ferd
... stratly with_, pressed sorely on, X 172. [From Streyte.]
#Strecche#, #Streche#, v. to stretch; intr. extend, IX 30, 180; to
direct one's course, go, II 341; #Strauhte#, pa. t. (refl.) in
strauhte him to, made for, XII b 93; #Straught#, pp. departed, VII
11; see Streght. [OE. streccan; stræhte, strehte.]
#Streem#, #Strem#, n. stream, XIII a 17, 37, XV b 21. [OE.
strēam.]
#Streght#, adj. straight; streght vp, sheer, IX 197. [Pp. of
Strecche.]
#Streyt(e)#, adj. narrow, IX 205; adv. closely, IX 229. [OFr.
(e)streit.] See Stratly.
#Strenghe#, n. strength, fortitude, IV b 56, 73. [OE. stréngu.]
#Strenght#, #Strengthe#; #Strinth#, #Strynth# (X); n. strength, force,
IX 71, 199, X 187, 195, XIII b 65; full strenght, ? in full measure,
fully, XVII 261. [OE. strengþ(u).]
#Streny# (hem), v. refl. to exert (themselves), VI 191. [OFr.
(e)streindre, (e)streign-.]
#Stret(e)#, n. street, II 509, XIV a 25, c 62 (see Stokke), XV
g 5. [OE. strēt, strǣt.]
#Streuyn#. See Stryue.
#Strydeȝ#, 3 sg. pres. strides, V 164. [OE. strīdan.]
#Strye#. See Struye.
#Strif#, #Stryf(fe)#, n. strife, quarrel, VII 28, IX 83, XVII 400;
withoute stryf, unresisting, V 255. [OFr. (e)strif.] See Stryue.
#Stryke(n)#, #Strik(e)#, v. trans. to strike, V 31, 237, X 139, XV h
14, XVII 231 (subj.), &c.; intr. to glide, flow, II 252, XV b 21;
strykeȝ, shall come (i.e. for his reward), VI 210. [OE.
strīcan.]
#Strinth#, #Strynth#. See Strenght.
#Stryþe#, n. stance, firm position of the feet, V 237 (cf. stryþþe,
Sir Gaw. 846). [? Cf. OE. stride, stride.]
#Stryue#, #Stryfe#, v. to strive; stryue aȝeines, with, rebel
against, disobey, VIII a 315, XVII 107; #Streuyn#, pp. striven, XIV
b 86. [OFr. (e)striver.]
#Strok(e)#, #Strak# (X), n. blow, stroke, V 184, 255, X 105, XVII 382,
&c. [OE. *strāc, rel. to strīcan, Stryken.]
#Stronde#, n. sea-shore, XII a 134. [OE. stránd.]
#Strong(e)#, adj. strong, valiant, VI 171, VII 7, IX 92, XVI 130, &c.;
violent, XIII a 7, 42; severe, IX 204; adv. severely, VI 116 (see
Enduir, and note); #Strongly#, adv. vigorously, IX 231. [OE. stráng,
stróng; stránge, stránglīce, adv.]
#Strowed#, pp. strewn, XII a 96. [OE. strēowian.]
#Strucyo#, n. ostrich (wrongly explained as 'Storke'), IV b 47. [L.
strūthio, ostrich, stork.]
#Struye#, v. to destroy, VIII a 29; #Strye#, V 126. [Shortened from
OFr. destrui-re; with vowel of strye cf. Nye, Byled.] See Distroie.
#Strumpatis#, n. pl. harlots, XI b 176. [Obscure.]
#Stub(be)#, n. tree-trunk, stump, V 225; noiþer stub no ston,
nothing, II 346 (cf. Stokke). [OE. stybb, stubb.]
#Stude#, n. place, XV g 28. [OE. styde.] See Sted(e).
#Stude#. See Stonde.
#Study#, #Studie#, n. deep thought, V 301; study, XI b 227. [OFr.
(e)studie.]
#Studie#, v. to study, XI b 112, 135, &c.; subj. pl. let (many)
study, XI a 46; #Studiynge#, &c., n. XI b 230, 293, &c. [OFr.
(e)studier.] See Vnstudied.
#Stuf#, v. to furnish, provision, XVII 155; refl. to gorge, glut
(oneself), XVII 85. [OFr. estofer, to furnish; ? infl. by estoffer,
to choke.]
#Sturdy#, adj. obstinate, X 194; #Sturdely#, adv. resolutely, X 45.
[OFr. (e)stourdi.]
#Sturn(e)#, adj. grim, V 31, 68 (see Stiȝtel); #Steren#, XIV a
13; #Sterneliche#, adv. grimly, VIII a 315. [OE. stýrne,
*stéorne.]
#Subieccioun# (of), n. subjection (to), IX 218, 219. [OFr.
subjection.]
#Substance#, n.: þat God comaundid Himself to þe s. þerof, of which
God gave Himself to be the substance, XI b 223. [OFr. substance.]
#Succur#, v. to bring help, X 39. [OFr. succur-re.] See Socour(e).
#Such(e)#; #Suddan(d)ly#. See Swiche; Soudein.
#Sue(n)#, v. to follow, VII 24, XI a 38, b 65, &c.; #Suiende#,
pres. p. XII a 122; #Sewyngly#, adv. in seye ȝou s., go on to
tell you, IX 134. [OFr. suir, sewir.]
#Suete#. See Swete, adj.
#Suffise# (to), v. to be sufficient (for), IX 270; to be able,
capable, XII a 177 (with pleon. mai). [OFr, suffire, suffis-.]
#Suffre#, #Suffer#, v. to endure, suffer, bear, I 34, II 264, IV a
88, IX 7, &c.; permit, let, VIII a 74, 174, XVI 378; #Ysuffred#, pp.
II 559. [OFr. suffrir.]
#Suffrance#, n. sufferance (of God), VIII a 138. [OFr. suffrance.]
#Suiende#. See Sue(n).
#Suir#, adj. sure, XIV c 39; #Sure#, adv. securely, well, XVII
282. [OFr. s(e)ur.]
#Suld(e)#; #Sulle#; #Sum(me)#. See Schal; Selle(n); Som(e).
#Summer#, n. (main) beam, X 104. [OFr. som(i)er, sumer.]
#Sumoun#, v. to summon; mad sumoun, made (men) summon (them), VI
179. [OFr. sumuner.]
#Sun#; #Sundir#; #Sung(g)e#; #Sun(ne)#; #Sunner#. See Sone, n.;
Sonder; Synge(n); Sonne; Sone, adv.
#Supplantoreȝ#, n. pl. usurpers, VI 80. [OFr. sousplanteor, L.
supplantator.]
#Suppos(e)#, v. to imagine, XVII 221; suppos that, even supposing
that, X introd. [OFr. supposer.]
#Surfait#, n. surfeit, excess (personified), VIII a 262. [OFr.
surfait.]
#Sustenaunce#, n. sustenance, livelihood, XI b 297. [OFr.
sustena(u)nce.]
#Suster#, n. sister, I 36; #Soster#, XV g 7, 10; #Syster#, #-yr#, I
112, 126. [OE. s(w)uster, swoster; ON. systir.]
#Sutelté#, n. cunning, skill in invention, X 74. [OFr. s(o)utilté.]
#Suth#; #Suþthe#. See Soth(e); Siþen.
#Suthfast#, adj. true, X introd. [OE. sōþ-fæst.] See Soth(e).
#Suthfastnes#, n. truth, X introd. [OE. sōþfæst-nes.]
#Swa#, #Zuo# (III), adv. demonstr. thus, so, in this way, III 17, 39,
IV b 19, 45, X 13; thereupon, III 28; therefore, III 36; in the same
way, IV b 49; so mightily, X 144; swa þat, zuo þet, so that, III
18, X 155, 157. [OE. swā.] See So.
#Swage#, v. to become assuaged; to grow less, XIV c 111. [Shortened
from OFr. asouagier.]
#Swalprit#, pa. t. floundered, VII 162. [? Only recorded here; cf. Du.
zwalpen; G. (dial.) schwalpen.]
#Swange#. See Swynke.
#Swappit#, pa. t. let fly, X 83, 91, 99. [? Altered form of OE.
swāpan.]
#Swarte#, adj. black, XV h 1. [OE. sweart.]
#Swat#. See Swete, v.
#Swavnand#, pres. p. swooning, X 56 (v.r. swonande). [Not a possible
Scottish form of Swone, q.v. Perh. scribal corruption of swalmand,
or swemand; see N.E.D., s.vv. Swalm, Sweam.]
#Swech#. See Swiche.
#Sweng#, n. labour, VI 215. [OE. (ge-)swenc, -swinc, occas.
-swing.] See Swynke.
#Swerd#, #Sworde# (V), n. sword, II 295, V 251, XIV b 13, 61, XVII
103. [OE. sweord, swurd, &c.]
#Swere#, v. to swear, take one's oath, V 54, VIII b 59, XII b 165,
XVII 227, &c.; #Swor#, pa. t. XII b 200; #Swoir#, X 73; #Swore#,
pp. XII b 44. [OE. swerian.] See Forsworn.
#Swete#, adj. sweet, II 414, 442, IV a 73, V 169 (see Sire), XV
f 1, &c.; #Suete#, XV b 5; swete wille, good pleasure, II 384;
(þat) swete, (that) sweet one, IV a 78, XV f 7; #Swettere#,
compar. (adv.) VIII a 211; #Suetest#, #Swettest#, superl. IV a
53, Introduction xii. [OE. swēte; compar. swēttra.] See
Swote.
#Swete#, v. to sweat, IX 96; (joined with allit. swynke or its
translation trauayle), VIII a 26, 122, b 59, XIV c 94, XVII 195;
#Swat#, pa. t. VI 226. [OE. swǣtan, pa. t. swǣ̆tte.]
#Swetnesse#, #Swettnes#, n. sweetness, IV a 89, b 44. [OE.
swēt-nes.]
#Sweuene#, n. dream, IX 83, XII a 49, 97, 127, 147. [OE. swefn.]
#Swiche#, #Swych(e)#, adj. such, I 2, 92, II 198, 317, &c.; #Swech#,
XV h 3; #Sich(e)#, XI a 41, b 159, XVII 400, &c.; #Such(e)#, II
46, IX 227, &c.; swych, such, such a, I 79, XII a 86; swiche a,
what a!, II 505; swech ... a, such a, XV h 16; suche, of like
kind, XII a 82; pron. pl. VIII a 33, 213; alle swyche (with sg.
verb), everything of the kind, I 9. [OE. swelc, swilc, swylc,
swulc.] See Swilke, Slike.
#Swyft#, #Swifte#, adj. swift, VI 211, XIV c 65; #Swiftenes#, n.
swiftness, swift passing, VII 12. [OE. swift, swift-nes.]
#Swikele#, adj. treacherous, XV g 7. [OE. swicol.]
#Swilke#, #Swylk(e)#, adj. of this kind, such, IV a 35, XVI 38, 116;
#Sic#, X 40, 66, 74, 103, 135; pron. pl. such folk, IV b 25.
[Northern form of Swiche, q.v.]
#Swym#, n. dimness, oblivion, VII 12. [OE. swīma, swoon.]
#Swimme#, to swim; #Swimmende#, pres. p. XII a 170, 172; #Swam#,
pa. t. VII 162. [OE. swimman.]
#Swyn#, n. pl. swine, VIII b 19. [OE. swīn.]
#Swyngyng#, n. swinging, strokes, VII 162. [OE. swíngan.]
#Swynke#, n. toil; in sudore (L.) and swynke (var. on usual _swete
and swink_), VIII a 229. [OE. (ge-)swinc.] See Sweng.
#Swynke#, v. to toil (freq. allit. with swete), VIII a 26, 122,
188, 210, b 59, XVII 195; #Swange#, pa. t. pl. VI 226. [OE.
swincan, and occas. in same sense swingan.]
#Swire#, #Swyre#, n. neck, XIV b 68 (distrib. sg.; see Herte),
XV c 27. [OE. swīra.]
#Swiþe#, #Swyþe#, #Swith#, adv. very, II 118; exceedingly, II 472;
(very) quickly, I 106, II 474, V 191, XIV b 51; also swiþe, _as
swyþe_, at once, I 111, II 574 (see Also, Ase). [OE. swīþe.]
#Swndir#; #Swoir#. See Sonder; Swere.
#Swolowet#, pp. swallowed, VII 12. [OE. swe(o)lgan.]
#Swon#, n. swan, XV c 27. [OE. swan, swon.]
#Swone#, n. swoon, in fal yn a swone, fallen in a swoon, I 195
(note); orig. false analysis of fallyn aswone, fallen swooning (cf.
II 549). [OE. ge-swōgen, ME. (y)swowen, &c., pp.] See Aswone.
#Swone#, v. to swoon, II 197. [ME. swo(w)nen, from prec.]
#Swor(e)#. See Swere.
#Swot(e)#, adj. pleasant, sweet, XV a 13, 18. [OE. swōt.] See
Swete, adj.
#Ta#. See Take(n).
#Tabernacle#, n. high-seat under a canopy, II 412. [OFr.
tabernacle.]
#Tabourer#, n. player on the tabour, II 521. [From next.]
#Tabure#, #Tabour#, n. tabour, small drum, I 6, II 301. [OFr.
tabour.]
#Tache#, v. to fasten, V 108; fig., to set, implant, VI 104.
[Shortened from OFr. atachier.]
#Taȝt#. See Teche(n).
#Tagyld#, pp. entangled, encumbered, IV b 62. [Obscure; appar.
peculiar to Rolle.]
#Taile#, n. tail, XVI 159 (see Top). [OE. tægl.]
#Tayll#. See Tale.
#Takelles#, n. pl. tackle, gear, VII 148. [MLG. takel.]
#Take(n)#, #Tak#, #Ta# (V, X), v. (i) to catch, capture, VII 121, IX
243, X 71, XIII a 38, &c.; seize, fall upon, VIII a 138, 258; get,
VI 192, VIII a 133, &c.; take, II 74, V 289, IX 123, X 130 (see
Hond), 143, XIV d 6, &c.; see also In(e), Mynde, Reward(e), &c.; pick
(up), II 550, XII b 136; assume, XII a 114; choose, VIII b 83,
XI b 76, &c.; accept, receive, XI b 268, XVI 331; (ii) to commit,
entrust, see pp.; (iii) to make, XVII 137, 272. #Takth#, 3 sg. pres.
XII b 136; #Tas#, V 237; #Totȝ#, goes, VI 153 (cf. Nyme; see
note). #Tok(e)#, #Took#, pa. t. I 136, II 19, 64, V 175 (2 sg.) XI
b 273, XIV c 45, &c. #Take#, pp. XI b 271; hath take, has
been stricken with, XII a 11; #Takyne#, X 71; #Tane#, X 19, XVI 172
(entrusted); hase tane, has (got), IV a 53; #Tone#, committed, V 91
(see VI 153, note); #Itake#, #Ytake#, XIII a 38, XV g 15. [ON.
taka.]
#Tald(e)#. See Telle.
#Tale#, #Tayll# (XVII), n. tale, story; talk; word(s), what one has
said, I 247, V 56, VI 230, XII b 88, XVI 273, XVII 315, &c.; _upon the
tale_, immed. after their talk, XII b 147; pl. idle tales, VIII a
52, 54; see Telle, and next. [OE. talu.]
#Talk#, v. to talk; speak of, V 304; with cognate obj. in _talk þe
tale_, hold the converse, V 65. [Prob. OE. *talcian, rel. to prec.]
#Talouns#, n. pl. talons, IX 254. [OFr. taloun.]
#Tane#. See Take(n).
#Tappe#, n. tap, knock, V 289. [Echoic; cf. OFris. tap; OFr.
taper, v.]
#Targe#, n. (small) shield, XIV c 55. [OFr. targe.]
#Tary(e)#, #Tarie#, v. to harass; trans. to hinder, delay, keep
(waiting), IX 111, XVII 236; intr. for refl. to be troubled (or as
next, but cf. Tene, v.), XVII 210; to linger, tarry, XII b 28,
XVII 244, 497, 499; #Taryy(i)ng#, n. delay, XVII 377, 475. [OE.
tergan, &c. annoy; OFr. tarier, torment; the sense-development is
curious.]
#Tas#. See Take(n).
#Tasse#, n. pile, XII b 22. [OFr. tas.]
#Tast(e)#, v. to test; to sound (water), XVII 448; to experience, XVI
358. [OFr. taster.]
#Taterynge#, n. tearing (long notes) to fragments (cf. _smale
brekynge_, 138), or babbling, singing without regard to the sense, XI
b 159. [ME. tateren (i) to tear to rays; cf. ON. töturr, tatters:
(ii) to babble; cf. MDu. MLG. tateren, babble.]
#Tauȝte(n)#, #Tauhte#. See Teche(n).
#Taxoure#, n. assessor, VIII a 40. [OFr. taxour.]
#Te#, prep. in for te (with infin.), to, XV b 30, c 18.
[Unaccented reduction of To.]
#Te#, v. to draw; intr. to go, II 212, 290, 318; #Teþ#, pres. pl.
draw near, II 274. [OE. tēon.]
#Te#. See Þe def. art.; Þou.
#Teche(n)#, v. to teach, show (the way), direct, *IV b 60 (see
note), V 7, VIII a 6, 76, XI b 5, &c.; #Taȝt#, pa. t. V 311;
#Tauȝt(e)#, VIII a 202, 296, XI a 20, b 12, &c.; #Tauhte#, VIII
b 5; #Tauȝt(e)#, pp. VIII a 23, XI a 6, &c.; #Ytauȝt#,
XIII b 21; #Techinge#, #-ynge#, n. teaching, XI a 56, b 121,
XIII b 30, &c. [OE. tǣcan, tǣ̆hte, tā̆hte.]
#Teyn#. See Tene, n. and v.
#Tell(e)#, #Tel#, v. to enumerate, recount, II 263, 373, XV c 26; to
account, consider, I 19; to tell, relate, mention (foll. by dat.
without to), I 22, 58, II 115, V 62, XVII 164, &c.; _herd slike tales
tell_, heard such tales told, XIV b 35; to recite, V 120. #Telþ#, _3
sg. pres._ III 38; #Talde#, pa. t. IV a 84; #Told(e)#, I 262, II 86,
&c.; #Toolde#, XI a 65; #Tald(e)#, pp. IV a 50, X 140; #Told(e)#,
XII a 147, XVI 149, &c.; #Ytold# (of), highly thought (of), XIII b
25. [OE. tellan; pa. t. tálde.]
#Teme#, n.^1 team (for ploughing), VIII a 128. [OE. tēam.]
#Teme#, n.^2 theme, subject, VIII a 23. [OFr. tesme, *teme; L.
thema.]
#Teme(n)# (to), v. to be attached (in loyalty to), belong, VI 100.
[OE. tēman, appeal (to an authority).]
#Temperal#, adj. temporal, XI b 140, 272. [L. temporālis.]
#Tempest(e)#, n. storm, tempest, VII 103, XII a 137, &c.; gen. sg.
(before sake; see XVII 88, note), I 177. [OFr. tempeste.]
#Tempre#, v. to tune, II 437, 526. [OE. temprian, from L.
temperāre.]
#Tenaunt#, n. tenant, VIII a 39. [OFr. tenant.]
#Tendre#, #Tender#, adj. soft, IX 39, 40; tender, VI 52; #Tenderly#,
adv. tenderly, IV a 87. [OFr. tendre.]
#Ten(e)#, adj. ten, II 99, 183, &c. [OE. tēn(e).]
#Tene#, #Teyn# (XVII), n. suffering, grief, IV a 36, b 28, VII 81,
VIII a 127, XVII 533; anger, VIII a 111; injury, in in tene,
wrongfully, VII 178; as adj. dismal, ill, V 7. [OE. tēona.]
#Tene#, #Teyn# (XVII), v. trans. to injure, VIII a 39; intr. to
feel grief, XVII 210. [OE. tēnan, tēonian.]
#Tent#, adj. tenth, XVII 478. [ME. tenðe, tend(e), tent (cf.
Fift); ON. tíundi.]
#Tente# (on), n. notice (of), VI 27. [Shortened from OFr. atente.]
#Tent(e)#, v. to look after, XVI 172, XVII 433; tent (to,
hedir), pay attention (to, to me), XVII 291, 421. [From prec.]
#Teorneþ#. See Turne.
#Ter#, n. tar, X 19; #Tar#, XVII 127, 282. [OE. te(o)ru.]
#Teres#, n. pl. tears, II 327. [OE. tēar.]
#Terme#, n. appointed period, VI 143. [OFr. terme.]
#Testament#, n. testament, will, III 33, 35, XII introd. [L.
testāmentum.]
#Teþ#, n. pl. teeth, II 539. [OE. tēþ, pl.]
#Teþ#. See Te, v.
#Tethee#, adj. touchy, irritable, XVII 186. [Obscure; see N.E.D.,
s.v. Teethy.]
