Part 5
#Conne#, #Conneþ#, &c. _See_ Can, _v._^1
#Connynge#, _n._ intelligence, IV _b_ 56, 79. [From _cunn-_, old infin. stem of Can, _v._^1]
#Conquerour#, _n._ conqueror, XIV _c_ 92. [OFr. _conquerour_.]
#Conquest#, _n._ the (Norman) Conquest, XIII _b_ 32. [OFr. _conqueste_.]
#Consaile# (#-sale#, #-seyl#, #-seille#), #Counsail(le)#, (#-sayle#, #-sayll#), _n._ counsel, deliberation, advice, II 179, VIII _a_ 309, X 15, XIV _b_ 40, 43, XVI 114, 163, XVII 157; prudence, IV _b_ 56, 57, 61; council, VIII _a_ 312, IX 296, 298. [OFr. _conseil_, _c(o)unseil_, counsel, council.]
#Conseille#, _v._ to advise, VIII _a_ 14; #Counsell#, _imper. sg._ XVII 472. [OFr. _conseillier_.]
#Consente#, _v._ to agree; _consented to o wyl_, was agreed, I 49. [OFr. _consentir_.]
#Consider#, _v._ to reflect, XVII 291. [OFr. _considerer_.]
#Constreyne#, _v._ to force, VIII _b_ 56, XI _b_ 248. [OFr. _constreign-_, stem of _constreindre_.]
#Construccion#, _n._ construing, XIII _b_ 28. [L. _constructiōnem_; _see_ next.]
#Constru(w)e#, _v._ to construe, interpret, XIII _b_ 18, 34; _pres. subj. pl._ in _ȝif ȝe c. wel þis clause_, if you see the point of what I say, XIV _c_ 11. [L. _construere_.]
#Conteyne#, _v._ to contain, IX 337, XIII _a_ 20. [OFr. _contenir_, _conteign-_, stem of subj.]
#Contemplacio(u)n#, #Contemplacyone#, _n._ contemplation (of God), IV _b_ 51, XI _b_ 11, 308. [OFr. _contemplacion_.]
#Contemplatyf#, #-if#, _adj._ contemplative, devoted to prayer and contemplation of God, VIII _a_ 245, XI _b_ 1, 8, &c. [OFr. _contemplatif_.]
#Continue#, _v._ to persevere, VIII _b_ 40, 110. [OFr. _continuer_.]
#Contynuell#, _adj._ continual, IX 32. [OFr. _continuel_.]
#Contray# (XIII), #Contré#, #-ee#, #-ey#, (IX), #Countré# (XVII), #Cuntray# (II), #Cuntré# (I), #Cuntrey# (XI), _n._ country, land, region, I 253, II 351, IX 4, 9, 26, 134, 138, XI _a_ 35, XIII _a_ 41, _b_ 63, XVII 487 (_see_ Sere), &c., as _adj._ in _contray longage_, language of the land, XIII _b_ 13. [OFr. _contrée_, _c(o)untrée_.]
#Contrarie# (_to_), _adj._ opposed (to), XI _b_ 54. [OFr. _contrarie_.]
#Contrefetes#, _n. pl._ imitations, IX 117. [OFr. _contrefet_, pp., made like.] _See_ Counterfete, _v._
#Cop#, _n._ top, XIII _a_ 45. [OE. _copp_.]
#Cope#, _n._ long cloak, XII _a_ 53; _esp._ the out-door cloak of an ecclesiastic, VIII _a_ 182. [OE. _*cāpe_, from Med.L. _cāpa_.]
#Cope#, _v._ to provide with 'copes', VIII _a_ 141. [From prec.]
#Copuls#, _3 sg. pres._ links, IV _a_ 12; #Coppled#, _pp._ linked (in rime), Introduction xv; _see_ Kowe. [OFr. _copler_.] _See_ Couple, _n._
#Corage#, _n._ heart, XII _a_ 11; gallantry, XIV _c_ 108. [OFr. _corage_.]
#Corde#, _n._ cord, XII _b_ 53, 60, &c. [OFr. _corde_.]
#Corde(n)#, _v._; _corden into on_, agree together, XV _i_ 6. [Shortened from Acorde, _q.v._]
#Cormerant#, _n._ cormorant, II 310. [OFr. _cormoran_.]
#Coround(e)#, _pa. t._ crowned, VI 55; _pp._ II 593, VI 120. [OFr. _corouner_.] _See_ Crouned(e).
#Corouneȝ#, _n. pl._ crowns, VI 91. [OFr. _coroune_.] _See_ Croun(e).
#Corsed(est)#. _See_ Curse.
#Corseynt#, _n._ shrine of a saint, I 239. [OFr. _cors saint_, holy body.]
