M.

Ma, == more. Ritson’s AS. viii. 246

Ma, == make. Ps. liii. 5

---- == made. Ps. xxxii. 6

In the majority of passages where this word occurs in the Surtees Psalter, it seems to be a mere expletive, introduced for the sake of the rhyme. Cf. Ps. xv. 3; xvii. 34; xxi. 2; xxvii. 4; lxxxviii. 6; xcv. 5; xcviii. 7; &c. &c.

Ma, == May? Ritson’s AS. viii. 146

Mace, _sb._ == club. RG. 207. Fr. massue

Mace, _sb._ == spice. Cok. 73. Fr. macis

Mace, _sb._ == masonry. Alys. 6258. Fr. maçonnerie

Mackarel, _sb._ HD. 758. Fr. maquereau

Mad, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 29

Maid, _sb._ RG. 431

Maiden, _sb._ RG. 435

Maidenclean, _adj._ HD. 995; and see Wright’s L. P. p. 82

Maidenhead, _sb._ == virginity. RG. 95

Maim, _v. a._ part. ‘ymaimed.’ RG. 288. Fr. mahaigner, mahain

Main, _sb._ == power. RG. 564

---- == host or army. RG. 436. AS. mægen

Mainhede, _sb._ == multitude. Ps. xxx. 20

Maintain, _v. a._ RG. 407

Maintenant, _adv._ == at once, immediately. Alys. 5302

Maistrie, _sb._ == craft, science. Alys. 43, 5591. Fr. maistrie. Lat. magister

---- == mastery, _q. v._

Make, _v. a._ RG. 376; 3s. pres. ‘mas.’ Ps. xxviii. 10; pret. ‘made.’ RG. 279, 372; part, ‘ymaked.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 111

Make, _sb._ == mate. Wright’s L. P. p. 28

Making, _sb._ == creation. Ps. cxlii. 5

Malapert, _adj._ Alys. 3259

Male, _sb._ == bag, satchel. HD. 48. Fr. malle. OHG. malaha

Malese, _sb._ == discomfort. Alys. 7366; written ‘male ese.’ Alys. 1351

Malison, _sb._ == curse. HD. 426

Mallock, _sb._ == cursing. Ps. ix. 28; xiii. 3

Maltalent, _sb._ == ill-will. Alys. 906

Man, _sb._ RG. 89, 377, 454

Manacle, _v. a._ part. ‘mankled.’ Pol. S. 218

Mandeflanc, _sb._ 893 B. probably a mistake for ‘mau-de-flanc,’ a pain in the side

Mandment, _sb._ == commandment. RG. 194, 201

Mandrake, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Manging, _sb._ == mongering, changing. Ps. xliii. 13. AS. mangian

Mangle, _sb._ == confusion; ‘in mangle’ == entangled. Alys. 7412

Mangonel, _sb._ [magnale]. RG. 394, 549. Fr. mangonne. Gr. μάγγανον

Manhood, _sb._ == humanity, as opposed to Godhead or Divinity. RG. 131

---- == manliness. RG. 101

---- == homage. RG. 421, 259

Manifold, _adj._ RG. 378

Manihede, _sb._ == multitude, number. Ps. cl. 2

Manke, _sb._ == plenty. M. Ode, 35. AS. menigeo

Mankind, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 70

Manliched, _sb._ == mercy. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22

Manlike, _adv._ == manlily. Ps. xxx. 25

Manly, _adj._ 149 B.

Manna, _sb._ Ps. lxxvii. 24

Manner, _sb._ RG. 381

Manor, _sb._ RG. 497

Manqualm, _sb._ == slaughter of men. RG. 416

Manqueller, _sb._ RG. 455. Judas, 140

Manrede, _sb._ == homage. HD. 484. AS. man-rǽden

Mansing, _sb._ == cursing. RG. 472, 504. AS. a-mánsumian

Manslaughter, _sb._ [manslaȝt.] RG. 394

Manslayer, _sb._ Ps. lviii. 3

Manticore, _sb._ == a kind of serpent. Alys. 7094; the ‘mantichora’ of Pliny, H. N. viii. 30, 45. See also the Anturs of Arthur, st. 43, and Skelton’s Phyllyp Sparowe, v. 294

Mantle, _sb._ RG. 539, 435

Mantleless, _adj._ Alys. 204

Many, _adj._ RG. 370, 504

---- == much or very, as ‘many wroth.’ RG. 496

---- _sb._ See Meyné

Mar, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 29. AS. myrran, to hinder

Marblestone, _sb._ RG. 476

March, _sb._ == kingdom, territory. Alys. 3019. AS. meare

---- == The Marches (in England). RG. 537, 538

Mare, _sb._ HD. 2449; [mere], Ps. cxlvi. 9; [more ?] Wright’s L. P. p. 36. AS. mære

Margarite, _sb._ == pearl. Alys. 5683. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Gr. μαργαρίτης

Mark, _sb._ == the coin so called. RG. 390. AS. marc, manca

Mark, _v. a._ RG. 116.

Marreys, == marsh, _q. v._

Marriage, _sb._ RG. 532.

Marrowed, _adj._ [merghed], Ps. lxv. 15. AS. mearh

Marry, _v. a._ RG. 434

Marsh, _sb._ O. and N. 304; [marreys]. Alys. 6540. AS. mersc

Marshal, _sb._ RG. 491, 510

Martinape, _sb._ Alys. 6464

Martre, _sb._ == a martin. M. Ode, 182

Martyr, _sb._ 651 B.

---- _v. a._ part. ‘ymartred.’ RG. 441, 476

Martyrdom, _sb._ RG. 81, 407, 477

Marvel, _sb._ Alys. 5268

Marvelling, _sb._ == marvel. Alys. 5572

Marvellous, _adj._ Alys. 7152

Mas, == makes. See Make

Mash, _v. a._ == beat, tear to pieces. O. and N. 84. Connected with ‘smash.’ Fr. macher. Sw. mäska

Mask, _v. a._ == bewilder; part. ‘maskede.’ 115 β. Fr. masque. Lat. masca. See Burguy, _s. v._ ‘masquer’

Mason, _sb._ Alys. 2370. Fr. maçon

Mass, _sb._ == church service. RG. 369, 405; pl. ‘masson.’ RG. 545

Massbook, _sb._ HD. 186

Massday, _sb._ Ps. lxxv. 11; lxxiii. 8

Massecos, _sb._ == masskiss. 1771 B.

Massgear, _sb._ == apparatus of the mass; [messe-gere], HD. 188

Mast, _sb._ (of a ship). HD. 709

Master, _sb._ RG. 397; [mesteir]. Alys. 7480

---- == master town, or metropolis. Alys. 6112

---- _adj._ == crafty. RG. 454

Masterling, _sb._ Alys. 400

Mastery, _sb._ == superiority; [maistrie]. RG. 395, 558

Masthede, _sb._ == might. Ps. xxviii. 3

Mastlyng, _sb._ == a kind of brass. RG. 87. AS. mæslen. See Hearne’s Gloss, to RG. _s. v._

Mate, _sb._ == companion. RG. 536

Matins, _sb._ RG. 369

Matresche, _sb._ == elegant, well-dressed. RG. 344. Fr. maistrie

Matyng, _sb._ == a dream. See Meting

Maugre, _adj._ == in spite of; ‘magrei ys nose.’ RG. 94

Maundy, _sb._ == duty, commandment; [mandé]. 359 β. Lat. mandatum

Maveis, _adj._ == bad. RG. 537. Fr. mauvais

Maw, _sb._ == stomach. RG. 311; [mahe]. Rel. S. v. 171

Mawmet, _sb._ == idol. RG. 14. Probably the word originally meant a scare-crow, a bundle of clouts or rags, from the verb ‘maim.’ See Prof. Key’s remarks on this word, Phil. Soc. Trans. 1856, p. 245.

May, _sb._ == maiden. Wright’s L. P. p. 26, 28. AS. mæg.

May, _vb._ O. and N. 1622; [mowe]. RG. 454; [muhe]. O. and N. 1579; [muȝe]. O. and N. 62. 3 pl. pres. ‘mahen.’ Rel. S. iv. 74. pret. ‘myȝte.’ RG. 377

May, _sb._ (the month) [ma ?] Ritson’s AS. viii. 146; [me ?] Wright’s L. P. p. 61

Maynage, _sb._ == suite, attendants. RG. 183

Mayor, _sb._ [mor]. RG. 542

Maze, _sb._ == folly. RG. 322, 498

Mazed, _adj._ == drunk. Ps. lxxxvii. 65

Me, == May? Wright’s L. P. p. 61

Me, with verbs,--as ‘me ne dorste,’ they did not dare. RG. 367, et passim

Me. See I

Mead, _sb._ == meadow. RG. 496; [maied]. Alys. 7323. AS. mǽd

Meal, _sb._ == ground corn. HD. 780. AS. melu

Meal, _sb._ == repast. RG. 496; pl. ‘meals.’ Rel. Ant. i. p. 111. AS. mǽl

Mean, _v. a._ == signify. HD. 597. AS. mænan

---- _v. n._ == intend, part. ‘yment.’ Alys. 4570

Measurable, _adj._ == just. Alys. 7050

Meat, _sb._ RG. 389. AS. mete

Meatless, _adj._ RG. 252

Medicine, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 88

Meding, _sb._ == reward, meed. Alys. 5533

Medlay, _sb._ == tumult, conflict. Alys. 4612. Fr. medlée; from medler, to mix

Meed, _sb._ RG. 437, 503. AS. méd

Meek, _adj._ RG. 435

---- _v. a._ == make meek. Ps. ix. 31

Meekhede, _sb._ RG. 389

Meekly, _adj._ Cok. 142. Ps. cxxx. 2

Meekness. Ps. ix. 14

Meet, _adj._ == fit, proper. Wright’s L. P. p. 36. AS. gemét

Meet, _v. a._ == HD. 1810; [imete]. Rel. S. v. 205. AS. métan

---- _v. n._ == with reflexive dat. of pron. ‘to gadere hem sone mette.’ RG. 400

Meeting, _sb._ == encounter. Alys. 2697, 6747

Mei, _sb._ == male relation. Rel. S. v. 162. M. Ode, st. 15. AS. mæg. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ, iii. 441

Mein, _v. a._ == mingle. O. and N. 943. part. ‘meind.’ O. and N. 131. ‘imeind.’ O. and N. 18. AS. mengian, pret. ‘meinde’

Meld, _v. a._ == make mild. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210