#Text#, n. text; words or account of the original authority, VII 51
(cf. Destr. Troy 407). [OFr. texte.]
#Th-#. See Þ-.
#Tyde#, n. time; þat yche tyde, at the same time, together, I 208;
(at, in) þat tyde, then, thereupon, V 18, 100, XVII 39; _þis
tyde_, now, XVI 184, 215. [OE. tīd.]
#Tide#, v. to happen, befall; tide wat bitide, come what may, II
339; #Tid(e)#, pa. t. VII 81; þat tid for to, chanced to, did, VII
178. [OE. tīdan.]
#Tydely#, adv. quickly, XVII 291. [ON. tíð-liga, with ME. ðl >
dl.] See Tyte.
#Tiding#, #Tydinge#, #Tythyng# (XVII), n. (piece of) news, tidings, II
97, XII a 36; pl. news, II 487; newe tydynges, tythyngis, IX
278, XVII 199. [OE. tīdung; ON. tíðindi.]
#Tyȝe#, #Tye#, v. to tie, XVII 225; as an allit. synonym of Tache
(q.v.), VI 104. [OE. tēgan.]
#Tyȝt#, pp. come, arrived, VI 143. [ME. tihten; OE. tyhtan,
draw. Cf. Te, v.]
#Tyyl#, n. brick, XIII a 25. [OE. tīgele.]
#Til#, #Tyl#, #Till(e)#, conj. until, VII 167, VIII b 38, XII a
150, XVI 24, &c. [From next.]
#Til#, #Till(e)#, #Tyl(l)#, prep. (in Northern texts synon. and
interchangeable with To; not with To- prefix, as scribal error at X
75), to, towards, into, up to, IV a 6, 18, 33, X 26, 81, XIV b 72,
XVI 32, &c.; (postponed) IV a 30, X 77, XVI 393; with infin. X 4,
14, &c. (and see For); for, IV a 93, b 25; until, I 185, II 75, IV
a 35 &c.; till þat, tyl ... þat, until (conj.), VI 188, IX 224,
229, XIV c 98, &c. [OE. (rare Nth.) til; ON. til.] See Intil,
Þar(e).
#Tyl#, v. to entice, I 50. [Cf. OE. be-tillan, for-tyllan.]
#Tilye#, v. to labour for, earn, VIII a 229; to till, VIII a 232.
[OE. tilian.]
#Tyme#, #Time#, time, period, season, occasion, I 142, VI 143, VII 19,
VIII b 106, XII a 27, &c.; whan tyme is, when it is (the) time,
VIII a 11, 72; (life)time, day, I 27, VII 8, VIII b 107, &c.; pl.
periods, hours, VIII b 107; any tyme, at any time, IV b 44; _at
þis tyme_, (for) now, V 23, IX 270; for þe tyme, for the time being,
XI b 128; fram tyme þat, from the time (conj.), XIII b 21; _in
tyme_, opportunely, XVI 149; many tyme, often, IX 44; see Heigh,
Ofte(n), Som(e), &c. [OE. tīma.]
#Tymed#, pp. timed, V 173. [From prec.]
#Timliche#, adj. temporal, III 1, 60. [OE. tīm-lic.]
#Tyne#, v. to lose, IV a 52; to tyne, for nothing, in vain, XVII
441; #Tynde#, #Tynt#, pp. VII 103, VIII b 97. [ON. týna.]
#Tyrantis#, n. pl. tyrants, XVI 311. [OFr. tyrant.]
#Tired#, pa. t. attired, II 586. [Shortened from Atire, q.v.]
#Tyste#, VI 100. Usually interpreted as tyȝte (see App., p. 278),
tight, close; this is not else recorded until early Mn.E. (where it is
obscure alteration of ME. þiȝt, ON. *þéht-, þétt-r). Read
Tryste, q.v.
#Tyte#, adv. quickly, XVI 332; as tyte, at once, XVII 219. [ON.
títt, neut. of tíð-r.] See Tydely.
#Tythe#, n. tenth part, tithe, VIII a 86. [OE. ti(o)goþa, &c.,
tenth.]
#Tythingis#. See Tiding.
#To#, adv. too, I 108, II 335, V 232, VI 121, VIII a 260, b 23,
24, IX 267, XIV a 2, b 91. [OE. tō; orig. same word as To,
prep.]
#To#, conj. till, XVII 241, 381, 499; cf. Til. [From next; cf, OE.
tō-þæs-þe.]
#To#, prep. to, I 9, &c.; (postponed) II 119, 517; to him was, he
had, XI b 285-6; (hunt) after, VIII a 30, 31; at, II 441, 579, V
265, VII 85, XVII 343 (see Biholde); to my hend, in, under, my
hands, XVII 255; in, according to, XVII 28; (turn) into, IV a 94, b
26; on, on to, II 549, V 264, VI 74, VII 174, VIII a 66, IX 182; up
to, III 56; until, XI b 25; towards, with regard to, VI 108 (see
Fare, v.); against, XI b 111; for, II 485, VI 147, VIII b 14, XI
b 56, 59, XVII 109, &c.; ȝou to, for yourselves, XIV d 7; _to
me_ (IX 100), see note; for, by way of, as, in, VII 70, IX 150, XI b
223, XII a 3; see Mede; to plesynge (&c.) of, so as to please,
&c., IX 333, XI b 108, &c. Adv. to it, on, XI b 200; go to, get
along, XVII 236; þat ... to, to which, I 33, V 29; to and fro, XVII
111. [OE. tō.] See Te, Þar(e).
#To#. See Tuo.
#To-breke#, v. intr. to burst, break, IV a 78; subj. sg. in _þin
herte þe_ (dat.) tobreke, may your heart be stricken with remorse (_or
literally_ break) within you, XV g 10. [OE. tō-brecan.]
#To-chine#, pp. cracked; al to-chine, all scarred, II 262. [OE.
tō-cīnan.]
#To-dele#, v. to divide, XIII #a# 55. [OE. tō-dǣlan.]
#To-dryue#, v. to dispel, destroy; subj. sg. XV h 16. [OE.
tō-drīfan.]
#To-for(e)#, adv. before, XII a 188; nou tofore, just now, XII b
43; prep. before, in front of, XII b 131, XIII a 43, b 26. [OE.
tō-foran.]
#To-fruschyt#, pa. t. smashed to pieces, *X 75 (MS. till frusche;
see Til). [OE. tō- + OFr. fruissier.]
#Toȝere#, adv. this year; noȝt toȝere, not for a long time
yet, VI 228. [OE. tō gēare.]
#To-gidre#, #-gider(e)#, #-gyd(e)re#, adv. together, II 121, IX 173,
253, XI b 9, XV h 9, &c.; #To-gedre#; #-geder#, #-yr#, #-ur#, I 229,
VII 131, IX 53, XIV c 29, &c. [OE. tō-gædere.]
#Togideres#, adv. together, VIII a 175. [Prec. + adv. -es.]
#Toȝt#, adj. taut, firmly bound; made hit toȝt, ? made a
compact of it, VI 162. Maken hit tough(t), is a fixed expr. = raise
objections, make conditions (see forms and senses in N.E.D., s.v.
Tough); but this would require ne for and. [OE. *toht, rel. to
tēon, draw.]
#Toiþer#. See Toþer.
#Tok(e)#, #Token#. See Take(n).
#Token#, #-yn#, #Tokne#, n. token; sign, omen, XII a 149, XVII 471,
517; memento, V 330. [OE. tācn.]
#Tokynyng#, n. indication, proof, XVII 476. [OE. tācnung.]
#Told(e)#. See Telle.
#Tole#, n. weapon, V 192, XVI 179. [OE. tōl.]
#Tolled#, pa. t. enticed, I 53. [OE. *tollian, rel. to Tyl, v.]
#Tom(e)#, #Tume# (X), n. leisure, opportunity, VII 43, X 143; time, VI
225. [ON. tóm.]
#Tomorwe#, adv. to-morrow, II 165, XII b 170. [OE. tō morgen.]
#Ton#, pron. in þe ton, the one, XI b 27, 104. [False division of
þet on; on þet see Þe, def. art.] See On(e), Toþer.
#Tone#. See Take(n).
#Tong(e)#, #Tung(e)#, n. tongue, II 222, IV a 89, XVII 398
(distrib. sg.; see Herte); speech, language, I 58, VIII a 52, XI
a 7, XIII b 2, &c.; hold þi tong, XVII 217; (spekynge) in tonge,
(words) on tongue, on our tongues, XI b 121. [OE. túnge.]
#Toolde#. See Telle.
#Top#, #Toppe#, n. hair on the crown of the head, XV g 16; top, XVII
469; (of a ship = Topcastell), XVII 271; fro toppe to taile, from top
to bottom, beginning to end, XVI 159. [OE. topp.]
#Topcastell#, n. fighting top, embattled platform at mast-top for
archers, &c., VII 148, X 121. [Prec. + Castell, q.v.]
#To-rett#, pa. t. rent in pieces, II 81 (riming witt). [OE. tō- +
ME. ritten, OE. *rittan.]
#Torfer#, n. hardship, VII 81. [ON. tor-fœ́ri.]
#Torne#. See Turne.
#To-rochit#, pp. torn to shreds, VII 147. [OE. tō- + *ryccan,
pull (see Ryched).]
#Totȝ#. See Take(n).
#Toþer#, #-ir#, #Toiþer#, #Touþer#, adj. and pron. in þe toþer,
&c., the other, I 181, VII 63, IX 4, X introd., XI b 104. [False
division (not merely in spelling--see allit. at VII 63) of þet oþer;
see Þe, def. art.] See Oþer(e), Ton.
#To-þrete#, v. to menace, XIV c 102. [OE. tō- + þrēatian.]
#To-tore#, #To-torn#, pp. torn (to pieces), II 106, 171, 173, 538.
[OE. tō-teran, pp. tō-toren].
#Tou#, #Tow#. See Þou.
#Touche#, #Toche#, #Towch#, v. to touch, reach, affect, *IV b 60
(note), XV h 18 (note), XVII 462; toucheth to, joins on to, IX 182;
touche of, touch on, treat of, IX 282, XII a 90. [OFr. toucher.]
#Toumbe#, n. tomb, I 243. [OFr. tumbe.]
#Toun(e)#, #Tounne#, #Town(e)#, n. town. I 32, II 588, VII 112, 121, X
12, 46, XIV a 7, b 83, XVII 539, &c.; out of toun, out of the town
(or from the society of men; see below), II 236; to toune, to
town, XII b 27; þe tounes ende, end of the main street, outskirts of
the town, II 481, 564; the dwellings of men, the world, XV b 1, c 28
(cf. OE. lencten gǣþ to tūne); in ilke a toune, among all men,
XVI 253. [OE. tūn.]
#Tour#, #Towre#, n. tower, II 159, 245, 359, XVII 349; (of a ship =
Castell), XIV c 18. [Late OE. tūr from OFr. tour.]
#Tourne(s)#. See Turne.
#Touþer#. See Toþer.
#Toward(e)#, prep. towards, in the direction of, IX 31, 71, 136, &c.;
me towarde, to me, VI 78; with regard to, in the eyes of, XII a 17;
#Towardes#, prep. towards, IX 225. [OE. tō-weard, -weardes.]
#Towch(ith)#. See Touche.
#Tray#, n. misery, XVII 533. [OE. trega.]
#Trayne#, n.^1 stratagem, guile, VII 94, XVI 9. [OFr. traïne.]
#Trayne#, n.^2 error for tayner, burrow, fox's earth, IX 222. [OFr.
taignere.]
#Trayst#, adj. faithful, IV a 41. [ON. traust-r, infl. by next.]
See Tryste, Trystyly.
#Traist(e)#, #Traste# (on, to), v. to trust (in), rely (on), IV
a 68, XVI 179; tru for to traist, to be relied on, trustworthy, VII
17 (cf. XVII 515). [ON. treysta.] See Trist.
#Traytoure#, n. traitor, XVI 150. [OFr. traitre, acc. sg.
traitour.]
#Transforme#, v. transform, XII a 123; _of that he hadde be
transformed_, from that (into which) he had been changed, XII a 20.
[OFr. transformer.]
#Translate#, v. to translate, VII 71, XI a 17, 19, 26;
#Translating#, n. XI a 43. [OFr. translater.]
#Trantis#, n. pl. tricks, XVI 159. [? Cf. MDu. trant, step.]
#Traste#. See Traist(e).
#Trauail(le)#, #Trauayl(e)#, #Traueile#, #Trauel#, &c., n. labour,
toil, I 206, IV a 3, b 8, XI b 227, XII b 197; _trauel and
tene_, toil and trouble, IV a 36, VIII a 127; affliction, I 204;
travel, journey, V 173. [OFr. travail(le).]
#Trauail(l)e#, #Trauayl(l)e#, #Traval(e)#, #Trauele(n)#, v. to toil,
labour, IV b 11, VI 190, VIII a 133, X 142, XI a 17, 49, XII b
140, XIV c 94; travel, XIII b 40; trans. subject to hardship, IX
272; afflict, IX 93; #Trauaillynge# (in), n. assiduity (in), VIII
a 244. [OFr. travailler.]
#Traues#, v. to thwart; 3 sg. pres. XVI 150. [OFr. traverser.]
#Traw(e)#; #Trawþe#. See Trow(e); Treuthe.
#Tre#, #Tree#, n. tree, II 268, 508, XII a 74, XVII 34, &c.; wood,
XIII a 44; piece of timber, XVII 253; cross, IV a 86; #Trees#, pl.
VII 103, &c.; #Treis#, logs, X 21; #Tren#, trees, XIII a 51, 53;
pieces of wood, XIII a 44. [OE. trēo.]
#Treble#, n. ? treble note, XV h 18. [OFr. treble.]
#Trechery(e)#, n. treachery, II 7, V 315. [OFr. trecherie.]
#Treson#, n.; do him tr., work treason against him, XIV b 38.
[OFr. traïson, AFr. treson.]
#Tresour#, #Tresowre#, n. treasure, VII 121, XI b 283. [OFr.
tresor.]
#Trete#, v. to treat, consider, XIV c 14. [OFr. traitier,
tretier.]
#Tretys#, n. treatise, IX 290. [AFr. tretiz.]
#Treuthe#; #Trouthe#, #Trowthe#, XII; #Trawþe#, V, VI; #Truth(e)#, VII;
n. truth, VII 42, 51, 94; (personified) VIII a 16, 39, &c.;
fidelity, XII a 164; faith, (plighted) word, troth, V 219, VIII a
35, XII b 164, 203; compact, V 280; honesty, VIII a 70, 90; equity,
VI 135. [OE. trēowþ.] See Vntrawþe.
#Trew(e)#; #Treue#, XI b 51; #Tru#, VII 17; #Truee#, V 173; #Trwe#,
V 286, VI 61; adj. faithful, loyal, II 554, IV a 41, XI b 51,
XII a 195, XV a 21, &c.; trusty, honest, V 173, 286; (vaguely, as
compliment), II 23; true, truthful, VIII a 52, IX 298, XI a 27, b
71, 121, XVI 273, &c.; true (in fact), VI 61, XVII 201; #Trwe#, adv.
loyally, VI 100; honestly, V 286. [OE. (ge-)trēowe.] See Vntrewe.
#Trewe#, n. truce, VIII a 326. [OE. trēow.] See Truse.
#Trew(e)ly#, #Treuly# (IX), #Trw(e)ly# (V), adv. loyally, faithfully,
V 280; correctly, rightly, VIII a 23, XI a 37; indeed, IX 247;
confidently, IV a 68, V 44, XVI 95. [OE. trēow-līce.]
#Trewman#, n. honest fellow; (as name), XIV d 6, 16.
#Tribute#, n. tribute, IX 190. [OFr. tribut, L. tribūtum.]
#Triet#, pp. proved (true), VII 17. [OFr. trier.]
#Trifuls#, n. pl. nonsense, foolish lies, VII 43. [Cf. OFr. trufle.]
#Trinité#, #Trynyté#, #-tee#, #-ty#, n. (the) Trinity, IX 338, XVII
30, 83, 169, &c. [OFr. trinité.]
#Trist#, #Tryst#, #Trust#, v. to trust, XVII 505; trew for to trist,
to be relied on, trusty, XVII 515 (cf. VII 17); trust ye non other,
believe nothing else, VII 42 (cf. Deme); þerto ȝe tryst, be sure
of that, V 257. [OE. *trȳ̆stan, or ON. *trýsta, rel. to
Traist(e); cf. MHG. trǖst.]
#Tryste#, adj. trusty; adv. faithfully, in trwe and tryste, *VI
100 (MS. tyste). [Related to Traiste as prec.]
#Trystyly#, adv. faithfully, V 280. [From ME. tristi, &c., extended
from prec.]
#Trompour#, n. trumpeter, II 521. [OFr. trompour.] See Trunpes.
#Trosse#. See Trusse.
#Troteuale#, n. idle tale, I 257. [Unknown (used several times by
Manning); ? cf. walt(e)rot, Piers Pl. B XXI, 146.]
#Trouble#, adj. muddy, not clear, IX 12, 34, 104. [OFr. trouble.]
#Trouthe#, #Trowthe#. See Treuthe.
#Trow(e)#, v. to believe (in), be sure, think, I 23, II 429, V 137, IX
151, XI a 31, XIII b 60, XVI 95, &c.; #Traw(e)#, VI 127, XVII 45,
244, &c.; #*Trod#, pp. I 254 (MS. trowed; riming God--see etym.
and note); trowe þe ... of, trust you in, V 170; (with double obj.)
trawe me þat, believe me in that, V 44. [OE. trēowan,
trūwian, and perh. OEast Scand. tróa (I 254).]
#Tru(ee)#; #Truth(e)#. See Trew(e); Treuthe.
#Trunpes#, n. pl. trumpets, II 301. [OFr. trumpe.] See Trompour.
#Trus#, v.; trus sam, pack up, XVII 316. [OFr. tro(u)sser.] See
Vntrusse.
#Truse#, n. truce, VII 94. [Orig. pl.; OE. trēow, and trēowa
(pl. in sg. sense).] See Trewe.
#Trusse#, #Trosse#, n. bundle, XII b 30, 104, 120. [OFr.
tro(u)sse.]
#Trust#. See Trist.
#Trwe#, #Trw(e)ly#. See Trew-.
#Tuaye#, #Twey(n)#, adj. two, I 41, III 10, XIII b 16, XV h 18.
[OE. twēgen, masc.] See Tuo.
#Tulk(e)#, n. man, V 65, VII 63. [? Cf. ON. túlk-r, spokesman.]
#Tume#; #Tunge#. See Tom(e); Tong(e).
#Tuo#, adj. (orig. fem. and neut. of Tuaye, and still so
distinguished in use in III), two, II 83, III 12, XII a 29, 136, 180;
#Two#, V 284, &c.; #Twa#, IV b 14; #To#, II 64, 111, 135; in two,
(broken) in two, XVII 412; oone or two, one or two, several, XVII 133,
484. [OE. twā.] See Ato.
#Turmente#, v. to torment, persecute, XVI 312. [OFr. turmenter.]
#Turmentis#, n. pl. torments, XVI 358. [OFr. turment.]
#Turn(e)#; #Teorne#, XIII a 53; #Torne#, IV a 44 (see note), XII
passim; #Tourne#, IV a 3, V 7; v. trans. to turn, IX 73, XIII a
32; turned into, diverted to, XI a 229; with (in)til, (in)to,
change, turn (into), IV a 94, b 26, VIII b 107, XII a 168, XIII
a 43, &c.; pervert, VII 42, XVI 332; translate, XI a 36; refl.
turn, IV b 37; intr. turn (back), IV b 83, XII a 33, b 142;
turne vntill, turn upon, XVII 218; turne to, return upon, IX 87;
pass, proceed (to), V 7, XIV a heading; (with til, into) change,
turn (into), IV a 72, XIII a 30, 53; turneth to ben, turns,
becomes, IX 23. #Yturnd# (to), inclined to, fond of, XIII b 64;
#Turnyng#, n. translating, XI a 44. [OE. túrnian, týrnan; OFr.
to(u)rner.]
#Turtill#, n. turtle-dove, XVII 506. [OE. turtle.]
#Twa#; #Twey(n)#. See Tuo; Tuaye.
#Twelue#, adj. twelve, I 30. [OE. twelf(e).]
#Tweluemonth(e)#, #Twelmonyþ#, n. twelvemonth, year, I 97;
quasi-adv. a year ago, V 175; þat tweluemonþe, all that year, I 103;
(at þe) tweluemonth ende, at the end of a year, I 95, 187. [OE. _twelf
mōn(a)þ_, pl.]
#Twyneth#, 3 sg. pres. twines, joins, XV h 18 (see note). [ME.
twīnen; ? from OE. twīn, twine, n.]
#Twynkelyng#, n. twinkling, in yn tw. of an ye, I 192. [OE.
twinclian.]
#Twyn(ne)#, v. intr. separate, part, IV a 19, XVI 278. [Cf. OE.