#Cortays(e)#, #Curteys# (II), _adj._ gracious, II 28, VI 73; as _sb._, gracious lady, V 343. [OFr. _corteis_, _curteis_.] _See_ Kort.
#Cortaysye#, #Cortaysé#, #Courtaysye#, _n._ courtesy, grace, VI 72, 84, 96, 109, 121 (_of cortaysye_ prob. only equivalent to _cortayse_, _adj._); _of courtaysye_, _by cortaysye_, &c. by especial favour, VI 97, 108, 120. [OFr. _corteisie_, _curteisie_.]
#Cortaysly#, #Curteisly#, #-lich#, _adv._ courteously, VI 21, VIII _a_ 34, 157. _See_ Cortays.
#Cosseȝ#, #Cosses#, _n. pl._ kisses, V 283, 292. [OE. _coss_.] _See_ Kysse.
#Cost#, _n._^1 border, IX 192; #Costes#, _pl._ coasts, regions, VII 83, 146. [OFr. _coste_]
#Cost#, _n._^2 expenditure, cost, XI _b_ 169; ? means (to meet expense), XI _b_ 141. [OFr. _cost_.]
#Costen# (_in_), _v._ to expend (on), XI _b_ 234. [OFr. _coster_.]
#Costes#, _n. pl._ manners, disposition, V 292. [OE. (Nth.) _cost_ from ON. _kost-r_.]
#Costy#, _adj._ costly, XI _b_ 228, 234. [From Cost, _n._^2]
#Cote#, _n._^1 cot, mean dwelling, II 489, VIII _b_ 2. [OE. _cot_.]
#Cote#, _n._^2 coat; here a tunic (_cf._ 'waistcoat') worn beneath the outer gown, XVII 262. [OFr. _cote_.]
#Coth#, _n._ pestilence, XVII 417. [OE. _coþu_.]
#Cou#, #Cow#, _n._ cow, III 49, 52, 54, VIII _a_ 282; _pl._ #Ken#, III 56; #Kyȝn#, IX 256; #Kyn(e)#, VIII _a_ 134, _b_ 18. [OE. _cū_; pl. _cȳ_ (Kt. _*cē_).]
#Couaytyng#, #Coueytynge#, _n._ coveting, IX 90; object of coveting (cf. _louyng_, &c.), IV _a_ 23. [From OFr. _coveit(i)er_.]
#Couaytise# (III), #Coueitise# (XI), #Couetyse# (V), #Coueteis# (XVII), _n._ covetousness, avarice, III 22, V 306, 312, XI _b_ 55, 256, XVII 52. [OFr. _coveitise_.]
#Couche#, _n._ bed, XII _a_ 89. [OFr. _couche_.]
#Coude#. _See_ Can, _v._
#Coueyne#, _n._ band (of conspirators), I 41. [OFr. _cov(a)ine_.]
#Coueitous#, _adj._ covetous, XI _b_ 196. [OFr. _coveitous_.]
#Couenable#, _adj._ suitable, XIII _a_ 20. [OFr. _covenable_.]
#Covenant#, #Couenaunde#, #-aunt#, _n._ covenant, agreement, V 260, 272, VI 202, 203, VIII _a_ 153, XII _b_ 41, 96, 199; _pl._ terms of the agreement, V 174; _in c. þat_, on condition that, VIII _a_ 28. [OFr. _covenant_.]
#Coueryng#, _n._ covering, I 177, 184. [From OFr. _co(u)vrir_.]
#Coumforde#; #Counsail(le)#, &c. _See_ Confort; Consaile (-seille).
#Counted#, _pa. t._ reckoned on (_or_ heeded), VII 115; _counted nouȝt a bene beo_, gave not a bean for, XIV _c_ 43. [OFr. _cunter_.]
#Counterfete#, _v._ to imitate (fraudulently), IX 114; to resemble, VI 196 (bad connotation often absent in this use, but possibly here present--'make them unjustly resemble us'). [Formed from ME. _counterfete_, imitated, OFr. _contrefet_.] _See_ Contrefetes.
#Countes#, _n._ countess, VI 129. [OFr. _cuntesse_.]
#Countré#. _See_ Contray.
#Countre note#, _n._ counterpoint, a melody added as an accompaniment to another, XI _b_ 137 (note). [OFr. _countre_ + _note_.]
#Couple#, _n._ match, pair, II 458 (note); #Copple#, couplet (in verse), Introduction xxxiii. [OFr. _couple_.]
#Cours(e)#, _n._ course, VII 102, XIII _a_ 61, &c.; _cours ... about_, circuit, X 157; flow, VII 123; force, rushing, VII 115; _by course_, in due order, VII 73. [OFr. _cours_.]
#Court(aysye)#. _See_ Cortaysye, Kort.
