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Abbe Prevost - MANON LESCAUT
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Alcott, Louisa M. - AN OLDFASHIONED GIRL
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Alcott, Louisa M. - LITTLE MEN
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Alcott, Louisa M. - LITTLE WOMEN
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Alcott, Louisa May - JACK AND JILL
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Alcott, Louisa May - LIFE LETTERS AND JOURNALS
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Andersen, Hans Christian - FAIRY TALES
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Anonimo - BEOWULF
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Ariosto, Ludovico - ORLANDO ENRAGED
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Aurelius, Marcus - MEDITATIONS
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Austen, Jane - EMMA
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Austen, Jane - MANSFIELD PARK
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Austen, Jane - NORTHANGER ABBEY
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Austen, Jane - PERSUASION
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Austen, Jane - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
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Austen, Jane - SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
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Authors, Various - LETTERS OF ABELARD AND HELOISE
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Authors, Various - SELECTED ENGLISH LETTERS
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Autori Vari - THE WORLD ENGLISH BIBLE
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Bacon, Francis - THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING
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Balzac, Honore de - EUGENIE GRANDET
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Balzac, Honore de - FATHER GORIOT
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Baroness Orczy - THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
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Barrie, J. M. - PETER AND WENDY
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Barrie, James M. - PETER PAN
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Bierce, Ambrose - THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY
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Blake, William - SONGS OF INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE
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Boccaccio, Giovanni - DECAMERONE
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Brent, Linda - INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF A SLAVE GIRL
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Bronte, Charlotte - JANE EYRE
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Bronte, Charlotte - VILLETTE
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Buchan, John - GREENMANTLE
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Buchan, John - MR STANDFAST
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Buchan, John - THE 39 STEPS
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Bunyan, John - THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
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Burckhardt, Jacob - THE CIVILIZATION OF THE RENAISSANCE IN ITALY
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Burnett, Frances H. - A LITTLE PRINCESS
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Burnett, Frances H. - LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY
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Burnett, Frances H. - THE SECRET GARDEN
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Butler, Samuel - EREWHON
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Carlyle, Thomas - PAST AND PRESENT
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Carlyle, Thomas - THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
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Cellini, Benvenuto - AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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Cervantes - DON QUIXOTE
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Chaucer, Geoffrey - THE CANTERBURY TALES
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Chesterton, G. K. - A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND
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Chesterton, G. K. - THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE
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Chesterton, G. K. - THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWN
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Chesterton, G. K. - THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
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Chesterton, G. K. - THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
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Chesterton, G. K. - THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWN
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Chesterton, G. K. - TWELVE TYPES
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Chesterton, G. K. - WHAT I SAW IN AMERICA
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Chesterton, Gilbert K. - HERETICS
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Chopin, Kate - AT FAULT
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Chopin, Kate - BAYOU FOLK
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Chopin, Kate - THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIES
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Clark Hall, John R. - A CONCISE ANGLOSAXON DICTIONARY
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Clarkson, Thomas - AN ESSAY ON THE SLAVERY AND COMMERCE OF THE HUMAN SPECIES
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Clausewitz, Carl von - ON WAR
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Coleridge, Herbert - A DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST OR OLDEST WORDS IN THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
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Coleridge, S. T. - COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS
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Coleridge, S. T. - HINTS TOWARDS THE FORMATION OF A MORE COMPREHENSIVE THEORY
OF LIFE
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Coleridge, S. T. - THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
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Collins, Wilkie - THE MOONSTONE
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Collodi - PINOCCHIO
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Conan Doyle, Arthur - A STUDY IN SCARLET
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Conan Doyle, Arthur - MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
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Conan Doyle, Arthur - THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
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Conan Doyle, Arthur - THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
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Conan Doyle, Arthur - THE SIGN OF THE FOUR
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Conrad, Joseph - HEART OF DARKNESS
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Conrad, Joseph - LORD JIM
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Conrad, Joseph - NOSTROMO
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Conrad, Joseph - THE NIGGER OF THE NARCISSUS
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Conrad, Joseph - TYPHOON
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Crane, Stephen - LAST WORDS
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Crane, Stephen - MAGGIE
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Crane, Stephen - THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE
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Crane, Stephen - WOUNDS IN THE RAIN
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Dante - THE DIVINE COMEDY: HELL
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Dante - THE DIVINE COMEDY: PARADISE
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Dante - THE DIVINE COMEDY: PURGATORY
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Darwin, Charles - THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES DARWIN
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Darwin, Charles - THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
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Defoe, Daniel - A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE PYRATES
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Defoe, Daniel - A JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR
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Defoe, Daniel - CAPTAIN SINGLETON
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Defoe, Daniel - MOLL FLANDERS
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Defoe, Daniel - ROBINSON CRUSOE
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Defoe, Daniel - THE COMPLETE ENGLISH TRADESMAN
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Defoe, Daniel - THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE
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Deledda, Grazia - AFTER THE DIVORCE
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Dickens, Charles - A CHRISTMAS CAROL
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Dickens, Charles - A TALE OF TWO CITIES
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Dickens, Charles - BLEAK HOUSE
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Dickens, Charles - DAVID COPPERFIELD
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Dickens, Charles - DONBEY AND SON
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Dickens, Charles - GREAT EXPECTATIONS
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Dickens, Charles - HARD TIMES
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Dickens, Charles - LETTERS VOLUME 1
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Dickens, Charles - LITTLE DORRIT
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Dickens, Charles - MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
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Dickens, Charles - NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
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Dickens, Charles - OLIVER TWIST
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Dickens, Charles - OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
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Dickens, Charles - PICTURES FROM ITALY
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Dickens, Charles - THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
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Dickens, Charles - THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
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Dickens, Charles - THE PICKWICK PAPERS
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Dickinson, Emily - POEMS
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Dostoevsky, Fyodor - CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor - THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
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Du Maurier, George - TRILBY
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Dumas, Alexandre - THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO
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Dumas, Alexandre - THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK
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Dumas, Alexandre - THE THREE MUSKETEERS
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Eliot, George - DANIEL DERONDA
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Eliot, George - MIDDLEMARCH
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Eliot, George - SILAS MARNER
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Eliot, George - THE MILL ON THE FLOSS
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Engels, Frederick - THE CONDITION OF THE WORKING-CLASS IN ENGLAND IN 1844
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Equiano - AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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Esopo - FABLES
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Fenimore Cooper, James - THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
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Fielding, Henry - TOM JONES
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France, Anatole - THAIS
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France, Anatole - THE GODS ARE ATHIRST
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France, Anatole - THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC
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France, Anatole - THE SEVEN WIVES OF BLUEBEARD
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Frank Baum, L. - THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OZ
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Frank Baum, L. - THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ
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Franklin, Benjamin - AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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Frazer, James George - THE GOLDEN BOUGH
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Freud, Sigmund - DREAM PSYCHOLOGY
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Galsworthy, John - COMPLETE PLAYS
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Galsworthy, John - STRIFE
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Galsworthy, John - STUDIES AND ESSAYS
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Galsworthy, John - THE FIRST AND THE LAST
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Galsworthy, John - THE FORSYTE SAGA
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Galsworthy, John - THE LITTLE MAN
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Galsworthy, John - THE SILVER BOX
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Galsworthy, John - THE SKIN GAME
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Gaskell, Elizabeth - CRANFORD
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Gaskell, Elizabeth - MARY BARTON
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Gaskell, Elizabeth - NORTH AND SOUTH
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Gaskell, Elizabeth - THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE
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Gay, John - THE BEGGAR'S OPERA
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Gentile, Maria - THE ITALIAN COOK BOOK
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Gilbert and Sullivan - PLAYS
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Goethe - FAUST
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Gogol - DEAD SOULS
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Goldsmith, Oliver - SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
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Goldsmith, Oliver - THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
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Grahame, Kenneth - THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
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Grimm, Brothers - FAIRY TALES
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Harding, A. R. - GINSENG AND OTHER MEDICINAL PLANTS
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Hardy, Thomas - A CHANGED MAN AND OTHER TALES
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Hardy, Thomas - FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
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Hardy, Thomas - JUDE THE OBSCURE
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Hardy, Thomas - TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES
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Hardy, Thomas - THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE
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Hartley, Cecil B. - THE GENTLEMEN'S BOOK OF ETIQUETTE
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel - LITTLE MASTERPIECES
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel - THE SCARLET LETTER
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Henry VIII - LOVE LETTERS TO ANNE BOLEYN
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Henry, O. - CABBAGES AND KINGS
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Henry, O. - SIXES AND SEVENS
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Henry, O. - THE FOUR MILLION
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Henry, O. - THE TRIMMED LAMP
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Henry, O. - WHIRLIGIGS
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Hindman Miller, Gustavus - TEN THOUSAND DREAMS INTERPRETED
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Hobbes, Thomas - LEVIATHAN
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Homer - THE ILIAD
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Homer - THE ODYSSEY
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Hornaday, William T. - THE EXTERMINATION OF THE AMERICAN BISON
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Hume, David - A TREATISE OF HUMAN NATURE
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Hume, David - AN ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING
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Hume, David - DIALOGUES CONCERNING NATURAL RELIGION
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Ibsen, Henrik - A DOLL'S HOUSE
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Ibsen, Henrik - AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
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Ibsen, Henrik - GHOSTS
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Ibsen, Henrik - HEDDA GABLER
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Ibsen, Henrik - JOHN GABRIEL BORKMAN
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Ibsen, Henrik - ROSMERHOLM
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Ibsen, Henrik - THE LADY FROM THE SEA
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Ibsen, Henrik - THE MASTER BUILDER
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Ibsen, Henrik - WHEN WE DEAD AWAKEN
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Irving, Washington - THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW
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James, Henry - ITALIAN HOURS
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James, Henry - THE ASPERN PAPERS
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James, Henry - THE BOSTONIANS
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James, Henry - THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
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James, Henry - THE TURN OF THE SCREW
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James, Henry - WASHINGTON SQUARE
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Jerome, Jerome K. - THREE MEN IN A BOAT
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Jerome, Jerome K. - THREE MEN ON THE BUMMEL
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Jevons, Stanley - POLITICAL ECONOMY
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Johnson, Samuel - A GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE
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Jonson, Ben - THE ALCHEMIST
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Jonson, Ben - VOLPONE
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Joyce, James - A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
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Joyce, James - CHAMBER MUSIC
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Joyce, James - DUBLINERS
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Joyce, James - ULYSSES
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Keats, John - ENDYMION
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Keats, John - POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1817
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Keats, John - POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1820
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King James - THE BIBLE
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Kipling, Rudyard - CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS
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Kipling, Rudyard - INDIAN TALES
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Kipling, Rudyard - JUST SO STORIES
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Kipling, Rudyard - KIM
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Kipling, Rudyard - THE JUNGLE BOOK
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Kipling, Rudyard - THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
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Kipling, Rudyard - THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK
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Lawrence, D. H - THE RAINBOW
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Lawrence, D. H - THE WHITE PEACOCK
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Lawrence, D. H - TWILIGHT IN ITALY
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Lawrence, D. H. - AARON'S ROD
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Lawrence, D. H. - SONS AND LOVERS
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Lawrence, D. H. - THE LOST GIRL
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Lawrence, D. H. - WOMEN IN LOVE
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Lear, Edward - BOOK OF NONSENSE
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Lear, Edward - LAUGHABLE LYRICS
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Lear, Edward - MORE NONSENSE
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Lear, Edward - NONSENSE SONG
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Leblanc, Maurice - ARSENE LUPIN VS SHERLOCK HOLMES
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Leblanc, Maurice - THE ADVENTURES OF ARSENE LUPIN
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Leblanc, Maurice - THE CONFESSIONS OF ARSENE LUPIN
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Leblanc, Maurice - THE HOLLOW NEEDLE
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Leblanc, Maurice - THE RETURN OF ARSENE LUPIN
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Lehmann, Lilli - HOW TO SING
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Leroux, Gaston - THE MAN WITH THE BLACK FEATHER
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Leroux, Gaston - THE MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW ROOM
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Leroux, Gaston - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
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London, Jack - MARTIN EDEN
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London, Jack - THE CALL OF THE WILD
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London, Jack - WHITE FANG
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Machiavelli, Nicolo' - THE PRINCE
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Malthus, Thomas - PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION
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Mansfield, Katherine - THE GARDEN PARTY AND OTHER STORIES
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Marlowe, Christopher - THE JEW OF MALTA
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Marryat, Captain - THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FOREST
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Maupassant, Guy De - BEL AMI
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Melville, Hermann - MOBY DICK
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Melville, Hermann - TYPEE
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Mill, John Stuart - PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
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Milton, John - PARADISE LOST
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Mitra, S. M. - HINDU TALES FROM THE SANSKRIT
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Montaigne, Michel de - ESSAYS
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Montgomery, Lucy Maud - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
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More, Thomas - UTOPIA
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Nesbit, E. - FIVE CHILDREN AND IT
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Nesbit, E. - THE PHOENIX AND THE CARPET
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Nesbit, E. - THE RAILWAY CHILDREN
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Nesbit, E. - THE STORY OF THE AMULET
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Newton, Isaac - OPTICKS
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Nietsche, Friedrich - BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL
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Nietsche, Friedrich - THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA
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Nightingale, Florence - NOTES ON NURSING
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Owen, Wilfred - POEMS
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Ozaki, Yei Theodora - JAPANESE FAIRY TALES
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Pascal, Blaise - PENSEES
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Pellico, Silvio - MY TEN YEARS IMPRISONMENT
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Perrault, Charles - FAIRY TALES
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Pirandello, Luigi - THREE PLAYS
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Plato - THE REPUBLIC
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Poe, Edgar Allan - THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS 1
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Poe, Edgar Allan - THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS 2
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Poe, Edgar Allan - THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS 3
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Poe, Edgar Allan - THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS 4
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Poe, Edgar Allan - THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS 5
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Poe, Edgar Allan - THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
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Potter, Beatrix - THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT
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Proust, Marcel - SWANN'S WAY
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Radcliffe, Ann - A SICILIAN ROMANCE
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Ricardo, David - ON THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY AND TAXATION
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Richardson, Samuel - PAMELA
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Rider Haggard, H. - ALLAN QUATERMAIN
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Rider Haggard, H. - KING SOLOMON'S MINES
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Rousseau, J. J. - THE ORIGIN AND FOUNDATION OF INEQUALITY AMONG MANKIND
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Ruskin, John - THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE
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Schiller, Friedrich - THE DEATH OF WALLENSTEIN
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Schiller, Friedrich - THE PICCOLOMINI
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Schopenhauer, Arthur - THE ART OF CONTROVERSY
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Schopenhauer, Arthur - THE WISDOM OF LIFE
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Scott Fitzgerald, F. - FLAPPERS AND PHILOSOPHERS
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Scott Fitzgerald, F. - TALES OF THE JAZZ AGE
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Scott Fitzgerald, F. - THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED
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Scott Fitzgerald, F. - THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
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Scott, Walter - IVANHOE
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Scott, Walter - QUENTIN DURWARD
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Scott, Walter - ROB ROY
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Scott, Walter - THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR
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Scott, Walter - WAVERLEY
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Sedgwick, Anne Douglas - THE THIRD WINDOW
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Sewell, Anna - BLACK BEAUTY
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Shakespeare, William - COMPLETE WORKS
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Shakespeare, William - HAMLET
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Shakespeare, William - OTHELLO
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Shakespeare, William - ROMEO AND JULIET
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Shelley, Mary - FRANKENSTEIN
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe - A DEFENCE OF POETRY AND OTHER ESSAYS
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe - COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS
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Sheridan, Richard B. - THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL
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Sienkiewicz, Henryk - QUO VADIS
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Smith, Adam - THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
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Smollett, Tobias - TRAVELS THROUGH FRANCE AND ITALY
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Spencer, Herbert - ESSAYS ON EDUCATION AND KINDRED SUBJECTS
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Spyri, Johanna - HEIDI
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Sterne, Laurence - A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
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Sterne, Laurence - TRISTRAM SHANDY
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Stevenson, Robert Louis - A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
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Stevenson, Robert Louis - ESSAYS IN THE ART OF WRITING
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Stevenson, Robert Louis - KIDNAPPED
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Stevenson, Robert Louis - NEW ARABIAN NIGHTS
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Stevenson, Robert Louis - THE BLACK ARROW
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Stevenson, Robert Louis - THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
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Stevenson, Robert Louis - TREASURE ISLAND
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Stoker, Bram - DRACULA
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Strindberg, August - LUCKY PEHR
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Strindberg, August - MASTER OLOF
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Strindberg, August - THE RED ROOM
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Strindberg, August - THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS
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Strindberg, August - THERE ARE CRIMES AND CRIMES
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Swift, Jonathan - A MODEST PROPOSAL
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Swift, Jonathan - A TALE OF A TUB
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Swift, Jonathan - GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
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Swift, Jonathan - THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS AND OTHER SHORT PIECES
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Tagore, Rabindranath - FRUIT GATHERING
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Tagore, Rabindranath - THE GARDENER
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Tagore, Rabindranath - THE HUNGRY STONES AND OTHER STORIES
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Thackeray, William - BARRY LYNDON
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Thackeray, William - VANITY FAIR
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Thackeray, William Makepeace - THE BOOK OF SNOBS
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Thackeray, William Makepeace - THE ROSE AND THE RING
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Thackeray, William Makepeace - THE VIRGINIANS
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Thoreau, Henry David - WALDEN
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Tolstoi, Leo - A LETTER TO A HINDU
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Tolstoy, Lev - ANNA KARENINA
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Tolstoy, Lev - WAR AND PEACE
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Trollope, Anthony - AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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Trollope, Anthony - BARCHESTER TOWERS
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Trollope, Anthony - FRAMLEY PARSONAGE
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Trollope, Anthony - THE EUSTACE DIAMONDS
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Trollope, Anthony - THE MAN WHO KEPT HIS MONEY IN A BOX
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Trollope, Anthony - THE WARDEN
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Trollope, Anthony - THE WAY WE LIVE NOW
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Twain, Mark - LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI
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Twain, Mark - SPEECHES
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Twain, Mark - THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
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Twain, Mark - THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
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Twain, Mark - THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER
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Vari, Autori - THE MAGNA CARTA
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Verga, Giovanni - SICILIAN STORIES
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Verne, Jules - 20000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEAS
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Verne, Jules - A JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH
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Verne, Jules - ALL AROUND THE MOON
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Verne, Jules - AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
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Verne, Jules - FIVE WEEKS IN A BALLOON
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Verne, Jules - FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON
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Verne, Jules - MICHAEL STROGOFF
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Verne, Jules - THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
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Voltaire - PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY
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Vyasa - MAHABHARATA
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Wallace, Edgar - SANDERS OF THE RIVER
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Wallace, Edgar - THE DAFFODIL MYSTERY
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Wallace, Lew - BEN HUR
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Webster, Jean - DADDY LONG LEGS
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Wedekind, Franz - THE AWAKENING OF SPRING
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Wells, H. G. - KIPPS
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Wells, H. G. - THE INVISIBLE MAN
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Wells, H. G. - THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR MOREAU
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Wells, H. G. - THE STOLEN BACILLUS AND OTHER INCIDENTS
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Wells, H. G. - THE TIME MACHINE
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Wells, H. G. - THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
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Wells, H. G. - WHAT IS COMING
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Wharton, Edith - THE AGE OF INNOCENCE
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White, Andrew Dickson - FIAT MONEY INFLATION IN FRANCE
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Wilde, Oscar - A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE
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Wilde, Oscar - AN IDEAL HUSBAND
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Wilde, Oscar - DE PROFUNDIS
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Wilde, Oscar - LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN
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Wilde, Oscar - SALOME
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Wilde, Oscar - SELECTED POEMS
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Wilde, Oscar - THE BALLAD OF READING GAOL
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Wilde, Oscar - THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
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Wilde, Oscar - THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES
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Wilde, Oscar - THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST
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Wilde, Oscar - THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GREY
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Wilde, Oscar - THE SOUL OF MAN
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Wilson, Epiphanius - SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST
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Wollstonecraft, Mary - A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN
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Woolf, Virgina - NIGHT AND DAY
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Woolf, Virgina - THE VOYAGE OUT
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Woolf, Virginia - JACOB'S ROOM
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Woolf, Virginia - MONDAY OR TUESDAY
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Wordsworth, William - POEMS
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Wordsworth, William - PROSE WORKS
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Zola, Emile - THERESE RAQUIN
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A DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST, OR OLDEST WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
FROM THE SEMI-SAXON PERIOD OF A.D. 1250 TO 1300
CONSISTING OF An Alphabetical Inventory of
EVERY WORD FOUND IN THE PRINTED ENGLISH
LITERATURE OF THE 13TH CENTURY.
By HERBERT COLERIDGE,
SECRETARY TO THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
LONDON:
JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, PICCADILLY.
M DCCC LXII.
PREFACE.
The present publication may be considered as the foundation-stone of the
Historical and Literary portion of the Philological Society’s proposed
English Dictionary. Its appearance in a separate form has been
necessitated by the nature of the scheme, on which that work is being
constructed. Without entering into details, which will be found in the
Society’s published Prospectus,[1] it will be sufficient for the present
purpose to mention, that the raw material of the Dictionary, the words and
authorities, are being brought together by a number of independent
collectors, for whom it is consequently necessary to provide some common
standard of comparison, whereby each may ascertain what he is to extract,
and what to reject, from the author, or work, he has undertaken. This
standard for works of earlier date than 1526 is furnished by the following
pages, which contain an alphabetical inventory of every word found in the
printed English literature of the 13th century. As, however, a mere index
verborum would but inadequately fulfil its object, a certain amount of
explanatory and etymological matter has been added, which it is hoped may
render the work more generally interesting and useful than could otherwise
have been the case. It is only proper to add that English literature, as
distinguished from Semi-Saxon, is assumed to commence about the middle of
the 13th century.
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All words are arranged under their modern forms, where such exist, but the
older forms, except where utterly unimportant, are always noticed. The
more remarkable of these older forms are also entered in the Glossary in
their alphabetical order, with cross references to that under which the
word is discussed. Thus under ‘Hymn’ and ‘Isle’ will be found the forms
‘ympne’ and ‘ydle;’ but ‘ympne’ and ‘ydle’ appear also in their proper
places in the Glossary. Obsolete words are of course entered as they are
spelt in the passage whence they are taken, a rule which applies as much
to different forms of the same word, as to different words. As to the
etymological matter, nothing further as a general rule has been attempted
than to indicate the nearest cognate, or cognates, of the particular word;
but it has not been thought necessary, or desirable, to load the Glossary
with illustrations of this nature in very simple cases. I have to thank
Hensleigh Wedgwood, Esq., for many kind and valuable suggestions in this
part of my work.
My best thanks are also due to the Rev. J. Eastwood, the Rev. W. H.
Herford, to my colleague Mr F. J. Furnivall, and to Messrs M’Ewan and
Harrison, for their valuable assistance in the formation of separate
indexes to several of the works comprised in this Glossary. Their
respective shares in the work are pointed out in the List of Books and
Editions, which will be found in page v.
And I cannot terminate this brief preface without expressing my deep sense
of the obligations I am under to Sir F. Madden, not merely for the help of
his invaluable editions of La?amon and Havelok, without which this work
would have been far less complete than it now is, but also for much kind
personal advice and assistance, which probably few, if any, living
philologists beside himself would have been competent to bestow. It only
remains for me to add that, although no pains have been spared to render
the book as complete as possible, I cannot but expect that some omissions
and errors will be discovered, more especially as the largest and most
laborious portion of the work was carried on during a long period of ill
health. I shall feel very grateful to those who discover any addenda, if
they will kindly communicate them to me for insertion hereafter in the
Dictionary itself.
HERBERT COLERIDGE.
10, Chester Place, Regent’s Park,
June 13th, 1859
LIST OF BOOKS AND EDITIONS REFERRED TO.
? All the following pieces are cited by the number of the verse, except
where the contrary is expressly mentioned.
"Havelok the Dane." Edited by Sir F. Madden, for the Roxburgh Club. (By Mr
H. Coleridge.)
"Geste of Kyng Horn." Edited by M. Michel, for the Bannatyne Club. (By Mr
H. Coleridge.)
(N.B. The text of this poem in the second vol. of Ritson’s Metrical
Romances is taken from a later MS., and differs considerably from the
Bannatyne text.)
"Kyng Alysaunder." In Weber’s Metrical Romances, vol. I. (By Mr H.
Coleridge.)
"The Land of Cokaygne." In Hickes’s Thesaurus, vol. I. p. 231. (By Mr
Furnivall.)
"The Life of St Margaret" (cited by stanzas), } in Hickes’s Thesaurus,
vol. I. pp. 224, 233.
"Metrical Version of the Athanasian Creed", } (By Mr Furnivall.)
"The Owl and Nightingale." Edited by Mr Wright for the Percy Society. (By
Mr Furnivall and Mr H. Coleridge.)
"Fragment on Popular Science", from the Early English Metrical Lives of
Saints, in Mr Wright’s ‘Popular Treatises on Science.’ (By Mr H.
Coleridge.)
"Specimens of Lyric Poetry", temp. Edw. I. Edited by Mr Wright, for the
Percy Society. (By Mr M’Ewan.)
"Various Pieces in the Reliquiæ Antiquæ" (cited by volume and page). (By
Mr H. Coleridge.)
"Political Songs", temp. Hen. III. and Edw. I. Edited by Mr Wright, for
the Camden Society. (By the Rev. W. H. Herford.)
"Ritson’s Ancient Songs", Class I. Most of these songs, however, are
contained in the Specimens of Lyric Poetry, temp. Ed. I., and are quoted
from that collection. (By Mr Harrison.)
"Religious Songs", printed at the end of the Percy Society’s edition of
the Owl and Nightingale. (By Mr H. Coleridge.)
"Dialogue between the Soul and Body." In the Appendix to Mapes’s Poems,
edited by Mr Wright, for the Camden Society, p. 334. (By the Rev. J.
Eastwood.)
"The Early English Psalter." Edited by the Rev. J. Stevenson, for the
Surtees’ Society. Cited by the psalm and verse. (By Mr H. Coleridge.)
"Robert of Gloucester’s Chronicle." Ed. Hearne (2nd ed., 1810). Cited by
the page. (By Mr. H. Coleridge.)
"The Legend of St Brandan." Edited by Mr Wright, for the Percy Society.
(By the Rev. J. Eastwood.)
"The Life and Martyrdom of Thomas Beket." Edited by Mr Black, for the
Percy Society. (By the Rev. J. Eastwood.)
(Owing to the gross inaccuracy of the marginal numbering in the
printed edition of this poem, it has been found necessary to go over
the whole afresh, and to cite according to the amended reckoning. The
following data will assist the reader:--The first error occurs in page
64, where the line numbered 1280 should be 1282. The second occurs in
page 100, where ten lines are dropped, and 1961 is printed for 1973,
the true number. The third will be found in page 110, where 2049 is
made to succeed 2139, and after this, of course, the confusion is
hopeless. The exact number of lines in the poem is 2515, while the
printed numbers give only 2398. Readers are therefore requested to
renumber their copies from page 64 onwards, before attempting to
verify the references in the Glossary.)
The following pieces will be printed in the second part of the
Philological Society’s Transactions for 1858, and are therefore included
in the Glossary. I am indebted to the kindness of my friend and colleague,
Mr Furnivall, for the loan of his transcripts.
"A Moral Ode." MS. Egerton, 613. Cited by stanzas.
(Hickes printed Extracts from this Ode, in his Thesaurus, vol. I. p.
222, from one of the Digby MSS.; but his text is somewhat different
from that of the Egerton MS., and omits nine stanzas contained in the
latter.)
"A Sermon" (cited by stanzas), }
"Signa Ante Judicium", }
"A Fragment on the Seven Sins", } MS. Harl.
"The Ten Commandments", } 913.
"Christ on the Cross", }
"A Poem on Miracles", containing a Tale of an Oxford Student, }
"The Fall and Passion", }
"The Legends of" }
"St Dunstan", }
"St Katherine", }
"St Andrew", }
"St Lucy", } from MS. Harl. 2277.
"St Swithin", }
"St Edward", }
"Pilate", }
"Judas Iscariot", }
A few references will also be found to the Manuel des Pecches of Robert
Brunne, now being edited by Mr Furnivall, for the Roxburgh Club, but the
proof-sheets came into my hands too late to allow of anything like a
complete analysis of the language of the poem.
OTHER WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE GLOSSARY.
Burguy’s Grammaire de la Langue d’Oïl. 3 vols. 8vo. Berlin, 1856. The
third volume contains an excellent Glossary.
Cotgrave’s French and English Dictionary, by Howell. 1650.
Egilsson’s Lexicon Poeticum Antiquæ Linguæ Septemtrionalis. Hafniæ,
1854-1859. One part is still wanting to complete the work.
Halliwell’s Provincial and Archaic Dictionary. 2 vols. 8vo. 1855.
Kilian’s Lexicon Teutonicum. Ed. Hasselt. 2 vols. 4to. 1777.
La?amon’s Brut. Ed. Sir F. Madden. 3 vols. 8vo. 1847. (Cited by volume and
page.)
The Ormulum. Ed. White. 2 vols. 8vo. 1852.
The Philological Society’s Transactions, from 1842-1856. 9 vols. 8vo.
Roquefort’s Glossaire de la Langue Romane. 2 vols. 8vo. 1808.
A Volume of Vocabularies, forming vol. I. of a Library of National
Antiquities. Edited by Wright. 1857. (Privately printed.)
Warton’s History of English Poetry. 3 vols. 8vo. Ed. 1840.
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS MADE USE OF IN THE GLOSSARY.
Alys. Kyng Alysaunder.
AS. Anglo-Saxon.
B. The Life of Beket.
ß The Legend of St Brandan.
comp. comparative.
Cok. The Land of Cokaygne.
Cotgr. Cotgrave.
Dut. Dutch.
Fall and P. The Poem on the Fall and Passion.
Fr. Sci. The Fragment on Popular Science in the Lives of
Saints.
Fr. French.
Hall. Halliwell.
HD. Havelok the Dane.
Kil. Kilian.
La?. La?amon.
L. P. Specimens of Lyric Poetry, ed. Wright.
lit. literally.
Marg. The Life of St Margaret.
M. G. Mæso-Gothic.
M. Ode. The Moral Ode.
N. and Q. Notes and Queries.
O. and N. Owl and Nightingale.
ON. Old Norse.
O. H. G. Old High German.
Orm. Ormulum.
part. participle.
Pol. S. Political Songs.
pret. præterite.
Ps. Psalm.
Rel. S. Religious Songs.
RG. Robert of Gloucester.
Ritson’s AS. Ritson’s Ancient Songs.
Roq. Roquefort.
S. S. Semi-Saxon.
sb. substantive.
sup. superlative.
v. a. verb active.
v. n. verb neuter.
W. Welsh.
Warton, H. E. P. Warton’s History of English Poetry.
GLOSSARIAL INDEX.
A
A, "indef. art." RG. 367
---- == on. O. and N. 20
---- == he. Alys. 7809
---- == and. HD. 359
---- == one. Ps. liv. 14
Aback, "adv." RG. 131
Abash, "v. a." Alys. 224
Abate, "v. a." == put an end to, make to cease. RG. 54. Fr. abattre
---- "v. n." == cease from doing a thing. RG. 447
Abay, "v. a." == drive to bay. Alys. 3882
Abbess, "sb." RG. 370
Abbey, "sb." RG. 369
Abbot, "sb." RG. 376, 447
Abece, == ABC. RG. 266
Abed, "adv." RG. 547
Abelde, "v. n." == become bold. Alys. 2442
Abenche, == on a bench. St. Kath. 91
Abide, "v. n." == remain, tarry. RG. 382. AS. bidan
---- "v. a." == wait for, hence receive. RG. 265, and 302, pret. ‘abade.’
Ps. xxxix. 2
Abie, "v. a." == pay for, pay the penalty for. [abigge] 1624. B. pret.
‘abou?te.’ 58 B. ‘abid.’ O. and N. 1775. AS. a-bicgan. See Phil. Soc.
Proc. vol. v. p. 33
Abite, "v. a." == bite. Alys. 7096
Ablende, "v. a." == make blind. RG. 208
Aboht, "part." == bought. Wright’s L. P. p. 103
About, "adv." == round about (of locality). RG. 369; ‘?eode aboute’ 76 B.
---- ‘about to,’ with a verb, as a future part. 1593 B.
---- == nearly. RG. 247
---- "prep." == around, circum. RG. 467; [obout]. Ps. lxxvii. 28
---- == near (of time), ‘aboute noon.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 34
Above, "adv." 266 B.
---- "prep." O. and N. 1492
Abow, "v. a." == make to bend. RG. 46. pret. ‘abuyde.’ RG. 476
---- "v. n." == bow, 3s pres. ‘abueth.’ RG. 193. part. ‘abouynde.’ RG. 302
Abowes, "sb." == patron saints. RG. 475. Fr. avoués
Abraid, "v. a." == open. O. and N. 1042. AS. abredan
Abroad, "adv." RG. 542
Abrode, "adv." == breeding, lit. ‘on brood.’ O. and N. 518. Fragm. on
Seven Sins, v. 34
Abusse, "v. a." == ambush, conceal. 1382 B.
Abuten, "prep." == without (sine). M. Ode, st. 43
Ac, "conj." == and, but. RG. 367
Acast, "part." == disappointed. Pol. S. 149
Accord, "v. a." == reconcile. RG. 388
---- "v. n." == agree. RG. 388
---- "sb." == agreement. RG. 388, 447
Account, "v. n." == render an account or reckoning. Pilate 86
---- "sb." == reckoning. 164 B. Sermon, st. 24
Accurse, "v. a." RG. 296, 474
Accuse, "v. a." RG. 523. part. ‘acoysing,’ == accusing or accusation.
Alys. 3973
Acele, "v. a." == seal. RG. 510. See Asele
Ache, "sb." == smallage or water-parsley. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. ache
Ache, "v. n." RG. 240 pret. ‘ok.’ RG. 208
Acoled, == cooled. O. and N. 215
Acomber, "v. a." == encumber. Alys. 8025
Acopede, == accused. See Aculp
Acore, "v. a." == make sorry, grieve. RG. 75. part. ‘acorye,’ ==
chastened, punished. RG. 390
Acost, "adv." == at the side. Alys. 2443, 3547
Acquaint, "v. a." RG. 15, 465
Acquit, "v. a." RG. 565
Acton, "sb." == a leathern jacket worn under the armour. Alys. 2153. Fr.
acoton. See Burguy s. v.
Acue, "adv." == on his rump. Fr. au cul. Marg. 67
Aculp, "v. a." == accuse. RG. 544. pret. ‘acopede.’ 773 B.
Adaunt, "v. a." RG. 61, 372
Aday, "adv." == by day. O. and N. 219
---- == of the day, ‘a?en eve aday,’ ‘on the evening of the day.’ RG. 289
Adder, "sb." Alys. 5262
Addle, "adj." == rotten. O. and N. 133
Adi?te, "v. a." == adapt, prepare. O. and N. 326
Admiral, "sb." [amyrayl.] RG. 409. [admirald.] K. Horn 95
Admonishment, "sb." [amonestement]. Alys. 6974
Adown, "prep." [adun]. O. and N. 1452
---- "adv." RG. 376.
Adownward, "adv." RG. 362. Fragm. Sci. 321
Adraw, "v. a." == draw (as a sword). RG. 361, pret. ‘adrou.’ == drew. RG.
400
Adread, "v. n." == fear, be in dread. O. and N. 1264
---- "adj." == in fear. Rel. S. iv. 2. part. ‘adrad.’ 44 B.
Adrench, "v. a." == to drown, pret. ‘adrentte.’ RG. 384
---- "v. n." == be drowned, pret. ‘adrent.’ RG. 401. part. ‘adrencte.’ RG.
437. ‘adronke.’ RG. 430
Adri?e, "v. a." == endure. K. Horn, 1068. AS. a-dreogan
Adun, "v. a." == stun. O. and N. 337
Adun, "adv." == adown, "q. v."
Advance, "v. a." == set forward, promote. RG. 503; to "advance" a girl in
marriage. RG. 431
Advancement, "sb." Alys. 2570
Advent, "sb." == the season of Advent. 1849 B.
Advice, "sb." 101 B.
Advowson, "sb." [vowson]. RG. 471
Adwole, "adv." == in error. O. and N. 177. AS. dwelian, dwola
Ae, "adv." for ‘a?e,’ == against. 1456 B.
Afaitment, "sb." == address, skill. Alys. 661
Afare, "part." == gone away. St Kath. 176
Afaytye, "v. a." == manage, reduce to subjection. RG. 177
---- 3 s pret. ‘afighteth.’ Alys. 6583. Fr. afaiter
Afar, "adv." 1226 B.
Afaunce, == affiance? Weber. Gl. ad Alys. 732
Afear, "v. a." == frighten. RG. 504, 22
Afeard, "adj." RG. 388
Afell, "v. a." == fell, cut down. Alys. 5240
Afeng, "v. a." == take up, receive, pret. afong. RG. 368
Aferd, "part." == affaired, i.e. charged with an affair to be executed.
Alys. 1813
Affair, "sb." Alys. 410
Affie, "v. a." == give confidence to a person. Alys. 4753
Affirm, "v. a." Alys. 7356
Afighteth. See Afaytye
Afiled, == defiled. Alys. 1064
Afind, "v. a." == find. O. and N. 527
Afingred, "part." == hungered. 416 ß. Cf. ‘fyrst’ for ‘thirst,’ ‘frefownd’
for ‘greyhound;’ and see Wright’s Vocab. pp. 250, 259, note
Afire, "adv." RG. 380, 541, 546
Afoled, "part." == befooled, made a fool of. O. and N. 206
Afoot, "adv." RG. 378
Aforce, "v. a." == force, compel. RG. 121. Alys. 789
Aforeward, "adv." == foremost, foreward. 492 B.; first of all. RG. 567
Aforth, "adv." == forwards. O. and N. 822
Afretie, "v. a." == devour. Pol. S. 237, 240. AS. fretan
Afte, "sb." == folly? Pol. S. 210
After, "prep." == in expectation of, ‘after betere wynde hii moste þere at
stonde.’ RG. 367
---- == of time, ‘after Mydsomer.’ RG. 407
---- == like. Alys. 5418
---- == in; ‘after eche strete.’ M. Ode, st. 117
---- == ‘behind,’ of place. RG. 398
Afterblismed, == pregnant. Ps. lxxvii. 70. AS. blósma == a bud
Afterward, "adv." == in the after part (of a book). RG. 6
---- == next in order, afterwards. Wright’s L. P. p. 24
Aftertale, "sb." == postscript. 627 B.
Afterwending, "sb." == following. Alys. 7280
Again, "adv." == iterum, a second time. RG. 36
---- == back again [a?é]. 147 B.
Againbuy, "v. a." == redeem, pret. ‘agaynboghte.’ Ps. lxxiii. 2
Againbuying, "sb." == redemption. Ps. xlviii. 9
Againcall, "v. a." Ps. ci. 25
Againlook, "v. a." == look back upon. Ps. xxxiv. 3
Againres, "sb." == meeting. Ps. lviii. 6. [ogain raas]. Ps. xviii. 7
Againsaw, "sb." == contradiction. Ps. lxxx. 8
Againsaying, "sb." == contradiction. Ps. cv. 32
Against, "prep." == contra, [a?e]. 54 B. [a?en]. RG. 367. [ogaines] Ps.
lxxxii. 4
---- == opposite to, of place, [a?eyn]. RG. 6
---- == by the time that. Wright’s L. P. p. 23
---- == in comparison with, [a?eynes]. Wright’s L. P. p. 68
Againstand, "v. n." Ps. lxxv. 8
Againturn, "v. n." == return. Ps. lxxvii. 39
Againward, "adv." Ps. lxxvii. 57
Againwend, "v. n." == retreat, part, ‘a?enwendand.’ Ps. lxxvii. 9
Agast, "v. a." == frighten. RG. 387
---- "adj." == frightened. RG. 402. Alys. 3912. MG. us-gaisjan.
Age, "sb." == sæculum. RG. 9
Agesse, "vb." == calculate on, expect. K. Horn, 1219
Agin, "v. n." == begin. O. and N. 1287
Ago, "v. n." == go. O. and N. 1451. part. ‘agonne.’ == proceeded. RG. 561
Ago, == gone, neglected. Pol. S. 197
Agrame, "v. a." == make angry. Alys. 3309
Agrief, "v. a." Alys. 3785
Agrill, "v. a." == annoy. [a-grulle]. O. and N. 1108. AS. grillan
Agrise, "v. a." == terrify. RG. 463. pret. ‘agros.’ RG. 549. part.
‘agrise,’ == frightened. RG. 539. ‘To agrise him,’ == become furious. K.
Horn, 895. AS. agrýsan
Aground, or ‘alaground,’ == on the ground. RG. 378
Ahen, "adj." == own. O. and N. 1284. AS. ágen
Aheve, "v. a." == lit. lift up; hence, bring up, educate. Marg. 5. AS.
a-hefan
Ahte, "sb." == property, goods. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. AS. æht
Ahwene, "v. a." == vex, trouble. O. and N. 1562. AS. a-hwænan
Aino?e, "adj." == anew. RG. 397
Air, "sb." 697 ß
---- == airs, pride, vaunting. RG. 51, 397
Aither, == either. 434 ß
Aiware--Aihwar, == everywhere. O. and N. 216. Moral Ode, st. 42, ed.
Hickes, but the Egerton MS. reads the verse “eiðer he mai him finde”
Akelde, "vb. a." pret. == cooled. The other reading is ‘acoled,’ q. v. RG.
442
Aken, "v. a." == reconnoitre. Alys. 3468
Aknee, "adv." == on the knee’s. 993 B. [aknawe]. Alys. 3540
Alaboute, "adv." 2258 B. Many other compounds of ‘all’ are thus written as
one word, where they are now generally disjoined, thus--‘alaground.’ RG.
378
Alamed, "part." == lamed. O. and N. 1602
Alas! "interj." RG. 443
Alast, "adv." == at last. Pol. S. 216
Alb, "sb." == clothing, lit. a white robe. RG. 347. AS. albe
Albidene, "adv." == by and by. HD. 730. Wright’s L. P. p. 61
Albysi, "adv." == about, scarcely. RG. 81. The V. L. gives ‘unnethe’
Alday, "adv." == all the day. RG. 197
---- == continually. RG. 92
Aldeman, "sb." == elder. Ps. civ. 22
Aldest, == oldest. RG. 232
Alderelde, "sb." == extreme old age. Ps. lxx. 18
Ale, "sb." HD. 14
Alegge, "v. a." == to lay down, put down. 1928 B. part, ‘aleyd.’ ==
quelled, subdued. Wright’s L. P. p. 105
---- (of laws) == to annul. RG. 422. part. ‘aleyd.’ RG. 144 == ‘to
confute.’ O. and N. 394. AS. a-lecgan
Alesen, "v. a." == loose. Marg. 24
Alight, "v. a." == descend, alight. 1897 B. RG. 468. part, ‘alight.’ RG.
433. AS. a-lihtan
Alighting, "sb." RG. 430
Alisaundre, "sb." == the herb alexander, or horse-parsley. Wright’s L. P.
p. 26. See the Prompt. Parv. s. v.
Alive, "adv." 67 B. See Gloss. Rem. to La?amon, p. 442
Alike, "adj." [iliche]. 1894 B.
---- "adv." 714 ß
Alinlaz. See Anlace
All, "adj." RG. 373, == the whole
---- RG. 371, == every one of a number gen. s. ‘alles,’ used adverbially,
== very, entirely. RG. 17; 73 B. gen. pl. ‘alre,’ 1332 B. ‘aller,’ RG. 135
All, "adv." RG. 367, et passim
Allerfurst, == first of all. Alys. 1569
Allermost, "adv." RG. 44
Alliance, "sb." RG. 89, 295; [enlyance]. RG. 12
Allong, == during the whole of; ‘al longe day.’ 403 B. ‘allonge ni?t.’ 595
ß
Allout, "adv." == entirely. 1940 B.
Ally, "v. a." RG. 65
Allyng, "adv." == entirely. RG. 48. AS. eallunga
Almatour, "sb." == almoner. Alys. 3042
Almesse, "sb." == alms. RG. 330
Almightand, == almighty. Creed. 33
Almighty, "adj." 1041 B.
Almost, "adv." RG. 389. Ps. cxviii. 87
Almsdeed, "sb." Rel. S. iv. 39
Almsful, "adj." 1676. B.
Almshede, "sb." RG. 498
Alnil, == and only? Pol. S. 201
Alond, "adv." == on the land. RG. 389
Alone, "adj." 59 B.
Along, "adv." == straight on, ‘to go along.’ Alys. 3410
---- == lengthwise [o lonke]. Pol. S. 156
Alothe, "v. n." == become loathsome. O. and N. 1275
Alour, "sb." == corridor. Alys. 7210. "pl." ‘alurs.’ RG. 192. Fr. aller
Alout, "v. n." == bow. RG. 476
Alre, "gen. pl." of ‘all,’ forms numerous compounds with adjj. in the
superlative degree,--thus ‘alre-hecst,’ == highest of all. O. and N. 687;
‘alre-mest,’ ib. 684; ‘alre-necst,’ ib. 685; ‘alre-wrste,’ ib. 121; &c.
&c.
Als, == as. HD. 306, == as if. HD. 508
Alsauf, "adv." == without fail. RG. 391
Also, == besides. RG. 369
---- == as. RG. 561. HD. 1872
---- == as if. HD. 468
Alswa, "adv." == also, in like manner. O. and N. 237
---- == as if. O. and N. 146
Altar, "sb." 2215 B.
Altherbest, == best of all. HD. 182
Alto, "adv." 99 B.
Alumere, "adj." == bright. Wright’s L. P. p. 68
Al?are, "adv." == already. 917 B.
Am, == them. Ps. v. 12
Am, "vb." == 1s pret. of ‘be.’ 337 RG.
Amad, "part." == amaied or dismayed. Alys. 1749. K. Horn. 586
---- == mad. Pol. S. 156
Amaistre, "v. a." == reduce to subjection. Pilate 60
Amanse, "v. a." == curse. RG. 474. AS. amánsumian, lit. to disjoin, hence
to excommunicate
Amar, "v. a." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Amarstle, "v. a." == to stuff full? Wright’s L. P. p. 111. AS. amæstan
Ambesas, "sb." == two aces, the lowest throw on the dice. Hence ‘to caste
an ambesas,’ == to have bad luck, to fail in a thing. 492 ß. 450 B. See
Roq. "s. v." Ambezas
Amblant, "part." == ambling, Alys. 3462
Ambush, "sb." RG. 51
---- "v. a." [abusse] 1382 B.
Amen, "interj." Wright’s L. P. p. 51
Amend, "v. a." RG. 449, 391
Amending, "sb." == amendment. Alys. 7502
Amendment, "sb." RG. 404, 472
Amere, "adv." == bitterly, wrathfully. Alys. 4427. Fr. ameir, Lat. amarus
Amet, "sb." == emmet, ant. RG. 296; ‘amete hulle’ == an anthill. RG. 296
Amethyst, "sb." Cok. 91
Ameye, "sb." == a mistress. Alys. 520. Fr. amie
Amid, "prep." == in the midst of. 1139 B.
---- == with, 90 B. for ‘mid.’
Amidward, "adv." Alys. 690
Amiral. See Admiral.
Amiss, "adj." == wrong. RG. 451
Amiture, "sb." == friendship. Alys. 3975
Amone, "v. a." == remember. Sign. 147. AS. gemunan
Among, "prep." == inter. 6 B.
---- "adv." == at intervals, O. and N. 6
Amorrow, [amorwe] "adv." == on the morrow. 49 B.
Amount, "v. n." RG. 497 == ‘vor it ne ssolde "amounti" no?t,’ == because
it would amount to or avail nought. So the prep. is omitted in Alys. 6020
‘That "amounted" fyve hundred thousand
Knyghtis to armes, so Y fynde’
Amour, "sb." == lover. Alys. 951
---- == love. Alys. 4573
Amty, == empty, RG. 17
Amye, "sb." == friend. Alys. 1834. Fr. ami.
An, "indef. art." == before a cons. RG. 537, ‘an stounde.’ So also RG. 261
---- == and. "q. v."
---- == on, ‘an urthe’ 174 B. ‘an honde’ == on hand. 71 B. This last
phrase seems to have dropped the meaning of ‘soon,’ ‘now,’ which it bears
in Semi-Saxon. See Gloss. Rem. to La?amon, vol. iii. p. 474. ‘an hei’ ==
on high. RG. 537. ‘an hoker’ == with scorn. 710 B. ‘an aunter’ == on
adventure, i. e. in peril. RG. 311, an oniwar == at unawares
---- == one, in acc. ‘anne.’ RG. 223.
An, "v. a." == grant, allow, consent. O. and N. 1738. AS. unnan
Analing, == annihilating? Alys. 2166. Sic. Weber in Gloss. Hall "s. v."
suggests ‘avaling’ as the true reading == pulling down from their horses,
which is probably correct
Anarrow, "v. a." == confine, cramp up; hence, dishearten? Alys. 3346
Ancestor, "sb." 428 B.
Anchor, "sb." HD. 521
Ancre, "sb." == nun. RG. 380
And, "conj." RG. 368; [an]. O. and N. 31. RG. 264
Aneli, "adj." == lonely. Ps. xxiv. 16
Anente, "prep." == opposite to, over against. Fragm. Sci. 241
Anethered, "part." == lowered, conquered. RG. 217
Angel, "sb." RG. 254, 255, 441
Angrom, "sb." == anguish. Ps. cxviii. 143. AS. ange
Anguish, "sb." RG. 172, 442
Anguishous, "adj." == full of anguish, RG. 157, 222
Anhang, "v. a." == hang up, 3 s. pres. ‘an-hoð,’ O. and N. 1644. pret.
‘an-hung.’ RG. 509. AS. an-hòn
Anhit, "v. a." == hit, strike. RG. 185
Anight, "adv." == during the night. 681 B.
Anilepi, "adj." == one, single. HD. 2107. AS. ‘æn-lipig’. Cf. ‘lepi ane.’
Ps. xiii. 1; lii. 2, 4
Anise, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Annoy, "v. a." RG. 420, 487; part. annuid. RG. 550
---- "sb." [anuy]. 1618 B.
Anness, "sb." == solitude. Ps. ci. 7; [anes]. Ps. liv. 8
Anlace, [alinlaz] == a long knife worn at the girdle. HD. 2554
Anleth, "sb." == countenance. Ps. xxvi. 9. AS. andwlita
Anon, "adv." RG 373.