Mele, _v. n._ == speak. HD. 2059. AS. mǽlan. ON. mæla

Mell, _v. a._ == mix, mingle, part. ‘imelled.’ 276 β Fr. medler

Melody, _sb._ 381 β

Member, _sb._ RG. 560

Menage, _sb._ == family. Alys. 2087. Fr. manage, from ‘manoir,’ to remain

Mend, _v. a._ == amend. Marg. 24; [mand]. Wright’s L. P. p. 44

Mending, _sb._ == remedy. Alys. 5206

Menge. See Ming

Menison, _sb._ == dysentery. RG. 568. Fr. menison, menoison

Menske, _adj._ == gracious. RG. 33. From AS. mennisc, human; cf. our double sense of ‘humanity’

---- _sb._ == grace, civility. Wright’s L. P. p. 37

---- _v. a._ == treat graciously. Ritson’s AS. viii. 83

Menskful, _adj._ == gracious. Wright’s L. P. p. 51

Merchandise, _sb._ RG. 99

Merchant, _sb._ Alys. 704

Merciful, _adj._ Ps. cxliv. 8

Mercy, _sb._ RG. 370; to ‘do into mercy’ == force a man to beg his life. RG. 539

Mere, _adj._ [mire]. O. and N. 1739

---- _adv._ == merely, entirely. O. and N. 496

Mere, _sb._ == a boundary. Ps. ii. 8. AS. ge-mǽre

Mere, _adj._ == famous, beautiful, noble. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. M. Ode, 196. AS. mǽra

Merksoot, _sb._ == distance between two limits. Ritson’s AS. viii. 31. See Wyntoun, ix. 47

Merrily, _adv._ [murdly]. Body and Soul, 17

Merry, _adj._ 141 β; [miri]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 118; comp. ‘murgore.’ RG. 190, 281; sup. ‘murgost.’ RG. 349. AS. mergð

---- _v. n._ == to be merry, 3 s. pres. ‘murgeth.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 45

---- _v. a._ == make merry. Wright’s L. P. p. 44

Mes, _sb._ == meal, mess. Body and Soul, 137, Sermon 6. AS. mesan, to eat

Message, _sb._ 2020 B.

Messegere, _sb._ == apparatus of the Mass. See Massgear

Messenger, _sb._ RG. 475, 505

Mestere, _sb._ == craft. K. Horn, 235. Fr. maistrie. Lat. magister

Mestere, _sb._ == trade, profession. Alys. 6719. Fr. métier. Lat. ministerium. ‘Of all mestere men’ == of all sorts of men. Rel. Ant. i. 115.

Mestre--‘with the mestre’ == with need, or with craft. Alys. 5466

Metal, _sb._ RG. 6; [matel]. Alys. 6242

Mete, _v. n._ == dream. K. Horn, 1458. pret. ‘mette.’ Judas 8. AS. mætan

Meth, _sb._ == respect. Wright’s L. P. p. 103. AS. mæð

Meth, _sb._ == measure. Ps. lxxix. 6. AS. ge-mete

Methful, _adj._ == kind. Wright’s L. P. p. 32. AS. mǽd-full

Methful, _adj._ == weary. Ps. iii. 6. AS. méðe

Methfullike, _adj._ == moderate, short? Ps. xxxviii. 6. AS. mǽte. The V. L. has ‘metlic’

Meting, _sb._ == a dream. 1576 B. Alys. 327; [matyng]. Alys. 261. AS. mætan

Meyné, _sb._ == company. 144, 1582 B.; [maigné]. Alys. 1119. Fr. maignée, from manoir. See Burguy, _s. v._ ‘manoir’

Mid, _prep._ == with. RG. 371. AS. mid.

---- _adv._ == together. O. and N. 136

Midday, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 41

Middelerd, _sb._ == the world. RG. 560. AS. middan-geard

Middle, _sb._ == waist. RG. 435

---- _adj._ [myldel]. RG. 437

Midmost, _adj._ == middle. RG. 29

Midnight, _sb._ RG. 202

Midovernoon, == 3 P. M. Alys. 5216. Ps. xxxvi. 6

Midst, [myddes]--‘in the myddes.’ RG. 61

Midsummer, _sb._ RG. 499

Midwinter, _sb._ RG. 367, 408

Might, _sb._ See May

---- _sb._ RG. 23. HD. 35. AS. miht

Mightand, _sb._ == powerful man. Ps. lxxxix. 10

Mightful, _adj._ RG. 253

Mighthede, _sb._ Ps. cxliv. 7

Mighting, _sb._ == might. Ps. lxiv. 7

---- == mighty act. Ps. cv. 2

Mightsome, _v. n._ == be powerful. pret. ‘mightsomed.’ Ps. lxxvii. 38. part. ‘mightsomand.’ Ps. lxxii. 12

Mightsomeness, _sb._ Ps. xxix. 7

Mighty, _adj._ 341 β

Mikel, _adj._ == great, incomprehensible. Creed of St Athan. 25; [mochel]. 305 B. AS. mycel

---- _v. a._ == magnify. Ps. xi. 5; xvii. 51; lxxi. 17

Mikelhed, _sb._ == greatness. Ps. cv. 45

Mikelnes, _sb._ Ps. xxxvi. 11

Milce, _sb._ == mercy. RG. 388. A substantive formed from ‘mild.’ AS. milts

Mild, _adj._ RG. 246, 374

Milderthede, _sb._ == mildness, mercy. Ps. lxxvii. 38. For milderhede, the ‘t’ inserted euphonically, as in ‘are-t-hede,’ honour

Mildheartness, _sb._ Ps. xci. 3

Mildly, _adv._ [milthely]. 52 β

Mildness, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 73

Mile, _sb._ == a measure of distance. RG. 375. AS. míl

Mile, _sb._ == a girl? Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. meowle

Milful, _adj._ == merciful. RG. 435

Milk, _sb._ RG. 43

Mill, _sb._ [mulen]. O. and N. 86. AS. mylen

Millhouse, _sb._ [milnehus]. HD. 1967

Millpost, _sb._ [mulnepost]. Pol. S. 70

Millstone, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 185

Millward, _sb._ Pilate 4

Milt, _sb._ == the spleen. Rel. S. v. 171. AS. milt

Milth, _sb._ == mildness. Ps. xxiv. 6

---- _v. n._ == be mild. Ps. xxiv. 11; lxvi. 2

Mind, _sb._ [mund]. Signa ante Jud. 78

Mind, _sb._ [munde]. == memory. RG. 392, 527. AS. myne

Mine, _adj._ == my, before a consonant. RG. 214, 215

Mine, _sb._ == an unknown game. HD. 2326. Roquefort _s. v._ says of it, ‘Il étoit trés-dangereux, et on pouvoit s’y ruiner en peu de temps’

Mine, _v. a._ == remember. Ps. viii. 5. part. ‘mined’ == mindful. Ps. vi. 6. See Minne

Mine, _v. a._ == dig up. RG. 518. Fr. mine. See Burguy, _s. v._

---- _v. n._ == dig. Alys. 1216

Miner, _sb._ Alys. 1218

Ming, _v. a._ == mingle. RG. 42; [menge] 1995; pret. ‘monge.’ RG. 239; part. ‘ymenged.’ RG. 48, ‘minging.’ RG. 95. AS. mengian

Minister, _sb._ Pol. S. 195

Miniver, _sb._ Alys. 5474. Fr. menu vair

Minne, _adj._ == less. Creed of St Athan. 56. ON. minni

Minne, _v. a._ == remember. Wright’s L. P. 37; [munne]. Ibid. p. 112. imper. ‘munt’? Ibid. p. 37. AS. mynan

Minor, _sb._ == Minorite. RG. 498

Minster, _sb._ RG. 518

Minstrel, _sb._ [menstral]. RG. 53; [menestral]. RG. 272

Miracle, _sb._ RG. 73, 121

Mirk, _adj._ Ps. xvii. 12. AS. mirc

Mirkness, _sb._ Ps. x. 3

Mirror, _sb._ Pol. S. 213

Mirth, _sb._ O and N. 341

---- _v. n._ == be joyful. Ps. xxxi. 11

Mirthing, _sb._ Ps. lxxxviii. 16

Misadventure, _sb._ == written divisim, ‘mys aventure.’ RG. 205; [misauntre]. RG. 375, 529

Misbear, _v. a._ == misbehave, part. ‘misbore.’ 1248 B.

Misbegotten, _adj._ RG. 42

Misbelief, _sb._ RG. 121

Misbelieved, _adj._ == infidel. RG. 239

Mischance, _sb._ RG. 137, 380

Mischief, _sb._ Alys. 3784; ‘with mischief’ == hardly. Alys. 3775

Misclaiming, _part._ RG. 375

Misdeed, _sb._ RG. 279

Misdo, _v. a._ RG. 381. pret. ‘mysdude.’ RG. 429, 34

Misease, _sb._ RG. 34, 450, 490

---- _adj._ 520 β

Miseislich, _adj._ == miserable. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217

Misfaring, _adj._ == of evil shape and condition. Alys. 6470

Misfonge, _v. a._ == take amiss, misunderstand. O. and N. 1372

Misgo, _v. n._ HD. 2707

Misliche, _adv._ == erroneously, unfairly. O. and N. 1771

Mislike, _v. a._ 536 B.

---- _v. n._ O. and N. 344

Misliking, _sb._ Ps. lxxvii. 49. Wright’s L. P. p. 72

Mismotynde, _part._ == arguing wrongly. Pol. S. 157

Misnime, _v. a._ == mistake, part. ‘misnume.’ O. and N. 1512

Misniming, _sb._ == wrongful taking. RG. 508

Mispay, _v. a._ == displease. 2046 B.

Misrede, _v. a._ == misadvise. O. and N. 160, 1061

Misreke, _v. n._ == misreckon. O. and N. 490, 675

Misrempe, _v. n._ == misstate or misstrive in an argument. O. and N. 1785. ON. remba, niti

Miss, _v. a._ 50 B. AS. missian

---- _v. n._ == fail of. O. and N. 823

Missay, _v. a._ HD. 49

Misstart, _v. n._ O. and N. 675

Misstep, _v. n._ O. and N. 1351

Mist, _sb._ 684 B

Misthink, _v. a._ [think mis]. Ps. ix. 23

Mistide, _v. n._ == happen unfortunately. O. and N. 1499

Mistread, _v. a._ == tread awry. Rel. Ant. ii. 175

Misunderstand, _v. a._ RG. 42

Miswend, _part._ == gone in the wrong way. RG. 351

Misȝenge, _sb._ == failure. O. and N. 1227

Mithe, _v. a._ == conceal. HD. 652. AS. míðan

Mitten, _sb._ == might. Marg. 44

Mixed, _adj._ == foul. HD. 2533. AS. mix

Mo, == more. RG. 369

Moan, _v. n._ [mene]. 1284 B. AS. mǽnan

---- _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 23

Mock, _v. a._ Pol S. 238

Mody, _adj._ == proud. Body and Soul 3. AS. módig

Molest, _sb._ == sorrow. Alys. 5443, 5811

Mon, == shall, as ‘mon grinde.’ Ps. xxviii. 6; [mone]. Ps. lxviii. 37. ON. mun

Mon, _indef. pron._ == ‘one;’ as the Germ. ‘man.’ O. and N. 455

Monday. RG. 495

Mone, _sb._ See Mon

Mone, _sb._ == companion. K. Horn, 540. AS. gemána

Mone, == share, portion. K. Horn, 1147. AS. gemæne

Mone, _sb._ == saying, proverb. Alys. 1281. ON. munnr

---- == opinion. HD. 816. AS. monian, mánian

Mone, _sb._ == wrong, harm? RG. 315. AS. mán

Mone, _v. a._ == tell, repeat. Wright’s L. P. p. 92. AS. mænan?

