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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
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