Anoniwar, "adv." == at unawares. RG. 511
Anonrightes, "adv." == immediately. Alys. 824
Another, "adj." RG. 379, 444
Anoven, "adv." == above. K. Horn, 638
Anoward, "adv." upon. RG. 419
Anstond, "v. a." == stand. RG. 267
Answer, "vb. a." RG. 431
---- "sb." RG. 500
Anthem, [anteyn] "sb." St Dunstan, 185
Antre, "sb." == adventure. RG. 35
---- "v. a." == risk. Alys. 4265
Any, "adj." == ‘any thing.’ 410 B.
---- == any one [eny]. RG. 376
Apair, "v. a." == impair. St. Kath. 152
Apayed, == pleased. RG. 117, 1642 B. Fr. apaier, paier
Ape, "sb." Alys. 4344
Apertly, "adv." == openly. RG. 375
Apeyre, "v. a." == impair. RG. 279
Apli?t, "adv." == immediately, at once. RG. 511
---- == faithfully? Pol. S. 218
Apoison, "v. a." == to poison. RG. 122
Apostle, "sb." RG. 70
Appeal, "sb." 602 B.
Apple, "sb." RG. 283
Aprikie, "v. a." == prick. RG. 553
April, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 27
Aquell, "v. a." == quell or kill. Pol. S. 192. AS. a-cwellan
Aquench, "v. a." Rel. S. i. 10. part. ‘a-queynt’ == quenched. Frag. Sci.
162. AS. acwencan
Ar, "sb." == oar. HD. 1776. AS. ár
Ar, "adv." == ere, before than. O. and N. 862. compar. ‘erur.’ O. and N.
1736. AS. ?r, ?ror
Arape, "adv." == in haste. Alys. 4239. Fr. araper. Lat. arripere.
Arbalast, "sb." RG. 377, 536
Arbalaster, "sb." Alys. 2613
Arch, "sb." RG. 415
Archbishop, "sb." RG. 367
Archbishopric, "sb." RG. 417
Archdeacon, "sb." RG. 468
Archer, "sb." RG. 199
Architemple, == chief church. RG. 74
Are, "adj." == former. HD. 27
Are, "vb." [aren], Wright’s L. P. p. 34. See Be
Arear, "v. a." == raise up; hence ‘build,’ of a church. 320 B.; to ‘stir
up,’ as war. RG. 436; or dust. Alys. 4077
Areason, "v. a." == talk to. Alys. 6751
Areche, "v. a." == explain. K. Horn, 1258. AS. arecan
Areche, "v. n." == extend, reach onwards to a thing. Rel. Ant. i. 110;
reach, St Andrew, 92. AS. ar?can
Aredde, "v. a." == rid of. O. and N. 1569
Arehwe, "sb." == fear. O. and N. 1714
Arenk, "adv." == in a rank or row. 273 ß
Areu, "sb." == fear. O. and N. 1496. See Are?
Arewe, "adv." == in a row. RG. 252
Arewe, "v. a." == to rue. Pol. S. 188
Are?, "adj." == afraid. O. and N. 407. AS. earh
Are?the, "sb." == fear. O. and N. 404
Arge, "adj." == slow. M. Ode, st. 10. AS. earh
Aright, "adv." O. and N. 400
Arise, "v. n." RG. 369, 379. 3 s. pret. ‘aros.’ RG. 560. ‘arist.’ Alys.
5760
Ark, "sb." Ps. cxxxi. 8
Arm, "adj." [areme] == poor, miserable. O. and N. 1160. AS. earm
Arm, "sb." == a limb. 2136 B.
Arm, "v. a." RG. 63, 511. part. ‘y-armed.’ RG. 386
Armour, "sb." RG. 397
Arms, "sb." 2087 B.
Arn, "v. n." == run, pret. ‘arnde.’ RG. 397. ‘orn,’ 2158 B. See Urne
Arnement, "sb." == ink? Alys. 6418. Lat. atramentum. Fr. attrament. Cotgr.
This is Weber’s conjecture, who refers to the Sevyn Sages, v. 2776, ‘as
blak as ani arnement,’ in confirmation. And see Rel. Ant. i. p. 302
Arning, == destroying. Alys. 2165. Fr. arner == to enfeeble. Cotgr.
Aroom, "adv." == aside, out of the way. Alys. 1637
Arost, "part." == roasted. Pol. S. 151
Around, [aroun] "adv." == in circumference. Alys. 6603
Arrive, "v. n." RG. 371
Arrow, "sb." RG. 394, 398
Arson, "sb." == saddle. Alys. 4251. It is properly the bow of the saddle,
from Fr. ars == arc, or bow
Arst, == erst, first. RG. 389, 393
Art, "vb." O. and N. 642
Art, "sb." [ars]. Alys. 74, 737
Arwe, "adj." == arrant. Alys. 3340
Aryhed, == laboured. Ps. cxviii. 27. AS. erian, pres. erige
As, == ut. RG. 368
---- == where. RG. 555. St. Andrew, 16
Asad, "adj." == sad. Pol. S. 212
Ascape, "v. n." == escape. Pol. S. 190
---- "v. a." == avoid. Alys. 3775
Aschewele, "v. a." == frighten. O. and N. 1611. A ‘shewel,’ or ‘shawel,’
was a scarecrow. See O. and N. 1646
Aschend, "v. a." == injure. 1356 B.
Ascoff, "adv." == scoffingly. Alys. 874
Aseen, "part." == seen. Alys. 847
Asele, "v. a." == seal. RG. 510. [acele.] RG. 496
Asely, == to absolve. RG. 360. See ‘assoil’
Asenk, "v. a." == drown, make to sink, pret. ‘asentte.’ RG. 416;
‘asencte.’ ib. 489. La?amon, iii. 19, has ‘aseingde.’ AS. sencan
Aseven, "adv." == in 7 parts. RG. 405
Ashes, "sb." [aske]. RG. 536. [axen]. Pol. S. 203
Ash-wednesday. RG. 542
Ashunche, "v. a." == shun, detest. Wright’s L. P. p. 38. AS. ascunian
Asiwe, "v. a." == follow. Alys. 2494
Ask, "v. a." RG. 89. pret. ‘ascode.’ RG. 550. ‘askede’
Aske, == ashes, "q. v."
Asking, "sb." == prayer. Ps. xix. 7
Aslawe, "part." == slain. RG. 317
Asleep, "adv." RG. 417, 547
Asoke, "vb. a." == forsook. K. Horn. 69
Asluppe, "vb." == slip away from. Wright’s L. P. p. 38
Asperant, "adj." == bold. Alys. 4871
Aspide, "sb." == asp. Ps. xc. 13
Aspill, "v. a." == spill. 356 B.
Aspy, "v. a." part. ‘aspie,’ == aspied. RG. 553
---- "v. n." RG. 549
---- "sb." == spy. RG. 557
Ass, "sb." RG. 404
Assail, "v. a." [asayly]. RG. 394; part. ‘asayled.’ RG. 387
Assault, "v. a." [asayly]. RG. 177
Assault, "sb." [asayt]. RG. 380. [asaut]. RG. 409
Assay, "v. a." == essay, try. RG. 34. [a-syghe]. Alys. 3879
Assemble, "v. a." Pol. S. 188
Assent, "v. n." RG. 96
---- "sb." Alys. 1480
Asshreynt, "part." == caught, deceived. Alys. 4819. AS. ascrencan
Assign, "v. a." RG. 502. 347 B.
Assize, "sb." == judicial inquest. RG. 429
---- "sb." == commodities, goods. Alys. 7074
Assoign, "vb. a." == excuse, hence as a legal term ‘to put in a plea for
delay and non-appearance.’ RG. 539. Fr. essoiner
---- "sb." == a plea for non-appearance at a trial. [asoyne, a sothne].
RG. 539
Assoil, "v. a." == absolve. RG. 464, 501
Assoiling, "sb." RG. 501
Assuage, "v. a." 1454 B.
Assumption, "sb." (Feast of the). RG. 570
Astand, "v. n." == stand still, delay. [astonde] 1920 B. 3 pl. pret.
‘astunte’ RG. 546. ‘astynte’ RG. 128
Asteynte, "part." == attainted. Alys. 880
Astiune, "sb." == a precious stone. Cok. 88. Probably the ‘astios’ of
Plin. H. N. xxxvii. 48
Astoned, == astonished. RG. 396
Astore, "v. a." == store (a place). RG. 375, 385, 395
---- "adv." == plentifully. Alys. 2110, 5002
Astrangle, "v. a." == to strangle. RG 342
Astrengthy, "v. a." == strengthen. RG. 342
Astride, "adv." Alys. 4445
Astromyen, "sb." == astronomer. Alys. 136
Astronomy, "sb." Alys. 137
Astye, "v. n." == move, or stir. RG. 317 AS. astígan
Asunde. See Aswunde
Aswink, "v. a." == swink for, earn by labour. 1665 B.
Aswunde, "part." == worn out, decayed. O. and N. 1478. ‘asunde.’ O. and N.
534. AS. aswindan
At, "adv." == but. RG. 256, 372
---- with inf. == to. Ps. lxxvi. 16; lxxii. 23. ON. at
---- "prep." == of time, ‘at Alle Halwyn tide.’ RG. 416
---- == of place, ‘at Westmynstre.’ 227 B.
Atake, "part." == taken. 1963 B.
Atblenche, "v. a." == shrink from, escape. Rel. S. v. 8
Atbroide, "part." == seduced? O. and N. 1378. AS. æt-bredan
Ate. See Eat.
Atell, "v. a." == reckon up. RG. 171
Ateliche, "adj." == hateful, foul. O. and N. 1123. AS. átelic
Atfall, "v. n." == fall. Rel. S. vii. 24
Atfly, "v. n." == fly away. O. and N. 37
Atgo, "v. n." == go away. Wright’s L. P. pp. 48, 74
Athel, "sb." == nobleman? Wright’s L. P. p. 33. AS. æþel
---- "adj." == noble. O. and N. 632
Atheling, "sb." == nobleman. Rel. S. vi. 11. AS. æþeling
Athold, "v. a." == retain. RG. 124; restrain. O. and N. 392
---- "v. n." == hold still, remain faithful to. 2 s. pres. ‘athalst.’ RG.
193
Athrang, "adv." == in a throng. Alys. 3409
Athree, "adv." == in 3 parts. RG. 437
Atour, "adv." == round about. Alys. 4511
Atprenche, "v. a." == deceive. O. and N. 249, 812. ON. pretta, to deceive
Atraht, for ‘at-raft.’ == reaved or snatched away. Wright’s L. P. p. 37
Atrute, "v. a." == make a noise or disturbance. RG. 428. O. and N. 1166.
See Route
Atscape, "v. a." == escape. Wright’s L. P. p. 75
Atschet, "vb. a." == burst? O. and N. 44. AS. sceðan
Atschote, "vb. a. part." == shot, destroyed by a shot. O. and N. 1621. AS.
sceotan
Atsit, "v. a." == withstand, oppose. RG. 174
Atstand, "v. a." == withstand. RG. 44
---- "v. n." == stand, remain. 2375 B. pret. ‘atstode.’ RG. 355
Attan, == at the, for ‘at than.’ 81 B.
Atte, == at the. RG. 285
Attercop, "sb." == spider. O. and N. 600. Lit. ‘poison-cup.’ AS.
attor-coppa
Attire, "v. a." RG. 547
---- "sb." Alys. 173
Attorn, "v. n." == return. RG. 419, 539
Atwende, "v. a." == put away, remove. O. and N. 1425
Atwit, "v. a." == twit. RG. 33. pret. ‘atwiste,’ ibid. AS. edwitan
Atwo, "adv." RG. 375
Atyl, "sb." == array, dress. RG. 51. Fr. teile, toile
---- "v. a." == array. RG. 191, 525
Aunt, "sb." RG. 571. Fr. ante, tante. Lat. amita
Autors, "sb." == ancestors. Alys. 4519
Avail, "v. a." == bring down, lower. O. and N. 1683. Fr. avaler
Avail, "v. n." == help, be of avail. Body and S. 188. Fr. valoir
Avenant, "adj." == graceful. Alys. 6333. Fr. avenant
Avetrol, "sb." == bastard. Alys. 2693. Fr. avoistre
Aveysé, "adj." == wary. Alys. 5261
Avile, "v. a." == render vile, with ‘to.’ RG. 495
Aviroun, "adv." == round about. Alys. 2672. Fr. environ
Avise, "v. a." == advise, inform. RG. 547
Avision, "sb." == warning. RG. 255
---- == vision. 1101 B.
Avoi, "adv." == away. 2061 B.
Avoirdupois. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Avoth, == takes in, hear, from ‘a-fón.’ O. and N. 841
Avoué, "sb." == protector. Alys. 3160. See ‘Abowes’
Avowerie, "sb." == help, patronage. Pol. S. 189
Await, "v. a." == wait for. Pilate 17
---- == attend upon, observe. RG. 49
Awake, "v. n." == pret. ‘awok.’ RG. 15. Alys. 356
Awaking, "sb." RG. 557
Awaped, == amazed, angered. Alys. 899. AS. wafian
Aware, "adj." == [iwar]. O. and N. 147
Awarie, "v. a." == curse. Marg. 18. part. ‘awariede.’ Rel. S. v. 137. AS.
awarian
Awarp, "v. a." == cast away, render worthless. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210. AS.
awerpan
Away, "adv." RG. 398
Awaybear, "v. a." Ps. xlv. 10
Awayput, "v. a." Ps. lxxxviii. 39; lxxxvii. 15
Awayward, "adv." RG. 151
Awaywerp, "v. a." == reject. Ps. lxxvii. 60
Awe, "sb." [agh]. Ps. lxxxviii. 31
Awe, "v. a." == own, possess. HD. 1291. AS. ágan
Awede, "v. n." == go mad. O. and N. 1382. pret. ‘awedde.’ RG. 162. part.
‘awed,’ == mad. 1488 B. AS. awédan
Awend, "v. n." == go. part. ‘awend,’ 1240 B. AS. awendan
Awene, "v. a." == make to think or prompt? O. and N. 1256. part. ‘awene.’
O. and N. 239. AS. wenan
Awful, [aghful]. Ps. xlvi. 3
Awfully, [aghfulli]. "adv." Ps. cxxxviii. 14
Awfulness, [aghfulness.] "sb." Ps. cxliv. 6
Awhile, "adv." 1243 B.
Awille, "adv." == pleasingly, ex voto. O. and N. 1720
Awl, "sb." == RG. 48. [owel]. O. and N. 80. AS. æl
Awlate, "v. a." == disgust. RG. 485. AS. wlætian
Awonder, "v. a." == cause to wonder. Alys. 1408, 5513
Awreke, "v. a." == avenge. RG. 391. pret. ‘awrete.’ ib. 135
Awrothe, "v. n." == become wroth, or evil. O. and N. 1276
Awuste, "v. a." pret. == knew. M. Ode, 9
Axe, "sb." RG. 490, 540
Ay, "sb." == egg. Alys. 568. pl. ‘ayren,’ Alys. 4719. See Ey
Ayschelle, "sb." == egg-shell. Alys. 577
Aye, "adv." == ever. 884 B.
Ayke, "v. a." == increase. Ps. civ. 24. AS. écan
Aysil, "sb." == vinegar. Ps. lxviii. 22. AS. eisile. Germ. essig
Azure, "adj." Ritson’s AS. viii. 37
A?t, "adj." == noble. RG. 377, 183, 459. AS. æht
A?te, "vb." == ought. RG. 357
B.
Bac, "sb." == a crown. Wright’s L. P. p. 70. AS. beág
Back, "sb." HD. 556
Backbite, "v. a." Pol. S. 157. pret. ‘backbate.’ Ps. xxxvii. 21
Backbiter, "sb." Rel. S. vii. 25
Bad, "adj." RG. 108
Badly, "adv." RG. 566
Baft, "sb." == the hinder part. Ps. lxxvii. 66. AS. bæfta
Bag, "sb." Pol. S. 150
Bagful, "sb." St Swithin, 57
Bailiff, "sb." RG. 473, 499. n. pl. ‘baylis’ RG. 129
Baillie, "sb." == office, or duty. 202, 355 B.
---- == authority. Alys. 7532
Bait, "v. a." (a bear). HD. 1840. ON. beita
Baker, "sb." Rel. S. vii. 35
Balance, "sb." == doubt. RG. 200
Bald, "adj." [ballede]. RG. 377, 429
Baldelicker, == bolder. St Swithin, 69
Baldric, "sb." == [baudry]. Alys. 4698. Fr. baldret. Lat. balteus
Bale, "sb." == woe. HD. 327. AS. bealu
Baleful, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 53
Bali, == belly. "q. v."
Ball, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 89
---- == head. Alys. 6481. Compare our modern slang ‘nob’
Balm, "sb." [baum]. Wright’s L. P. p. 35
Baloynge, == smoothness? Wright’s L. P. p. 35. See Prompt. Parv. s. v.
Balhew
Ban, "sb." == message. RG. 188
---- == troop, army. O. and N. 390
---- "v. a." == levy, or raise an army. O. and N. 1666
Band, "sb." == chain, bond. [bende], RG. 379
Bandon, "sb." == dominion, authority. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. pl. bandons,
== orders, commands. Alys. 3180
Baneur, "sb." == ensign-bearer. RG. 361
Bank, "sb." (of a river). Alys. 3495
Banker, "sb." == cloth or covering for a bench. Ritson’s AS. viii. 69. Fr.
banquier. See Prompt. Parv. "s. v." and Way’s note there
Banner, "sb." RG. 541, 542, 402
Banneret, "sb." == a little banner. Alys. 5236
---- == knight-banneret. RG. 551
Baptize, "v. a." RG. 86
Baptizing, "sb." RG. 86
Bar, "sb." HD. 1794
Barbary, "sb." == foreign lands. Ps. cxiii. 1
Barbet, "sb." == a hood, or muffler. Pol. S. 154
Barbican, "sb." Alys. 1591. Fr. barbacan. "Vid." Roq. s. v.; and see Phil.
Soc. Proc. vol. iii. p. 156
Bare, "sb." == tree. O. and N. 56. ON. Barr
Bare, "adj." == naked. RG. 514
---- == mere, single. M. Ode, 70
---- == destitute, impoverished. RG. 511, 388
Barefoot, "adj." RG. 434
Baret, "sb." == quarrel. O. and N. 408. HD. 1932. ON. baratta
Barge, "sb." Alys. 852
Bark, "v. n." Alys. 1935
Barking, "sb." Alys. 4966
Barm, "sb." == yeast. Rel. S. vii. 30. AS. bearme
Barm, == bosom. K. Horn. 728. AS. bearm
Barman, "sb." == kitchen-porter. HD. 868. See ‘bermannen,’ in Gloss. to
La?.
Barmhatres, == breast-cloths. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. AS. bearm, hæter
Barn, "sb." RG. 496
Baron, "sb." RG. 369, 511
Baronage, "sb." [barnage]. HD. 2947
Barony, "sb." == estate of a baron. RG. 479
---- == order of barons. RG. 535
Barrel, "sb." Alys. 28
Barrow, "sb." == wheel cart. 899 B.
Baru, "sb." == a gelt boar. RG. 207
Basilisk, "sb." == a kind of serpent. Ps. xc. 13
Basin, "sb." == helmet. Pol. S. 189. Alys. 2333. Fr. bacinet
Basnet, "sb." == a light helmet. Alys. 2234
Bast, == bastard. RG. 431, 516. Always preceded by ‘a’
Bastard, "adj." RG. 412
Baston, "sb." == a kind of verse. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Bat, "sb." == club. Alys. 78
Batchelor, "sb." RG. 453
Batchelry, "sb." == order of batchelors, the youth. RG. 76
---- == prowess. RG. 192
Bate, "v. a." == make to abate, put an end to. Body and Soul, 167
Bath, "sb." RG. 7
Bathe, "v. a." Alys. 2708
---- "v. n." Rel. S. v. 210
Battailing, "sb." == fighting. Alys. 100
Battailer, [batelur], "sb." == warrior. Alys. 1433
Battle, "sb." RG. 369, 514
Baudekyn, "sb." == a stuff made of silk and gold, so called from Bagdad,
Ital. Baldacco, where it was made. Alys. 202
Bawmed, == embalmed. Alys. 4670
Bay, "v. a." == listen to, render fortunate. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Fr.
bayer. Vid. Roq.
---- "v. a." == to bait (a boar), pret. ‘bede.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 27
---- "sb." == baiting, ‘bay of bor.’ Alys. 4376
Bay, == boy. Alys. 4376
Be, "v. n." 402 B. [beo], 403 B. [beon], 404 B. [bon], O. and N. 262.
[ben], Wright’s L. P. p. 24. [buen], ib. p. 25
---- "pres. ind." 1 s. ‘am.’ O. and N. 276
2 s. ‘art.’ O. and N. 561. ‘is.’ Ps. 1. 6
3 s. ‘is.’ O. and N. 570. ‘esse.’ Ps. xci. 16. ‘bes.’ Ps. cxlvi. 10;
cxxvii. 2
1 pl. ‘buen.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 25
3 pl. ‘aren.’ Wright’s L. P. pp. 34, 22; ‘both.’ O. and N. 568.
‘beth.’ RG 368. ‘beoth.’ 411 B.
---- "pres. subj." 2 s. ‘bo.’ O. and N. 566
3 s. ‘bo.’ O. and N. 1376. ‘beo.’ O. and N. 1531
3 pl. ‘be.’ RG. 369. ‘bo.’ O. and N. 567
---- "pret. ind." 1 s. ‘wes.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 97
3 s. ‘wes.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 25. ‘was.’ RG. 374
3 pl. ‘were.’ Rel. S. v. 178
---- "pret. subj." 2 s. ‘were.’ O. and N. 1312
3 s. ‘were.’ O. and N. 1299
3 pl. ‘were.’ RG. 374
---- "imper. sing." ‘be.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 97
---- "part." ‘ibeo.’ 434 B.
Beadle, "sb." HD. 266. [budel.] Wright’s L. P. p. 22. pl. ‘bedeles.’ 987
B. AS. bydel
Beam, "sb." RG. 288
Bean, "sb." RG. 497
Bear, "sb." (the animal). HD. 573
Bear, "v. n." == incline towards. 362 B.
Bear, "v. a." == carry. RG. 375. pret. ‘bar.’ 224 B.
---- == pay, render. RG. 378
---- == produce (as fruit). RG. 352
---- == bring forth a child, part. ‘i-bore.’ RG. 516. O. and N. 716
Beard, "sb." 611 ß
Bearing, "sb." == birth. Alys. 636
Beast, "sb." RG. 375, 376
Beat, "v. a." HD. 2763. RG. 453. 3 pl. pret. ‘beoten.’ St Andr. 69. part.
‘bete’ == beaten, of gold. Wright’s L. P. p. 35
Beauty, "sb." [bealté]. Wright’s L. P. p. 53
Beaver, "sb." M. Ode, 182
Bebled, == covered with blood. Alys. 3813
Beck, "sb." == brook. Ritson’s AS. viii. 63 AS. becc. Germ. bach
Beck, "v. n." == beckon. Ps. xxxiv. 19
Beckon, [bocken] "v. n." Pol. S. 149. AS. bécnan
Beclip, "v. a." == embrace. RG. 469. Alys. 7416. AS. beclyppan
Becoll, "v. a." == blacken. pret. ‘becolmede.’ K. Horn, 1096. AS. col
Become, "v. n." == come into existence. RG. 15
---- == suit a person, with ‘to.’ RG. 36
Bed, "sb." RG. 377
---- == bedfellow. O. and N. 1498
Bed, "v. a." HD. 1237
Bedag, "v. a." == bedew with mud; part. ‘bydagged.’ Alys. 5485. ON. dögg.
Sw dagg. == dew. Not connected with ‘dagged’ == cut into slips; vandyked,
as applied to clothing, which comes from AS. dág
Bede, "v. a." == pray. RG. 547. 2 s. pres. ‘byst.’ RG. 337. 3 s. ‘bit.’ O.
and N. 571. 3 pl. pret. ‘baden.’ Ps. cv. 19
---- == offer. Ps. lxxi. 10
---- "sb." == prayer. RG. 571
Bedgang, "sb." == going to bed. Ps. liv. 3
Bedsister, "sb." == concubine. RG. 27
Bedyner, "sb." == servant, officer. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. Germ. bedienen
Bee, "sb." Ps. cxvii. 12
Beech, "sb." Alys. 5242. [breche]. O. and N. 14? Compare for the insertion
or omission of the "r", AS. ‘spræcan,’ Engl. ‘speak,’ ‘gin’ and ‘grin’ or
‘grinew,’ ‘groom’ and AS. ‘guma’
Beef, "sb." Alys. 5248
Beer, "sb." [bor], O. and N. 1009
Befal, "v. n." pret. ‘bivel.’ RG. 556
Before, "prep."--of place. RG. 443
---- "adv."--of time. RG. 443. [biforen] Wright’s L. P. p. 24
---- == foreward, onward. O. and N. 774
Beget, "v. a." == obtain. O. and N. 726. RG. 516
---- == procreate. RG. 516. part. ‘by?yte.’ RG. 388
Begetting, "sb." Alys. 6866
Beggar, "sb." Body and Soul, 139
Begin, "v. n." RG. 380
Beginning, "sb." RG. 384
---- == (of a country.) RG. 399
Begon, "part." == adorned, or covered with. Ritson’s AS. viii. 35. Cf.
‘woebegone’
Begrown, "part." [bi-growe]. O. and N. 27
Beguile, "v. a." K. Horn, 328
Beh. See Bow, "vb."
Behalve, "v. a." == divide into two parts. HD. 1834
Behead, "v. a." Pol. S. 213
Behest, "sb." RG. 231
Behind, "prep." O. and N. 594
---- "adv." RG. 395
Behind, "sb." == rump. O. and N. 596
Behold, "v. a." == hold in the hand. O. and N. 1323
---- "v. n." == look up. RG. 395; have regard. Ps. v. 3
---- "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 86
Behoof, "sb." RG. 348. [byefþe], ib. 354
Behote, "sb." == vow. Ps. cxv. 14
Behave, "v. n." == RG. 177. Ps. cxiv. 18
Beigh, "sb." == ring. Alys. 1572. AS. beág
Beigh, "v. a." == bow, bend. Alys. 4373
Being, "sb." == condition. Alys. 223
Beknow, "v. a." == make known. Alys. 7472
---- == know thoroughly. Rel. S. i. 31
Belde, "v. a." == protect? Wright’s L. P. p. 24
Belie, "v. a." O. and N. 837
Belay, "v. a." == besiege. RG. 519
Belief, "sb." == religious faith. RG. 73
Believe, "v. n." RG. 229
Belive, or Blive, == quickly. RG. 50. SS. ‘bilife.’ Cf. Dan. ‘oplive,’ ==
to quicken, enliven, and the two senses of our Eng. ‘quick’
Bell, "sb." RG. 509, 541
Belly, "sb." [bali]. Rel. S. v. 83
Bellows, "sb." [bulies]. 467 ß
Belock, "v. a." == lock up. 3 s. pres. ‘bi-luth.’ O. and N. 1555. pret.
‘bi-leck.’ O. and N. 1079. part. ‘bi-loken.’ Rel. S. vii. 68
Beme, "sb." == trumpet. Wright’s L. P. p. 25. AS. béme
Bemoan, "v. a." [bimene]. RG. 490
Bemoaning, "sb." [bymening] == complaint. Alys. 534
Bemothered, == confused, perplexed. Pol. S. 158. Cf. Engl. prov. to
‘mither’ == to bother, perplex (the "i" is pronounced long). Probably
connected with AS. méde == weary; Dutch, moeden
Bench, "sb." Body and Soul, 153. [bink]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 69
Bend, "v. a." RG. 377, 536
Bende, "sb." == bond. RG. 379
Bene, "sb." == prayer. Wright’s L. P. p. 58. AS. bén
Beneath, "prep." O. and N. 910
---- "adv." RG. 258, 491
---- [bi nither] == beyond, without. HD. 2025
Benim, "v. a." == take away. RG. 375, 405, 443
Benison, "sb." HD. 1723
Bequeath, "v. a." RG. 301
Bequest, "sb." [byquide]. RG. 384
Berain, "v. n." K. Horn. 11
Berand, "sb." == singing, sounding. Ps. xxvi. 6. See Bere
Bere, "sb." == sound, voice. Alys. 550. O. and N. 923. [ibere]. O. and N.
222. SS. ibere. La?. iii. 25
Bereave, "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 101
Berfreyes, "sb." == towers used in sieges, belfries. Alys. 2777
Berihed, == saved. Creed 63. Ps. xxvii. 9. AS. berigea, beorgan
Beryhing, "sb." == protection. Ps. xxvii. 8
Berip, "v. a." == strip (fruit off a tree). Ps. lxxix. 13
Bern, "sb." == child. Wright’s L. P. pp. 23, 58
Berne, "v. a." == injure? K. Horn, 710
Berun, "part." == overflowed (with tears). K. Horn, 670
Berwen, "v. a." == defend, protect. HD. 697 2022. AS. beorgan.
Beryl, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Beryng, "sb." == bosom. Alys. 484. ON. bringa
Beryng, "sb." == burying, "q. v."
Besee, "v. a." == provide for, see to. RG. 393, 505. Ps. v. 2; treat, 3
pl. pret. ‘bysayen.’ Alys. 4605
Beseech, "v. a." RG. 480. 3 s. pres. ‘bi-sehth.’ O. and N. 1437
Beseeching, "sb." Ps. cxviii. 159. Wright’s L. P. p. 95
Beseem, "v. a." == make to appear seemly or probable, in part. O. and N.
840
Besekandlik, == able to be besought, propitious. Ps. cxxxiv. 14
Beset, "v. a." RG. 387
Beshine, "v. n." K. Horn, 12
---- "v. a." Fragm. Sci. 18
Beshit, "v. a." -- part. ‘bishiten.’ Alys. 5485
Beshrew, "v. a." == curse. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Beside, "prep." of place, ‘a toun biside Wircetre.’ RG. 558
---- "adv." of place, ‘ther biside.’ RG. 558
Beside, == in addition to. RG. 92
Besiege, "v. a." RG. 387
Besmut, "v. a." == defile. Ps. liv. 21
Bespeak, "v. a." == speak against a thing. RG. 524, 550. AS. be-spræcan
---- == agree upon a thing. O. and N. 1736
Besprinkle, "v. a." RG. 128
Best, "adj." RG. 370, 504
Bestead, "part." [bistad] == happened. Wright’s L. P. p. 41
Bestir, "v. a." Alys. 3079
Bestrew, "v. a."--part, ‘bistrete.’ RG. 561
Bestride, "v. a." HD. 2060. Alys. 706
Beswike, "v. a." == deceive. Wright’s L. P. p. 45. AS. be-swícan
Bet, "adj." == better. RG. 375, 546
Bet, "v. a." == lay a wager, part. ‘y-bate.’ Pol.
Bet of berne, == probably ‘in labour with child.’ Marg. 53, 71. AS.
beátan?
Betake, "v. a." == take. RG. 526
---- == give in charge to a person, i.e. cause another to take. RG. 201,
354; so ‘was bitake four erles,’ == was given in charge ‘to four earls.’
RG. 523; see p. 301. Hence == commend to a person, RG. 475; ‘hand over to
another,’ HD. 203. AS. be-tæcan
Betaught, [bi-tahte] == taught. Rel. S. v. 124
Bete, "v. a." lit. == ‘make better;’ hence, ‘heal,’ ‘save.’ Marg. 68
---- == ‘recompense,’ ‘make amends for.’ RG. 369. AS. bétan
Bete, "part." == beaten. Vid. Beat
Beten, [y-beten] == overlaid, covered, as with silk, gold, &c. Alys. 1034,
1518
Beth, Beoth, &c. See Be
Bethink, "v. a." == ‘to bethink oneself’ of a thing. RG. 368, 458
Betide, "v. n." == happen. RG. 418, 14
Betime, "adv." K. Horn, 995
Betoken, "v. a." RG. 152
Betokening, "sb." RG. 560
Betray, "v. a." RG. 135
Better, "adj." RG. 367, 422
---- "v. n." == get the better. Ps xii. 5
Betterness, "sb." Ps. li. 5
Between, "prep." RG. 371, 513
Betwixt, "prep." [bi-tuxen]. O. and N. 1745
Beverage, "sb." == drink. RG. 26
---- == reward, consequence. RG. 299
Bewail, "v. a." Alys. 4395
Beware, "v. n." RG. 547
Beweep, "v. a." O. and N. 972
Bewind, "v. a." == entwine. part. ‘bewound.’ Christ on the Cross, 3
Bewray, "v. a." == betray [by-wrye]. Alys. 4377. pret. ‘bi-wro.’ O. and N.
673. AS. wrégan.
Beyen, == are? Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Beyond, "prep." RG. 368, 420
Beyre, == of both, gen. pl. RG. 388, 398
Bezant, "sb." == a piece of money. RG. 409. From Byzantium, or
Constantinople, where they were originally used
Bible, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174
Bicast, "v. a." == cast over, cover. 92 ß
Bicatch, "v. a." == deceive, ensnare. Alys. 258. K. Horn, 318
Bicharred, "part." == deceived. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211; M. Ode, 160. AS.
becýrran
Bicherme, "v. a." == chirp about or around. O. and N. 279. AS. cyrm
Bick, "v. n." == fight. Alys. 2337
Bicker, "v. n." == quarrel. RG. 540. Fr. becquer. W. bicra == to fight
Bicker, "sb." == a quarrel, contention, battle. RG. 538, 543
Biclipe, Biclupe, "v. a." == accuse. 365 B.
---- == appeal. RG. 473
Biclose, "v. a." == enclose. RG. 558, 218
Bid, "v. a." == ask. RG. 77. 3 pl. pret. ‘badden.’ Alys. 5823. See ‘bede’
---- == command. RG. 29. pret. ‘bad.’ 683 B. part. ‘y-bede.’ RG. 383. AS.
biddan
Bid, "v. a." == offer, pret. ‘bode.’ RG. 379. ‘beod’? O. and N. 1435. AS.
beódan
Bid, "sb." == asking, demand. Pol. S. 149
Bidding, "sb." == demand, request. Pol. S. 150
Bide, "v. n." == remain. Pol. S. 204
Bidene, "adv." == presently. Ps. l. 4; ciii. 30
Bidelve, "v. a." == bury. Rel. Ant. i. 116
Bidone, "part." == ‘bidun in grave.’ Body and Soul, 97
Bier, "sb." 128 B.
Bieren, "sb." == a man. Ps. cxxvi. 5; cxxxix. 2. AS. beorn
Biflette, "v. n." == flow past. K. Horn, 1457
Bifluen, "v. a." == flee from. M. Ode, 77
Big, "v. a." == build. Ps. xxvii. 5. AS. byggen. ON. byggja
Bigabbed, "part." == deceived. Lit. ‘talked over.’ RG. 458. AS. gabban
Bigate, "sb." == booty. Alys. 2138
Biggand, "sb." == a builder. Ps. cxvii. 22
Biglide, "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 87
Bigrede, "v. a." == lament. Alys. 5175. AS. grædan.
---- == call to. O. and N. 279
Bihaite, "v. a." == behold? O. and N. 1320. AS. behawian. Or, possibly, ==
observe, regard. AS. hedan. Germ, behüten. See Gloss. Rem. on La?. iii.
457
Bihalves, "adv." == aside. St Kath. 13
Bihede, "v. a." == regard. O. and N. 635
Bihemmen, "v. a." == cover, cloak. O. and N. 672
Bihepe, "part." == heaped up. O. and N. 360
Bihete, "v. a." == promise, pret. ‘bihet.’ RG. 381. ‘byheyghte.’ Alys.
3926
Bihoting, "sb." == promise. Alys. 4000
Bike, "sb." == cassia. Ps. xliv. 9. Literally ‘pitch.’ ON. bik
Bilace, "part." == beset. Alys. 3357
Bilaue. See Bileve
Bilaucte. See Bilou
Bilede, "v. a." == lead about. Pol. S. 155. O. and N. 68
Bilegge, "v. a." == assert, allege. O. and N. 672
Bileve, "v. a." == leave. RG. 421
---- "v. n." == remain. RG. 372, 374. [bilaue]. Alys. 3541
Biliked, "part." == rendered likely or probable. O. and N. 840
Bilime, "v. a." == to mutilate. RG. 471, 560
Bilimp, "v. n." == happen. M. Ode, st. 59 AS. belimpan
Bill, "sb." (of a bird). O. and N. 79
---- == hatchet. Pol. S. 151
Bilou, "pret." == laughed at. RG. 328. [bylaucte]. K. Horn, 681. [by
lowe], RG. 299. [by low?]. RG. 64
Bimong, "prep." == among. Wright’s L. P. p. 35
Bind, "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 45. part. ‘ibounde.’ RG. 487
Binder, "sb." HD. 2050
Binding, "sb." == chain. Ps. cxxiv. 5
Bink, "sb." See Bench
Bipahte, "pret." == deceived. Rel. S. v. 128. AS. be-pæcan
Birade, "v. a." == counsel. Alys. 3732
Birch, "sb." == the tree. Alys. 5242
Bird, "sb." RG. 177
Birde, "sb." == lady. HD. 2760. A metathesis of ‘bride’
Birst, == bruised. Body and Soul, 86. AS. berstan.
Birth, "sb." == nation. Ps. lxxviii. 10
Birthman, "sb." == man of good birth. HD. 2101
Birthtime, "sb." [burtyme]. RG. 9, 443
Birue, "v. a." == rue, repent. Fragm. Sci. 325
Bis, "sb." == purple. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. bis. Lat. byssus
Bisay, "v. a." == recommend, say. RG. 422
Bisayen, == treated. See Besee.
Bischriche, "v. a." == shriek at. O. and N. 67
Biscunien, "v. a." == shun. M. Ode, 77
Bise, "sb." == north wind. HD. 724. OHG. bísa
Bisend, "v. a." == send after. RG. 491
Bishop, "sb." RG. 376
Bishopric. RG. 414, 417
Bismere, "sb." == blasphemy. Body and Soul, 110. [busemere]. RG. 12, 379.
AS. bismér
Bisne, "adj." == blind. O. and N. 78. AS. bisen
Bisoht, == sought out, got ready for. Pol. S. 220
Bisokne, "sb." == beseeching. RG. 495
Bispel, "sb." == proverb. O. and N. 127. AS. bispel
Bistad, "sb." == a dwelling. Wright’s L. P. p. 38
Bistand, "v. a." == stand by a person; hence, to press or urge them. O.
and N. 1436
Bistolen, "part." == stolen, crept onwards. M. Ode, 9
Bisyhed, == the state of being busy. Alys. 3
Bit, "sb." == a morsel. RG. 207
Bit, "sb." == bottle. Ps. lxxvii. 13. [bite]. Body and Soul, 34. AS. bitte
Bitch, "sb." Alys. 5394
Bite, "v. a." Alys. 5435
Bite, "sb." Alys. 5436
Bite, "v. a." == drink. HD. 1731. Cf. bohem. ‘piti,’ potus; ‘pitka,’
potatio, &c. Gr. p???
Bitell, "v. a." == excuse. O. and N. 263
Biti?t, == arrayed. O. and N. 1011. AS. biþæht. See Gloss. to La?. s. v.
Bito?e, == employed. O. and N. 702. AS. biteon. See Gloss. to La?. s. v.
Bitter, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 87
Biturn, "v. a." == turn. RG. 210
Bituxen. See Betwixt.
Biwene, "v. a." == discover, recognize. O. and N. 1507
Biwente, "vb."--‘hire bi-wente.’ == turned her about. K. Horn, 329. In
pass. ‘þai bewent’ == let them be turned back. Ps. vi. 11. AS. wendan
Biwere, "v. a." == protect. O. and N. 1124. AS. bewerian
Biweved, == covered. RG. 338.
---- == woven? Alys. 1085
Biwin, "v. a." == win. RG. 75, 420
Biwit, "adv." == out of one’s wits. RG. 528
Biwite, "v. a." == defend. Rel. S. v. 252. AS. bewitan
---- == know? Alys. 5203
Biwrye, "v. a." == cover. Alys. 6453. AS. wreon.
Black, "adj." RG. 433, 522
Blacken, "v. n." == become angry. HD. 2165
Blame, "v. a." RG. 163
---- "sb." RG 272, 432
Blandishing, "sb." == blandishments. St Kath. 164
Blanis ? Alys. 6292
Blanket, "sb." 1167 B. Fr. blanchet
Blast, "v. n." == blow, puff. Alys. 5349
Blast, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 190. Ps. cxlviii. 8
Blaze, "sb." 1254 HD. AS. bl?se, blýsan
Blear, "v. n." == become bleareyed. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Bleat, "v. n." Ps. lxiv. 14
Bled, blete, "sb." == foliage. O. and N. 1040, 57. AS. blæd
Bleed, "v. n." RG. 560
Bleike, "adj." == pale. HD. 470. AS. blác. ON. bleikr
Blench, "sb." == a trick? O. and N. 378. ON. blekkja
Blench, "v. n." == avoid (a thing). O. and N. 170
---- == flinch from [blinche]. 2184 B.
---- == deceive. Ritson’s AS. viii. 23
---- == give way? (of a ship) K. Horn, 1461. Another form of ‘flinch.’ AS.
blinnan
Bleo, "sb." == hue, complexion. O. and N. 152. Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS.
bleo
Bless, "v. a." RG. 406
Blessing, "sb." RG. 421
Blete, "adj." == bleak? O. and N. 616
Blete, "sb." See Bled
Blike, "v. n." == shine. Wright’s L. P. p. 52 AS. blícan
Blinch. See Blench
Blind, "adj." RG. 376, 407
---- "v. n." == become blind. Rel. Ant, ii. p. 211
Blink, "sb." ‘to make blinks,’ == deride a person. HD. 307. See Blench,
sb.
Blin, "v. n." == cease. RG. 566. pret. ‘blenyte.’ RG. 338. AS. blinnan
Bliss, "sb." RG. 469
Blissful, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 52
Blissfully, "adv." Ps. xcvi. 1
Blithe, "adj." RG. 15
Blithely, "adv." 89 ß
Blitheful. Ps. cxi. 5
Blive, "adv." == quickly. RG. 544. See Belive
Blode, "adj." == pale, dried up. Rel. Ant ii. p. 210. Germ. blöde
Blood, "sb." RG. 388, 416
Bloody, "adj." RG. 304, 311
Bloom, "sb." HD 63
Bloom, "v. n." Ps. xxvii. 7
Blote, "adj." == dried. Rel. Ant. ii. p 176
Bloute, "v. n." == swell out? HD. 1910. ON. blautr. Eng. bloat
Blow, "v. a." == as ‘blow the fire.’ HD. 385. Alys. 5030
---- "v. n." pret. ‘blew.’ 524 ß
Blow, "vb. n." part. ‘blowe,’ == blown, in blossom. O. and N. 1634
Blowing, "sb." 467 ß
Blue, "adj." [blo]. Wright’s L. P. p. 86
Bo, == be. O. and N. 166, et passim. See Be
Bo, == both. "q. v."
Boar, "sb." RG. 133
Board, "sb." == table. 122 ß.; plank. Alys. 6415
Boast, "sb." RG. 258. pomp. St Swithin, 43
Boast, "v. n." Alys. 2597
Boasty, "adj." == boastful. Fragm. Sci. 283
Bobance, "sb." == boasting. Pol. S. 189 Fr. bobance
Bochevampe, (sic in MS.). == botched vamps or fronts of shoes. Rel. Ant.
ii. p. 176
Bode, "sb." == commandment. Ps. cxviii. 134, 128, et passim
Bode, "v. a." == foretell. O. and N. 530
Boded ? Pol. S. 152
Boding, "sb." RG. 416, 428
Bodeword, "sb." == message. Ps. ii. 6
Body, "sb." RG. 395, 547
Boffing, == swelling or puffing. RG. 414. Fr. buffer, to puff the cheeks
Boistous, "adj." == coarse, rude. Alys. 5660. [boustes] Fragm. Sci. 273
Bold, "sb." == a building. RG. 44. AS. bold
Bold, "v. a." == embolden. Alys. 2468. [bald]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 128
---- "adj." RG. 383. ‘bolder.’ RG. 465
Boldhede, == boldness. O. and N. 514
Boldly, "adv." RG. 500, 19
Boleax, "sb." == large axe. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. ON. bolöxi
Bolken, "v. n." == belch. Ps. cxliii. 13
Bollen, == swollen. Body and Soul, 31. ‘ibol?e.’ O. and N. 145
Bolster, "sb." Rel. S. v. 90
Bolt, "sb." ‘?oure bolt is sone ischote.’ St Kath. 54
Bonde, "sb." == bondman. Pol. S. 150
Bondman. RG. 370. HD. 32
Bone, "sb." == os. RG. 446
Bone, "sb." == prayer. RG. 14. AS. bén. SS. bone
Boned, [y-boned] == having bones. RG. 414
Bonére, "adj." == debonair, graceful. Alys. 6732
Bonny, "adj." Alys. 3903
Book, "sb." RG. 374, 420
Boot, "sb." == use, avail. Body and Soul, 92
---- == remedy, means (bote). RG. 277, 408. Pilate, 139
Booth, "sb." Alys. 3457
Booze, "sb." [bous] == drink. Wright’s L. P. p. 111. Dutch, buysen
Booze, "v. n." == drink. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Bord, "sb." == border. Alys. 1270
Borough, "sb." [boru]. RG. 72
Borow, "v. a." == defend. Wright’s L. P. pp. 24, 25. part. ‘ibor?e,’ O.
and N. 881
Borow, "sb." == surety. RG. 472, 497
Borrow, "v. a." RG. 393
Borstax, "sb." == pick-axe. Pol. S. 151
Bosk, "sb." == wood. RG. 547. Fr. bos, bosche
Boss, "sb." == an ornament of dress. Pol. S. 154. Fr. bosse
Bote, "sb." See Boot
Botemay, "sb." == bitumen. Alys. 4763
Botfork, "sb." == a crooked stick. Wright’s L. P. p. 110
Both, "adj." RG. 376, 445. ‘both two.’ Body and Soul, 120. [bo]. Wright’s
L. P. p. 58
Both, == are. See Be
In O. and N. 630, 633, the meaning of ‘both’ is uncertain; perhaps a
mistake for ‘doth’
Botheler, "sb." == peasant, shepherd. Body and Soul, 144; from ‘booth’?
Boting, "sb." == recompense. Alys. 5711
Bough, "sb." [bowe]. RG. 283. [boye], O. and N. 15
Bouk, "sb." == body. Alys. 3946. [buc], O. and N. 1130. AS. búce. Germ.
bauch
Bouked, "adj." == protuberant. Alys. 6265
Boulder, "sb." == a large stone. HD. 1790
Boun, "adj." == ready. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. Ritson’s AS. viii. 149. ON.
búinn.
Bound, "sb." == boundary. Alys. 5593
Bouning, == making ready. Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Bout, "sb." == apparently some female ornament for the face. Pol. S. 154
Bow, "sb." RG. 377, 541
Bow, "v. a." == bend. pret. ‘buyede.’ RG. 475. ‘beh.’ Wright’s L. P. p.
54. ‘bed,’ 2127 B.
---- "v. n." == bow or bend. Wright’s L. P. p. 70. AS. búgan.
Bowels, "sb." Pol. S. 213. Alys. 4668. For the etymology of this word, see
Phil. Soc. Trans. for 1856, p. 36
Bower, "sb." HD. 2072. Wright’s L. P. p. 114. AS. búr.
Bowermaiden, "sb." == Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Bowiar, "sb." == bow-maker. RG. 541
Bowl, "sb." K. Horn, 1155
Bowman, "sb." RG. 378
Bowshot, "sb." Alys. 3491
Box, "sb." RG. 456
Boy, "sb." Pol. S. 237
Boy, == man. HD. 1899
Brag, "adj." == boastful, bold. Wright’s L. P. p. 24
Braid, "vb." The following analysis of this difficult verb is taken from
Egilson’s Lex. Poet. Septent. s. v. bregða. All the senses here given are
found in the O. Norse, while the AS. ‘bredan’ apparently is only used in
those marked with an asterisk.
* I. "act." to weave, part. ‘broiden.’ O. and N. 645
II. "act." to move a thing from its place. Hence,
a. to draw out, as a sword. HD. 1825. part. ‘ybrad’ == drawn,
caught. Wright’s L. P. p. 39
ß. to brandish, as a sword or spear. Alys. 7373
?. to pull down. RG. 22. [breide], Alys. 5856
* d. to seize, or perhaps tear. Rel. S. v. 200. [brede]
III. "neut." to change, as--
a. to awake out of sleep. HD. 1282
ß. of any violent motion of body, as to leap. Body and Soul, 46
Braid, "sb." ==
1. a quick motion, from III. ß.; hence, ‘at a breid’ == in an instant.
Body and Soul, 182. ON. bragð.
2. a violent struggle or wrench. RG. 22
Brain, "sb." RG. 49, 446
Branch, "sb." RG. 152
Brand, "sb." == a burning mass. Body and Soul, 208
---- == torch. Alys. 5295. [brond]. AS. brand
---- == fire. Alys. 1856. [wilde bround]
Brased, "adj." == of brass. Ps. cvi. 16
Brass, "sb." RG. 2, 251
Bray, "sb." == noise. Alys. 2175
Breach, "sb." [bruch]. Wright’s L. P. p. 30
Bread, "sb." RG. 238
Breadth, "sb." [brede]. RG. 385
Break, "v. a." 47 B. part. ‘i-broke’ 1005 B.
---- "v. n." pret. ‘brake.’ 2154 B.
---- == to break out (of flesh). 2421 B.
Breaking, "sb." == breach, gap. Ps. cv. 23
Breast, "sb." RG. 419
Breath, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 203
Breathe, "v. n." Fragm. Sci. 202
Breche, == beech? q. v.
Breech, "sb." == rump. RG. 322
---- == breeches. 260 B.
Breed, "v. a." (of a bird). 2 s. pres. ‘breist.’ O. and N. 1631. RG. 177.
part. ‘ibred’ == brought up, educated. O. and N. 1722. Body and Soul, 81
Breed, "v. n." == spring forth. Wright’s L. P. p. 45
Breist, == breedest. See Breed
Breme, "adj." == glorious, renowned. Wright’s L. P. pp. 52, 32. AS. breme
---- == eager, lustful. O. and N. 202
Brenne, "sb." == burning. HD. 1239
Breth, "sb." == wrath. Ps. ii. 5; vi. 2. ON. brædi == anger
Breven, "v. a." == write down. Pol. S. 156.
Brew, "v. a." [browe]. RG. 26
Brewer, "sb." Rel. S. vii. 35
Brewster, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Bre?e, "sb." See Brow.