Mones, == many? Ps. lxv. 5

Monk, _sb._ RG. 105, 369

Monoceros, _sb._ == an animal with one horn. Alys. 5721, 6539

Monscip, _sb._ == mercy. Marg. 69; or possibly ‘honour.’ See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ. iii. 439

Month, _sb._ RG. 44, 399, 435

Mood, _sb._ == temper. RG. 15; disposition. RG. 61; [med]. RG. 157

Moodiness, _sb._ O. and N. 1403

Moody, _adj._ O. and N. 500. Wright’s L. P. p. 44

Moor, _sb._ Pol. S. 216

Moorhen, _sb._ Pol. S. 158

Mopish, _adj._ == foolish, silly. 78 B.

Mor. See Mayor

More, _sb._ == root. RG. 39, 352. ‘Moren’ is used by Laȝamon, but the etymology is uncertain

---- _v. a._ == root up. RG. 499

More, _adj._ == greater. RG. 421

---- == more (of quantity). 814 B.

---- _adv._ == rather. RG. 453

Moretide, _sb._ == morrow tide. Alys. 4106. AS. morgentíd

Moreȝeiing. See Morning

Morheden, _vb._ 3 pl. pret. == murmured. Ps. cv. 25. AS. murcnian. Dut. morren

Morning, _sb._ [morweninge]. RG. 558; [moreȝeiing]. O. and N. 1716

Morrow, _sb._ [morwe]. RG. 382; [marewe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. morgen

Morsel, _sb._ RG. 342

Morselmeal, _adv._ == in pieces, or morsels. St Kath. 250

Mortar, _sb._ == cement, RG. 128

Mortar, _sb._ == an instrument in which substances are pounded. Alys. 332

Mose, _sb._ == hedgesparrow. O. and N. 69. Cf. AS. máse, a titmouse, and ON. músa-rindill, passer troglodytes

Most, _adj._ == greatest. 184, 123 B.

Mostdel, == most part. RG. 287

Mot, _sb._ == dispute, moot. O. and N. 468.

Mot, _adj._ == mute? Wright’s L. P. p. 31. Fr. mut, muet

Mote, _vb. pres._ == may. RG. 508.

---- == must, 826 B. pret. ‘moste’ == must, should. RG. 53, 367; 2 s. pret. ‘mostest.’ 1214 B.

Mother, _sb._ RG. 465

Mould, _sb._ == earth, ‘on molde.’ Wright’s L. P. pp. 29, 31

Mound, _sb._ == helmet. Alys. 2277. AS. mond == a basket

Mound, _sb._ == power, value. Alys. 2655, 2207

---- == size, hence a crowd of people. Pol. S. 189. Pr. mont, munt

Mouns, _sb._ == mountains. RG. 220, 392

Mount, _v. n._ == ascend. 184 B.

Mountain, _sb._ 27 β

Mountance, _sb._ == duration. Alys. 6211. Fr. montance

Mourn, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 34. AS. murnan

Mourning, _sb._ 23 B.

Mouse, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 111. AS. mús

Mouth, _sb._ HD. 1256. 868 B.

Mouthed, _adj._ Alys. 6125

Move, _v. a._ RG. 453

Mow, _v. a._ RG. 496, strike hard. HD. 1852. AS. máwan

---- _sb._ == crop. O. and N. 1038

Mowe, _sb._ == a female relation. Rel. S. v. 162. M. Ode, st. 15. RG. 316. AS. mage. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ. iii. 441

Much, _adj._ RG. 372. 19 B.

Muchdel, == great part, RG. 376

Muchehed, _sb._ == greatness, size. Alys. 7352

Muchel. See Mikel

Muck, _sb._ Fr. on the Seven Sins, 29

Muge, _sb._ == mugwort. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. AS. mug-wyrt

Mulberry, _sb._ Ps. lxxvii. 47. Germ. maulbeere. Lat. morus

Mule, _sb._ RG. 189

Mumble, _v. n._ Pol. S. 238. ON. mumla. Dut. mommelen

Munne, _v. n._ == remember. Wright’s L. P. p. 112. imper. ‘munt.’ Ibid. p. 37

Munning, _sb._ == remembrance, remorse? Wright’s L. P. p. 37. AS. munan

Munten, _v. a._ == measure out; hence, give, pay. Pol. S. 151. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 216. Fr. munter

Muray, _sb._ == wall. Alys. 6244. Fr. murail

Murder, _sb._ RG. 559

---- _v. a._ pret. ‘morthrede.’ RG. 263. part. ‘ymorthred.’ RG. 110. AS. myrðrian

Murgost, Murgore, Murge. See under Merry

Murne, _adj._ == sorrowful. K. Horn, 724

Muthe, _sb._ == army, 1638. Fr. muete

Mutton, _sb._ == the meat so called. Pol. S. 198

My, _adj._ RG. 443

Mynde, _adj._ == merciful, kind. Wright’s L. P. p. 82. The word occurs in the Manuel d. Pecches, v. 727,

‘And y am euere so mynde For to pray for al mankynde.’

AS. myn

Myrrh, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 96. Body and Soul, 118

Mysel, _sb._ == leper. RG. 435. Fr. mesel. Lat. misellus

N.

Nail, _sb._ == clavus. HD. 712. AS. nægel

---- == unguis. K. Horn, 238

---- _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 84. part. ‘ynailed.’ 93 β

Naked, _adj._ RG. 458, 557. AS. nacod. This word is a participle of a verb, of which the root is _nag_ (cf. ON. gnaga), meaning to gnaw, strip off bark or covering from anything

Nakedhed, _sb._ Alys. 7056

Nakins, == no kind. Ps. xxxii. 16

Name, _sb._ RG. 367

---- _v. a._ pret. ‘nempnede.’ RG. 28

Namely, _adv._ RG. 381, 537

Nanmon, == no more. RG. 291

Nap, _sb._ == napkin. Rel. S. v. 107. Fr. nape. Lat. mappa

Nap, _v. n._ == sleep. Ps. lxxv. 7. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. AS. hnæppian

Nape, _sb._ == back of neck. Alys. 1347. Swed. nakke

Napping, _sb._ == sleep. Ps. lxxv. 6. AS. hnæppung

Nare, == narrow, _q. v._

---- _v. a._ == oppress. Ps. xxxiv. 5

Narrow, _adj._ RG. 401; [nare]. Fr. Sci. 318. AS. nearo

---- _adv._ == narrowly, closely. O. and N. 68

Natheless, == nevertheless. RG. 375

Navel, _sb._ Alys. 493. AS. nafela

Nawighte, _adv._ == not at all, not a bit. Ps. lxxvi. 3

Nay, _adv._ Wright’s L. P. p. 32

Ne, == not. O. and N. 48. RG. 470

---- == nor. O. and N. 905, 906. RG. 470

_In composition._ A. With the verb To Be

_pres. sing._ 1. ‘nam.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 42. 2. ‘nart.’ O. and N. 407. 3. ‘nis.’ RG. 454

_pret. sing._ 3. ‘nes.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 52. ‘nas.’ RG. 372

_pl._ ‘nere.’ RG. 376

_pret. conj._ ‘nere.’ O. and N. 22

B. With the verb To Have

_pret. sing._ 1. ‘navy.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 37. 2. ‘nast.’ Ibid p. 102, 103. 3. ‘nath.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 42. ‘nafdh.’ Rel. S. v. 80

_pl._ 3. ‘nabbeth.’ O. and N. 253

_pret. sing._ 2. ‘naddest.’ O. and N. 1509

_pl._ ‘nadde.’ RG. 19

_pres. conj._ 3. ‘nabbe.’ Rel. S. v. 41

C. With the verb To Will

_pres. sing._ 1. ‘nul.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 32, ‘nullyt.’ Id. ibid.

2. ‘nyltu.’ RG. 13. ‘nultu.’ O. and N. 903

3. ‘nele.’ O. and N. 1480.

_pl._ 3. ‘nolle.’ RG. 265. ‘nulleth.’ O. and N. 1762

_pret._ ‘nolde.’ RG. 508. ‘noldestu.’ Rel. S. v. 167

D. With the verb To Wit

_pres. sing._ 1. ‘not.’ O. and N. 1619. 3. ‘not.’ RG. 518

_pl._ 2. ‘nuȝte.’ O. and N. 1749.

3. ‘nute.’ O. and N. 1008. neotith. Alys. 3767

_pret. sing._ 3. ‘nuste.’ RG. 13

Neat, _sb._ == cattle. RG. 404, 518. AS. nýten, neát

Neb, _sb._ == face. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 24. AS. neb

Neck, _sb._ RG. 539, 375. AS. hnecca

Necromancy, _sb._ Alys. 137

Nedre, _sb._ == adder. RG. 43. AS. næddre

Need, _sb._ == necessary duty. RG. 527

---- == service, help. RG. 403. O. and N. 388

---- _v. n._ 976 B. RG. 370

Need, _v. n._ == dare. Alys. 6525, AS. néðan

Needful, _adj._ == needy. Ps. cviii. 22. Sermon, 17

Needing, _sb._ == need. Ps. ix. 10

Needle, _sb._ RG. 99

Needless, _adj._ 1664 B.

Needy, _adj._ RG. 330

Neeres, _sb._ == reins, kidneys. Ps. xxx. 3. ON. nyra. Dut. nier. Cf. ‘kydneer,’ the form found in Wiclif, Ex. xxix. 13

Neghtsom, _adj._ == propitious. Ps. lxiv. 4; lxxvii. 38. AS. hnǽgan

Neigh, _v. n._ RG. 459. part. ‘neyghynge.’ Alys. 1872. AS. hnæegan

Neighbour, _sb._ RG. 538

Neighing, _sb._ Alys. 2091

Neither, _pron._ [nother]. RG. 421; _conj._ [nother]. O. and N. 465; [nouther]. Wright’s L. P. p. 102

Neld, _sb._ == needle. Sermon, 22

Nende, _sb._ == end. RG. 153, 297

Nephew, _sb._ RG. 325, 393

Nere, _sb._ == ear. Ps. xxx. 3

Nese, _v. n._ == sneeze. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. AS. niesan

Nesh, _adj._ == soft, tender. 1623 B. O. and N. 1385; [neys]. HD. 217. AS. hnesc

---- _v. a._ == make soft. part. ‘nesched.’ Ps. liv. 22

Neshly, _adv._ == softly. [nessely]. RG. 435

Nest, _sb._ O. and N. 282

Nestle, _v. n._ Ps. ciii. 17

Net, _sb._ HD. 752

Nether, [nyther] == lower. 522 β. sup. ‘netherest.’ Ps. cxxxviii. 15. ‘nythemeste.’ Fr. Sci. 331

Netherward, _adv._ [notherward]. O. and N. 144

Nettle, _sb._ O. and N. 593

Neve, _sb._ == fist, neif. HD. 1917. ON. hnefi

Never, _adv._ RG. 13; [newe]. RG. 468

Nevereft. 946 B.