(ge-)twinn, double.] See Atwynne.
#Twyys#, adv. twice, I 182; for the second time, XVII 362. [OE.
twi(g)a + adv. -es.]
#Twnnys#, n. gen. sg. tun's, great cask's, X 26. [OE. tunne.]
#Þaȝ(e)#, #Þau# (XV), conj. (with subj.) though, even if, III 40,
V 44, 68, VI 8, XV g 30; if, that (after 'no wonder'), V 239, 346.
[OE. unacc. form þah, or ON. *þoh; see Þogh, Þei.]
#Þai#, #Þay#, #Þei#, #Þey#, adj. pl. those, X 25, 27, 135; pron. pl.
those, IX 128, 149, 216 (second), X 13, 68, &c.; they, I 32, II 32, 523,
IV b 8, VIII a 144, XVII 24, &c.; alle þay, all of them, V 357, IX
104. Acc. and dat. (to, for) them, those: #Þaym(e)#, IV b 2, 19,
23, 37, &c.; #Þam(e)#, IV b 25, X 13, XIV b 14, &c.; refl. (to,
for) themselves, IV b 20, 37, 39, X 3, 41, &c.; #Þamselfe#, acc.
themselves, IV b 12. Poss. adj. (gen. pl.), their: #Þair(e)#, IV
a 61, b 14, 19, X 28, &c.; #Þar(e)#, IV a 59, X 78, XVI 18, 310,
&c.; #Þeire#, #Þeyre#, IV b 27, 41; #Þer(e)#, VII 9, XI a 1, XVI 20,
30, &c. [ON. þei-r, þeim (dat.), þeira.] See Hi, pron. pl.
#Thair#. See Þar(e), adv.
#Þan(e)#. See Þanne, conj.; Þat; Þe, def art.
#Þank#, n. favour, XI b 167. [OE. þanc.]
#Thank(e)#, v. to thank, XVI 381, XVII 172, &c.; #Þonk(k)e#, II 472, V
340, XII b 135; #Thankynge#, n. IX 334. [OE. þancian, þoncian.]
#Þan(ne)#, adv. then, thereupon, afterwards, in that case,
consequently, I 224, III 7, VII 169, VIII a 34, XI b 16, 150, &c.;
#Þen(e)#, V 131, 191, 227, &c.; #Þenn(e)#, V 78, 92, 268, 321, &c.; _or
than_, or else, X 51. [OE. þonne, þanne, þænne.]
#Þan(ne)#, #Þane#, #Þen(n)#, conj. than, I 11, IV b 82, V 32, VI
195, IX 249, XVII 13, &c.; nor, XVII 108 (see note), 535. [As prec.]
#Thapparence# = Þe + Apparence.
#Þar#, 3 sg. pres. need, V 287; impers. in ȝow (acc.) þar,
you need, I 132. [OE. þearf.]
#Þar(e)#, #Thair#, adv. there, IV b 39, V 105, X 31, 156, XIII a
10, &c.; anticipatory IV a 70, 89, &c.; rel. (in cases) where,
when, IV a 1, 41, 82, XIII a 4; combined with prep. or adv.,
there-, it, them: #Tharat#, X 182, 186, &c.; #Þar(e)for(e)#, on that
account, &c., I 88, 254, XV f 6, &c.; #Þarfram#, (after þat rel.)
from, XIII a 37; #Þar(e)in#, #Þarynne#, IV a 26, X 128, XIII a 38;
#Þar(e)of#, IV b 57, X 23; #Thartill#, to it, X 48; #Þarto#, IV a
68, X *97, 181; #Tharwith#, thereby, *IV b 63. [OE. þǣr,
þār(a); and prob. unaccented þær, þara.] See Þer(e), Þore.
#Þar(e)#. See Þai.
#Þat#, #Þet# (III), conj. (i) With indic. that, I 30, II 333, III 5,
&c.; so that (of result), II 439, V 246, XV b 12, &c.; until, II 76;
after Swa (So), Swych, &c., passim; (with neg.), without (with _vbl.
sb._) I 156, 197, &c. (ii) With subj. that, to (with infin.; esp.
after verbs of commanding, desiring, purposing, &c.), II 534, III 7, 37,
XI b 217, XIV c 99, &c.; loosely connected with what precedes, VIII
a 11 (note), 52, XI b 247; lest (after 'fear'), XI a 61, XVII 184,
372, &c.; so that (of purpose), in order that, lest (with neg.), I
220, IV a 22, b 13, XVI 199, 399, &c.; see Forbede. So that, in
order that, XII a 19, &c.; wende ... þat, go ... and, VIII a 271.
Indef. where, if, IV b 75, 83, &c. (iii) Forming conjunctions with
preps. and advs. (orig. a pro-nominal use as in OE. for þam þe), see
the preps. &c.; subjoined to other conjs. (as Ȝif, &c.), see the
conjs.; or to rel. and interrog. advs. (see Þat, rel.), as _whan
that_, when, IX 22, &c.; hence used to obviate repetition of a conj., in
whan (that) ... and that, when ... and when, XII a 36, b 155-6,
180-2; similarly pleonastic in þe more þat, the more, XI b 114. [OE.
þæt, þætte.]
#Þat#, #Þet#, demonstr. adj. (i) As def. art. (orig. neut.), see
Þe. (ii) Emphatic that, I 93, 108, &c.; the same, that very, I 95,
190, 226, &c. #Þane#, acc. sg. masc. that, III 9. For pl. see Þo,
Þos. [See next.]
#Þat#, #Þet# (III), pron. that, it, the same, II 131, 543, III 56, V
44, XIII b 49, &c.; even that, VIII a 306; am I that, is it I (you
mean), XV g 27; that is myne, there's one from me, XVII 226; _that
withoute_, what is outside, XII a 73; quasi-adv. (at) that, too,
XVII 146; as regards that, XVII 524 (see Bold). #Þan#, dat. sg. in
after (bi) þan, after (by) that, II 553, 597; see Bi, Wiþ. [OE.
þæt (Kt. þet), neut.; þane, acc. masc.; þā̆m, dat.]
#Þat#, #Þet# (III), rel. pron. indecl. that, which, who(m), I 11, 16,
47, III 17, &c.; for whom, XIV a 32 (see Betre; but here þat is
perh. already felt as nom.); a thing which, XI b 26, &c.; þat þat,
that which, what, IV b 65, IX 70, &c.; þat at, VI 176; it ... þat,
VIII a 242, &c.; (elliptically) þat, that which, I 178, 180, II 516,
XVII 164, &c.; he who, V 196; him that, VIII a 114; those whom, XVI 8;
same þat, just what, XVI 71, &c.; (loosely, or with ellipse of prep.)
þat, to whom, VI 64, XV i 4; (as that) in which, I 188; (from that)
in which, IX 320; that into which, XII a 20. Supplemented by pers.
prons., as þat ... hym, whom, V 37; þat ... hit, which, I 185, IV
a 36, V 127, IX 6, X 6; þat þai, which, XIV b 76; _that ... thame
ilkane_, X 160 (see note); similarly, þat ... þat tyde (= then),
when, V 17; þat ... þerof, of which, XI b 222-3; cf. XIII a
36-7. For use with separated preps. and advs. (as, þat ... of, of
whom, VI 65) see the preps., &c.; note þat ... after, that after
which, VII 20, same þat ... fro, same as that from which, IX 230.
Subjoined to other relatives, and indir. interrogatives, see Hou,
Whan, What, &c.; cf. Þat, conj. [Substitution of prec. for OE. þe;
þat, that which, may in part repres. OE. þæt-þe, þætte.] See
App., p. 289.
#Þatow#, = þat þou, that thou, II 165, 454, 471; cf. þat tou, XV g
9. See Þou.
#Þau#. See Þaȝ(e).
#Þe#, adv.; demonstr. (by) so much, for that, the, V 300, VIII b
100; (pleonastic), VIII a 112; the wars I thee see, so much the
worse for seeing you, XVII 191; rel. by which, in þe better, (so)
that ... better, VIII a 46, XVII 175; correl. in _þe ... þe (...
þe)_, the ... the, I 255, VI 240 (see note). [OE. þȳ, þē̆.]
See Forþi.
#Þe#, def. art. the, I 8, *XVI 170 (MS. ȝe), &c.; generic, IX
109, &c.; see Whiche, Whilke, Who. #Te#, in an te, and the, XV e
19; #Th-# (before vowels), XII a 127, b 191, 211. #Þane#, _acc. sg.
masc._ III 10, 14, 59; #Þat#, #Þet#, neut. sg. III 41, 44, 46, 57;
with French masc. III 46; before vowels and merging into Þat
demonstr., I 43; esp. in þat yche, ilk(e), the same, &c., I 208,
V 65, &c.; but þe ilke, masc. and fem., III 27, 45; þat o(n), the
one, V 244, 344, IX 176, XV h 7; þat oþer(e), the other, V 72, 169,
200, 344, XII a 118, XV h 7; see Ich, Ilke, Ton, Toþer, &c. [OE.
se (late þe), &c.]
#The#, v. to prosper, in as euer myght I the, so may I prosper, on
my life, XVII 328. [OE. þēon.]
#Þe#, #The(e)#. See Þou.
#Þede#, n. (folk), land, II 475, 494, 535, VI 123. [OE. þēod.]
#Þedyr#, #-ur#, &c. See Þider.
#Þeeues#, n. pl. thieves, VIII b 17; #Þeuys#, XI b 176; #Þieues#,
III 18. [OE. þēof (Kt. þīof).]
#Þei#, #Þey#, conj. though, even if, II 173, 247, 433, XIII a 32;
#Þeyȝ#, #Theigh#, VIII a 220, XIII b 9. [OE. þē(a)h.] See
Þogh.
#Þeire#; #Þeise#. See Þai; Þes.
#Themperour# = Þe + Emperour.
#Þen(e)#, #Þenn(e)#. See Þan(ne), adv., conj.
#Þenche#, #Þenk(en)#, v. to think, I 221, II 373, XI b 253, &c.;
#Þinke#, #Thynk(e)#, II 44, IV a 78, VII 30, &c.; #Þoȝte#,
#Thoghte#, pa. t. III 57, XII a 11, &c.; #Thoucht#, X 28, &c.;
#Þouȝte#, #Thoughte#, VIII a 293, IX 167; #Thoght#, #Þouȝt#,
pp. II 390, XIV b 53, &c.; to consider, XVI 3; þ. on (vpon),
think, be mindful, of, IV a 78, 95, V 329, VI 10, &c.; intend to, be
resolved to, VII 30, X 79; expect to, XII a 28; þ. to (for to,
till), expect to, VIII a 293, X 28, XIV b 36, &c.; conceive,
imagine, II 373, 390, XVII 286, &c.; #Thynkynge#, n. IV b 68. [OE.
þencan, þō̆hte.] See Þinke.
#Þenne#, adv. thence, I 153. [Cf. OE. þanone.] See Thine.
#Þens#, adv. thence, in from þens, IX 259, XVII 548. [Prec. + adv.
-es.]
#Þer(e)#, adv. demonstr. there, I 98, II 189, III 42, &c.; correl.
in þere ... where, where, IX 222; indef. (unaccented; see Þyr), II
10, 39, XII a 75, &c.; rel. where, when, I 154, V 8, 52, 329, VIII
a 240, XII a 141, &c.; equiv. to neut. pron. it, that, them, and
occas. rel. which: #Þer(e)aboute(n)#, (round) about it, IX 156, *XI
b 252; #Þerafter#, afterwards, V 350, VIII a 108, &c.; according to
it, XI b 244; #Þerap(p)on#, on it, &c., VII 75, XVII 282; #Þerate#,
there, II 380, VI 154; #Þerby(e)#, by that means, XI a 13, XVI 161; on
that account, XIII b 35; according to it, XVI 322; #Þer(e)for(e)#,
#Þeruore#, &c., on that account. I 71, III 41, V 211 (pleonastic), 289,
XVII 20, &c.; on account of which, XVI 167; because, IX 108 (note);
#Þerfro#, XVI 295; ther ... fro, whence, XII a 33; #Þerin(ne)#,
#-ynne#, II 278, V 106, XIII a 16, &c.; rel. wherein, II 413;
#Ther(e)myd(d)e#, therewith, VIII a 69, 151; #Þer(e)of#, #Þereoffe#,
of it, from it, &c., III 20, IV a 39, VIII a 191, IX 6, &c.; rel.
of which, XIII a 31; see Þat, rel.; #Þeron#, of it, VI 27;
#Þerto#, to it (that), V 257, XVII 385; at it, XIII a 48; for it, XI
b 254; in addition, XII b 200; (after rel.) to, XI b 246, XIII
a 37; #Þer vnder#, underneath (them), V 11; #Þerupon#, at it, XII b
162; #Þer(e)with#, by that means, VIII a 95, 102, &c.; with it (after
Part, v.), VII 96. [OE. þǣr, þēr.] See Þar(e), Þyr, Þore.
#Þer(e)#. See Þai; Thire.
#Þerewhiles#, adv. in the meantime, VIII a 8. [OE. _(on) þǣre
hwīle_ + adv. -es.] See Þerwhile.
#Þerk#, adj. dark, II 370. [OE. *þeorc (þeorcung = deorcung);
see Kluge, Urgerm. § 37 d.]
#Þerwhile#, conj. while, VIII a 156; see While. [OE. _on þǣre
hwīle þe_.] See Þerewhiles.
#Þes#, demonstr. adj. (and pron.) sg. this, VIII b 78, XV i
18; #Þis(ē)#, #Þys(se)#, I 20, II 47, VI 10, 173, &c.; #Þhis#, XVI
61; this, this woman, XVII 403; #Þeise#, pl. these, IX 117, 318;
#Þes#, VIII b 42, XI a 61, &c.; pron. V 354, VII 50, &c.; #Þese#,
I 43, 47, &c.; #Þis#, #Þys#, II 13, 340, VI 145 (note), XVII 445, &c.;
#Þise#, #Þyse#, III 59, V 355, XVII 181, &c.; #Þuse#, VIII b 70. [OE.
þes, þēos, þis; see N.E.D.]
#Þet#. See Þat; Þe, def. art.
#Þeuys#. See Þeeues.
#Þi#, #Þy#. See Forþi, Þou.
#Thicke#, adj. dense, pouring (rain), VII 107, 132. [OE. þicce.]
#Þider#, adv. thither, II 316, 318, &c.; #Þedyr#, #Thedir#, #-ur#, I
43, VII 88, XVII 312, &c. [OE. þider.]
#Þyderward#, #Thederward#, adv. thither, in that direction, XIII a
33, XVII 245. [OE. þiderw(e)ard.]
#Þieues#. See Þeeues.
#Thilke#, adj. that (same), XII b 59, 205, 220; #Þulke#, those, XIII
a 2. [OE. þylc, such; treated in sense as a contraction of Þe +
Ilk(e), q.v.]
#Thine#, adv. thence, in fra thine furth, thenceforward, X 130.
[Obscure red. of ME. þeþen (cf. ON. þaðan); cf. sine from
siþ(þ)en, seþen.]
#Þin(e)#, #Þyn(e)#. See Þou.
#Þing(e)#, #Þyng#, #Þynk# (VI), n. thing, II 33, IV a 29, &c.; _al
þat þing_, everything there, II 417; al this thyng, all this, XVII
154. Na thyng, no þing (þynk, &c.), nothing, anything (with
neg.), II 172, IV a 6, VI 136, 227, IX 275, &c.; as adv. no whit,
in no way, I 67, II 39, V 168, XVII 289; na kyn thing, no whit, X 59;
for no þing, for any (other) cause, II 98. #Þing#, &c., pl. things,
affairs, matters, I 7, II 4, 218, 297, XI b 249; #al(le) þing#, &c.
(constr. as sg. or pl.) everything, II 11, IV a 68, VIII a 203,
IX 239, XIV c 2, XVII 73, &c.; all things, XV c 6; bi al þing, by
every token, II 321, 375; #Þinges#, #Thyngeȝ#, &c., II 496, IV b
62, &c.; compositions, tasks, XIII b 19. [OE. þing.]
#Þink(e)#, #Þynk(e)#, #Þenk(e)#, v. to seem to (with dat. pron.), II
442; #Þynkkeȝ#, thou seemest, V 294; impers. in me þinkeþ,
thynkys me, &c., it seems to me, VIII b 55, XIV c 28, XVII 511,
&c.; endingless form in, me (him, vs) þink, &c., it seems to me, I
think, &c., II 375, IV a 10, 12, V 41, VI 192, 230, XVII 399, &c.;
þynk me, XVII 255; with nom. pron. in thou thynk, (it) seems good
to you, XVII 196, 379. #Þoȝt#, #Thoght(e)#, pa. t. (it) seemed to,
V 95, XII b 74, XVII 82, 425; with nom. pron. in þey þoȝt, they
thought good, I 87. [OE. þyncan, þū̆hte. The endingless forms
prob. arose in 1 sg. by confusion with Þenche, q.v.; but cf. ON.
þykki mér.]
#Þyr#, adv. indef. there, I 170. [Reduced unaccented form of Þer(e);
y repres. obscure vowel, as (e.g.) in þedyr, 171.]
#Thire#, adj. and pron. pl. these, IV b 55, 59; #Þer#, XVI 97,
399. [Obscure; usually Northern.]
#Thirté#. See Þritti.
#Þis(e)#, #Þys(se)#, &c. See Þes.
#Þiself(f)e#, #Þiselue(n)#. See Þou.
#Þo#, demonstr. adj. pl. those, V 130, VII 113, VIII b 5, IX 33,
&c.; pron. they, those, &c. II 575 (second), VI 197, VIII a 155, IX
48, XV b 23, XVI 279, XVII 228. [OE. þā.] See Þat.
#Þo#, adv. then, thereupon, II 49, 117, III 12, VIII a 22, XII a
6, &c.; in addition, more, in þo fyue, five (times) more, VI 91;
rel. when, III 3, 32, 44, 54, 56. [OE. þā.]
#Þof#, conj. though, even if, IV a 12, 75, VII 29. [As next, with
alteration of final spirant; cf. Þouþ; Rof.]
#Þogh#, conj. though, (even) if, IX 207, XII a 187, &c.; þogh þat,
though, I 224; #Þou#, XV f 8; #Þouȝ#, #Þough#, IX 139, XIV c 37,
&c.; #Þowȝ#, #Þowgh#, VIII a 36, 40, &c. [ON. þó, earlier
*þoh.] See Þaȝe, Þei, Allthough.
#Þoȝt(e)#, #Thoght(e)#. See Þenche, Þinke, Þouȝt.
#Þolien#, #Þole#, v. to endure, IV a 14, V 351, XV c 33; #tholid
... for to be#, suffered myself to be, XVI 3. [OE. þolian.]
#Thoner#; #Þonk(k)e#. See Þundyr; Thanke.
#Þore#, adv. there, then, I 96, 175, V 288, VI 202. [OE. þāra.]
See Þar(e).
#Þorgh#, prep. through; throughout, over; because of, out of; by
(means of): IX 87, XV i 3, &c.; #Thoro#, XVII 278; #Þorw#, VIII a
20, XIV c 19, &c.; #Thorwgh#, VIII a 320; #Þourgh#, VIII a 320;
#Throu#, X 15; #Throughe#, VII 16, 92; #Þurch#, II 237, &c.; #Þurȝ#,
V 83, VI 53, &c.; #Þurgh(e)#, I 186, IV b 71, VII 103, &c.; adv.
through, IX 224. [OE. þurh, þorh.]
#Þorghout#, prep. throughout, IX 217; #Thurghout#, adv. in every
detail, XII b 219. [OE. þurh-ūt.]
#Þorsday#, n. Thursday, XV g 1. [OE. þōresdæg from ON.
pórsdag-r.] See Scere.
#Þos#, pron. pl. those, VI 155; #Those#, XVII 45, &c. [OE. þās.]
See Þat.
#Þou#, pron. thou, you, I 130, II 108, &c.; #Þow(e)#, IV a 22, V
256, XVI 242, &c.; #Þu#, VII 94; #Tou#, #Tow# (after closely connected
words ending in d, t, s), II 452, XV a 17, g 9; see also
artow, canstow, hadestow, neltow, saltou, shaltow, þatow,
wiltou, wolte (with further reduction). #Þe#, #The(e)#, #Te# (after
is), acc. thee, you, II 116, XVII 118, 407, &c.; dat. (to, for)
thee, II 132, V 175, 218, 291, XV g 10, &c.; concerning thee, XV g
28; what is te, what þe is, what is the matter with thee, II 102,
115; for the, as far as you are concerned, XVII 193; refl. (to, for)
thyself, yourself, V 184, 229 (first), 289, VIII a 32, 223, XV f 13,
XVII 224, &c. #Þi#, #Þy#; #Þin#, #Þyn(e)# (usually before vowels);
poss. adj. thy, your, I 125, II 105, V 235, VI 207, &c.; (objective)
of thee, VIII a 27, XV g 31, &c.; #Þine#, #Þyne#, oblique and
pl. II 109, XV c 23, &c.; pron. belonging to thee, XVI 221; thy
folk, XVI 252. #Þiselffe#, #-selue#; #Þyseluen#, #-self(e)#, nom.