Breze, "sb." == gadfly. Ps. civ. 34. AS. brimse
Briar, "sb." RG. 331
Bridal, "sb." Alys. 1071. K. Horn, 1064
Bride, "sb." HD. 2131
Bridegroom, "sb." [bridegome]. Ps. xviii. 6
Bride, "sb." == bridle. Alys. 7626
Bridge, "sb." RG. 399
Bridle, "sb." RG. 396
Bright, "adj." HD. 2131. Wright’s L. P. p. 33
Brim, "sb." == brink. 476 ß
Brimstone, "sb." Body and Soul, 219
Bring, "v. a." RG. 379. pret. ‘brought.’ RG. 309. part. ‘ybro?t,’
‘ibrou?t.’ RG. 376, 491
Brinie, "sb." == cuirass. HD. 1775. Fr. brugne, brugnie. The root is
‘brun’ from ‘brinnan,’ to burn or shine; Cf. OHG. brunna
Brink, "sb." Alys. 3491. K. Horn, 147
Brise, "v. a." == bruise. HD. 1835
Bristle, "sb." Alys. 6621
Bristled, "adj." == having bristles. Alys. 5722
Britheling, == worthless, a rascal. Rel. S. vi. 11. Cf. O. Eng. ‘brothell’
Brittene, == cut in pieces? HD. 2700. Cf. ‘brittned,’ in Gloss. to
Ormulum. AS. bryttian
Broach, "sb." (an ornament). RG. 489. Alys. 6842
Broad, "adj." RG. 1. [brede], O. and N. 963
---- "v. a." == make broad, part. ‘ibroded.’ O. and N. 1310
Broerh, "adj." == brittle? Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Brood, "sb." RG. 70
Broodful, "adj." Ps. cxliii. 13
Brook, "sb." RG. 80
Broom, "sb." (genista). Alys. 2492
Brost, "sb." O. and N. 976, a mistake for ‘prost,’ i.e. ‘priest.’ The
Jesus Coll. MS. reads ‘preost’
Broth, "sb." RG. 528
Brother, "sb." RG. 371, 478
Brouke, "v. a." == use, enjoy. HD. 311 AS. brúcan. Germ. brauchen
Brow, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 28. [bre?e]. Ib. p. 34
Brown, "adj." RG. 429
---- "v. n." == become brown. Alys. 3293
Brun, "sb." == a brown jar. K. Horn, 1134
Brune, "sb." == a burning. O. and N. 1153
Brust, "adj." == rough, brusque. Pol. S. 151
Brut, "adj." == rough? RG. 536
---- == bright. Body and Soul, 57
Bruthen, "adj." == fierce, fiercely boiling, ‘a bruthen led.’ Rel. S. v.
242. Connected with ‘breth,’ and AS. brédan, to warm
Bu, "sb." == buffalo. Alys. 5957
Bu, "vb." See Buy
Buck, "sb." Ritson’s AS. iii. 8
---- == he-goat. Ps. xlix. 13
Buckle, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 35
Buckler, "sb." Alys. 1190
Budel, "sb." == messenger. O. and N. 1167. Wright’s L. P. p. 22. AS. bydel
Bugging, "sb." == a building, or lodging. Pol. S. 151. AS. byggan. ON.
byggja
Bugle, "sb." == buffalo. Alys. 5112
Buglehorn, "sb." Alys. 5282
Build, "v. a." RG. 439
Bulge, "sb." == a lump, hump. Body and Soul, 185
Bulies, == bellows, q. v.
Bull, "sb." (animal). RG. 116
Bull, (Pope’s bull). RG. 473, 494
Bullock, "sb." Ritson’s AS. iii. 8
Bunting, "sb." (the bird). Wright’s L. P. p. 40
Burde, "sb." == beard. Alys. 1164
Burdon, "sb." == a pilgrim’s staff. K. Horn, 1093. Fr. bourdon
Burel, "sb." == sackcloth. Alys. 5475. Pol. S. 221. Fr. bure, burel. See
Roq.
Burgess, "sb." RG. 540, 541
Burial, "sb." See Buryel
Burn, "v. a." pret. ‘barnde.’ RG. 380, 511. ‘brende.’ RG. 536. part. pres.
‘berninde.’ RG. 534
Burn, "sb." == rivulet. O. and N. 916. AS. byrnan, to burn. Cf. Lat.
torrens, from torreo
Burst, "v. n." pret. ‘barst.’ RG. 437
Burst, "sb." == injury. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. AS. byrst
Burthen, "sb." HD. 807
Bury, "v. a." RG. 123. part. ‘y-bured.’ RG. 382. AS. byrgan
Burying, "sb." RG. 382. [beryng]. Alys. 4624
Buryels, "sb." == a tomb, grave. RG. 204. AS. byrgels
Busemere, == blasphemy. See Bismere
Busily, "adv." Ps. cxlii. 7
Busk, "v. a." == array. Pol. S. 239
Busy, "adj." Alys. 3906
But, "adv." 43 B.
But, "prep." == except [bote]. RG. 382. [butent]. Rel. S. ii. 25
---- == without [bute]. O. and N. 184. AS. bútan
But, "sb." == a put, i.e. cast or throw, HD. 1040
But, "part." == contended. HD. 1916. Fr. bouter
Butcher, "sb." Pol. S. 192
Bute, "prep." See But
Butler, "sb." RG. 187, 438
Butte, "sb." == a fish, probably a turbot. HD. 759. The Prompt. Parv.
translates it by ‘pecten;’ the Pictorial Vocab., published by Mr Wright,
p. 254, has ‘hic turbo’ == ‘a but.’ See N. and Q. 2d S. vi. 382. Sw. butta
Butter, "sb." HD. 643
Button, "sb." Pol. S. 239
---- "v. n." == break out. St Swithin, 151. Fr. boutonner. Cotgr.
Buxomness, "sb." == obedience. RG. 234, 318. AS. buhsomnes, from ‘bugan,’
to bow
Buy, "v. a." [biggen]. Moral Ode, st. 33. [buggen]. O. and N. 1366. pret.
‘bou?te.’ RG. 379, 496. ‘bu,’ imper. RG. 390
---- == to exact atonement for. K. Horn, 912
---- == redeem. Ps. xxv. 11
Buyer, "sb." == redeemer. Ps. xviii. 15
Buzzard, "sb." Alys. 3049
By, "prep." == beside (of place). 1213 B. ‘Nolde God that ich bi thé sete’
---- == according to. 169 B. ‘bi his rede.’
---- == during (of time). 649 B. ‘bi myn ancestors daye.’ 2498 B. ‘bi a
Tuesdai’
---- == against. 871 B. ‘bi the Bischop of L. thulke word he sede.’ Cf. 1
Cor. iv. 4
---- == concerning, of. O. and N. 46
By. For verbs compounded with ‘By,’ see under ‘Bi’
Bycase, "adv." == by chance. RG. 490
Byefþe. See Behoof
Byquide. See Bequest
By?yte. See Beget
C.
Cable, "sb." RG. 148
Cacherel, "sb." == catch poll. Pol. S. 151
Cage, "sb." Alys. 5011
Caitiff, "sb." Body and Soul, 229
Cake, "sb." Cok. 55
Cales, "sb." == a kind of serpent. Alys. 7094
Calf, "sb." (the animal). Alys. 6351
Call, "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 59
Call, "sb." == cap worn on the head. Pol. S. 158. Fr. cale
Calu?, "adj." == bald. Alys. 5950. AS. calo, caluw
Camel, "sb." Alys. 854
Can, "vb." == am able [con]. Wright’s L. P. p. 82. [cunne]. 2 s. pres.
‘cost.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 91. O. and N. 47. pret. ‘cowþe.’ RG. 29
---- == know [con]. RG. 443. [cunne]. O. and N. 48. 2 s. pres. ‘canst.’ O.
and N. 560
Candle, "sb." RG. 290, 561
Candlemas, "sb." St Dunstan, 3
Canel, "sb." == cinnamon. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Fr canelle. Lat. canna
Cankerfret, "adj." RG. 299
Canon, "sb." RG. 510
Capel, "sb." == horse, nag. Cok. 32. Lat. caballus
Capelclawer, "sb." == horse-scrubber. Pol. S. 239
Capital, "sb." (of a column). Cok. 67
Carbuncle, "sb." Alys. 5252. HD. 2145
Cardinal, "sb." 1280 B.
Care, "sb." RG. 457
Care, "v. n." == be anxious. RG. 71. Wright’s L. P. p. 54
Careful, "adj." == full of care. 639 B.
Carie, "sb." == carat. Alys. 6695
Carke, "v. n." == pine away. Wright’s L. P. p. 54
Carol, "sb." RG. 53
Carol, "v. n." Alys. 196, 1045
Caronye, "sb." == carcass. RG. 265
Carp, "v. n." == complain. Pol. S. 149
Carpenter, "sb." RG. 537
Carrion, "sb." (caraing). Pol. S. 203
Cart, "sb." RG. 189
Cartload, "sb." HD. 895
Cartstave, "sb." RG. 99
Carve, "v. a." RG. 560. == cut, flay. part. ‘corven.’ Wright’s L. P. p.
35. ‘curven.’ HD. 189
Case, "sb." == chance, event. RG. 528
---- == condition. Alys. 4428
Cast, "v. a." RG. 511, 375
Castle, "sb." RG. 371, 510; pl. ‘kasteles’ == tents. Ps. lxxvii. 28
Cat, "sb." Alys. 5275
Catathleba (?at?ß?epa?), == a noxious monster, mentioned in Alys. 6564.
See Pliny, H. N. viii. 32
Catch, "v. a." RG. 28. pret. ‘caught.’ RG. 375. part. ‘cacchynge.’ RG. 265
Cathedral, "adj." RG. 282
Caudle, "sb." RG. 561
Cauldron, "sb." 158 ß
Caution, "sb." == surety. RG. 506
---- == quarter in battle. Alys. 2811
Cavenard, "sb." == villain. HD. 2389. The form ‘caynard’ is found in
Wright’s L. P. p. 110. Fr. caignard. Cotgr.
Cayre, "v. a." == turn. part. ‘ycayred.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 37. AS. cerran.
Germ. kehren
Caynard. See Cavenard
Cayser, "sb." == emperor. HD. 1317. Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Cayvar, "adj." == hollow? Alys. 6062
Cedar, "sb." Ps. ciii. 16
Cel, "sb." == seal. RG. 77
Celadoyne, "sb." See Celandine
Celandine, "sb." == the flower. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Lat. chelidonium. It
is the ‘ranunculus ficaria’ of botanists
Cell, "sb." RG. 233
Cellar, "sb." 287 B.
Cement, "sb." Alys. 6177
Censer, "sb." Marg. 75
Cerge, "sb." == a taper. HD. 594. ON. kérti. Germ. kerze
Cert, "adv." == certainly. Alys. 5803
Certain, "adj." == fixed, ascertained. RG. 378, 552
Certés, "adv." 898 B.
Cestred, == lodged, concealed. Ps. lxxiii. 20; cxxxviii. 12. AS. ceaster
Chaffare, "sb." == merchandise. RG. 539. AS. ceápian
Chair, "sb." RG. 321
Chaisel, "sb." == a woman’s upper garment. Alys. 279. ‘espéce de
vétement.’ Roq. "s. v." SS. cheisil. Fr. cheinsil, "v." Roq. "s. v."
chainse, and Gloss. Rem. to La?. iii. 502
Chalandre, "sb." == goldfinch. Cok. 95
Chalcedony, "sb." Cok. 92
Chalen, "sb." == chill, cold. Alys. 4834
Chalice, "sb." RG. 489. HD. 187
Chalktrap, "sb." == pit or snare. Alys. 6070
Challenge, "v. a." RG. 279, 451
Chamber, "sb." 452 B.
Chamberlain. RG. 390, 490
Champion, "sb." HD. 1015
Chance, "sb." == condition, fortune. RG. 465
---- == chance [cheance]. RG. 210
Chancellor, "sb." RG. 540, 468
Chancellory, "sb." == office of chancellor. 452 B.
Chane, "vb. pret." == cleft. Alys. 2228. AS. cínan. perf. cán. The ‘ch’
appears in ‘tochan,’ the pret. of ‘tocínan,’ in La?amon, ii. 468. Weber
wrongly derives the word from Fr. choir, and makes it mean ‘fell’
Change, "sb." RG. 493
Change, "vb. a." RG. 548
Chantment, "sb." == enchantment. RG. 28, 149
Chapel, "sb." RG. 472, 473
Chapitle, "sb." == chapter of a cathedral RG. 473
Chaplain, "sb." 961 B.
Chapman, "sb." RG. 539
Chapter, "sb." (of a cathedral). 601 B.
Char, "sb." == turn, movement. Body and Soul, 79. Hence ‘?eynchar’ ==
repentance. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. SS. charren. AS. cérran, cérre. Germ.
kehren
Charge, "v. a." == load. RG. 13. part. ‘icharged.’ Pol. S. 195
---- "sb." == load, weight. RG. 416
---- == expense. RG. 189
Charity, "sb." Pol. S. 202. ‘par charité.’ 1811 B.
Charm, "sb." == spell. Alys. 81
Charming, "sb." == spell. Alys. 404
Charreye, "sb." == car. Alys. 5097
Charter, "sb." RG. 477, 498
Chase, "sb." == hunting. RG. 6
Chaste, "adj." 154 B.; [cheste]. Alys. 7050. ‘chaster.’ RG. 191
Chaste, "v. a." == chastise. RG. 134
Chastise, "v. a." RG. 420
Chasuble, "sb." == priest’s robe. 953 B. Fr. casule. Ital. casupola
Chasur, "sb." == horse for hunting. Signa ante Jud. 110. Fr. chaceor
Chaterestre, "sb." == a female chatterer. O. and N. 655
Chattels, "sb." [chateus]. RG. 471, 569. Another form of ‘cattle’
Chattering, "sb." O. and N. 744
Chaumpebataile, "sb." == battle-field. Alys. 5553
Chavling, "sb." == jawing. O. and N. 284, 296
Chawl, "sb." == jaw. Body and Soul, 189. Pol. S. 154. AS. ceafl. SS.
chevele. pl. chæfles
Chawl, "v. n." == to chide, jaw. Pol. S. 240
Cheap, "sb." == haggling? Wright’s L. P. p. 39
Cheap, "v. a." == buy. Pol. S. 159. AS. ceápian
Cheaping, "sb." == market. Pol. S. 151
Cheek, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 34
Cheer, "sb." == comfort. 473 B.
---- == countenance. RG. 332
Cheese, "sb." HD. 643
Chelde, "sb." == chill, cold. Alys. 5501
Cheole, "sb." == hair. M. Ode, 182. Fr. chevol
Chepe, Cheping. See Cheap, Cheaping
Chequer, "sb." == chess. RG. 192; or perhaps ‘the chessboard’
Cherde, "vb. pret." == turned, came. O. and N. 1656. AS. cyrran, cérran
Chere, "adj." == high? ‘the chere men of the land.’ RG. 166.
Cheson, "sb." == occasion. Alys. 3930
Chess, "sb." Alys. 2096
Chest, "sb." == coffin. RG. 50
Cheste, "sb." == strife. Alys. 29. AS. ceást
Chete, == a chewet, or pie. Wright’s L. P. p. 31
Cheui, an error for ‘cheve.’ RG. 94
Cheve, "v. n." == succeed in a thing. 856 B. Fr. chevir
Chide, "v. a." 2 s. pres. ‘chist.’ O. and N. 1329. AS. cídan
---- "v. n." RG. 390
---- == dispute. O. and N. 287
Chief, "sb." == chieftain. 1003 B.
Chief, "adj." == ‘to hold in chief,’ a law term, applied to those tenants
who held their fiefs direct from the king; ‘tenants in capite.’ RG. 472
---- == principal. St Swithin, 22
Chieftain, "sb." [cheventeyn]. RG. 386, 400
Chilce, "sb." == childishness? M. Ode, 4. Formed from ‘child,’ as ‘milce’
from ‘mild’
Child, "sb." RG. 392, 441; [chil]. O. and N. 1438
Child, "v. n." == bring forth a child. Alys. 604
Childbed, "sb." RG. 379
Childering, "sb." == bringing forth a child. Rel. S. ii. 7
Chill, "sb." RG. 7
Chimbe, "sb." == cymbal. Ps. cl. 5
Chime, "sb." (of bells). Alys. 1852. Dan. kime
Chin, "sb." 522 ß
Chinche, "adj." == niggardly. HD. 1763. Fr. chice == avarice
Chirchegong, == churchgoing. RG. 380. Cf. ‘idelgong’
Chirm, "sb." == chirping and screaming of birds. O. and N. 305. AS. cyrm
Chirurgeon, "sb." RG. 566
Chivalry, "sb." == prowess. RG. 413
Chivauché, "sb." == an expedition, a body of men. Ritson’s AS. viii. 141.
Fr. chevauchée, from cheval.
Choice, "sb." RG. 111
Chokering, "sb." == a low chattering. O. and N. 504
Cholle, == shall. RG. 379, in the compound form ‘ycholle’
Choose, "v. a." RG. 400. pret. ‘ches.’ Marg. 2. part, ‘chis.’ Alys. 3294.
‘ichose.’ RG. 472
---- "v. n." == have a choice. RG. 384
Christ, "sb." == anointed person. Ps. civ. 15
Christen, "v. a." part, ‘icristened.’ St Kath. 136
Christendom, "sb." == sacraments belonging to Christianity. RG. 496
Christian, "adj." 7 B.
Christmas, "sb." 1932 B
Chrysolite, "sb." Alys. 5682
Churl, "sb." HD. 682. AS. ceorl
Church, "sb." RG. 369, 381
Churchyard, "sb." 2234 B.
Ciclaton, "sb." == a rich stuff from India. Alys. 1964. Fr. ciglaton. Lat.
cyclas
Cinqueports, "sb." == the five havens of Dover, Sandwich, Romney, Hyde,
Hastings. RG. 515
Citation, "sb." == a summoning into court. RG. 473
City, "sb." RG. 380; used adjectively as ‘a city town.’ Alys. 7543
Clack, "v. n." == make a noise. O. and N. 81. AS. cloccan
Clad, "part." == clothed. HD. 1354. AS. gecladed
Claht, == adhered, cleaved? Wright’s L. P. p. 37
Clap, "v. a." == strike. HD. 1821
Clarré, "sb." == a kind of wine (claret?). HD. 1728
Clasp, "sb." Pol. S. 222
Clastre, "v. n." == to clatter. Pol. S. 157
Claw, "sb." Body and Soul, 186. pl. ‘clen,’ Marg. 46. ‘clees,’ Ps. lxviii.
32. AS. clea
Clawed, "adj." == having claws. Alys. 4969
Clay, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 85
Clay, "adj." Rel. S. v. 73
Clean, "adj." RG. 374
Cleanly, "adv." RG. 434
Cleanness, "sb." RG. 411, 434
Cleanse, "v. a." [clansi]. O. and N. 610. Ps. l. 4. part, ‘ycleansed.’ RG.
43.
Cleansing, "sb." Ps. lxxxviii. 45
Clear, "adj." 1097 B.
Clearly, "adv." 442 ß
Cleave, "v. a." == split. HD. 917. pret. ‘clewyd’ == cleft. Alys. 3790. 3
pl. ‘clowen,’ ib. 2765. AS. clúfan
---- "v. n." == adhere to. HD. 1300. AS. clífan
Clench, "v. a." == pinch, wither up. O. and N. 1204; the modern ‘cling.’
Compare Shakspere’s ‘Till famine "cling" thee.’ Macb. v. 5 AS. clingan
Clench, "v. a." == strike (as a harp). K. Horn, 1532
Clenyen. See Cling
Clergy, "sb." == order of clergymen. RG. 563, 420
Clerk, "sb." RG. 471, 472, 496
---- "adj." == learned. St Kath. 4
Cleten ? K. Horn, 1433; probably a mistake for ‘clenten’ == clung
Cleve, "sb." == cottage. HD. 557; a room, chamber. Ps. iv. 5. AS. cleafa.
ON. klefi
Cliff, "sb." Ps. cxiii. 8
Climb, "v. n." RG. 410, 527. pret. ‘clam.’ RG. 333
Cling, "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 85. Alys. 2903; [clenyen], Wright’s L. P.
p. 37
Cling, "v. n." == wither. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. Pilate, 215. AS. clingan
Clinglich, == cleanly? Cok. 15
Clink, "v. a." == make to sound. Pol. S. 189
Clip, "v. a." == embrace. RG. 14. [cluppede] 288 B. [clupte]. AS. clyppan
Clipie, "v. a." == call. 472 B.; [clipen]. 1182 B.; [clupe]. RG. 410.
pret. ‘clepude.’ RG. 10. part. ‘yclepud.’ RG. 10. AS. clypian
Clivers, "sb." == claws, talons. O. and N. 78. AS. clìfrian, to scratch
Clod, Clot, "sb." (of earth). Rel. S. v. 73; [clut]. O. and N. 1165
Clog, "sb." == a sort of female ornament. Pol. S. 154
Cloister, "sb." 2089 B
Close, "v. a." == enclose. HD. 1310
---- == shut. RG. 566
Close, "sb." RG. 7
Cloth, "sb." RG. 7, 389 (523 ß). == clothing. Cok. 29
‘Clothes,’ pl. == garments. RG. 566. HD. 586
Clothe, "v. a." RG. 557
Clothing, "sb." == garment. Ps. ci. 27
Cloud, "sb." HD. 207. 1415 B.
Clout, "sb." Alys. 4459
Clowe, "sb." == clew, small ball. O. and N. 178. AS. clíwe
Club, "sb." HD. 1927
Clude, "sb." == rock, hill. O. and N. 999. AS. clúd
Clupe, "sb." See Clipie
Clutch, "sb." == claw. Body and Soul, 183
---- "v. n." Rel. Ant. ii. p 211
Coal, "sb." Ps. xvii. 9
Coalblack, "adj." O. and N. 75
Coat, "sb." HD. 1141
Cocle, "sb." == war. Ps. cxliii. 1. See Cock. "vb."
Cock, "sb." (animal). 1090 B.
Cock, "sb." == cockboat? HD. 873
Cock, "v. n." == cut? Pol. S. 153; or contend? Cf. Cocle, ubi sup. AS.
cocor, a sword
Cod, "sb." == codpiece, or scrotum? O. and N. 1122
Coffer, "sb." 1925 B.
Cog, "sb." ? O. and N. 86
Coinoun, "sb." == robber. Alys. 1718. [konioun]. Ib. 7748
Cokedrill, "sb." See Crocodile
Cold, "adj." RG. 1. Wright’s L. P. p. 24
---- == cruel. RG. 131
Cold, "sb." HD. 416
Colfer, "sb." == dove. RG. 190. AS. culfre
Collar, "sb." == neck. RG. 223
Collation, "sb." == feast. Cok. 143
Colle, "sb." == collar. Pol. S. 157
Colmie, "adj." for ‘collie.’ == black, coaly. K. Horn, 1114
Colour, "sb." == hue. RG. 24
---- == pretext. RG. 313
Colt, "sb." Alys. 684. AS. colt
Columbine, "sb." (the flower). Wright’s L. P. p. 26. The ‘aquilegia
vulgaris’ of botanists
Comb, "sb." [kambe]. == honeycomb. Ps. xviii. 11
Come, "v. n." pret. ‘come.’ RG. 367. part. ‘icumen.’ Ritson’s AS. iv. 1
---- == become, suit. Leg. of St Cuthbert cited in Warton, H. E. P. vol.
i. p. 14, n.
Come, "sb." == coming. Creed of St Athan. 79
Comely, "adj." Alys. 6055
Comet, "sb." RG. 416, 548
Comfort, "v. a." RG. 139
Coming, "sb." Alys. 5541
Commandment, "sb." 2022 B.
Common, "adj." ‘common right.’ RG. 500. ‘the common bell.’ RG. 541
Common, "sb." == the commons, plebs. Pol. S. 188
---- == ‘commons,’ i.e. food. RG. 528
Commonalty, "sb." 1302 B.
Commonly, "adv." == all in common, universally. Fall and P. 46
Commune, "v. n." RG. 571
Companage, "sb." == sustenance. Pol. S. 240
Companion, "sb." RG 552
Company, "sb." == band of men. RG. 544, 370
Compass, "v. a." == seek after a thing by design. Pol. S. 202. part.
‘ycompassed.’ RG. 109
Compassment, "sb." Alys. 1345
Compline, "sb." == the last service in the day. 2090 B. Fr. complie
Con, "v. a." == know. pret. ‘couthe.’ RG. 559; ‘kuthe.’ O. and N. 663;
part. ‘cud.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 27.
Con, "v. a." == acknowledge, [kan]. HD. 160. ‘to kan thank’
Conceive, "v. n." == bear oneself, behave. Alys. 2204
Concubine, "sb." RG. 27
Conduct, "sb." == guidance. RG. 40
Coney, "sb." [cunig]. M. Ode, 182
Conferment, "sb." == confirmation. RG. 349
Confessor, "sb." 2341 B.
Confirm, "v. a." RG. 440, 446
Confirming, "sb." RG. 277
Conger, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174
Conjure, "v. a." == adjure a person to do a thing. 2330 B.
Conjurison, "sb." == sorcery. Alys. 81
Conscience, "sb." 426 ß
Consent, "v. n." RG. 526
Consistory, "sb." [constory]. Pol. S. 159
Consonant, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174
Constable, "sb." RG. 538
Contek, "sb." == strife. RG. 470, 509. Fr. contencer
---- "v. n." == to strive. RG. 259
Contecker, "sb." == a striver. 196 B.
Convent, "sb." RG. 433
---- == the body of people in the convent. 225 B.
Cook, "sb." HD. 903
Coot, "sb." [cote]. Body and Soul, 201
Cop, "sb." == head. Pol. S. 70. Rel. Ant. i. 144. AS. copp.
Cope, "sb." RG. 566. HD. 429
Copener, "sb." == paramour. O. and N. 1340. AS. copenere
Coral, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Cord, "sb." St Andrew, 66
Corn, "sb." RG. 13, 372
Cornel, "sb." == embrasure. Alys. 7210
Corour, "sb." == courser. Alys. 2475
Corporas, "sb." == a cloth on which the elements were laid at the
Eucharist. HD. 188
Corpse, "sb." RG. 145
Corrin, "sb." == a churn, or vessel? Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175. AS. cyrin
Cost, "sb." == expenditure. RG. 297; expense. RG. 183
---- "vb. a." pret. ‘costenede.’ RG. 390
Cost, == couldest or canst. See Can
Costage, "sb." == a sum of money deposited by way of surety. RG. 391
Cot, "sb." == cottage. Pol. S. 152
Coufle, "sb." == a basket. RG. 265. AS. cowel, cawl
Could, "vb." See Can
Coulter, "sb." == ploughshare. Pol. S. 152. Lat. culter
Council, "sb." RG. 495
Councillor, "sb." RG. 417
Counsel, "sb." RG. 412, 371
Counsel, "v. n." == take counsel, consider. RG. 91
---- "v. a." == give counsel. Wright’s L. P. p. 95
Counseller, "sb." Alys. 7118
Count, "sb." == account. Pol. S. 152
Countenance, "sb." == appearance, demeanour. 187 B.
---- == courage. Pol. S. 216
Counter, "sb." == reckoner. RG. 538
Countess, "sb." RG. 370, 510
Country, RG. 368, 510
County, [countene] "sb." Pol. S. 157
Coupe, "v. n." == buy or aby? HD. 1800. ON. kaupa
Courageous, "adj." RG. 453
Courant, == running. Alys. 3461
Couren. See Cower
Courser, "sb." == steed. Alys. 4056
Court, "sb." == courtyard. RG. 525
---- == of a king. 165 B.
---- == of law. RG. 471
---- == courtesy--to ‘pay court.’ 204 B.
Courteous, "adj." RG. 385, 525
Courtesy, "sb." RG. 189, 516
Couth, "adj." == known. RG. 514, 455. AS. cuð
Couthe, "v. a." == make known. O. and N. 90. pret. ‘ykud.’ RG. 57. AS.
cýðan
Couwe, "v. n." == cower? Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Cove, "adv." == quickly. O. and N. 379. AS. cóf
Covel, "sb." == coat. HD. 547. AS. cufle == cowl
Covenant, "sb." RG. 179
Cover, "v. a." == recover. RG. 49
---- == take care of [coverye]. Alys. 7533
Coverture, "sb." == bedclothes. K. Horn, 716
Covet, "v. a." RG. 306
Covetise, "sb." RG. 46
Covetous, "adj." Fragm. on Seven Sins, 23
Cow, "sb." Alys. 6333. pl. ‘kye.’ Ps. lxvii. 31
Coward, "adj." RG. 455. Fr. coard
---- "v. a." == dishearten, make fearful. Alys. 3344
---- "sb." Alys. 2053
Cower, "v. n." Alys. 2053. ‘couren,’ == cowering. Pol. S. 157
Cowl, "sb." 2246 B. AS. cufle
Crab, "sb." Alys. 4943
Crack, "v. a." == break in two. HD. 568
---- == discourse, ‘reisons craken.’ Alys. 6991. Cf. our Engl, ‘to crack
jokes’
Crack, "v. n." == snap short. Alys. 4436
Cradle, "sb." RG. 107
Craft, "sb." == art. O. and N. 757; skill. Wright’s L. P. p. 35
Craftfully, "adv." Rel. Ant. ii p. 176
Craftilich, "adj." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Cram, "v. a." Pol. S. 238
Cramp, "v. a." [crempe] == interrupt, stop. O. and N. 1786
Crane, "sb." HD. 1726
Crave, "v. a." HD. 633. part, ‘cravand.’ Ps. cxviii. 121
Craver, "sb." Ps. lxxi. 4
Craving, "sb." == desire. Ps. cxviii. 134
Creator, "sb." Fall and P. 51
Creature, "sb." 2255 B
Creed, "sb." Pol. S. 204
Creek, "sb." [krike] == creek of the sea. HD. 708. AS. creeca
Creep, "v. n." RG. 296; part, ‘crepand.’ Ps. lxviii. 35
Crice, "sb." == rima podicis. HD. 2450
Crices, in the phrase ‘Nai crices.’ St Andrew, 31. This is evidently an
interjection, and may possibly be the same as our vulgar ‘crikey’
Crisp, "adj." Fragm. Sci. 282
Crocodile, "sb." [cokedrill], Alys. 5720
Croke, "sb." == bend double. Rel. Ant. ii p. 211
Croll, "sb." == curly. Alys. 1999. Dut. krol
Crook, "v. a." == distort. Marg. 53
Crook, "sb." == wile. Wright’s L. P. p. 105. Alys. 4819
Crooked, "adj." Alys. 7099. Fragm. Sci. 326. part, ‘icroked.’ O. and N.
1674
Crop, "sb." == belly. Pol. S. 208. AS. cropp
---- == produce of a plant. Wright’s L. P. p. 100
Cross, "sb." [croys], RG. 392
Cross, "v. a." == mark with the cross [croice]. RG. 480
Crosslet, "sb." == piece of armour [croisli?te]. K. Horn, 1353
Croude, "v. a." == press down, keep back. Alys. 609. AS. crydan
Croud, "part." == crowded, oppressed? HD. 2338
Croupe, "sb." == crupper. Alys. 2447
Crouthe, "sb." == fiddle. Wright’s L. P. p. 53
Crow, "sb." == the bird. RG. 490
Crow, "sb." == cockcrow. 1090 B.
Crow, "v. n." Pol. S. 238. O. and N. 336
Crown, "sb." RG. 376
Crown, == top of the head. HD. 568
Crown, "v. a." RG. 383. part. ‘ycrouned.’ ibid.
Crowning, "sb." RG. 367. HD. 2948
Crownment, "sb." RG. 433
Croyserie, Creyserie, "sb." == crusade. RG. 346, 502
Crude, "v. a." == creak? K. Horn, 1333
Cruel, "adj." RG. 417
Cruets, "sb." 313 ß. Fr. cruche
Crupper, "sb." (of a saddle). Alys. 3421
Crus, "adj." == wrathful. HD. 1966. Fr. cruz. See Hall. "s. v." Crous
Crust, "sb." Pol. S. 204
Cry, "v. n." RG. 381, 495
Cry, "sb." Alys. 5410. HD. 2772. Ps. ci. 2
Crystal, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 66
Cubur, "sb." == cover. Alys. 2359
Cuckingstool, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Cuckold, "sb." == O. and N. 1592. Fr. cocul
Cuckoo, "sb." Ritson’s AS. iii. 2
Cucube, "sb." == cubeb. Cok. 76
Cumberment, "sb." Alys. 472
Cummin, "sb." Alys. 6797
Cumrade, == relation. See Kindred
Cundut, "sb." == religious service. O. and N. 483. Fr. conduis
Cunig, == coney, "q. v."
Cunne, "vb." See Can
Cup, "sb." RG. 117
Cure, "sb." (of souls). 857 B.
Curne, "v. a." == form grains, ripen (said of corn). RG. 490
Curreye, "sb." == waggon-train. Alys. 5118
Curse, "v. a." 550 ß
Curtain, "v. a." Alys. 1028
Curven. See Carve
Cusse, "v. a." == kiss. "q. v."
Cust, "sb." == dignity. O. and N. 9. AS. cyst
---- == choice. O. and N. 1396. AS. cýst
Custom, "sb." RG. 470
Cut, "v. a." [citte]. HD. 942. part, ‘ykyt.’ Alys. 2709
---- == destiny, remove. Ps. cxviii. 39
Cypress, "sb." Alys. 5785
Cytoling, "sb." == playing on the ‘cytol’ or guitar. Alys. 1043
D.
Dab, "v. a." == strike. Pol. S. 192
Dab, "sb." == a blow. Alys. 2306
Dahet, "sb." == a curse. O. and N. 99. See Datheit
Dainty, "sb." 1202 B. Fr. dain. Cotgr. W. dantaeth
---- == daintiness [deynté], Alys. 7070
---- == fondness [deynté]. St Dunstan.
Dais, "sb." == a raised seat. RG. 536. Alys. 1039
Daisy, "sb." [dayes-e?e]. Wright’s L. P. p. 43
Dale, "sb." RG. 362
Damage, "sb." Alys. 959
Dame, "sb." RG. 560
Damn, "v. a." == judge. Wright’s L. P. p. 100
Damsel, "sb." RG. 432
Dance, "v. n." Alys. 5213
---- "sb." Alys. 6990
Danger, "sb." RG. 78
Dangerous, "adj." Rel. Ant. i. 115
Dank, "v. a." == make wet [donke]. Wright’s L. P. p. 44. ‘Dank’ is
probably another form of ‘damp.’ Cf. ‘dimple’ and ‘dingle’
Dar, "vb. impers." == it needs. RG. 317. See Thar
Dare, "v. n." ‘durre.’ O. and N. 1704. pret. ‘dorste.’ RG. 367
---- "v. n." == stare, gaze. Wright’s L. P. pp. 50, 54. O. and N. 384. See
note to Prompt. Parv. "s. v." ‘daryn’
Dark, "adj." RG. 560
Dark, "v. a." == darken. part. ‘idurked.’ 1416 B.
Darkhood, "sb." [derkhede] == darkness. RG. 560
Darling, "sb." 56 ß
Dash, "v. a." RG. 51, 540. ON. daska
---- "v. n." == burst in. Alys. 2837
Datheit, "adj." == cursed. HD. 296. Fr. dehait (haïr)
Daughter, "sb." RG. 368, 509
Dawn, "sb." [dawing]. RG. 208
Dawn, "v. n." [dawe]. Pol. S. 238. Wright’s L. P. p. 45; [dawen]. Ib. p.
96; [dagen]. Fragm. in Warton H. E. P. p. 21
Dawning, "sb." == dawn. RG. 557
Day, "sb." RG. 505, 368; ‘bi hys daye’ == ‘in his time.’ RG. 376; pl.
‘dawes.’ RG. 383; ‘to bring out of dawe,’ == put to death. 622 B.;
‘daies,’ "gen. abs." == in the daytime. O. and N. 1588
Dayred, "sb." == dawn. Rel. S. iv. 17
Dayrim, "sb." == break of day. O. and N. 328
Dayspring, "sb." Alys. 4290
Daystar, "sb." O. and N. 328
Daystern, "sb." == daystar. Ps. cix. 3
Dead, "adj." 1826 B.
Deadly, "adj." RG. 195. == dead. Ps. xliii. 2
Deaf, "adj." RG. 352
Deal, "sb." == part. RG. 368, 509
Deal, "v. a." == ‘distribute to.’ RG. 383; ‘scatter,’ as to ‘deal words.’
O. and N. 952; ‘give.’ Pol. S. 204
Dealing, "sb." == a part, Ps. cxxxv. 13
Dealtakand, "sb." == participator. Ps. cxviii. 63
Dealtaking, "sb." == participation. Ps. cxxi. 3
Dear, "adj." == precious. RG. 390
Dearworth, "adj." == precious. Wright’s L. P. p. 52
Dearworthly, "adv." Wright’s L. P. p. 54
Dearth, "sb." [dere]. RG. 416
Death, "sb." RG. 375, 382; ‘deathes,’ "gen. abs." == ‘dead,’ or ‘in
death.’ O. and N. 1630
Debonair, "adj." RG. 167, 374
Debruise, "v. a." RG. 410, 529, 537. Fr. debriser
Debt, "sb." RG. 473
Deceit, "sb." Alys. 7705
Decline, "sb." == decay. Pol. S. 154
Dedayn. See Disdain
Deduit, "sb." == pleasure. RG. 564
Deed, "sb." RG. 369, 501
Deem, "v. a." == condemn. RG. 504
---- == judge. O. and N. 188
Deemer, "sb." == a judge. Ps. vii. 12
Deep, "adj." RG. 6, 233
Deeply, "adv." HD. 1417
Deepness, "sb." Ps. xxxv. 7
Deer, "sb." == beast [deor, duer]. Wright’s L. P. pp. 44, 45; [dor]. O.
and N. 1321, 493
---- == stags, &c. RG. 439
Default, "sb." RG. 456, 457
Defence, "sb." RG. 214
Defend, "v. a." == guard, protect. RG. 536, 542
Defensible. RG. 549
Defiance, "sb." Alys. 5545, written ‘defence’ in Alys. 7237
Defoul, "v. a." RG. 536
Defy, "v. a." Alys. 7014
Deign, "v. n." RG. 557
Del. See Devil
Delay, "sb." RG. 156, 421
Delay, "v. a." RG. 495
Delice, "sb." RG. 195
Delicious, "adj." Alys. 38
Delight, "v. a." Alys. 5802
Delightable, "adj." 26 ß
Deliver, "v. a." RG. 430, 382, 524
Delve, "v. n." == dig. pret. ‘dolve,’ RG. 395. AS. delfan
Demain, "v. a." == manage. Alys. 603. Fr. démener
Demand, "sb." RG. 500
Demay, "v. a." == dismay. RG. 156
Demember, "v. a." == dismember. RG. 559
Demere, "v. n." == tarry. Alys. 7295. Fr. demeurer
Demorance, "sb." == delay. Alys. 4123
Den, "sb." Alys. 5400. AS. denn
Denchax, == Danish axe. RG. 299
Dene, "sb." == valley. Ps. cvii. 8. AS. denu
Denkless, == poor? Body and Soul, 198
Depart, "v. a." == separate. RG. 394, 466
---- "v. n." == break up, separate (neut.). 483 B.
Departing, "sb." == separation. Alys. 912
Deraign, "v. a." == try, prove. RG. 285. Fr. desraigner
Deray, "sb." == fight, quarrel. Alys. 1177; prowess. Alys. 2722. Fr. deroi
Derayne, "sb." == battle. Alys. 7353. Fr. desraigner
Dere, "sb." == dearth, "q. v."
Dere, "v. a." == injure. Alys. 6191. HD. 574; [derven], Marg. 38. part.
‘idorve.’ O. and N. 1156. AS. derian
Derenge, a mistake for ‘drynge.’ Alys. 2534
Dern, "adj." == secret. RG. 114. AS. dearn
Derne, == dearly? K. Horn, 1385
Dernely, == secretly. 27 B.
Derven. See Dere
Desclander, "v. a." == slander. 2050 B
Desclander, "sb." 2061 B.
Describing, "sb." == description. RG. 60
Deserie, "v. a." == disinherit. RG. 85
Desert, "sb." == merit. RG. 253
Deserve, "v. a." Fragm. Sci. 371
Desire, "v. a." 225 B.
Despeple, "v. a." == publish. RG. 517, 568
Despise, "v. a." RG. 31
Despite, "sb." RG. 566
Destance, "sb." == strife. RG. 511, 570
Dester, ‘in dester’ == on the right hand. A steed led by the squire ‘in
dester’ was the ‘destrier’ or ‘dextrarius,’ or war-horse. Body and Soul,
18. See Roq. "s. v." Destrier
Destining, "sb." == destiny. Alys. 6867
Destroy, "v. a." part, ‘destrud.’ RG. 372. pret. ‘destrude.’ RG. 376
Destroying, "sb." == destruction. Alys. 2888
Destuted, == destitute, wanting. Alys. 2199
Deus! an "interj." == O God! hence our ‘deuce.’ HD. 2096, 2114. Fr. deus
Deus, "adj." == sweet. HD. 1312. Fr. doux
Deutyraun, "sb." == some monstrous animal. Alys. 5416
Devil, "sb." RG. 411; [del]. Wright’s L. P. p. 111
Devilness, "sb." == demon. Ps. xcv. 5
Devise, "v. a." == contrive. 876 B.
---- == describe. Alys. 7377
Devotion, "sb." RG. 405, 456
Devout, "adj." RG. 369
Dew, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 232. Wright’s L. P. p. 72. [dewyng.] Alys. 914
Dewdrop, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 114
Dewing, "sb." See Dew
Diadem, "sb." 2161 B.
Diamond, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Dicce, "v. n." == shudder, tremble? Signa ante Jud. 24. Cf. ‘didder,’ in
Halliwell, and Phil. Soc. Proc. vol. v. p. 39
Dice, "sb." [deys]. Alys. 3297
Die, "v. n." RG. 530
Dight, "v. a." == set in order, govern. RG. 424; ‘compose,’ applied to the
voice of a bird. O. and N. 1653; ‘attack.’ Pol. S. 223. part. ‘idi?te.’
Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217. AS. dihtan
Digne, "adj." == worthy. RG. 132
Dignity, "sb." 244 B.
Dike, "sb." == ditch. Body and Soul, 120
Dim, "v. a." Ps. lxviii. 24
---- "v. n." Christ on the Cross, 7
Dim, "adj." == dusky. O. and N. 577. AS. dim
Dimness, "sb." Ps. xvii. 10
Din, "v. a." [denie]. K. Horn, 606. Ps. xlv. 4. AS. dýnian
---- "sb." Ps. xli. 5
Dine, "v. n." RG. 558. AS. dýnan
Ding, "v. a." == strike. HD. 215. part. ‘dungen.’ HD. 227. Sw. danga. ON.
dángla
Dint, "sb." == blow. 2138 B. AS. dýnt
Discharge, "v. a." == deprive of a charge or office. Alys. 3868
Disciple, "sb." RG. 232
Discipline, "v. a." 2384 B.
---- "v. n." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Discomfort, "v. a." RG. 212
Discord, "sb." RG. 195
Discording, "sb." == discord. RG. 255
Discoverte, "sb." == an unguarded part. Alys. 7418
Disdain, "sb." [dedayn]. RG. 172
Disguise, "v. a." Alys. 121
Dish, "sb." HD. 919
Disherison, "sb." [diserteison]. 1872 B.
Disherit, "v. a." RG. 327, 375
Disherit, "sb." [deseryte] == a disinherited person. RG. 452, 563
Dishonor, "sb." Alys. 3867
Dismay, "v. a." [demay]. RG. 156
Disordain, "v. a." == deprive of holy orders, unfrock. RG. 473
Dispence, "sb." == equipment. Alys. 2616
Disport, "sb." Ritson’s AS. xviii. 15
Dispute, "v. n." St Kath. 74
Disraying, "sb." == irregular fighting. Alys. 673
Distance, "sb." 1287 B.
Distinction, "sb." == distinguished person. Alys. 112
Distrain, "v. a." 742, 752 B.
Distress, "sb." RG. 460, 442, 568
Disturb, "v. a." RG. 396, 436
Disturbance, "sb." RG. 429, 436
Disturber, "sb." 1110 B.
Ditch, "sb." RG. 408, 549
Ditched, "adj." [ydyched] == surrounded by a ditch. Alys. 2658
Dite, "v. a." == indite. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Ditement, "sb." == indictment. Pol. S. 198
Ditty, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Divers, "adj." == several. RG. 378
Di?ele, "adj." == secret. O. and N. 2. AS. digel
Do, "vb. a." 19 B. part. ‘ydo’ == done. RG. 369. == finished (of winter).
RG. 371
---- == place. pret. ‘dude.’ 259 B.
---- == cause. Wright’s L. P. pp. 69, 71
---- "vb. abs." ‘do’ == act. RG. 501. [done]. RG. 377. 2 s. pres. ‘dost.’
RG. 428. 3 s. pret. ‘dude.’ RG. 369
---- "vb. aux." RG. 429. ‘dost chese’
---- ‘doth’ used to represent a preceding verb. Wright’s L. P. p. 34
Dod, "v. a." == chop, cut. Pol. S. 192. Probably another form of ‘dock’
Dog, "sb." RG. 69
Dogged, "adj." Pol. S. 199
Dole, "sb." == portion. RG. 165
---- == grief [del]. RG. 392; [deol]. RG. 381
Doleful. [deolvol]. RG. 414; [delvol]. RG. 558
Dolefully, "adv." 1448 B.
Dolphin, "sb." Alys. 6576
Doom, "sb." RG. 53
Doomsday, "sb." HD. 748
Doomsman, "sb." == judge. Rel. S. vi. 3
Door, "sb." RG. 508, 495
Doorpin, "sb." K. Horn, 1003
Doppe, "sb." == a round ball, knob. Alys. 5776. ON. doppa
Dor. See Deer
Dorre, "v. n." == need. RG. 457. Germ. bedürfen
Dosil, "sb." == a spigot of a barrel. RG. 542. Fr. doisil. See the Prompt.
Parv. "s. v." dotelle, and note there
Dotance, "sb." == doubt, fear. Alys. 582
Double, "adj." 417 B.
Double, "v. a." 598 ß. part. ‘idoubled.’ 295 ß
Doubt, "sb." == fear. RG. 89, 402
Doubt, "v. n." == be afraid. 395 B.; feel doubt. St Swithin, 105
Doubt, "v. a." == fear. 289 ß
Doughtily, "adv." Alys. 7382
Doughty, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 27
Douthe, == ‘might,’ or ‘availed,’ perf. of ‘dow,’ to avail, prosper, be
able. (See Phil. Soc. Proc. ii. 158.) HD. 833, 1184. part. ‘ydought.’
Alys. 5906. AS. dugan
Douzepairs, "sb." == the twelve peers of France, [dosse pers], RG. 188.
[dozzepers]. RG. 200
Dove, "sb." Ps. liv. 7
Down, "sb." == open heath. RG. 144; [dune]. O. and N. 830. AS. dún
Down, "adv." HD. 2291
Downcast, "v. a." == cast down. pret. ‘douncaste.’ Ps. lxxiii. 6
Downcome, "v. n." Ps. cxliii. 5
Downer, == lower. Alys. 6619
Downfall, "v. n." == fall down, in part. ‘downfalland.’ Ps. xvii. 9
Downfalling, "sb." Ps. li. 6
Downgo, "v. n." == go down. Ps. cvi. 26. part, ‘downgaand.’ Ps. cvi. 23
Downright, "adv." Ps. cv. 18
Downshear, "v. a." == cut down. pret. ‘douneschare.’ Ps. lxxiii. 6
Downward, "adv." RG. 362
Dozen, "sb." Pol. S. 229
Dragon, "sb." == (animal). RG. 131
---- == a war standard. RG. 303, 216, 545
Dragonet, "sb." == a small dragon. Alys. 602
Drake, "sb." HD. 1241. Wright’s L. P. p. 44
---- == dragon. Alys. 553
Drapery, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Draught, "sb." == drawing. Body and Soul, 43
Draw, "v. a." RG. 367
---- == cut down, ‘hang and draw.’ 724 B. part. ‘drawe’ (of a sword). RG.
536
Draw, "v. n." == draw towards a thing, approximate to. RG. 369; [drey?e].
Wright’s L. P. p. 34
Drawbridge, "sb." Alys. 1205
Dread, "sb." RG. 401, 457
Dread, "v. n." pret. ‘dradde.’ 127 B.
Dreadful, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 50
Dreadly, "adj." Body and Soul, 6
Dream, "sb." HD. 1284
---- "v. n." HD. 1284, 1304. ON. dreyma
Drearied, == sorrowful. Ps. xxxvii. 7
Dreary, "adj." RG. 351; [drury], Alys. 4389. Cf. La?. ii. 184
Dreg, "sb." Ps. xxxix. 3
Dreme, "sb." == song, melody. Wright’s L. P. p. 57; [dreim]. O. and N.
21. AS. dreám
Drench, "sb." == a potion. RG. 151. AS. drenc
Drench, "v. a." == to drown. Wright’s L. P. p. 113. part. ‘dreynt.’ Ibid.
p. 111
Dreng, "sb." == chieftain, gentleman. HD. 31. AS. dreng
Drepen, "v. a." == slay. HD. 1783. pret. ‘drape.’ Ps. xciii. 6. AS. drepan
Dribil, "sb." == moisture, dribble. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210
Drie, "v. a." == endure. Marg. 52; [dreeg]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 157. AS.
dreógan
Drink, "sb." RG. 289, 389
---- "v. a." pret. ‘dronc.’ RG. 165. part. ‘ydronke.’ RG. 43
Drinker, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 285
Drit, "sb." == dung. Cok. 177. ON. drit. AS. gedritan; used as a term of
abuse. HD. 682
Drive, "v. a." RG. 367. part, ‘ydrive.’ RG. 97. pret. ‘drave.’ Ps. xlii.
2. ‘To drive a plea of law.’ RG. 471
---- "v. n." == come or move rapidly. RG. 407. ‘a wel driving flod.’ RG.
20
Dri?te, "sb." == the Lord Jesus Christ. K. Horn, 1354. Alys. 6139. AS.
drihten
Drogman, "sb." == dragoman, interpreter. Alys. 3401
Dromedary, "sb." Alys. 3407
Dromoun, "sb." == a swift ship. Alys. 90. ON. drómundr. Fr. dromon
Drop, "sb." RG. 560
Drop, "sb." == aloes. Ps. xliv. 9
Droukening, "sb." == slumber. Body and Soul, 1. ON. druckna
Droupne, "v. n." == droop, faint. Wright’s L. P. p. 54. ON. driúpa
Drove, "v. a." == disturb. Ps. iii. 2; vi. 3. AS. drífan
Droving, "sb." == persecution. Ps. ix. 22
Druery, Drury, "sb." == gallantry, courtship. RG. 191
---- == love, delight. Alys. 2999. Fr. drue, a mistress
Drunke, "sb." == drinking. M. Ode, 128
Drunken, "v. a." == make drunk. Ps. lxiv. 10
Drunness, "sb." == drunkenness? O. and N. 1397
Drury, "adj." == dreary, "q. v."