Neverthelater, _adv._ RG. 11

New, _adj._ [nywe]. RG. 375; [nowe]. O. and N. 1127

---- _sb._ == infant. Ps. xviii. 8

---- _v. a._ == renew. Ps. xxxviii. 3

Newe, == never. _q. v._

Next. See Nigh

Nice, _adj._ == silly, foolish. RG. 109, 106. Fr. niais

Nifle, _v. n._ == talk folly, drivel. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211

Nigh, _adj._ [neȝ]. 94, 208 B.; [neh]. Wright’s L. P. p. 34. sup. ‘next.’ RG. 11; [nest]. Wright’s L. P. p. 59

Nigh, _v. n._ == draw near to. Wright’s L. P. p. 84. Alys. 781

Night, _sb._ RG. 383. gen. absol. ‘nightes’ == in the night-time, or ‘by night.’ O. and N. 238

Nightingale, _sb._ O. and N. 4, 13. AS. nightgale, from ‘galan,’ to sing

Nighwhat, == almost. RG. 81, 398

Nime, _v. a._ == take. 822 B.; pret. ‘nome.’ RG. 367; ‘nam.’ 285 B.; ‘neme.’ 254 B.; part. ‘ynome.’ RG. 3; part. ‘niming’ == taking prisoners. Alys. 1614. AS. niman

Nine. RG. 382, 393

Nineteen. RG. 517

Nineteenth, _adj._ RG. 421

Ninety. RG. 485

Ninth, _adj._ RG. 473

Nithe, _v. a._ == lower, bend. Marg. 17

Nithe, _sb._ == hatred, envy. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. AS. níð

---- _v. n._ == strive, emulate. Ps. xxxvi. 8

Nitheful, _adj._ == malicious. M. Ode, 138

Nithemest, _adj._ == nethermost, lowest. Fragm. Sci. 331

Nithing, _sb._ == villain. K. Horn, 202. AS. níðing

No, _adv._ ‘no shaltow’ == shalt thou not. Alys. 6925

No, _adj._ == none. 24 B.

Noble, _adj._ RG. 367

Nobleman, _sb._ RG. 393

Nobleye, _sb._ == nobility. RG. 376, 420

Nobly, _adv._ RG. 367; [noblelike]. HD. 2640

Noise, _sb._ RG. 151, 396. Fr. noise. Prov. nausa. Lat. nausea

Noll, _sb._ == head. Pol. S. 157. AS. cnoll, hnol

Nomore, _adv._ [namore]. RG. 384

None, _adj._ before a consonant. RG. 369, 370; [nond]. Ritson’s AS. xvii. 35.

---- == no one. RG. 468

Nook, _sb._ == ‘note’ or value? ‘not a far-things nook.’ HD. 820

Nook, _sb._ == corner, nook. Ps. cxvii. 22. ON. hnocki, a hook; hence an angle or corner

Noon, _sb._ RG. 398

North. RG. 14

Northern, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 51

Northward, _adv._ 1127 B.

Norye, _sb._ == a foster-child. Alys. 4730

Nose, _sb._ RG. 94

Not, _adv._ [noȝt]. 102 B.

Note, _sb._ (in music). St Dunstan, 165

Note, _sb._ == use, power, possession. O. and N. 51. AS. notu. The Jesus Coll. MS. however reads ‘vote,’ i. e. ‘foot’

---- _v. a._ == employ. O. and N. 1031

Notheles, _adv._ ‘notheles A’ == without the aid of A. Alys. 3658

Nother, _conj._ == nor. RG. 421

Nothfulhede, _sb._ == use, advantage. Ps. xxix. 10

Nothing. RG. 367

Nought, == nothing; [naȝt]. RG. 403; [noȝt]. 1094 B.

Nourish, _v. a._ [norysy]. RG. 434, [norischi]. 1876 B.

Nourishing, _sb._ == nourishment. Fragm. Sci. 382

Now, _adv._ [nou]. RG. 368; [nouthe]. RG. 458

Nowe, _sb._ == cattle. Body and Soul, 73. Yorksh. ‘nowie.’ ON. naut

Nowhere, _adv._ RG. 428

Nowhither, _adv._ Body and Soul, 179

Noy, _v. a._ == annoy. 198 B.

Nughtsom, _v. n._ == abound. Ps. lxiv. 14. AS. genihtsumian

---- _v. a._ == make to abound. Ps. xlix. 19

Number, _sb._ RG. 396

Numbering, _sb._ RG. 61

Nun, _sb._ RG. 370. Fr. nonne

Nunnery, _sb._ RG. 369

Nut, _sb._ HD. 419. Alys. 5193. AS. hnut

Nutmeg, _sb._ Alys. 6792. Fr. muguette, noix muscade

Nycke, _v._ == ‘to nycke nay.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 32

Nyte, _v. a._ == use, enjoy. HD. 941. AS. neotan. ON. nyta

Nythemest, == lowest. See Nether

O.

O, == one. RG. 430, 454

O, == ever. O. and N. 1474. See Oo

Oak, _sb._ RG. 22. AS. ǽc

Oaken, _adj._ Alys. 6415

Oar, _sb._ HD. 711. AS. ár

Oath, _sb._ RG. 383, 506. AS. áð

Obedience, _sb._ 921 B.

Obeysant, _adj._ == obedient. RG. 503

Obligation, _sb._ RG. 391

Oblige, _v. a._ RG. 12. part. ‘y-obliged.’ RG. 389

Obok, == on the book. HD. 2311

Obon, == on, or in body. HD. 2505. See numerous other exx. of this form in Sir F. Madden’s Gloss. to Havelok under this word

Observe, _v. a._ Legend of St Cuthbert in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 15, _n._

Ocean, _sb._ RG. 40

Ocquerne, _sb._ == dog-leather well dressed. M. Ode, st. 183. Fr. ocaigne

Odame, _sb._ == brother-in-law. Alys. 2081. See v. 2349. AS. áðum. N. H. G. eidam

Odwite, _sb._ == reproach. O. and N. 1231. AS. edwít, oðwítan

Of. O. and N. 9, 11

---- == on account of. O. and N. 40

Ofbore, _v. n._ == forbear. O. and N. 408

Ofchamed, _part._ == ashamed. O. and N. 932. AS. of-sceamian

Ofdawen, _v. n._ == recover one’s senses. Alys. 2265

Ofdrad, _part._ == afraid. O. and N. 1141

Oferen, _v. a._ == terrify. O. and N. 976. part. ‘oferd.’ O. and N. 399. AS. offǽred, affrighted

Off, _adv._ [of.] Pol. S. 188

Offer, _v. a._ RG. 545

Offering, _sb._ == donation. RG. 545; oblation. Alys. 6163

Office, _sb._ == duty. RG. 468

Offspring, _sb._ RG. 9

Ofgo, _v. a._ == overtake. 52 B.

Ofgrede, _v. a._ == call to. Alys. 581

Ofken, _v. a._ == bring forth (a child). Rel. S. iv. 42

Ofligge, _v. n._ == lie by, or on. O. and N. 1503

Oflonged, _part._ == oppressed with longing. O. and N. 1585

Ofscape, _v. a._ == escape. RG. 398

---- _v. n._ == escape. RG. 570

Ofsee, _v. a._ == see. pret. ‘of-sygh.’ Alys. 6060. AS. of-seón

Ofseek, _v. a._ == seek out. Miracles, 87

Ofsend, _v. a._ == send for. Alys. 1006, 1912

Ofserve, _v. a._ == observe. RG. 265

Ofslahe, _part._ == slain. O. and N. 1609

Ofspeak, _v. a._ == speak of, part. ‘ofspoke.’ Alys. 6518

Ofswink, _v. a._ == fatigue. RG. 40

Oft, _adj._ == frequent. RG. 264; comp. oter. RG. ibid.

---- _adv._ RG. 443

Oftake, _v. a._ == overtake. 53 B. 409 β

Ofthink, _v. a._ used impersonally == to repent of. ‘hem of-thouȝte here prute.’ RG. 163. AS. of-þincan

---- _v. a._ == think of, consider. Rel. S. v. 2

Oftoned, _part._ == made angry. O. and N. 254. AS. teonan

Ogaine, == again. For words compounded with ‘ogaine,’ see under Again

Oh, Ohen. See Owe

Oil, _sb._ RG. 13; [oli]. Ps. xxii. 5; [ely]. Marg. 60

Ointment, _sb._ Judas 126

Ok, == eke, also. HD. 1081

Ok. See Ache

Ok, == ac, but. Pol. S. 205

Okir, _sb._ == usury. Ps. xiv. 5. ON. okr. from auka, to increase

Oknes, == on knees. HD. 2252

Old, _adj._ RG. 474

Oli. See Oil

Olifaunt. See Elephant

Olive, _sb._ RG. 193

Olive, _adv._ == on, or in life, alive. HD. 2865. RG. 81

Oliver, _sb._ == olive. Alys. 5785

Oloft, _adv._ == aloft; lit. in the air. Ps. lxxiv. 8

On. See Owe

On, _prep._ Wright’s L. P. pp. 22, 38

Onan, _adv._ == anon. Ps. civ. 11

Onde, _sb._ == spite. RG. 40. AS. anda

Onde, _sb._ == breath. Alys. 3501. ON. anda

Ondi ? Body and Soul, 103

One, == the numeral. RG. 523. acc. s. ‘anne.’ O. and N. 792

---- == a certain person. RG. 289

---- == alone, single. Wright’s L. P. p. 81

Onelote, _sb._ == offering, or sacrifice. Ps. xxxix. 7; l. 21. Probably a corruption of AS. ‘of-lete’

Oneness, _sb._ == unity. Creed of St Athan. 11

Ones, _adv._ == of one kind. O. and N. 1393

Onfang, _v. a._ == conceive (of a woman); pret. ‘onfogh.’ Ps. l. 7. part. ‘onfanged.’ Id. ibid.