(thou) thyself, XVI 206, 261, 299: refl. thyself, V 73, VI 113, XVI
350, &c. [OE. þū̆, -tū̆; þē̆; þīn.]
#Þou#, #Þouȝ#, #Þough#. See Þogh.
#Thoucht#, #Þouȝt(e)#, &c. See Þenche.
#Þouȝt#, n. thought, mind, imagination, II 373; #Þoȝte#, VI 164,
see Dede; #Thoght(e)#, IV a 5, b 23, XVII 156, &c. [OE.
(ge-)þō̆ht.]
#Þourgh#. See Þorgh.
#Þousand(e)#, #-end#, #-ond#; #Þouzond#; #Thowsande#; n. sg. and pl.
thousand, III 30, 34, VIII a 185, XI b 279, XIII b 31, XVI 39, &c.
[OE þūsend.]
#Thousendfold#, adj.; many thousendfold, in many thousands, XII a
97. [OE. þūsend-fáld.]
#Þouþ#, conj. though, even if, XI b 190. [As Þogh, with alteration
of final spirant; cf. Þof.]
#Þow(e)#; #Þowȝ#, &c. See Þou; Þogh.
#Thrall#, n. slave; predic. as adj. in bondage, subject, XVI 134.
[OE. þrǣ̆ll, from ON. þrǽl-l.]
#Þre(e)#, adj. three, I 196, II 70, IX 244, &c.; #Þri#, III 6, 15;
þre (squared), IX 106; a þre, in three, XIII b 49. [OE. þrēo,
fem., neut.; þrī(e), masc.]
#Þrepe#, n. contest, V 329. [Cf. OE. þrēapian, v.]
#Þresch#, v. to thrash; smite, V 232. [OE. þerscan, late þrescan.]
#Þrestelcoc#, n. (male) throstle, song-thrush, XV b 7. [OE.
þrostle + cocc; on form see N.E.D., s.v. Throstle.]
#Þrete#, v. to threaten, V 232, XIV a 31; to wrangle, VI 201;
refl. in him þreteþ, wrangles, chides, XV b 7 (note). [OE.
þrēatian; ? ON. þrǽta (in sense 'wrangle').]
#Threting#, n. threatening (language), XIV a 30. [OE.
þrēatung.]
#Thretty#. See Þritti.
#Þrewe#, pa. t.; ouer ... þrewe, overturned, II 578. [OE.
þrāwan, twist; pa. t. þrēow.]
#Þri#. See Þre(e).
#Þrid(de)#, #Þryd(de)#, adj. third, III 10, IX 30, XII a 122, &c.
#Thirde#, #Thyrde#, IV b 6, XVI 31; at þe þrid, on the third
occasion, V 288; þe þryd(de) tyme, for the third time, I 142, XII b
81, XVII 460. [OE. þridda, late Nth. þirda.]
#Þrien#, adv. thrice, XV g 33. [OE. þri(g)a.] See Þryys.
#Thrife#, #Thryfe#. See Þriue.
#Thryft#, n. prosperity; in oath by my thryft = _as euer myght I
thrife_ (see The, Þriue), XVII 218. [ON. þrift.]
#Thrifty#, adj. prosperous; goodly, fine, VII 158. [From prec.]
#Þryys#, adv. thrice, I 182. [OE. þri(g)a + adv. -es.] See
Þrien.
#Þrynge#, v. to press; intr. make one's way, V 329; #Thringand#,
pres. p. pressing, X 166. [OE. þríngan.]
#Þritti#, adj. thirty, XV g 4, 15, 21; #Thretty#, VII 158; #Thirté#,
#Thyrty#, XVII 125, 260. [OE. þrit(t)ig.]
#Þriuaund#, pres. p. prosperous; goodly, noble, VII 158. [From next.]
Cf. Thrifty.
#Þriue#, #Thrife#, #Thryfe#, v. to prosper; I may not thryfe, I can
ill bear it, or may scarcely recover, XVII 414; in oaths: _so mot þou
þriue_, as euer myght I thrife, &c., so may you (I) prosper, on your
(my) life, II 532, XVII 191, 243 (cf. The, v.). [ON. þrífa-sk.]
#Þro#, adj. fierce, V 232. [ON. þrá-r, stubborn.]
#Throu#, #Throughe#. See Þorgh.
#Þrowe#, n. time, moment, XII b 59; a þrowe, for a time, I
introd., V 151. [OE. þrāg.]
#Þrublet#, pa. t. crowded, gathered (intr.), VII 132. [Obscure. In
N.E.D. as var. of Trouble, grow dark; but cf. Purity, 504, 879.]
#Þu#; #Þulke#. See Þou; Thilke.
#Þundyr#, n. thunder(storm), I 166; #Thoner#, VII 132, XVII 346. [OE.
þunor.]
#Þurch#, #Þurȝ#, &c. See Þorgh.
#Þus#, adv. thus, so, I 37, XI b 270, XII a 88, XVI 283, &c.;
therefore, XI a 40. [OE. þus.]
#Þus(e)#. See Þes.
#Þusgate#, adv. in this way, VIII b 53. [Þus + Gate, n.^2] See
Sogat.
#U-#, #V-#; for init. u, v (in III) see also F.
#Vayn(e)#, adj. frivolous, vain, worthless, IV b 28; #Veyn#, XI b
104, 124, 137, &c.; yn veyn, in vayn, in vain, I 178, XVII 360.
[OFr. vain.]
#Vale#, n. vale, V 203 (see Hil). [OFr. val.]
#Valay#, #Valeye#, n. valley, V 77, 177, IX 195, XI b 155. [OFr.
valée.]
#Vald#; #Vall#. See Wille, v.; Wal.
#Value#, n. value, X 132. [OFr. value.]
#Vanyté#, n. frivolity, vanity, vain thing, IV b 13, 52, XI b 181,
219, XIV c 3. [OFr. vanité.]
#Vapnys#; #Var#. See Weppen; Was.
#Vauntwarde#, n. vanguard, VIII b 60. [ONFr. avant-warde.]
#Vch(on)#. See Ich(on).
#Velany#. See Vylany.
#Vedde#. See Fede.
#Veyn#. See Vayn(e).
#Venge# (on), v. to take vengeance (on); _it schal ben venged ...
so_, such vengeance shall be taken, XII b 100. [OFr. venger.]
#Venia(u)nce#, #Vengaunce#, n. vengeance, punishment, I 92, 129, VIII
a 138, XI b 49, XVII 55, &c. [OFr. venjance.]
#Venym(e)#, n. poison, IV b 86, IX 94. [OFr. venim.]
#Venymous#, adj. poisonous, IX 203. [OFr. venimous.]
#Ver(r)ay#, adj. true, IX 65, XVII 1; adv. truly, very, XVII 198;
#Verayly#, adv. truly, V 177. [OF. verai.]
#Verament#, adv. assuredly, XVII 6. [OFr. veirement, veraiment.]
#Verce#, n. verse, VI 233. [OE. fers; OFr. vers.]
#Verrit# (for), pp. averred, declared (to be), VII 49. [Shortened
from OFr. averer.]
#Verst#. See Furst.
#Vertu(e)#, n. power, peculiar property, quality, IX 67, 70, 74, XII
b 175, XV i 3, &c.; virtue, IV b 16, V 307; kyng of vertues, XVI
128 (see note). [OFr. vertu.]
#Vertuous#, #Virtuus#, adj. in possession of its proper qualities, IX
126; virtuous, VII 49. [OFr. vertuous.]
#Ves#. See Was.
#Vessel(l)#, n. vessel, I 218, (ship) XVII 327. [OFr. vessel.]
#Vggely#, #Vgly#, adj. forbidding, horrible, V 11, 122, XVI 101. [ON.
ugg-ligr.]
#Vgsom#, adj. horrible, VII 133. [Cf. ON. uggsam-ligr.]
#Victorye# (of), n. victory (over), IX 81, XI b 153. [OFr.
victorie.]
#Vif(tene)#, &c. See Fyue, Fyfteyn.
#Vylany#, #Velany#, n. unknightly conduct, V 307; ignominy, shameful
fate, XVII 67. [OFr. vilanie.]
#Vile#, adj. worthless, IV b 12; miserable, II 548. [OFr. vil.]
#Vilté#, n. vileness, IV b 77. [OFr. vilté.]
#Vyndland#, pres. p. turning over and over, X 129. [Cf. ON. vindla,
wind.]
#Vyne#, n. vineyard, VI 142, 161, &c.; vine, IX 158. [OFr. vi(g)ne.]
#Violastres#, n. pl. as supposed name of a kind of diamonds of
inferior lustre; due to mistransl. of French violastres (adj. pl.),
purplish, IX 97 (note).
#Vyolentlych#, adv. violently, XIII a 33. [From OFr. violent.]
#Vyolet#, #Violet(te)#, n. violet (flower), IX 99, XV e 13;
(colour), IX 98; see IX 97 note. [OFr. violet(te).]
#Vyrgyne#, n. Virgin, virgin, I 85, 240, &c. [OFr. virgine.]
#Vyrgynflour#, n. perfect maidenhood, VI 66. [Prec. + Flour.]
#Virtuus#. See Vertuous.
#Visage#, n. face, II 80. [OFr. visage.]
#Vyse#, n. vice, V 307. [OFr. vice.]
#Vitayll#, n. victuals, provisions, XVII 155. [OFr. vitaille.]
#Vithall#, #-in#. See Withal, -inne.
#Vmbethoucht# (hym), pa. t. bethought (him), reflected, X 179. [OE.
*ymb(e)-þencan (cf. ymbe-þanc); but prefix is influenced by ON.
umb.]
#Vmbreide# (of), pa. t. subj. reproached (with), XII b 98. [OE.
ūp-gebregdan, upbraid, with prefix assimilated to ME. umb(e) as
in prec.]
#Vnable#, adj. incapable, IX 313; impossible, VII 46. [OE. un- +
OFr. hable.] See Able.
#Vnablen#, v. to render incapable, XI b 109, 117. [From prec.]
#Vnbarred#, pp. unbarred, V 2. [OE. on- (un-) + OFr. barrer.]
See Bard, Barres.
#Vnbynde#, v. to unbind, release, XVI 8; #Vnbounde#, pp. I 228. [OE.
on-bíndan, late un-bíndan.]
#Vnblendyde#, adj. unpolluted, IV b 16. [From pp. of Blende, q.v.]
#Vncessantlé#, adv. unceasingly, XVII 147. [From OFr. incessant.]
#Vnclene#, adj. impure, IV b 17. [OE. un-clǣne.]
#Vncouþe#, #Vnkowthe#, adj. strange, unknown, II 535, VII 146. [OE.
un-cūþ.]
#Vncrouned#, adj. without the tonsure, lay, VIII b 66. See
Crounede.
#Vndede#. See Vndo.
#Vnder#, #-ur#, prep. under, II 70, IX 179, XIII a 15; (postponed) V
250; see Gore, Heuenryche; adv. underneath, XVII 409; in reality
(opposed to appearance on surface), VII 18, XIV a 18; see Þere. [OE.
under.]
#Vnder#, n. 'the third hour', about the middle of the morning, VI 153.
[OE. undern.] See Vndertide.
#Vnderȝete#, pa. t. pl. perceived, II 576. [OE. under-getan, pa.
t. pl. -gē(a)ton.]
#Vnderlynge#, n. inferior, VIII a 47. [OE. underling.]
#Vndernome#, pp. taken in (mentally), realized, II 320. [OE.
underniman, pp. -numen.] See Nym(e).
#Vnderstonde#, #Vndirstand(e)#, &c., v. to understand; comprehend, I
12, IV b 76, IX 214, XI b 117, XIII b 55, &c.; learn, be told, I
26, II 215, IX 187, &c.; vnderst. bi, intend (to be understood) by, XI
a 9; vnderst. of preiere of holy lif, mean by 'prayer' (that
consisting in) holy living, XI b 82; #Vnderstod#, pa. t. XII b 36,
88, &c. [OE. understándan, -stóndan.]
#Vnderstondyng(e)#, #-standynge#, &c., n. comprehension, XI b 134;
intelligence, IV b 49, 56, 65; of kynde vnderst., it stands to
ordinary reason, naturally, VIII b 58. [OE. under-stánding.]
#Vndertake#, v. to undertake, XIV c 52; warrant, XVII 274;
#Vndertake#, pp. XII a 52. [OE. under- + ON. taka.]
#Vndertide#, #Vndrentide#, n. (orig.) mid-morning, (esp. as time for
a rest from work), but often vaguely applied and appar. nearly equiv. to
'noon', II 65, 76, 133, 181, 282; slepe her undertides, were taking a
noontide sleep, II 402. [OE. undernīd.] See Vnder, n.
#Vndisposid# (to), adj. indisposed, disinclined (to), XI b 135.
[From OFr. disposer.]
#Vndo#, v. to undo, open, XVI 182; #Vndede#, pa. t. II 385. [OE.
on-dōn, un-dōn.] See Do(n).
#Vnglad#, adj. in misery, XVII 22. [OE. un-glæd.]
#Vnité#, n. coherence of mind, sanity (? but this sense unexampled),
VIII b 10. [OFr. unité, unity.]
#Vnkept#, adj. not kept, broken, XI b 233. See Kepe.
#Vnkinde#, #Vnkuynde#, adj. unnatural (in conduct, &c.); disloyal, XIV
c 103; hard-hearted, XII b 1, 220, 224. [OE. un(ge)cýnde.]
#Vnkindenesse#, #Vnkyndnes#, n. unnatural conduct, XII b 205, XVII
12. [From prec.]
#Vnkowþe#. See Vncouþe.
#Vnlokynne#, pp. opened, XVI 197. [OE. on-lūcan, un-; pp.
-locen.] See Loke, pp.
#Vnmanerly#, adv. discourteously, V 271. [From ME. maner-ly, formed
on Maner(e), q.v.]
#Vnneþe#, adv. with difficulty, hardly, II 221, 416, XIII b 60, XIV
c 4. [OE. un-ēaþe.]
#Vnoccupied#, adj. unoccupied, XI b 127. See Occupied.
#Vnreso(u)nable#, adj. unreasonable, VI 230, VIII a 145. [From OFr.
resonable.] See Resonabele.
#Vnrid#, adj. hard, cruel, XVII 40. [OE. un-gerȳde, rough.]
#Vnryghtwysely#, adv. unrighteously; more than is right, IV b 24.
[OE. un-rihtwīs-līce.]
#Vnschape#, adj. formless, XIII b 59. [OE. un-gescapen, unformed.]
#Vnschette#, v. to open, XII a 71. [OE. on- (un-) + scyttan
(Kt. *scettan).]
#Vnsober#, adj. violent, VII 143; #Vnsoberly#, adv. violently, VII
130. [From OFr. sobre.] See Sobre.
#Vnsoght#, adj. unexpiated, not atoned for, XVII 97. [ME.
un-sa(u)ght, from ON. ú-sáttr (older *un-saht-); cf. OE.
un-seht. The orig. rimes were prob. naght, saght, wraght; see
Werche.]
#Vnstudied#, adj. not studied, XI b 165, 232. See Studie.
#Vntil(l)#, prep. to, XII a 132, XVI 370, XVII 218 (see Turne);
until, XVI 52. [As next with subst. of interchangeable til.]
#Vnto#; #Vntew#, XVII 505; prep. to, I 111, II 186, XII a 25, XVI
319, XVII 241; towards, for, XVI 246; up to, until, I 95, VII 95, IX
328. [? OE. *untō; cf. OS. untō, prep.; Goth. untē,
conj.]
#Vnto#, conj. until, I 68. [As prec.] See To, conj.
#Vntrawþe#, n. perfidy, V 315. [OE. un-trēowþ.] See Treuthe.
#Vntrew(e)#, adj. inaccurate, untrue, VII 47, XI a 43. [OE.
untrēowe.] See Trew(e).
#Vntreweliere#, adv. compar. less accurately, XI a 59. [OE.
untrēow-līce.]
#Vntrusse#, v. to unload, XII b 52. [OE. on- (un-) + OFr.
trusser.] See Trus.
#Vnwar#, adj. (or adv.) unawares, XII b 9. [OE. unwær, adj. and
adv.] See War(e).
#Vnworthi#, adj. unworthy, IX 308. [Extended from OE. unweorþ(e).]
See Worþy.
#Vochen saf#. See Vouchesaf.
#Voided#, pp. 'cleared out', been dismissed, II 574. [OFr.
(a)voider.]
#Vois#, n. voice, XII a 119, b 31, &c.; #Voyce#, #Voice#, XVI 73,
79. [OFr. vois.]
#Vol(ueld)#. See Ful(fillen).
#Vorbisne(n)#, n. pl. examples, illustrations, III 2, 59. [OE.
for(e)-bisen.]
#Vore-yzede#, #Vorzede#. See For-seyde.
#Vouche-saf#, #Vowch-sayf#, v. to vouchsafe, deign, IX 330, XVII 172;
#Vochen saf#, pres. pl. guarantee (sc. me), VIII b 51. [OFr.
vo(u)cher sauf.]
#Voundit#. See Woundit.
#Vousour#, n. vaulting, II 363. [OFr. vousure.]
#Vp#, #Vpp(e)#, adv. up, I 200, II 96, V 11, XVI 113, &c.; open, X
185; (open) wide, XVI 122, 194; vp wiþ, up with, lift up, hold high,
XIV c 99. [OE. ūp, upp(e).]
#Vpcaste#, pa. t. lifted up, XII a 106. [OE. up(p) + ON. kasta.]
See Cast(e).
#Vpdrawe#, pp. drawn up, XII b 64. [OE. up(p) + dragan.]
#Vplondysch#, #Oplondysch#, adj. rustic, XIII b 23, 50. [Cf. OE.
ūp-lendisc.]
#Vp(p)on#; #Vpo#, XV g 4; #Opan#, II 506; #Opon#, II 72, &c.; #Apon#,
IV a 86, X 123, &c.; prep. (i) (up)on, V 134, VIII a 135, IX 33, X
183, XII a 126 (see Stonde), XIII a 12, &c.; (postponed) II 500,
506; (of time) I 29, &c.; immediately after, XII b 147; (commenting)
on, XI b 20; upon this matiere, on this business, XII a 45. (ii)
in, VI 185, X 66, XII introd., a 175; (believe) in, XV g 9; into,
VII 6, 140; (iii) to, V 184 (see Stiȝtel); (iv) (think) of, V 329,
VI 10. See Grounde, Half, Out(e), Þer(e), &c. [OE. up(p)-on.]
#Vpon#, adv. on; dede upon, put on, XII a 53. [As prec.]
#Vpperight#, adv. (straight) up, XVI 394. [OE. ūp-rihte.]
#Vprise#, v. to rise up, XVI 31 (see prec.). [OE. _up(p)
ā-rīsan_.]
#Vpward#, adv. in the upper part, IX 246. [OE. ūp-weard.]
#Vr(e)#; #Vrn#; #Vrþe#. See We; Eorne; Erþe.
#Vs#. See He, We.
#Vsage#, n. usage, XIII b 17. [OFr. usage.]
#Vse#, #Vss(e)#, n. use, XIII a 1; usage, ritual, XI b 189, 196,
&c. (see note, XI b 183). [OFr. us, L. ūsus.]
#Vse#, v. to use, practise, have dealings with, V 38, 358, XIII b
14, XIV a 30; #Y-vsed#, pp. XIII b 26. [OFr. user.]
#Vtmast#, adj. outermost, II 357. [OE. ūt(e)mest.]
#Vttiremeste#, adj. extreme, furthest, XVI 232 (see Ende). [Formed
on ME. utter(e), OE. ū̆ttra, on anal. of prec.]
#Vus#. See We.
#Wa(a)#. See Wo.
#Wack(e)net#, pa. t. and pp. awoke, (was) aroused, VII 105, 110.
[OE. wæcn(i)an.] See Wake.
#Wage#, v. to undertake, guarantee, pay (hire), &c.; intr. or
absol. ? (used for) securely continue, or ? bring reward, VI 56.
[ONFr. wager.]
#Wagh(e)#, #Wawe#, #Wawgh(e)#, n. wave, water (of the sea), VII 140,
XII a 157, XIV c 33, XVII 426, &c. [ON. vág-r.]
#Wai#, #Way#, interj. woe! II 234, 546; wai es him, unhappy is one
(who), XV a 9. [ON. vei.] See We, interj.; Wo.
#Way(e)#, #Wey(e)#, #Weie#, #We# (X), n. way, course, manner,
distance, &c., II 476, VII 144, VIII a 6, IX 220, X 85, XII a 16,
XVI 74, &c.; all way, all weys, continually, XVII 500; always, IX
212, 277; by þe way of, see Right, n.; in þe waye, on (by) the
way, IV b 41; in ich ways, in every way, II 158 (see note); adv.
away, in do way, have done, enough, II 226. [OE. weg.] See Alway,
Awai, Heigh.