Dry, "adj." RG. 531
---- "v. a." part. ‘idriid.’ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 193
---- "v. n." == become dry. Ps. xxxvi. 2; 3 s. pres. ‘druith.’ Rel. Ant.
ii. p. 210
Dryhed, "sb." == dryness. Ps. lxv. 6
Dub, "v. a." HD. 2038. AS. dubban
Dubbing, "sb." K. Horn, 499
Duelsing, "sb." == deceit. St Swithin, 105
Duke, "sb." RG. 367
Dumb, "adj." RG. 131
---- "v. n." == become dumb. Ps. xxxviii. 3
Dung, "sb." RG. 310; [ding]. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 191. Serm. 7
Dunge, "sb." == dungeon. Body and Soul, 236
Dungheap, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 103
Dure, "v. n." == endure. RG. 403; [duyre]. Alys. 3258
Durwe, "sb." == dwarf. Alys. 6266. AS. dweorg
Dusi, "adj." == foolish. O. and N. 1464. AS. dýsig
Dust, "sb." RG. 137
Dute, "sb." == pleasure. Cok. 9. Fr. deduit
Dutten, "v. a." == close, dite. Wright’s L. P. p. 110. AS. dyttan
Duty, "sb." [devyte]. RG. 316
Du?ethe, "sb." == manhood. O. and N. 634. AS. duguð
Dwel, "sb." == space of time. Rel. Ant, ii. p. 191
Dwele, "v. a." == deceive. Ps. lvii. 4. AS. dwelian
Dwell, "v. n." HD. 4. ON. dvelja
---- == delay. HD. 1351
Dwelle, "sb." == folly. Serm. 13
Dwelling, "sb." delay. Alys. 5208. HD. 1352
Dwole, "sb." == error, trick. O. and N. 823, AS. dwola
---- "adj." == false, deceitful. O and N. 924
E.
Each, "adj." RG. 369
Eachone. RG. 374
Eager, "adj." RG. 80
Ear, "sb." (of corn). RG. 490. AS. eár
Ear, "sb." (of the body). RG. 492. AS. eáre
Eardingstowe, "sb." == dwelling-place. O. and N. 28. AS. eardungstow
Earl, "sb." RG. 370
Earldom, "sb." RG. 523
Early, "adj." 905 B.
Earn, "v. a." == gain, realize. O. and N. 1202. AS. earnian
Earnest, "sb." == earnestness. RG. 121, 401
Earth, "sb." == the world. Wright’s L. P. p. 68.
---- == the ground. HD. 2657
---- == mould. HD. 740
---- "v. n." == to dwell. HD. 739. AS. eardian
Earthgrine, == earthquake. RG. 530. AS. grynd, an abyss
Earthgrythe, "sb." == earthquake. RG. 414. ON. gríð == vehemence, violent
motion
Earthly, "adj." 440 B.
Ease, "sb." 1473 B.
Easily, "adv." 395 B.
East, "sb." 35 ß
Easter, "sb." 546 B.
Eastward, "adv." RG. 41
Easy, "adj." == slack. Body and Soul, 115
Eat, "v. a." 143 ß. pret. ‘at.’ 274 B. ‘ete.’ RG 408. part. ‘y-ete.’ 311 ß
Ebb, "v. n." Fragm. Sci. 253
Ech, "adj." == eternal. O. and N. 742. AS. éce.
Eche, "v. a." == increase. Rel. S. v. 126. AS. eácan
Eche, "sb." == aches. M. Ode, st. 100
Ederlyng, "sb." == ancestor? Alys. 1711
Edged, "adj." [i-egged] (of a sword). RG. 274
Edict, "sb." RG. 568
Edissehen, "sb." == quail. Ps. civ. 40. AS. edisc-hen, from ‘edisc,’ a
park
Edmod, "adj." == mild, humble. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21.
AS. eádmod
Edneth. Rel. Ant. i. 114; possibly a mistake for ‘endeth,’ i.e. comes to
an end
Edwyt, "sb." == scorn. RG. 379. AS. edwíte
---- "v. a." == reproach. Ten. Comm. 8
Eel, "sb." HD. 897. Alys. 5792
Effte, "vb. a." == gave. RG. 367
Efne, == in the evening. O. and N. 313
Eft, "adv." == after. RG. 367
Eft, "sb." pl. ‘evetis.’ Alys. 6126; ‘eveten.’ M. Ode, 138. AS. efete
Eftsoon, "adv." RG. 397
Egging, "sb." == incitement. Wright’s L. P. p. 106. AS. eggian
Ehte, "sb." == goods, property. Alys. 1507; [ei?te]. O. and N. 1151;
[eyghtis]. Alys. 1573. AS. ?ht
Eight. RG. 1, 385
Eighth, "adj." RG. 473
Eighteen. RG. 407
Eighteenth, "adj." RG. 436
Eighty. RG. 478
Eirmonger, "sb." == eggseller. St Swithin, 69
Eisliche, "adj." == fearful. M. Ode, 142. AS. egeslíc
Either, "adj." [eithe]. RG. 62; [aither]. 434 ß
Eke, "adv." == also. RG. 374, 378; [ekyn]. RG. 165
Eke, "v. a." == increase. See Eche.
Eker, "sb." == watercress, weed. Alys. 6175. AS. eácerse
Eke, "v. a." == to avenge? RG. 474. Probably an error for ‘wreke.’ See the
parallel passage in the Life of Beket, 1948 B., where the reading is
‘wreke’
El, == else. "q. v."
Elbow, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 322
Elde, "sb." == age. RG. 379, 421
---- "v. n." == become old [ealdi]. M. Ode, st. 1
Elder, "adj." RG. 367
Elders, "sb." [elderne]. RG. 11
Eldest, "adj." RG. 370, 381
Eldrynges, "sb." == elders. Alys. 4948
Element, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 124
Elephant, "sb." == the animal. Alys. 854
---- == a horn of ivory. Alys. 1182
Eleven, [enlene]. RG. 441
Eleventh, "adj." [endlefte]. RG. 414, 408
Elf, "sb." pl. ‘elvene.’ RG. 130
Elidelik, "adj." (‘eldelike’ in MS.) == elderly. Ritson’s AS. viii. 39
Eling, "adj." == wretched. 637 ß. Dan. elendig. ON. eligr
Ell, "sb." RG. 429
Else, "adv." [elles]. Wright’s L. P. p. 36. [el]. RG. 451. ‘El’ is the old
nominative, of which ‘else’ or ‘elles’ is the genitive used absolutely.
Cf. the old Lat. gen. ‘alias’
Elsewhere, "adv." RG. 395
Ely, "sb." == oil. Marg. 60
Embe, "prep." == concerning, for; ‘embe no?t’ == in vain. St Kath. 214
Emcristen, "sb." == equal or even Christian. M. Ode, st. 148
Eme, "sb." == uncle. HD. 1326. AS. eám.
Emerald, "sb." Alys. 7030. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 35
Emperor, "sb." RG. 440
Empery, "sb." == empire. RG. 85
Empoison, "v. a." RG. 463
Empress, "sb." RG. 440, 442
Emprise, "sb." == attempt. Body and Soul, 144
Enchanter, "sb." RG. 28
Enchantment. RG. 10
Enchantry, "sb." RG. 10, 148
Encheson, "sb." == occasion. RG. 452, 454. Fr. enchaison
Encounter, "v. a." 411 ß
---- "sb." RG. 391
End, "sb." RG. 377
---- "v. n." RG. 370
---- "v. a." part. ‘y-ended’ 1770 B.
Endday, "sb." == last day of life. 1574 B AS. endedæg
Enderday, "sb." ‘this enderday,’ == this past day, the day which has now
come to an end. Wright’s L. P. p. 94
Endelong, "adv." == along, in length. HD. 2822
Ending, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 59
Endless, "adj." RG. 152
Ene, "adv." == only? 882 B.
Enes, "adv." == once. RG. 376, 411
Enferm, "v. a." == fortify. RG. 552
Engine, "sb." == device, plot. Body and Soul, 125. Wright’s L. P. p. 58
Engineful, == ingenious. Alys. 4869
Enhance, "v. a." RG. 458
Enherit, "v. a." == give as an inheritance. Alys. 7153
Enjoin, "v. a." RG. 234
Enke, "sb." == ink. "q. v."
Enlegiance, "sb." == allegiance. RG. 85
Enliance, "sb." == alliance. RG. 12
Ennesure, "sb." == game, play. Alys. 5543. Fr. enveysure, enveyser--to be
joyous
Enough, "adv." [inou]. RG. 519. [ynou]. RG. 83
Enquest, "sb." 348 B. Pilate, 196
Enqueyntance, "sb." RG. 330
Enquire, "v. n." RG. 508
---- "v. a." Pilate, 52
Enquiry, "sb." RG. 373
Enreson, "v. a." == to reason with. RG. 321
Ensample, "sb." RG. 446
Ensent, "v. n." == RG. 171, 446. part, ‘ensentan’ == assenting. RG. 239
Entail, "sb." == sculpture. Alys. 4762
Entempri, "v. a." == to temper. Fragm. Sci. 290
Entent, "v. n." == attend to. Alys. 2834
---- "sb." == intent. RG. 140
Ententively, "adv." == attentively. 460 B.
Enter, "v. n." 640 B.
Entrail, "sb." Alys. 3628. Fr. entrailles. Lat. internalia
Envenom, "v. a." Alys. 5436, 5611
Envy, "sb." Body and Soul, 129
Eode, "vb." == went. RG. 417
Epetite, "sb." == bloodstone, apatite. Cok. 92. The hepatitis of Pliny,
HN. xxxvii. 71; from Gr. ?pa?, the liver
Epiphany, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 96
Er, "adv." == early. Wright’s L. P. p. 99
Erde, "v. n." == dwell. Ps. xxi. 4; xxiv. 13. AS. eardian
Ere, "adv." == before than. 52 B.
---- "v. a." == plough. RG. 21. AS. erian
Eremig, "sb." == pitiful creature. O. and N. 1109. AS. earm
Eri, "sb." == tillage. Pol. S. 196. AS. erian
Ermine, "sb." RG. 191. M. Ode, 182
Erming, "sb." == grieving. Alys. 1525. AS. earming, yrmian
Ern, "sb." == eagle. RG. 177, 215. AS. earn
Ernde, "v. a." == intercede, gain for another by intercession. Wright’s L.
P. p. 62. AS. ærendian
Ernding, "sb." == intercession. Wright’s L. P. p. 58; [herendinge]. Rel.
S. iv. 86
Erne, dat. of adj. ‘er,’ == early; ‘on erne morowe.’ Alys. 5458
Erne, "v. n." == run. Wright’s L. P. p. 81. AS. yrnan
Erre, "sb." == a wound, scar. Ps. xxxvii. 6. ON. ör. Dan. ar
Errand, "sb." RG. 501. AS. ærend
Erst, == first. Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Erur, "adv." == before. O. and N. 1736. AS. æror, from ær
Esle, "v. a." == ask. RG. 453
Esmyte, "v. n." == smite, ‘to gader esmyte,’ (of two armies). RG. 215
Esse, "v. a." == ask. RG. 374, 498
Este, "sb." == ford, provisions. O. and N. 358. AS. ést
Este, "adj." == mild, kindly. O. and N. 997.
---- == dear. Rel. Ant. i. 111. AS. este. ON. ást
Estellation, "sb." == astrology. Alys. 589
Estre, "sb." == condition. Alys. 5467
Ete, "sb." == eating. M. Ode, 130
Eth, "adj." == easy. M. Ode, 188. RG. 327; [ythe]. K. Horn, 61. AS. eáð
Eðlete, "adj." == what is lightly thrown away, worthless. M. Ode, 75, 78.
AS. eáð, l?tan
Evangelist, "sb." RG. 67, 348
Eve, "sb." RG. 415, 532
Even, "adv." with ‘as,’ == just as, or when. RG. 535
---- "adj." == equal. Creed, 77
---- == straight, level. Wright’s L. P. p. 35
---- "sb." == peer, equal. Pol. S. 157
---- "v. a." == compare. 1631 B.
Evenforth, "adv." == forward. 2186 B.
Evening, "sb." == equal, peer. Alys. 3008
Evenmette, "adj." == coëqual. Creed, 58. Ps. xlviii. 13
Evenness, "sb." == equity. Ps. ix. 8
Evensong, "sb." RG. 369
Ever, "adv." RG. 535, 370; [everne]. RG. 74
Evereft, "adv." 54 B
Evermore, "adv." Wright’s L. P. p. 29. Ritson’s AS. viii. 160
Every, "adj." [everyche]. RG. 374
Everyldele, "sb." == every part. RG. 408
Evil, "sb." == sickness. HD. 114; misfortune. Ps. lxxxix. 15; [uvel], RG.
472
---- "adj." [uvele]. 413 B.
---- "adv." O. and N. 1204. 404 B.
Evilness, "sb." Ps. xxxv. 5; li. 5
Ewt, "sb." See Eft
Executor, "sb." Fragm. on Seven Sins, 42
Ey, "sb." == egg. RG. 404. pl. ‘eiren.’ St Swithin, 57. Germ. ei. AS. æg.
ON. egg
Eye, "sb." == awe. RG. 469, 507. AS. ége
Eye, "sb." == organ of sight. RG. 376. AS. eáge
Eyebrow. Pol. S. 239
Eyful, "adj." == proud. [heyvol]. RG. 377
Eyre, "sb." == journey, circuit. RG. 517. Lat. iter
F.
Fabling, "sb." == fable, story. Ps. cxviii. 85
Face, "sb." RG. 476
Fadme, "v. a." == embrace. HD. 1295. AS. fæðmian
Fagen, "adj." == glad, fain. Fragment in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 31.
AS. fægen
Fail, "v. n." == wither (of fruit). RG. 414. 3s. pres. ‘falt.’ O. and N.
37; part. ‘ifailled.’ Pol. S. 202
Fail, "sb." RG. 369
Fain, "v. a." == be glad, rejoice. Ps. xix. 6
Fain, "adj." RG. 349; [vawe]. RG. 218
Fainness, "sb." == gladness. Ps. iv. 7
Faint, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Faintise, "sb." == cowardice. RG. 39
Faintly, "adv." RG. 515
Fair, "adj." == beautiful. RG. 383
---- == light, pale (of colour). RG. 429. ‘fairer.’ RG. 395; ‘fairest.’
133 ß
---- "v. n." == become fair. Alys. 2903
Fairhede, "sb." == fairness. RG. 118
Fairly, "adv." == pleasantly, easily. RG. 446
Fairy, "sb." == enchantment. Alys. 6924. Fr. faérie, faé
Faith, "sb." [fei]. 2074 B.
Falcon, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Fale, "adj." == many. RG. 416, 146. AS. feala
Falewe, "v. a." == become yellow. Wright’s L. P. p. 50. AS. fealo.
Falewi, "sb." == yellowness. O. and N. 456
Fall, "v. n." RG. 6. pret. ‘fell.’ RG. 401. part. ‘ifallen.’ O. and N.
514. ‘it falleth not to thee,’ == it is not thy duty or lot. Leg. of St
Cuthbert, cited in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 14, n.
---- "v. a." == make to fall. part. ‘yfalle.’ Alys. 7183
Fallows, "sb." == fields. HD. 2509. AS. fealh
False, "adj." RG. 385
Falsehood, "sb." RG. 454
Falseleke, "sb." == falsehood. Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Falsely, "adv." Wright’s L. P. p. 31
Falseness. Pol. S. 150
Falseship. Pol. S. 212
Fame, "sb." RG. 367
Fanding, "sb." == temptation. Ps. xvii. 30
Fanger, "sb." == taker, lifter up. Ps. ii. 4
Far, "adv." [ver]. RG. 502; [feor]. O. and N. 921
Farant, "adj." == walking. Alys. 3460
Fare, "v. n." == go, journey. 657 ß. pret. ‘fore.’ Ps. civ. 13
---- == succeed, turn out. 918 B. part. ‘ifare.’ O. and N. 400
---- == behave. 2076 B.
---- == fare, live. 20 B.
---- "sb." == journey. RG. 52
---- == custom, proceeding. Alys. 7072. Ritson’s AS. viii. 158, 188
Farforth, "adv." == far. RG. 448
---- == entirely [ferforth]. RG. 242
Farm, "v. a." RG. 378
Farthing, "sb." == the coin so called. RG. 507
Fast, "adj." == firm, sure. Wright’s L. P. p. 37
---- "adv." == quickly. RG. 490; strongly. Id. ibid.
Fast, "v. n." == abstain from food. 2512 B. part, ‘fasting.’ RG. 545. AS.
fæstan
---- "sb." 2511 B.
Fasten, "v. a." Pol. S. 214. Ps. xcii. 1
Fasting, "sb." RG. 405
Fastlic, "adv." == firmly. Creed of St Athan. 101
Fastness, "sb." == castle. Ps. xvii. 3
---- == firmness. Ps. lxxii. 4
Fastrede, "adj." == firm in counsel. O. and N. 211
Fat, "adj." RG. 429
---- "v. a." == fatten. Pol. S. 150
Father, "sb." RG. 382
Fatherless, "adj." RG. 142
Fatte, == fetched. See Fetch
Fathom, "sb." [fedme]. Alys. 546
Fatness, "sb." Ps. cxlvii. 14
Fawning, "sb." == flattery, deceit. Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Fax, "sb." == hair. Wright’s L. P. p. 33. AS. feax
Fayly, "adj." == base, vile. Pol. S. 157. Fr. failli. Vid. Roq.
Fear, "sb." RG. 402
Feast, "sb." == festival. RG. 376
Feather, "sb." RG. 487
Feathered, "adj." Alys. 5406
Feblesse, "sb." == feebleness. RG. 442
Fedme, == fathom. "q. v."
Fee, "sb." == money. RG. 565. AS. feoh
---- == cattle [feh], Wright’s L. P. p. 48. Pol. S. 152
Feeble, "adj." RG. 379, 380. ‘feebler.’ RG. 372
---- == bad. ‘feble wede.’ HD. 323
Feebly, "adv." 1178 B.; [feblelike]. HD. 418
Feed, "v. a." RG. 375. pret. ‘fedde.’ 273 B. part. ‘ifed.’ 300 ß
---- == obtain, conquer. Alys. 3064
Feel, "v. a." part. ‘yvelde.’ RG. 185
Feeling, "sb." == sense of feeling. Fragm. Sci. 333
Fei, == faith. "q. v."
Feide, "sb." == feud, league. Alys. 97
Feign, "v. a." == pretend. RG. 421
---- == form. 3 s. pres. ‘feinyhes.’ Ps. xciii. 9, 20. Lat. fingere
Feintise, "sb." == deceit, feigning. RG. 39
Fel, "sb." == skin. RG. 208. AS. fell
Felawrede, "sb." == fellowship. Alys. 6199
Fele, "adj." == many. 571 B. AS. feala
Felefold, "v. a." == multiply. Ps. xi. 9. part. ‘felefolded.’ Ps. iii. 2
Fell, "adj." == cruel. Body and Soul, 228. AS. fell
---- "v. a." RG. 415, 526
Felle, "v. a." == fulfil? or perhaps a mistake for ‘telle.’ K. Horn, 1292
Fellow, "sb." RG. 397, 524
Felon, "sb." 565 B.
Felony, "sb." RG. 526
Fen, "sb." == marsh. RG. 6
---- == mud, dirt. Ps. xvii. 43
Fenestre, "sb." == window. RG. 312
Feng, "v. a." == take. RG. 36. 3 pl. pret. ‘fongon.’ RG. 36
Fenge, "sb." == a grapple. O. and N. 1283. AS. feng
Fenge, "sb." == a girl. Wright’s L. P. p. 36. ON. fenna
Fennel, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. fenol
Feoff, "v. a." RG. 369, 370
Feorne, "adj." == ancient. Alys. 6356. AS. fyrn
Feorre, "adv." == from far. O. and N. 1321
Fer, "adv." See Far
Ferblet ? Fragm. Sci. 275, 280
Ferd, "sb." == army. RG. 19, 204. AS. fyrd
Ferdness, "sb." == fear. Ps. lxxxviii. 41
Fere, "v. a." == carry. Fragm. on Seven Sins, 41
Fere, "sb." == companion, equal. Wright’s L. P. pp. 24, 36. AS. fera,
gefera
Fered, "adj." == afraid. Wright’s L. P. p. 24
Feres, "vb. impers." == it becomes, suits. Ps. lxiv. 2
Ferhede, "sb." == company. RG. 138
Ferinkli, "adv." == suddenly. Ps. lxiii. 6. AS. færinga
Ferlich, "adv." == wonderfully. RG. 299, 509. AS. færlic
---- "adj." == fearful. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Ferly, "sb." == a wonder. Ritson’s AS. viii. 14
Ferth, "sb." == road. RG. 8. AS. faran. W. ffordd
Festel, "sb." == a chain. Ps. cxlix. 8. AS fetel
Fet, "sb." == vat, vessel. Marg. 61. AS. fæt
Fetch, "v. a." RG. 437. pret. ‘fette.’ RG. 15. ‘fatte.’ Pol. S. 152. AS.
feccan
Fetter, "v. a." HD. 2758
---- "sb." HD. 2759
Few, "adj." [vewe]. RG. 402, 368. pl. ‘fone.’ Ps. cvi. 39
Fewness, "sb." Ps. ci. 24
Fewté, "sb." == fidelity, fealty. Alys. 2911. Fr. feuté
Feye, "adj." == near to die. Wright’s L. P. p. 28. AS. fæge
Feynes, "sb." == phœnix? Wright’s L. P. p. 36
Fickle, "adj." HD. 1210. AS. ficol
Fiddle, "sb." 185 ß
Field, "sb." RG. 380, 565
Fiend, "sb." HD. 2229
Fierce, "adj." [fers]. RG. 486, 543
Fiery, "adj." [fury]. RG. 340, 334
Fifteen. RG. 416
Fifteenth, "adj." RG. 522
Fifth, "adj." RG. 400
Fifty. RG. 382
Fight, "v. n." RG. 455; [fe?e]. Pol. S. 154. pret. ‘fo?te.’ RG. 400. part.
‘yfa?t.’ RG. 208
---- "sb." RG. 173; [fyth]. Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Fighter, "sb." Alys. 5703
Fighting, "sb." RG. 299
Fightlac, "sb." == conflict. O. and N. 1697. AS. feohtlác, from ‘lác’ ==
play, sport.
Figure, "sb." [vigour] == an image, idol. Alys. 1524. Ps. xcvi. 7
Fikele, "v. a." == flatter. RG. 31, 36. AS. ficol
Fikeling, "sb." == flattery. RG. 30
Fildore, == made of gold thread. Wright’s L. P. p. 33. Fr. fil d’or
File, "sb." == a vile person. HD. 499
Fill, "v. a." [fulle]. RG. 13. part, ‘yfuld.’ RG. 120
---- == fulfil. Wright’s L. P. p. 99
Fille, "sb." == thread. RG. 128, 297. Fr. fil
---- == wild thyme. Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. fylle. Lat. serpyllum
Fillet, "sb." Pol. S. 154
Filth, "sb." Alys. 6370
Filthhede, "sb." RG. 290
Fin, "sb." Alys. 6591
Find, "v. a." RG. 463. pret. ‘founde.’ RG. 374. part, ‘yfounde.’ RG. 87
Finder, "sb." Alys. 4794
Finding, "sb." == invention. Ps. lxxx. 13
Fine, "sb." == end. RG. 413
---- "v. n." == cease. 129 B.
---- "v. a." == pay a fine. RG. 528, 511
Finger, "sb." 1194 B.
Fining, "sb." == end. Alys. 8015
Fire, "sb." [fuyr]. RG. 151; [fir]. RG. 108
Firebrand, "sb." Alys. 6848
Fired, "adj." == fiery. Ps. cxviii. 140
Fireiron, "sb." [furire] == a steel for striking a light. 639 ß
Firmament, "sb." 243 ß
Firren, "adj." == made of fir. HD. 2078
First, "adj." 119 B.
---- "adv." 101 B.; [vorst]. RG. 383
Firstkinned, "adj." == first-born. Ps. civ. 36
Fish, "sb." RG. 1, 6
---- "v. n." St Andrew, 3
Fisher, "sb." [vyssare]. RG. 265
Fishing, "sb." St Andrew, 4; [vysseth]. RG. 264
Fist, "sb." [fust]. RG. 345
Fitte, "sb." == match, equal. O. and N. 782. The Prompt. Parv. gives ‘Fyt
or mete--equus, congruus’
Five. RG. 383, 518
Flaune, "sb." == pancake. HD. 644. Fr. flan
Flay. See Flea
Flea, "sb." Pol. S. 238
Flea, "v. a." == flay [flo]. HD. 612. pret. ‘flow.’ HD. 2502; part.
‘yflawe.’ Alys. 894
Flecche, "v. n." == flinch. 951 B.
Flee, "v. a." == escape from. RG. 367
---- "v. n." == flee away. RG. 380, 501; 3 pl. pret. ‘flodeden,’ == fled.
Alys. 2441; part. ‘flen,’ == made to flee. RG. 258
Fleet, "adj." == swift [flette]. Alys. 3740
Fleme, "v. a." == banish. RG. 562, 547; part. ‘yfloynd.’ RG. 328; ‘fleme.’
Wright’s L. P. p. 44; ‘flemed.’ Ritson’s AS. viii. 178. AS. flyman
Flescher, "sb." == fleece. Ps. lxxi. 6
Flesh, "sb." RG. 406, 514
Fleshly, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 72
Fleshhede, "sb." == the Incarnation. Creed of St Athan. 66
Flet, "adj." == flat, i. e. stupid. Wright’s L. P. p. 47
Flette, "sb." == a floor, flat. Alys. 1105; [flitte]. Rel. Ant. ii. p.
192. AS. flett
---- == ground. Alys. 2884
---- == battlefield. Alys. 2378
Fleur-de-lis, "sb." Pol. S. 190
Fling, "v. n." == rush hastily. Alys. 1165; pret. ‘fleng.’ Ib. 6084. Sw.
flänga
---- "adv." ? == rashly. Alys. 4602
Flint, "sb." HD. 2667. AS. flint
Fliting, "sb." == scorn. Ps. cvi. 40. AS. flitan
Flitte, "v. n." fly. Rel. Ant, ii. p. 192
Float, "v. n." [flete]. RG. 261; pret. ‘flet.’ Pilate, 251
Flock, "sb." == company. HD. 24
Flon, "sb." == arrows. RG. 394. AS. flán
Flood, "sb." RG. 20, 416
Floor, "sb." RG. 288
Flosche, "sb." == pit. Ps. xxvii. 1; xxix. 4; [flask]. Ps. cxlii. 7. ON.
flaska, diffindere
Flouren, "adj." == made of flour. Cok. 55
Flow, "v. n." 3s. pres. ‘floh.’ O. and N. 918. AS. flówan
Flower, "sb." RG. 433; virginity. Fall and P. 52
---- "v. n." == bloom. Alys. 2904
Flum, "sb." == stream. Alys. 3402. AS. flum. Lat. flumen
Flumbardyng, "sb." == a fiery, hot-tempered man. Alys. 1788. Fr. flambard,
a torch
Fly, "sb." (the insect). RG. 428
Fly, "v. n." == to fly with wings; pret. ‘fle?’ 184 ß; part, ‘yflowe.’ RG.
29
---- == to fly away, escape; pret. ‘flowe.’ RG. 372; ‘flew.’ RG. 18
Fnaste, "v. n." == breathe. HD. 548. AS. fnæst
---- "sb." == breath or windpipe? O. and N. 44
Fo, "v. a." == take. O. and N. 179; [vone]. RG. 204; [ifo]. O. and N. 612;
3s. pres. ‘ifodh.’ O. and N. 1643. AS. fón
Foam, "sb." 404 ß. AS. fám
---- "v. n." RG. 208
Fode, "sb." == child. K. Horn, 1384. AS. fëdan
Foder, "sb." == producer, mother. Alys. 645
Foe, "sb." pl. ‘fon.’ RG. 401; ‘fan.’ Ps. xli. 11; ‘ivo.’ O. and N. 1714;
‘faas.’ Ps. xxx. 12
Foeman, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 104
Foh, "adj." == particoloured (of dress). Rel. S. iv. 28. AS. fáh
Foil, "v. a." == defile. Alys. 2712
Foison, "sb." == plenty. Alys. 1012. Fr. foison. Lat, fusio
Fold, "sb." == sheepfold. Pol. S. 152. AS fald
Fold, "sb." == earth. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. AS. folde
Fold, "v. a." == bend. Wright’s L. P. p. 47. AS. fealdan
Folewen, "v. a." == baptize. Marg. 58. AS. fullian, to whiten, baptize
Folht, "sb." == baptism. Pol. S. 157. AS. fulluht
Foliot, "sb." == folly. O. and N. 866
Folk, "sb." RG. 376, 377
Folliche, "adv." == foolishly. 647 B.
Follow, "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 48; pret. ‘fulied.’ O. and N. 1237
---- == persecute. 3 pl. pres. ‘filiyhen.’ Ps. cxviii. 157; ‘fylegh.’ Ps.
vii. 6; pret. ‘filiyhed.’ Ps. cxviii. 161; part. ‘filyhand.’ Ps. vii. 2
Folly, "sb." 156 B.
Fond, "v. a." == try. RG. 455; part. ‘yfonded.’ RG. 102. AS. fandian
Fonge, "v. a." == take up, resume. Pol. S. 216. AS. fón, fangen
Fontstone, "sb." RG. 247
Food, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 69
Fool, "adj." == foolish. RG. 568
---- "sb." 768 B.
Foot, "sb." RG. 490; pl. ‘fet.’ RG. 508
Footfast, "adj." == captive. Ps. ci. 21
Footfastness, "sb." == captivity. Ps. civ. 18
For, "prep." == on account of. RG. 58
---- == during (of time). 11 B.
---- "adv." == because. RG. 366. 16 B.
Forasmuch, "adv." RG. 454
Forban, "v. a." == summon. O. and N. 1091
Forbear, "v. n." RG. 526
---- "v. a." == space. Alys. 4509
Forbearing, "sb." Alys. 3826
Forbeode, "v. a." == expect, Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Forberne, "v. n." == burn. O. and N. 419. Rel. S. iv. 11
---- "v. a."--part, ‘verbarnd.’ RG. 378
Forbid, "v. a." RG. 494
Forbisen, "sb." == example, fable. O. and N. 244. Pol. S. 197. AS.
fórebysen
Forbisening, "sb." == parable. Ps. xlviii. 5
Forbreak, "v. a." == break. RG. 375; part. ‘forbroken,’ == corrupt, Ps.
xiii. 1
Forbreaking, "sb." == destruction. Ps. xiii. 3
Forbreide, "v. a." == offend against, O. and N. 1381. Dan. for-bryde
---- "v. n." == commit a crime. O. and N. 510
Forbrode, Forbroide, "adj." == criminal. O. and N. 1379. RG. 21, 205
Forby, "prep." == beyond. Ps. xx. 7; xliv. 3
Forcast, == cast. Ps. xxi. 11
Force, "v. a." == take care, heed. Leg. of St Wolstan in Warton, H. E. P.
vol. i. p. 16
Forcleave, "v. a." == cleave. RG. 17, 401
Forcling, "v. n." == wither; pret. ‘forclonge.’ Pilate, 216
Forcome, "v. a." == anticipate. Ps. xvi. 13.
---- "v. n." == come before. Ps. cxviii. 147
Forcrempe, "v." == to be convulsed, furious? O. and N. 510. Dan. krampe, a
spasm or convulsion
Fordeme, "v. a." == condemn. O. and N. 1096
Fordit, "part." == shut up. Body and Soul, 236. AS. fordyttian
Fordo, "v. a." == destroy. Wright’s L. P. p. 71
---- == put away. Ps. lxxxviii. 45
Fordred, "adj." == afraid. Wright’s L. P. p. 88
Fordrue, "v. n." == become dry. O. and N. 820. AS. fordrugan
Fordwine, "v. n." == dwindle away. Pilate, 215. AS. fordwinan
---- "v. a." == cause to wither; part. ‘fordwinnen.’ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Fore, "adv." == before. 31 B.
Fore, "sb." == track. O. and N. 815. AS. fór
---- == business, proceeding? ‘hys fore was no?t’ == it was all over with
him. RG. 386
Forehead, "sb." 2217 B.
Foremost, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 41
Forene, "adj." == interior, hidden; ‘chambre forene’ == a privy chamber.
RG. 310. Fr. foreins. Vid. Roq.
Forest, "sb." RG. 375
Forester, "sb." RG. 499
Foretoken. Ps. lxxvii. 43
Foretokening, "sb." Ps. lxx. 7
Foreward, "sb." == compact, agreement. RG. 391, 514. AS. fóreweard
Forfare, "v. a." == destroy. Marg. 4; part, ‘furfarne.’ Marg. 53;
‘forfaren.’ HD. 1380. The AS. ‘forfaran’ appears to be only used in the
neuter sense == to perish, but ‘furfare’ is used actively in La?amon
Forfret, "v. a." == devour. RG. 8. AS. fretan
Forget, "v. a." RG. 446
Forgetelnes, "sb." == forgetfulness, oblivion. Ps. ix. 19
Forgive, "v. a." 1002 B.
Forgiveness, "sb." RG. 58
Forgnide, "v. a." == destroy, pret. ‘forgnode.’ Ps. civ. 16; cvi. 16. AS.
forgnidan
Forgo, "v. a." RG. 290. pret. ‘foreode.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Forgraythe, "v. a." == prepare. Ps. xx. 13
Forgraything, "sb." == preparation, design. Ps. ix. 38
Forgulte ? RG. 1
Forhaht, == despised, hated? Wright’s L. P. p. 37. AS. forhiegan?
Forheaded, == beheaded. Alys. 1366
Forhele, "v. a." == conceal, part. ‘forhole.’ Alys. 6967. In v. 7349, it
seems to be used adverbially, and to mean ‘secretly.’ AS. forhelan
Forheler, "sb." == a concealer. Ps. xvii. 31
Forheling, "sb." == concealment. Ps. xvii. 19
Forhenge, "v. a." == hang. HD. 2724
Forhoght, "sb." == contempt. Ps. cxviii. 22
Forhone, "v. a." == scorn, despise. Ps. xliii. 6. AS. hýnan, forhohnes
Forho?e, "v. a." == despise. O. and N. 1600. AS. forhogian
Fork, "sb." Alys. 1191
Forlaped, "adj." == tired with lapping or drinking? Pol. S. 238
Forlength, "v. a." == lengthen. Ps. cxxviii. 3
Forlere, "v. a." == learn. O. and N. 924
Forleose, "v. a." == lose. O. and N. 1664. part. ‘forlore.’ RG. 243
Forlest, "v. a." == destroy. Ps. xx. 11. AS. læstan
Forlet, "v. a." == leave alone. 1997 B. part. ‘forlet’ == desert. Alys.
2889
---- == allow. Ps. cxxiv. 3
Forleteness, "sb." == contempt. Ps. cxxii. 3
Forleting, "sb." == contempt. Ps. cxxii. 4
Form, "sb." == manner. RG. 388; shape. Pilate, 125
Formanging, "sb." == changing. Ps. liv. 20. AS. margian
Forme, "adj." == first. O. and N. 818. AS. forma
Formeward, Formerward, "sb." = vanguard. Alys. 5733, 7786
Forn, "sb." ‘þat forn.’ == therefore. Creed of St Athan. 7. Cf. ‘þer
forne.’ Ps. xvii. 3
Fornomen, "part." == carried away. Ps. cviii. 23. AS. forniman
Forpine, "v. n." == languish. 2402 B.
Forrede, "v. a." == deceive. Body and Soul, 131
Forshaken, "part." == shaken. Ps. cviii. 23; cxxvi. 4
Forsake, "v. a." RG. 411
Forsee, "v. a." == overlook, neglect. Ps. ix. 22
---- == see. pret. ‘forsegh.’ Ps. xci. 12
Forset, "v. a." == place. Ps. cxxxvi. 6
Forsetting, "sb." == proposition, discourse. Ps. xlviii. 5
Forsleuthed, "vb. pret." == grew slothful. RG. 197
Forspeak, "v. a." == speak against. Ps. xliii. 17
Forspread, "v. a." == spread. Ps. xxxv. 11
Forswallow, "v. a." == swallow [vorsuolwe]. RG. 206; [forswolehen]. Rel.
S. v. 215
Forswarted, "part." == blackened, swarthy. Pilate, 227
Forswat, "part." == covered with sweat. Pol. S. 158
Forswear, "v. a." == give up a thing. RG. 387
---- == perjure, part. ‘forsworn.’ RG. 446, 457
Forswelte, "part." == suffocated. Alys. 7559. AS. forsweltan
Forswolehen. See Forswallow
Forte, "adv." == until. RG. 463
Forth, "adv." RG. 554
Forthbring, "v. a." Ps. lxxvii. 26
Forthcall, "v. a." == challenge. Ps. lxxvii. 58
Forthcast, "v. a." Ps. xlix. 17
Forthcome, "sb." Ps. civ. 38
Forther, == forwarder. 639 ß
Forthern, "vb." See Further
Forthferred, "part." == gone forth. Ps. cxix. 5
Forthgang, "sb." Ps. cxliii. 14
Forthfollow, "v. n." Ps. lxviii. 32
Forthgo, "v. n." part. ‘forthgaand.’ Ps. lxxxviii. 42
Forthi, "adv." == therefore. Wright’s L. P. p. 28. AS. forþi
Forthlead, "v. a." Ps. lxviii. 32
Forthlook, "v. n." Ps. xiii. 2; lxxxiv. 12
Forthrist, "v. a." == smash, crush. Ps. xlvii. 8. AS. forþræstian
Forthshew, "v. a." Ps. cxliv. 4
Forthward, "adv." RG. 245
Fortnight, "sb." 2327 B.
Fortread, "v. a." == tread down. Ps. vii. 6. pret. ‘fortrade.’ Ps. lv. 2
Fortress, "sb." Alys. 2668
Forty. RG. 419
Forwake, "part." == having been long awake. Wright’s L. P. p. 28
Forwerp, "v. a." == throw away, reject. Ps. l. 13. AS. forweorpan
Forworthe, "part." == destroyed, made worthless. O. and N. 548
Forwleynt, "part." == puffed up. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. AS. wlanc
Forwondred, "part." == astonished. Ps. xlvii. 6
Forwounded, "part." RG. 56, 306
Foryield, "v. a." == recompense. Ps. cxxxvi. 8; xvii. 21
Foryielding, "sb." == reward. Ps. xviii. 12; cxxx. 2
Foster, "v. a." HD. 1434. Ps. liv. 23
Fother, "sb." == a weight of 19 cwt. of lead, thence ‘a large quantity.’
Alys. 1809; ‘a lump.’ Alys. 6467. AS. foðer
Fou, "sb." == yellow or tawny fur? M. Ode, 182. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 192. Fr.
fauve
Foul, "adj." RG. 380, 490
---- "v. a." == defile. O. and N. 96
Found, "v. a." part. ‘ifounded.’ RG. 469
Foundling, "sb." K. Horn, 234
Four. RG. 389
Fourscore. RG. 382
Fourteen. RG. 383
Fourteenth, "adj." RG. 408
Fourth, "adj." [verthe]. RG. 415
Fous, "adj." == eager. Wright’s L. P. p. 50. AS. fús
Fox, "sb." RG. 570
---- "adj." == crafty. Rel. S. i. 15. ON. fyx, crafty
Fowl, "sb." == bird. RG. 1; [fu?ele]. O. and N. 64
Fo?e, "sb." == agreement. O. and N. 184. AS. fog
Fraist, "v. a." == try. Ps. xi. 7. ON. fresta
Frame, "sb." == profit. Wright’s L. P. p. 71. AS. freme. ON. frami
Franchise, "sb." RG. 47, 499
Franklin, "sb." RG. 36
Free, "adj." RG. 474
---- == liberal, noble. RG. 420. AS. freó
Freedom, "sb." HD. 631
Freeman, "sb." HD. 628
Freeze, "v. a." part. ‘yfrore.’ RG. 265. ‘frore.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 25
---- "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 110; 3 s. pres. ‘frost.’ O. and N. 620
Freitour, "sb." == friar’s room. 275 ß
Freke, "sb." == champion. Alys. 2161. AS. freca
Frely, "adj." == noble, beautiful. Wright’s L. P. pp. 45, 46
Fremd, "adj." == foreign. HD. 2277. AS. fremed
Freme, "v. a." == perform. HD. 441. AS. fremman
Freondrede, "sb." == friendship. Alys. 1488
Fresh, "adj." == active [versse]. RG. 395, 397
---- == inhabiting fresh water (of fish). RG. 1
---- == new, untired. Alys. 2405
Fret, "v. a." == tear, devour. RG. 417; pret. ‘frate.’ Ps. lxxix. 14;
part. ‘ifrette.’ Pol. S. 201. AS. fretan
Friar, "sb." RG. 492, 545
Friday. RG. 229
Frie, "v. a." == blame. HD. 1998. ON. frýja
Friend, "sb." RG. 388, 502
Friendless, "adj." RG. 343
Friendship, "sb." RG. 35
Friendsome, "adj." Ps. lxviii. 17
Friendsomeness, "sb." Ps. lxiv. 12
Fright, "sb." Body and Soul, 172
Frith, "sb." [fryht] == a wood. Wright’s L. P. pp. 36, 26. Low Lat.
‘fretum.’ SS. frið. See La?. iii. 287
Fro, "adj." == good. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. from
Frog, "sb." RG. 69; [frosk]. Ps. civ. 30. AS. frosc
From, "prep." [fram]. RG. 501, 500; [fron]. O. and N. 1612
Frome, "sb." == beginning. O. and N. 477. AS. fruma
Fromward, "adv." 885 B.
Fronst, "adj." == shrivelled. Alys. 1630. Fr. froncer
Front, "sb." == brow. 1195 B.
Frontel, "sb." == frontlet. Pol. S. 154
Frosk. See Frog
Frost, "sb." RG. 416; [forst]. O. and N. 524
Frother, "vb." == comfort. AS. frófre
Frouri, "v. a." == comfort. O. and N. 535. AS. frófrian
Frou?, "adj." == wicked, froward. Body and Soul, 150. AS. fræc
Frude, "sb." == ferret. M. Ode, 138. Fr. furet. Dut. foret
Fruit, "sb." RG. 372, 378
Fruitful, "adj." Ps. cxlviii. 9
Frusche, "v. a." == smash. Alys. 1814. Fr. froisser, fruisser
Fuatted. Probably a mistake for ‘flatted.’ Alys. 6447
Fuel, "sb." RG. 568
Fulfil, "v. a." M. Ode, st. 150 (Hickes), but the Egerton MS. st. 156,
reads ‘fulð’
Fulhede, "sb." == fulness. Ps. xxxv. 9
Full, "adj." RG. 33, 380; [fulli]. Ps. cxxxviii. 22
Full, "v. a." == baptize, lit. ‘whiten.’ part. ‘yvolled.’ RG. 239;
‘ifulled.’ St Kath. 141. AS. fullian
Full, "sb." == the whole. Pol. S. 151
Fuller, "sb." Pol. S. 188
Fully, "adv." [follyche]. RG. 371; [fuliche], O. and N. 128
Fulmake, "v. a." == complete, perfect. Ps. xvi. 5
Fundament, "sb." (of the body). RG. 310, 526
Fundement, "sb." == foundation. RG. 130
Fur, "sb." Alys. 3295
Furchures, "sb." == legs. Alys. 4995
Furford, "part." for ‘forfared’ == perished. Alys. 3814; where the first
‘ymad’ should be omitted
Furlong, "sb." Pol. S. 69
Furred, "adj." Alys. 5474
Furrow, "sb." HD. 1094
Further, "v. a." [forthern]. Wright’s L. P. p. 99
---- "adj." 2360 B.
Furthermore, "adv." Ritson’s AS. viii. 42
Fyger, "sb." == fig-tree. Alys. 5784
Fyke, "v. a." == deceive, flatter. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. Cf. ‘fikele,’ and
AS. fácen
G.
Gabbe, "v. n." == chatter, joke. Pol. S. 204. AS. gabban
---- "sb." == talking. Wright’s L. P. p. 49
Gabbing, "sb." == talking. ‘bi my gabbyng.’ Pol. S. 158. (Cf. ‘on my
word.’)
---- == idle talk. O. and N. 626. AS. gabbung
Gadeling, "sb." == lit. ‘companion;’ thence afterwards a term of reproach,
vagabond. RG. 310. See Gloss. Rem. to La?. iii. 485. AS. gædeling
Gaff, "sb." == an iron hook. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174. Fr. gaffe
Gage, "sb." == pledge. Alys. 7236. Fr. gage. Lat. vadium
Gain, "adj." == elegant, gainly. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. ON. gégn. Su. Goth.
gen
Gain, "v. a." == obtain. Pol. S. 151
Gainsay, "sb." == contradiction. Ps. lxxix. 7
Gale, "sb." == banquet or dance. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. gale. AS. gál
---- == chattering, noise. Alys. 2047; a song. Alys. 2548. AS. galan
Galegale, "sb." == noise, twittering. O. and N. 256
Galek, "sb." Cok. 103; a mistake for ‘garlek,’ which is the reading of MS.
Harl. 913
Galingale, "sb." == the sweet cyperus. Cok. 71. Fr. galangue
Gall, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 99
Gallon, "sb." K. Horn, 1155. Rel. S. vii. 37
Gallop, "v. n." Alys. 461. Goth. ‘hlaupan.’ with ‘ga’ prefixed
Gallows, "sb." HD. 1161
Gallowtree, "sb." HD. 43
Gambison, "sb." == a stuffed doublet, Alys. 5151. Fr. gambais. Goth.
wamba. See Burguy, "s. v." gambais
Game, "sb." == sport. RG. 567, 375; [gome]. O. and N. 521
Gamen, "sb." == sport, pleasure. HD. 2135. AS. gamen
Gan, "vb." == began. 98 B.; [gonne]. RG. 371
Gange, "v. n." == go. HD. 1057. AS. gangan
---- "sb." == going, footstep. Ps. xvi. 5
Gangle, "v. n." == jangle. Alys. 7413
Gaoler, "sb." Pilate, 218
Gardener, "sb." Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 20
Gargaze, "sb." == throat. Alys. 3636. Fr. gargate
Garland, "sb." Pol. S. 218. Fr. garlande, from Lat. gyrus
Garlic, "sb." Cok. 103
Garner, "sb." Pol. S. 238. AS. gearo, ready
Garnet, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 25. Fr. grenat
Garste, "v. a." == terrify. See Gast
Garyson, "sb." == reward, payment. RG. 409, 413. Fr. garison
---- == care, office. 790 B.
Gast, "v. a." == terrify. Wright’s L. P. p. 90; [garste]. Pol. S. 222
Gaste, == ghost. "q. v."
Gate, "sb." == way. Ps. i. 6; ‘thus gate,’ == this way. HD. 2586. ON. gata
---- == manner, fashion. HD. 2419
Gate, "sb." == entrance to a house. RG. 539, 394. AS. geát
Gateward, "sb." == doorkeeper. K. Horn, 1099
Gather, "v. a." RG. 380, 505
---- "v. n." part. ‘gaderyng.’ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Gaveler, "sb." == usurer. Ps. cviii. 11. AS. gafel
Gavelock, "sb." == javelin. Alys. 1355. Ps. liv. 22. AS. gafeloc
Gay, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 52
Gear, "sb." == dress, appearance. Wright’s L. P. p. 36. AS. gearwa
Geld, "adj." == impotent, barren. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210. Ps. cxii. 9
Geld, "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 24
Geldhede, "sb." == barrenness. Ps. xxxiv. 12
Gem, "sb." [zimme]. RG. 489
General, "adj." RG. 495
Genge, "sb." == family. HD. 790
---- == host, army; [gyng]. Alys. 922
---- == nation. Ps. ii. 8. AS. genge
Gent, "adj." == gentle. RG. 24
Gentle, "adj." == noble. RG. 420
Gentleman, "sb." [gengylman]. RG. 323
Gentrise, "sb." == nobleness, RG. 46, 434
Georre, "sb." == anger. M. Ode, 139. AS. eorre, which is the reading of
one MS.
Geoter, "sb." == a caster of metals. Alys. 6735. AS. geótan
Gersoun, "sb." == treasure. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217. AS. gersume. ON. gérsemi
Gest, "sb." == gesture, appearance. Alys. 6413
Gest, "sb." == a tale. HD. 2328. Fr. geste. Lat. gestum
Gestning, "sb." == hospitality. Alys. 1779
Geswinc, "sb." == toil. M. Ode, 98. AS. geswinc
Get, "v. a." == obtain. HD. 792; part. ‘igotte.’ Pol. S. 203
---- == take. HD. 2762
Geting, "sb." == generation. Ps. xiii. 6
Ghost, "sb." == a spirit. RG. 130
---- == spirit, as opposed to body. O. and N. 1396
---- == Holy Ghost. [Gaste]. Ps. i. fin.
Giant, "sb." RG. 15
Gibbet, "sb." Alys. 4722
Giddily, "adv." == foolishly. O. and N. 1280
Giddy, "adj." == foolish. RG. 68. AS. gidig
Gift, "sb." 570 B.; [give]. HD. 357
Giglot, "sb." == a loose girl. Pol. S. 154. AS. gagol
Gigour, "sb." == a musician, properly a player on the wind instrument
called a ‘gige.’ K. Horn, 1528. Vid. Roq. "s. v." Gigueour
Gihte, "sb." == manner? M. Ode, 192. See Gate
Gildert, "sb." == a snare. Ps. ix. 31. Fr. guille
Gileyspeke, "sb." == a cunning trick. RG. 553. Fr. guille
Gilmins, "sb." == some order of Friars? Rel. Ant, ii. p. 175
Gilt, "part." Alys. 927
Gin, "sb." == device. RG. 402, 549. AS. grin
Gin, "vb." == begin. 753 B.
Ging, "sb." == army. See Genge
Ginger, "sb." Alys. 6797; [gyngyvre]. Wright’s L. P. p. 27
Gird, "v. a." == cingere. RG. 435; part. ‘ygurd.’ RG. 174
---- "sb." == girdle. Alys. 2272
Gird, "v. a." == strike, smite. Alys. 2299. AS. gyrd, a staff
Girdle, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 35
Give, "sb." See Gift
Give, "v. a." [?eve]. RG. 12; pret. ‘?af.’ RG. 17; imper. ‘?ef.’ Wright’s
L. P. p. 59; part. ‘i?ive.’ O. and N. 551; ‘y?yne.’ RG. 430
Giveled, "part." == heaped together. HD. 814. Fr. gavelé. Sir F. Madden
also suggests Dut. ‘villen,’ to flay, as a possible origin of this word.