Onfrest, _v. a._ == delay. HD. 1337. AS. fyrst

Ongrede, _v. a._ == lament. O. and N. 1586

Onhede, _sb._ == unity. Creed of St Athan. 72

Oning, _sb._ == a darling, only child. Ps. xxi. 21

Onith, _adv._ == by night. HD. 1251

Onlepi. See Anilepi

Onlight, _v. a._ == illuminate. Ps. cxviii. 135

Onrese, _v. n._ == rush upon. Ps. lviii. 4

Onsene, _sb._ == countenance. O. and N. 1704. AS. on-syn

Onsprute, _sb._ == a sprouting forth. Ps. xvii. 16

Onwar, _adj._ == ware, aware. Wright’s L. P. p. 46

Onycle, _sb._ == onyx. Wright’s L. P. p. 25

Onyx, _sb._ Cok. 90

Oo, _adv._ == aye, ever. Wright’s L. P. pp. 43, 99

Ope, _adj._ == open. O. and N. 168. AS. open. ON. opinn, from ‘op,’ ostium, foramen. Lat. ap-erio

Open, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 71

---- _v. n._ 2209 B.

Openheaded, _adj._ == bareheaded. RG. 530

Openly, _adv._ Alys. 4003; [opeliche]. O. and N. 851

Orchard, _sb._ Alys. 1684. AS. orcerd

Ordain, _v. a._ (a clerk). 276 B.

---- == set in array. RG. 452, 456

Ordainer, _sb._ == tutor. RG. 469

---- == a setter in order. St Dunstan, 45

Orde, _sb._ == a point. K. Horn, 638. Alys. 1838

---- == beginning. O. and N. 1783. AS. órd.

Order, _sb._ == disposition, arrangement. Ritson’s AS. xvii. 100

Order, _sb._ (of friars). RG. 492

---- == holy orders. RG. 106; an order in the church, as the priesthood. St Swithin, 17

Ore, _sb._ == beginning. M. Ode, st. 91. AS. ór

Ore, _adj._ == one, an. O. and N. 17, 1748, 1752

Ore, _sb._ == grace, mercy. RG. 1, 8, 381. ON. eira, to spare

Oreless, _adj._ == merciless. M. Ode, st. 109

Orf, _sb._ == sheep. RG. 6, 378; [oreve]. O. and N. 1155. AS. yrfe

Orfreys, _sb._ == embroidery. Alys. 179. Fr. orfrais, vid. Roq. _s. v._

Organ, _sb._ == musical instrument. Ps. cxxxvi. 2

Orgle, _sb._ == organ. Alys. 191. Germ. orgel

Orgulous, _adj._ == proud. Alys. 2006. AS. orgel. Fr. orgueil

Orison, _sb._ == prayer. RG. 435, 475

Orn. See Wine

Orpedship, _sb._ == valour. Alys. 1413. Orpinn is the partic. of ‘verpa,’ to ‘warp,’ or ‘throw,’ in O. Norse. Hence ‘orped’ comes to signify ‘headlong,’ ‘daring,’ or ‘valorous’

Osier, _sb._ [oyser]. Alys. 6186. Fr. osier

Ostede, == in the place. HD. 2549

Oth, _adv._ == out of. O. and N. 359

Oth, == other? O. and N. 115

Other, _adj._ RG. 375

Other, == or. RG. 376; ‘other--other’ == either--or. 638 β

Otherluker, _adv._ == otherwise. M. Ode, st. 76

Othom, _sb._ == uncle. RG. 182, 440. Germ. oheim. Dut. oom.

Ought, _vb._ See Owe

Ought, == anything. 765 B.

Oule, _sb._ == firehook. 478 β. Body and Soul, 207. AS. awel, ǽl

Ounce, _sb._ == the animal. Alys. 5228. Fr. once. Span. onza

Our, _adj._ 428 B.

Our, _adj._ == your? RG. 455

Out, _adv._ RG. 546

---- _prep._ ‘out of.’ RG. 547

Outbear, _v. a._ == bear out. Ps. lxxvii. 52. part. ‘outborn.’ Ps. ix. 26

Outbishett, _part._ == shut out. Alys. 25

Outcast, _v. a._ part. ‘outcasten.’ Ps. lxxxiii. 11

Outcasting, _sb._ == an outcast. Ps. xxi. 7

Outdraw, _v. a._ pret. ‘outdroghe.’ Ps. xxi. 10

Outdrive, _v. a._ Ps. xliii. 3

Outelyng, _adj._ == external, beyond others. Alys. 4914

Outen, _adj._ == foreign. Ps. xvii. 46

Outend, _v. a._ == exterminate. Ps. lxxix. 14

Outerly, _adv._ ‘al outerliche’ == intently. Alys. 220

Outgang, _sb._ Ps. xxx. 23

Outgate, _sb._ == going out. Ps. cxiii. 1

Outgo, _v. n._ Ps. xliii. 10. pret. ‘outyhode.’ Ps. xviii. 5

Outgoing, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 191

Outlaw, _sb._ HD. 41

Outlead, _v. a._ Ps. lxvii. 7

Outlet, _sb._ [utlete]. O. and N. 1752

Outloted, _part._ == overthrown? Ps. cxl. 6. AS. lútan. part. ‘loten’

Outly, _adv._ RG. 66, 239

Outmost, _adj._ RG. 549

Output, _v. a._ Ps. v. 11

Outrage, _sb._ RG. 136; ‘said none outrage’ == spoke truly. RG. 432

Outseek, _v. a._ RG. 435

Outsend, _v. a._ Ps. ciii. 30

Outsheath, _v. a._ Ps. xxxvi. 14

Outshun, _v. a._ == make to avoid. Ps. xxiv. 15; to pluck up? Ps. cxxviii. 6

Outspit, _v. a._ part. ‘outspat.’ Alys. 1628

Outspring, _v. n._ pret. ‘outsprang.’ Alys. 493

Outsterandness, _sb._ == excuse. Probably for ‘outscerandness.’ Ps. cxl. 4. See the V. L. AS. scíran

Outstere, _sb._ == excuse. Probably for ‘outscere.’ Ps. cxl. 4. See the V. L. So ‘stakered’ is written for ‘skatered’ in v. 7

Outtake, _v. a._ == take out. Ps. vi. 5. part. ‘outane.’ Ps. cxxiii. 7

Outthrow, _v. a._ Ps. lxxii. 18

Outward, _adv._ 2208 B.

Outwending, _sb._ == departure. Wright’s L. P. p. 75

Outweringnes, _sb._ == vexation, weariness. Ps. xxx. 19

Outwryghe, _v. a._ == discover. Alys. 6483. AS. wreon

Ovemest, _adj._ == highest, upmost. Fragm. Sci. 24

Oven, _sb._ O. and N. 292 (in dat. ‘ofne’). AS. ofen

Ovenon, _adv._ ‘on ovenon’ == above, upon. Alys. 2234. S. S. anovenan. See Laȝ. iii. 34

Over, _prep._ == ‘across.’ Pol. S. 70

---- == superior to, beyond. Ps. cxviii. 103

Overal, _adv._ RG. 375

Overcast, _adj._ (of the sky). 1415 B.

Overcome, _v. a._ RG. 401, 454, 548

Overdear, _adj._ == very costly. RG. 389

Overdeed, _sb._ == a doing too much, surfeit. O. and N. 352

Overest, _sb._ == highest part. Ps. ciii. 3

Overfall, _v. a._ == fall upon. Ps. lvii. 9

Overfare, _v. n._ == pass away. HD. 2163

---- _v. a._ == pass over. O. and N. 387. pret. ‘overfore.’ Ps. cxxiii. 5. part. ‘overfaren.’ Ps. cxxiii. 5

Overgilt, _part._ == gilt. St Kath. 158

Overgo, _v. n._ [over-gan]. O. and N. 950

Overhead, _sb._ == blow on the head. Alys. 7396

Overheave, _v. a._ part. ‘overhoven.’ Ps. lxxi. 16

Overhele, _v. a._ == conceal. Ps. xliii. 16

Overhohe, _v. a._ == despise. O. and N. 1404. AS. ofer-hogian

Overhope, _v. n._ == hope constantly. Ps. cxviii. 43

Overmirth, _v. n._ == insult. Ps. xxxiv. 19

Overmost, _adj._ == highest. Ps. ciii. 13

Overnoon, _sb._ == midday. Ps. xxxvi. 6

Overquatie, _v. a._ == overfill. O. and N. 353. Halliwell gives ‘Quatted’ == full, satiated. Probably from the ON. kvett, meat; another form of kjöt

Oversee, _v. a._ == look over (lit.). O. and N. 30

Overshun, _v. a._ == swallow up? Ps. cxxiii. 4

Oversid. O. and N. 1436; either == oversees, looks after, from AS. ofer-seon; or == regards, takes charge of, from AS. ofer-sittan

Oversore, _adj._ RG. 280

Overspread, _v. a._ RG. 380

Overstie, _v. a._ == go over, surpass. Rel. S. iii. 1

Overswallow, _v. a._ [oure-swelyhe]. Ps. lxxviii. 16

Overtake, _v. a._ HD. 1816. Ps. vi. 2

Overthwart, _adv._ HD. 2822

Overward, _adv._ RG. 531

Overwerp, _v. n._ == lit. to throw over; hence neut. to overflow, boil over. Wright’s L. P. p. 83

Overwin, _v. a._ Ps. cviii. 3

Owe, _v. a._ == own or have. pres. ‘owe.’ RG. 432. pret. ‘ow.’ Pol. S. 204

---- _v. a._ == owe a person a thing, pres. ‘on.’ (_s. q._ if not ‘ou.’) RG. 311

---- _v. n._ == be obliged; have to do a thing. pres. ‘oh.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 70. pl. ‘ohen.’ Rel. S. v. 2; pret. ‘aute.’ RG. 452; ‘aȝte.’ RG. 202

Own, _adj._ [owe]. RG. 372, 437; [oȝe]. O. and N. 1648; [onne]. Wright’s L. P. p. 104

Ox, _sb._ 133 β

Oȝer, _adj._ == great, dreadful. O. and N. 118. AS. óga

Oȝyrt, == other. RG. 192

P.

Pace, _sb._ == step. RG. 387, 513

Pack, _sb._ == bundle, burden. Ritson’s AS. viii. 248

Paddock, _sb._ == toad. Alys. 6126. ON. padda

Pae, _sb._ == peacock. Ritson’s AS. viii. 20. AS. pawa

Page, _sb._ == a lackey. Pol. S. 237. Fr. page. Vid. Roq. _s. v._

Pain, _sb._ == penalty. 481 B. RG. 377

---- == anguish, [pyne]. Alys. 5059; [peyne]. Ibid. 5060

Paint, _v. a._ part. ‘ypeynt.’ RG. 174

Pair, _sb._ RG. 390

Palace, _sb._ RG. 190

Palfreiour, _sb._ == palfrey-keeper. Pol. S. 237

Palfrey, _sb._ RG. 490. Fr. palefroi. Lat. paraveredus

Pall, _sb._ == coverlet. Alys. 7733. Body and Soul, 15. Lat. palla

Pall, _v. n._ == grow pale. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Pallion, _sb._ == pall. 248 B.