#Courtpies#, _n. pl._ short jackets, VIII _a_ 182. [Current in 14th and 15th centuries; cf. MDu. _korte pie_, short coat of coarse woollen stuff.]
#Couþe#, #Couthe#. _See_ Can, _v._
#Couwee#, _adj._ tailed, in _(ryme) couwee_, rime in pairs followed by a shorter line, or 'tail', tailrime, Introduction xv. [OFr. _rime couée_.] _See_ Kowe.
#Cowardise#, #Coward(d)yse#, _n._ cowardice, V 205, 306, 311. [OFr. _couardise_.] _See_ Kowarde.
#Cowth#, #Cowþe(ȝ)#. _See_ Can, _v._
#Crache#, _v._ to scratch, II 80. [Obscure; cf. MDu., MLG. _kratsen_.]
#Cradel#, _n._ cradle, XIII _b_ 22, XV _f_ 4. [OE. _cradol_.]
#Craft(e)#, _n._ craft; industry, VIII _b_ 20; knowledge, in _to ken all the cr._, to know the whole story, VII 25. [OE. _cræft_.]
#Crafty#, _adj._ skilled in a craft, VIII _a_ 70. [OE. _cræftig_.]
#Cragge#, _n._ crag, V 115, 153. [Obscure.]
#Crak#, _v._ to crack, XIV _a_ 10; #Crakked#, _pp._ XIV _a_ 11. [OE. _cracian_, to crack (sound).]
#Craue#, #Crafe# (XVII), _v._ to demand, VIII _a_ 86; to plead for, XVII 174; _craue aftir_, ask for, XVI 242. [OE. _crafian_, demand.]
#Creatoure#, #Creatur#, _n._ creature, XV _i_ 4, XVII 78. [OFr. _creature_.]
#Crede#, _n._ the Creed, VI 125; _sall ken ȝow ȝowre crede_ = will teach you what you ought to know, a lesson, XIV _b_ 4. [OE. _crēda_, from L. _crēdo_, I believe (cf. VIII _a_ 83).]
#Credence#, _n._ credence, IX 303. [OFr. _credence_.]
#Creem#, _n._ cream,VIII _a_ 277. [OFr. _cresme_.]
#Cren#, _n._ crane (machine), X 16, 28. [OE. _cran_ (bird); the above are the earliest recorded instances of the transferred sense.]
#Crepe#, _v._ to creep, XII _b_ 173. [OE. _crēopan_.]
#Creuisse#, _n._ fissure, V 115. [OFr. _crevasse_.]
#Cri(e)#, #Cry#, _n._ lamentation, II 114, 220; _held in o cri_, lamented in the same strain, II 95; shouting, clamour, II 285, XV _h_ 4; a cry, appeal, II 511 (_see_ Sette). [OFr. _cri_.]
#Crie(n)#, #Crye(n)#, #Cry#, _v._ to cry out (shout, call, lament), proclaim, XI _b_ 48, XII _a_ 76, 140, XVI 186, 363, XVII 384, &c.; _pres. subj._ XVI 141; #Crid(e)#, _pa. t._ II 78, XII _b_ 31, 69; #Cryit#, X 86; #Criand#, #-ende#, _pres. p._ XVI 73, XII _b_ 16. _Cryen after_, shout for, XV _h_ 5; _crie on_, appeal to, XVI 107; _cry me mercy_, cry to me for mercy, XVII 384 (the earliest recorded sense in E.). [OFr. _crier_.]
#Criere#, _n._ crier, herald, XI _b_ 48. [OFr. _crier_.]
#Criing#, #Criyng(e)#, _n._ (loud) shouting, XI _b_ 133, 249; _at o criing_, with one voice, II 581 (cf. _at one cri_, Havelok 2773); lamentation, II 195. [From Crie(n).]
#Cristal(l)#, _n._ crystal, II 358, IX 32, 103, &c. [OFr. _cristal_.]
#Crystemesse#, _n._ Christmas, I 29. [OE. _crī̆stmesse_.]
#Cristen(e)#, #Crystene#, #Crystyn# (I), #Krysten# (VI), _adj._ Christian, I _introd._, 82, VI 101, IX 211, XI _a_ 37, &c.; as _sb. pl._ VIII _a_ 89. [OE. _crī̆sten_.]
#Cristendom#, #-dam#, _n._ Christian lands, IX 214, XIV _c_ 19. [OE. _crī̆sten-dōm_, Christianity.]
#Croft#, _n._ small field, VIII _a_ 33, 285, _b_ 17. [OE. _croft_.]
#Croppeth#, _3 pl. pres._ nibble, VIII _a_ 33. [ON. _kroppa_.]
#Crouders#, _n. pl._ fiddlers, II 522. [From ME. _croud_, _crouþ_ (Welsh _crwth_), fiddle.]