#Waik#, adj. weak, VIII b 23. [ON. veik-r.]
#Waille#, v. to bewail, VIII a 308. [ON. *veila (cf. ON.
vǽla, Swed. veila).]
#Wayte#, v. to look, V 95, 221. [ONFr. wait(i)er.]
#Wake#, v. to lie awake, keep vigil, IV b 49, XV c 21; trans. to
arouse, kindle, XVII 89. [OE. wacian, intr.] See A-, Forwake.
#Wal#, #Wall#, n. wall, II 357, XI b 40, XIII a 24, XVII 515
(see Ston), &c.; #Vall#, X 131. [OE. wall.]
#Wald(e)#. See Wille, v.
#Wale#, v. to choose; to wale (to be chosen), conspicuous,
excellent, VII 8. [ON. val, n.; velja (pa. t. valdi), v.]
#Walk(e)#, v. to walk, wander, V 110, VI 39, XII b 21, XVI 53, 333;
walkes wide, is spread abroad, XIV b 29 (see Word); #Ywalked#,
pp. XIII a 16. [OE. walc(i)an, roll, go to and fro.]
#Wallande#, pres. p. welling, bubbling, VI 5. [OE. wallan.]
#Walschmen#, n. pl. Welshmen, XIII b 3. [OE. wē̆lisc,
wǣ̆lisc + mann.]
#Walt#, v. to roll; trans. pa. t. rolled, VII 140 (rel. to
blastes omitted); intr. infin. totter (and fall), VII 138; pa. t.
was tossed, VII 144 (rel. to nauy omitted). [OE. (Nth.) wælta.]
#Wan#. See Wanne, Wynne(n).
#Wan(e)#, v. to decrease, subside, XVII 450, 458, 493. [OE. wanian.]
#Wane#, n. expectation (of success), in I ne wate na better wane, I
know no better alternative, IV a 55; cf. Rede, n. [ON. ván,
expectation.] See Wones.
#Wandren#, v. to wander, VIII a 297. [OE. wandrian.]
#Wandreth#, n. trouble, distress, IV a 19, XVII 40. [ON.
vandrǽði.]
#Waning#, n. curtailment, VI 198 (see Ȝete, v.). [OE.
wanung.]
#Wan(ne)#, #Won# (XV), adj. gloomy, VII 140; sickly, wan, II 108, IV
a 10, XV c 22. [OE. wann, wonn, dark.]
#Wanne#. See Whan, Wynne(n).
#Want#, n. lack (esp. of food), XVII 194. [ON. vant, neut. adj.]
See Wonte.
#Wap#, n. a blow, V 181. [Cf. ME. wappen, w(h)op, beat; echoic.]
#Wapin#. See Weppen.
#War# (with), v. imper. guard (against), beware (of), XIV a 6.
[OE. warian, refl.]
#War(e)#, adj. in be war (of), be on one's guard (against), beware
(of), take care, V 320, XI b 217, 311, XIV d 4; _be war or ye be
wo_, look before you leap, XIV d 11 (see Wo). [OE. wær.] See
Vnwar.
#War(e)#. See Was.
#Ward(e)#, n. custody, XVI 222; post (in the defence), X 35. [OE.
weard.]
#Warda(i)ne#, n. warden, commander of the garrison, X 146, 169, XIV
b 83. [ONFr. wardein.]
#Ware#, adj. XVI 154; see Werre, and note.
#Ware#, v. to lay out, spend, VII 19; #Waret#, pp. given (in
exchange), dealt, V 276. [OE. warian (recorded once as 'treat with')
rel. to waru, wares.]
#Wary#, v. to curse, XVII 208; #Wery#, XIV a 23. [OE. wærgan,
wergan.]
#Wark#, v. to feel pain, ache, XVII 269. [OE. wærcan; cf. ON.
verkja.]
#Wark(e)#; #Warld#. See Werk(e); World(e).
#Warn(e)#, v. to warn, inform, VIII a 125, 158, 316, 321, XVII 124;
forewarn, XVII 110. [OE. war(e)nian.]
#Warnist#, pp. furnished, manned, X 121. [ONFr. warnir, warniss-.]
#Warp#, v. to cast; offer, V 185. [OE. weorpan; ON. varpa.]
#Wars#; #Warth#. See Wors; Worþe, v.
#Was#, pa. t. sg. was, I 28, &c.; have been, VIII a 160; 2 sg.
XVII 120; #Ves#, X 15, 32; #Watȝ#, V 1, VI 4, &c.; 2 sg. V 326, VI
12, &c.; #Wes#, III 16, X 2, XV g 1, &c.; subj. was, were, might
(would, &c.) be, #Var#, X 38; #War(e)#, IV a 19, 23, &c.; #Weor#, XIV
c 89;#Wer(e)#, I 92, II 108, IV a 75, XV g 8, XVI 199, &c. _Pl.
ind._ and subj. #War(e)#, X 10, XIV b 93, &c.; #Weir#, X 137;
#Wer(e)#, #Weren#, #Weryn#, #Wern(e)#, I 41, II 18, III 58, V 354, VI
18, 225, &c.; #Wore#, I 114, VI 214, *XVI 17 (note). [OE. wæs (wes),
wǣron, &c.; ON. pl. várum, &c.] See Nas.
#Wasche#, v. intr. to wash, XIII a 25. [OE. wascan.]
#Waste#, n. wild, uninhabited place, V 30. [ONFr. wast; OE.
wē̆ste.] See Wysty.
#Waste(n)#, v. trans. to waste, VIII a 127, 155; intr. XIV c 2.
[ONFr. waster.]
#Wastour(e)#, n. waster, despoiler, rogue, VIII a 29, 124, 146, &c.
[ONFr. wastur.]
#Wat#; #Wate#; #Watȝ#. See What(e); Wite(n); Was.
#Watches#, n. pl. watches; watchmen, XVI 140. [OE. wæcce.]
#Waþe#, n.^1 peril, V 287; #Woþe#, VI 15; #Woth#, XVII 416. [ON.
váði.]
#Wathe#, n.^2 (something gained in) hunting, XVII 486; cf. Fee,
n.^2 [ON. veið-r.]
#Watter#; #Watur#, #-er#; n. water (sea, lake, flood), V 163, VII 119,
VIII a 318, &c.; #Watres#, pl. IX 12, 243. [OE. wæter.]
#Wattered#, pa. t. intr. watered, VIII a 168. [OE. wæterian,
trans.]
#Wawe#, #Wawghes#. See Wagh(e).
#Waxe(n)#, #Wax#, v. to increase, grow, become, XV b 15, 32, c 22,
XVII 60, 179; #Wexe(n)#, #Wex#, II 62, IX 22, 95, XVI 344, &c.; #Wax#,
pa. t. I 237; #Wex#, VI 178. [OE. we(a)xan.]
#We#, interj. (of grief, consternation, surprise, &c.) alas, ah, &c.;
II 176, V 117, XVI 139, 149, 301, XVII 217, 238; we loo, V 140. [OE.
wǣ (lā).] See Wai, Wo.
#We#, pron. pl. we, I 64, &c. Acc. and dat. (to, for) us, #Hus#,
XVII 46; #Ous#, II 167, 604, VIII b 92, &c.; #Vs#, IV a 7, VII 32,
&c.; vs must, see Mot(e); #Vus#, V 174, VI 94, &c.; _vus þynk vus
oȝe_, see Owe, Þinke; #Vs self#, refl. ourselves, XI b 157;
#Our(e)#, #Owr(e)#, poss. adj. our, I 203, III 29, IV a 16, 55, XV
g 26, &c.; #Vr(e)#, XIV c 15, 84, XV g 1, 24; oure one, alone by
ourselves, V 177 (see note); #Oure#, pron. ours, XI b *128, 129;
#Ouris#, X 88. [OE. wē, ūs, ūre.]
#We#. See Way(e).
#Wecht#, n. weight, X 101. [ON. vétt-r, earlier *weht-.]
#Wedde#, n. pledge, in leide to wedde, pledged, assigned as
security, mortgaged, VIII b 77. [OE. wedd; lecgan to wedde.]
#Wede#, n. garment, article of attire, II 146, V 290; wight in wede,
valiant (in arms), XIV b 5. [OE. wǣd, ge-wǣde.]
#Weder#, #-ir#, #-ur#, n. weather, II 269, XVII 470; foul weather,
storm, VII 114, VIII a 320, XIV c 35, XVII 451. [OE. weder.]
#Wedes#, n. pl. weeds (plants), VIII a 105. [OE. wēod.]
#Wedmen#, n. pl. wedded folk, XVII 400. [OE. wedd + mann.] See
Wedde, Yweddede.
#Wedows#; #Wees#, #Wegh(es)#; #Weete#; #Weie#, #Wey(e)#; #Weyn#; #Weir#.
See Wodewe; Wyȝe; Wete; Way(e); Wene(n); Was.
#Wel(e)#, #Well(e)#, #Weyl# (I), #Weill# (X), adv. well, I 110, II
136, X 12, XIV d 2, &c.; very, II 309, 345, XIII a 26, XIV c 39,
&c.; wel riȝt, wel sone, &c. at once, II 71, 270, X 70; fully,
quite, I 254, II 553, &c.; (esp. with numbers) II 183, IX 199, XIV b
42, &c.; (with compar.) a good deal, much, II 464, X 10, XVI 334;
without disadvantage, IV b 31; easily, VIII a 47, XVII 5, &c.;
predic. good, XV e 7, &c.; prosperous, VIII a 271; well were he,
happy were he who, XVII 339; well is vs, happy are we, XVII 459; _wel
worth þe_, may it go well with thee, V 59; wele wurth þe while, happy
the occasion, XIV a 5, &c.; cf. Wo. [OE. wē̆l.] See
Welneȝ.
#Wela#, adv. very, in wela wylle (see Wylle), V 16. [OE. wel +
lā (intensive).]
#Welcom#, #Welcum#, #Wolcome#, adj. welcome, II 433, V 172, VIII b
52; as interj. VI 39. [OE. wil-cuma infl. by wel(-cwēme); cf.
ON. vel-kominn.]
#Welde#, v. to possess, IV a 20. [OE. (ge-)wéldan.]
#Wele#, #Weole#, n. (usually allit. with Wo, q.v.) happiness,
prosperity, wealth, II 5, IV a 2, b 74, V 66, VI 34; worldes wele,
good things of this world, wealth, IV a 28, XIV b 16; _wunne
we(o)le_, wealth of joy, XV b *11 (MS. wynter), 35. [OE. we(o)la.]
#Weleful#, adj. prosperous, XIV b 17. [Prec. + OE. -full.]
#Wel-fare#, n. welfare, easy life, VIII b 8. [Wel + Fare, n.]
#Welkyn#, n. sky, VII 138. [OE. wolcen, weolcn.]
#Well(e)#, n. spring, fount, VI 5, IX 5, XIII a 1, &c.; fig. XIV
c 108. [OE. well(a).]
#Welle-spring#, n. spring, XV e 16. [Cf. OE. well(e)-spryng.]
#Well-wirkand#, adj. righteous in deeds, XVII 120. [Cf. OE.
wel-wyrcende.] See Werche.
#Welneȝ#, #Welnyȝ#, #Welnygh#, adv. almost, VI 168, XIII b 4;
welnygh now, but a moment ago, VI 221. [OE. wel-nē(a)h.] See
Wel(e), adv.; Nyȝ.
#Welth(e)#, n. happiness, IV a 32, XVI 324. [Extended from Wele with
abstract -þ.]
#Wen#, n. blemish, diseased growth; fig. III introd. [OE. wenn,
tumour.]
#Wende#, v. trans. to turn, V 84; intr. to turn (and toss), XV c
21; to return, I 199; go, come, I 94, II 427, VIII a 6; depart, VIII
a 67, 79, 271; refl. go, II 475, 501; #Went(e)#, pa. t. I 113;
#Wende#, I *189 (see note), II 65, 185, &c.; #Went(e)#, pp. gone,
departed, I 93, VIII a 198, &c.; is went, went, X 178; #Ywent#, come
about, III introd. [OE. wéndan.]
#Wene(n)#, to think, imagine, expect, IV a 35, V 336, VIII a 242, XI
b 72, &c.; #Weyn#, XVII 444, 535; #Wende#, pa. t. I 110, 127, XII
b 66. [OE. wēnan.] See Awenden.
#Wenges#; #Wenne#. See Wyng; Whan(ne).
#Wente#, n. turn(ing), XII b 6. [From Wende, v.]
#Weole#; #Weor#. See Wele; Was.
#Wepe#, n. weeping, in w. and wo, II 195, 234. [OE. wōp,
assimilated to stem of next.]
#Wepe#, #Weepe#, v. to weep, II 118, XII a 32, XIV b 60, XV f 6;
#Wepte#, pa. t. sg. I 174; #Wepe#, pl. II 591; #Wepeing#,
#Wepyng(e)#, n. II 219, IV a 32, XI b 155, &c. [OE. wēpan;
pa. t. wēop (ONth. wǣpde).]
#Weppen#, n. weapon, V 154; #Wapin#, XIV b 15; #Vapnys#, pl. X
190. [OE. wēpn; ON. vápn.]
#Wer(e)#, n. war, VII 8, 88, XIV b 15; #Werre#, IX 81, XIV c 76.
[ONFr. werre.]
#Wer(e)#, #Weryn#, &c. See Was.
#Werby#. See Wher(e), adv.
#Werche#, v. to work, labour; make; bring about, cause; act, do; I 90,
218, VIII a 297; #Werke#, XVI 334; #Wirk(e)#, XIV b 20, XVI 265,
XVII 116; #Wyrk(e)#, VI 176, XVII 262; #Worch(e)#, V 28, VI 151, VIII
a 8, b 25, &c.; #Werkis#, 2 sg. XVI 264; #Wroȝt(e)#, #Wroght#,
pa. t. I 65, 168, V 293, VI 165, XVII 4 (2 sg.), &c.; #Wrouȝte#,
VIII a 103, 243 (subj.), &c.; #Wrouhte#, VIII b 87 (subj.);
Wroȝt, #Wroght#, pp. V 276, VII 58, &c.; #Wrouȝt#, II 374, VIII
a 308; #Wraght#, *XVII 98 (MS. wroght; see Vnsoght); _let God
worche_, let God do as He wills (? read worthe; see Worþe, Yworth),
V 140. [OE. wyrcan; pa. t. worhte (warhte, wrohte); with er
forms cf. Scherte, Werse, and see App. p. 280.]
#Were#, v.^1 to ward (off), I 167. [OE. werian.^1]
#Were#, v.^2 to wear (clothes), V 290; #Ywerd#, pp. II 241. [OE.
werian.^2]
#Were#, v.^3 to wear (out), decay, XIV c 2; til hit be wered out,
until the present state has passed away, VIII b 85. [A
sense-development of the prec. (cf. OE. for-wered, worn out); but the
infl. of forms of quite distinct origin, such as OE. for-weren,
-woren, worn out, decayed, (for)weornian, decay, was perh.
ultimately responsible.]
#Wery#. See Wary, v.
#Wery#, adj. weary, XI b 135, XIII a 48, XV c 30. [OE.
wērig.]
#Werynes#, n. wearyness, I 156, XIII a 49. [OE. wērig-nes.]
#Werk(e)#, #Wark(e)#, n. work; labour, VI 239, VIII a 191, &c.;
fabric, II 374; werkis, works, fortress, XVI 191; action, deed, IV a
65, 84, VII 58, XI b 106, &c.; task, VIII b 56, XVII 130, 244, 255,
&c.; written work, VII 4, 55; in sg. deeds, doings, dealings, &c., II
317, V 299, XVI 17, 200. [OE. we(o)rc.]
#Werke#. See Werche.
#Werkman#, #Workeman#, labourer, craftsman, VIII a 308, b 25;
#Werk(e)men#, pl. VI 147, VIII a 53, IX 119, &c.; my werkemen,
doers of my will, XVI 17. [OE we(o)rc-mann.]
#Werldes#; #Wern(e)#. See World; Was.
#Wernyng#, n. refusal, V 185. [From OE. wérnan.]
#Werre#, adj. and adv. compar. in worse plight, worse, XVI *154 (MS.
ware; see note), 334. [ON. verri; adv. verr.] See Wors(e).
#Werre#; #Werse# (#Werst#); #Wes#. See Wer(e); Wors(e); Was.
#West(e)#, adv. and n. west, VII 105, XVI 333. [OE. west, adv.]
#Wete#, adj. and n. wet, II 80, VII 110, XIV c 30. [OE. wǣt;
wǣta, n.]
#Wete#, #Weete#, v. to wet, IX 62, XIII a 34. [OE. wǣtan.]
#Weþer#. See Wheþer, conj.^1
#Weue(n)#, v. to weave; pp. #Wouen#, woven, V 290. [OE. wefan, pp.
wefen; cf. ON. pp. (v)ofinn.]
#Weued#, pa. t. presented, V 291 (see note). [OE. wǣfan.]
#Wexe(n)#. See Waxe(n).
#Wha(m)#. See Who.
#Whan(ne)#, adv. interrog. and rel. when, I 104, 161, V 163, IX 19,
XI a 8, &c.; whan that, when, IX 22, XII a 28, 155, &c. (see
Þat); #Huanne#, III 27, 31; #Quen#, V 206, 247, VI 18; #Quhen#, X 40,
171; #Wanne#, VIII b 1, 52, &c.; #Wenne#, VIII b 7; #When#, I 221,
&c.; #Whon#, XIV c 110. [OE. hwonne, hwanne, hwænne.]
#Whar(e)#, #Hwar#, adv. interrog. and rel. where, XIV a 7, XV a
6, XVI 294; (with subj.) wherever, II 170; #Quhar#, to the place
where, X 18; quhar at, quhar that, where, X 38 (see At rel.),
149. As neut. pron. in: #Whar(e)fore#, for what (which) reason, IV b
33, XIII a 13. [OE. hwǣr, hwāra, and prob. unacc. hwær,
hwara.] See Nowhar(e); Wher(e), adv.; cf. Þar(e).
#Wharred#, pa. t. whirred, V 135. [Echoic.]
#What(e)#, #Wat#, #Quat# (V, VI), pron. interrog. what, II 102, XI b
195, XV e 8, XVII 163, &c.; indir. I 56, IV b 65, V 111, VIII b
38, &c.; indef. (with subj.) whatever, II 339, 450, 467; approaching
rel. XII b 142 (cf. VIII a 242), XVI 174 (see note and App. p.
289); exclam. what!, XVI 101; lo! V 133-6; quat so, whatsoever, VI
206; what with ... and (as Mn.E. idiom), XVII 214. Adj. interrog.
what, VI 115, &c.; indir. VI 32, VII 83, &c.; indef. (with subj.)
whatever, VI 163; exclam. what!, II 234; loke what, see Loke;
what man (þing), who, what, II 421, 116, &c.; what ... þat, what,
VII 92; whatever, XII a 115, XIII a 58 (with subj.). [OE. hwæt.]
#Wheder#; #Whedir#. See Wheþer; Whider.
#Whelp#, n. whelp, pup, XIV b 78. [OE. hwelp.]
#Wher(e)#, #Quere# (VI), adv. interrog. and rel. where, whither, II
194, VI 16, XVI 272, 377; wherever (with subj.), XVI 402; _wher(e)
þat_, (to the place) where, IX 184, XII a 59, 153,&c.; in a case
where, when, XII b 139; wherever, IX 177. As neut. pron. in:
#Werby#, #Wherby#, on account of which, VIII b 35; by which, XII b
55; #Wherfore#, wherefore; why, IX 176, &c.; and so, V 210, IX 135, 202,
&c.; #Wher(e)of#, #Huerof#, (out) of which, III 2, 8, IX 153, 238, XII
b 120, &c.; on account of which, XII a 10, 38, 71, 190, b 159,
&c.; concerning which, II 16, XII b 212, &c.; wherof that, whereby,
wherefore, XII a 116, 140, b 222; #Whereon#, in which, II 267. [OE.
hwǣr, hwēr.] See Whar(e).
#Wher(e)#, conj., interrog. (introd. a direct question), XI b 64,
171, 197, 266, 274; (indir.) whether, XI a 51, b 207. [Reduction of
Wheþer^1, q.v.]
#Whestones#, n. pl. whetstones, XIII a 45. [OE. hwet-stān.]
#Whete#, n. wheat, VIII a 9, 33, 299; adj. wheaten, VIII a 131.
[OE. hwǣte; adj. hwǣten.]
#Wheþer#, #Whethire#, #Wheder# (XVII), #Weþer# (VI), conj.^1
interrog. with ind. or subj.; (introd. a direct question) V 118,
VI 205; (indir.) whether, XVII 363; (alternative condition) _whethire
... or_, whether ... or, IV b 76; #Queþersoeuer#, (with subj.)
whether, VI 246. [OE. hwæþer.] See Wher(e), conj.