Palmer, _sb._ Alys. 4981

Palter, == bough. Ps. lxxix. 12; _s. q._ if ‘paltres’ be not == ‘palm-trees.’ Lat. palmites. See the V. L.

Pan, _sb._ == dish. Alys. 4939. AS. panne

Pan, _sb._ See Penny

Pannier, _sb._ HD. 760

Pans, _sb._ == furs. Alys. 1572. Fr. pane

Pans, _sb._ == pence. See Penny

Panter, _sb._ == panterer. RG. 187; [pantrer]. RG. 438. Fr. panetier

Panther, _sb._ Alys. 6352

Pap, _sb._ == woman’s teat. HD. 2132. Ps. xxi. 10. Ital. poppa. Lat. papilla

Papejay, _sb._ == parrot. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. papegai

Paradise, _sb._ Alys. 5685; [parays]. 353 β

Parage, _sb._ == rank. Alys. 2953. Fr. parage

Paramours, _adv._ = with love, tenderly. Wright’s L. P. p. 91

Parchment, _sb._ [parchemyn]. Pol. S. 156. Fr. parcamin

Pard, _sb._ == leopard. Alys. 6709

Pardie, _interj._ == by God. 2082 B. Fr. par Dieu

Pardon, _sb._ 2458 B.

Pare, _v. a._ Pilate, 234. Fr. parer

Parish, _sb._ 1881 B.

Park, _sb._ RG. 1. AS. pearroc. W. parc

Parliament, _sb._ RG. 449

Parred, _part._ == locked up. HD. 2439. ON. sperra

Parson, _sb._ RG. 471, 496

Part, _sb._ Pol. S. 193

---- _v. a._ == separate. RG. 436

## Parting, _sb._ == departure. Alys. 2906

Partner, _sb._ RG. 309

Party, _sb._ == part. RG. 394, 400

Parvenke, _sb._ == periwinkle. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Pol. S. 218. AS. pervence

---- == the flower, excellence of a thing. Ritson’s AS. xvii. 42

Pasken, _v. n._ == push, strike? ‘to pasken in the watere,’ St Andrew 8, seems to mean to beat the water by throwing in the net. Swed. piska. O. Engl. ‘pash.’ Cf. our phrase of ‘whipping a stream.’

Pass, _v. a._ == surpass. 1031 B.

---- == pass over. RG. 436. Alys. 5580

---- _v. n._ == go through, pass by. RG. 556

Passage, _sb._ 676 B.

Passion, _sb._ == the suffering of our Saviour. RG. 495

Pasty, _sb._ HD. 644. Cok. 52. Dut. pastei. Fr. pâte

Pate, _sb._ == head Pol. S. 237. Judas, 83

Paten, _sb._ HD. 188. Lat. patina

Path, _sb._ HD. 2390. O. and N. 380

Patriarch, _sb._ RG. 479

Patron, _sb._ RG. 470

Paune, _sb._ == head. See Poune

Pautener, _sb._ == rascal. Alys. 1737. Fr. pautonier. Ital. paltone. Vid. Roq. and Burguy, _s. v._

Paved, _adj._ Pol. S. 190

Pavement, _sb._ RG. 476

Pavilion, _sb._ [pavelon]. RG. 48, 569; [payloun]. Alys. 5067

---- _v. a._ == to lodge under tents. part. ‘ypavylounded.’ Alys. 2038. Fr. pavillon. Lat. papilio

Pay, _v. a._ (money); pret. ‘payde.’ RG. 374, 498. part. ‘ipaiid.’ Pol. S. 204

---- _v. a._ == please, appease. RG. 314. part. ‘ypaid.’ RG. 391; ‘ipaised’ == restored to peace. RG. 570. Fr. paier. Lat. pacare

Pay, _sb._ == peace. RG. 125. Fr. paix

Payloun. See Pavilion

Paynim, _sb._ == heathen, pagans. RG. 395

Pays, == pitch, _q. v._

Pea. See Pese

Peace, _sb._ RG. 491, 500

Peaceful, _adj._ Ps. cxix 7

Peacefully, _adv._ Ps. xxxiv. 20

Peacock, _sb._ Alys. 5410

Peak, _sb._ == The Peak of Derbyshire. RG. 7

Pear, _sb._ 1203 B.

Peer, _sb._ == equal. RG. 17

Peer, _v. n._ == look into. [pure]. K. Horn, 1124; [pouren]. Alys. 5799

Pelican, _sb._ Ps. ci. 7

Pell, _sb._ == fur, skin. Alys. 6697. Lat. pellis

Pelle, _v. n._ == drive, go? HD. 810. Lat. pello

Pelure, _sb._ == a furred robe. Alys. 4129. Fr. pel

Penance, _sb._ RG. 255

Pencel, _sb._ == pennon, banner. Alys. 2688. Fr. pencel. Lat. penna

Penny, _sb._ RG. 404, 493; [pan]. Pol. S. 204. pl. ‘panes.’ RG. 473; ‘pans.’ 530 β

Pepper, _sb._ Alys. 7032

Perauntre, _adv._ == peradventure. RG. 375

Perch, _sb._ == the fish. Alys. 5446. Fr. perche. Lat. perca

Perche, _v. a._ == prick, spur. Alys. 2460. Fr. percer

Perforce, _adv._ Alys. 4577

Peril, _sb._ RG. 452

Pers, _sb._ == a cloth or stuff. Alys. 4987; usually of a blue colour. Fr. pers. Vid. Roq.

Pervink. See Parvenke

Pese, _sb._ == a pea. Alys. 5959. AS. pise

Pesens, _sb._ == neck-armour covering the breast. Alys. 3697; same as ‘pesane’ in the later Romances. Fr. pis, piz, the breast

Pett, _sb._ == pit. Alys. 5764

Pett, for pight? == made. Alys. 7495

Peys, == pitch, _q. v._

Phantom, _sb._ == vanity. Ps. iv. 3. Fr. fantosme

Philosophy, _sb._ RG. 130

Physic, _sb._ RG. 151

Physician, _sb._ RG. 68

Pick, _v. a._ Pol. S. p. 150. part. ‘pycchynde.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 110

Piece, _sb._ == a portion, bit. RG. 555. St Kath. 229

---- == a man. RG. 355

Piecemeal, _adv._ RG. 278

Pierce, _v. a._ RG. 437

Piete, _sb._ == pity. Pol S. 213

Pike, _sb._ == sharp stake. RG. 51

---- _v. a._ == pierce. RG. 51

Pile, _sb._ == hair. Body and Soul, 38

Pilgrim, _sb._ 2360 B.

Pilgrimage, _sb._ 5 B.

Pilkoc, _sb._ == the penis. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Pill, _v. a._ == rob. Pol. S. 150. Fr. piller

Pillar, _sb._ Alys. 6242. Fr. pilier. Lat. pila

Pillory, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Piment, _sb._ == a kind of wine. HD. 1728. Alys. 4178. See the recipe for making it in Halliwell, _s. v._

Pin, _sb._ == pinnacle. Cok. 57

---- == pin (in the modern sense). Alys. 6146

Pinch, _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Pine, _sb._ == pain. RG 326

---- _v. a._ == make to pine. Ps. xxxvi. 28. part. ‘ypyned.’ RG. 449

Pink, _v. n._ == prick or stab. Pol. S. 156. AS. pyngan

Pinnuc, _sb._ == hedge-sparrow. O. and N. 1128. See Wright’s Vocabularies, p. 177, where ‘lirifa’ is translated ‘pynok’

Pinse, _v. a._ == pinch, torture, part. ‘ipinsed.’ Fall and P. 89. Dut. pinssen. Fr. pincer

Pipe, _sb._ == musical instrument. Alys. 7769. AS. píp

---- _v. n._ Alys. 1012. Pol. S. 216

Pirate, _sb._ == a kind of ship. Alys. 6182

Pircle, _v. n._ == slobber at the mouth. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Pirope, _sb._ == a precious stone. Alys. 5682. Gr. πυρωπός

Piss, _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Pit, _sb._ RG. 409, 540; [pett]. Alys. 5764

Pitch, _sb._ RG. 410; [peys]. Alys. 1620; [pays]. Alys. 1630

---- _v. a._ == smear with pitch. HD. 707. part. ‘ipiched’ 94 β

Pitch, _v. a._ == fix. pret. ‘pight.’ RG. 51, 29. part. ‘ypiȝt.’ RG. 48

Piteous, _adj._ RG. 491, 548

Piteously, _adv._ RG. 449, 508

Pitfall, _sb._ Pol. S. 193

Pith, _sb._ [pid]. Body and Soul, 38. AS. piða

Pity, _sb._ == pitiful state. Alys. 7269. RG. 532, 537

Place, _sb._ RG. 6, 14, 397

Plaice, _sb._ == the fish. HD. 896

Plaid, Plait, _sb._ == pleading. O. and N. 1735, 5

Plain, _sb._ RG. 7

Plain, _v. n._ == complain. RG. 533

Plaining, _sb._ RG. 473

Plaint, _sb._ Alys. 7488. HD. 2961

Planet, _sb._ RG. 112

Plant, _v. a._ Ps. lxxix. 10

Plaster, _sb._ == remedy, ‘plaster of penance.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 89

Plate, _adj._ == flat. Alys. 2001. Fr. plat. Germ. platt

Plate, _sb._ == a piece of silver. Rel. Ant. i. 144. Span. plata

Plattinde, _part._ == journeying. See Plette and Strike

Play, _sb._ RG. 272; [ple]. RG. 266; [plawe]. RG. 291. AS. plega

---- _v. n._ [plawe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 45; pret. ‘pleide.’ RG. 507

---- _v. a._--‘to play hands’ == clap hands. Ps. xcvii. 8

Playing, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 88

Plea, _sb._ RG 471, 473

Plead, _v. n._ Pol. S. 159

Pleading, _sb._ RG. 471, 473

Plenar, _adj._ == full. 1537 B.

Plenarly, _adv._ 1538 B.