#Croun(e)#, #Crowne#, _n._ crown, II 235, 415, VI 67, &c.; crown of the head, XIV _a_ 10, 11. [OFr. _coroune_; cf. ON. _krúna_. In the sense 'crown of head' only the _cr-_ forms appear.] _See_ Corouneȝ.
#Crouned(e)#, _pp._ tonsured, admitted to holy orders, VIII _b_ 58, 62, 67. [OFr. _corouner_.] _See_ prec. (which also in ME. had sense 'tonsure'), and Corounde, Vncrouned.
#Crowe#, _n._ a crow, XII _a_ 75. [OE. _crāwe_.]
#Crowe#, _v._ to crow, XV _g_ 33 (with pleonastic reflex. pron.); to announce by crowing, XII _a_ 77. [OE. _crāwan_.]
#Cruddes#, _n. pl._ curds, VIII _a_ 277. [Obscure.]
#Cruell#, _adj._ cruel, IX 237. [OFr. _cruel_.]
#Cubite#, (#Cubettis#, _pl._), _n._ cubit (Biblical length measure = ell), XVII 124, 136, 258, 261, 443. [OE. _cubit_, L. _cubitus_.]
#Cultur#, _n._ coulter, iron blade fixed in front of the share in a plough, VIII _a_ 98. [OE. (from L.) _culter_.]
#Cum#, #Cumen#. _See_ Com.
#Cumbrit#, _pp._ hampered, VII 183. [OFr. _(en)combrer_.]
#Cunesmen#, _n. pl._ kinsfolk, XV _g_ 6. [OE. _cynnes_, gen. + _mann_.]
#Cunne(s)#. _See_ Can, Kyn.
#Cuntek#, _n._ contest; _yn cuntek_, vying with one another, I 31. [OFr. (only AFr.) _contek_, of unknown origin.]
#Cuntenaunce#, _n._ bearing, II 293. [OFr. _cuntenance_.]
#Cuntray#, #-é#, #-ey#. _See_ Contray.
#Cuppes#, _n._ cups, IX 256. [OE. _cuppe_.]
#Curse#, _v._ to curse, I 98, 130, &c.; #Corsed#, #Cursed#, _pp._ and _adj._ V 128, 306, IX 85, &c.; _cursed shrewe_, VII 183, VIII _a_ 153. [OE. (late) _cū̆rsian_, from OIr. _cúrsagim_.]
#Cursyng#, _n._ cursing, I 128, 154, 261. [OE. (late) _cū̆rsung_.]
#Curteis#, #-eys#. _See_ Cortays.
#Custome#, _n._ custom, IX 292, XI _b_ 204, 206. [OFr. _custume_.]
#Dai#, #Day(e)#, _n._ day, I 138, VI 56, XII _a_ 68, &c.; dawn, XII _a_ 77; life-time, II 572, &c. (also _pl._ VI 56, VII 39); _daies olde_, old age, XII introd.; time, in _withinne tuo monthe day_, in two months' time, XII _a_ 29; _þise dayeȝ_ (gen. sg.) _longe_, all (this) day long, VI 173 (_see_ Longe); _by dayes_, once upon a time, II 15; _bi_ _this dai_, (for) this day, VIII _a_ 274; but an oath at XV _a_ 24, XVII 386; _on a day_, one day, II 303; _þis othir daye_, the other day, XVI 148; _þis endre dai_, a day or two ago (_see_ Endre), XV _a_ 4. [OE. _dæg_.]
#Dayeseȝes#, _n. pl._ daisies, XV _b_ 4. [OE. _dæges ēage_.]
#Dalf#; #Dalt#. _See_ Deluen; Delen.
#Dam(e)#, _n._ dame, lady, queen, II 63, 113, 322, VIII _a_ 72, XVII 298, &c.; mother, VIII _a_ 73, XVII 324. [OFr. _dame_.]
#Damisel#, #Damysel(le)#, _n._ damsel (_esp._ young lady-in-waiting), II 90, 144, VI 1, 129. [OFr. _damisele_.]
#Dampne#, _v._ to damn, condemn, XI _b_ 197, 306; #Dampnet#, _pa. t. pl._ VII 50; #Dampned#, _pp._ XVI 272; as _sb._ XVI 377. [OFr. _dam(p)ner_.]
#Dan(e)#, #Danȝ#, Master, Dom, an honourable title esp. prefixed to names of members of religious orders, I _introd._, III _introd._ [OFr. _Dan_ (nom. _Danz_, _Dans_); L. _Dom(i)nus_.]
#Danes#, _n. pl._ Danes, XIII _b_ 13. [Med. L. _Dani_. (cf. ON. _Danir_).]
#Dang#. _See_ Dynge(n).