Others have proposed the Germ. gefüllt
Giving, "sb." Alys. 839
Glad, "adj." RG. 371; ‘gladden.’ 1066 B.
---- "v. n." == be glad. RG. 265
---- "v. a." == make glad. 1204 B.; part. ‘igladed.’ Pilate, 130
Gladden, "v. n." == be glad. Ps. xcvi. 8
Gladful, "adj." Ps. xlvi. 2
Gladly, "adv." RG. 112
Gladness, "sb." RG. 195, 530
Gladship, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 38
Glaive, "sb." == a sword. RG. 203. Fr. glaive. Lat. gladius
Glass, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 31
---- == a mirror. Alys. 4408
Gleam, "sb." HD. 2122
---- "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 36
Glede, "sb." == live coal. HD. 91. AS. gléd
Glee, "sb." RG. 272
Gleeman, "sb." HD. 2329
Gleowinge, "sb." == gleeing or singing. K. Horn, 1524
Glew, "adj." == skilful. O. and N. 193. AS. gleáw
Glewe, "vb." See Glow
Glide, "v. n." HD. 1851; pret, ‘glyt.’ Alys. 4252
Glisten, "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 36
Gloterie, "sb." == gluttony. Body and Soul, 93
Glove, "sb." Fragm. on Seven Sins, 16
Glow, "v. n." Fragm. Sci. 141; [glewe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 38
Gloze, "v. n." == flatter, be deceitful. RG. 510; part. ‘glozyng.’ RG.
497; AS. glesan
Glue, "v. a." Alys. 6180
Glutton, "sb." HD. 2104. Lat. gluttus, the throat
Gluttony, "sb." RG. 330
Gnaist, "v. n." == rage. Ps. ii. 1. ON. gnista
Gnat, "sb." Ps. civ. 31
Gnaw, "v. a." RG. 404, 417. AS. gnagan
Gnede, "adj." == niggardly. HD. 97. Body and Soul, 20. AS. gneðen
Gnide, "v. a." == dash to pieces. Ps. xvii. 43; pret. ‘gnode.’ Ps.
lxxxviii. 45. AS gnidan
Gnoste, "sb." == noise or clamour? Pol. S. 237. ON. gnaust
Go, "v. n." RG. 13; [gon]. 74 B.; 2 s. pres. ‘gest.’ O. and N. 836, 536; 3
s. pres. ‘goth.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 61; ‘gas.’ Ps. lxxxix. 6; pret. ‘eode.’
RG. 417; ‘wende.’ RG. 368; ‘wode.’ 1481 B.; ‘?eode.’ 99 B.; part,
‘going.’ RG. 538
Go, == good. "q. v."
Goad, "sb." [gad]. HD. 279. AS. gád
Goat, "sb." pl. ‘geet.’ Pol. S. 198
God. RG. 468
Goderhele, "sb." == happiness. RG. 368
Godhede, "sb." == goodness. Alys. 7060
Godly, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 38
Godness, "sb." == God-head. Creed of St Athan. v. 62
Godson, "sb." 21 ß
Gold, "sb." RG. 1, 383
Golnes, "sb." == lasciviousness. O. and N. 492. Ps. lxvii. 14. AS. gál
Goldfinch, "sb." Alys. 783
Golokes. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176; perhaps another form of ‘galker’ == a tub
for wort. See Phil. Soc. Trans. for 1855, p. 267
Gome, "sb." == a man. Wright’s L. P. p. 38. AS. guma
Gome, "sb." == care, thought. RG. 454, 537. AS. gýmen
Gome, "sb." See Game
Gonfanon, "sb." == banner. Alys. 1963
Goninde, "part." == gaping, yawning. Marg. 43. AS. geonan
Gonnylde, "adj." == foolish? Pol. S. 237. See Hall. "s. vv." Goneil and
Gomerill
Good, "adj." RG. 375, 384; acc. ‘godne.’ K. Horn, 753
---- "sb." 19 B. ‘to do good’
---- "adv." == will. Alys. 6267
Goods, "sb." [god]. RG. 495
Goodman, "sb." == husband
---- == a good man. RG. 257
Goodness, "sb." RG. 434, 436
Goose, "sb." HD. 702
Gore, "sb." == a narrow slip let into a woman’s dress, hence the dress
itself, as in the phrase ‘geynest under gore.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 29. ON.
gára, to rend
Gorge, "v. a." == devour, feed. Alys. 5625
---- "v. n." Alys. 5625
Gorger, "sb." == gorget. Alys. 3636
Goshawk, "sb." Alys. 483
Goshorne ? Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Gospel, "sb." RG. 470
Gothele, "v. n." == make a noise, as water does when a hot iron is placed
in it. Fragm. Sci. 140. ON. gutla
Goule, "v. n." == howl. HD. 164, 454. ON. góla
Gout, "sb." RG. 564, 564
Govern, "v. a." RG. 398
---- "sb." == government. 1792 B.
Grace, "sb." ‘year of grace.’ RG. 382
---- == pardon. RG. 563
Gracious, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 52
Grade, "sb." == a cry. Alys. 5740
Grain, "sb." [grein]. == a small piece. Wright’s L. P. p. 38
Gram, "adj." == angry. HD. 2469, 214. AS. gram
Grame, Grome, == anger. Pol. S. 199
---- == sorrow. Pol. S. 219. AS. grama
Grandsire, "sb." RG. 311
Grange, "sb." HD. 764. Fr. grange, from Lat. granum
Grant, "v. a." RG. 447, 477, 208
Grape, "sb." 417 ß
Grass, "sb." RG. 43
Grasshopper, "sb." [gressop], Ps. lxxvii. 46; civ. 34
Grate, "sb." == firegrate. Body and Soul, 204
Graueth, "vb." == clothes? Wright’s L. P. p. 61. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217. AS.
ger?dian?
Grave, "v. a." == dig. Ps. vii. 16
---- == bury. HD. 613; part ‘graven.’ HD. 2528
---- "sb." == sculpture. Ps. lxxvii. 58
---- == image. Ps. cv. 19
Grave, "sb." Body and Soul, 98
Gravel, "sb." K. Horn, 1521. Gael. gairbheil. See Phil. Soc. Proc. vol.
iv. p. 257
Grayking, "sb." == graying, or early dawn. Alys. 5413; ‘griking.’ Ps. xlv.
6
Grease, "sb." RG. 410
Great, "adj." RG. 377; [grot]. RG. 26; ‘great heart,’ == anger. RG. 309
---- "v. n." == become great. Alys. 452
Greave, "sb." == magistrate. HD. 266. AS. geréfa
Grede, "v. n." == cry out. RG. 559; pret. ‘gradde.’ O. and N. 934. AS.
grædan
Grede, "sb." == breast of a mantle. Alys. 4187; [i-grede]. O. and N. 1641.
AS. greada
Greding, "sb." == crying. Alys. 7882
Green, "adj." RG. 419
---- "sb." == an open grass lawn. HD. 2840; in pl. ‘greens,’ == herbs. Ps.
xxxvi. 2
Greet, "v. a." == salute. RG. 554. AS. grétan
Greet, "v. n." == weep; part ‘i-gret.’ HD. 163, 164; ‘graten,’ Ib. 241;
‘igroten,’ Ib. 285. AS. grætan
Greeting, "sb." == salutation. 1238 B.
Greeting, "sb." == weeping. HD. 166
Greme, "v. a." == displease. Wright’s L. P. p. 36; part ‘i-gremet,’ O. and
N. 931
---- "v. n." == be displeased [grom]. O. and N. 870. AS. gremian
Grene, = desire? HD. 996. AS. geornan
Greneris, "sb." == green branches, hence ‘greene-ry.’ Cok. 8
Grenne, "sb." == grin; ‘thou list grenne,’ == thou liest a-grin or
grinning. Body and Soul, 56
Gressop. Grasshopper. "q. v."
Grete, "sb." == weeping. Ps. ci. 10
Grey, "adj." RG. 440, 498
---- "sb." == gray fur. M. Ode, 183. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 192
Greyhound, "sb." [grif-hound]. Alys. 5284
Greyn, "sb." == edge. Alys. 6537
Greythe, "v. a." == make ready. RG. 371, 434. ON. greiða
Grieve, "v. a." RG. 563; part. ‘igreved.’ St Swithin, 120
Grievance, "sb." Alys. 965
Grievous, "adj." RG. 202
Grill, "adj." == sharp, unkind. Body and Soul, 34. ON. gríla
---- "sb." == sorrow. Wright’s L. P. p. 91
Grim, "adj." HD. 155; ‘grim or gore?’ HD. 2497
Grimful, "adj." Signa ante Jud. 156
Grimly, "adv." RG. 347
Grin, "v. n." 987 B.
Grind, "v. a." Pol. S. 69; [gryngen]. Alys. 4443; part. ‘ygrounde.’ Alys.
5872
Grine, "sb." == gin, snare. O. and N. 1057; [grinew]. O. and N. 1054
Grip, Gripe, "v. a." == seize hold of. RG. 22; [grope]. Alys. 1957
Grip, "sb." == griffin. HD. 572. Alys. 5667
Grip, "sb." == ditch. HD. 1924
Grise, "v. a." == agrise, frighten. Body and Soul, 96. AS. a-grýsan
Grisful, "adj." Signa ante Jud. 16
Grisly, "adj." RG. 415, 566; ‘grisloker,’ == grislier. RG. 590. AS.
grislíc
Grith, "sb." == peace. HD. 61, 511. AS. gríð
Grithbruch, "sb." == breach of the peace. O. and N. 1043
Grithsergeant, "sb." HD. 267
Gro, "sb." == a rich fur. Wright’s L. P. p. 26; [groy]. Rel. Ant. ii. p.
217
Groan, "v. n." RG. 380
Grom. See Greme
Gromyl, "sb." == the herb ‘gromwell,’ or Lithospermum officinale. Wright’s
L. P. p. 27
Grone, "sb." == a part of a woman’s dress. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Fr.
giron. Vid. Roq., and compare ‘gronet in grene’ in the Anturs of Arthur,
at Tarne Wathelan. st. 47
Groom, "sb." == boy or infant. HD. 790. AS. guma
Grope, "v. a." == investigate. Alys. 6642
Grope, == feel. O. and N. 1494. AS. gropian
Grotes, "sb." == grouts, small pieces. HD. 472. AS. grút
Grouer, "sb." == grosvair, a kind of fur. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217
Ground, "sb." RG. 22
---- "v. a." == bring to ground. RG. 372
---- == form, constitute. Ps. viii. 4
Groundly, "adv." == deeply [grundlike]. HD. 651
Groundstathelnes, "sb." == foundation. Ps. cxxxvi. 7
Groundwall, "sb." == foundation. Ps. lxxxvi. 1
Grow, "v. n." RG. 21; pret. ‘greu.’ RG. 470
Gruche, "v. n." == murmur, grumble. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. Fr. groucer
Grudge, "v. n." Ps. lviii. 16
Grudging, "sb." O. and N. 423
Grulde, "vb." == struck. O. and N. 142. Probably from AS. ‘grillan,’ to
provoke, and hence to keep on touching or striking, so as to irritate. Cf.
the ??e???e?? µ??ad?? of Telestes, ap. Ath. 637 A.
Grund, or Ground, used as an intensifying prefix--‘grund-stalworthe.’ HD.
1027
Grunt, "v. n." Alys. 5846
Grys, "sb." == a kind of fur. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. gris. See the
Prompt. Parv. "s. v." Gryce, and the note there
Guede. A mistake for ‘gnede.’ "q. v."
Guile, "sb." RG. 538
---- "v. a." == deceive. Rel. Ant. p. 116
Guiling, "sb." == deceit. Alys. 3475
Guilt, "v. n." == sin, become guilty. Ps. cxviii. 67
Guilt, "sb." 827 B.
Guiltless, "adj." RG. 327, 509
Guilty, "adj." 2123 B.
Guise, "sb." == fashion. Pol. S. 221
Gulte, "vb." == offends? O. and N. 1521
Gun, "sb." Alys. 3268
Guodded, "vb." == stained. Alys. 2374. Fr. guede, woad
Gut, "sb." RG. 446, 526
Gutter, "sb." == waterpipe [goter]. Ps. lxxi. 6
Gwinris, "sb." == guides. Alys. 7244. Fr. guioneres
Gylofre, "sb." == gilliflower. Wright’s L. P. p. 27
Gyng, "sb." == host, army, our ‘gang.’ See Genge
Gyngyvre. See Ginger
Gyour, "sb." == a guide. Alys. 4810. Fr. guicour. Sec Roq. "s. v."
Gysceres. M. Ode, 135. Probably a mistake for ‘gyveres,’ avaricious. AS.
gífer
Gyve, "sb." Pol. S. 221. W. gefyn
Gywise, "sb." == judgment. St Kath. 9
H.
Habit, "sb." == dress. RG. 150, 434
---- == custom. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175
Hack, "v. a." RG. 216. Ps. liv. 4
Hahe, == courtyard. See Ha?e
Haie, == wall of a yard. See Ha?e
Hair, "sb." RG. 560
---- == hairshirt. 259 B.
---- == sackcloth. Ps. xxxiv. 13
Hail, "adj." == wholesome. Alys. 7036. AS. h?l
Hail, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 216. AS. hagol
---- "v. n." [haweli]. 683 ß
Hake, "sb." (the fish). Wright’s L. P. p. 31
Hal, "adj." == whole. HD. 2370
Hale, "sb." == a hollow. O. and N. 2. AS. hal, hol
Half, "adj." RG. 3
---- "sb." == side. Pol. S. 217
---- "v. a." == divide in half. Ps. liv. 24
Half, "sb." == behalf. 1688 B.
Halfendele, "sb." == half part. RG. 390, 5
Halfman, "sb." RG. 401
Halfpenny, "sb." Alys. 3116
Halidom, "sb." == sacrament. 2290 B. AS. háligdóm
Halihingness, "sb." == sanctification. Ps. xcv. 6
Halimote, "sb." == court, Pol. S. 154. AS. halle gemót
Halke, "sb." == corner. K. Horn, 1119. AS. heal
Hall, "sb." RG. 390
Hallow, "v. a." pret. ‘halwede.’ RG. 469; ‘halewe.’ 319 B.; part.
‘y-hallowed.’ RG. 416
Halo, "sb." [halewe]. 2166 ß
Halt, "v. n." == walk lamely. Wright’s L. P. p. 48
Halter, "sb." 1174 B.
Halwe, "sb." == the Saints. RG. 82, 255
Halwei, "sb." == balsam. Cok. 82. See La?. iii. 501. AS. hæl and hwæg, ==
whey
Hame, "sb." == skin. Alys. 391. ON. hamr
Hammer, "sb." RG. 99
Hand, "sb." RG. 369; ‘to go on hand,’ == to attempt to deceive. O. and N.
1649
Handaxe. RG. 26. HD. 2553
Handfull, "sb." Ps. cxxv. 6
Handiwork, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 60
Handle, "v. a." RG. 435. St Swithin, 60
Handmaiden, "sb." Ps. cxxii. 2
Handtame, "adj." == mild, mansuetus. Ps. xxxiv. 9
Handtameness, "sb." Ps. xliv. 5
Handwork, "sb." Ps. cxxxvii. 8
Hang, "v. a." 3 s. pres. ‘hoth.’ O. and N. 1121; pret. ‘honge.’ RG. 473;
part. ‘yhonge.’ RG. 174
---- == make to hang down. Pol. S. 154
---- "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 68
Hans, "sb." == a quantity. Alys. 1571. MG. hansa
Hap, "sb." RG. 447. ON. happ. W. hap
Harat, "sb." == stable or stud of horses. Cok. 35. Fr. haras. Probably
from Lat. ‘hara.’ See the Prompt. Parv. "s. v."
Hard, "adj." RG. 391
---- "v. a." == harden; part, ‘yharded.’ RG. 352
Hardily, adv. RG. 375
Hardish, Hardy, "v. a." == encourage. RG. 426. Alys. 3343
Hardissy, "sb." == boldness. RG. 204
Hardy, "adj." RG. 452
Hare, "sb." RG. 376
Harlas, "sb." == plinth. Cok. 67. Fr. orle. See Cotgr. and Roq. "s. v."
Harle, "vb." See Hurl
Harlot, "sb." == used of a man. Pol. S. 237. W. herlawd
Harm, "sb." RG. 409, 377
Harmless, "adj." RG. 335, 509
Harness, "sb." Alys. 7479. Fr. harnas
Harp, "sb." RG. 272
---- "v. n." RG. 272. Alys. 1043
Harper, "sb." RG. 272
Hart, "sb." RG. 376
Harvest, "sb." RG. 414, 500
Has, == ars, art? Alys. 444
Hasp, "sb." Body and Soul, 199. AS. hæps
Haste, "v. n." RG. 305
---- "sb." Ps. lxxvii. 33
Hastiness, "sb." RG. 475
Hastily, "adv." RG. 382
Hasty, "adj." RG. 414, 458
Hat, "sb." == a command. Pol. S. 158. AS. hátan
Hatch, "sb." == a small door. O. and N. 1056. AS. hæca
Hatch, "v. a." pret. ‘ha?te.’ O. and N. 105; part, ‘y-haht.’ Pol. S. 237
Hatchet, "sb." Pol. S. 223
Hate, "sb." 1667 B.; [hete]. O. and N. 167
---- "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 90. RG. 437
Hatred, "sb." Pol. S. 157
Hattest. See Hight
Hattren, "sb." == clothes. Wright’s L. P. p. 110. Alys, 4264, 7054. AS.
hæter
Hauberk, "sb." RG. 99, 174, 297. Fr. hauber. See Roq.
Haught, "adj." [ha?t], == haughty. RG. 418
Haughtiness, "sb." RG. 29
Haul, "v. a." Alys. 992; part, ‘ihauled.’ 1499 B. ON. hala
Haumudeys, "sb." == a purse. Alys. 1707. Fr. aumoniére (Weber)
Haunt, "v. a." == frequent. RG. 534
---- == practise. Alys. 7496
---- "sb." Alys. 6531
Hautain, "adj." == haughty. RG. 66
Have, "v. a." pres. ‘abbe.’ RG. 423; 2 s. pres. ‘havest.’ O. and N. 1148;
3 s. pres. ‘ath.’ RG. 368; pl. ‘habbeth.’ RG. 9; pret. ‘adde.’ RG. 368
---- "vb. aux." Rel. S. ii. 13, 31
Haven, "sb." RG. 423; [have]. RG. 134
Haver, "adj." == clever, Pol. S. 155. ON. hagr
Haw, "sb." == the fruit of the hawthorn. RG. 524. AS. hagan
Hawe, "sb." == care, attention. Marg. 18
Hawk, "sb." RG. 275
Hay, "sb." RG. 406
Hayward, "sb." == ‘a person who guarded the corn and farmyard in the night
time.’ Halliwell. Wright’s L. P. p. 110. Pol. S. p. 149
Hazardry, "sb." RG. 195
Ha?e, "sb." == courtyard of a house. O. and N. 585; [hahe]. O. and N. 1610
---- == wall of a yard. Ps. lxxxviii. 41. Fr. haie. AS. haga
Ha?t, "adj." == haughty, "q. v."
HE, "nom." RG. 367, 443; gen. ‘his.’ RG. 367; dat. ‘him.’ RG. 367; acc.
‘him.’ RG. 367; ‘hine.’ O. and N. 1372
Heo, Ho, == she. RG. 13; [?oe]. RG. 436; [he]. Wright’s L. P. pp. 27,
95; gen. ‘hire.’ RG. 13; dat. ‘hire.’ RG. 13; acc. ‘here.’ RG. 12;
‘hire.’ Marg. 44; ‘hine.’ Ps. lxviii. 37
Hit, == it. [he]. O. and N. 21; [het]. O. and N. 21
---- "pl. nom." ‘hii.’ RG. 367; ‘ho.’ Marg. 61; ‘he.’ HD. 152; ‘heo.’
RG. 4, 45; ‘hue.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 105; ‘thei.’ 494 B.; ‘thai.’ Ps.
xxi. 5
---- "gen." ‘here.’ O. and N. 936; ‘her.’ RG. 369; ‘hor.’ RG. 467;
‘heore.’ Rel. S. iv. 18; ‘thare.’ O. and N. 140; ‘hore.’ O. and N.
280; ‘huere.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 41; ‘tho.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 29, with
‘of’
Hit, "dat." ‘heom.’ O. and N. 1380; ‘hem.’ RG. 381
---- "acc." ‘heom.’ O. and N. 1515; ‘hom.’ O. and N. 913; ‘hem.’ RG.
385
He, "adj." == high. Fragm. Sci. 283
Head, "sb." RG. 23, 402
Headlong, "adv." [hedlyng]. Alys. 2261
Heal, "v. a." RG. 151
Healing, "sb." == health. Ps. lxvi. 3
Health, "sb." [hele]. RG. 151. Ps. xxi. 2
Healer, "sb." Ps. xxiv. 5
Heap, "sb." 443 ß. Sermon, 34
Hear, "v. a." [i-here]. O. and N. 544; [i-hure]. RG. 556; pret. ‘hurde.’
RG. 391; part. ‘y-herd.’ RG. 87
Hearing, "sb." == rumour. Ps. cxi. 7
Hearken, "v. n." RG. 1
---- "v. a." == listen to. RG. 308
Heart, "sb." HD. 479; [hurte]. 22 B.
Heartily, "adv." RG. 1347. HD. 1347
Heartsblood, "sb." HD. 1819
Heat, "sb." 62 ß
---- "v. n." == become hot. pret. ‘hatte.’ K. Horn, 622
Heathen, "sb." RG. 396
Heathenesse, "sb." == heathens. RG. 480
---- == heathenism. RG. 529
Heave, "v. a." [hebbe]. RG. 17. AS. hebban
Heaven, "sb." RG. 405; [hoven]. O. and N. 860
Heavenriche, "sb." == sky. Cok. 6
---- == heaven. M. Ode, st. 31
Heaviness, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 110
Heavy, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 102
---- "v. a." == make heavy. Ps. xxxi. 4
Hechil, "sb." == a hackle, for carding flax. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Dut.
hekel
Hedge, "sb." RG. 211. AS. hege
Hedy ? Wright’s L. P. p. 22. Probably a mistake for ‘hendy.’ Cf. Ib. p. 27
Heed, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 112
---- "v. a." HD. 2389
Heel, "sb." HD. 898
Heelspor, "sb." == footstep. Ps. xlviii. 6; lv. 7
Heifer, "sb." Pol. S. 239
Height, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 110
Heir, "sb." RG. 377, 469
Heisugge, "sb." == hedge-sparrow. O. and N. 505. AS. hege-sugge. Bosworth
on the authority of More gives ‘Sugga,’ a bird which feeds on figs. Lye
explains ‘hege-sugge’ as ‘cicada,’ ‘vicetula’
Helde, "sb." == loyalty. RG. 285. AS. held, heol (see Beowulf, 2459).
Germ. hold
---- == virtue? Wright’s L. P. p. 37
Helde, "v. n." == incline, lean to. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. Ps. lxi. 4; AS.
healdan, hyldan
Hele, "v. n." == drink health to a person? Alys. 1048
Hele, "v. a." == cover [hile]. HD. 2082; part, ‘y-heled.’ RG. 305, 457;
‘hole.’ Alys. 4203. AS. hélan
Heling [hiling], "sb." == cover. Ps. lx. 5
---- == lurking-place [heolyng]. Alys. 6188
Hell, "sb." RG. 322
Helm, "sb." == helmet. RG. 186, 401
Help, "sb." RG. 556
---- "v. a." RG. 3; part. ‘y-hoppe.’ RG. 405
Helper, "sb." Ps. li. 9
Helpless, "adj." RG. 134, 237
Helplich, "adj." == helpful. Fall and P. 4
Heme, "sb." == man. Pol. S. 156; O. and N. 1113. Fr. homme
Heme, "adj." == pleasant, agreeable? Wright’s L. P. p. 32. Perhaps for
‘queme,’ ‘q-heme,’ the first letter being dropped to preserve the
alliteration
Hemming, "sb." == fringe. Ps. xliv. 14
Hemp, "sb." HD. 782. AS. hænep
Hen, "sb." RG. 404
Henceforth, "adv." [heþenforth]. Ps. cxii. 2
Hence, "adv." [henne]. RG. 476; [hunne], Fragm. Sci. 98; [honne], O. and
N. 879. Probably an old gen. of ‘hen’ (cf. Germ. ‘hin’), used absolutely
Hende, "adj." == kind, courteous. RG. 404. See on this word Gloss. Rem. to
La?. iii. 445
Hende, "sb." == duck. HD. 1241. ON. önd. AS. ened
Hendely, "adv." == well, cleverly. 167 B.
Hene, "adj." == abject. Pol. S. 150. AS. hean
Hente, "v. a." == take. RG. 460; part. ‘yhent.’ RG. 185. AS. hentan
Henyng, in Wright’s L. P. p. 36, a misprint for ‘hevyng.’ See Hoving
Heowes, == high men? Wright’s L. P. p. 114. AS. heáh
Herb, "sb." 41 ß
Herbarewen, "v. a." == harbour, lodge. Pol. S. 240; part. ‘herborwed.’ HD.
742. ON. herbergja, Fr. herbergier
Herbegi, "sb." == a lodging. Signa ante Jud. 168
Herber, "sb." == arbour, garden. Alys. 331. Lat. herbarium
Herboru, "sb." == lodging. HD. 742
Herd, "sb." Ps. lxiii. 3
---- "v. a." == keep, preserve. Ps. xlix. 19; lvii. 3. AS. hyrdan
Here, "adv." RG. 369; ‘here and there.’ 42 B.
Here, "sb." == army. Alys. 2101, 5266. AS. here
Here, "vb." == to bless, praise. See Herie
Herebefore, "adv." 1239 B.
Hereby, "adv." 938 B.
Hereof, "adv." RG. 364
Hereto, "adv." 137 B.
Hergonge, "sb." == invasion. O. and N. 1189. AS. heregang
Herie, "v. a." == praise. Ps. xcix. 4; [here]. Body and Soul, 200. AS.
hérian
Herigaus, "sb." == cloaks. RG. 548. Pol. S. 156. Fr. hergaut
Heritage, "sb." RG. 431, 523
Hermit, "sb." 610 ß
Hermitage, "sb." 1139 B.
Hernes, "sb." == brains. HD. 1808; necks? Ps. cxxviii. 4. ON. hjarni. AS.
hærnes
Hernpan, "sb." == brain-pan. HD. 1991
Herre, == higher. See High
Herring, "sb." HD. 758. Alys. 6589
Hert, == heart? Wright’s L. P. p. 31
Herte, == highest. See High
Herying, "sb." == praise. Ps. cxliv. 21
Hest, "sb." == command. RG. 493, 556; [hes]. M. Ode, 174
Hestris, "sb." == condition. Alys. 7611. Fr. estre
Hete, "sb." == hate. "q. v."
Hethe, "v. a." == threaten. Wright’s L. P. p. 37. ON. hæta. Sw. höta
Hethe, "v. a." == command; pret. ‘hettede.’ HD. 551. AS. hátan
Hethele, "sb." == hot iron. Body and Soul, 204. Cf. the Yorkshire ‘hottel’
Hething, "sb." == contempt, scorn. Ps. lxxviii. 4. ON. háðung
Heving. See Hoving
Heving, "sb." == lifting up. Ps. cxl. 2
Hew, "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 110; 3 s. pres. ‘ho?eth,’ O. and N. 455.
AS. héawan
Hide, "v. a." [hude]. Pol. S. 150; pret. ‘hudde.’ Alys. 2489; part.
‘y-hud.’ RG. 87; ‘hyd.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 40
Hide, "sb." == a skin. RG. 116, 404
---- == a measure of land. RG. 374; a field. Alys. 458. In Wright’s L. P.
p. 31, ‘in hyde’ seems to mean ‘in a hiding-place or retreat’
Hidel, "sb." == hiding-place. Ps. xxvi. 5. AS. hidels
Hiding, "sb." [huding] == concealment. 1381 B.
Hie, "v. n." RG. 544; pret. ‘hied.’ RG. 387. AS. higan
High, "adj." [heye]. RG. 367; [hoh]. HD. 1361; [he]. Fragm. Sci. 283.
Comp. ‘herre.’ RG. 473; sup. ‘hexte.’ RG. 6, 397; ‘herte.’ RG. 509
Highman, "sb." [heyme], RG. 288
Highmaster, "sb." Alys. 270
Highness, "sb." == high thing. Ps. xli. 8
Hiht, == caught? Pol. S. 150. Dut. ‘hechten,’ apprehendere (Kil.)
Hill, "sb." RG. 398
Hilt, "sb." == handle of a shield. Alys. 1270
Hind, "sb." (animal). RG. 376
Hinder, "adj." == posterior. 638 ß
Hindforth, "adv." == backwards. Alys. 4710
Hindward, "adv." Ps. xxxix. 15
Hine, "sb." == low fellow, servant. RG. 485, 540. AS. hína
Hinehed, "sb." == society. Ps. xxi. 28; ciii. 14. AS. hynden
Hip, "sb." (part of the body) [hupe]. RG. 322. AS. hyp
Hip, "sb." == fruit of the wild rose. Alys. 4983. AS. heope
Hippopotamus, "sb." [ypotamos]. Alys. 5166
Hird, "sb." == shepherd. Wright’s L. P. p. 96
Hire, "v. a." 1173 B.
---- "sb." HD. 908
Hire, "sb." == hireling, man. HD. 997. AS. hýra.
Hirmon, "sb." == servant, domestic. Wright’s L. P. p. 50. Pol. S. 157. AS.
hýr-man
Hit, "v. a." pret. ‘hutte.’ Alys. 2155
Hither, "adv." 1329 B.
Hitherward, "adv." RG. 505
Hi?te, "v. n." == rejoice. O. and N. 436. AS. hyhtan
Hlad. O. and N. 1574. Perhaps a mistake for ‘hald’ or ‘halt,’ == holdeth
Hoar, "v. n." == become hoary. Alys. 1597
---- "adj." == hoary. Alys. 5031
---- "sb." == an old man. Alys. 6752
Hoard, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 54. O. and N. 1222
Hoarfrost, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 232
Hoarse, "adj." [hose]. O. and N. 504. AS. hás
Hog, "sb." Alys. 1885
Hohful, "adj." == full of care. O. and N. 1290. AS. hohfull
Hoke, "v. n." == move tortuously? O. and N. 377. ON. hoka
Hoker, "sb." == scorn. RG. 272, 285. AS. hocer
Hokerly, "adv." RG. 417
Hoket, "sb." == a plaything. Alys. 7000. Fr. hochet
Hold, "adj." == firm. HD. 2780; friendly. RG. 456, 383. AS. hold
Hold, "sb." [i-hold], == a hold, residence. O. and N. 621
Hold, "v. a." RG. 368; 3 s. pres. ‘hal’ == holds. RG. 289; ‘halt.’ RG. 12,
36; pret, ‘huld.’ RG. 367; part, ‘halle.’ Alys. 2327
---- "v. n." == to hold with a person. Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Holde, "sb." == plenty. Ps. xviii. 11
Hole, "sb." HD. 1813
Holer, "sb." == adulterer, libertine. RG. 26. Fr. holier. See Roq.
Holiness, "sb." RG. 332
Hollow, "adj." RG. 131, 251
Holm, "sb." == holm oak. Alys. 4945
Holy, "adj." RG. 392, 503; comp. ‘holier.’ RG. 239
Holyday, "sb." Rel. S. vii. 62
Holyman, "sb." RG. 255
Homage, "sb." ‘do homage.’ RG. 388
Home, "sb." RG. 375; [ham]. O. and N. 1529; [heom]. O. and N. 1532
Homeward, "adv." RG. 260, 269
Honest, "adj." == honourable. Alys. 158
Honey, "sb." Cok. 44
Honour, "sb." RG. 20
---- "v. a." RG. 80, 367
Hood, "sb." == state, person, or hypostasis. Creed of St Athan. 15. AS.
hád
Hood, "sb." == covering for the head. Wright’s L. P. p. 52
Hooded, "adj." [ihoded]. O. and N. 1175
Hook, "sb." HD. 752
Hooked, "adj." [i-hoked]. O. and N. 1673
Hop, "v. n." == go [huppe], RG. 537. AS. hoppian
---- == hop; 3 s. pres. ‘hupth.’ O. and N. 379; pret. ‘hupte.’ O. and N.
1634; ‘hoppede.’ RG. 278
Hope, "sb." RG. 404
---- "v. n." pret. ‘hopede.’ RG. 182, 558
---- == to hope to, trust in. M. Ode, st. 15
Hopper, "sb." == a large basket. Ps. lxxx. 7. From AS. hóp, an osier
Hore, "v. a." == pray. Wright’s L. P. pp. 37, 50. Fr. horer.
Hori, "adj." == filthy. Rel. Ant. ii. pp. 176, 191. AS. hórig
Horn, "sb." HD. 700
Horned, "adj." Ps. xcvii. 6
Horre, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 177, possibly a filthy place, cavern. AS.
hóru
Horse, "sb." RG. 375, 404
Horsebere, "sb." == litter. RG. 163. AS. hors-bær
Horseknave, "sb." == horseboy. Pol. S. 237
Horseman, "sb." Pol. S. 189
Horwyla, "sb." == groom, equerry. Cok. 34. AS. hors-weálh, an equerry
Hose, "sb." RG. 390
Hosed, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 111
Hospital, "sb." 84 B.
Host, "sb." == an army. RG. 387, 459. Lat. hostis
Host, "sb." == an entertainer, landlord. 1188 B. Fr. hôte. Lat. hospes
Host, "v. a." == to lodge a person; part. ‘y-osted.’ RG. 52
Hostage, "sb." RG. 367, 563
Hostel, "sb." == hospitality. Alys. 7171
Hot, "adj." RG. 7, 531
Hote, "v. n." == be called. RG. 93; 2 s. pres. ‘hattest.’ O. and N. 256;
pret. ‘het.’ RG. 556; ‘hatte.’ RG. 89; part. ‘y-hote.’ RG. 89. AS. hátan
Hote, "v. a." == command. 479 B. O. and N. 777; pret. ‘het,’ RG. 381;
‘hat,’ Pol. S. 158; part. ‘ihote.’ 701 B. AS. hátan
---- "sb." == a command. Ps. lv. 12
---- == a vow. Ps. lxiv. 2
Hotfoot, "adj." == in hot haste. Body and Soul, 211
Houdsithe, "sb." == outgoing journey. O. and N. 1584. AS. ut-sið
Hound, "sb." RG. 275
Houndfly, "sb." == locust. Ps. lxxvii. 45; pl. ‘hundflegh.’ Ps. civ. 31
Hour, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 71
House, "sb." RG. 20, 370
---- "v. a." RG. 21
Housel, "v. a." == to administer the Sacrament to a person. RG. 392. AS.
húsl
Houue, "sb." == cap. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175. AS. húfe. In Body and Soul,
123, ‘houue’ seems to mean ‘covering’ generally
Hove, "v. n." == remain, stop, or hover. Fragm. Sci. 216. RG. 547, 172
---- == float? 368 ß See the Prompt. Parv. "s. v." hovyn
Hoventinge, == encircling? (as a haven does ships). O. and N. 999.
Probably another form of ‘hovening’ or ‘havening,’ a derivative of ‘haven’
(cf. spene, spend; lene, lend). See Dähnert’s Lexicon. "s. v." havenung
Hoving, "sb." == delay, remaining [hevyng]. Wright’s L. P. p. 36
How, "adv." [hou]. RG. 367; [hu]. O. and N. 728
How, "sb." == hue, cry. Alys. 5306
Howe, "v. n." == remove, go away. Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Howe, "sb." == care, anxiety. RG. 461; [ho?e]. O. and N. 701. AS. hoga
Howsoever, "adv." 194 B.
Huckster, "sb." [hokester]. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Dut. hucker
Hue, "sb." == colour. HD. 2918; [hou]. O. and N. 619; [howe]. O. and N.
577. AS. híw
Hued, "adj." [ihewed]. 2223 B.
Huene, == wanton girl. St Kath. 97. AS. hunel
Hundred, "adj." RG. 371. Pol. S. 189
Hunger, "sb." RG. 404
---- "v. n." == become hungry. Wright’s L. P. p. 37
---- "vb. impers." ‘him hungrede.’ HD. 654
Hungred, "sb." == hunger. HD. 2454
Hunke, "pron. dual." == to us two. O. and N. 1731
Hunt, "v. a." RG. 16, 564
Hunter, "sb." 1099 B.
Hunteth, "sb." == hunting. RG. 375, 418. AS. huntað
Hunting, "sb." RG. 564
Hurdice, "sb." == hurdle. Alys. 2785
Hurdle, "sb." RG. 232
Hure, "sb." == a covering for the head. 2111 B. Pol. S. 156. Fr. hure, the
head
Hure, "pron. gen. pl." == of us. O. and N. 185
Hure, ‘and hure and hure.’ O. and N. 11, 481. This phrase is probably the
French ‘hure á hure,’ or ‘téte a téte,’ and seems to mean ‘in company
with, or together.’ See Roq. "s. v."
Hurfte, "sb." == circumference, circuit. Fragm. Sci. 4. AS. hwearft
Hurl, "v. a." pret. ‘harlede.’ RG. 487, 537
Hurne, "sb." == a corner. RG. 45, 137, 272. AS. hirne
Hurt, "v. a." Alys. 5814; part. ‘y-hurt.’ RG. 288
Husband, "sb." == husbandman. RG. 544
Hwat, "vb." == quoth. HD. 1878
Hyde. See Hide, "sb."
Hymn, "sb." [ympne]. Ps. xcix. 4; cxviii. 171.
Hynde, "adj." == courteous. Alys. 3762. Probably another form of ‘hende’
Hynder, "sb." == an insulter. Fragm. Sci. 282. AS. hynð, or it may mean
‘subtle,’ as in La?. ii. 12
I.
[For most participles and substantives commencing with ‘i’ see under
the consonant following.]
I, "pron." [Ich]. O. and N. 1189, et seq.; [Ih]. O. and N. 866
"acc. s." ‘me.’ O. and N. 1182
"gen. dual." ‘unker.’ O. and N. 151
"dat. dual." ‘hunke.’ O. and N. 1731
"nom. pl." ‘we.’ RG. 306. O. and N. 177
"gen. pl." ‘hure.’ O. and N. 185?
"acc. pl", ‘us.’ O. and N. 201
Iambleue, "sb." == gambolling. Cok. 164
Ibedde, "sb." == bedfellow, wife. O. and N. 1488
---- == husband. O. and N. 1568
Ibede, "sb." == command. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21
Ibobbed, "part." == insulted. Fall and P. 59. Fr. bobance
Ice, "sb." RG. 463
Icholde. See Shall
Icore, == chosen. 718 ß
Icund, "adj." == natural. O. and N. 85
Icunde, "part." == taught by nature. O. and N. 114
Icundeliche, "adv." == naturally. O. and N. 1422
Idelgong, "sb." == idleness. Body and Soul, 50
Idelhede, "sb." Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22
Idle, "adj." == lazy. RG. 195
---- == useless. O. and N. 915; ‘on idel’ == in vain. O. and N. 918
Idleness, "sb." RG. 195
Idrei?t, "part." == oppressed. St Kath. 45. AS. drécan
Idu?e, "adj." == profitable. O. and N. 1580. AS. dugan
If, "adv." [?yf], RG. 405; [?ef]. RG. 377; [?if], O. and N. 902
Ifurn, "part." == excommunicated? O. and N. 1304. AS. fyrran
Ihende, "adv." == at hand. O. and N. 1129. AS. gehende
Ildel, == each deal or part HD. 818
Ilete, "sb." == encumbrance, care. O. and N. 1444
Iliche. See Alike, Like.
Ilithered, == shot out as from a sling. RG. 549. See Luther
Ilk, "adj." == same. 804 B.
---- == every. Ps. lxxxviii. 14
Ilkan, == each one. Ps. lxi. 12
Ilke, == as, like. Body and Soul, 204; probably a mistake for ‘like’
Ill, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 61; ‘The Ill,’ == Devil. O. and N. 421. Cf.
the similar phrase ‘þe wrse’ in La?, "v." 1140. ON. illr
Illhope, "v. a." == wish evil to. Ps. lxvii. 17
Illtongued, "adj." Ps. cxxxix. 12
Illwilland, == ill wisher. Ps. xliii. 6
Ilome, "adv." == frequently. RG. 378; ‘ilomest.’ O. and N. 595. AS. gelome
Ilove, "sb." == lovers. O. and N. 1045
Image, "sb." RG. 14
Imagour, "sb." == imagery. Alys. 7689
Imene, "adj." == common. O. and N. 234. AS. gem?ne
---- "sb." == a companion. O. and N. 1410
Imone, "adv." == together, in common. 380 ß
Improve, "v. a." == prove. RG. 466
Imunde, "sb." == recollection. AS. gemund
In, "prep." RG. 379, 443
Incarnation, "sb." RG. 9
Incense, "sb." [encenz]. Wright’s L. P. p. 96
Income, "v. n." == come in. RG. 48
Incoming, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 191
Increeping, "sb." == piercing. Alys. 2168
Inde, "sb." == silk of India. Alys. 929
Indrunken, "v. a." == make drunk. Ps. lxiv. 11
Infat, "v. a." == make fat, anoint. Ps. cxl. 5
Infight, "v. a." == fight against; pret. ‘infaght.’ Ps. cxix. 7; part,
‘infightand.’ Ps. xxxiv. 1
Infleeing, "sb." == refuge. Ps. cxliii. 2
Ingang, "sb." == going in. Ps. cxx. 8
Ingo, "v. n." == enter; pret. ‘inwent,’ Ps. xxxvii. 7; ‘inyhode.’ Ps. xl.
7; imper. sing, ‘inga.’ Ps. xlii. 4; pl. ‘ingas.’ Ps. xcix. 4
Iniquity, "sb." Alys. 132
Ink, "sb." [enke]. Marg. 60. Fr. encre. Dut. inkt
Inlie, "v. n." == lie upon; pret. ‘inlai.’ Ps. civ. 38
Inlodge, "v. a." == inhabit, Ps. civ. 19
Inlow, "v. a." == humiliate; part, ‘inlowed.’ Ps. lxxii. 21
Inly, "adv." 1714 B.
Inn, "sb." 483 B. AS. inn
Innerest, "adj." == inmost. Ps. lxxxv. 13
Inny, "v. a." == lodge. RG. 336. AS. innian
Inover, "adv." == besides. Ps. xv. 7
Inrese, "v. a." == rush in; pret. ‘inrase.’ Ps. lxxxv. 14. AS. inr?san
Insend, "v. a." == send in. Ps. xxxix. 4
Inset, "v. a." == put in. Ps. lxv. 12
Inshielder, "sb." == protector. Ps. cxx. 5
Insight, "sb." RG. 307
Instead, Cf. RG. 214
Instrument, "sb." 1888 B.
Intent, "sb." RG. 140
Interdict, "v. a." RG. 495
---- "sb." RG. 505
Intermit, "v. a." == interfere with. Alys. 4025
Inward, "sb." == stomach. RG. 135; pl. ‘inwards’ == interior parts. Ps.
cviii. 18. AS. innóð
Inwardly, Ps. iv. 2
Inwit, "sb." == mind, conscience. 561 ß. AS. inwit
Inwon, "v. a." == dwell in. Ps. lxvii. 7
Ioupe, "sb." == a jacket. HD. 1767. Cf. ‘jopen,’ in the ‘Cambriæ Epitome,’
App. to Mapes. p. 350. Fr. jupon
Irain, "sb." == a spider. Ps. xxxviii. 12. Lat. aranea
Ire, "sb." == anger. Alys. 906
Irened, "adj." == made of iron. Ps. ii. 9
Iron, "sb." RG. 461, 2, 6; [ire]. O. and N. 1028
---- "adj." [yren]. RG. 399
Is, "vb." RG. 405; [esse], Ps. xci. 16
---- == art. Ps. l. 6
Ischire, "v. a." == give, return. O. and N. 1530. AS. scéran
Isle, "sb." RG. 405; [ydle]. Alys. 4856
Iso, == see. "q. v."
Isome, "adv." == together. O. and N. 1733. AS. gesam
---- "adj." == reconciled, united. Rel. S. v. 254
Ito?en, "part." == educated. O. and N. 1723. See ‘i-teon,’ in Gloss, to
La?. See Te
Ivored, "adj." == of ivory. Ps. xliv. 9
Ivory, "sb." Alys. 7666
Iwarte, Iwarness, == ware, wariness, "q. v."
Iweived, "part." == waved or strayed. RG. 526. (Hearne)
Iwis, "adv." == certainly. RG. 439, 370. AS. gewís
Iwrne, == formerly? O. and N. 637. See ‘i-uurn,’ in Gloss, to La?.; or
perhaps for ‘ge-urnen,’ part, of ‘yrnan,’ to run, so that ‘i-wrne’ would
mean ‘current’
J.
Jacinth, "sb." Alys. 5682
Jangler, "sb." == musician. Alys. 3426
Jasper, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Jay, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 52
Jealous, "adj." O. and N. 1075
Jest, "sb." Alys. 30
Jewel, "sb." RG. 508
Join, "v. a." RG. 71
Joliflich, "adj." == pleasantly. Alys. 4753
Jollity, "sb." [jolyfté], Wright’s L. P. p. 89
Jolly, "adj." [jolyf]. Wright’s L. P. p. 52; [joly]. Alys. 1967, 2467
Journey, "sb." St Kath. 297. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 178
Joust, "sb." == encounter in a tournament. RG. 137. Fr. jouste. Lat. juxta
Jouster, "sb." Alys. 3325
Joustynde, "part." == jingling, justling. Pol. S. 104
Joy, "sb." RG. 401; [?oe]. RG. 187
---- "v. n." == rejoice. Wright’s L. P. p. 27
Joyful, "adj." Alys. 30. RG. 53
Joying, "sb." HD. 2087
Joyous, "adj." St Swithin, 36
Judge, "v. a." RG. 345
---- "v. n." == conceive. RG. 456
Juggler, "sb." Alys. 159
July,--the month. RG. 395
Juster, "sb." == a horse. Alys. 1400
Justice, "sb." == judge. RG. 496, 498, 523
K.
Kaite, "sb." == a dresser of wool. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. (Halliwell)
Kaldhed, "sb." == coldness. Ps. lxv. 12
Kambe, "sb." See Comb
Kan, == to know. See Con
Kaske, "adj." == lively, fierce. HD. 1841. ON. kaskr
Kayn, "sb." == thane. HD. 31, 1327. Cf. ‘cake’ and ‘cate;’ ‘wake,’
‘watch,’ and ‘wait’
Keen, "adj." RG. 496
Keep, "v. n." == care. RG. 177, 191
---- == take heed [ikeep]. O. and N. 1226
---- "v. a." == observe, watch for. Wright’s L. P. p. 35
---- == receive or get. Body and Soul, 40
---- == protect; part. ‘kepande.’ Ps. cxlvi. 6
---- "sb." == heed, caution. Wright’s L. P. p. 103. Ps. lxxix. 2
Keft, "part." == caught. HD. 2005. AS. cépan
Kelyng, "sb." == a small cod. HD. 757. ON. keila
Keme, "v. a." == comb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Ken, "v. a." == discern. Body and Soul, 54
---- == inform. 31 ß
---- == to ask. Marg. 24. AS. cunnan
Ken, "v. a." == beget. Wright’s L. P. p. 36; part. ‘kumed’ [kunned ?].
Creed of St Athan. 46. AS. cennan
Kete, "adj." == bright, fierce. Fragm. Sci. 262, used of the sun’s rays.
ON. katr, glad; cf. the Gr. ?a??p?? and ????? from ?a??
Kettle, "sb." == pot. Ps. cvii. 10
Kever, "v. a." == recover. RG. 392
Keverchief, "sb." Pilate, 126
Kevil, "sb." == a bit, bridle. Ps. xxxi. 9. AS. cæfli
Key, "sb." RG. 539, 562. AS. cæg
Kin, "sb." == relations. RG. 13; [kunne]. RG. 367
Kind, "sb." == kin. RG. 91
Kind, "sb." == nature. RG. 45; [icunde]. O. and N. 1381
---- == species [kun]. O. and N. 886
Kindle, "v. a." == inflame. HD. 915; Ps. xvii. 9. ON. kynda
---- "v. a." == beget. Alys. 5680
Kindred, "sb." == affinity. RG. 466. [kemrede]
---- == relations. RG. 15; [cumraden]. Marg. 10
King, "sb." RG. 371, 372
Kingdom, "sb." RG. 372, 414
Kingless, "adj." RG. 105
Kinsman, "sb." RG. 343
Kippe, "v. a." == catch up, clutch. RG. 125. HD. 2407. ON. kippa. AS.
cépan
Kirk, "sb." == church, Body and Soul, 46
Kirtle, "sb." 1167 B. Pol. S. 221
Kiss, "v. a." [cusse]. 1779 B; pres. 2 and 3 s. ‘cust.’ RG. 435; pret.
‘custe.’ RG. 527; ‘cussede.’ RG. 14
---- "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 92
Kissing, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 70
Kiste, "sb." == chest. HD. 2018
Kitchen, "sb." HD. 936
---- == cookery. Alys. 4933
Kite, "sb." (the bird). Alys. 3048. AS. cyta
Kive, "sb." == a tub. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. In p. 191 it is applied to the
pit of hell. AS. cyf
Kiwing, == carving? HD. 1736. Or may it not be ‘the chewing’ from AS.
‘cíwung,’ i. e. the meat to be chewed or eaten?
Knarr, "sb." == a rock? O. and N. 999. Dan. knort, a knur, or knob. ON.
gnúpr, mons prominens
Knave, "sb." == boy. 683 B.
Knee, "sb." Pol. S. 190
---- == degree. RG. 228
Kneel, "v. n." RG. 369
Knife, "sb." RG. 104. AS. cníf
Knight, "sb." RG. 368, 501; pl. ‘knutte.’ Alys. 2133. AS. cniht
Knight, "v. a." K. Horn, 450
Knighthood, "sb." K. Horn, 492
Knit, "v. a." pret. ‘knutte.’ Alys. 2251. AS. cnytan
Knock, "sb." == a blow. Alys. 1621. AS. cnucian
Knoll, "sb." == a hill, eminence, rising ground. Ps. lxiv. 13. AS. cnoll
Knot, "sb." 1479 B.
---- "v. a." Alys. 4075
Know, "v. a." RG. 8; pret, ‘knew.’ 138 B. ‘ikneu.’ 88 B.; part. ‘yknowe.’
RG. 432
---- == acknowledge [icnowe]. O. and N. 477
Knowledge, "v. a." == acknowledge. Body and Soul, 48
Knulled, == heaped. Pol. S. 193. From ‘knoll,’ a mound
Komelyng, "sb." == a stranger. RG. 18
Krawkan, == refuse of melted tallow. Ps. ci. 4. See Prompt. Parv. "s. v."