#Wheþer#, conj.^2 however, (and) yet, VI 221. [OE. hwæþere.]
#Whette#, pa. t. ground; made a grinding noise, V 135; #Quettyng#,
n. sharpening, grinding, V 152 (note). [OE. hwettan.]
#Whi#, #Why#, #Hwi#, adv. interrog. why, I 64, II 332, XV a 17, XVII
294, &c.; for whi, XVII 14, 518; #Quy#, VI 201; #Wi#, XV g 25; #Wy#,
VI 173, 204; indirect in þe cause why, the reason why, XIII b 66;
exclam. why then, V 232. [OE. hwī.]
#Which(e)#, #Wiche#, interrog. adj. which, what, II 494, &c.; pron.
which, who, VIII a 126, &c.; rel. adj. in the whiche, which, IX 2;
pron. who, which, XII a 52, 61, 111, &c.; the which(e) (wiche),
which, whom, VIII b 31, IX 276, 298, XII a 35, &c.; _the whiche
þat_, who(m), IX 190, 337; of the whiche ... offe, of which, IX 24;
as he which, &c., see note XII a 23. See App., p. 289. [OE.
hwilc.] See Whilke.
#Whider#, #Whedir# (XVII), adv. interrog. whither, II 128, 288, 296,
XIV a 21, XVII 313; indef. whithersoever, II 129, 130; #Whider so#,
(with subj.) whithersoever, II 340. [OE. hwider.]
#Whyyt#, adj. white, XIII a 31; #Whyte#, #White#, II 105, XVI 89,
&c.; #Quyte#, #Quite#, V 20, 296; #Whittore#, compar. XV c 27. [OE.
hwīt; compar. hwī̆ttra.]
#Whil(e)#, #Whyl(e)#, #Wyl#, #Quhill# (X), conj. while, I 8, VII 56,
XIV c 29, 36, &c.; until, VI 168, X 32, 67, 197; quhill þat, until,
*X 63. [OE. þā hwīle þe; see next.]
#While#, #Whyle#, #Wyle#, n. time, while, V 301, XIV a 5 (see
Wel), 23, &c.; by whyle, from time to time, II 8; eny wyle, for any
length of time, VIII b 25; þat ilke while ... þerwhile, while
(conj.), VIII a 155-6; þe while, while (conj.), VIII a 58,
283. [OE. hwīl.] See Hondqwile, Oþerwhile, Þerewhiles, &c.
#Whyle#, adv. for a while, XV c 33. [OE. hwīle, hwīlum.]
#Whiles#; #Whils#, #Whyls#; #Qwiles# (VII); conj. while, VII 39, VIII
a 314, XVI 55, XVII 397. [Extended from While, conj., with adv.
-es.]
#Whilke#, #Wylke#, rel. pron. which, XVI 14; þe wylke, which, IV b
30. [OE. hwilc.] See Which(e).
#Whilom#, #Whilum#, adv. once, formerly, XII a 179, b 2, XIV b
5. [OE. hwīlum.]
#Whyne#, v. to scream, XVII 229. [OE. hwīnan.]
#Whyp#, n. whip, XVII 378. [Obscure.]
#Whyrlande#, pres. p. whirling, V 154. [OE. hwyrf(t)lian; ON.
hvirfla.]
#White#, #Whittore#. See Whyyt.
#Who#, #Wha# (IV), #Quo# (VI), pron. interrog. who, II 263, IV a 14,
VI 67, &c.; who is, who is it, XVII 295; indir. I 50, &c.; indef.
in who that, whoever, if any one, XII b 24. Obl. case: #Wham#,
interrog. whom, II 128; #Quom#, #Whom(e)#, rel. VI 93, IX 77, XVI
82, &c.; #Whos#, gen. sg. rel. whose, I 91, XII b 79; the whos,
whose, XII a 113. #Whasa#, #Whoso (euer)#, indef. whoever, I 2, IV
a 71, VIII a 67, &c.; but whoso, unless one, VIII a 1. [OE.
hwā, dat. hwā̆m.]
#Whon#. See Whan(ne).
#Wi#, #Wy#. See Whi.
#Wycche#, n. wizard, IX 85. [OE. wicca.]
#Wiche#; #Wicht#. See Which(e); Wight, adj.
#Wid#. See With.
#Widder#, v. to wither, XVII 63. [OE. *widr(i)an, expose, be
exposed, to the weather.]
#Wyde#, #Wide#, adj. wide, spacious, II 365, XVII 541; adv. wide
open, X 185; far and wide, XIV b 29. [OE. wīd; adv. wīd(e).]
#Wydwes#. See Wodewe.
#Wif(e)#, #Wyf#, #Wiif# (II), n. wife, II 178, V 283, XII a 3, XVII
106, &c.; #Wyue#, dat. sg. III 52; #Wiues#, #Wyues#, #Wifis#, pl. II
399, VIII a 13, XVII 144, &c. [OE. wīf.]
#Wyfman#, n. woman, III 30, 31, 36; #Wymman#, III 23; #Wimon#, XV g
7; #Wom(m)an#, II 211, XI b 61, &c.; #Wymmen(e)#, pl. IV b 54, V
347, XV b 32, c 11, &c.; #Wommen#, I 53, VIII a 8, &c.;
#Women(e)#, IV b 42, XVII 208. [OE. wī̆f-mann, wimman.]
#Wight#, #Wyht#, #Wicht# (X), adj. valiant, X 122, 148, XIV b 5
(see Wede); ? adv. quickly, straightway, XV b 36. [ON. víg-r,
neut. víg-t.]
#Wight#, #Wyght#, n. creature, person, VIII a 243, XVII 47, &c.;
#Wyȝte#, VI 134; #Wiht#, XII b 77; #Wytes#, pl. XV i 19. [OE.
wiht.]
#Wyȝe#, #Wegh#, n. knight, man, V 6, 30, VII 19, &c.; vocative,
Sir (knight), &c., V 23, 59, 172; #Wyȝeȝ#, #Weghes#, #Wees#, pl.
VI 219, VII 23, 55. [OE. wiga, warrior.]
#Wiȝtliche#, adv. vigorously, VIII a 21. [From Wight, adj.]
#Wiif#. See Wif.
#Wyke#, n. week, VIII a 253. [OE. wice.] See Woke.
#Wikid#, #Wikked#, #Wykked#, #Wicked#, adj. bad, evil, wicked, IV a
65, VIII a 1, 29, IX 85, XVI 234, &c. [Extended from (obscure) ME.
wikke, bad; cf. Wrecched.]
#Wil#, #Wyl(e)#. See Whil(e); Wille, n. and v.
#Wild#. See Wille, v.
#Wild(e)#, #Wylde#, adj. wild, II 214, 257, V 95, &c.; unruly,
self-willed, in þof he wer neuer sa wylde, however sinful were his
life, IV a 75. [OE. wílde.] See Wylle, adj.
#Wildernes#, #-nisse#, n. wilderness, II 212, 560. [OE. wildeornes
(in Sweet).]
#Wiles#, #Wyles#, n. pl. wiles, V 347, 352, XIV b 55. [OE. wig(e)l
coalescing with ONFr. *wile (OFr. guile); see Napier, _O.E.
Glosses_, p. 159 (note).] See Gile, Biwyled.
#Wylyde#, adj. ? guileful, V 299.[From prec.]
#Wylke#. See Whilke.
#Will(e)#, #Wyll(e)#, #Wil#, #Wyl#, n. pleasure, desire, will, intent,
purpose, I 49, II 224, 345, 568, IV a 29, V 90, X 47, XI b 7, XV b
34, c 3, &c.; good will, favour, V 319; at his owhen w., at his
pleasure, II 271; at my (his) wille, subject to my (his) will, VIII
a 200, XIV b 56; wiþ wille, joyously, XV b 15; with my wille,
with my consent, XVI 297; lightnes of w., levity, VII 15; swete w.,
good pleasure, II 384. [OE. ge-will, willa.]
#Wylle#, adj. bewildering, wandering (path), V 16. [ON. vill-r.]
See Wild(e).
#Wille#, v. desire, wish, be willing; be likely, wont; intend, will,
&c., and as auxil. of fut. 1 and 3 sg. pres. #Wil#, #Wyl#, I 10, V
89, 147, VIII a 24, 39, IX 252, &c.; #Will(e)#, #Wyll#, III 2, IV a
31, 52, &c.; #Wol(e)#, II 24, IX 279, XI a 48, &c.; #Woll(e)#, VIII
b 40, XV c 17, XVI 7, &c.; 2 sg. #Wil#, #Wyl(l)#, IV a 4, 17,
88, VIII a 222, &c.; #Wylt#, V 73. #Wolt#, VIII a 271, XII b 42,
XV g 33; (with suffixed pron.) #Wiltou#, #-ow#, II 128, XIV a 21,
&c.; (further reduced) #Wolte#, XV g 19, 22; pl. #Wyl#, #Wil(l)#, I
259, IV b 2, IX 118, &c.; #Wol#, #Wole(n)#, VIII b 85, IX 64, XI b
64, 161, XIII b 23, &c.; #Wolle#, XVI 240 (rime--fille); _wiltow or
neltow_, whether you are willing or not, VIII a 149 (cf. II 154);
(without expressed infin.) will go (come), V 64, XVII 504; _wilt thou
so_, you'll do that, will you? XVII 226. Pa. t. desired, wished, was
willing; was likely, used; intended, would; subj. would (be willing),
would (should) like, could wish, &c.; as auxil. of condit. or _pa. t.
subj._ would, should, &c.: #Vald#, X 79; #Wald(e)#, IV a 39, X 21, XIV
b 12, &c.; #Wild#, I introd. (? ON. vilda); #Wold(e)#, I 185 (rime
colde), II 188, 279, III 37, IV b 25, V 28, VI 30, VIII a 204, XI
a 51, XIV c 20, XVI 253, XVII 47, &c.; #Wulde#, I 47, 90, 171; _2
sg._ #Wold(e)#, #Woldeȝ#, #-est#, II 454, V 59, VI 50, XVI 362, XVII
172, &c.; wold awede, was like to go mad (or was going mad) II 87;
wold ich nold ich, whether I would or no, II 154 (cf. VIII a 149);
(without expressed infin.) wold vp (in), desired to rise (enter), II
96, 378; whider þai wold, where they were going to, II 296; _walde
away_, would depart, IV a 75. [OE. willan, wyllan; pa. t. wólde,
wálde.] See Ichil, Ichulle.
#Wilnest#, 2 sg. pres. desirest, VIII a 256. [OE. wilnian.]
#Wymman#, #Wimon#, &c. See Wyfman.
#Wind(e)#, #Wynd(e)#, #Wynt#, n. wind, breath, IV b 5, VII 116, XIII
a 8, XIV a 33, c 35, &c.; #Wynd blast#, blast of wind, XVII 355.
[OE. wínd.]
#Wyndo(w)#, n. window, XVII 136, 280. [ON. vind-auga.]
#Wyne#, n. wine, IV a 51 (footnote). [OE. wīn.]
#Wyng#, #Weng#, n. wing, IV b 6, 48, IX 257, XII a 176, &c. [ON.
vǽng-r.]
#Wynke#, n. a wink (of sleep), I 159. [From OE. wincian, v.]
#Wynne#, #Wyn#, n. gain, profit, V 352; hym to mekill wyn, to his
great profit, XVII 109. [OE. (ge-)winn.]
#Wynne(n)#, #Winne#, #Wyn#, v. to win; #Wan(ne)#, pa. t. sg. VIII
a 90, XVI 9, &c.; pl. VII 174; #Wonne(n)#, pp. V 23, VI 157, &c.;
#Wonen#, V 347, VII 169; #Won#, IV a 40, &c.; #Ywon#, II 561: trans.
to procure (with toil), VIII a 21, 127; to win (in contest, &c.), win
over, IV a 8, 20, XIV b 16, 56, XVI 9, &c.; to earn, VI 219, VIII
a 90, XVI 230, &c.; to gain, get, XVI 132, XVII 363, &c.; to (manage
to) bring, get, IV a 40, V 23, 347, VII 174; wynne (away), rescue,
II 561, XVI 18, 171, 266, 406; intr. to labour profitably, earn
(something), VIII a 155, 316, XII b 37; to win one's way, get (to),
V 163; get (away, from), escape, XVII 24, 549, &c.; (were) wonen of,
had escaped, VII 169; wyn to end, succeed in completing, XVII 130; to
go, come, V 147, VI 157. [OE. ge-winnan and ON. vinna.]
#Wynnynge#, n. gain, profit, VIII b 102. [From prec.; ON.
vinning-r.]
#Wynt#. See Wind(e).
#Wynter#, #Wintur#, #-er#, n. winter, II 259, VII 100; as adj. XV
b 8, 11 (see note); #Winter-schours#, #-tyde#, winter storms, winter
time, II 59, XIV b 26. [OE. winter; winter-scūr, -tīd.]
#Wypped#, pa. t. sent flying, V 181. [Cf. Fris., Du., LG. wippen.]
#Wyrde#, n. fate, V 66, 350 (cf. 217); wyrdes, chances, VIII b
102. [OE. wýrd.]
#Wyre#, v. to turn; throw, X 112. [OFr. virer.]
#Wirk(e)#, #Wyrk(e)#, &c. See Werche.
#Wis(e)#, #Wys(e)#, adj. wise, IV a 2, VII 31, XI b 250, XII b
222, &c. [OE. wīs.]
#Wys(e)dome#, #Wisdome#, n. wisdom, IV b 56, 68, VIII a 53; piece
of wisdom, VIII a 206. [OE. wīs-dōm.]
#Wyse#, #Wise#, n. manner, fashion, guise. *II 158 (note), V 124, VII
65, 77, VIII a 59, XVI 25; in many wise, in many ways, XII a 39;
in no(ne) wise, at all, VIII a 300, IX 283; in the wise as, just
as, XII a 101; other wise many fold, in many another fashion, XVII
54. [OE. wīse.]
#Wish#, n. desire, will, XVII 4. [Stem of OE. wȳ̆scan, v.]
#Wysli#, #Wysely#, adv. thoughtfully, carefully, XIV c 14, XVII 435.
[OE. wīs-līce.]
#Wisse#, #Wysshe#, v. to guide, direct, VII 4 (note); _wissed hym
bettere_, directed him (to do) better, VIII a 158. [OE. wissian.]
#Wist(e)#, &c. See Wite(n), v.^1
#Wysty#, adj. lonely, deserted, V 121. [OE. wē̆stig; for vowel
cf. Ryste, and see Morsbach, M.E. Gram., § 109.]
#Wit#, #Witt(e)#, #Wyt#, #Wytt(e)#, n. sg. mind, senses, wits, II 82,
III 46 (dat.), XII b 137, XVI 344, &c.; wisdom, XI a 10;
intelligence, discernment, understanding, I 11, VII 4, VIII a 53, XI
a 12, 32 (? interpretation), 52, XII b 198, &c.; sense, meaning, XI
a 6, 47, 53, &c.; pl. intelligence, II 38, XI b 113; senses, wits,
XII a 158; fyue wytteȝ, five senses, V 125. Bi my wytte
(wit), as I think, V 28, XVII 452; do ... his wit, apply his mind,
XI b 6; gode wytt, sound mind, IX 83; Kynde Witt, (natural) good
sense, VIII a 243. [OE. witt.]
#Wit#, #Wyt#. See With.
#Wite(n)#, #Wyte#, #Witte#, v.^1 to know, learn, be aware, I 38, VIII
a 204, XI b 82, XII a 43, &c.; #Wate#, 1 and 3 sg. pres. IV
a 16, VI 142, XVII 444, &c.; #Woot#, XI a 43, 50; #Wote#, I 38, VIII
a 124, XVII 313, &c.; see Ichot, Not; #Wost#, 2 sg. VI 51; #Wote#,
XVI 222; #Wate#, pl. I introd.; #Wyte#, I 250; #Wotte#, XVI 171.
#Wist(e)#, #Wyst(e)#, pa. t. I 160, II 194, III 27, 45, VII 23, XV g
11 (subj.), &c.; would know (subj.), IX 184; see Nist. _Don to
wyte_, inform, II 2; We wille ȝe witte, we intend that you should
know (i.e. have full warning of the rescue of the souls), XVI 176;
witte þou wele, be assured, XVI 305. [OE. witan; wāt pret.
pres.; wiste, &c.] See Ywyte.
#Wite#, v.^2 to guard, keep, II 206, XV f 13. [OE. witian, but in
ME. the senses and forms due to OE. wītan (str.), witan (pret.
pres.), and witian (wk.) were confused.]
#Wyte#, v.^3 fade, vanish, IV a 34. [OE. ge-wītan.]
#Wyter#, adj. wise, XV c 25. [Late OE. witter, from ON. vitr.]
#Wyterliche#, adv. clearly, VIII b 38. [From prec. in ME. sense
'plain'.]
#Wytes#. See Wight, n.
#With#, #Wyþ#, #Wid# (XV g), #Wit# (VIII b 6), #Wyt# (XV d 6),
&c., prep. with, against, XIV b 36, XVII 138, &c.; (meet) with, II
510, VIII b 6, XV g 7; (together) with, among, I 54, 133 (see Wo),
II 84, IV a 4 (see Beste), 5, XV g 30, &c.; es noghte with, does
not associate with,IV b 2; at, XII a 142; with þat, thereupon,
VIII a 239; with (instr.) II 106, IV b 62, XV g 8, 29, &c.; by
(means, reason of), II 404, VII 142, XVI 160, 297, &c.; by (agent), V
348, 351, 358, VII 53, &c. With al, entirely, VIII a 76 (OE. _mid
alle_); with all this, meanwhile, X 114; wyth lyttel, with little
result, VI 215; what with ... and with, what with ... and, XVII 214.
Bowes ... to schote with arwes (to shoot arrows with) is normal ME.
order, IX 258; cf. VIII a 259, 290, &c. [OE. wiþ blended with
mid (miþ).] See Þar(e), Þer(e).
#Withal#, #Vithall#, adv. withal, X 9; forth withal, straightway,
XII b 82, 129. [OE. mid alle; see prec.]
#Withdrawe#, v. to withdraw; intr. retire, VIII a 324; pp. reft
(from her), XII a 158. [OE. wiþ + dragan.] See Draw(e).
#Wythhalde#, v. to hold back, V 200; #Withhelde#, #Wythhylde#, _pa.
t._ V 100, 223, &c. [OE. wiþ + háldan.] See Holde(n).
#Within(ne)#, #Wiþynne#, #Vithin# (X), &c., adv. inside, IX 141, X 13,
70, XIII a 16, XV i 2, &c.; in (his) heart, V 302; _prep. within,
in, VI 80, &c.; (freq. postponed) IV a 38, 40, XVI 282, &c.; (of
time) XII a 29. [OE. wiþ-innan.]
#Withoute(n)#, #-outten#, #-owte(n)#, #-out#, &c., adv. outside, X 68,
XV i 2, XVII 127, &c.; prep. without, II 460, IV a 96, VI 30, XVI
300, XVII 149, &c.; see Ende, Lees, Nay, No, &c. [OE. wiþ-ūtan.]
#Withtakand#, pres. p. reprehending, IV b 9. [OE. wiþ- + ON.
taka.] See Take(n).
#Witnesse#, v. to testify, VIII b 91. [From Wittenesse.]
#Wit-sunday#, n. Whitsunday (with pun on Wit), XI a 12. [OE. _se
hwīta sunnan-dæg_.]
#Witt(e)#, &c. See Wit, Wite(n).
#Wittenesse#, n. witness, testimony, XVI 279; see Drawe. [OE.
ge-wit(t)nes.]
#Wyues#, #Wiues#. See Wif.
#Wlaffyng#, n. stammering, indistinct utterance, XIII b 14. OE.
wlaffian.]
#Wlyteþ#, pres. pl. pipe, warble, XV b 11. [Imit. of sound, or
corrupt for ? wrytleþ; cf. OE. writian, warble, ME. writelinge,
n.]
#Wo#, n. woe, grief, pain, sorrow, &c., I 168, II 5, XV b 8, XVII
40, &c.; #Woo(e)#, XVI 18, 300, &c.; #Wa(a)#, IV a 23, XVI 406, &c.;
wo was wyth (hym), (he) was grieved, I 132; me is wo, woe is me,
unhappy am I, II 331, 542; (with nom. pron.) or ye be wo, ere you
are in trouble, XIV d 11 (see Ware, adj.); with (mochel) wo,
(very) painfully, VII 169, XII a 105; wepe and wo, II 195, 234; _for
wele ne wa(a)_, on no account, IV a 2, b 74; _worþe hit wele oþer
wo_, whatever happens, V 66 (see Worþe, v.). [OE. wā.]
#Wod(e)#, n. wood(land), I 62, II 237, V 16, 84, &c.; trees, XV b
14; wood, fuel, XII b 113, 123, &c.; to wode, into the woods, XII
b 5. [OE. wudu.]