#Dar#, _v._ dare, _1 sg. pres._ II 336, VIII _a_ 263, &c.; _3 sg._ IX 88, &c.; #Dare#, _pres. pl._ XVI 145; #Dore(n)#, XI _b_ 36, 199; #Dorst(e)#, _pa. t. sg._ dared, XII _b_ 109, XIV _c_ 21; #Durst#, II 140, 427, 482; _pl._ II 73, 84, X 130; #Durst#, _pa. t. subj._ (would) dare, XVII 479. [OE. _dearr_, _durron_; _dorste_.]
#Dare#, _v._ to cower, V 190; ? #Dard#, _pa. t. sg._ VI 249 (_see_ note). [OE. _darian_.]
#Dase#, _v._ to be dumbfounded, XVII 314. [OE. _*dasian_; cf. _darian_, and ON. _dasa-sk_.]
#Dastard#, _n._ wretch, vile fellow, XVI 180, 203. [Perhaps formed with Fr. suffix _-ard_ from _dased_, _dast_, pp. of prec.]
#Date#, _n._ date, used in VI in various senses, some strained; point of time, hour, VI 169, 181; season, 144 (_see_ Dere), 145; limit (beginning or end), 133, 156, 157, 168, 180; _to dere a date_, ? too soon, 132 (_cf._ 126). [OFr. _date_.]
#Daunce#, #Dance#, _n._ dance, I 134, 227; _fig._ plight, XIV _b_ 72. [OFr. _dance_, _daunce_.]
#Daunce#, #Daunse#, _v._ to dance, I 21, 72, 87, II 298, XV _d_ 6; #Daunsynge#, _n._ dancing, XI _b_ 139. [OFr. _dancer_.]
#Daw#, _n._ (jackdaw), fool, XVII 247. [OE. _*dawe_.]
#Dawing#, #Dawyng#, _n._ daybreak, first signs of dawn, IV _a_ 94, X 42. [OE. _dagung_.]
#De#. _See_ Deye.
#Deaw#, #Dew#, _n. pl._ dew, IX 59, XV _b_ 28, &c.; _May dew_, dew gathered in May (believed to have medicinal and magical properties), IX 63. [OE. _dēaw_.]
#Debate#, _n._ parleying, wrangling, V 180, XVI 142; _wythouten debate_, putting aside contention, VI 30. [OFr. _debat_.]
#Debate#, _v._ to contend, XII _b_ 225; #Debatande#, _pres. p._ debating, V 111. [OFr. _debat-re_.]
#Declare#, _v._ to set out, declare, VII 77, XII _b_ 210. [OFr. _declarer_.]
#Declyne#, _v._ (to decline), fall; _con d. into acorde_, came to an agreement (cf. ME. _fall at_ (or _of_) _accorde_), VI 149. [OFr. _decliner_.]
#Ded(e)#, _adj._ dead, I 195, 209, II 108, &c.; used as pp. of 'slay', VII 92, XVI 148; _was broght dede_, was brought to death, died, I 213. [OE. _dēad_.] _See_ next, and Deþ.
#Ded(e)#, _n._^1 death, I 212, IV _a_ 48, _b_ 71, X 51, 77, 118, XVI 317, XVII 193, 543. [A variant, usually Northern, of Deþ, _q.v._]
#Ded(e)#, _n._^2 deed, act, feat, event, III 45, VII 38, 88, IX 312, XI _b_ 255, XVI 24, &c.; as obj. to _do_, I 79, VIII _b_ 9, XII _a_ 111; behaviour, way of acting, IV _a_ 62, XI _b_ 62; _Dedis of Apostlis_, Acts of the Apostles, XI _b_ 285; _in dede_, in the actual performance, VII 23, XVI 72; _to fre of dede_, too lavish in its action, VI 121; _in dede and þoȝte_, in performance and intention, VI 164. [OE. _dēd_.]
#Ded-day#, _n._ death-day, VIII _introd._ [OE. _dēaþ-dæg_; see Dede (death), but here assimilation of _þd_ to _dd_ is possible.]
#Ded(e)#, #Deden#, _v._ _See_ Don.
#Dedir#, _v._ to tremble, XVII 314. [Cf. MnE. _dither_.]
#Dedly#, _adj._ mortal, XI _b_ 208, 209, 211. [OE. _dēadlic_.]
#Defaced#, _pp._ effaced, erased, III 36. [OFr. _de(s)facier_, _defacer_.]
#Defaute#, _n._ defect, XI _a_ 43, 44, 57; lack, in _for defaute of_, for lack of, VIII _a_ 200, XI _b_ 250. [OFr. _defaute_.]
#Defence#, #Defens# (_of_), _n._ defence (against), IX 332, X 64, 135; _of noble defens_, nobly fortified, II 48. [OFr. _defense_.]