Plenteous, _adj._ RG. 23

Plenty, _sb._ RG. 1

Plette, _v. a._ == strike. HD. 2444; pret. ‘plat.’ HD. 2755; ‘plette.’ HD. 2626. part. ‘plattinde’ == journeying. HD. 2282. Compare the double sense of ‘strike,’ _q. v._ AS. plættian

Plight, _v. a._ == pluck, pull. Alys. 5831, 5859

Plight, _sb._ == harm, danger. HD. 1370, 2002. AS. pliht

---- == condition. Body and Soul, 184

Plight, _v. a._ == pledge. RG. 357; part. ‘yplyȝt.’ RG. 388. AS. plihtan

Plot, _sb._ (of ground). RG. 536. Fr. plat

Plough, _sb._ [ploth]. Rel. Ant. i. p. 111. ON. plógr

Ploughfere, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 49

Ploughland, _sb._ RG. 374

Ploughstave, _sb._ RG. 99

Plump, _v. n._ == fall heavily. Alys. 5776. Dan. plumpe

Po, _sb._ == peacock. Pol. S. 159. AS. pawa

Point, _sb._ == sharp end. RG. 395

---- == opportunity. Pilate, 17

---- == particular. St Andrew, 36

Phrases--‘upon the _point_ to smite.’ RG. 543

‘in such _point_’ == in such case. RG. 391

Pointed, _adj._ [yponyted]. RG. 310

Poison, _sb._ RG. 122, 151

---- _v. a._ Alys. 600

Poke, _sb._ == bag, pouch. HD. 555. AS. pocca

Poke, _v. n._ == stoop in walking. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Polk, _sb._ == pool. HD. 2685, the Norfolk ‘pulk.’

Polk, _v. a._ == put. Pol. S. 157

Poll, _sb._ == head. Pol. S. 237. Dut. bol, whence our ‘bolster.’ Germ. polster

Polled, _sb._ == shaven. Alys. 216

Pomon, _sb._ == lungs. Alys. 4374. Fr. poumon. Lat. pulmo

Pomple, _v. n._ stumble. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. ON. pompa

Pool, _sb._ RG. 131. AS. pól

Poor, _adj._ [povere]. RG. 376; comp. ‘poverore.’ RG. 370

Poorly, _adv._ [pourelike]. HD. 323

Pope, _sb._ RG. 502

Porch, _sb._ Ps. xcix. 4. Lat. porticus

Pore, _v. n._ See Peer

Port, _sb._ == gate. RG. 51

Porter, _sb._ RG. 539, 544

Portere ? _sb._ deportment. St Swithin, 25. Fr. portée

Portereve, _sb._ == ‘head magistrate of a town.’ Hall. RG. 541

Portray, _v. a._ Alys. 1520

Posse, _v. n._ == push, drive. K. Horn, 1041

Postern, _sb._ RG. 19. Alys. 4593

Pot, _sb._ Ps. xxi. 16. ON. pottr

Pot, _v. n._ == go, tramp. Pol. S. 71. AS. pæðan

Potion, _sb._ Alys. 3509

Pottage, _sb._ RG. 404

Potter, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Pottle, _sb._ Rel. Ant, ii. p. 176

Poudré, _sb._ == dust. Alys. 2180

Pound, _sb._ (of money). RG. 59, 383

Poune, _sb._ == the head. Alys. 2770. ‘paunes.’ Ibid. 2800. Another form is ‘pan.’ W. pen

Pouraille, _sb._ == the poor. Pol. S. 223. Alys. 1229

Pouren, see Peer, _vb._

Pousté, _sb._ == power. Alys. 7879

Pout, _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Poveral, _sb._ == poor persons. RG. 254

Powder, _sb._ == dust. RG. 345

Powdered, _adj._ [pudrid]. Cok. 108

Powe, _v. n._ == be poor? RG. 313

Power, _sb._ RG. 370, 371

Praer, _sb._ == meadow. Cok. 69. Cf. Fr. praiau--prairie

Praise, _v. a._ RG. 57. 1362 B.

Prangle, _v. a._ == compress. HD. 639. Dut. prangen

Prasiune, _sb._ == chrysoprase. Cok. 89. Gr. πράσος, a leek

Pray, _sb._ == crowd, press. Alys. 1991, 2595

Pray, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 58

---- _v. n._ [prye]. Pol. S. 222

Prayer, _sb._ 1089 B.

Preach, _v. a._ RG. 392

---- == exhort. Alys. 2042

Preacher, _sb._ RG. 392, 492

Preaching, _sb._ RG. 173

Precious, _adj._ 42 β

Predication, _sb._ 1969 B.

Preit, _v. a._ == pray, beseech. Marg. 1. Fr. prier

Prejudice, _sb._ 1735 B.

Prelate, _sb._ RG. 472

Preone, _v. a._ == sew up. Rel. S. v. 68. AS. preon, a needle. ON. prióna, to sew

Preovest, _adj._ == proofest, most approved. Alys. 6891

Presence, _sb._ == bearing, dignity, [presauns]. RG. 485

Present, _sb._ == gift. RG. 485

---- _v. a._ == give. Wright’s L. P. p. 96

---- == introduce a person to another. part. ‘ipresented.’ 231 B.

Press, _sb._ == throng. 2469 B.

---- _v. a._ part, ‘ypreost.’ Alys. 2342

Prest, _adj._ == ready. RG. 485. Ital. presto

Prey, _sb._ RG. 15, 376

Price, _sb._ 150 B.; ‘to have the price’ == to be highly esteemed. Pol. S. 153

Prick, _v. n._ hasten. RG. 459

---- _v. a._ == spur, pierce (as a horse). RG. 553. AS. priccian

---- == adorn. Body and Soul, 12. ON. prýda, to adorn

Pricker, _sb._ == rider. Pol. S. 150

Pride, _sb._ RG. 376. AS. prýt

Priest, _sb._ 364 B.; [prost]. O. and N. 733

Priesthood, _sb._ 1032 B.

Priestless, _adj._ RG. 544

Prime, _sb._ == the first hour of prayer, or 6 A. M. 219 B. Ritson’s AS. viii. 196

Primerole, _sb._ == primrose. Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Prince, _sb._ RG. 367, 402. In Alys. 4727 Weber suggests that ‘prynces’ is a mistake for ‘traitors,’ but may it not be another form of ‘prenches’ == stratagems, tricks? see ‘at-prenche,’ supra

Principal, _adj._ RG. 446

Prior, _sb._ == head of a priory. 2462 B.

Priory, _sb._ RG. 369, 370

Pris, _sb._ == a note of a horn blown on the death of the deer. Body and Soul, 214. Fr. pris, from prendre

Prison, _sb._ RG. 376

---- == prisoner. RG. 550

Privilege, _sb._ Pol. S. 157

Privily, _adv._ RG. 518. Alys. 3765

Privity, _sb._ RG. 468

Privy, _adj._ RG. 435

Procession, _sb._ (of friars). RG. 405, 530

Procurator, _sb._ 352 β

Procure, _v. a._ RG. 551

Professe, _sb._ == a professed person. RG. 434

Profession, _sb._ == a professing. 1407 B.

Proffer, _v. a._ Alys. 3539

Proper, _adj._ == suitable, fit. 934 B.

Prophecy, _sb._ RG. 132

Prophet, _sb._ RG. 38

Prou, _sb._ == advantage. Ritson’s AS. viii. 88. Fr. prod

Proud, _adj._ RG. 377, 465

Proudly, _adv._ Alys. 3413

Prove, _v. n._ == turn out, result. 2400 B.

---- _v. a._ == try; part, ‘yproved.’ RG. 457

---- == confirm, prove. Ritson’s AS. xviii. 30

Provender, _sb._ Pol. S. 239

Prow, _sb._ == prowess. RG. 65

Prowess, _sb._ RG. 462, 453

Psalm, _sb._ Ps. lxv. 4

---- _v. n._ == sing psalms. Ps. vii. 18

Psaltery, _sb._ Ps. xxxii. 2

Pudding, _sb._ Cok. 57. Dan. budding. Fr. boudin

Puff, _v. n._ [pofte]. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Pulte, _v. a._ == push. RG. 376; put. RG. 459. 1316 B.

Pulting, _sb._ == pushing. RG. 212

Punge, _sb._ == purse. Alys. 1728. AS. pung. ON. pung, our Engl. ‘bung’

Puppet, _sb._ == small figure. Alys. 77

Purblind, _adj._ RG. 376, written divisim == entirely blind; not as in the modern sense == one whose sight is impaired. Probably therefore from ‘pure’ == entire, and blind. Cf. ‘purewhite.’ RG. 8. In Wiclif, Ex. xxi. 26, it means, ‘blind of one eye,’ and is still written divisim; the later version gives ‘oon iȝed’

Purchase, _v. a._ == procure. RG. 472, 499; to procure food. Alys. 5197. Fr. pourchacer. Ital. procacciare

Purchase, _sb._ RG. 381, 516

Pure, _adj._ == entire, complete. RG. 546

---- == rightful, legitimate. RG. 106

---- _adv._ == entirely, very. RG. 397

Purely, _adv._ == entirely, completely. RG. 66, 173

Purewhite, _adj._ RG. 8

Purgatory, _sb._ 622 β

Purge, _v. a._ 371 B.

Purpose, _sb._ RG. 558

Purse, _sb._ Alys. 1798. AS. púse

Pursue, _v. a._ 937 B.

Purvey, _v. a._ RG. 289; part. ‘ypurveyed.’ Alys. 6212

Purveyance, _sb._ RG. 533, 535

Puste, _vb._ == pushed? St Andrew, 70

Put, _v. a._ == throw (a stone). HD. 1023, 1044

---- _sb._ == a cast or throw. HD. 1055

---- _v. a._ place, lay before. Wright’s L. P. p. 53. See Pulte. Dan. putte

Putting, _sb._ == throwing. HD. 1042

Pykeys, _sb._ == pick-axe. Manuel d. Pecches, 940

Pyne, _sb._ == pain, _q. v._

---- _v. a._ == trouble. Alys. 5914

Pypyn, _sb._ == windpipe. Alys. 3256

Q.

Quaint, _adj._ RG. 408, 412, 566; [koweynte]. Body and Soul, 10. Fr. coint

Quaintance, _sb._ == acquaintance. Alys. 6173

Quaintise, _sb._ == device. RG. 19

Quaintly, _adv._ RG. 28

Quake, _v. n._ RG. 132, 336; pret. ‘qwoke.’ Ps. xiii. 5

Quaking, _sb._ == fear. RG. 336. Ps. ii. 11

Qual, == whale, _q. v._

Qualm, _sb._ == destruction. RG. 378. AS. cwealm

---- _v. a._ == annoy. Ps. xxxvi. 14

Quarrel, _sb._ == arrow. RG. 491, 537. Fr. quarel

Quarry, _adj._ == square. RG. 412. Fr. carré

Quarry, _sb._ == a place whence stone is excavated. RG. 412. Fr. carriere

Quart, _sb._ == a measure. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Quarter, _sb._ (of a man’s body). Pol. S. 213

Quash, _v. a._ [cwesse]. O. and N. 1386. Fr. quasser. AS. cwysan

Queche, _v. n._ == make a disturbance. Alys. 4747. See the Prompt. Parv. _s. v._ Qvycchyn. AS. cwecian

Qued, _adj._ == wicked. Alys. 5619. Dut. kwaad

---- _sb._ == the devil. RG. 314. Rel. S. v. 225

---- == evil. Alys. 4237. Body and Soul, 243

Quede, _sb._ == bequest. Alys. 8020

Quednes, _sb._ == wickedness. Ps. c. 7

Queen, _sb._ RG. 368

Quell, _v. a._ RG. 38, 499. AS. cwellan

Queller, _sb._ St Kath. 247

Quelling, _sb._ == destruction. RG. 296

Queme, _adj._ == agreeable. HD. 130. AS. cweman

---- _v. a._ == please. Wright’s L. P. p. 25. O. and N. 209

---- _v. n._ [icweme] == be pleased, satisfied. K. Horn, 497

Queming, _sb._ == pleasure. Ps. cxlvi. 10

Quenching, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 164.

