A DICTIONARY OF THE FIRST, OR
OLDEST WORDS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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 THE LATE
HERBERT COLERIDGE,
SECRETARY TO THE PHILOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

LONDON:
JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, PICCADILLY.
M DCCC LXII.

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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.

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[Pg iv] 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 Laȝamon 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

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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.)

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 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.)

[Pg vi]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.)

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.

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 [Pg vii]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.

Laȝamon’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.

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS MADE USE OF IN THE GLOSSARY.

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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. ‘abouȝte.’ 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; ‘ȝeode 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.

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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, ‘aȝen eve aday,’ ‘on the evening of the day.’ RG. 289

Adder, sb. Alys. 5262

Addle, adj. == rotten. O. and N. 133

Adiȝte, 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

Adriȝe, 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 ‘aȝe,’ == 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 β. 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 [aȝé]. 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

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Against, prep. == contra, [aȝe]. 54 B. [aȝen]. RG. 367. [ogaines] Ps. lxxxii. 4

—— == opposite to, of place, [aȝeyn]. RG. 6

—— == by the time that. Wright’s L. P. p. 23

—— == in comparison with, [aȝeynes]. 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, ‘aȝenwendand.’ 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

Ainoȝe, adj. == anew. RG. 397

Air, sb. 697 β

—— == airs, pride, vaunting. RG. 51, 397

Aither, == either. 434 β

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 Laȝamon, p. 442

Alike, adj. [iliche]. 1894 B.

—— adv. 714 β

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 niȝt.’ 595 β

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.

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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

Alȝare, 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 β. 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 noȝt,’ == 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 Laȝamon, 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

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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

Apliȝt, 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. ǽr, ǽror

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. arǽcan

Aredde, v. a. == rid of. O. and N. 1569

Arehwe, sb. == fear. O. and N. 1714

Arenk, adv. == in a rank or row. 273 β

Areu, sb. == fear. O. and N. 1496. See Areȝ

Arewe, adv. == in a row. RG. 252

Arewe, v. a. == to rue. Pol. S. 188

Areȝ, adj. == afraid. O. and N. 407. AS. earh

Areȝthe, 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

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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. Laȝamon, 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

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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

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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

Aȝt, adj. == noble. RG. 377, 183, 459. AS. æht

Aȝte, 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 Laȝ.

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

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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

—— pres. subj. 2 s. ‘bo.’ O. and N. 566

—— pret. ind. 1 s. ‘wes.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 97

—— pret. subj. 2 s. ‘were.’ O. and N. 1312

—— 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 β

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

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Beget, v. a. == obtain. O. and N. 726. RG. 516

—— == procreate. RG. 516. part. ‘byȝyte.’ 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 β

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. Laȝ. 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

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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 β

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 Laȝ. iii. 457

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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 lowȝ]. 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. πίνω

Bitell, v. a. == excuse. O. and N. 263

Bitiȝt, == arrayed. O. and N. 1011. AS. biþæht. See Gloss. to Laȝ. s. v.

Bitoȝe, == employed. O. and N. 702. AS. biteon. See Gloss. to Laȝ. 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

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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. blǽse, 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 β

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 β

Blow, vb. n. part. ‘blowe,’ == blown, in blossom. O. and N. 1634

Blowing, sb. 467 β

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 β.; 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. ‘ibolȝe.’ O. and N. 145

Bolster, sb. Rel. S. v. 90

Bolt, sb. ‘ȝoure 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

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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. ‘iborȝe,’ 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

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.

Braid, sb. ==

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

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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

Breȝe, 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 β

Brimstone, sb. Body and Soul, 219

Bring, v. a. RG. 379. pret. ‘brought.’ RG. 309. part. ‘ybroȝt,’ ‘ibrouȝt.’ 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. [breȝe]. 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

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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. ‘bouȝte.’ 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

Byȝyte. 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

Caluȝ, 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 (κατώβλεπας), == a noxious monster, mentioned in Alys. 6564. See Pliny, H. N. viii. 32

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Catch, v. a. RG. 28. pret. ‘caught.’ RG. 375. part. ‘cacchynge.’ RG. 265

Cathedral, adj. RG. 282

Caudle, sb. RG. 561

Cauldron, sb. 158 β

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 Laȝ. 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 Laȝamon, 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 ‘ȝeynchar’ == 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

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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 β

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 β

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

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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 β). == clothing. Cok. 29

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.

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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 β

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

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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 [croisliȝte]. 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 β. 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 β

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.

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Dais, sb. == a raised seat. RG. 536. Alys. 1039

Daisy, sb. [dayes-eȝe]. 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 β

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 β

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

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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. ‘idiȝte.’ 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

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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

Diȝele, 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 β. part. ‘idoubled.’ 295 β

Doubt, sb. == fear. RG. 89, 402

Doubt, v. n. == be afraid. 395 B.; feel doubt. St Swithin, 105

Doubt, v. a. == fear. 289 β

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; [dreyȝe]. 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. Laȝ. ii. 184

Dreg, sb. Ps. xxxix. 3

Dreme, sb. == song, melody. [Pg 25]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

Driȝte, 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

Duȝethe, 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

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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 β

Easter, sb. 546 B.

Eastward, adv. RG. 41

Easy, adj. == slack. Body and Soul, 115

Eat, v. a. 143 β. pret. ‘at.’ 274 B. ‘ete.’ RG 408. part. ‘y-ete.’ 311 β

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; [eiȝte]. O. and N. 1151; [eyghtis]. Alys. 1573. AS. ǽht

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 β

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 β. 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 noȝt’ == 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 β

—— 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

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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. ἧπαρ, 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, lǽtan

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

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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 β

—— 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 β. 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.

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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 β

—— == 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 β

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; [feȝe]. Pol. S. 154. pret. ‘foȝte.’ RG. 400. part. ‘yfaȝt.’ 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

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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 β

Firmament, sb. 243 β

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. ‘fleȝ’ 184 β; 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 β. 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

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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 noȝt’ == 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 Laȝamon

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

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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

Forhoȝe, 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 β

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

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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; [fuȝele]. O. and N. 64

Foȝe, 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 β

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 Laȝ. 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

Frouȝ, 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

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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 Laȝ. 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

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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. [ȝeve]. RG. 12; pret. ‘ȝaf.’ RG. 17; imper. ‘ȝef.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 59; part. ‘iȝive.’ O. and N. 551; ‘yȝyne.’ 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