#Defend(e)#, _v._ to defend, V 49, VIII _a_ 82, X 52, &c.; to make defence, X 61, 191; make defence against, ward off, VII 85; #Defending#, _n._ defence, X 194. [OFr. _defend-re_.]
#Defensouris#, _n. pl._ defenders, X 153. [OFr. _defensour_.]
#Deffie#, _v._ to defy, XVI 158. [OFr. _de(s)fier_.]
#Degiselich#, _adj._ strange, wonderful, II 360. [From OFr. _de(s)guis(i)é_.] _See_ Gisely.
#Degrade# (rime-form of), _pa. t. sg._ degraded, XVII 20. [OFr. _degrader_.]
#Degré#, #Degree#, _n._ position, rank, VIII _b_ 71, XVII 21, 489; state (of preparedness), X 40. [OFr. _degré_.]
#Deye# (VIII), #De# (X), #Dye(n)#, _v._ to die, II 189, VIII _a_ 269, 325, IX 150, X 73, &c.; #Deye#, _pres. subj._ VIII _a_ 92, 114; #Deyd#, _pa. t. sg._ I 215; #Dyȝede#, XIV _c_ 106; #Deyden#, _pa. t. pl._ VIII _b_ 41; _do ... deye_, _garre ... dye_, kill, VIII _a_ 269, XVI 164. [ON. _deyja_.]
#Deill#, #Deyll#. _See_ Dele, _n._
#Deyned#, _pa. t. pl._ deigned, VIII _a_ 303. [OFr. _deigner_.]
#Deynté#, _n._ delicacy, II 254. [OFr. _deinté_.]
#Delaiement#, _n._ delay, XII _b_ 152. [OFr. _delaiement_.]
#Dele#, #Deill#, #Deyll#, _n._ part, quantity, in _a grete dele_, a great deal, XVII 450; _ich a deyll_, all, XVII 299; _ylk a dele_, _ilke deill_, altogether, IV _a_ 27, X 75. [OE. _dǣl_.] _See_ Euerydel, Halvendel, Somdel, &c.
#Dele(n)#, _v._ to divide, distribute, deal, mete out, perform, V 124, 217, VI 246, VIII _a_ 91, XI _b_ 270, 272; #Dalt#, _pa. t. sg._ V 350; #Deled#, _pp._ XIII _b_ 49; _dele with_, have to do with, XVI 63; with cognate obj. _dele penny doyll_, XVII 390 (_see_ Doyll); _delen ato_, part (_intr._), II 125. [OE. _dǣlan_.]
#Dele#. _See_ Deuel.
#Delit(e)#, #Delyte#, _n._ delight, IV _b_ 39, XII _a_ 88, XVI 63; _delytes of_, delight in, IV _b_ 62. [OFr. _delit_.]
#Delitabill#, _adj._ delightful, X _introd._ [OFr. _delitable_.]
#Delytte#, _v._ in _delyttes þaym (in)_, _3 pl. refl._, take delight (in), IV _b_ 42. [OFr. _delit(i)er_.]
#Deliuer#, _adj._ nimble, V 275; #Deliuerly#, _adv._ nimbly, quickly, X 58, 89. [OFr. _de(s)livre_.]
#Deliverance#, _n._ deliverance, XII _b_ 17. [OFr. _delivrance_.]
#Deluen#, _v._ to dig; to bury; VIII _a_ 135; #Dalf#, _pa. t. sg._ XIV _introd._; #Doluen#, _pa. t. pl._ VIII _a_ 184; #Doluen#, _pp._ (dead and) buried, VIII _a_ 173. [OE. _delfan_.]
#Delueres#, _n. pl._ diggers, VIII _a_ 101. [OE. _delfere_.]
#Deluynge#, _n._ digging, VIII _a_ 244. [OE. _delfing_.]
#Deme#, #Dieme#, _v._ to judge, sentence, XII _b_ 216, XVI 34; criticize, VIII _a_ 75; consider, deem, XI _b_ 190, 209, 211; _ne deme thow non other_, imagine nothing different, VIII _a_ 173; speak, say, V 115 (note), VI 1; with cognate obj. _domes for te deme_, to tell their tales, XV _b_ 30. [OE. _dēman_.]
#Den#, _n._ cave, XIII _a_ 41, 42, 43. [OE. _denn_.]
#Den#. _See_ Dynne.
#Deneȝ#, _adj._ Danish; _Deneȝ ax_, an axe with a long blade and usually without a spike at the back, V 155 (note). [OE. _denisc_; OFr. _daneis_.]
#Deop#. _See_ Dep.
#Deores#, _n. pl._ wild animals, XV _b_ 29. [OE. _dēor_.]
#Departed(e)#, #Depertid#, _pa. t._ separated, VI 18 (_intr._), VII 145 (_trans._); departed, IX 308, 320; _pp._ divided, IX 1. [OFr. _de(s)partir_.]