#Wode#, #Woode# (XVI), adj. mad, furious, II 394, V 221, XII a 138,
XV g 17, XVI 344, XVII 426. [OE. wōd.] See Awede.
#Wodehed#, n. madness, recklessness, I 31. [OE. wōd +
*-hǣdu.]
#Wodenes#, n. fury, VII 138. [OE. wōd-nes.]
#Woderoue#, n. woodruff, XV b 9. [OE. wudu-rofe.]
#Wodewe#, n. widow, III 23; #Wydwes#, pl. VIII a 13; #Wedows#,
XVII 389. [OE. wuduwe, wid(e)we.]
#Wogh#, n. evil, misery, XVII 533. [OE. wōh.]
#Woke#, n. week, XIII a 28. [OE. wucu.] See Wyke.
#Wol(e)#, #Wold(e)#, #Woll(e)#. See Wille, v.
#Wolcome#. See Welcom.
#Wolle#, n. wool, VIII a 13, IX 142, 238, 239. [OE. wull(e).]
#Wolt(e)#. See Wille, v.
#Wolues#, n. pl. wolves, II 539; #Wolues-kynnes#, of wolf's kind,
wolvish, VIII a 154. [OE. wulf; wulfes (gen. sg.) + cynnes.]
See Kyn.
#Wombe#, n. belly, VIII a 168, b 54; distrib. sg. (see Herte)
VIII a 209, 253; womb, XI b 30. [OE. wámb, wómb.]
#Wom(m)an#, &c. See Wyfman.
#Won#. See Wan(ne), Wynne(n).
#Won(e)#, v. to dwell, abide, V 30, VI 44, XII a 191, XIII b 5, 7,
XIV a 23, &c.; #Wonne#, XVI 15, 235, 379, &c.; #Wonyd#, pp. dwelt, V
46; #Wont#, accustomed, VIII a 160, XII a 179. [OE. (ge)-wunian,
dwell, be accustomed.] See Ywon(ed); Wones, n. pl.
#Wonder#, #-ur#; #Wounder# (XV b); #Wunder#, #-yr#; (i) n. wonder,
amazement, (a) marvel, IV a 85, XIII b 42, XVII 265, &c.; miraculous
deed, I 102; mans wonder, amazement of mankind, monster, XVII 408;
spake of hem wunder, spoke wonderingly of them, I 225; #Wondres#,
pl. marvels, XIII a 6; (ii) adj. (orig. loose compound),
marvellous, XIII a 31, XVII 496; (iii) adv. (cf. OE. wundrum),
marvellously, II 104, 356, V 132, XIII a 10, XV _b_32, &c. [OE.
wundor, wúndor.] See Wundred.
#Wonderfol#, #Wondirful(l)#, adj. wonderful, IX 144, 266, XIII a 7.
[OE. wundor-ful.]
#Wonderli#, #Wonderlych#, adv. marvellously, XII a 54, XIII a 14.
[OE. wundor-līce.]
#Wondringe#, n. wonder, XII b 213. [OE. wundrung.]
#Woned#, I 189: ? read wende, went; see note.
#Wonen#. See Wynne(n).
#Wones#, #Woneȝ#, n. pl. halls, II 365; (with sg. sense)
dwelling, V 130, 332. [? ON. ván, expectation, occas. used as 'place
where one may be expected to be' (cf. Norweg. von, expectation, haunts
of game); but the word was infl. by assoc. with Wone, dwell (q.v.),
with which it was often joined in allit. ME. rimes all require wǭn
or wān.] See Wane, v.
#Wonges#, n. pl. cheeks, XV c 22. [OE. wáng, wóng.]
#Wonne(n)#. See Wynne(n), Won(e).
#Wonte#, v. to be lacking; yow (dat.) wonted, you lacked, V 298;
ȝef me shal wonte, if I do not have, XV b 34. [ON. vanta.]
#Woo(e)#; #Woode#; #Woot#. See Wo; Wode, adj.; Wite(n), v.^1
#Worchinge#, #-yng#, n. working, operation, IX 56; wondur w.,
miraculous property, XIII a 32. [OE. wyrcung.] See Werche.
#Worchip#. See Worschipe.
#Word(e)#, #Woord#, #Wurde# (I), n. word, I 108, II 139, 222, V 305,
XI a 10, XVII 380, &c.; plighted word, II 468; fame, in _þe word of
him walkes ful wide_, his fame is spread abroad, XIV b 29; _worchip
and wordes_, obsequious words, VII 174. [OE. wórd.]
#Wore#, n. ? troubled pool, XV c 30 (note). [OE. wār (in
doubtful gloss), turbid, muddy water (see Napier, O.E. Glosses, p. 49
(note); but cf. OE. wārig; ME. wōri, muddy).]
#Wore#; #Workis#; #Workeman#. See Was; Werche; Werkman.
#World(e)#, n. world, earth, men, I 225, II 41, IX 72, &c.; #Warld#,
II 403, XVII 70, 303; warld so wide, XVII 541; #Werld#, XIV b 16;
in world, of the w., on earth, XV c 25, IX 183; werldes,
worldes, (gen.) of the world, worldly, in worldes reches, IV b 61;
worldes wele, see Wele, n. [OE. w(e)orold.]
#Worldly#, adj. worldly, secular, temporal, XI b 2, 55, 96, 140, &c.
[OE. worold-lic.]
#Worm#, n. snake, worm, II 252, IV b 27, XII b 195, XV b 31.
[OE. wyrm.]
#Worschipe#, #Worschyp#, n. honour, VI 34, 119, IX 109, 333;
#Worchip#, VII 174; #Worshep#, VIII b 79; #Wurschyp#, I 91. [OE.
w(e)orþ-, wurþ-scipe.]
#Worschip(e)#, v. to honour, worship, VIII a 95, XI b 168;
#Wurschyppeþ#, imp. pl. I 84. [From prec.]
#Wors(e)#, adj. compar. worse, XI b 75, XIII a 59, XVI 320, &c.;
#Wers(e)#, XVI 200; neuer him nas wers, never had he been more
unhappy, II 98; #Wars#, adv. in the wars, so much the worse that,
XVII 191 (see Þe, adv.). #Werst#, adj. superl. worst, meanest, II
367; #Worst#, V 30. [OE. wyrsa, wyrsta; with er- forms cf.
Werche, Scherte.] See Werre.
#Worst#. See Worþe, v.
#Wortes#, n. vegetables, VIII a 303. [OE. wyrt.]
#Worþe#, #Wrþe#, adj. worth, VI 91; worthy, in þou were wrþe, you
would be worthy, you deserve, XV g 8 (cf. Worþy). [OE. weorþe,
wyrþe.]
#Worþe#, v. to come to pass, become, be, and auxil. of passive
(esp. with fut. sense); #Worst#, 2 sg. pres. wilt be, II 170, 174;
#Worth#, 3 sg. will be, VIII a 48; will come to pass, VIII a 156;
#Worþe#, #Worth#, #Wurth#, subj. pres. be, let there be, V 306, VI 2;
worþe hit wele oþer wo, come weal or woe, V 66 (see Wo); _wel worth
þe_, may it go well with thee, V 59; wele wurth þe while, good luck to
the time, happy the occasion, XIV a 5, &c. (see Wel). #Warth#, _pa.
t. sg._ in hym warth, accrued to him, VIII b 102; #Worþed#, subj.
would fare, V 28; #Worþen#, pp. in is w. to, has turned to, is
become (one of), VI 34. [OE. weorþan, wurþan.] See Yworth.
#Worþy#, #Worthi#, adj. merited, just, XVI 324; worthy, deserving
(constr. to and infin.), IV b 10, IX 172, XVI 132; _w. to
reherse_, worth repeating, XI a 4; were w. (be), deserve (to be),
XVI 357, XVII 200 (were is subj.; cf. Worþe, adj.); worthy (of
honour), worshipful, VI 134, IX 269, XI a 25, XII a 165, XVII 19;
worthiest (of), most worshipful (in), XVII 489. #Worthier#, _compar.
adv._ more honourably, VIII a 48; #Worþili#, adv. honourably, XIV
c 67. [OE. wyrþig merited.] See Vnworthi.
#Wost#, #Wot(t)e#. See Wite(n), v.^1
#Woth#, #Woþe#. See Waþe, n.^1
#Wou#, adv. how (is it that), why, XV g 25. [OE. hū, ? infl. by
hwȳ, &c.] See Hou.
#Wouen#. See Weue(n).
#Wounde#, n. pl. wounds, II 393; #Woundis#, X 51. [OE. wúnd.]
#Wounder#. See Wonder.
#Woundit#, pp. wounded, X 141, 154; #Voundit#, X 63. [OE. wúndian.]
#Wowes#, #Woweþ#, pres. pl. woo, make love, XV b 19, 31. [OE.
wōgian.]
#Wowyng#, n. love-making, love-suit, V 293, 299, XV c 29. [From
prec.]
#Wrake#, n. injury, XVII 138. [OE. wracu.]
#Wrang(e)#, adj. and adv. wrong, unjust(ly), VI 128, XVI 264, 265,
305, XVII 188. [Late OE. wráng, from ON. *wrang-, OIcel. rang-r.]
#Wrappe#, v. to wrap, XV f 10. [Obscure; ? cf. ME. (w)lappen,
wrap.]
#Wrastlynges#, n. pl. wrestling-matches, I 1. [OE. wrǣ̆stlung.]
#Wrath#, v. to anger; to wrath hym (refl.), to become enraged, VIII
a 146; #Wrathed#, pp. wronged, brought to grief, V 352. [From next.]
See Wrethe.
#Wraþþe#, #Wrathþe#, n. anger, XI b 94; offence, VI 2. [OE.
wrǣ̆þþo, anger, injury.] See Wroþ, Wreth.
#Wrechched#, adj. afflicted, troubled, IX 317; #Wrechidnes#, n.
misery, IV b 29. [From next.]
#Wreche#, n. unhappy one, II *333 (MS. wroche), 544; #Wretche#, XIV
a 21, 23. [OE. wrecca.]
#Wreke#, n. vengeance, XVI 191. [OE. wracu or wrǣc, infl. by
next.]
#Wreke#, pp. revenged, XV g 11; #Wroken#, #Wrokin#, (banished),
removed, VI 15; revenged, XIV a 4, 5, XVI 199. [OE. wrecan, expel,
punish.] See Awreke.
#Wreth#, n. anger, IV a 75. [OE. wrǣþo, wrǣ̆þþo.] See
Wraþþe.
#Wrethe#, v. to anger, offend, IV b 85. [Cf. OE. ge-wrǣþan,
refl., to be enraged.] See Wrath.
#Wryȝt#, n. carpenter, I 176; #Write#, XVI 230. [OE. wyrhta,
wryhta.]
#Wrightry#, n. carpentry, XVII 250. [Prec. + OFr. -(e)rie.]
#Wryng(e)#, v. to wring; wring (the hands), IV a 65, XVII 211;
#Wronge#, pa. t. sg. wrung, twisted and pinched, VIII a 168. [OE.
wríngan.]
#Writ(e)#, #Writt(e)#, #Wryt#, n. writing, III 36 (dat. sg.);
Scripture, I 12, IV b 76, XI a 10, b 23, &c. [OE. writ.]
#Write#, #Wryte#, v. to write, VIII a 79, b 72, IX 122; #Wrote#,
pa. t. sg. I 247; pl. VII 58; #Writen#, pa. t. pl. XI a 23;
#Write(n)#, #Wryte(n)#, pp. I 37, 40, IV a 2, VII 31, IX 318 (see
Putte), XII a 1, &c.; #Ywryte#, #Ywrite#, II 1, 13, III introd., 33;
#Writyng(e)#, n. VII 23, XI b 305. [OE. wrītan.]
#Write#. See Wryȝt.
#Wriþ#, 3 sg. pres. covers, II 244. [OE. wrēon, 3 sg. wrīþ.]
#Wryþe(n)#, v. to twist; bind, VI 151; turn aside (from the just
course), VI 128. [OE. wrīþan.]
#Wro#, n. nook, corner, V 154. [ON. *wrá, OIcel. rá.]
#Wroȝt(e)#; #Wroken#; #Wronge#. See Werche; Wreke; Wryng(e).
#Wrote#, v. to root in the earth, II 255. [OE. wrōtan.]
#Wroþ(e)#, #Wroth#, adj. angry, at variance, II 122, VI 19, XV f 7,
XVII 36, &c.; make hym (refl.) wroth, become angry, I 10. [OE.
wrāþ.] See Wraþþe.
#Wroþely#, adj. fiercely, V 221; #Wroþeloker#, compar. more
severely, V 276. [OE. wrāþ-līce, -lucor.]
#Wrouȝte(n)#, #Wrouhte#. See Werche.
#Wrþe#. See Worþe, adj.
#Wruxled#, pp. in wr. in grene, ? changed into, turned, green, V
123; but 'adorned' is usually assumed here and for wruxeled, Purity
1381. [OE. wrixl(i)an, (ex)change. A sense 'adorned' might be derived
from an (unrecorded) earlier sense, 'turn, wind round' (? rel. to
wrēon, wrigels), or perh. from OE. wrixlan (blēom), change
colours, exhibit varied hues.]
#Wulde#. See Wille, v.
#Wundred#, pa. t. wondered, I 114. [OE. wundrian.] See Wonder.
#Wunne#, n. joy; gen. sg. in wunne wele (weole), wealth of joy,
XV b *11 (MS. wynter), 35. [OE. wynn.]
#Wurde#; #Wurschyp-#; #Wurth#. See Word(e); Worschip(e); Worþe, v.
#Y-#; see also Ȝ, I. For past participles in y- not entered below
see the verbs concerned.
#Yaf#. See Ȝeue.
#Y-arched#, pp. in y-arched of gold, built of gold in the shape of
an arch, II 362. [OFr. archer, v.]
#Yarn#. See Eorne.
#Ybilt#, pp. ? lodged, II 483 (MS.; see note); see Bilt. [See
N.E.D. s.vv. Build, Built.]
#Ybore#, #-born#; #Ybounde#. See Ber(e); Bynde.
#Yclongen#. See Clinge.
#Yclosed#, pp. enclosed, XIII a 24, 40. [ME. closen, from Clos,
q.v.]
#Ycore# (orig. pp. of Chese, q.v.), chosen, excellent; as mere
intensive rime-tag, II 105, 148. [OE. ge-coren.]
#Ydel#, #Ydill# (IV), #Hydel# (VIII), adj. unemployed, idle, IV b 1,
VI 154, 155, VIII b 27, &c.; slothful, IV b 9, XI b 219. [OE.
īdel.]
#Ydelnesse#, #Ydyllnes# (IV), n. lack of (useful) employment,
idleness, IV b 7, XI b 64, 127, 197. [OE. īdel-nes.]
#Ydronke#. See Drynke(n).
#Ye# (= ï̄e). See Eiȝe.
#Yeaf#, #Yeaue#. See Ȝeue.
#Yei#, adv. yes indeed, XVII 370, 458; oh yes (ironic), XVII 353. [?
Reduction of a reiteration ȝē-ȝē, or assimilated to ME.
nei, nay; see N.E.D. s.v. Yea.] See Ȝa, Ȝe.
#Yelp#, n. boast(ing), XVII 321. [OE. gelp.]
#Yendles#; #Yer(e)#. See Endles; Ȝeer.
#Yfere#, adv. in al yfere, all together, II 223. [Orig. yfere(n),
OE. ge-fēran, pl., (as) companions.] See Fere, n.^2
#Yfet#; #Yfouȝte#; #Yfounde#; #Yȝe#; #Yȝyrned#. See Fecche;
Fight; Fynde(n); Eiȝe; Ȝerne.
#Ygraced#, pp. thanked, VIII a 118. [OFr. gracier.]
#Yhad#; #Yhe(n)#. See Habbe(n); Eiȝe.
#Yhere#, v. to hear, II 420; #Yherd#, pa. t. II 528; #Yhyerde#, III
49. [OE. ge-hēran.] See Here.
#Yhyȝt#, pp. (adorned), arranged, XIII a 1. [ME. hihten, prob.
from OE. hyht, pleasure (hyhtlic, pleasant).]
#Yhis#, adv. yes, XVI 61 (MS.). [OE. gise.]
#Yhonged#; #Yiif#. See Hange; Ȝef.
#Ylefde#, pa. t. believed, III 36. [OE. ge-lēfan.] See Beleue;
Leue, v.^3
#Yleft#; #Ylent#. See Leue, v.^1; Lende.
#Ylet#, n. hindrance; ȝif þou makest ous ylet, if you offer any
resistance to us, II 169. [Not recorded elsewhere; usual ME. form is
Lette, q.v. Other MSS. read ony let.]
#Ylokked#, pp. locked up, IX 174. [ME. lok(k)en, from lok, OE.
loc, n.; cf. ON. loka, v.] See Loke, pp.; Vnlokynne.
#Ylond#, n. island, XIII a 20, b 2, 44. [OE. īg-lánd.]
#Ylore#; #Ymad#. See Lese, v.^1; Maken.
#Ymaymed#, pp. maimed, VIII b 35. [OFr. m(ah)ainier, &c. cf.
meshaim, mayhem, &c., n.]
#Ymake#, adj. becoming, comely, XV c 16. [OE. ge-mæc.]
#Ymarked#, pp. marked out, appointed, II 548. [OE. mearcian.]
#Ympe#, #Impe#, n. sapling, scion, XIV c 83, 89, 98. [OE. impa,
shoot, graft.]
#Ympe-tre#, n. orchard-tree, II 70, 166, 186, 407, 456. [Prec. +
trēo.]
#Ynence#, prep. towards, *IV b 22 (MS. ynesche). [OE. onef(e)n,
onemn + adv. -es.]
#Ynoȝ#: #Ynouh#, adj. enough, XII b 123; #Ynowȝ#, XI b 190,
192; #Ynowþȝ#, XI b 149; #Inogh#, abundant, much, XV a 15;
#Innoghe#, pl. many, in abundance, V 55; #Anouȝ#, adv. II 62,
#Enogh#, XVII 532, #Inoghe#, VI 252; #Ynouh#, XII b 74; #Ynoȝ#
(of), abundance (of), III 8; #Ynoh#, very, XV c 13. [OE.
ge-nōg, ge-nōh.] See Ynow(e).
#Ynome#. See Nyme.
#Ynow(e)#, adj. enough; as sb., IX 160, 282, XIV d 13; #Ynowe#,
#Enew#, pl. in abundance, great numbers, XI b 284, X 7; #Ynow#,
adv. enough, XIII b 8; very, IX 4. [OE. ge-nōg-, oblique forms
of ge-nōh.] See Ynoȝ.
#Yond#, adj.; as pron. that (over there), XVII 453. [OE. geond,
thither; cf. Goth. jaind.]
#Yone#, adj. that (over there), XVI 340; #Ȝon#, V 76. [OE. (once)
geon, cf. Goth. jain-s. See N.E.D., s.v. Yon.]
#You(e)#, #Yow#. See Ȝe, pron.
#Ypocrisie#, n. hypocrisy, XI b 12. [OFr. ipocrisie.]
#Ypocritis#, n. pl. hypocrites, XI b 7, 44, 56, 72, &c. [OFr.
ipocrite.]
#Yre#, n.^1 iron, XIII a 44; #Yrne#, V 199; #Yrnes#, pl. irons
(supporting injured leg), VIII a 130. [OE. īren.] See
Irnebandis.
#Yre#, #Ire#, n.^2 anger, XVII 51; in hor gret yre, so as greatly to
anger them, VII 181. [OFr. ire.]
#Yrokked#, pp. rocked, XIII b 22. [OE. (late) roccian.]
#Y-se#, v. to see, II 530; #Yzeȝ#, pa. t. sg. III 35, 41, 56;
#Yseiȝe#, pa. t. pl. II 328; for pp. see Se(n). [OE.
ge-sēon.]
#Yseye#, #Yseiȝe#. See Se(n), and prec.
#Ysene#, adj. visible, II 354. [OE. ge-sēne.] See Se(n).
#Ysode#, pp. boiled, XIII a 30. [OE. sēoþan, pp. ge-soden.]
#Yspent#; #Yspronge#; #Ytauȝt#. See Spend(e); Springe; Teche(n).
#Ythes#, n. pl. waves, VII 106. [OE. ȳþ.]
#Ytold#. See Telle.
#Ytuiȝt#, pp. snatched, II 192. [Cf. OE. twiccian.]
#Yuel(e)#, adj. evil, wicked, IX 237; difficult, VIII a 50; #Euyll#,
evil, IX 83. [OE. yfel, adj.]
#Yuel#, n. evil, wrong, VIII introd., a 220; #Euel(l)#, IV a 76,
IX 338, XV g 28. [OE. yfel, n.]
#Yvsed#. See Vse.