Cracoke, and the note there. ON. krekja, to throw away
Kun, == species. See Kind
Kunde, "adj." == of kin, lawful or legitimate, as ‘kunde,’ heir. RG. 370,
371
---- == kinned, related, Fall and P. 49
Kundede, "sb." == kindness. RG. 452
Kunhede ? RG. 447, should be probably ‘onkundhede’ == unkindness
Kunrik, "sb." == mark of royalty. HD. 2143
Kye. See Cow
Kynemerk, "sb." == a king’s mark. HD. 604
Kyneriche, "sb." == kingdom. Pol. S. 215
Kyne?erde, "sb." == king’s sceptre. Pol. S. 215
Kythe, "v. a." == make known. Wright’s L. P. p. 91. AS. cýðan
---- "v. n." == listen? or ‘be silent’? Wright’s L. P. p. 94, possibly a
mistake for ‘lythe’
L.
La, "interj." == lo. O. and N. 1541
Labour, "sb." 49 B.
Lace, "v. a." K. Horn, 870
Lack, "sb." == fault. HD. 190. RG. 389
---- == want, defect. Pol. S. 154. Dut. laecke
---- "v. n." == be wanting. Pol. S 154
Lad, "sb." HD. 890. W. llawd
Ladder, "sb." RG. 148; pl. landren. RG. 410. AS. læedder
Lady, "sb." RG. 451; [levede], RG. 441, 380. AS. hlæfdige. See on this
word the Ormulum, vol. ii. pp. 632-634
Lahte, Laute, Lauthe, "vb." == received, took. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. HD.
744, 1673. AS. læccan
Laite, "v. n." == look. Ps. 31, 9. AS. wlítan. See Gloss. Rem. to La?.
iii. 449
---- "v. a." == look for, seek. Ps. xxiii. 6
Lake, "sb." Body and Soul, 160. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Lamb, "sb." RG. 369
Lame, "adj." HD. 1938
---- == defective. O. and N. 364
---- "v. a." HD. 2755
Lammas, "sb." == Lady-mass. RG. 557
Lamp, "sb." Alys. 5253
Lamprey, "sb." RG. 442
Land, "sb." RG. 377, 494
---- "v. a." == bring to land. K. Horn, 779
Landfolk, "sb." O. and N. 1156
Langmode, "adj." == patient, long-suffering. Ps. cii. 8. AS. langmód
Language, "sb." RG. 118, 150
Lantern, "sb." Ps. xvii. 29
Large, "adj." == big. 1195 B.
---- == liberal. HD. 97
Largely, "adv." RG. 510, 511, 383
Largeness, "sb." == liberality. Alys. 6879
Largess, "sb." RG. 181
Laroun, "sb." == robber. Alys. 4209. Fr. larron
Las, "sb." == snare. Alys. 7698. Fr. las. ON. lás
Last, "sb." == a shoemaker’s last. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175. AS. læst
Last, "sb." == sin. Wright’s L. P. p. 37. ON. löstr. Dan. last
Last, "sb." == load, burden? Wright’s L. P. p. 31. AS. hlæst; or possibly
== trace. AS. hlast
Last, "v. n." == endure, continue. 464 ß; pret. ‘ylaste.’ RG. 263; part,
‘ilast,’ RG. 509
Last, "adj." ‘atte laste.’ RG. 377
Lasteles, "adj." == faultless. Wright’s L. P. p. 52
Late, "adj." RG. 381; comp. ‘later.’ RG. 382
---- "adv." Wright’s L. P. p. 99
Lathe, "sb." == loathing, harm. Alys. 7722. AS. láð
Latter, "adj." == last. Creed of St Athan. 56
Latymer, "sb." == latiner, interpreter. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. Alys. 7089
Laue, "sb." == a hill. Alys. 3857. AS. hl?w. See Lowe
Laugh, "v. n." [lihe], RG. 93; [ly?he], RG. 101; pret. ‘lou?’ 710 B.;
‘low.’ HD. 903
Launch, "v. n." == shoot into water. Alys. 3746
Laute, Lauthe, == received. See under Lahte
Lave, "vb. a." == pour out upon. Wright’s L. P. p. 72. Rel. Ant. i. 144.
AS. lafian
Lavender, "sb." == launder, washer. Wright’s L. P. p. 49
Laveroc, "sb." == lark. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 40. AS. lawerc
Law, "sb." RG. 381; [lay]. 346 B.
Lawfulness, "sb." == sense of justice. O. and N. 1739
Lax, "sb." == salmon. HD. 754. AS. leax. ON. lax
Lay, "adj." == pertaining to the laity, ‘lay fee.’ RG. 470
Lay, "v. a." pret. ‘leyde.’ RG. 393
---- == lay aside. Body and Soul, 166
---- == lay on, attack. Alys. 5832
---- == allay. Ps. lxxxiv. 4
Lay, "sb." == song. Alys. 5211. Fr. lai. AS. leoð
Lay, "sb." == religious observance. Alys. 4690. AS. lagu
---- == faith, belief [la?e]. K. Horn, 69
Layk. See Leyk
Lea, "sb." == meadow; pl. ‘lesen.’ RG. 1; ‘lese.’ RG. 375; AS. l?su
Leach, "sb." == physician. RG. 380. AS. l?ce
Leachcraft, "sb." RG. 141, 150
Lead, "v. a." RG. 376; pret. ‘ladde.’ RG. 380
Lead, "sb." RG. 1
Leader, "sb." Ps. liv. 14
Leaf, "sb." 180 B.
Leafworm, "sb." Ps. lxxvii. 46
Lealté, "sb." == loyalty. Wright’s L. P. p. 53
Lean, "v. n." RG. 308. AS. hlinian
Lean, "adj." Pol. S. 150. AS. l?ne
Leap, "v. n." pret. ‘lepte.’ RG. 396; 3 pl. ‘lopon.’ Alys. 861
---- "v. a." == forsake (an oath). HD. 2009
Learn, "v. a." RG. 519; pret. ‘lernede.’ RG. 434; part, ‘ylerned.’ RG. 29;
‘ylere.’ HD. 12
Leasing, == falsehood. See Lesing
Least, "adj." RG. 37
Leave, "v. a." 39 B.; [lef]. 136 B.; part. ‘ileved.’ 616 B.
Leave, "sb." == permission. 569 B.
Lecche, "v. a." == comprehend. HD. 252. AS. læccan
Leche, "sb." == look. O. and N. 1138. See Gloss. Rem. to La?. iii. 454
Lecher, "sb." == lecherous person. RG. 351. Fr. lecher. AS. liccera
---- == blockhead. Alys. 3916
Lechery, "sb." RG. 405, 334
Lechure, "sb." Alys. 6306
Led, "sb." == song. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. AS. leoð
Led, "sb." == a cauldron. HD. 924. Rel. S. v. 242. AS. líð, a cup, hollow
vessel; or possibly it may be contracted from ‘lebet.’ Lat. lebes
Ledandlike, "adj." == ductile. Ps. xcvii. 6
Lede, "sb." == speech. Body and Soul, 11. AS. leden
Ledron, "sb." == thief, robber. Alys. 3210. Fr. larron. Lat. latro. Or
possibly == leper. Fr. ladre. See Roq. "s. v." ladrerie, and the Prompt.
Parv. "s. v." Lydron
Leek, "sb." RG. 341
Lees, "adj." == bad, wicked. Wright’s L. P. pp. 42, 49
---- == false [les]. Pol. S. 214; pl. ‘leses,’ false persons. Ps. lxxxi.
4. AS. leas
---- "sb." == falsehood. Alys. 5790
Left, "adj." (sinister) [lift]. RG. 22
Leg, "sb." RG. 338
Legate, "sb." RG. 499, 506
Legh, "sb." == lying. Ps. lviii. 13
Leik, "sb." == a body. HD. 2793. AS. líc
Leisure, "sb." Alys. 234
Leman, "sb." RG. 496; applied to a man. HD. 1322
Leme, "sb." == flame. RG. 416, 151, 548. AS. leoma
---- "v. n." == shine. Wright’s L. P. pp. 25, 31
Lenche, "v. n." == stoop. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. In Dutch ‘loncken’ means
to distort the eyes, squint
Lend, "v. a." 775 B.; [lene]. Wright’s L. P. p. 51
Lende, "sb." == the loins. RG. 377. AS. lendenu
Lene. See Lend
Length, "sb." RG. 385; [leinþ]. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217
---- "v. n." == go a long way off. Ps. liv. 8
Lent, "part." == gone, departed? Wright’s L. P. p. 28. See Gloss. to Orm.
"s. v." ‘lendenn’
Lent, "sb." RG. 495
Leode, "sb." == people. Wright’s L. P. p. 42. AS. leóde
Leofmon, "sb." == lover. O. and N. 1428
Leopard, "sb." Ritson’s AS. viii. 170
Lepe, "sb." == basket. RG. 265. O. and N. 359. AS. leap. ON. laupr
Ler, "sb." == countenance. HD. 2918; [leor]. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. AS.
hleor
Lere, "v. a." == teach. Wright’s L. P. p. 92. AS. l?ran
Lere, "adj." == empty. O. and N. 1526; [ilere]. RG. 541. AS. lær, lærnes.
Germ, ‘leer’
Lere, "sb." == loss. RG. 526; [leore]. Alys. 1122. AS. lyre
Lered, "sb." == the learned, i. e. the clergy. Pol. S. 155
Les, "v. a." == loose. Wright’s L. P. p. 29
Lese. See Lose
Leser, "sb." == looser, liberator. Ps. cxliii. 2
Lesing, "sb." == falsehood. O. and N. 846. Ps. xvi. 13. AS. leas
Lesing, "sb." == gleaning. Pol. S. 149. AS. lesan, to gather
Lesness, "sb." == absolution. RG. 173
Less, "adj." RG. 379, 558
---- "v. a." == lessen. Ps. lxxxviii. 46; xi. 2
---- "v. n." [lasse] == become less. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Lesson, "sb." Alys. 4823
Lest, "conj." RG. 506, 563
Lest, "v. a." == listen to. Alys. 38
Let, "v. a." == hinder. RG. 380. AS. lettan
Let, "v. a." == permit, cause a thing to be done. RG. 383; [late]. RG.
445; ‘to let blood’ == cause blood to flow; part. ‘ilate.’ RG. 565
---- == let alone. Wright’s L. P. p. 49
---- == consider, think. 757 B. Body and Soul, 57. AS. l?tan
---- "v. n." == cease. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. Pol. S. 201. ON. letta. AS.
latian
Let, "adj." == disturbed, troubled. Ps. vi. 8; xlv. 3 Lit. ‘hindered,’
from AS. l?tan, lettan
Lete, "sb." == countenance. O. and N. 35; [i-lete]. O. and N. 403. AS.
wlite. ON. læti. See Gloss. Rem. to La?, iii. 449
Letter, "sb." == epistle, in pl. RG. 494, 552
Lettrure, "sb." == book, literature. Alys. 3516
Leve, "v. a." == grant, allow. HD. 334. AS. lefan
---- == believe [ileove]. 2357 B.; pret. ‘levede.’ RG. 334; ‘ilefde.’ O.
and N. 123; ‘leovede.’ 687 B.
Leven, "v. a." == flash out. Ps. cxliii. 6
Levening, "sb." == lightning. Ps. xvii. 15
Levin, "sb." == lightning. HD. 2690. W. llafn, a blade, or flake, from the
sword-like shape of a flash. Gael, lann, a blade, whence ‘lannair,’
glitter, or gleaming
Lew, "adj." == warm. HD. 498. AS. hleow
Lewd, "adj." == lay. RG. 471. Pol. S. 155. From AS. leóde, leúd, the
people
Leyk, "sb." == play. HD. 1021; [layk], Ritson’s AS. viii. 121. AS. lác
Leyken, "v. n." == to play. HD. 950. AS. l?can
Liar, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 49
Liard, "sb." == a grey horse. Pol. S. 71. Fr. liard, from W. llai, raven
gray
Libel, "sb." == a writ of accusation. RG. 498
Lich, "sb." == body. 259 B. AS. líc
Lichamlic, "adj." == bodily. M. Ode, st. 190
Lick, "v. a." Rel. Ant. i. 114. Ps. lxxi. 9
Licome, "sb." == body. O. and N. 1052; countenance. Ps. xx. 10. AS.
lichama
Licoris, "sb." == liquorice. Alys. 428. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Lat.
glycyrrhiza
Licorous, "adj." == sweet. Wright’s L. P. p. 68
Lie, "sb." == flame. 512 ß. AS. lig
Lie, "v. n." 2s. pres. ‘list.’ O. and N. 150; 3 s. pres. ‘leth.’ O. and N.
1492; 2 pl. pres. ‘liggeth.’ RG. 7; 3 pl. pres. ‘ley?en.’ Pol. S. 190;
pret. ‘lay.’ RG. 11, 13. AS. licgan
---- == wait, expect. Pol. S. 222
Lie, "v. n." == speak falsely; part. ‘ylow.’ RG. 160; ‘i-lo?e.’ O. and N.
845
---- "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 100
Lief, "adj." == dear [leof]. 37 B.; pl. ‘leove.’ 463 B.; ‘lef or loth.’
HD. 2379; ‘The lef the’ == may the right or truth flourish. HD. 2606;
comp. ‘levere.’ RG. 263, 382. AS. leóf
Liefer, "adv." == rather. RG. 263
Liege, "adj." RG. 457
Life, "sb." RG. 301, 376; gen. abs. ‘lives’ == alive. HD. 1307. O. and N.
1632
---- == position in life. Pol. S. 195
Liflode, "sb." == sustenance in life. RG. 41, 404. AS. lif-láde, from lád,
a way
Lift, "sb." == air. Fragm. Sci. 204; sky, 200 ß, AS. lyft
Light, "sb." RG. 379, 380
---- "v. a." == enlighten. Ps. xxxiii. 6
---- == kindle. HD. 585
Light, "adj." == active. RG. 452
Light, "v. n." == alight. Cok. 128; part. ‘liht.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 30
Lightly, == easily [li?tliche]. RG. 515; actively [ly?tlyche]. RG. 377
Lightness, "sb." == light. Wright’s L. P. p. 96. Ps. cxxxv. 7
Lightning, "sb." [ly?tyng]. RG. 378, 415; [ley?t]. RG. 308
Likand, == similarly, Creed of St Athan. 36
Like, "adj." [i-liche]. O. and N. 1458; [ilek]. Pilate, 111
Like, "v. a." == approve of. RG. 92
Like, "v. n." == take delight in. Ps. xxxvi. 4; please, be pleasing. O.
and N. 342; "impers." ‘hym likede.’ RG. 21
Likeful, "adj." == pleasant. Cok. 70
Likeness, "sb." == similitude. RG. 463
Liking, "sb." == pleasure. Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Lily, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 44
Lilywhite, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 30
Limb, "sb." [lyme]. RG. 278, 411
Limbmeal, "adv." 1815 B.
Lime, "sb." == calx. St Swithin, 54
Lime, "sb." == birdlime. O. and N. 1054
Limed, "part." == caught. Alys. 5701
Lin, "sb." == linen. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. AS. lín
---- "v. n." == cease, for ‘blin.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 103. AS. linnan
Linde, "sb." == tree. Wright’s L. P. p. 45. Alys. 2489. AS. lind
Line, "sb." == cord. HD. 539; net. K. Horn, 701. AS. líne
---- == course of proceeding. Alys. 7266
Linen, "sb." RG. 405
Ling, "sb." == a fish. HD. 833
Lion, "sb." RG. 457
Lip, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 34
Lisse, "sb." == comfort. Wright’s L. P. p. 57. M. Ode, 119. AS. liss
List, "sb." == craft. O. and N. 172. AS. list
List, "v. a." == listen to [lest]. Alys. 38; imper. ‘lust.’ O. and N. 263
Listen, "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 24
Listening, "sb." == attention. Alys. 4798
Litany, "sb." 1084 B.
Lited, "part." == stained. Ps. lxvii. 17. ON. lita
Litelhede, "sb." == smallness. Ps. lvii. 4
Lith, "sb." == body. Body and Soul, 39 AS. líð
Lith, "sb." == people, possessions. HD. 2515. AS. leode. Germ. leute
Lith, "sb." == comfort. HD. 1338; [lythe]. Ib. 147. AS. liðs
---- "v. a." == to comfort, give ease. Alys. 433
Lith, "v. n." == listen. Ps. xxx. 3. Ritson’s AS. viii. 187. ON. hlyða
---- "adj." == fallow. Pol. S. 152. Probably from AS. liðs, rest
Lithe, "adj." == gentle. Ps. cvi. 29. AS. líðe
Lither, "v. n." == do harm. Ps. civ. 15. See Luther
---- == act wickedly. Ps. xxxvi. 9
Litherand, "adj." == wicked. Ps. xxv. 5
Littene, "part." == cut up? HD. 2701
Little, "adj." [lytul], RG. 19; [lute]. RG. 378; [lutel]. RG. 376
---- "v. a." == make little. Ps. viii. 6; lxxiv. 9; [lutli]. O. and N. 540
---- "v. n." == become little. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Littleless, == almost. Ps. xciii. 17
Live, "v. n." RG. 381
Liver, "sb." (part of the body). Alys. 2156
Liver, "v. a." == deliver. RG. 39
Liverede, "adj." == red. RG. 39
Livering, "sb." == delivering of provisions. Alys. 7171
Liversoon, "sb." == sustenance. Alys. 1011. Fr. livraison
Lo! 1769 B. AS. lá
Load, "sb." Body and Soul, 238
Loaf, "sb." 278 ß; pl. ‘loves.’ 293 ß; ‘laves.’ Ps. xli. 4
Loath, "adj." == hateful. RG. 40; [yladh]. O. and N. 1605; [lath], Ps.
xvii. 8
---- "v. n." == be angry, displeased. RG. 32
Loathly, "adj." Body and Soul, 56; [lolich]. Pol. S. 203
Loc, "sb." == gift. M. Ode, 37. AS. lác
Lock, "v. a." == enclose. O. and N. 56. AS. lúcan
---- == lock, fasten, as a door. RG. 495; pret. ‘lek.’ Body and Soul, 236;
part. ‘iloke.’ 824 B.
---- "sb." == lock of a door. Ps. cxlvii. 13. O. and N. 1555
Lock, "sb." == a tress of hair. Wright’s L. P. p. 34. AS. locc
Locket, "sb." Pol. S. 154
Lodge, "v. a." Alys. 3132. AS. logian
---- "v. n." Alys. 4098
---- "sb." Alys. 4295
Lofe, "sb." == praise. Ps. xxi. 26; [loof]. Ib. 4
Loft, "sb." == air. RG. 7; ‘upo lofte’ == aloft. Pol. S. 154
Loftsang, "sb." == song of praise. Ps. lxiv. 2. Germ. lob-gesang
Logede, == lewd, lay? Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21
Loin, "sb." Pol. S. 191
Loke, "v. a." == decide. RG. 53; part. ‘iloked.’ RG. 534
---- == guard. Pilate, 69; [loki], O. and N. 604
Loking, "sb." == decision. RG. 506
Loking, "sb." == care. K. Horn, 350
Lome, "adv." == frequently. Pol. S. 197
Lome, "sb." == spade, or mattock. Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. lóma, gelóma
---- == instrument, tool. Ps. vii. 14
---- == vessel. Ps. xxxii. 7
Londisse, "adj." == of the country. K. Horn 648
Lone ? Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Long, "adj." RG. 376, 410; ‘longer.’ RG. 377
---- "adv." == for a long time. O. and N. 466
---- "v. n." == become long. Alys. 139
Long, "v. n." == desire. RG. 176. AS. langian
Longing, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 29
Look, "v. n." RG. 14
Loose, "v. a." [louse]. Pol. S. 239; part. ‘losed.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 99
Lopered, == coagulated, clotted. Ps. cxviii. 70; lxvii. 17. Dan. löbe,
runnet, from löbe, to run, run together, hence to coagulate. Sw. löpa i
hop, to curdle
Lord, "sb." RG. 432
Lording, "sb." RG. 431, 524
Lordless, "adj." RG. 142
Lordswike, == traitor. Pol. S. 220. RG. 313. See ‘laverdswike’ in La?, ii.
506
Lore, "sb." ‘a lore.’ M. Ode, st. 1, either means ‘in learning,’ or should
be written ‘alore,’ otherwise, in other respects. Fr. allors
---- "sb." == learning, teaching. 2065 B.
Lore, "sb." == loss. Alys. 7247
Loreless, "adj." == without learning. Cok. fin.
Loren, "part." == lost. See Lose
Loreyns, "sb." == reins. 190 B. Fr. lorain. Lat. lorum
Los, "sb." == fame. RG. 180, 330, 137. Fr. los
Lose, "v. a." [lese]. RG. 436; 2 s. pres. ‘lust.’ 859 B.; pret. ‘las.’
Body and Soul, 123; part. ‘y-lore.’ RG. 160; ‘loren.’ RG. 39
Lot, "sb." RG. 111. Ps. xxi. 18
---- == deceit? Wright’s L. P. p. 31. AS. lot
Lote, "sb." == play, sport. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. ON. lota
Loting, "part." == struggling? Alys. 6203. Fr. lutter
Loud, "adj." RG. 140. HD. 2079; comp. ‘louder.’ 450 ß
Lour, "v. n." [lure]. K. Horn, 276; part. ‘luring.’ O. and N. 423. Lat.
luror
Louring, "adj." Alys. 526
Louse, "sb." Pol. S. 238
Lout, "v. n." == go low. Body and Soul, 80; crouch, lie hid. O. and N.
373. AS. lútan
Love, "v. a." [luvie]. Rel. S. v. 262; pret. ‘lovede.’ RG. 370, 375. AS.
lufian
---- "sb." RG. 18. 39 B.
Love, "v. a." == praise. Ps. cl. 2, sing. Ps. cv. 12; [loove]. AS. lófian
---- "adj." == agreeable. O. and N. 1033
Loveing, "sb." == praise. Ps. ix. 15
Lovely, "adj." K. Horn, 464
Lovesome, "adj." [lossom], Wright’s L. P. p. 26; comp. ‘lussomore.’ Ib. p.
51
Lovesong, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 74
Low, "adj." == humble, ‘high and low.’ RG. 514; [lo?e]. Wright’s L. P. p.
73; sup. ‘lowest.’ 1187 B.
---- == soft (of sound). HD. 2079
---- "v. n." == become low, sink. Alys. 5746
Lowe, "sb." == flame. Body and Soul, 216. ON. log
Lowe, "sb." == hill. Alys. 4348. AS. hl?w
Lud, "sb." == voice. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. ON. hljoð
Lugge, "sb." == log, rod. O. and N. 1607. Dut. blok. Cf. ‘lin’ and ‘blin,’
‘liss’ and ‘bliss’
Lugre, "sb." == a precious stone. Cok. 89. The ligure of our version of
the Bible. Ex. xxviii. 19. Gr. ??????????
Lumbar, "sb." == a ship of burthen. Alys. 6063
Lung, "sb." Alys. 2156
Lure, "sb." == loss. RG. 181. O. and N. 1151. AS. lor, lyre
Lurk, "v. n." HD. 68. Sw. lura
Lust, "sb." == sensuality. Wright’s L. P. p. 25
---- "vb. impers." ‘him luste.’ RG. 472; ‘me lust.’ O. and N. 39, 287
Luther, "adj." == wicked. RG. 389, 524. AS. lýðer
Luther, "sb." == leather, a sling. RG. 394
Lutherhood, "sb." == wickedness. RG. 454
Lutherness, "sb." == wickedness. RG. 389, 465
Ly, "sb." == voice. St Andrew, 84. AS. hlýd
Lye, "sb." == moisture, [le?e]. Pol. S. 154. AS. leah
Lyen, "sb." == reward. M. Ode, 32. AS. leán
Lying, "sb." Ps. iv. 3
M.
Ma, == more. Ritson’s AS. viii. 246
Ma, == make. Ps. liii. 5
---- == made. Ps. xxxii. 6
In the majority of passages where this word occurs in the Surtees
Psalter, it seems to be a mere expletive, introduced for the sake of
the rhyme. Cf. Ps. xv. 3; xvii. 34; xxi. 2; xxvii. 4; lxxxviii. 6;
xcv. 5; xcviii. 7; &c. &c.
Ma, == May? Ritson’s AS. viii. 146
Mace, "sb." == club. RG. 207. Fr. massue
Mace, "sb." == spice. Cok. 73. Fr. macis
Mace, "sb." == masonry. Alys. 6258. Fr. maçonnerie
Mackarel, "sb." HD. 758. Fr. maquereau
Mad, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 29
Maid, "sb." RG. 431
Maiden, "sb." RG. 435
Maidenclean, "adj." HD. 995; and see Wright’s L. P. p. 82
Maidenhead, "sb." == virginity. RG. 95
Maim, "v. a." part. ‘ymaimed.’ RG. 288. Fr. mahaigner, mahain
Main, "sb." == power. RG. 564
---- == host or army. RG. 436. AS. mægen
Mainhede, "sb." == multitude. Ps. xxx. 20
Maintain, "v. a." RG. 407
Maintenant, "adv." == at once, immediately. Alys. 5302
Maistrie, "sb." == craft, science. Alys. 43, 5591. Fr. maistrie. Lat.
magister
---- == mastery, "q. v."
Make, "v. a." RG. 376; 3s. pres. ‘mas.’ Ps. xxviii. 10; pret. ‘made.’ RG.
279, 372; part, ‘ymaked.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 111
Make, "sb." == mate. Wright’s L. P. p. 28
Making, "sb." == creation. Ps. cxlii. 5
Malapert, "adj." Alys. 3259
Male, "sb." == bag, satchel. HD. 48. Fr. malle. OHG. malaha
Malese, "sb." == discomfort. Alys. 7366; written ‘male ese.’ Alys. 1351
Malison, "sb." == curse. HD. 426
Mallock, "sb." == cursing. Ps. ix. 28; xiii. 3
Maltalent, "sb." == ill-will. Alys. 906
Man, "sb." RG. 89, 377, 454
Manacle, "v. a." part. ‘mankled.’ Pol. S. 218
Mandeflanc, "sb." 893 B. probably a mistake for ‘mau-de-flanc,’ a pain in
the side
Mandment, "sb." == commandment. RG. 194, 201
Mandrake, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Manging, "sb." == mongering, changing. Ps. xliii. 13. AS. mangian
Mangle, "sb." == confusion; ‘in mangle’ == entangled. Alys. 7412
Mangonel, "sb." [magnale]. RG. 394, 549. Fr. mangonne. Gr. µ???a???
Manhood, "sb." == humanity, as opposed to Godhead or Divinity. RG. 131
---- == manliness. RG. 101
---- == homage. RG. 421, 259
Manifold, "adj." RG. 378
Manihede, "sb." == multitude, number. Ps. cl. 2
Manke, "sb." == plenty. M. Ode, 35. AS. menigeo
Mankind, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 70
Manliched, "sb." == mercy. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22
Manlike, "adv." == manlily. Ps. xxx. 25
Manly, "adj." 149 B.
Manna, "sb." Ps. lxxvii. 24
Manner, "sb." RG. 381
Manor, "sb." RG. 497
Manqualm, "sb." == slaughter of men. RG. 416
Manqueller, "sb." RG. 455. Judas, 140
Manrede, "sb." == homage. HD. 484. AS. man-r?den
Mansing, "sb." == cursing. RG. 472, 504. AS. a-mánsumian
Manslaughter, "sb." [mansla?t.] RG. 394
Manslayer, "sb." Ps. lviii. 3
Manticore, "sb." == a kind of serpent. Alys. 7094; the ‘mantichora’ of
Pliny, H. N. viii. 30, 45. See also the Anturs of Arthur, st. 43, and
Skelton’s Phyllyp Sparowe, v. 294
Mantle, "sb." RG. 539, 435
Mantleless, "adj." Alys. 204
Many, "adj." RG. 370, 504
---- == much or very, as ‘many wroth.’ RG. 496
---- "sb." See Meyné
Mar, "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 29. AS. myrran, to hinder
Marblestone, "sb." RG. 476
March, "sb." == kingdom, territory. Alys. 3019. AS. meare
---- == The Marches (in England). RG. 537, 538
Mare, "sb." HD. 2449; [mere], Ps. cxlvi. 9; [more ?] Wright’s L. P. p. 36.
AS. mære
Margarite, "sb." == pearl. Alys. 5683. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Gr.
µa??a??t??
Mark, "sb." == the coin so called. RG. 390. AS. marc, manca
Mark, "v. a." RG. 116.
Marreys, == marsh, "q. v."
Marriage, "sb." RG. 532.
Marrowed, "adj." [merghed], Ps. lxv. 15. AS. mearh
Marry, "v. a." RG. 434
Marsh, "sb." O. and N. 304; [marreys]. Alys. 6540. AS. mersc
Marshal, "sb." RG. 491, 510
Martinape, "sb." Alys. 6464
Martre, "sb." == a martin. M. Ode, 182
Martyr, "sb." 651 B.
---- "v. a." part. ‘ymartred.’ RG. 441, 476
Martyrdom, "sb." RG. 81, 407, 477
Marvel, "sb." Alys. 5268
Marvelling, "sb." == marvel. Alys. 5572
Marvellous, "adj." Alys. 7152
Mas, == makes. See Make
Mash, "v. a." == beat, tear to pieces. O. and N. 84. Connected with
‘smash.’ Fr. macher. Sw. mäska
Mask, "v. a." == bewilder; part. ‘maskede.’ 115 ß. Fr. masque. Lat. masca.
See Burguy, "s. v." ‘masquer’
Mason, "sb." Alys. 2370. Fr. maçon
Mass, "sb." == church service. RG. 369, 405; pl. ‘masson.’ RG. 545
Massbook, "sb." HD. 186
Massday, "sb." Ps. lxxv. 11; lxxiii. 8
Massecos, "sb." == masskiss. 1771 B.
Massgear, "sb." == apparatus of the mass; [messe-gere], HD. 188
Mast, "sb." (of a ship). HD. 709
Master, "sb." RG. 397; [mesteir]. Alys. 7480
---- == master town, or metropolis. Alys. 6112
---- "adj." == crafty. RG. 454
Masterling, "sb." Alys. 400
Mastery, "sb." == superiority; [maistrie]. RG. 395, 558
Masthede, "sb." == might. Ps. xxviii. 3
Mastlyng, "sb." == a kind of brass. RG. 87. AS. mæslen. See Hearne’s
Gloss, to RG. "s. v."
Mate, "sb." == companion. RG. 536
Matins, "sb." RG. 369
Matresche, "sb." == elegant, well-dressed. RG. 344. Fr. maistrie
Matyng, "sb." == a dream. See Meting
Maugre, "adj." == in spite of; ‘magrei ys nose.’ RG. 94
Maundy, "sb." == duty, commandment; [mandé]. 359 ß. Lat. mandatum
Maveis, "adj." == bad. RG. 537. Fr. mauvais
Maw, "sb." == stomach. RG. 311; [mahe]. Rel. S. v. 171
Mawmet, "sb." == idol. RG. 14. Probably the word originally meant a
scare-crow, a bundle of clouts or rags, from the verb ‘maim.’ See Prof.
Key’s remarks on this word, Phil. Soc. Trans. 1856, p. 245.
May, "sb." == maiden. Wright’s L. P. p. 26, 28. AS. mæg.
May, "vb." O. and N. 1622; [mowe]. RG. 454; [muhe]. O. and N. 1579;
[mu?e]. O. and N. 62. 3 pl. pres. ‘mahen.’ Rel. S. iv. 74. pret. ‘my?te.’
RG. 377
May, "sb." (the month) [ma ?] Ritson’s AS. viii. 146; [me ?] Wright’s L.
P. p. 61
Maynage, "sb." == suite, attendants. RG. 183
Mayor, "sb." [mor]. RG. 542
Maze, "sb." == folly. RG. 322, 498
Mazed, "adj." == drunk. Ps. lxxxvii. 65
Me, == May? Wright’s L. P. p. 61
Me, with verbs,--as ‘me ne dorste,’ they did not dare. RG. 367, et passim
Me. See I
Mead, "sb." == meadow. RG. 496; [maied]. Alys. 7323. AS. m?d
Meal, "sb." == ground corn. HD. 780. AS. melu
Meal, "sb." == repast. RG. 496; pl. ‘meals.’ Rel. Ant. i. p. 111. AS. m?l
Mean, "v. a." == signify. HD. 597. AS. mænan
---- "v. n." == intend, part. ‘yment.’ Alys. 4570
Measurable, "adj." == just. Alys. 7050
Meat, "sb." RG. 389. AS. mete
Meatless, "adj." RG. 252
Medicine, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 88
Meding, "sb." == reward, meed. Alys. 5533
Medlay, "sb." == tumult, conflict. Alys. 4612. Fr. medlée; from medler, to
mix
Meed, "sb." RG. 437, 503. AS. méd
Meek, "adj." RG. 435
---- "v. a." == make meek. Ps. ix. 31
Meekhede, "sb." RG. 389
Meekly, "adj." Cok. 142. Ps. cxxx. 2
Meekness. Ps. ix. 14
Meet, "adj." == fit, proper. Wright’s L. P. p. 36. AS. gemét
Meet, "v. a." == HD. 1810; [imete]. Rel. S. v. 205. AS. métan
---- "v. n." == with reflexive dat. of pron. ‘to gadere hem sone mette.’
RG. 400
Meeting, "sb." == encounter. Alys. 2697, 6747
Mei, "sb." == male relation. Rel. S. v. 162. M. Ode, st. 15. AS. mæg. See
Gloss. Rem. to La?, iii. 441
Mein, "v. a." == mingle. O. and N. 943. part. ‘meind.’ O. and N. 131.
‘imeind.’ O. and N. 18. AS. mengian, pret. ‘meinde’
Meld, "v. a." == make mild. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210
Mele, "v. n." == speak. HD. 2059. AS. m?lan. ON. mæla
Mell, "v. a." == mix, mingle, part. ‘imelled.’ 276 ß Fr. medler
Melody, "sb." 381 ß
Member, "sb." RG. 560
Menage, "sb." == family. Alys. 2087. Fr. manage, from ‘manoir,’ to remain
Mend, "v. a." == amend. Marg. 24; [mand]. Wright’s L. P. p. 44
Mending, "sb." == remedy. Alys. 5206
Menge. See Ming
Menison, "sb." == dysentery. RG. 568. Fr. menison, menoison
Menske, "adj." == gracious. RG. 33. From AS. mennisc, human; cf. our
double sense of ‘humanity’
---- "sb." == grace, civility. Wright’s L. P. p. 37
---- "v. a." == treat graciously. Ritson’s AS. viii. 83
Menskful, "adj." == gracious. Wright’s L. P. p. 51
Merchandise, "sb." RG. 99
Merchant, "sb." Alys. 704
Merciful, "adj." Ps. cxliv. 8
Mercy, "sb." RG. 370; to ‘do into mercy’ == force a man to beg his life.
RG. 539
Mere, "adj." [mire]. O. and N. 1739
---- "adv." == merely, entirely. O. and N. 496
Mere, "sb." == a boundary. Ps. ii. 8. AS. ge-m?re
Mere, "adj." == famous, beautiful, noble. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. M. Ode,
196. AS. m?ra
Merksoot, "sb." == distance between two limits. Ritson’s AS. viii. 31. See
Wyntoun, ix. 47
Merrily, "adv." [murdly]. Body and Soul, 17
Merry, "adj." 141 ß; [miri]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 118; comp. ‘murgore.’ RG.
190, 281; sup. ‘murgost.’ RG. 349. AS. mergð
---- "v. n." == to be merry, 3 s. pres. ‘murgeth.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 45
---- "v. a." == make merry. Wright’s L. P. p. 44
Mes, "sb." == meal, mess. Body and Soul, 137, Sermon 6. AS. mesan, to eat
Message, "sb." 2020 B.
Messegere, "sb." == apparatus of the Mass. See Massgear
Messenger, "sb." RG. 475, 505
Mestere, "sb." == craft. K. Horn, 235. Fr. maistrie. Lat. magister
Mestere, "sb." == trade, profession. Alys. 6719. Fr. métier. Lat.
ministerium. ‘Of all mestere men’ == of all sorts of men. Rel. Ant. i.
115.
Mestre--‘with the mestre’ == with need, or with craft. Alys. 5466
Metal, "sb." RG. 6; [matel]. Alys. 6242
Mete, "v. n." == dream. K. Horn, 1458. pret. ‘mette.’ Judas 8. AS. mætan
Meth, "sb." == respect. Wright’s L. P. p. 103. AS. mæð
Meth, "sb." == measure. Ps. lxxix. 6. AS. ge-mete
Methful, "adj." == kind. Wright’s L. P. p. 32. AS. m?d-full
Methful, "adj." == weary. Ps. iii. 6. AS. méðe
Methfullike, "adj." == moderate, short? Ps. xxxviii. 6. AS. m?te. The V.
L. has ‘metlic’
Meting, "sb." == a dream. 1576 B. Alys. 327; [matyng]. Alys. 261. AS.
mætan
Meyné, "sb." == company. 144, 1582 B.; [maigné]. Alys. 1119. Fr. maignée,
from manoir. See Burguy, "s. v." ‘manoir’
Mid, "prep." == with. RG. 371. AS. mid.
---- "adv." == together. O. and N. 136
Midday, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 41
Middelerd, "sb." == the world. RG. 560. AS. middan-geard
Middle, "sb." == waist. RG. 435
---- "adj." [myldel]. RG. 437
Midmost, "adj." == middle. RG. 29
Midnight, "sb." RG. 202
Midovernoon, == 3 P. M. Alys. 5216. Ps. xxxvi. 6
Midst, [myddes]--‘in the myddes.’ RG. 61
Midsummer, "sb." RG. 499
Midwinter, "sb." RG. 367, 408
Might, "sb." See May
---- "sb." RG. 23. HD. 35. AS. miht
Mightand, "sb." == powerful man. Ps. lxxxix. 10
Mightful, "adj." RG. 253
Mighthede, "sb." Ps. cxliv. 7
Mighting, "sb." == might. Ps. lxiv. 7
---- == mighty act. Ps. cv. 2
Mightsome, "v. n." == be powerful. pret. ‘mightsomed.’ Ps. lxxvii. 38.
part. ‘mightsomand.’ Ps. lxxii. 12
Mightsomeness, "sb." Ps. xxix. 7
Mighty, "adj." 341 ß
Mikel, "adj." == great, incomprehensible. Creed of St Athan. 25; [mochel].
305 B. AS. mycel
---- "v. a." == magnify. Ps. xi. 5; xvii. 51; lxxi. 17
Mikelhed, "sb." == greatness. Ps. cv. 45
Mikelnes, "sb." Ps. xxxvi. 11
Milce, "sb." == mercy. RG. 388. A substantive formed from ‘mild.’ AS.
milts
Mild, "adj." RG. 246, 374
Milderthede, "sb." == mildness, mercy. Ps. lxxvii. 38. For milderhede, the
‘t’ inserted euphonically, as in ‘are-t-hede,’ honour
Mildheartness, "sb." Ps. xci. 3
Mildly, "adv." [milthely]. 52 ß
Mildness, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 73
Mile, "sb." == a measure of distance. RG. 375. AS. míl
Mile, "sb." == a girl? Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. meowle
Milful, "adj." == merciful. RG. 435
Milk, "sb." RG. 43
Mill, "sb." [mulen]. O. and N. 86. AS. mylen
Millhouse, "sb." [milnehus]. HD. 1967
Millpost, "sb." [mulnepost]. Pol. S. 70
Millstone, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 185
Millward, "sb." Pilate 4
Milt, "sb." == the spleen. Rel. S. v. 171. AS. milt
Milth, "sb." == mildness. Ps. xxiv. 6
---- "v. n." == be mild. Ps. xxiv. 11; lxvi. 2
Mind, "sb." [mund]. Signa ante Jud. 78
Mind, "sb." [munde]. == memory. RG. 392, 527. AS. myne
Mine, "adj." == my, before a consonant. RG. 214, 215
Mine, "sb." == an unknown game. HD. 2326. Roquefort "s. v." says of it,
‘Il étoit trés-dangereux, et on pouvoit s’y ruiner en peu de temps’
Mine, "v. a." == remember. Ps. viii. 5. part. ‘mined’ == mindful. Ps. vi.
6. See Minne
Mine, "v. a." == dig up. RG. 518. Fr. mine. See Burguy, "s. v."
---- "v. n." == dig. Alys. 1216
Miner, "sb." Alys. 1218
Ming, "v. a." == mingle. RG. 42; [menge] 1995; pret. ‘monge.’ RG. 239;
part. ‘ymenged.’ RG. 48, ‘minging.’ RG. 95. AS. mengian
Minister, "sb." Pol. S. 195
Miniver, "sb." Alys. 5474. Fr. menu vair
Minne, "adj." == less. Creed of St Athan. 56. ON. minni
Minne, "v. a." == remember. Wright’s L. P. 37; [munne]. Ibid. p. 112.
imper. ‘munt’? Ibid. p. 37. AS. mynan
Minor, "sb." == Minorite. RG. 498
Minster, "sb." RG. 518
Minstrel, "sb." [menstral]. RG. 53; [menestral]. RG. 272
Miracle, "sb." RG. 73, 121
Mirk, "adj." Ps. xvii. 12. AS. mirc
Mirkness, "sb." Ps. x. 3
Mirror, "sb." Pol. S. 213
Mirth, "sb." O and N. 341
---- "v. n." == be joyful. Ps. xxxi. 11
Mirthing, "sb." Ps. lxxxviii. 16
Misadventure, "sb." == written divisim, ‘mys aventure.’ RG. 205;
[misauntre]. RG. 375, 529
Misbear, "v. a." == misbehave, part. ‘misbore.’ 1248 B.
Misbegotten, "adj." RG. 42
Misbelief, "sb." RG. 121
Misbelieved, "adj." == infidel. RG. 239
Mischance, "sb." RG. 137, 380
Mischief, "sb." Alys. 3784; ‘with mischief’ == hardly. Alys. 3775
Misclaiming, "part." RG. 375
Misdeed, "sb." RG. 279
Misdo, "v. a." RG. 381. pret. ‘mysdude.’ RG. 429, 34
Misease, "sb." RG. 34, 450, 490
---- "adj." 520 ß
Miseislich, "adj." == miserable. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217
Misfaring, "adj." == of evil shape and condition. Alys. 6470
Misfonge, "v. a." == take amiss, misunderstand. O. and N. 1372
Misgo, "v. n." HD. 2707
Misliche, "adv." == erroneously, unfairly. O. and N. 1771
Mislike, "v. a." 536 B.
---- "v. n." O. and N. 344
Misliking, "sb." Ps. lxxvii. 49. Wright’s L. P. p. 72
Mismotynde, "part." == arguing wrongly. Pol. S. 157
Misnime, "v. a." == mistake, part. ‘misnume.’ O. and N. 1512
Misniming, "sb." == wrongful taking. RG. 508
Mispay, "v. a." == displease. 2046 B.
Misrede, "v. a." == misadvise. O. and N. 160, 1061
Misreke, "v. n." == misreckon. O. and N. 490, 675
Misrempe, "v. n." == misstate or misstrive in an argument. O. and N. 1785.
ON. remba, niti
Miss, "v. a." 50 B. AS. missian
---- "v. n." == fail of. O. and N. 823
Missay, "v. a." HD. 49
Misstart, "v. n." O. and N. 675
Misstep, "v. n." O. and N. 1351
Mist, "sb." 684 B
Misthink, "v. a." [think mis]. Ps. ix. 23
Mistide, "v. n." == happen unfortunately. O. and N. 1499
Mistread, "v. a." == tread awry. Rel. Ant. ii. 175
Misunderstand, "v. a." RG. 42
Miswend, "part." == gone in the wrong way. RG. 351
Mis?enge, "sb." == failure. O. and N. 1227
Mithe, "v. a." == conceal. HD. 652. AS. míðan
Mitten, "sb." == might. Marg. 44
Mixed, "adj." == foul. HD. 2533. AS. mix
Mo, == more. RG. 369
Moan, "v. n." [mene]. 1284 B. AS. m?nan
---- "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Mock, "v. a." Pol S. 238
Mody, "adj." == proud. Body and Soul 3. AS. módig
Molest, "sb." == sorrow. Alys. 5443, 5811
Mon, == shall, as ‘mon grinde.’ Ps. xxviii. 6; [mone]. Ps. lxviii. 37. ON.
mun
Mon, "indef. pron." == ‘one;’ as the Germ. ‘man.’ O. and N. 455
Monday. RG. 495
Mone, "sb." See Mon
Mone, "sb." == companion. K. Horn, 540. AS. gemána
Mone, == share, portion. K. Horn, 1147. AS. gemæne
Mone, "sb." == saying, proverb. Alys. 1281. ON. munnr
---- == opinion. HD. 816. AS. monian, mánian
Mone, "sb." == wrong, harm? RG. 315. AS. mán
Mone, "v. a." == tell, repeat. Wright’s L. P. p. 92. AS. mænan?
Mones, == many? Ps. lxv. 5
Monk, "sb." RG. 105, 369
Monoceros, "sb." == an animal with one horn. Alys. 5721, 6539
Monscip, "sb." == mercy. Marg. 69; or possibly ‘honour.’ See Gloss. Rem.
to La?. iii. 439
Month, "sb." RG. 44, 399, 435
Mood, "sb." == temper. RG. 15; disposition. RG. 61; [med]. RG. 157
Moodiness, "sb." O. and N. 1403
Moody, "adj." O. and N. 500. Wright’s L. P. p. 44
Moor, "sb." Pol. S. 216
Moorhen, "sb." Pol. S. 158
Mopish, "adj." == foolish, silly. 78 B.
Mor. See Mayor
More, "sb." == root. RG. 39, 352. ‘Moren’ is used by La?amon, but the
etymology is uncertain
---- "v. a." == root up. RG. 499
More, "adj." == greater. RG. 421
---- == more (of quantity). 814 B.
---- "adv." == rather. RG. 453
Moretide, "sb." == morrow tide. Alys. 4106. AS. morgentíd
More?eiing. See Morning
Morheden, "vb." 3 pl. pret. == murmured. Ps. cv. 25. AS. murcnian. Dut.
morren
Morning, "sb." [morweninge]. RG. 558; [more?eiing]. O. and N. 1716
Morrow, "sb." [morwe]. RG. 382; [marewe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. morgen
Morsel, "sb." RG. 342
Morselmeal, "adv." == in pieces, or morsels. St Kath. 250
Mortar, "sb." == cement, RG. 128
Mortar, "sb." == an instrument in which substances are pounded. Alys. 332
Mose, "sb." == hedgesparrow. O. and N. 69. Cf. AS. máse, a titmouse, and
ON. músa-rindill, passer troglodytes
Most, "adj." == greatest. 184, 123 B.
Mostdel, == most part. RG. 287
Mot, "sb." == dispute, moot. O. and N. 468.
Mot, "adj." == mute? Wright’s L. P. p. 31. Fr. mut, muet
Mote, "vb. pres." == may. RG. 508.
---- == must, 826 B. pret. ‘moste’ == must, should. RG. 53, 367; 2 s.
pret. ‘mostest.’ 1214 B.
Mother, "sb." RG. 465
Mould, "sb." == earth, ‘on molde.’ Wright’s L. P. pp. 29, 31
Mound, "sb." == helmet. Alys. 2277. AS. mond == a basket
Mound, "sb." == power, value. Alys. 2655, 2207
---- == size, hence a crowd of people. Pol. S. 189. Pr. mont, munt
Mouns, "sb." == mountains. RG. 220, 392
Mount, "v. n." == ascend. 184 B.
Mountain, "sb." 27 ß
Mountance, "sb." == duration. Alys. 6211. Fr. montance
Mourn, "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 34. AS. murnan
Mourning, "sb." 23 B.
Mouse, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 111. AS. mús
Mouth, "sb." HD. 1256. 868 B.
Mouthed, "adj." Alys. 6125
Move, "v. a." RG. 453
Mow, "v. a." RG. 496, strike hard. HD. 1852. AS. máwan
---- "sb." == crop. O. and N. 1038
Mowe, "sb." == a female relation. Rel. S. v. 162. M. Ode, st. 15. RG. 316.
AS. mage. See Gloss. Rem. to La?. iii. 441
Much, "adj." RG. 372. 19 B.
Muchdel, == great part, RG. 376
Muchehed, "sb." == greatness, size. Alys. 7352
Muchel. See Mikel
Muck, "sb." Fr. on the Seven Sins, 29
Muge, "sb." == mugwort. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. AS. mug-wyrt
Mulberry, "sb." Ps. lxxvii. 47. Germ. maulbeere. Lat. morus
Mule, "sb." RG. 189
Mumble, "v. n." Pol. S. 238. ON. mumla. Dut. mommelen
Munne, "v. n." == remember. Wright’s L. P. p. 112. imper. ‘munt.’ Ibid. p.
37
Munning, "sb." == remembrance, remorse? Wright’s L. P. p. 37. AS. munan
Munten, "v. a." == measure out; hence, give, pay. Pol. S. 151. Rel. Ant.
ii. p. 216. Fr. munter
Muray, "sb." == wall. Alys. 6244. Fr. murail
Murder, "sb." RG. 559
---- "v. a." pret. ‘morthrede.’ RG. 263. part. ‘ymorthred.’ RG. 110. AS.
myrðrian
Murgost, Murgore, Murge. See under Merry
Murne, "adj." == sorrowful. K. Horn, 724
Muthe, "sb." == army, 1638. Fr. muete
Mutton, "sb." == the meat so called. Pol. S. 198
My, "adj." RG. 443
Mynde, "adj." == merciful, kind. Wright’s L. P. p. 82. The word occurs in
the Manuel d. Pecches, v. 727,
‘And y am euere so mynde
For to pray for al mankynde.’
AS. myn
Myrrh, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 96. Body and Soul, 118
Mysel, "sb." == leper. RG. 435. Fr. mesel. Lat. misellus
N.
Nail, "sb." == clavus. HD. 712. AS. nægel
---- == unguis. K. Horn, 238
---- "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 84. part. ‘ynailed.’ 93 ß
Naked, "adj." RG. 458, 557. AS. nacod. This word is a participle of a
verb, of which the root is "nag" (cf. ON. gnaga), meaning to gnaw, strip
off bark or covering from anything
Nakedhed, "sb." Alys. 7056
Nakins, == no kind. Ps. xxxii. 16
Name, "sb." RG. 367
---- "v. a." pret. ‘nempnede.’ RG. 28
Namely, "adv." RG. 381, 537
Nanmon, == no more. RG. 291
Nap, "sb." == napkin. Rel. S. v. 107. Fr. nape. Lat. mappa
Nap, "v. n." == sleep. Ps. lxxv. 7. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. AS. hnæppian
Nape, "sb." == back of neck. Alys. 1347. Swed. nakke
Napping, "sb." == sleep. Ps. lxxv. 6. AS. hnæppung
Nare, == narrow, "q. v."