#Dep(e)#, #Deop# (XIII), _adj._ deep, XII _b_ 11, XIII _a_ 39, XVI 377; as _sb._, the deep (sea), VII 154, XII _a_ 160; _adv._ deeply, VI 46. [OE. _dēop_; adv. _dēope_.]
#Depely#, _adv._ deeply, greatly, VII 114. [OE. _dēop-līce_.]
#Depertid#. _See_ Departed.
#Depnes#, _n._ depth, XVII 434, 460, 520. [OE. _dēop-nes_.]
#Depriue#, #-pryue#, _v._ to deprive, VI 89, XVI 175. [OFr. _depriver_.]
#Dere#, _adj._ dear; prized, I 258; beloved, I 125, VI 8, VIII _a_ 91, XIV _c_ 1, XV _f_ 1, XVII 172, 190, 419, 527; _my dere_, my friend, VIII _a_ 251; pleasing, VI 40; good, &c. (vaguely applied in allit. poems), VI 132, 144, VII 61; #Derrist#, _superl._ best, VII 39. [OE. _dēore_; _dē̆orra_, compar. (whence also stem of ME. superl.).]
#Dere#, _n._ harm, I 166, XVII 317; _maken þe worlde dere_, do injury to mankind (? _or_ 'make the world dear to live in'; but _cf._ 166), VIII _a_ 154. [OE. _daru_, influenced by _derian_.]
#Dere#, _v._ to afflict, XIV _b_ 10. [OE. _derian_.] _See_ prec.
#Dere#, _adv._ dearly, at great cost, IV _a_ 80, VIII _a_ 75, XVII 373; _as me dere liketh_, to my liking, VIII _a_ 286. [OE. _dēore_.]
#Derffe#, _adj._ doughty, VII 84. [ON. _djarf-r_, older, _*dearf-_.] _See_ Deruely.
#Derke#, _n._ darkness, VII 167. [OE. _de(o)rc_, adj.] _See_ Þerk.
#Derlyng#, _n._ darling, IV _a_ 54. [OE. _dēor-ling_.]
#Derne#, _adj._ secret, XV _b_ 29 (note). [OE. _derne_.]
#Derrist#. _See_ Dere, _adj._
#Derthe#, _n._ dearth, famine (personified), VIII _a_ 324. [OE. _dēorþu_.] _See_ Dere _adj._
#Deruely#, _adv._ boldly, V 266. [ON. _djarf-liga_.] _See_ Derffe.
#Des#, _n._ seat, throne, XVII 17. [OFr. _deis_; see _N.E.D._, s.v. _Dais_.]
#Des-#, #Dis-avauntage#, _n._ disadvantage, XIII _b_ 35, 37. [OFr. _desavantage_.]
#Deschaunt#, _n._ descant, XI _b_ 137 (note). [OFr. _deschant_.]
#Desert#, _adj._ uncultivated and desolate, IX 200; _n._ desert, uninhabited land, IX 179, XI _b_ 24. [OFr. _desert_.]
#Deserue(n)#, _v._ to deserve, VIII _a_ 43, _b_ 32; to earn, VIII _a_ 211, _b_ 43, 47. [OFr. _deservir_.] _See_ Serue(n).
#Desyre#, _n._ desire, IV _a_ 5, XI _b_ 295. [OFr. _desir_.] _See_ Dissiret.
#Desplaid#, _pp._ unfurled, II 294. [OFr. _despleier_.]
#Desport#, _n._ amusement, IX 276; _do desport_, play, make merry, XII _a_ 174. [OFr. _desport_.]
#Desserte#, _n._ deserts, merit, VI 235. [OFr. _desserte_.]
#Desspendoure#, _n._ steward, almoner, III 21. [OFr. _despendour_.] _See_ Spendere.
#Destiné#, _n._ fate, V 217; Fate, VIII _a_ 269. [OFr. _destinée_.]
#Destresse#, _n._ distress, II 514. [OFr. _destresse_.]
#Det#, _n._ debt, XVII 222; #Dettes#, _pl._ VIII _a_ 92. [OFr. _dette_.]
#Determynable#, _adj._ decisive, authoritative, VI 234. [OFr. _determinable_.]
#Determinacion#, _n._ authoritative decision, XI _b_ 263. [OFr. _determinacion_.]
#Deþ#, _v._ _See_ Don.
#Deþ(e)#, #Deth#, _n._ death, II 332, V 37, VII 9, VIII _a_ 324 (the Plague), &c. [OE. _dēaþ_.] _See_ Ded(e), _adj._ and _n._
#Deuel(l)#, #Deuelle#, #Deuyl(l)#, #Dele# (V), _n._ devil, Devil, IV _b_ 20, 26, V 120, VIII _a_ 56, 114, XI _b_ 105, XV _h_ 16, XVI 341, 399, &c.; _what deuel_, what the devil, XVI 223. [OE. _dēofol_.]