#Yweddede#, pp. (lawfully) married, VIII b 68. [OE. weddian, to
betroth.] See Wedmen.
#Ywent#; #Ywerd#. See Wende; Were, v.^2
#Ywyte#, pres. subj. pl. understand, III introd. [OE. ge- +
witan.] See Wite(n).
#Ywon#, adj. accustomed, II 317. [OE. ge-wuna.]
#Ywon#, pp. See Wynne(n).
#Ywoned#, pp. accustomed, III 55, XIII b 37. [OE. ge-wunian.]
#Yworth#, #Aworthe#, v. to be, go on as before, in late God yworth,
late þow G. aworthe, meddle not with God, it is God's affair, VIII a
76, 220. [OE. geweorþan.] See Worþe, v.
#Y-yeue#; #Y-yolde#. See Ȝeue; Ȝelde(n).
#Yzede#; #Yzeȝ#; #Yzent#. See Seie; Y-se; Sende.
#Zayde#, #Zayþ#, #Zede#, #Zigge#. See Sei(e).
#Zelue#, #Zeluer#, #Zen#, #Zente#, #Zome#, #Zuo#. See Self, Seluer,
Syn(e), Sende, Som(e), Swa.
INDEX OF NAMES.
For the personifications in VIII, generic names (as Bayarde), and
names of peoples (as Brytouns), see also the Glossary.
Abell, Abel, XVI 306.
Abirdene, Aberdeen, XIV a 1.
Abiron, Abiram, XVI 309.
Adam(e), Adam, V 348, XIV introd., XVI 37, 45, &c., XVII 30.
Adrian, XII b 2 (note), 34, 56, 68, 78, 208; Adrianes, gen. 219.
Aȝone, Azo, I 46, 105, 110, 122.
Aiax; Oelius Aiax, Oïleus Ajax, VII 155 (see 178 note).
Alceone, Halcyone, XII a 3, 132; Alceoun, XII a 195, 197 (note).
Alisandre, King Alexander the Great, IX 166, 223, 232.
Alysoun, Alison, XV c 12, 40.
Amazoine, Amazonia, land of the Amazons, IX 190, 206.
Ambrose, St. Ambrose, XI b 126.
Anaball, a dependent of Satan, XVI 113 (note).
Antecrist, Antichrist, IX 210, 221; Anticristis, gen. XI b 55.
Arabye, Arabia, IX 38; Fenyx of Arraby, VI 70 (note).
Archedefell, (corrupt. of) Ahithophel (Achitophel), XVI 308.
Arestotill, Aristotle, IV b 18; Arystotill, IV b 33.
Armonye, Armenia, XVII 466.
Arþur, King Arthur, V 229; Arþureȝ, gen. V 34, 261; _kyngeȝ
hous Arthor_, V 207 (note).
Astrotte, Ashtoreth (Astarte), XVI 113.
Atthenes, Athens, VII 67.
Aucerre, Auxerre, *III 3 (MS. Aucerne).
Aue, I 48, 50, 106, 126, 138, 209, 216.
Austyn, St. Augustine of Hippo, XI b 87, 94, 142; Saynt Austyne,
IV b 70.
Austin; Sauynt Austin, St. Augustine of Canterbury, III introd.;
Saynt Austines, St. Augustine's (monastery), III introd.
Bacharie, -ye, Bactria, IX 137, 236.
Banocburn, Bannockburn, XIV a heading; þe Bannokburn, XIV a 2.
Baptist, St. John the Baptist, XI b 28; Ion Baptist, XI b 24,
34; Iohan<nes> Baptista, XVI 73; Baptista, XVI 361.
Bardus, XII b 20, 50, 63, 73, 80, 87, 94, 134, 155, 194; see XII b
2 note.
Barsabe, Bathsheba, V 351.
Bathe, Bath, XIII a 51.
Bele-Berit, Baal-Berith, XVI 115.
Belliall, Belial, XVI 139; Belial XVI 115.
Belsabub, Beelzebub, XVI 97, 109, 137, 169, 198, 205, 345.
Berwik, Berwick, XIV a 1, 35.
Betannye, Bethania, XVI 162.
Bethleem, Bethlehem, IX 25.
Beuo, (in Latin) I 59; Beu<u>ne, I 55 (note); Beuolyne, diminutive
for rime, I 62.
Boece, Boëthius, Introduction xxi.
Boniface, Saint, St. Boniface of Ferentia, III 38 (note).
Brytayn, Little Britain, Brittany, II 13; Bretaine, II 597.
Brytayn, (Great) Britain, XIII a 1, 6.
Brig, Bruges, XIV a 22 (note); see Burghes.
Brunne wake, Bourn (in Kesteven, Lincs.), I introd. Wake is the
name of the family, part of whose estates lay about Bourn.
Brunyng, Bruno, afterwards St. Leo IX, I 246 (note).
Bukcestre, Seynt, sister of St. Magnus, I 35 (note).
Burghes, Bruges, XIV a 25; see Brig.
Cayme, Cain, XVI 306.
Calabre, Calabria; see glossary.
Calais, XIV b heading, 59, 91, 95; Calays, XIV b 1 (as adj.),
42, 53.
Caldilhe, ? Korea, the land where the lamb-gourd grows, IX 138.
Cam(e), Ham, XVII 142, 528.
Canterberi, Canterbury, III introd.
Caspye, Caspia, lands about the Caspian Sea, IX 161, 216; _See of
Caspye_, Caspian Sea, IX 175, 178.
Cassandra, VII 179.
Cathaye, Cathay, China, IX 136 (note).
Caton, Dionysius Cato, traditional name of the author of _Disticha de
moribus ad filium_; gen. Catones, VIII a 309.
Cecile, Seynt, St. Cecilia, Introduction xxi.
Ceïx, Ceÿx, XII a 2.
Chaucer, XII introd.
Cherdhol, ? Cheddar, XIII a 14 (note).
Chestre, Chester, XIII a 54.
Chymerie, Cimmeria, land of fabulous Cimmerii who dwelt in perpetual
darkness (form perhaps due to assoc. with OFr. chimere, chimæra), XII
a 61.
Cipre, Ile of, Cyprus, IX 40.
Clyron, alleged name of 'strait passage' leading out of land of the
enclosed Jews, IX 205.
Colbek, Kölbigk (in Anhalt, Saxony), I 32 (note).
Colchestre, Colchester, XIV d 2.
Cornehulle, Cornhill, VIII b 1 (note).
Cornelius, Cornelius Nepos, VII 70 (note).
Cornwal, Iohan, a 'Master of Grammar', XIII b 28.
Crab, Iohne, a Flemish engineer, X 110; Crabbis, gen. *X 15 (MSS.
Craggis, Crabys).
Crist(e), Christ, IV a 1, 39, &c.; Cryst(e), I 185, IV a 16,
&c.; Kryst(e), V 52, VI 98, 209; Cristes, gen. VIII b 63;
Cristis, XI b 7, 38, &c.; Crystes, VI 23, VIII a 214; Crystys,
I 83; bi Crist, &c., VIII a 22, 24, 280, b 93.
Cusis, alleged name of Ethiopia, IX 17; see Saba, and cf. Cush,
Genesis x. 6-8.
Dalyda, Delilah, V 350.
Dares, Dares Phrygius, reputed author of the De Excidio Troiae, VII
60, 64.
Datan, Dathan, XVI 309 (note).
Dauid, David, XVI 127, 187, 369, 373; Dauyth, V 350.
Dawe, Daw (as typical peasant's name), VIII a 325.
Dedalion, Dædalion, XII a 7.
Dee, þe ryuer, the R. Dee, XIII a 54, 62.
Dites, Dictys Cretensis, reputed author of the De Bello Troiano, VII
61; Dytes, VII 60.
Dondé, Dundee, XIV a 24.
Edyght, Seynt, St. Edith of Wilton, I 240 (note), 245.
Edward, King Edward the Confessor, I 27.
Edward, King Edward III, XIV b heading, 36, 56; King Edward, XIV
a 4; E. þe þridde, XIV c 58; Sir Edward, XIV a 9, 16, b 4,
44, 60, 62; þe third Edwardes tyme, I introd.
Edward, Prince, the Black Prince, XIV c 107; see also 59, 62.
Emanuel, XV i 17.
Emlak (for *Euilak), Havilah IX 27 (note).
Englond, England, XI a 29, 33; Engelond, XIII a 55, 58, b 20,
33, 46, 48, 54, 63; Ingland, I 26, XIV b 84; Inglond, II 26.
Erceldoun, Thomas of Erceldoun, Introduction xxxiii.
Ethiope, Ethiopia, IX 1, 12, 16, 21, 23 (note), 26.
Eua, Eve, XVI 45; Eue, XIV introd., XVI 357, XVII 30.
Felyp, Dane, Dom Philip de Burton, prior of Sempringham (? 1303-1332),
I introd.
Fraunce, France, XIII b 48, XIV c 44, 46, 54; Fraunse, XI a
25; France, XIV b 32, 70.
Gawayn, V 5, 58, 81, 88, 137, 146, 171, 182, 192, 197, 202, 212, 224,
231, 297; Sir Gawayn(e), V 50, 167, 328; Wowayn, V 121 (note).
Genesis, (personification of) the Book of Genesis, VIII a 228.
Geretrude, Sent, St. Gertrude, XV i 7 (note).
Gerlew, Gerlevus, I 40, 56; see Grysly.
Germain, Saint, St. Germanus of Auxerre, III 3 (note); Germayn, III
6.
Gydo, Guido de Columna, compiler of the Historia Troiana, VII 54,
76.
Gill; see glossary.
Goth and Magoth, Gog and Magog, IX 163-4 (note).
Gregori, Saint, St. Gregory the Great (Pope 590-604), III 38 (note);
Gregory, XI b 20 (note), 94; Seynt Gregoryes, gen. XI b 52.
Grese, Greece, VII 90; Grice, VII 40.
Gryngolet, Gawayn's horse, V 92.
Grysly, error for Gerlew, I 65 (note).
Ȝork, York, XI a 34, XIII b 58, XIV d 1.
Hector, *V 34 (MS. Hestor).
Hely, Elias, XVI 87.
Henri, Duk, Henry, first Duke of Lancaster, XIV c 65.
Henry, þe Emperoure, Henry II of Germany, I 172 (note), 218.
Herodis, Dame, Eurydice, II 52; Dam(e) Heurodis, II 63, 322, 406,
594.
Hobbe, XIV d 6, see notes and glossary.
Homer, VII 38.
Iacke, Iak, see glossary.
Iame, Seynt, St. James; bi Seynt Iame, VIII a 57.
Iaphet, Japheth, XVII 142, 528.
Ierom, Seynt, St. Jerome, XI a 17.
Ieromye, Jeremiah, XI b 29.
Iesu, IV a 74, &c., VI 93, XIV b 30, XV f 1, 7, XVI 349;
Iesus, XV g 19, XVI 1, 121, &c.; Iesu Crist(e), &c., IV b 30, VI
98, XI a 23, &c.; Iesus Crist, XI b 77.
Ingland, &c., see Englond.
Innocent, Pope, Innocent III, author of _De Miseria Conditionis
Humanae_, Introduction xxi.
Iob, Job, XVI 285.
Iohn(e), Ion, &c., see the accompanying names.
Iohn: Sir Iohn (of France), son of Philip VI and afterwards King
John of France, XIV b 32, 70, 92.
Iohnes: Saint Iohnes toune, Perth, XIV a 7 (note).
Iohon Schep, 'John Pastor', pseudonym of John Ball, XIV d 1.
Ion, St. John the Evangelist, VI 23, XV i 5; Iones Gospel, XI b
269.
Ion þe Amoner, St. John the Almoner, III 16 (note).
Iordanne, flume, the R. Jordan, XVI 76.
Irla(u)nde, Ireland, XV d 1, 3, 7.
Ithecus, Icelos (according to Ovid), XII a 118 (note).
Iudas, Judas Iscariot, XV g 2, 3, 8, 12, 14, 27, XVI 147, 165, 308.
Iudas, St. Jude, Judas brother of James, III introd.
Iuno, the goddess Juno, XII a 40, 44, 102; King Iuno, as ancestor
of Orpheo's mother, II 30 (note).
Iurselem, Jerusalem, XV g 3, 17.
Iustinian, Justinian, XII b 191 (note).
Kasi, Sent, XV i 11 (note).
Kendale, Thomas of Kendal, Introduction xxxiii.
Kent, III introd.
Kesteuene, Kesteven, southern division of Lincs., I introd.
Kytte, VIII b 2 (note).
Laȝar, Lazarus, XVI 162, 171.
Leoun, þe pope, St. Leo IX, I 249.
Lethes, the rivere, the River Lethe (Oblivion), XII a 85. Properly
gen. sg. (Ovid, Metamorphoses, Bk. xi 603, rivus aquae Lethes).
Londen(e), London, VIII b 46; London, VIII b 4.
Lucifer, XVII 16; as dependent of Satan, XVI 119, 197.
Luke, St. Luke, XV i 5.
Lukes, Lucca, VIII a 94 (note).
Macedoyne, Macedonia, IX 41.
Magdaleyne, St. Mary Magdalen, XI b 56; Magdeleyne, XI b 59, 68;
Maudeleyne, Introduction xxi.
Magne, Seynt, St. Magnus, I 34 (note), 90; Seynt Magnes, gen. I 37.
Magoth, see Goth.
Mahounde, Mahomet; as a dependent of Satan, XVI 343.
Malton, Malton, Yorks., site of a house of the Gilbertine order, I
introd.
Marie, Mary, XVI 231, 250; Mary(e), VI 65, XV i 3; gen. VI 23
(note), also in Seynte Marie prest, XVI d 1 (note); Mary-ȝet, X
163, 177. Mary (as oath), V 72, XVII 209, 220, 226.
Mark, St. Mark, XV i 5.
Mathew, St. Matthew (in his Gospel), VI 137 (note), XV i 5; _Matheus
Gospel_, XI a 35; Mathew with mannes face, VIII a 234 (note).
Maundevyll, Iohn, IX 307 (see IX introd.).
Medé, Media, land of the Medes, IX 30.
Melane, Milan, III 4.
Merswynde, I 42, 52; Merswyne, I 62 (see I 55 note); Merswyndam
(accus., in Latin), I 60.
Michel, Michael; Dan Michelis (gen.) of Northgate, III introd.
Mighill, St. Michael the Archangel, XVI 339, 389. Forms with ȝ,
gh, &c., appear only to be used of the archangel.
Mynerua, the goddess Minerva (or Athene), *VII 177 (MS. Mynera); taken
as a male divinity, XIII a 3.
Moyses, Moses, XVI 85, 86.
Moretane, Mauretania (modern Morocco and part of Algeria), IX 3.
Morpheüs, son of the God of Sleep, XII a 113, 131.
Neptalym, Naphtali, XVI 51 (see 49 note).
Nicholl Nedy, 'Nicholas Needy', allit. nickname used mockingly, XVII
405.
Noe, Noah, XVII 65, 106, 110, 118, &c.; Noy, XVII 532.
Oelius, see Aiax.
Origenes, Origen, to whom was falsely attributed a _De Maria
Magdalena_, Introduction xxi.
Orphewe, Sir, Orpheus, II 24; (Sir) Orfeo, II 25, 97, 120, 182, 314,
379, 518, 524, 543, 558, 603; as name of a lay, 601; King Orfeo, II
175, 553, 576, 593; Orpheo, II 33, 42.
Ouyde, Ovid, VII 48.
Panthasas, Phantasos (according to Ovid), XII a 123.
Pectoun, the Peak of Derbyshire, XIII a 7 (note).
Pencrych, Richard, XIII b 29, 30.
Pentexoire, Yle of, IX 261 (note).
Peres, Piers (Peter), VIII a 106, 180, 191, &c.; Pieres, VIII a
35, 38, 111, &c.; Piers, VIII a 9, 225; Pieres, gen. VIII a 72;
Pieres þe plowman, VIII a 147, 152; Peres plouȝman, as type of
honest labourer, XIV d 5 (see 14 note).
Perkyn, diminutive of prec. (applied to same character), VIII a 25,
59, 99, 102, 105; Perkyn þe plouman, VIII a 3.
Persie, Persia, IX 181.
Peter, St. Peter, XI b 285, XV g 29, 32; bi Seynt Peter of Rome,
VIII a 3; Peter!, XVII 367.
Philip, Sir, Philip (de Valois) VI of France, XIV b 32 (note), 47,
69, 92; Philip þe Valas, XIV b 51.
Pilatus, Pilate, XV g 18, 30.
Pimbilmere, Lake Bala in Wales, XIII a 63.
Pluto, King, as ancestor of Orpheo's father, II 29 (note).
Poul, St. Paul, XI b 80, 82; Saynt Poule, VI 97; bi Seynt Poule,
VIII a 25, 270.
Prestre Iohn, Prester John, fabled Christian Emperor of the far East,
IX 260 (note).
Richard, þe secunde Kyng, King Richard II, XIII b 32; _Kyng
Richarde_, XIV e 2.
Roberd, Robert, surnamed Mannyng, of Brunne, I introd. (q.v.).
Robert; Danȝ Robert of Malton, I introd.
Robert, priest of Colbek, I 45; Syre Robert, I 201.
Robert Renne-about, 'Robert the Vagabond', as type of itinerant
preacher, VIII a 142 (note).
Rome, I 172, 232, 250, III 4, VIII a 3, IX 285, XII b 3, 84, 189.
Saba, a city of Ethiopia, IX 23; cf. Cusis, and Psalm lxxii. 10;
Isaiah lx. 6.
Salamon, Solomon, V 349, XVI 281; Salomon, XI b 91 (note).
Salesbury, Salisbury, XIII a 10; Salisbury, XI b 2, 183;
Salisbury vss(e), XI b 189, 196, 228, 308.
Samson, V 349.
Satan, XVI 117, 199; Sattan, XVI 125, 133, 145, &c.; Sir Sattanne,
XVI 169; Sathanas, gen. XI b 311.
Saturne, Saturn, VIII a 321 (note).
Sem, Shem, XVII 142, 528; see 320 note.
Symeon, Simeon, XVI 60, 61.
Symon, St. Simon (Zelotes), III introd.
Symondes sone, son of Simon Magus, practiser of simony, VIII b 83.
Sympryngham(e), Sempringham, Lincs., I introd.
Sythye, Scythia, IX 166.
Sixille, Sixhill, Lincs., I introd.
Stafford, XVII 200 (note); see glossary, s.v. Blew.
Steward, Schir Valter the gude, Walter the Steward of Scotland, X 36
(note); Schir Valter Steward, X 170.
Stonhenge, Stonehenge, XIII a 9.
Striflin, Stirling, XIV a 13.
Telamon, Telamon (properly Telamonius Ajax), VII 178 (note); _Kyng
Telamon_, VII 150.
Teodryght, Theodric, I 241.
Tolous, Toulouse (for rime's sake substituted for Toul), I 246 (note).
Traciens (Thracians), Thrace; identified with Winchester, II 47, 50.
Trocinie, 'Trachinia tellus', the land about the city of Trachis, XII
a 2.
Troy, VII 27, 63.
Valas, Valois; see Philip.
Valter, see Steward.
Vber, alleged local name of the mountains of Caspia, IX 162.
Viene, Sir Iohn de, Jean de Vienne, XIV b 82 (note).
Virgille, Vergil, VII 49.
Wake, see Brunne.
Wales, XIII a 58, b 7.
Wat Wynk, allit. nickname used mockingly, XVII 382. Wat is an
abbreviation of Walter.
Wybessyne, I 42, 52.
Williem, William; a typical man's name, XI b 177.
Wynburney, Wimborne (in Dorset), XIII a 50.
Winchester, II 49, 478; Wynchestre, XIII a 41.
Wowayn, see Gawayn.
Ynde, India, vaguely applied to central, southern, and eastern Asia,
IX 26, 27, 43, 49, 50, 97, 157 (note), 260 (note): high Ynde, IX 27,
137; Ynde þe lesse, IX 29; (Ynde) þe more, IX 28.
Yris, Iris, messenger of Juno, XII a 46, 51, 98.
Ysaias, Isaiah, XVI 50; Isaiah, *XVI 49 (MS. Isaac).
Zabulon, Zebulun, XVI 52 (see 49 note).
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#Biwyled#--bewiȝelien changed to biwi[gh]elien (Madden)
#Blew#--biew changed to blew (Sisam)
#Face#--59 changed to sg. (s.v. Hert)
#Grekes#--Grǣci changed to Græcī
#Herkne#--O.Fr. changed to OFris.
#Makyng#(ē) changed to #Makyng(e)#
#Rusche#--r(e)usssr changed to r(e)usser (Godefroy
s.v. reuser)
#Trew(e)#--(gē-)trēowe changed to (ge-)trēowe
This vocabulary was designed for use with _Fourteenth Century Verse
& Prose_ by Kenneth Sisam, available at PG #43736. The CORRIGENDA to
Sisam's Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose from the end of this
glossary has been moved to that volume.]