---- "v. a." == oppress. Ps. xxxiv. 5
Narrow, "adj." RG. 401; [nare]. Fr. Sci. 318. AS. nearo
---- "adv." == narrowly, closely. O. and N. 68
Natheless, == nevertheless. RG. 375
Navel, "sb." Alys. 493. AS. nafela
Nawighte, "adv." == not at all, not a bit. Ps. lxxvi. 3
Nay, "adv." Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Ne, == not. O. and N. 48. RG. 470
---- == nor. O. and N. 905, 906. RG. 470
"In composition." A. With the verb To Be
"pres. sing." 1. ‘nam.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 42. 2. ‘nart.’ O. and N.
407. 3. ‘nis.’ RG. 454
"pret. sing." 3. ‘nes.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 52. ‘nas.’ RG. 372
"pl." ‘nere.’ RG. 376
"pret. conj." ‘nere.’ O. and N. 22
B. With the verb To Have
"pret. sing." 1. ‘navy.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 37. 2. ‘nast.’ Ibid p.
102, 103. 3. ‘nath.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 42. ‘nafdh.’ Rel. S. v. 80
"pl." 3. ‘nabbeth.’ O. and N. 253
"pret. sing." 2. ‘naddest.’ O. and N. 1509
"pl." ‘nadde.’ RG. 19
"pres. conj." 3. ‘nabbe.’ Rel. S. v. 41
C. With the verb To Will
"pres. sing." 1. ‘nul.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 32, ‘nullyt.’ Id. ibid.
2. ‘nyltu.’ RG. 13. ‘nultu.’ O. and N. 903
3. ‘nele.’ O. and N. 1480.
"pl." 3. ‘nolle.’ RG. 265. ‘nulleth.’ O. and N. 1762
"pret." ‘nolde.’ RG. 508. ‘noldestu.’ Rel. S. v. 167
D. With the verb To Wit
"pres. sing." 1. ‘not.’ O. and N. 1619. 3. ‘not.’ RG. 518
"pl." 2. ‘nu?te.’ O. and N. 1749.
3. ‘nute.’ O. and N. 1008. neotith. Alys. 3767
"pret. sing." 3. ‘nuste.’ RG. 13
Neat, "sb." == cattle. RG. 404, 518. AS. nýten, neát
Neb, "sb." == face. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 24. AS. neb
Neck, "sb." RG. 539, 375. AS. hnecca
Necromancy, "sb." Alys. 137
Nedre, "sb." == adder. RG. 43. AS. næddre
Need, "sb." == necessary duty. RG. 527
---- == service, help. RG. 403. O. and N. 388
---- "v. n." 976 B. RG. 370
Need, "v. n." == dare. Alys. 6525, AS. néðan
Needful, "adj." == needy. Ps. cviii. 22. Sermon, 17
Needing, "sb." == need. Ps. ix. 10
Needle, "sb." RG. 99
Needless, "adj." 1664 B.
Needy, "adj." RG. 330
Neeres, "sb." == reins, kidneys. Ps. xxx. 3. ON. nyra. Dut. nier. Cf.
‘kydneer,’ the form found in Wiclif, Ex. xxix. 13
Neghtsom, "adj." == propitious. Ps. lxiv. 4; lxxvii. 38. AS. hn?gan
Neigh, "v. n." RG. 459. part. ‘neyghynge.’ Alys. 1872. AS. hnæegan
Neighbour, "sb." RG. 538
Neighing, "sb." Alys. 2091
Neither, "pron." [nother]. RG. 421; "conj." [nother]. O. and N. 465;
[nouther]. Wright’s L. P. p. 102
Neld, "sb." == needle. Sermon, 22
Nende, "sb." == end. RG. 153, 297
Nephew, "sb." RG. 325, 393
Nere, "sb." == ear. Ps. xxx. 3
Nese, "v. n." == sneeze. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. AS. niesan
Nesh, "adj." == soft, tender. 1623 B. O. and N. 1385; [neys]. HD. 217. AS.
hnesc
---- "v. a." == make soft. part. ‘nesched.’ Ps. liv. 22
Neshly, "adv." == softly. [nessely]. RG. 435
Nest, "sb." O. and N. 282
Nestle, "v. n." Ps. ciii. 17
Net, "sb." HD. 752
Nether, [nyther] == lower. 522 ß. sup. ‘netherest.’ Ps. cxxxviii. 15.
‘nythemeste.’ Fr. Sci. 331
Netherward, "adv." [notherward]. O. and N. 144
Nettle, "sb." O. and N. 593
Neve, "sb." == fist, neif. HD. 1917. ON. hnefi
Never, "adv." RG. 13; [newe]. RG. 468
Nevereft. 946 B.
Neverthelater, "adv." RG. 11
New, "adj." [nywe]. RG. 375; [nowe]. O. and N. 1127
---- "sb." == infant. Ps. xviii. 8
---- "v. a." == renew. Ps. xxxviii. 3
Newe, == never. "q. v."
Next. See Nigh
Nice, "adj." == silly, foolish. RG. 109, 106. Fr. niais
Nifle, "v. n." == talk folly, drivel. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Nigh, "adj." [ne?]. 94, 208 B.; [neh]. Wright’s L. P. p. 34. sup. ‘next.’
RG. 11; [nest]. Wright’s L. P. p. 59
Nigh, "v. n." == draw near to. Wright’s L. P. p. 84. Alys. 781
Night, "sb." RG. 383. gen. absol. ‘nightes’ == in the night-time, or ‘by
night.’ O. and N. 238
Nightingale, "sb." O. and N. 4, 13. AS. nightgale, from ‘galan,’ to sing
Nighwhat, == almost. RG. 81, 398
Nime, "v. a." == take. 822 B.; pret. ‘nome.’ RG. 367; ‘nam.’ 285 B.;
‘neme.’ 254 B.; part. ‘ynome.’ RG. 3; part. ‘niming’ == taking prisoners.
Alys. 1614. AS. niman
Nine. RG. 382, 393
Nineteen. RG. 517
Nineteenth, "adj." RG. 421
Ninety. RG. 485
Ninth, "adj." RG. 473
Nithe, "v. a." == lower, bend. Marg. 17
Nithe, "sb." == hatred, envy. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. AS. níð
---- "v. n." == strive, emulate. Ps. xxxvi. 8
Nitheful, "adj." == malicious. M. Ode, 138
Nithemest, "adj." == nethermost, lowest. Fragm. Sci. 331
Nithing, "sb." == villain. K. Horn, 202. AS. níðing
No, "adv." ‘no shaltow’ == shalt thou not. Alys. 6925
No, "adj." == none. 24 B.
Noble, "adj." RG. 367
Nobleman, "sb." RG. 393
Nobleye, "sb." == nobility. RG. 376, 420
Nobly, "adv." RG. 367; [noblelike]. HD. 2640
Noise, "sb." RG. 151, 396. Fr. noise. Prov. nausa. Lat. nausea
Noll, "sb." == head. Pol. S. 157. AS. cnoll, hnol
Nomore, "adv." [namore]. RG. 384
None, "adj." before a consonant. RG. 369, 370; [nond]. Ritson’s AS. xvii.
35.
---- == no one. RG. 468
Nook, "sb." == ‘note’ or value? ‘not a far-things nook.’ HD. 820
Nook, "sb." == corner, nook. Ps. cxvii. 22. ON. hnocki, a hook; hence an
angle or corner
Noon, "sb." RG. 398
North. RG. 14
Northern, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 51
Northward, "adv." 1127 B.
Norye, "sb." == a foster-child. Alys. 4730
Nose, "sb." RG. 94
Not, "adv." [no?t]. 102 B.
Note, "sb." (in music). St Dunstan, 165
Note, "sb." == use, power, possession. O. and N. 51. AS. notu. The Jesus
Coll. MS. however reads ‘vote,’ i. e. ‘foot’
---- "v. a." == employ. O. and N. 1031
Notheles, "adv." ‘notheles A’ == without the aid of A. Alys. 3658
Nother, "conj." == nor. RG. 421
Nothfulhede, "sb." == use, advantage. Ps. xxix. 10
Nothing. RG. 367
Nought, == nothing; [na?t]. RG. 403; [no?t]. 1094 B.
Nourish, "v. a." [norysy]. RG. 434, [norischi]. 1876 B.
Nourishing, "sb." == nourishment. Fragm. Sci. 382
Now, "adv." [nou]. RG. 368; [nouthe]. RG. 458
Nowe, "sb." == cattle. Body and Soul, 73. Yorksh. ‘nowie.’ ON. naut
Nowhere, "adv." RG. 428
Nowhither, "adv." Body and Soul, 179
Noy, "v. a." == annoy. 198 B.
Nughtsom, "v. n." == abound. Ps. lxiv. 14. AS. genihtsumian
---- "v. a." == make to abound. Ps. xlix. 19
Number, "sb." RG. 396
Numbering, "sb." RG. 61
Nun, "sb." RG. 370. Fr. nonne
Nunnery, "sb." RG. 369
Nut, "sb." HD. 419. Alys. 5193. AS. hnut
Nutmeg, "sb." Alys. 6792. Fr. muguette, noix muscade
Nycke, "v." == ‘to nycke nay.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Nyte, "v. a." == use, enjoy. HD. 941. AS. neotan. ON. nyta
Nythemest, == lowest. See Nether
O.
O, == one. RG. 430, 454
O, == ever. O. and N. 1474. See Oo
Oak, "sb." RG. 22. AS. ?c
Oaken, "adj." Alys. 6415
Oar, "sb." HD. 711. AS. ár
Oath, "sb." RG. 383, 506. AS. áð
Obedience, "sb." 921 B.
Obeysant, "adj." == obedient. RG. 503
Obligation, "sb." RG. 391
Oblige, "v. a." RG. 12. part. ‘y-obliged.’ RG. 389
Obok, == on the book. HD. 2311
Obon, == on, or in body. HD. 2505. See numerous other exx. of this form in
Sir F. Madden’s Gloss. to Havelok under this word
Observe, "v. a." Legend of St Cuthbert in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 15,
"n."
Ocean, "sb." RG. 40
Ocquerne, "sb." == dog-leather well dressed. M. Ode, st. 183. Fr. ocaigne
Odame, "sb." == brother-in-law. Alys. 2081. See v. 2349. AS. áðum. N. H.
G. eidam
Odwite, "sb." == reproach. O. and N. 1231. AS. edwít, oðwítan
Of. O. and N. 9, 11
---- == on account of. O. and N. 40
Ofbore, "v. n." == forbear. O. and N. 408
Ofchamed, "part." == ashamed. O. and N. 932. AS. of-sceamian
Ofdawen, "v. n." == recover one’s senses. Alys. 2265
Ofdrad, "part." == afraid. O. and N. 1141
Oferen, "v. a." == terrify. O. and N. 976. part. ‘oferd.’ O. and N. 399.
AS. off?red, affrighted
Off, "adv." [of.] Pol. S. 188
Offer, "v. a." RG. 545
Offering, "sb." == donation. RG. 545; oblation. Alys. 6163
Office, "sb." == duty. RG. 468
Offspring, "sb." RG. 9
Ofgo, "v. a." == overtake. 52 B.
Ofgrede, "v. a." == call to. Alys. 581
Ofken, "v. a." == bring forth (a child). Rel. S. iv. 42
Ofligge, "v. n." == lie by, or on. O. and N. 1503
Oflonged, "part." == oppressed with longing. O. and N. 1585
Ofscape, "v. a." == escape. RG. 398
---- "v. n." == escape. RG. 570
Ofsee, "v. a." == see. pret. ‘of-sygh.’ Alys. 6060. AS. of-seón
Ofseek, "v. a." == seek out. Miracles, 87
Ofsend, "v. a." == send for. Alys. 1006, 1912
Ofserve, "v. a." == observe. RG. 265
Ofslahe, "part." == slain. O. and N. 1609
Ofspeak, "v. a." == speak of, part. ‘ofspoke.’ Alys. 6518
Ofswink, "v. a." == fatigue. RG. 40
Oft, "adj." == frequent. RG. 264; comp. oter. RG. ibid.
---- "adv." RG. 443
Oftake, "v. a." == overtake. 53 B. 409 ß
Ofthink, "v. a." used impersonally == to repent of. ‘hem of-thou?te here
prute.’ RG. 163. AS. of-þincan
---- "v. a." == think of, consider. Rel. S. v. 2
Oftoned, "part." == made angry. O. and N. 254. AS. teonan
Ogaine, == again. For words compounded with ‘ogaine,’ see under Again
Oh, Ohen. See Owe
Oil, "sb." RG. 13; [oli]. Ps. xxii. 5; [ely]. Marg. 60
Ointment, "sb." Judas 126
Ok, == eke, also. HD. 1081
Ok. See Ache
Ok, == ac, but. Pol. S. 205
Okir, "sb." == usury. Ps. xiv. 5. ON. okr. from auka, to increase
Oknes, == on knees. HD. 2252
Old, "adj." RG. 474
Oli. See Oil
Olifaunt. See Elephant
Olive, "sb." RG. 193
Olive, "adv." == on, or in life, alive. HD. 2865. RG. 81
Oliver, "sb." == olive. Alys. 5785
Oloft, "adv." == aloft; lit. in the air. Ps. lxxiv. 8
On. See Owe
On, "prep." Wright’s L. P. pp. 22, 38
Onan, "adv." == anon. Ps. civ. 11
Onde, "sb." == spite. RG. 40. AS. anda
Onde, "sb." == breath. Alys. 3501. ON. anda
Ondi ? Body and Soul, 103
One, == the numeral. RG. 523. acc. s. ‘anne.’ O. and N. 792
---- == a certain person. RG. 289
---- == alone, single. Wright’s L. P. p. 81
Onelote, "sb." == offering, or sacrifice. Ps. xxxix. 7; l. 21. Probably a
corruption of AS. ‘of-lete’
Oneness, "sb." == unity. Creed of St Athan. 11
Ones, "adv." == of one kind. O. and N. 1393
Onfang, "v. a." == conceive (of a woman); pret. ‘onfogh.’ Ps. l. 7. part.
‘onfanged.’ Id. ibid.
Onfrest, "v. a." == delay. HD. 1337. AS. fyrst
Ongrede, "v. a." == lament. O. and N. 1586
Onhede, "sb." == unity. Creed of St Athan. 72
Oning, "sb." == a darling, only child. Ps. xxi. 21
Onith, "adv." == by night. HD. 1251
Onlepi. See Anilepi
Onlight, "v. a." == illuminate. Ps. cxviii. 135
Onrese, "v. n." == rush upon. Ps. lviii. 4
Onsene, "sb." == countenance. O. and N. 1704. AS. on-syn
Onsprute, "sb." == a sprouting forth. Ps. xvii. 16
Onwar, "adj." == ware, aware. Wright’s L. P. p. 46
Onycle, "sb." == onyx. Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Onyx, "sb." Cok. 90
Oo, "adv." == aye, ever. Wright’s L. P. pp. 43, 99
Ope, "adj." == open. O. and N. 168. AS. open. ON. opinn, from ‘op,’
ostium, foramen. Lat. ap-erio
Open, "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 71
---- "v. n." 2209 B.
Openheaded, "adj." == bareheaded. RG. 530
Openly, "adv." Alys. 4003; [opeliche]. O. and N. 851
Orchard, "sb." Alys. 1684. AS. orcerd
Ordain, "v. a." (a clerk). 276 B.
---- == set in array. RG. 452, 456
Ordainer, "sb." == tutor. RG. 469
---- == a setter in order. St Dunstan, 45
Orde, "sb." == a point. K. Horn, 638. Alys. 1838
---- == beginning. O. and N. 1783. AS. órd.
Order, "sb." == disposition, arrangement. Ritson’s AS. xvii. 100
Order, "sb." (of friars). RG. 492
---- == holy orders. RG. 106; an order in the church, as the priesthood.
St Swithin, 17
Ore, "sb." == beginning. M. Ode, st. 91. AS. ór
Ore, "adj." == one, an. O. and N. 17, 1748, 1752
Ore, "sb." == grace, mercy. RG. 1, 8, 381. ON. eira, to spare
Oreless, "adj." == merciless. M. Ode, st. 109
Orf, "sb." == sheep. RG. 6, 378; [oreve]. O. and N. 1155. AS. yrfe
Orfreys, "sb." == embroidery. Alys. 179. Fr. orfrais, vid. Roq. "s. v."
Organ, "sb." == musical instrument. Ps. cxxxvi. 2
Orgle, "sb." == organ. Alys. 191. Germ. orgel
Orgulous, "adj." == proud. Alys. 2006. AS. orgel. Fr. orgueil
Orison, "sb." == prayer. RG. 435, 475
Orn. See Wine
Orpedship, "sb." == valour. Alys. 1413. Orpinn is the partic. of ‘verpa,’
to ‘warp,’ or ‘throw,’ in O. Norse. Hence ‘orped’ comes to signify
‘headlong,’ ‘daring,’ or ‘valorous’
Osier, "sb." [oyser]. Alys. 6186. Fr. osier
Ostede, == in the place. HD. 2549
Oth, "adv." == out of. O. and N. 359
Oth, == other? O. and N. 115
Other, "adj." RG. 375
Other, == or. RG. 376; ‘other--other’ == either--or. 638 ß
Otherluker, "adv." == otherwise. M. Ode, st. 76
Othom, "sb." == uncle. RG. 182, 440. Germ. oheim. Dut. oom.
Ought, "vb." See Owe
Ought, == anything. 765 B.
Oule, "sb." == firehook. 478 ß. Body and Soul, 207. AS. awel, ?l
Ounce, "sb." == the animal. Alys. 5228. Fr. once. Span. onza
Our, "adj." 428 B.
Our, "adj." == your? RG. 455
Out, "adv." RG. 546
---- "prep." ‘out of.’ RG. 547
Outbear, "v. a." == bear out. Ps. lxxvii. 52. part. ‘outborn.’ Ps. ix. 26
Outbishett, "part." == shut out. Alys. 25
Outcast, "v. a." part. ‘outcasten.’ Ps. lxxxiii. 11
Outcasting, "sb." == an outcast. Ps. xxi. 7
Outdraw, "v. a." pret. ‘outdroghe.’ Ps. xxi. 10
Outdrive, "v. a." Ps. xliii. 3
Outelyng, "adj." == external, beyond others. Alys. 4914
Outen, "adj." == foreign. Ps. xvii. 46
Outend, "v. a." == exterminate. Ps. lxxix. 14
Outerly, "adv." ‘al outerliche’ == intently. Alys. 220
Outgang, "sb." Ps. xxx. 23
Outgate, "sb." == going out. Ps. cxiii. 1
Outgo, "v. n." Ps. xliii. 10. pret. ‘outyhode.’ Ps. xviii. 5
Outgoing, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 191
Outlaw, "sb." HD. 41
Outlead, "v. a." Ps. lxvii. 7
Outlet, "sb." [utlete]. O. and N. 1752
Outloted, "part." == overthrown? Ps. cxl. 6. AS. lútan. part. ‘loten’
Outly, "adv." RG. 66, 239
Outmost, "adj." RG. 549
Output, "v. a." Ps. v. 11
Outrage, "sb." RG. 136; ‘said none outrage’ == spoke truly. RG. 432
Outseek, "v. a." RG. 435
Outsend, "v. a." Ps. ciii. 30
Outsheath, "v. a." Ps. xxxvi. 14
Outshun, "v. a." == make to avoid. Ps. xxiv. 15; to pluck up? Ps. cxxviii.
6
Outspit, "v. a." part. ‘outspat.’ Alys. 1628
Outspring, "v. n." pret. ‘outsprang.’ Alys. 493
Outsterandness, "sb." == excuse. Probably for ‘outscerandness.’ Ps. cxl.
4. See the V. L. AS. scíran
Outstere, "sb." == excuse. Probably for ‘outscere.’ Ps. cxl. 4. See the V.
L. So ‘stakered’ is written for ‘skatered’ in v. 7
Outtake, "v. a." == take out. Ps. vi. 5. part. ‘outane.’ Ps. cxxiii. 7
Outthrow, "v. a." Ps. lxxii. 18
Outward, "adv." 2208 B.
Outwending, "sb." == departure. Wright’s L. P. p. 75
Outweringnes, "sb." == vexation, weariness. Ps. xxx. 19
Outwryghe, "v. a." == discover. Alys. 6483. AS. wreon
Ovemest, "adj." == highest, upmost. Fragm. Sci. 24
Oven, "sb." O. and N. 292 (in dat. ‘ofne’). AS. ofen
Ovenon, "adv." ‘on ovenon’ == above, upon. Alys. 2234. S. S. anovenan. See
La?. iii. 34
Over, "prep." == ‘across.’ Pol. S. 70
---- == superior to, beyond. Ps. cxviii. 103
Overal, "adv." RG. 375
Overcast, "adj." (of the sky). 1415 B.
Overcome, "v. a." RG. 401, 454, 548
Overdear, "adj." == very costly. RG. 389
Overdeed, "sb." == a doing too much, surfeit. O. and N. 352
Overest, "sb." == highest part. Ps. ciii. 3
Overfall, "v. a." == fall upon. Ps. lvii. 9
Overfare, "v. n." == pass away. HD. 2163
---- "v. a." == pass over. O. and N. 387. pret. ‘overfore.’ Ps. cxxiii. 5.
part. ‘overfaren.’ Ps. cxxiii. 5
Overgilt, "part." == gilt. St Kath. 158
Overgo, "v. n." [over-gan]. O. and N. 950
Overhead, "sb." == blow on the head. Alys. 7396
Overheave, "v. a." part. ‘overhoven.’ Ps. lxxi. 16
Overhele, "v. a." == conceal. Ps. xliii. 16
Overhohe, "v. a." == despise. O. and N. 1404. AS. ofer-hogian
Overhope, "v. n." == hope constantly. Ps. cxviii. 43
Overmirth, "v. n." == insult. Ps. xxxiv. 19
Overmost, "adj." == highest. Ps. ciii. 13
Overnoon, "sb." == midday. Ps. xxxvi. 6
Overquatie, "v. a." == overfill. O. and N. 353. Halliwell gives ‘Quatted’
== full, satiated. Probably from the ON. kvett, meat; another form of kjöt
Oversee, "v. a." == look over (lit.). O. and N. 30
Overshun, "v. a." == swallow up? Ps. cxxiii. 4
Oversid. O. and N. 1436; either == oversees, looks after, from AS.
ofer-seon; or == regards, takes charge of, from AS. ofer-sittan
Oversore, "adj." RG. 280
Overspread, "v. a." RG. 380
Overstie, "v. a." == go over, surpass. Rel. S. iii. 1
Overswallow, "v. a." [oure-swelyhe]. Ps. lxxviii. 16
Overtake, "v. a." HD. 1816. Ps. vi. 2
Overthwart, "adv." HD. 2822
Overward, "adv." RG. 531
Overwerp, "v. n." == lit. to throw over; hence neut. to overflow, boil
over. Wright’s L. P. p. 83
Overwin, "v. a." Ps. cviii. 3
Owe, "v. a." == own or have. pres. ‘owe.’ RG. 432. pret. ‘ow.’ Pol. S. 204
---- "v. a." == owe a person a thing, pres. ‘on.’ ("s. q." if not ‘ou.’)
RG. 311
---- "v. n." == be obliged; have to do a thing. pres. ‘oh.’ Wright’s L. P.
p. 70. pl. ‘ohen.’ Rel. S. v. 2; pret. ‘aute.’ RG. 452; ‘a?te.’ RG. 202
Own, "adj." [owe]. RG. 372, 437; [o?e]. O. and N. 1648; [onne]. Wright’s
L. P. p. 104
Ox, "sb." 133 ß
O?er, "adj." == great, dreadful. O. and N. 118. AS. óga
O?yrt, == other. RG. 192
P.
Pace, "sb." == step. RG. 387, 513
Pack, "sb." == bundle, burden. Ritson’s AS. viii. 248
Paddock, "sb." == toad. Alys. 6126. ON. padda
Pae, "sb." == peacock. Ritson’s AS. viii. 20. AS. pawa
Page, "sb." == a lackey. Pol. S. 237. Fr. page. Vid. Roq. "s. v."
Pain, "sb." == penalty. 481 B. RG. 377
---- == anguish, [pyne]. Alys. 5059; [peyne]. Ibid. 5060
Paint, "v. a." part. ‘ypeynt.’ RG. 174
Pair, "sb." RG. 390
Palace, "sb." RG. 190
Palfreiour, "sb." == palfrey-keeper. Pol. S. 237
Palfrey, "sb." RG. 490. Fr. palefroi. Lat. paraveredus
Pall, "sb." == coverlet. Alys. 7733. Body and Soul, 15. Lat. palla
Pall, "v. n." == grow pale. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Pallion, "sb." == pall. 248 B.
Palmer, "sb." Alys. 4981
Palter, == bough. Ps. lxxix. 12; "s. q." if ‘paltres’ be not ==
‘palm-trees.’ Lat. palmites. See the V. L.
Pan, "sb." == dish. Alys. 4939. AS. panne
Pan, "sb." See Penny
Pannier, "sb." HD. 760
Pans, "sb." == furs. Alys. 1572. Fr. pane
Pans, "sb." == pence. See Penny
Panter, "sb." == panterer. RG. 187; [pantrer]. RG. 438. Fr. panetier
Panther, "sb." Alys. 6352
Pap, "sb." == woman’s teat. HD. 2132. Ps. xxi. 10. Ital. poppa. Lat.
papilla
Papejay, "sb." == parrot. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. papegai
Paradise, "sb." Alys. 5685; [parays]. 353 ß
Parage, "sb." == rank. Alys. 2953. Fr. parage
Paramours, "adv." = with love, tenderly. Wright’s L. P. p. 91
Parchment, "sb." [parchemyn]. Pol. S. 156. Fr. parcamin
Pard, "sb." == leopard. Alys. 6709
Pardie, "interj." == by God. 2082 B. Fr. par Dieu
Pardon, "sb." 2458 B.
Pare, "v. a." Pilate, 234. Fr. parer
Parish, "sb." 1881 B.
Park, "sb." RG. 1. AS. pearroc. W. parc
Parliament, "sb." RG. 449
Parred, "part." == locked up. HD. 2439. ON. sperra
Parson, "sb." RG. 471, 496
Part, "sb." Pol. S. 193
---- "v. a." == separate. RG. 436
Parting, "sb." == departure. Alys. 2906
Partner, "sb." RG. 309
Party, "sb." == part. RG. 394, 400
Parvenke, "sb." == periwinkle. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Pol. S. 218. AS.
pervence
---- == the flower, excellence of a thing. Ritson’s AS. xvii. 42
Pasken, "v. n." == push, strike? ‘to pasken in the watere,’ St Andrew 8,
seems to mean to beat the water by throwing in the net. Swed. piska. O.
Engl. ‘pash.’ Cf. our phrase of ‘whipping a stream.’
Pass, "v. a." == surpass. 1031 B.
---- == pass over. RG. 436. Alys. 5580
---- "v. n." == go through, pass by. RG. 556
Passage, "sb." 676 B.
Passion, "sb." == the suffering of our Saviour. RG. 495
Pasty, "sb." HD. 644. Cok. 52. Dut. pastei. Fr. pâte
Pate, "sb." == head Pol. S. 237. Judas, 83
Paten, "sb." HD. 188. Lat. patina
Path, "sb." HD. 2390. O. and N. 380
Patriarch, "sb." RG. 479
Patron, "sb." RG. 470
Paune, "sb." == head. See Poune
Pautener, "sb." == rascal. Alys. 1737. Fr. pautonier. Ital. paltone. Vid.
Roq. and Burguy, "s. v."
Paved, "adj." Pol. S. 190
Pavement, "sb." RG. 476
Pavilion, "sb." [pavelon]. RG. 48, 569; [payloun]. Alys. 5067
---- "v. a." == to lodge under tents. part. ‘ypavylounded.’ Alys. 2038.
Fr. pavillon. Lat. papilio
Pay, "v. a." (money); pret. ‘payde.’ RG. 374, 498. part. ‘ipaiid.’ Pol. S.
204
---- "v. a." == please, appease. RG. 314. part. ‘ypaid.’ RG. 391;
‘ipaised’ == restored to peace. RG. 570. Fr. paier. Lat. pacare
Pay, "sb." == peace. RG. 125. Fr. paix
Payloun. See Pavilion
Paynim, "sb." == heathen, pagans. RG. 395
Pays, == pitch, "q. v."
Pea. See Pese
Peace, "sb." RG. 491, 500
Peaceful, "adj." Ps. cxix 7
Peacefully, "adv." Ps. xxxiv. 20
Peacock, "sb." Alys. 5410
Peak, "sb." == The Peak of Derbyshire. RG. 7
Pear, "sb." 1203 B.
Peer, "sb." == equal. RG. 17
Peer, "v. n." == look into. [pure]. K. Horn, 1124; [pouren]. Alys. 5799
Pelican, "sb." Ps. ci. 7
Pell, "sb." == fur, skin. Alys. 6697. Lat. pellis
Pelle, "v. n." == drive, go? HD. 810. Lat. pello
Pelure, "sb." == a furred robe. Alys. 4129. Fr. pel
Penance, "sb." RG. 255
Pencel, "sb." == pennon, banner. Alys. 2688. Fr. pencel. Lat. penna
Penny, "sb." RG. 404, 493; [pan]. Pol. S. 204. pl. ‘panes.’ RG. 473;
‘pans.’ 530 ß
Pepper, "sb." Alys. 7032
Perauntre, "adv." == peradventure. RG. 375
Perch, "sb." == the fish. Alys. 5446. Fr. perche. Lat. perca
Perche, "v. a." == prick, spur. Alys. 2460. Fr. percer
Perforce, "adv." Alys. 4577
Peril, "sb." RG. 452
Pers, "sb." == a cloth or stuff. Alys. 4987; usually of a blue colour. Fr.
pers. Vid. Roq.
Pervink. See Parvenke
Pese, "sb." == a pea. Alys. 5959. AS. pise
Pesens, "sb." == neck-armour covering the breast. Alys. 3697; same as
‘pesane’ in the later Romances. Fr. pis, piz, the breast
Pett, "sb." == pit. Alys. 5764
Pett, for pight? == made. Alys. 7495
Peys, == pitch, "q. v."
Phantom, "sb." == vanity. Ps. iv. 3. Fr. fantosme
Philosophy, "sb." RG. 130
Physic, "sb." RG. 151
Physician, "sb." RG. 68
Pick, "v. a." Pol. S. p. 150. part. ‘pycchynde.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 110
Piece, "sb." == a portion, bit. RG. 555. St Kath. 229
---- == a man. RG. 355
Piecemeal, "adv." RG. 278
Pierce, "v. a." RG. 437
Piete, "sb." == pity. Pol S. 213
Pike, "sb." == sharp stake. RG. 51
---- "v. a." == pierce. RG. 51
Pile, "sb." == hair. Body and Soul, 38
Pilgrim, "sb." 2360 B.
Pilgrimage, "sb." 5 B.
Pilkoc, "sb." == the penis. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Pill, "v. a." == rob. Pol. S. 150. Fr. piller
Pillar, "sb." Alys. 6242. Fr. pilier. Lat. pila
Pillory, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Piment, "sb." == a kind of wine. HD. 1728. Alys. 4178. See the recipe for
making it in Halliwell, "s. v."
Pin, "sb." == pinnacle. Cok. 57
---- == pin (in the modern sense). Alys. 6146
Pinch, "v. n." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Pine, "sb." == pain. RG 326
---- "v. a." == make to pine. Ps. xxxvi. 28. part. ‘ypyned.’ RG. 449
Pink, "v. n." == prick or stab. Pol. S. 156. AS. pyngan
Pinnuc, "sb." == hedge-sparrow. O. and N. 1128. See Wright’s Vocabularies,
p. 177, where ‘lirifa’ is translated ‘pynok’
Pinse, "v. a." == pinch, torture, part. ‘ipinsed.’ Fall and P. 89. Dut.
pinssen. Fr. pincer
Pipe, "sb." == musical instrument. Alys. 7769. AS. píp
---- "v. n." Alys. 1012. Pol. S. 216
Pirate, "sb." == a kind of ship. Alys. 6182
Pircle, "v. n." == slobber at the mouth. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Pirope, "sb." == a precious stone. Alys. 5682. Gr. p???p??
Piss, "v. n." Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Pit, "sb." RG. 409, 540; [pett]. Alys. 5764
Pitch, "sb." RG. 410; [peys]. Alys. 1620; [pays]. Alys. 1630
---- "v. a." == smear with pitch. HD. 707. part. ‘ipiched’ 94 ß
Pitch, "v. a." == fix. pret. ‘pight.’ RG. 51, 29. part. ‘ypi?t.’ RG. 48
Piteous, "adj." RG. 491, 548
Piteously, "adv." RG. 449, 508
Pitfall, "sb." Pol. S. 193
Pith, "sb." [pid]. Body and Soul, 38. AS. piða
Pity, "sb." == pitiful state. Alys. 7269. RG. 532, 537
Place, "sb." RG. 6, 14, 397
Plaice, "sb." == the fish. HD. 896
Plaid, Plait, "sb." == pleading. O. and N. 1735, 5
Plain, "sb." RG. 7
Plain, "v. n." == complain. RG. 533
Plaining, "sb." RG. 473
Plaint, "sb." Alys. 7488. HD. 2961
Planet, "sb." RG. 112
Plant, "v. a." Ps. lxxix. 10
Plaster, "sb." == remedy, ‘plaster of penance.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 89
Plate, "adj." == flat. Alys. 2001. Fr. plat. Germ. platt
Plate, "sb." == a piece of silver. Rel. Ant. i. 144. Span. plata
Plattinde, "part." == journeying. See Plette and Strike
Play, "sb." RG. 272; [ple]. RG. 266; [plawe]. RG. 291. AS. plega
---- "v. n." [plawe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 45; pret. ‘pleide.’ RG. 507
---- "v. a."--‘to play hands’ == clap hands. Ps. xcvii. 8
Playing, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 88
Plea, "sb." RG 471, 473
Plead, "v. n." Pol. S. 159
Pleading, "sb." RG. 471, 473
Plenar, "adj." == full. 1537 B.
Plenarly, "adv." 1538 B.
Plenteous, "adj." RG. 23
Plenty, "sb." RG. 1
Plette, "v. a." == strike. HD. 2444; pret. ‘plat.’ HD. 2755; ‘plette.’ HD.
2626. part. ‘plattinde’ == journeying. HD. 2282. Compare the double sense
of ‘strike,’ "q. v." AS. plættian
Plight, "v. a." == pluck, pull. Alys. 5831, 5859
Plight, "sb." == harm, danger. HD. 1370, 2002. AS. pliht
---- == condition. Body and Soul, 184
Plight, "v. a." == pledge. RG. 357; part. ‘yply?t.’ RG. 388. AS. plihtan
Plot, "sb." (of ground). RG. 536. Fr. plat
Plough, "sb." [ploth]. Rel. Ant. i. p. 111. ON. plógr
Ploughfere, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 49
Ploughland, "sb." RG. 374
Ploughstave, "sb." RG. 99
Plump, "v. n." == fall heavily. Alys. 5776. Dan. plumpe
Po, "sb." == peacock. Pol. S. 159. AS. pawa
Point, "sb." == sharp end. RG. 395
---- == opportunity. Pilate, 17
---- == particular. St Andrew, 36
Phrases--‘upon the "point" to smite.’ RG. 543
‘in such "point"’ == in such case. RG. 391
Pointed, "adj." [yponyted]. RG. 310
Poison, "sb." RG. 122, 151
---- "v. a." Alys. 600
Poke, "sb." == bag, pouch. HD. 555. AS. pocca
Poke, "v. n." == stoop in walking. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Polk, "sb." == pool. HD. 2685, the Norfolk ‘pulk.’
Polk, "v. a." == put. Pol. S. 157
Poll, "sb." == head. Pol. S. 237. Dut. bol, whence our ‘bolster.’ Germ.
polster
Polled, "sb." == shaven. Alys. 216
Pomon, "sb." == lungs. Alys. 4374. Fr. poumon. Lat. pulmo
Pomple, "v. n." stumble. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. ON. pompa
Pool, "sb." RG. 131. AS. pól
Poor, "adj." [povere]. RG. 376; comp. ‘poverore.’ RG. 370
Poorly, "adv." [pourelike]. HD. 323
Pope, "sb." RG. 502
Porch, "sb." Ps. xcix. 4. Lat. porticus
Pore, "v. n." See Peer
Port, "sb." == gate. RG. 51
Porter, "sb." RG. 539, 544
Portere ? "sb." deportment. St Swithin, 25. Fr. portée
Portereve, "sb." == ‘head magistrate of a town.’ Hall. RG. 541
Portray, "v. a." Alys. 1520
Posse, "v. n." == push, drive. K. Horn, 1041
Postern, "sb." RG. 19. Alys. 4593
Pot, "sb." Ps. xxi. 16. ON. pottr
Pot, "v. n." == go, tramp. Pol. S. 71. AS. pæðan
Potion, "sb." Alys. 3509
Pottage, "sb." RG. 404
Potter, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Pottle, "sb." Rel. Ant, ii. p. 176
Poudré, "sb." == dust. Alys. 2180
Pound, "sb." (of money). RG. 59, 383
Poune, "sb." == the head. Alys. 2770. ‘paunes.’ Ibid. 2800. Another form
is ‘pan.’ W. pen
Pouraille, "sb." == the poor. Pol. S. 223. Alys. 1229
Pouren, see Peer, "vb."
Pousté, "sb." == power. Alys. 7879
Pout, "v. n." Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Poveral, "sb." == poor persons. RG. 254
Powder, "sb." == dust. RG. 345
Powdered, "adj." [pudrid]. Cok. 108
Powe, "v. n." == be poor? RG. 313
Power, "sb." RG. 370, 371
Praer, "sb." == meadow. Cok. 69. Cf. Fr. praiau--prairie
Praise, "v. a." RG. 57. 1362 B.
Prangle, "v. a." == compress. HD. 639. Dut. prangen
Prasiune, "sb." == chrysoprase. Cok. 89. Gr. p??s??, a leek
Pray, "sb." == crowd, press. Alys. 1991, 2595
Pray, "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 58
---- "v. n." [prye]. Pol. S. 222
Prayer, "sb." 1089 B.
Preach, "v. a." RG. 392
---- == exhort. Alys. 2042
Preacher, "sb." RG. 392, 492
Preaching, "sb." RG. 173
Precious, "adj." 42 ß
Predication, "sb." 1969 B.
Preit, "v. a." == pray, beseech. Marg. 1. Fr. prier
Prejudice, "sb." 1735 B.
Prelate, "sb." RG. 472
Preone, "v. a." == sew up. Rel. S. v. 68. AS. preon, a needle. ON. prióna,
to sew
Preovest, "adj." == proofest, most approved. Alys. 6891
Presence, "sb." == bearing, dignity, [presauns]. RG. 485
Present, "sb." == gift. RG. 485
---- "v. a." == give. Wright’s L. P. p. 96
---- == introduce a person to another. part. ‘ipresented.’ 231 B.
Press, "sb." == throng. 2469 B.
---- "v. a." part, ‘ypreost.’ Alys. 2342
Prest, "adj." == ready. RG. 485. Ital. presto
Prey, "sb." RG. 15, 376
Price, "sb." 150 B.; ‘to have the price’ == to be highly esteemed. Pol. S.
153
Prick, "v. n." hasten. RG. 459
---- "v. a." == spur, pierce (as a horse). RG. 553. AS. priccian
---- == adorn. Body and Soul, 12. ON. prýda, to adorn
Pricker, "sb." == rider. Pol. S. 150
Pride, "sb." RG. 376. AS. prýt
Priest, "sb." 364 B.; [prost]. O. and N. 733
Priesthood, "sb." 1032 B.
Priestless, "adj." RG. 544
Prime, "sb." == the first hour of prayer, or 6 A. M. 219 B. Ritson’s AS.
viii. 196
Primerole, "sb." == primrose. Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Prince, "sb." RG. 367, 402. In Alys. 4727 Weber suggests that ‘prynces’ is
a mistake for ‘traitors,’ but may it not be another form of ‘prenches’ ==
stratagems, tricks? see ‘at-prenche,’ supra
Principal, "adj." RG. 446
Prior, "sb." == head of a priory. 2462 B.
Priory, "sb." RG. 369, 370
Pris, "sb." == a note of a horn blown on the death of the deer. Body and
Soul, 214. Fr. pris, from prendre
Prison, "sb." RG. 376
---- == prisoner. RG. 550
Privilege, "sb." Pol. S. 157
Privily, "adv." RG. 518. Alys. 3765
Privity, "sb." RG. 468
Privy, "adj." RG. 435
Procession, "sb." (of friars). RG. 405, 530
Procurator, "sb." 352 ß
Procure, "v. a." RG. 551
Professe, "sb." == a professed person. RG. 434
Profession, "sb." == a professing. 1407 B.
Proffer, "v. a." Alys. 3539
Proper, "adj." == suitable, fit. 934 B.
Prophecy, "sb." RG. 132
Prophet, "sb." RG. 38
Prou, "sb." == advantage. Ritson’s AS. viii. 88. Fr. prod
Proud, "adj." RG. 377, 465
Proudly, "adv." Alys. 3413
Prove, "v. n." == turn out, result. 2400 B.
---- "v. a." == try; part, ‘yproved.’ RG. 457
---- == confirm, prove. Ritson’s AS. xviii. 30
Provender, "sb." Pol. S. 239
Prow, "sb." == prowess. RG. 65
Prowess, "sb." RG. 462, 453
Psalm, "sb." Ps. lxv. 4
---- "v. n." == sing psalms. Ps. vii. 18
Psaltery, "sb." Ps. xxxii. 2
Pudding, "sb." Cok. 57. Dan. budding. Fr. boudin
Puff, "v. n." [pofte]. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
Pulte, "v. a." == push. RG. 376; put. RG. 459. 1316 B.
Pulting, "sb." == pushing. RG. 212
Punge, "sb." == purse. Alys. 1728. AS. pung. ON. pung, our Engl. ‘bung’
Puppet, "sb." == small figure. Alys. 77
Purblind, "adj." RG. 376, written divisim == entirely blind; not as in the
modern sense == one whose sight is impaired. Probably therefore from
‘pure’ == entire, and blind. Cf. ‘purewhite.’ RG. 8. In Wiclif, Ex. xxi.
26, it means, ‘blind of one eye,’ and is still written divisim; the later
version gives ‘oon i?ed’
Purchase, "v. a." == procure. RG. 472, 499; to procure food. Alys. 5197.
Fr. pourchacer. Ital. procacciare
Purchase, "sb." RG. 381, 516
Pure, "adj." == entire, complete. RG. 546
---- == rightful, legitimate. RG. 106
---- "adv." == entirely, very. RG. 397
Purely, "adv." == entirely, completely. RG. 66, 173
Purewhite, "adj." RG. 8
Purgatory, "sb." 622 ß
Purge, "v. a." 371 B.
Purpose, "sb." RG. 558
Purse, "sb." Alys. 1798. AS. púse
Pursue, "v. a." 937 B.
Purvey, "v. a." RG. 289; part. ‘ypurveyed.’ Alys. 6212
Purveyance, "sb." RG. 533, 535
Puste, "vb." == pushed? St Andrew, 70
Put, "v. a." == throw (a stone). HD. 1023, 1044
---- "sb." == a cast or throw. HD. 1055
---- "v. a." place, lay before. Wright’s L. P. p. 53. See Pulte. Dan.
putte
Putting, "sb." == throwing. HD. 1042
Pykeys, "sb." == pick-axe. Manuel d. Pecches, 940
Pyne, "sb." == pain, "q. v."
---- "v. a." == trouble. Alys. 5914
Pypyn, "sb." == windpipe. Alys. 3256
Q.
Quaint, "adj." RG. 408, 412, 566; [koweynte]. Body and Soul, 10. Fr. coint
Quaintance, "sb." == acquaintance. Alys. 6173
Quaintise, "sb." == device. RG. 19
Quaintly, "adv." RG. 28
Quake, "v. n." RG. 132, 336; pret. ‘qwoke.’ Ps. xiii. 5
Quaking, "sb." == fear. RG. 336. Ps. ii. 11
Qual, == whale, "q. v."
Qualm, "sb." == destruction. RG. 378. AS. cwealm
---- "v. a." == annoy. Ps. xxxvi. 14
Quarrel, "sb." == arrow. RG. 491, 537. Fr. quarel
Quarry, "adj." == square. RG. 412. Fr. carré
Quarry, "sb." == a place whence stone is excavated. RG. 412. Fr. carriere
Quart, "sb." == a measure. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Quarter, "sb." (of a man’s body). Pol. S. 213
Quash, "v. a." [cwesse]. O. and N. 1386. Fr. quasser. AS. cwysan
Queche, "v. n." == make a disturbance. Alys. 4747. See the Prompt. Parv.
"s. v." Qvycchyn. AS. cwecian
Qued, "adj." == wicked. Alys. 5619. Dut. kwaad
---- "sb." == the devil. RG. 314. Rel. S. v. 225
---- == evil. Alys. 4237. Body and Soul, 243
Quede, "sb." == bequest. Alys. 8020
Quednes, "sb." == wickedness. Ps. c. 7
Queen, "sb." RG. 368
Quell, "v. a." RG. 38, 499. AS. cwellan
Queller, "sb." St Kath. 247
Quelling, "sb." == destruction. RG. 296
Queme, "adj." == agreeable. HD. 130. AS. cweman
---- "v. a." == please. Wright’s L. P. p. 25. O. and N. 209
---- "v. n." [icweme] == be pleased, satisfied. K. Horn, 497
Queming, "sb." == pleasure. Ps. cxlvi. 10
Quenching, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 164.
Quern, "sb." == a mill. Pilate, 5. AS. cwéorn
Quert, "adj." == joyful. Ps. vii. 11. Fr. cœur, queor. Cf. our own
‘hearty’ and ‘in good heart’
---- "sb." == joy. Ps. lxiii. 11; lxxxviii. 27
Quethe, "v. n." == speak, say. [iquethe]. O. and N. 502. 3 s. pres.
‘quath.’ RG. 435; part. ‘icwede.’ O. and N. 1651. AS. cwéðan
Quibibe, "sb." == cubeb. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Alys. 6796
Quick, "adj." == swift. RG. 369, 387. AS. cwic
---- == alive. RG. 289
Quicken, "v. a." Ps. lxxxiv. 7
Quickly, "adv." RG. 383
Quide, "sb." == a saying. O. and N. 685. AS. cwide
Quilt, "sb." [cowlte]. Body and Soul, 15
Quinre, "sb." == an unknown animal. Alys. 5609
Quire, "sb." (of a church). RG. 534
Quiste, "sb." == bequest. HD. 219
Quistron, "sb." == scullion. Alys. 2511. Fr. questron, quistoun
Quit, "adj." == free from, released. RG. 392, 522
---- "v. a." == leave. Rel. S. vii. 75
Quite, "v. a." == pay, requite. Pol. S. 71
Quithe, "v. a." == promise, grant? Marg. 72. AS. cwéðan?
Quiture, "sb." == care, release. RG. 435
R.
Rabbe, "sb." == turnip. Alys. 4983. Dut. raap.
Race, "sb." == course. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. ræs
---- == speed, hence a short time [res]. Pol. S. 200; [ras]. Alys. 7830
Rache, "sb." == hound, brach. Body and Soul, 214. AS. ræcc
Rack, "sb." == torture. Body and Soul, 66. Swed. räcka, to stretch
Rade, "adj." == ready. O. and N. 423; [rath]. HD. 75. AS. rád
Radely, "adv." == readily, swiftly. Ps. vi. 11
Radness, "sb." == terror, horror. Ps. liv. 5. AS. hréð
Rag, "sb." Pol. S. 150. AS. hrac? implied in ‘hracod’
Rage, "sb." == haste? Alys. 980; rashness. Alys. 4336
Ragged, "adj." Body and Soul, 185. AS. hracod
Ragged, "adj." == raged, raging. Alys. 4471
Rail, "v. a." == put on as a garment. Wright’s L. P. p. 43. AS. hrægl.
Rain, "sb." RG. 416, 560
---- "v. n." [ryne]. Fr. Sci. 212. Alys. 6450
---- "v. a." Ps. lxxvii. 27
Rainbow, "sb." Signa ante Jud. 170
Raise, "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 100. Ps. cxii. 7
Rake, "v. n." == depart, go away from. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 193. ON. reka
Rake, "v. n." == hawk, spit. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. AS. hracan
Rake, "sb." == the common instrument so called. Rel. S. v. 214. AS. ráce
Raisin, "sb." Alys. 5193
Raketyne, "sb." == chain. RG. 142. AS. raccenta
Ram, "sb." == the animal. Alys. 388
Randon, "sb." == haste, eagerness. Alys. 2484; ‘into randon.’ Cok. 130.
AS. randún. Probably from the ON. rönd. Germ. rant, the border or edge of
a thing. In Provençal we have the phrase ‘a randa,’ on the edge or border,
hence close or pressing. From this comes the Fr. verb, ‘randir,’ to
approach, rush towards a thing, and ‘randon,’ lit. rushing, and generally
‘haste, violence.’ See Burguy’s Grammaire, vol. ii. p. 323, whence the
above is derived
Rank, "adj." Ps. lxxvii. 44. AS. ranc
Ransack, "v. a." Ps. vii. 10; lxiii. 7. ON. ransaka
Ransacking, "sb." Ps. lxiii. 7
Ransom, "sb." RG. 374, 433. Fr. rançon
Rap, "sb." == blow? Body and Soul, 66. Sw. rapp
Rape, "sb." == haste. K. Horn, 566; [rap]. Rel. Ant. i. 115. ON. rápa,
cursitare
Rath, "adj." soon, early. HD. 2391. Pol. S. 195. comp. ‘rather’ == sooner.
O. and N. 1240; former. RG. 285. AS. hræð
Rather, "adv." RG. 459, 397
Raught. See Reek
Raven, "sb." Fragm. Sci. 63. AS. hræfen
Ravish, "v. a." == rob, despoil a person of. RG. 194. Fr. ravir
Raw, "adj." Pol. S. 237. AS. hreáw
Ray, "sb." == striped cloth. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 192
Rayme, "v. n." == rule, lord it. Pol. S. 150
Razor, "sb." Ps. li. 4
Reach, "v. a." == tell. O. and N. 1447; part. ‘raht.’ Wright’s L. P. p.
42. AS. recan
Reach, "v. a." == hold out to a person, as we say, ‘to reach one a thing.’
Pol. S. 157. AS. r?can
Read, "v. a." HD. 2327. AS. r?dan
Reader, "sb." 1068 B.
Readily, "adv." O. and N. 1279
Ready, "adj." [iredi]. 766 B.
Realm, "sb." 948 B.