#Deuelway#; _in þe d._, in the Devil's name, XVI 133. [See _N.E.D._, s.v. _Devil_ 19.]
#Deuere#, _n._ duty, XVII 319. [OFr. _deveir_.]
#Devyded# (_in_), _pp._ divided (into), IX 28. [L. _dīvidere_.]
#Deuise#, #-yse#, #Devise#, _v._ to descry, II 312; to describe, relate, IX 267, 268, 271. [OFr. _deviser_; see _N.E.D._, s.v. _Devise_.]
#Deuocio(un)#, #Deuocyun#, _n._ devotion, devoutness, pious practice, I 18, V 124, XI _b_ 110, 120, XII _a_ 14, &c. [OFr. _devocion_.]
#Deuote#, #Deuout#, _adj._ devout, VI 46, XI _b_ 58, &c. [OFr. _devot_.]
#Deuoutnes#, _n._ devoutness, XIV _c_ 79. [From prec.]
#Dew#, #Dewly#. _See_ Du, Duly.
#Dyacne#, _n._ deacon, III 9, 12; #Diaknen#, _dat. pl._, III 5. [OE. _diacon_, OFr. _diacne_.] _See_ Archidekenes.
#Dyamand#, #Dyamaund#, _n._ diamond, IX 33, 36, &c. [OFr. _diamant_, altered form of _ademant_; _see_ Ademand.]
#Diche#, #Dyche#, _n._ moat, dike, II 361, VI 247; notion in VI appar. releasing of water pent up by a dam. [OE. _dīc_.]
#Dyd#, #Dide(n)#. _See_ Do(n).
#Dye(n)#. _See_ Deye.
#Diemed#. _See_ Deme.
#Diete#, _v. refl._ to diet (oneself), VIII _a_ 263. [From OFr. _diete_, n.]
#Diffynen#, _pres. pl._ determine, fix, IX 315. [OFr. _definer_.]
#Digge#, #Dyggen#, _v._ to dig, II 255, IX 231; #Digged#, _pa. t. pl._ VIII _a_ 101. [? OFr. _diguer_; see _N.E.D._]
#Dyggynge#, _n._ digging, IX 201.
#Dignyté#, _n._ dignity; _of dignyte_, worshipful, XVII 166. [OFr. _digneté_.]
#Dyȝede#. _See_ Deye.
#Diȝte#, #Dighte#, #Dyȝte#, #Dyghte#, _v._ to arrange, prepare, make, I 30, V 155, VIII _a_ 286; _diȝte_, arrayed for battle, XIV _b_ 34; _dyght to dede_, put to death, XVII 543. [OE. _dihtan_.]
#Diken#, #Dyken#, _v._ to dig, VIII _a_ 135, 184. [OE. _dīcian_.]
#Diker(e)#, #Dyker#, _n._ digger, ditcher, VIII _a_ 101, 325. [OE. _dīcere_.]
#Dykynge#, digging, ditching, VIII _a_ 244. [OE. _dīcung_.]
#Diligently#, _adv._ watchfully, IX 191. [From OFr. _diligent_.]
#Dim#, _adj._ faint, II 285; #Dimme#, _adv._ faintly, XII _b_ 31. [OE. _dimm_.]
#Dymes#, _n. pl._ tithes, XI _b_ 300. [OFr. _di(s)me_, from L. _decima_.]
#Dimuir#, _adj._ calm, XIV _c_ 37. [OFr. _*demeur_, in _demeurement_, soberly.]
#Dyne#, _v. trans._ to eat (at dinner), VIII _a_ 303; _2 sg. pres. subj._ VIII _a_ 257; #Dyned#, _pp. intr._ had dinner, VIII _a_ 274. [OFr. _di(s)ner_.]
#Dyner#, _n._ dinner, VIII _a_ 286. [OFr. _di(s)ner_.]
#Dynge(n)#, _v._ to strike, smite, beat, V 37 (MS. dynneȝ), VIII _a_ 135, XVI 180, 203; #Dang#, _pa. t. pl._ X 54. [OE. _*dingan_; cf. _dencgan_, ON. _dengja_.]
#Dynne#, _n._ noise, XVI 234, 284; #Den#, XV _h_ 2. [OE. _dyne_.]
#Dynt#, _n._ stroke, blow, V 48, 155, 196, XV _h_ 2; _dynt of honde_, a blow (with a weapon), V 37, VII 92. [OE. _dynt_.]
#Diol#. _See_ Dole.
#Dirige#, _n._ (dirge), matins in the office for the dead, VIII _b_ 48, XI _b_ 132 (note). [L. _dirige_.]