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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

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

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

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

‘Clothes,’ pl. == garments. RG. 566. HD. 586

Clothe, _v. a._ RG. 557

Clothing, _sb._ == garment. Ps. ci. 27

Cloud, _sb._ HD. 207. 1415 B.

Clout, _sb._ Alys. 4459

Clowe, _sb._ == clew, small ball. O. and N. 178. AS. clíwe

Club, _sb._ HD. 1927

Clude, _sb._ == rock, hill. O. and N. 999. AS. clúd

Clupe, _sb._ See Clipie

Clutch, _sb._ == claw. Body and Soul, 183

---- _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. p 211

Coal, _sb._ Ps. xvii. 9

Coalblack, _adj._ O. and N. 75

Coat, _sb._ HD. 1141

Cocle, _sb._ == war. Ps. cxliii. 1. See Cock. _vb._

Cock, _sb._ (animal). 1090 B.

Cock, _sb._ == cockboat? HD. 873

Cock, _v. n._ == cut? Pol. S. 153; or contend? Cf. Cocle, ubi sup. AS. cocor, a sword

Cod, _sb._ == codpiece, or scrotum? O. and N. 1122

Coffer, _sb._ 1925 B.

Cog, _sb._ ? O. and N. 86

Coinoun, _sb._ == robber. Alys. 1718. [konioun]. Ib. 7748

Cokedrill, _sb._ See Crocodile

Cold, _adj._ RG. 1. Wright’s L. P. p. 24

---- == cruel. RG. 131

Cold, _sb._ HD. 416

Colfer, _sb._ == dove. RG. 190. AS. culfre

Collar, _sb._ == neck. RG. 223

Collation, _sb._ == feast. Cok. 143

Colle, _sb._ == collar. Pol. S. 157

Colmie, _adj._ for ‘collie.’ == black, coaly. K. Horn, 1114

Colour, _sb._ == hue. RG. 24

---- == pretext. RG. 313

Colt, _sb._ Alys. 684. AS. colt

Columbine, _sb._ (the flower). Wright’s L. P. p. 26. The ‘aquilegia vulgaris’ of botanists

Comb, _sb._ [kambe]. == honeycomb. Ps. xviii. 11

Come, _v. n._ pret. ‘come.’ RG. 367. part. ‘icumen.’ Ritson’s AS. iv. 1

---- == become, suit. Leg. of St Cuthbert cited in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 14, n.

Come, _sb._ == coming. Creed of St Athan. 79

Comely, _adj._ Alys. 6055

Comet, _sb._ RG. 416, 548

Comfort, _v. a._ RG. 139

Coming, _sb._ Alys. 5541

Commandment, _sb._ 2022 B.

Common, _adj._ ‘common right.’ RG. 500. ‘the common bell.’ RG. 541

Common, _sb._ == the commons, plebs. Pol. S. 188

---- == ‘commons,’ i.e. food. RG. 528

Commonalty, _sb._ 1302 B.

Commonly, _adv._ == all in common, universally. Fall and P. 46

Commune, _v. n._ RG. 571

Companage, _sb._ == sustenance. Pol. S. 240

Companion, _sb._ RG 552

Company, _sb._ == band of men. RG. 544, 370

Compass, _v. a._ == seek after a thing by design. Pol. S. 202. part. ‘ycompassed.’ RG. 109

Compassment, _sb._ Alys. 1345

Compline, _sb._ == the last service in the day. 2090 B. Fr. complie

Con, _v. a._ == know. pret. ‘couthe.’ RG. 559; ‘kuthe.’ O. and N. 663; part. ‘cud.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 27.

Con, _v. a._ == acknowledge, [kan]. HD. 160. ‘to kan thank’

Conceive, _v. n._ == bear oneself, behave. Alys. 2204

Concubine, _sb._ RG. 27

Conduct, _sb._ == guidance. RG. 40

Coney, _sb._ [cunig]. M. Ode, 182

Conferment, _sb._ == confirmation. RG. 349

Confessor, _sb._ 2341 B.

Confirm, _v. a._ RG. 440, 446

Confirming, _sb._ RG. 277

Conger, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 174

Conjure, _v. a._ == adjure a person to do a thing. 2330 B.

Conjurison, _sb._ == sorcery. Alys. 81

Conscience, _sb._ 426 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

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