Reap, "v. a." Pol. S. 152
Rear, "v. a." == raise up. RG. 369; part. ‘yrerd.’ RG. 214
Rearmain, "sb." == a backhanded blow. Alys. 7395
Rearward, "sb." == the rear. Alys. 7787
Reason, "sb." RG. 459
Reave, "v. a." == carry away, despoil of. HD. 2590; pret. ‘rafte.’
Wright’s L. P. p. 31. ‘rewede.’ RG. 171, AS. reáfian
Rebel, "adj." RG. 72
Recet, "sb." == place of refuge. RG. 98, 406; [resset]. Alys. 603
---- "v. a." == receive into a refuge. RG. 214
Reck, "v. n." == care. O. and N. 533, 3 s. pres. ‘rehth.’ O. and N. 1401,
pret. ‘rau?te.’ RG. 390; ‘ro?te.’ RG. 216. AS. récan
Reckless, "adj." RG. 287
Reckon, "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 68. AS. recnan
Reckoning, "sb." == account. Sermon 23
Red, "adj." RG. 383. AS. read
---- "v. n." == become red. Wright’s L. P. p. 34
Red, "sb." == counsel. RG. 556, 566; [rade]. Alys. 6165. AS. réd
Rede, "v. a." == counsel. RG. 98, 214. AS. r?dan
Redless, "adj." == without counsel. O. and N. 691
Reed, "sb." RG. 540. Alys. 5064; [reod]. Alys. 6433
Reedpipe, "sb." == pen. Ps. xliv. 2
Reek, "sb." == smoke. Ps. xvii. 9. AS. reác
---- "v. n." == to smoke. Ps. cxliii. 5
Reeve, "sb." See Reve
Refuse, "v. a." Ritson’s AS. xvii. v. 122
Rehearse, "v. a." == tell. Alys. 1664
Reign, "v. n." RG. 29
Reinable, "adj." == reasonable. RG. 414. Fr. raisnable.
Reioshe, "v. a." == enjoy? Manuel d. Pecches, 2036. Fr. réjoyer
Rekles, "sb." == incense. Ps. cxl. 2. AS. recels
Reken, "adj." == wise, prudent, excellent. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Ritson’s
AS. viii. 156. AS. recan, to order or direct; part. ‘recen’
Reken, "adv." == quickly. 2103 B. AS. recene
Release, "v. a." RG. 500
Relics, "sb." == remains. Ps. xxxvi. 37; in the ecclesiastical sense, as
the ‘relics of saints.’ RG. 177, 255
Relieve, "v. a." Ritson’s AS. xviii. 38
Rem, "sb." == cream. Marg. 32. AS. ream. Germ. rahm
Rem, "sb." == sorrow, injury. O. and N. 1214. Cf. AS. reomig, sad
Reme, "v. n." == call out, cry. Rel. S. iv. 22. AS. hreman. Another form
of ‘scream’
Reme, "v. a." == leave, evacuate. K. Horn, 1312. AS. rúmian
---- == make room, clear a passage. Alys. 3347. AS. rýman
Remnant, "sb." Alys. 5707
Remove, "v. a." RG. 533; part. ‘iremewed.’ RG. 550
---- "v. n." Alys. 7238
Removing, "sb." Alys. 7821
Rent, "sb." RG. 370. Fr. rente. Lat. reditus
Rent, "sb." == stream, course. Cok. 83, AS. rent
Repent, "v. n." 101 ß. RG. 350
Repentant, "adj." RG. 291
Reprove, "v. a." Ritson’s AS. xviii. 46
Respite, "sb." 637 B. Fr. respit. Lat. respectare
Response, "sb." 825 B.
Resset. See Recet
Rest, "sb." 1130 B.
---- "v. a." Wright’s L. P. p. 52
Resting, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 29. Alys. 2807
Restore, "v. a." RG. 319, 500
Resurrection, "sb." 363 ß
Rette, "v. a." == impute, reckon. Alys. 7247. ON. retta
Reume, "v. a." == speak. Alys. 4237. See Reme, "vb."
Reure, "sb." == a robber, reaver. HD. 2104
Reve, "v. n." == swear? K. Horn. 1368. ON. rifja, recitare?
Reve, "sb." == sheriff or reeve. HD. 1627. M. Ode, st. 129. AS. geréfa
Reve, "sb." == depredation, spoiling. O. and N. 458. AS. reáf
Rever, "sb." == robber. AS. reáfere
Reverence, "sb." 115 B. Alys. 793
Reverye, "sb." == robbery. RG. 193
Revest, "v. a." == put on. RG. 537; part. ‘irevested.’ St Swithin, 139
Reving, "sb." == robbery. Ps. xvi. 12. M. Ode, st. 128
Rewe, "sb." == streak. 2218 B. Probably the same as ‘row’
---- "v. n." == show a streak? ‘Ere the dai "rewe".’ Pol. S. 239
Reynes, "sb." == realms. Wright’s L. P. p. 31
Re?el, "sb." == dress. O. and N. 562. AS. hrægl. Cf. O. Eng. ‘night-rail,’
for a night-dress
Rhinoceros, [rinocertis]. Alys. 6529
Rhyme, "sb." HD. 21
Rib, "sb." RG. 22
Ribald, "sb." Pol. S. 155, 237. Fr. ribald; from OHG. hrûpa, a prostitute.
See Burguy on this word
Ribaldry, "sb." [ribaudye] == a ribald story. Alys. 21
Rich, "adj." RG. 377; [ruche]. RG. 13
Riche, "sb." == kingdom. Wright’s L. P. p. 94. O. and N. 357
Richesse, "sb." RG. 433
Richly, "adv." RG. 377
Ride, "v. n." RG. 463; pret. ‘rode.’ RG. 375; part. ‘riding.’ RG. 377
Rife, "adj." == frequent. RG. 4, 252; comp. ‘rifer.’ RG. 260. AS. ryf
Right, "sb." == redress for an injury. RG. 374
---- == in plur. ‘rights,’ ‘to maintain their rights.’ 171 B.
Right, "adj." == dexter. Wright’s L. P. p. 25
---- == good, excellent. Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Right, "adv." == just, exactly. RG. 8
---- == rightly. Wright’s L. P. p. 30
---- "v. a." == to set right. Ps. xvii. 36
Righteous, "adj." [ryhtwise]. Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Righteousness, "sb." Ps. iv. 2
Rightful, "adj." RG. 501; comp. ‘rightfuller.’ RG. 266
Rightfulness, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 53
Righting, "sb." == a setting right. Ps. xcvi. 2
Rightness, "sb." 1629 B.
Rightwished, "sb." Ps. xviii. 10
Rimefrost, [ren-forst]. "sb." Fr. Sci. 232. AS. hrím
Rind, "sb." Alys. 6187. AS. rind
Rine, "sb." == a course, hence a course of years, life; ‘for to rine’ ==
for ever? Ps. xliv. 11. AS. ryne
Ring, "v. a." RG. 509
---- "v. n." == resound. Wright’s L. P. p. 43
Ring, "sb." RG. 489
Ringing, "sb." St Swithin, 45
Ripe, "adj." == applied to young birds. RG. 177. AS. ríp, harvest. "adj."
rípe
Ripeness, "sb." == the ripeness of the day, i. e. full day. Ps. cxviii.
147
Rippe, "sb." == a fish-basket. HD. 893. ON. hrip
Ris, "sb." == a branch. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 30. Pol. S. 149. Dan. riis
Rise, "v. n." == arise. Pol. S. 149
---- "v. a." == raise. 1082 B.
Ritte, "v. a." == rip. HD. 2495. ON. rista
Rivage, "sb." == river bank. Alys. 6079
Rive, "v. n." == arrive. RG. 14, 16
Rive, "v. a." == split, snap. Rel. S. i. 14
Rive, "sb." == bank. Alys. 4090
Rivel, "v. n." == become wrinkled. Rel. Ant. ii. 211
River, "sb." RG. 1
Rivering, "sb." == hawking by a river’s side. Alys. 678
Rixe, "v. a." == rule. Moral Ode, st. 190. AS. ricsian
Ro, "sb." == rest. Wright’s L. P. p. 37; [roo]. Ibid. p. 32. AS. row. ON.
ró
Road, "sb." Body and Soul, 209; [rude]. Wright’s L. P. p. 32. AS. rád
Roam, "v. a." HD. 64
---- "v. n." == dwell. Alys. 7207, 7625. The older and newer senses of
this word are analogous to the double meaning of the Lat. ‘versor’
Roar, "v. n." HD. 2438; part. ‘rorand.’ Ps. xxi. 14
Roast, "v. a." RG. 207; part, ‘yrosted.’ RG. 244
Rob, "v. a." RG. 377, 385
Robber, "sb." RG. 389
Robbery, "sb." RG. 16, 550
Robe, "sb." RG. 180
Rocher, "sb." == rocks, rocky place. Alys. 7090
Rock, "sb." RG. 22. Fr. roche, connected with ‘crag,’ and W. rhwg
Rode, "sb." == complexion. Wright’s L. P. p. 30; [rody]. Alys. 164;
[rude]. O. and N. 443. ON. rodi
Roe, "sb." == the animal. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. AS. rá
Roil, "v. a." == rove about. Rel. Ant. ii. 175. ON. hrolla
Rokke, "v. a." == drive. RG. 98. ON. reka
Roll, "sb." (of parchment). Pol. S. 157
Romance, "sb." RG. 487
Rome, "v. n." == roar. Ps. ciii. 21. AS. hreman
Rone, "v. a." == comfort. Ps. lxx. 21; cxviii. 76, 82; part. ‘roned.’ Ps.
lxxvi. 3. Perhaps from ON. rúni, amicus, colloquiorum socius
Roning, "sb." == comfort. Ps. xciii. 19
Rood, "sb." == cross. RG. 532. AS. ród
Roof, "sb." RG. 404, 416; [rove]. Alys. 513. AS. hróf
Rook, "sb." O. and N. 1128. AS. róc
Rooles, "adj." == restless. Wright’s L. P. p. 42
Room, "v. a." == clear (a way). RG. 536. AS. rýman. See Reme
Room, "adj." == empty. RG. 303
---- == broad, spacious. O. and N. 643. Ps. ciii. 25
Roomhouse, "sb." == privy. O. and N. 592
Roomlyke, "adv." == abundantly. Ps. xxx. 24
Root, "sb." RG. 404
Rope, "sb." RG. 448, 509; ‘in his rope’ == in his noose, or power. Alys.
6298. AS. r?p
Rorde, "sb." == voice. O. and N. 311. AS. reord
Rose, "sb." RG. 331
Roser, "sb." == rosebush. HD. 2919
Rot, "v. n." RG. 411. AS. rotian
Roter, "sb." == rooter, eradicator. RG. 297
Rothe, "v. a." == rathe or advise. HD. 2817
Rother, "sb." == cattle. RG. 52. Pol. S. 220. AS. hryðer
Rotle, "v. b." == rustle, "q. v."
Rotted, "adj." == rotten. Pol. S. 152
Rotten, "adj." Body and Soul, 37
Rough, "adj." comp. ‘rughher.’ Alys. 5956
Roun, "sb." == a song; [ron]. Wright’s L. P. p. 43
Roun, "v. n." == whisper, round. 1200 B. AS. rúnian
Round, "adj." Fr. Sci. 121. Alys. 594
Rout, "sb." == company. RG. 371, 428, 546
Rout, "v. a." == disturb, confound. Serm. 30
Route, "v. n." == roar. HD. 1911. Fr. router. ON. rauta
Rovertid, "part." == recovered from, i. e. left off (crying). Alys. 7895
Row, "sb." == array, order. Wright’s L. P. pp. 25, 35. AS. rawa. See Rewe
Row, "v. n." pret. ‘rewe.’ 1159 B.
Rowe, "adj." == rough. RG. 25, 507; [ru?e]. O. and N. 104
Roxle, "v. n." == grunt. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Dut. rotelen
Ruby, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Rudder, "sb." [rother]. K. Horn, 194. AS. róðer
Rude. See Road
Rue, "v. a." == pity. Wright’s L. P. p. 29
---- "v. n." == have compassion on. RG. 449
Rue, "v. n." == grieve for, repent of; ‘that was to rewe sore.’ RG. 493.
AS. reówan
---- "sb." == pity. 1051 B; [reowe]. O. and N. 1443
Rueful, "adj." == sad. RG. 327
Ruely, "adj." == sad. Body and Soul, 171
---- "adv." == ruefully. RG. 126, 263
Rueness, "sb." == compassion. HD. 2227
Ruer, "sb." == a compassionate person. Ps. lxxxv. 15
Rugge, "sb." == back. RG. 525, 460. AS. hrycg
Rule, "sb." == regulation. St Dunstan, 46
Ruls, "adj." == overripe, said of corn. Pol. S. 152. See Halliwell, "s.
v." Rule. ON. rusill, qui effundit--rusla, prodigere
Run, "v. n." pret. ‘ronne.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 68; part. ‘rennyng’ (of
water). RG. 80. See Urne
Runci, "sb." == a nag. HD. 2569. Fr. roncin
Rundel, "sb." == circle. Fragm. Sci. 62
Rune, "sb." == conversation. O. and N. 1154. AS. rún
Rure, "sb." == full. O. and N. 1152. AS. hrýre
Russin, "sb." == meal between dinner and supper. Cok. 20. ON. rúss,
temulentia
Rustle, "v. n." [rotle]. Alys. 930. ON. rosta, a tumult
Ruwet, "sb." == bugle-horn. Alys. 3699. Fr. ruet, rouette. Lat. rota. See
Wright’s Vocab. p. 104, where ‘litui’ is translated by ‘ruez.’ The name is
derived from the circular flexures of the instrument
Rye, "sb." [ru?e]. Pol. S. 152. AS. rige
Ryme, "v. a." == cry out, tell; Ritson’s AS. viii. 99, 137. AS. hryman
S.
Sabeline, "sb." == sable. M. Ode, st. 182
Sack, "sb." HD. 2019. AS. sacc
Sacre, "v. a." == consecrate. RG. 445, 522
Sacred, "adj." Alys. 6777
Sacrificing, "sb." Alys. 272
Sacring, "sb." == consecration. RG. 446
Sad, "adj." == sorrowful. Wright’s L. P. p. 29
---- == heavy. Alys. 5587. AS. sæd
Saddle, "sb." RG. 401
Safe, "adj." Pol. S. 198; [saufe]. Creed of St Athan. 102
Safely, "adv." RG. 239
Sage, "adj." == wise. RG. 198. Fr. sage. Ital. saggio. Lat. sapiens
Sage, "sb." == a plant, the ‘Salvia pratensis’ of botanists. Wright’s L.
P. p. 26. Fr. sauge
Saht, "adj." == reconciled. Wright’s L. P. pp. 46, 47. AS. saht
Sail, "sb." RG. 47
Saine, "v. a." == bless. Ps. lxii. 5. AS. senian. Germ. segnen
Saint, as an appellative, ‘Seint Thomas.’ 1878 B. ‘Seyn Poule.’ RG. 378
---- "sb." [sonte]. Wright’s L. P. p. 96; [seynte]. Alys. 6763
Sake, "sb." == contention. O. and N. 1158. AS. sacu
Sake, "sb." == matter, thing. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. Dut. zaak
---- == cause; ‘for thine sake.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 28
Saken, "v. a." == fight against, kill. Alys. 1884. AS. sacan
Sale, "sb." == hall. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. AS. sal
Salmon, "sb." Alys. 5446
Salt, "adj." RG. 1
Saltmarsh, "sb." Ps. cvi. 34
Salve, "sb." HD. 1835
Samded, "adj." == half dead. RG. 163. AS. sám, Lat. semi, with ‘dead’
Samen, "adv." == together. HD. 2251. ON. saman
---- "v. a." == collect together; pret. ‘samened.’ Ps. xlvi. 10; part.
‘samenand.’ Ps. xxxii. 7; ‘samened.’ HD. 2890
Samfayle, == without fail. RG. 405. Fr. sans faille
Samyte, "sb." == a kind of silk. Alys. 1027; a robe of silk. Alys. 2095.
Fr. sami, samit
Sand, "sb." HD. 708
Sanglic, "adj." == fit for song. Ps. cxviii. 54
Sanne, "sb." == sun? Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Sans, "prep." == without. Pol. S. 215. Fr. sans
Sapphire, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Saturday. 807 B.
Saturnight. RG. 557
Sauf, "adv." == save. "q. v."
Saufe. See Safe
Sauhting, "sb." == peace, reconciliation? Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Saut, "sb." == leap. RG. 564. Fr. sault, saillir
Savage, "adj." Alys. 2088. Fr. sauvage. Ital. selvaggio. Lat. silva
Save, "adv." [sauvé, sauf]. 434, 435 B.
---- "v. a." RG. 449, 519, 550
Savour, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 87
Saw, "sb." == saying, opinion. Wright’s L. P. pp. 31, 47; [saye]. O. and
N. 1036
Sax, "sb." == short sword. RG. 125. AS. seax
Say, "sb." == silk. RG. 390. Fr. saie. Lat. sagum
Say, "v. a." pres. ‘segge.’ RG. 501; plur. ‘segeth.’ RG. 502; pret.
‘seyde.’ RG. 390; ‘sede.’ RG. 418; part, ‘ysaid.’ RG. 11; ‘ysed.’ RG. 420
Saygyng, "sb." == omens as to land, air, &c. Alys. 61
Saylyng, "sb." == assailing. Alys. 7392, 676
Scab, "sb." [shabbe]. Pol. S. 239. AS. sceabb
Scabbard, [scaubert]. RG. 273. ON. skálpr. Dut. schabbe, Kil. Connected
with ‘sheath,’ and the AS. sc?ð, scádan
Scabbed, "adj." HD. 2449
Scald, "v. a." Marg. 59. Ps. cxx. 6
Scaldand, "sb." == a torrent. Ps. cxxv. 4; cxxiii. 5. Probably formed in
imitation of ‘torrent,’ from ‘torreo,’ and AS. ‘byrna,’ a burn, or brook,
from ‘byrnan’
Scalding, "adj." == hot. Ps. lxxxii. 10
Scalp, "sb." Ps. vii. 17. ON. skálpr, a sheath
Scape, "v. n." == escape. Pol. S. 152
Scarce, "adj." RG. 334. Fr. escars. Lat. excarpere
Scarcely, "adv." == in small quantities. Alys. 1012
Scarcity, "sb." Alys. 5495
Scarlet, "sb." Alys. 6376
Scathe, "sb." == harm. HD. 1352. AS. sceáðan
Scathing, "sb." Ps. cv. 30
Scatter, "v. a." Ps. xvii. 15; xxxiv. 16; part. ‘stakered,’ by a
metathesis in Ps. cxl. 7. AS. scateran
Scenche, "sb." == a cup. M. Ode, st. 167. AS. scenc
Sceptre, "sb." Alys. 6716
Schamel, "sb." == footstool. Ps. xcviii. 5. AS. scamel. Lat. scamnum
Schamil, == shambles, "q. v."
Schare, "sb." == penis. Fr. Sci. 322. AS. scaru. ‘Schere’ is given as the
translation of ‘pubes’ in Wright’s Vocabb. p. 246
Schede, "vb." == separate. O. and N. 197. AS. sceádan
Schef, "sb." == creature. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 177
Schenche, "v. a." == destroy. Alys. 4482. AS. scénan
Schenche, "v. a." == pour out. Alys. 7581. Rel. Ant. i. 113. AS. scencan
Schenlon, "sb." == rascal, vile person. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. Probably a
corruption of Dut. schelm
Schille. See Shrill
Schinde, "sb." == shingle, rafter. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Dutch schindel
Schoningnes, "sb." == awe. Ps. xxxiv. 26. Formed from ‘shun’
School, "sb." 152 B.
Schulle, "sb." == some fish, resembling a sole in flavour, according to
Sir T. Browne. See N. and Q., 2nd ser. vi. 382; vii. p. 79, 135. It may be
derived from the Swed. skolla, a plaice, ON. skolli, a fox. Cf. Gr.
???pe??a?, and Lat. vulpes marina, and Sylvester’s Sea-Fox, p. 97. In
Wright’s Vocabb., p. 254, among the Nomina Piscium Marinorum we find the
entries ‘Hec solia, a sole,’ and ‘Hec testa, a schylle;’ showing clearly
that the ‘schylle’ was not the same as the sole, and that it was some sort
of flatfish, probably the plaice
Scion, "sb." == stem, stock. Cok. 72. Fr. cion
Sclavyne, "sb." == a palmer’s robe. K. Horn, 1086. It is given as the
translation of ‘Sarabarda’ in Wright’s Vocabb. p. 259
Scoff, "sb." Alys. 667
Scomfit, "sb." == discomfiture. Alys. 959
Scoppe, "sb." == a leap, skip. Alys. 5777. Swed. skutta, to leap
Score, "sb." RG. 20, 519
Scorn, "v. a." Ps. ii. 4. 80 B. OHG. skernon. Fr. escharnir. SS. scarn,
scare. Ital. scorno
Scornly, "adv." 710 B.
Scorpion, "sb." Alys. 5263
Scot, "sb." == payment, contribution, shot. Pol. S. 71. AS. scot
Scour, "v. n." == rush quickly. Alys. 3722. Ital. scorrere. Fr. escourre
---- "sb." == haste, ‘good scour.’ Alys. 4276
Scourge, "v. a." RG. 263; part. ‘iscourged.’ St Kath. 118
---- "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 84
Scrape, "v. a." [shrape]. Pol. S. 239. AS. screopan
Scream, "v. n." Pol. S. 157. AS. hreman
Screnche, "v. a." == withdraw. M. Ode, st. 167. AS. screncan
Scrip, "sb." K. Horn, 1093. ON. skreppa
Scrub, "v. a." [scrobbe]. Alys. 4310. Swed. skrubba
Sculde, "v. a." == defend. M. Ode, st. 167. AS. scyldan
Scythe, "sb." HD. 2553. Alys. 5722. AS. siðe
Se, == the. HD. 534. This is, however, probably an error
---- == thee. O. and N. 62
Sea, "sb." RG. 436, 443
Seal, "sb." == the fish. HD. 755. AS. seol
Seal, "sb." RG. 77. Fr. seau
---- "v. a." part. ‘ysealed.’ RG. 446
Seam, "sb." (of a garment). Rel. Ant. ii. 176. AS. seám
Season, "sb." == time. Alys. 5251
Seat, "sb." == sitting down. Ps. cxxxviii. 2
Second, "adj." RG. 414
Secular, "adj." 918 B.
Seculars, "sb." == an order of monks. RG. 282
Sedewale, "sb." == the herb valerian, or setwell. Wright’s L. P. p. 27.
AS. sydewale
Sedge, "sb." [segge]. O. and N. 18. AS. secg
See, "sb." == throne. Pol. S. 215, 773 B. Fr. siége
---- == a bishop’s see. 567 B.
See, "v. a." [ysey]. RG. 369; [iso]. O. and N. 327, 370; [iseo]. 125 B.;
[so]. O. and N. 34; [y-seen]. Alys. 5524; pret. ‘sey.’ RG. 418; ‘ysey.’
RG. 367; ‘isey.’ 38 B.; ‘seye.’ 39 ß; ‘iseye.’ 171 B.; ‘isay.’ 772 B.;
‘say.’ Alys. 4352; ‘sygh.’ Alys. 6913; part. ‘ise?e.’ 281 B.; ‘isene.’
1305 B.; ‘yseye.’ RG. 418
Seed, "sb." Pol. S. 152. AS. séd
Seek, "v. a." [siche]. 60 B.; [i-seche]. O. and N. 74; part. ‘iso?t.’ 68
B. AS. sécan.
Seem, "v. n." == appear. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. AS. seman
Seem, "v. a." == become, beseem. Wright’s L. P. p. 44
Seemly, "adj." Wright’s L. P. p. 26; sup. ‘seemlokest,’ ibid. p. 27
Seeth, "v. a." RG. 404, 408; part. ‘ysode.’ RG. 446. AS. seóðan
Segge, "sb." == cuttlefish. HD. 896. Fr. seche
Seignours, "sb." == lord, master. Alys. 1458
Seisin, "sb." RG. 314, 382; [sesyng]. Alys. 8014
Seize, "v. a." RG. 436
---- == (in law) to give a person possession of a thing. HD. 2513
Selcouth, "adj." == strange. HD. 124. AS. seld-cuð
---- "sb." == a marvel. HD. 1059
---- "v. a." == show wonderfully. Ps. xv. 3
Selcouthly, "adv." Ps. xliv. 5
Seldom, "adv." [seld]. RG. 416. The dat. pl. of the AS. adj. ‘seld’
Sele, "adj." == glad, content. Alys. 7430. AS. s?l
Sele, "sb." == a short time. O. and N. 951. AS. s?l
Self [sulve], "adj." == same. RG. 373, 263
"Himself." RG. 377; [him silve]. 274 B.; [him sulfne]. M. Ode, st. 7
"Myself" [my sulf]. RG. 405
"Thyself." Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Selfwilly, "adv." == without a cause. Ps. cviii. 3; cxviii. 161
Selike, "sb." == willow. Ps. cxxxvi. 2. Fr. saulx. Lat. salix
Sell, "v. a." RG. 223, 397; pret, ‘solde.’ 530 ß; part. ‘isold.’ St Lucy,
77
Selthe, "sb." == advantage. HD. 1338. AS. sélð
Semblant, "sb." == countenance, appearance. RG. 157
Semble, "sb." == assembly. RG. 125
Seme, "sb." == burden. O. and N. 773. AS. seam
Seme, "v. a." == arbitrate, judge. O. and N. 187. AS. seman
Semee, "adj." == seemly. 116 B.
Senator, "sb." RG. 193, 219
Send, "v. a." RG. 383; part. ‘ysend.’ RG. 398
Sendal, "sb." == a fine silk stuff. Body and Soul, 15. Fr. cendal. See
Roq. "s. v."
Sene, "sb." == sight, power of vision. O. and N. 368. AS. sýn
Sengellic, "adj." == eternal. Creed of St Athan. 41. AS. singallíc
Sentence, "sb." 924 B.
Seollic, "adj." == marvellous. O. and N. 1297. AS. séllíc
Sepulture, "sb." RG. 186
Seraph, "sb." Marg. 75
Sere, "v. a." == dry, burn. Alys. 796; [serie]. K. Horn, 1435. AS. searian
Serfborow, "sb." == surety. HD. 1667
Sergeant, "sb." HD. 1929. 681 B.
Serie. See Sere
Serk, "sb." == a shirt. HD. 603. AS. syrce
Sermon, "sb." Rel. S. vii. 4
Serne, "sb." == equipment. Ps. xliv. 10. AS. searo
Serpent, "sb." Cok. 31
Servage, "sb." RG. 11, 284
Serve, "v. a." RG. 390, 404
---- == worship. Ps. xxi. 31
---- == serve out, reward; part. ‘yserved.’ RG. 26
---- == observe. RG. 507
Service, "sb." RG. 412, 501
Serving, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 69
Set, "v. a." == place, appoint. RG. 501; pret. ‘sed.’ RG. 470; part.
‘yset.’ RG. 394; ‘set.’ 1084 B. AS. settan. ON. setja
---- "v. n." == sink (of the sun). HD. 2671. ON. setja
Sete, "adj." == pleasant, at ease. Body and Soul, 123. Wright’s L. P. pp.
89, 114. Probably from ON. sætr, dulcis, jucundus. AS. swét, our ‘sweet’
Setelgang, "sb." == sunset. Ps. xlix. 1
Settle, "v. n." (of a bird). Alys. 484
---- "sb." == seat. O. and N. 594. AS. setl
Seu, "sb." == suit or contention? KG. 470
Seven. KG. 440, 491
Sevenight, "sb." 1149 B. Alys. 7045
Seventeen. RG. 515, 499
Seventh, "adj." [senethe]. RG. 372
Seventy. RG. 373
Sew, "v. a." [suve] == follow. RG. 42
Sew, "v. a." == stitch. Lat. suere; part. ‘isowed.’ 1840 B.
Seyned ? Body and Soul, 101
Shade, "sb." == shadow. RG. 108
Shadow, "v. n." Ps. cxxxix. 8
---- "sb." Alys. 2628
Shaft, "sb." (of an arrow). RG. 419. AS. sceaft, from scafan
Shaft, "sb." == a creature. O. and N. 786. AS. sceaft, from scapan
Shake, "v. a." RG. 24, 218; pret. ‘ssoc.’ RG. 186
Shake, "v. n." == tremble. Wright’s L. P. p. 110; pret. ‘ssok.’ RG. 208
---- == go hastily. Alys. 4255. AS. scacan
---- "sb." == haste. Alys. 232
Shall, "vb." RG. 3; 2 s. ‘schaltu’ == shalt thou. O. and N. 209; 3 pl.
‘schul.’ RG. 147; pret. ‘scholde.’ RG. 146; ‘icholde.’ RG. 539
Shambles [shamil], "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Shame, "sb." RG. 376, 532 [same]. HD. 1941
---- == shameful deed. RG. 85
---- "v. n." == be ashamed. Pol. S. 157
---- "v. a." == fear. RG. 361
Shameless, "adj." Cok. ult.
Shamely, "adv." == shamefully. Rel. S. vii. 9. HD. 2462
Shank, "sb." == legs. HD. 1903. AS. scanca
Shape, "sb." == creature. Body and Soul, 222
---- "v. a." part. ‘yshope.’ RG. 215
Shaping, "sb." [shupping] == shape? Wright’s L. P. p. 38
Share. See Schare
Share, "sb." == ploughshare. RG. 335
Sharp, "adj." RG. 395
---- "v. a." == sharpen. Ps. lxiii. 4
Shaw, "sb." == wood. Alys. 6109. ON. skógr
Shawel, "sb." == scarecrow. O. and N. 1646
Sheaf, "sb." O. and N. 455. AS. sceaf
Shear, "v. a." == cut. HD. 1413. AS. scéran
Shears, "sb." HD. 857. AS. sceare
Sheath, "sb." O. and N. 135. AS. scæð
Shed, "v. a." RG. 57; pret. ‘schedde.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 58; ‘chadde.’ O.
and N. 1614; part, ‘y-schad.’ Alys. 2772. AS. scedan
Shedding, "sb." RG. 388
Sheen, "adj." == bright. Wright’s L. P. p. 58; [scene]. M. Ode, st. 171.
AS. scíne
Sheep. RG. 6, 458
Sheet, "sb." RG. 435; [scete]. M. Ode, st. 174. AS. scyte
Shell, "sb." Alys. 571
Shend, "v. a." == injure. RG. 379, 506; part. ‘ischend’ == corrupt. Pol.
S. 197; ‘yssend.’ RG. 212. AS. scendan
Shendfully, "adv." RG. 310, Miracles, 84
Shendness, "sb." RG. 342, 525; [shendisse]. 1304 B.
Shepe, "sb." == skip; ‘at on shepe’ == at once. Alys. 3577
Shepherd, "sb." RG. 351
Sheriff, "sb." RG. 535, 536; [scirreve]. M. Ode, st. 25. AS. scír-geréfa
Shew, "v. a." RG. 416, 563
Shewer, "sb." == a mirror. Alys. 18
Shide, "sb." == a piece of wood. HD. 917. Alys. 6421. AS. scíd
Shield, "sb." RG. 435; [chelde]. O. and N. 1711
---- "v. a." RG. 386, 525; [i-shilde]. O. and N. 779
Shielder, "sb." Ps. xxx. 5
Shilling, "sb." RG. 383. AS. scill, scylling
Shin, "sb." O. and N. 1058. Ps. cxlvi. 10. AS. scina
Shine, "v. n." 1411 B. AS. scínan
Shingle, "sb." == a rafter, roof. Alys. 2210. Germ. schindel
Shining, "sb." Ps. cix. 3
Ship, "sb." RG. 466
---- "v. a." == furnish, store. RG. 538
---- == cause to embark in a ship. Alys. 6062
---- "v. n." == sail in a ship. Alys. 1495
Shipful, "sb." RG. 265; ‘ssypvolmen’ == shipfuls of men. RG. 371
Shipping, "sb." == ships. Alys. 990
Shipwright, "sb." Alys. 3665
Shir, "adj." == bright. HD. 587. AS. scír
Shire, "sb." RG. 3. 374. AS. scíre
Shireness, "sb." == purity. Ps. cxviii. 130
Shirt, "sb." 260 B.
Shit, "adj." == obscene. O. and N. 286
---- "v. a." Alys. 5670. AS. scitan
Shiver, "v. n." Rel. S. v. 142
Shoe, "sb." HD. 860. AS. sceó
---- "v. a." HD. 1138; pres. ‘shoyeth.’ Pol. S. 238; part. ‘ischud.’ O.
and N. 1527
Shonde, "sb." == injury. RG. 65. AS. sceond
Shoot, "v. n." [ssete]. RG. 377; [scheote]. Alys. 6347; 3 s. pres.
‘schit.’ Fr. Sci. 138
---- "v. a." pret. ‘sset.’ RG. 419; part. ‘yssote.’ RG. 419, 377. AS.
scítan
Shooting, "sb." [ssetinge]. RG. 543
Shop, "sb." RG. 541. Fr. eschope
Shore, "sb." HD. 321. AS. score, from ‘scéran,’ to divide
Shoren, for ‘sholen’ == shall. HD. 1640
Short, "adj." RG. 412
Shortly, "adv." RG. 181, 446
Shotship, "sb." == a party paying scot and lot. HD. 2099. AS. scot
Shoulder, "v. a." HD. 1056
Shoulderblade, "sb." HD. 2644
Shouldered, "adj." == having shoulders. Alys. 4968
Shoulders, "sb." RG. 377, 401
Shove, "v. n." RG. 148; pret. ‘schef.’ 408 ß
---- "v. a." Ps. lxi. 5. AS. scúfan
Shovel, "sb." RG. 99. AS. scofl
Shoving, "sb." RG. 212
Shower, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 89. AS. scúr
Shrede, "sb." == clothing. HD. 99
Shrenke, "v. a." == blast, wither, make to shrink up. Fr. Sci. 194. AS.
screncan. Swed. skrynka
Shrew, "adj." == wicked. RG. 383, 419
---- "sb." == enemy. RG. 407
Shreward, "sb." == shrew, used always of men. RG. 268
Shrewd, "adj." [schrewede] == cursed, wicked. RG. 164
Shrewhede, "sb." == wickedness. RG. 280
Shride, "v. a." == shroud or clothe oneself. HD. 963; pret. ‘shred.’ K.
Horn, 868. Ps. xcii. 1; part. ‘y-shred.’ Alys. 6819. AS. scrýdan
Shriek, "v. n." Pol. S. 157; [schirche]. O. and N. 223. pret. ‘shrighte.’
Alys. 5738. ON. skríkja
Shrift, "sb." RG. 419; [schifte]. HD. 1829. AS. scrift
Shriftfather, "sb." == confessor. Miracles, 69
Shrill, "adj." [schille]. O. and N. 142
---- "v. n." == sound. Alys. 777
Shrine, "sb." RG. 478, 518. AS. scrin
---- "v. a." == enshrine. RG. 469
Shrink, "v. n." [scrynke]. Pol. S. 157. AS. scrincan
Shrive, "v. a." RG. 392, 544
---- == confess. Ps. vii. 18; lxxxviii. 6
Shroud, "sb." == clothing. HD. 303. AS. scrúd
Shudder, "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 110
Shueles, "adj." == soulless. O. and N. 1126. AS. sáwl-leas
Shun, "v. a." == avoid. Body and Soul, 105. AS. scunian
---- == make to shun, repel. Ps. cxviii. 10; bring to nought, quash. Ps.
xxxii. 10; xxxix. 15
Shunt, "v. a." == shun. O. and N. 236
Shut, "v. a." pret. ‘shytt.’ Alys. 5137. 3 pl. ‘schutten.’ Ibid. 2640.
part. ‘y-scheot.’ Alys. 6185; ‘y-shote.’ Alys. 5953. AS. scittan
Sib, "adj." == akin. RG. 346, 446; [ysyb]. RG. 315. AS. gesib
---- "sb." == peace, concord. O. and N. 1003. AS. sib
Sibrede, "sb." == kinship. RG. 492. AS. sibr?den
Sick, "adj." RG. 564
---- "v. n." == sicken, become sick. 506 B.
Sickle, "sb." Fr. Sci. 62. AS. sicel
Sickness, "sb." RG. 378, 251
Side, "sb." RG. 553
Side, "sb." == time. "v." Sithe
Side, "adj." == wide, ample. RG. 117. Wright’s L. P. p. 37. AS. síd
Siedh, "sb." == sinks. Rel. S. iii. 5; 3 s. pres. síhð. AS. sígan
Siege, "sb." == seat, RG. 132
---- "v. a." == besiege. Alys. 2672
Sigh, "sb." [syke]. Wright’s L. P. pp. 40, 90
---- "v. n." [syke]. Wright’s L. P. p. 85; part. ‘sykynde.’ RG. 323. AS.
sýcan
Sighing, "sb." [siking]. 9 ß. Wright’s L. P. p. 53
Sighingness, "sb." Ps. ci. 6
Sight, "sb." == appearance. RG. 6
---- == a spectacle. RG. 539
---- == view, prospect. Cok. 46
Sign, "sb." RG. 180, 193
Signifiance, "sb." == meaning. Alys. 583
Signify, "v. a." RG. 345
Signiory, "sb." RG. 440
Siker, "adj." == secure. RG. 430, 503
Sikerhede, "sb." O. and N. 1263
Sikerlich, "adv." == certainly. O. and N. 1137. HD. 422
Sikerness, "sb." RG. 434. HD. 2856
Silence, "sb." 319 ß
Silk, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 36. AS. seolc
Silken, "adj." Alys. 278
Silly, "adj." RG. 428. Literally, happy, then innocent, foolish, from AS.
s?lig
Silver, "sb." RG. 379
---- "adj." ‘silver ore.’ RG. 1
Simnel, "sb." == a biscuit. HD. 779. Lat. ‘siminellus,’ from ‘simila.’ Sw.
semla
Simple, "adj." RG. 97
Simply, "adv." RG. 125
Sin, "sb." RG. 195, 405
Sinew, "sb." 2429 B
Sinful, "adj." RG. 173, 405
Sinfully, "adv." RG. 445
Sing, "v. a." RG. 508. Alys. 1044
---- "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Singing, "sb." Alys. 6745
Sink, "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 37. AS sincan
---- "v. a." == make to sink. pret. ‘sanke.’ Ps. lxviii. 3. AS. sencan
Sir, as a title, ‘Syre Geffray.’ RG. 440. ‘Sir King.’ RG. 501
Sire, "sb." == an appellative. RG. 500, 501
---- == a lord. RG. 321
Sise, "sb." == assize. Body and Soul, 143
Sisour, "sb." == a person deputed to hold assizes. Manuel d. Pecches, 2638
Sister, "sb." RG. 453
Sit, "v. n." RG. 535
---- == fit (as a dress). Body and Soul, 199
---- "v. a." == oppose, for ‘at-sitte.’ HD. 2567
Sithe, "sb." == time. ‘at the first sithe’ HD. 1052. RG. 264; [side]. O.
and N. 299. AS. sið
Sithen, "adv." == afterwards. HD. 2251
Siththe, "adv." == since (of time). 1864 B.; afterwards. RG. 266;
[suththe]. RG. 368, 378. AS. síðða
Six. RG. 428, 395
Sixteen. RG. 474
Sixth, "adj." RG. 416
Sixty. RG. 368
Skeet, "adj." == swift. Alys. 5637. ON. skjóttr
Skekking, "sb." == battle. Alys. 3563. ON. skekja, to shake
Skente, "v. a." == amuse, delight. O. and N. 449. ON. skemta
Skenting, "sb." == a merry song. O. and N. 446
Skere, "adj." == clear, pure. Pol. S. 155. AS. scír
---- "v. a." == purify, justify. RG. 334, 335
Skere, "adj." == divided from. Rel. S. iv. 78
Sket, "adv." == quickly. HD. 1926. Alys. 974; [skit]. Alys. 6029. ON.
skjótt
Skewe, == sky. "q. v."
Skilful, "adj." == reasonable. Creed of St Athan. 76
Skill, "sb." == intelligence. Body and Soul, 25; reason. Pol. S. 198.
Alys. 3372
---- == cause. Ps. xlii. 1. ON. skil, skilning
Skin, "sb." Alys. 6807
Skinner, "sb." Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Skip, "v. n." [schippe]. Alys. 1108
Skirm, "v. n." == skirmish. Alys. 197, 1046. HD. 2323; ‘skirmen’ is used
in La?amon in the sense of ‘skirmish.’ Dan. skjerm, a defence
Skit. See Sket
Skruke, "v. n." == shrink, wither. Wright’s L. P. p. 87. Cf. ON. skrucka,
‘anus rugosa,’ skrucklegr, ‘deformis,’ and Eng. ‘shrug’
Skulk, "v. n." Ps. xxxviii. 12; ‘skulded.’ Ps. cxviii. 158. Sw. skolka
Skulking, "sb." RG. 256
Skull, "sb." RG. 16
Sky, "sb." Alys. 479, 561; [skewe]. Ps. xvii. 12. ON. ský, a cloud
Skyke, "v. n." == fight. Alys. 6077. ON. skekja. See Skekking
Skymyng, probably for ‘skyrming’ == fighting. Alys. 1615
Slab, "sb." Fr. Sci. 141. AS. slífan
Slack, "adj." Alys. 1252. AS. sleac. Dan. slap
---- "v. a." == slacken. Ps. lxxxviii. 10
---- "v. n." == become slack, remiss, [slake]. Wright’s L. P. p. 54
Slade [slede], "sb." == a green plain. RG. 447. AS. sl?d
Slake. See Slack
Slander [sclaundre], "sb." RG. 333, 354
---- == fame, report. Alys. 4797
Slating, == slaying. Alys. 200
Slave, "sb." Body and Soul, 100
Slay, "v. a." [sle]. 1128 B.; pret. ‘slowe.’ RG. 528; ‘slou.’ RG. 376;
‘slou?.’ 2373 B.; 2. pl. imper. ‘sleth.’ RG. 236; part. ‘yslawe.’ RG. 9
Sla?t, "sb." == slaughter. RG. 493, 379
Sledde, "sb." == an old blind person. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Dut. sladde. ON.
slæfr, ‘hebes,’ ‘ignavus,’ slitti, ‘res flaccida’
Slede. See Slade
Sleech, "adj." == sly. Ritson’s AS. viii. 147. Rel. Ant. ii. 175. ON.
slægr
Sleep, "sb." RG. 429
---- "v. n." Pol. S. 152
Sleeper, "sb." Fr. Sci. 278
Sleeping, "sb." == sleep. 1576 B.
Sleet, "sb." Cok. 39
Sleeve, "sb." HD. 1957. AS. sléf
Sleight, "sb." Ps. civ. 22
Sleme, "sb." == weariness. Ps. cxviii. 28. AS. sluma. ON. slæmi
Sletten, "vb." == slid, fell. See Slide
Slice, "sb." Alys. 3833. AS. slican, to strike
Slide, "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 110. 3 pl. pret. ‘sletten.’ Alys. 2262;
part. ‘islide.’ O. and N. 686
---- "v. a." == make to slide. Ps. lxxxviii. 24. AS. slídan
Slider, "adj." == slippery. O. and N. 954
Sliding, "sb." Ps. cxiv. 8; lv. 13
Slike, "v. a." == make smooth, comfortable. Rel. S. i. 43. part.
‘isliked.’ O. and N. 841. ON. slikja
Sling, "sb." Alys. 3223. AS. slingan
---- "v. a." pret. ‘slonge.’ RG. 362; pret. ‘slongen.’ Body and Soul, 233
---- "v. n." == leap, fling oneself, pret. ‘slang.’ Alys. 5538
Slit, "v. a." Ps. xxix. 12; part. ‘slat.’ Pol. S. 154
---- "sb." == pocket. O. and N. 1116
Sloe, "sb." HD. 849. Alys. 4983. AS. slá
Slot, "sb." == bar. Ps. cvi. 16. Dut. slot
Sloth, "sb." RG. 195. AS. slæwð
Slough, "sb." == bog. Alys. 6075; [slo]. O. and N. 1392. AS. slog
Slow, "adj." RG. 455. AS. sláw
Sly, "adj." == cunning. Ps. viii. 4. RG. 350. ON. slægr. Dan. slu
Slyly, "adv." Cok. 156. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Smack, "sb." == scent. O. and N. 821. AS. smæc
Small, "adj." 2218 B.
---- "sb." == infant, Ps. xvi. 13
Smaragde, "sb." == emerald. Alys. 5683. Lat. smaragdus
Smart, "adj." == sharp, ‘a smart yard.’ Rel. Ant. i. 115; pert. Alys. 4160
---- "v. a." == to give pain to, torment. Wright’s L. P. p. 70
---- "v. n." == to ache, feel pain. pret. ‘smourte.’ RG. 322. 3 pl.
‘smerten.’ Alys. 5845. AS. smeortan
Smear, "v. a." == anoint [smyrie]. St Kath. 183; part. ‘ysmered.’ RG. 457.
AS. smérian
Smell, "sb." == odour. RG. 43. Body and Soul, 219
---- == scent (of a dog). O. and N. 820
---- "v. n." Wright’s L. P. p. 88. Body and Soul, 22. The ON. smella,
‘crepere, tinnire,’ is probably the origin of our ‘smell;’ words relating
to the senses are frequently shifted from one to the other in different
languages
Smerle, "sb." == ointment. Ps. cxxxii. 2. AS. smérels
Smile, "sb." 80 ß. Swed. smila
Smite, "v. a." 1579 B.; pret. ‘smite.’ RG. 397; part. ‘ismyte.’ 2155 B.;
‘to smite a battle.’ RG. 55
---- "v. n." == go, pass. St Dunst. 74
---- (with ‘out’) == to burst out of a place. RG. 564. Alys. 494
Smith, "sb." HD. 1876
---- "v. a." Ps. cxxviii. 3
Smithy, "sb." St Dunstan, 60
Smock, "sb." Wright’s L. P. p. 40. AS. smoc
Smoke, "sb." RG. 437, 493. AS. sméc
---- "v. n." 485 ß
Smoky, "adj." 466 ß
Smooth, "adj." [smethe]. RG. 424. AS. sméðe
Smother, "sb." == smoke, fumes. Body and Soul, 218. AS. smorian
Snache, "v. a." == pierce? Alys. 6559. AS. snás, a spear, or spit
Snail, "sb." O. and N. 87. AS. snægel
Snake, "sb." Alys. 5972. AS. snácu
Snare, "sb." Pol. S. 197. AS. sneáre
Sneer, "v. n." Ps. ii. 4. Lat. ‘nares,’ the nostrils. Cf. Gr. µ??t????e??,
and Engl. ‘sneeze,’ from AS. næs. Lat. nasus
---- "v. a." == scorn. Ps. lxxix. 7
Sneering, "sb." Ps. lxxviii. 4
Sneipe, "v. n." == blow the nose. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Cf. Snyte
Snell, "adj." == swift. K. Horn, 1517. AS. snel
Snellich, "adv." == quickly. Cok. 161
Snepe, "adj." == foolish. O. and N. 225. ON. snápr
Snivelling, "part." Fr. Sci. 279. AS. snofel
Snobbe, "v. n." == sob? Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Dut. snof == singultus, Kil.
Snode, "sb." == a morsel. Ps. cxlvii. 17. AS. snid
Snout, "sb." K. Horn, 1114. Alys. 6534. ON. snúdr
Snow, "sb." RG. 463
---- "v. n." Alys. 6450. 3 s. pres. ‘snuith.’ O. and N. 620
Snub, "v. a." [snibbe]. Ps. ix. 6. ON. snubba
Snubbing, "sb." == rebuke. Ps. xvii. 16
Snurpe, "v. n." == become shrivelled. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Sw. snörpa
Snyte, "v. a." == blow the nose. St Dunstan, 85; part, ‘ysnyt.’ Ib. 91.
ON. snýta
So, "adv." with adj. ‘a so gret best.’ 674 ß. ‘of so noble fame.’ RG. 367
with adv. ‘so that.’ 643 ß. 651 ß. ‘so soon’ == as soon as. 635 ß
---- == as if. HD. 594
---- == in such manner. RG. 369
---- == as. Wright’s L. P. p. 28, ‘wery so water in wore’
---- == how [sa]. Ps. xxxiii. 9
So. See See
So, "sb." == a pail. HD. 933. ON. sár. Dan. saa. Fr. seau
Soap, "sb." RG. 6
Sobbing, "sb." HD. 234
Socket, "sb." == blade. Alys. 4415. Fr. soc, a ploughshare
Soffid, "part." == sought? Ritson’s AS. viii. 209
Soft, "adj." RG. 475, 557; merciful. Ps. xxxiii. 9
---- "adv." == softly. 2128 B.
Soil, "v. a." RG. 469. AS. sol
---- "v. n." == become soiled. O. and N. 1274
Sojourn, "sb." 1585 B.
---- "v. n." RG. 469
Sojourning, "sb." Alys. 5209
Solace, "sb." RG. 442
---- "v. a." RG. 552
Solacing, "sb." Alys. 6746
Soldan, "sb." Alys. 1781
Solement, "adv." == solely. 197 ß
Solemnity, "sb." 2237 B. Ps. lxxiii. 4
Solsecle, "sb." == the herb solsequium, or heliotrope. Wright’s L. P. pp.
26, 53
Somdele, "adv." RG. 545
Some, "adj." ‘sum holi childe.’ 104 B.; used absolutely, ‘somme’ == some
persons. RG. 396, 459
Somer, "sb." == bedstead. Body and Soul, 18. Fr. somier
Somer, "sb." == sumpter horse. Alys. 827. Fr. sommier
Somer, "sb." == burden, luggage. Alys. 5109. AS. seman. Fr. some
Something. RG. 368
Sometime. RG. 377
Somewanne, "adv." == at some time. RG. 260
Son, "sb." RG. 370
Sonde, "sb." == a messenger. RG. 383. AS. sand, sond
---- == a message. Alys. 2893
Sondres. See Sunder
Song, "sb." 1888 B.
Sonte, "sb." == saint, "q. v."
Soon, "adv." RG. 367
Soot, "sb." Pol. S. 195. Alys. 6636. AS. sót
Sooth, "adj." == true. 1201 B. AS. sóð
---- "sb." == truth, in the phrase ‘to sooth,’ i. e. ‘in truth.’ 1023,
2118 B.
Soothfastness, "sb." Ps. xci. 3
Soothful, "adj." Fragment in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21
Soothly, "adv." Ps. xxxvi. 33
Soothness, "sb." RG. 457
Sorcery, "sb." Alys. 478. Fr. sort. Lat. sors
Sore, "adj." RG. 435
---- "sb." 130 B.
Sorefully, "adv." Body and Soul, 6
Soreness, "sb." RG. 131
Sorimod, "adj." == sorrowful. O. and N. 1216
Soriness, "sb." K. Horn, 950
Sorrow, "sb." RG. 374, 378; [seorhe]. O. and
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