Quern, _sb._ == a mill. Pilate, 5. AS. cwéorn

Quert, _adj._ == joyful. Ps. vii. 11. Fr. cœur, queor. Cf. our own ‘hearty’ and ‘in good heart’

---- _sb._ == joy. Ps. lxiii. 11; lxxxviii. 27

Quethe, _v. n._ == speak, say. [iquethe]. O. and N. 502. 3 s. pres. ‘quath.’ RG. 435; part. ‘icwede.’ O. and N. 1651. AS. cwéðan

Quibibe, _sb._ == cubeb. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Alys. 6796

Quick, _adj._ == swift. RG. 369, 387. AS. cwic

---- == alive. RG. 289

Quicken, _v. a._ Ps. lxxxiv. 7

Quickly, _adv._ RG. 383

Quide, _sb._ == a saying. O. and N. 685. AS. cwide

Quilt, _sb._ [cowlte]. Body and Soul, 15

Quinre, _sb._ == an unknown animal. Alys. 5609

Quire, _sb._ (of a church). RG. 534

Quiste, _sb._ == bequest. HD. 219

Quistron, _sb._ == scullion. Alys. 2511. Fr. questron, quistoun

Quit, _adj._ == free from, released. RG. 392, 522

---- _v. a._ == leave. Rel. S. vii. 75

Quite, _v. a._ == pay, requite. Pol. S. 71

Quithe, _v. a._ == promise, grant? Marg. 72. AS. cwéðan?

Quiture, _sb._ == care, release. RG. 435

R.

Rabbe, _sb._ == turnip. Alys. 4983. Dut. raap.

Race, _sb._ == course. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. ræs

---- == speed, hence a short time [res]. Pol. S. 200; [ras]. Alys. 7830

Rache, _sb._ == hound, brach. Body and Soul, 214. AS. ræcc

Rack, _sb._ == torture. Body and Soul, 66. Swed. räcka, to stretch

Rade, _adj._ == ready. O. and N. 423; [rath]. HD. 75. AS. rád

Radely, _adv._ == readily, swiftly. Ps. vi. 11

Radness, _sb._ == terror, horror. Ps. liv. 5. AS. hréð

Rag, _sb._ Pol. S. 150. AS. hrac? implied in ‘hracod’

Rage, _sb._ == haste? Alys. 980; rashness. Alys. 4336

Ragged, _adj._ Body and Soul, 185. AS. hracod

Ragged, _adj._ == raged, raging. Alys. 4471

Rail, _v. a._ == put on as a garment. Wright’s L. P. p. 43. AS. hrægl.

Rain, _sb._ RG. 416, 560

---- _v. n._ [ryne]. Fr. Sci. 212. Alys. 6450

---- _v. a._ Ps. lxxvii. 27

Rainbow, _sb._ Signa ante Jud. 170

Raise, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 100. Ps. cxii. 7

Rake, _v. n._ == depart, go away from. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 193. ON. reka

Rake, _v. n._ == hawk, spit. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. AS. hracan

Rake, _sb._ == the common instrument so called. Rel. S. v. 214. AS. ráce

Raisin, _sb._ Alys. 5193

Raketyne, _sb._ == chain. RG. 142. AS. raccenta

Ram, _sb._ == the animal. Alys. 388

Randon, _sb._ == haste, eagerness. Alys. 2484; ‘into randon.’ Cok. 130. AS. randún. Probably from the ON. rönd. Germ. rant, the border or edge of a thing. In Provençal we have the phrase ‘a randa,’ on the edge or border, hence close or pressing. From this comes the Fr. verb, ‘randir,’ to approach, rush towards a thing, and ‘randon,’ lit. rushing, and generally ‘haste, violence.’ See Burguy’s Grammaire, vol. ii. p. 323, whence the above is derived

Rank, _adj._ Ps. lxxvii. 44. AS. ranc

Ransack, _v. a._ Ps. vii. 10; lxiii. 7. ON. ransaka

Ransacking, _sb._ Ps. lxiii. 7

Ransom, _sb._ RG. 374, 433. Fr. rançon

Rap, _sb._ == blow? Body and Soul, 66. Sw. rapp

Rape, _sb._ == haste. K. Horn, 566; [rap]. Rel. Ant. i. 115. ON. rápa, cursitare

Rath, _adj._ soon, early. HD. 2391. Pol. S. 195. comp. ‘rather’ == sooner. O. and N. 1240; former. RG. 285. AS. hræð

Rather, _adv._ RG. 459, 397

Raught. See Reek

Raven, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 63. AS. hræfen

Ravish, _v. a._ == rob, despoil a person of. RG. 194. Fr. ravir

Raw, _adj._ Pol. S. 237. AS. hreáw

Ray, _sb._ == striped cloth. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 192

Rayme, _v. n._ == rule, lord it. Pol. S. 150

Razor, _sb._ Ps. li. 4

Reach, _v. a._ == tell. O. and N. 1447; part. ‘raht.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 42. AS. recan

Reach, _v. a._ == hold out to a person, as we say, ‘to reach one a thing.’ Pol. S. 157. AS. rǽcan

Read, _v. a._ HD. 2327. AS. rǽdan

Reader, _sb._ 1068 B.

Readily, _adv._ O. and N. 1279

Ready, _adj._ [iredi]. 766 B.

Realm, _sb._ 948 B.

Reap, _v. a._ Pol. S. 152

Rear, _v. a._ == raise up. RG. 369; part. ‘yrerd.’ RG. 214

Rearmain, _sb._ == a backhanded blow. Alys. 7395

Rearward, _sb._ == the rear. Alys. 7787

Reason, _sb._ RG. 459

Reave, _v. a._ == carry away, despoil of. HD. 2590; pret. ‘rafte.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 31. ‘rewede.’ RG. 171, AS. reáfian

Rebel, _adj._ RG. 72

Recet, _sb._ == place of refuge. RG. 98, 406; [resset]. Alys. 603

---- _v. a._ == receive into a refuge. RG. 214

Reck, _v. n._ == care. O. and N. 533, 3 s. pres. ‘rehth.’ O. and N. 1401, pret. ‘rauȝte.’ RG. 390; ‘roȝte.’ RG. 216. AS. récan

Reckless, _adj._ RG. 287

Reckon, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 68. AS. recnan

Reckoning, _sb._ == account. Sermon 23

Red, _adj._ RG. 383. AS. read

---- _v. n._ == become red. Wright’s L. P. p. 34

Red, _sb._ == counsel. RG. 556, 566; [rade]. Alys. 6165. AS. réd

Rede, _v. a._ == counsel. RG. 98, 214. AS. rǽdan

Redless, _adj._ == without counsel. O. and N. 691

Reed, _sb._ RG. 540. Alys. 5064; [reod]. Alys. 6433

Reedpipe, _sb._ == pen. Ps. xliv. 2

Reek, _sb._ == smoke. Ps. xvii. 9. AS. reác

---- _v. n._ == to smoke. Ps. cxliii. 5

Reeve, _sb._ See Reve

Refuse, _v. a._ Ritson’s AS. xvii. v. 122

Rehearse, _v. a._ == tell. Alys. 1664

Reign, _v. n._ RG. 29

Reinable, _adj._ == reasonable. RG. 414. Fr. raisnable.

Reioshe, _v. a._ == enjoy? Manuel d. Pecches, 2036. Fr. réjoyer

Rekles, _sb._ == incense. Ps. cxl. 2. AS. recels

Reken, _adj._ == wise, prudent, excellent. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Ritson’s AS. viii. 156. AS. recan, to order or direct; part. ‘recen’

Reken, _adv._ == quickly. 2103 B. AS. recene

Release, _v. a._ RG. 500

Relics, _sb._ == remains. Ps. xxxvi. 37; in the ecclesiastical sense, as the ‘relics of saints.’ RG. 177, 255

Relieve, _v. a._ Ritson’s AS. xviii. 38

Rem, _sb._ == cream. Marg. 32. AS. ream. Germ. rahm

Rem, _sb._ == sorrow, injury. O. and N. 1214. Cf. AS. reomig, sad

Reme, _v. n._ == call out, cry. Rel. S. iv. 22. AS. hreman. Another form of ‘scream’

Reme, _v. a._ == leave, evacuate. K. Horn, 1312. AS. rúmian

---- == make room, clear a passage. Alys. 3347. AS. rýman

Remnant, _sb._ Alys. 5707

Remove, _v. a._ RG. 533; part. ‘iremewed.’ RG. 550

---- _v. n._ Alys. 7238

Removing, _sb._ Alys. 7821

Rent, _sb._ RG. 370. Fr. rente. Lat. reditus

Rent, _sb._ == stream, course. Cok. 83, AS. rent

Repent, _v. n._ 101 β. RG. 350

Repentant, _adj._ RG. 291

Reprove, _v. a._ Ritson’s AS. xviii. 46

Respite, _sb._ 637 B. Fr. respit. Lat. respectare

Response, _sb._ 825 B.

Resset. See Recet

Rest, _sb._ 1130 B.

---- _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 52

Resting, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 29. Alys. 2807

Restore, _v. a._ RG. 319, 500

Resurrection, _sb._ 363 β

Rette, _v. a._ == impute, reckon. Alys. 7247. ON. retta

Reume, _v. a._ == speak. Alys. 4237. See Reme, _vb._

Reure, _sb._ == a robber, reaver. HD. 2104

Reve, _v. n._ == swear? K. Horn. 1368. ON. rifja, recitare?

Reve, _sb._ == sheriff or reeve. HD. 1627. M. Ode, st. 129. AS. geréfa

Reve, _sb._ == depredation, spoiling. O. and N. 458. AS. reáf

Rever, _sb._ == robber. AS. reáfere

Reverence, _sb._ 115 B. Alys. 793

Reverye, _sb._ == robbery. RG. 193

Revest, _v. a._ == put on. RG. 537; part. ‘irevested.’ St Swithin, 139

Reving, _sb._ == robbery. Ps. xvi. 12. M. Ode, st. 128

Rewe, _sb._ == streak. 2218 B. Probably the same as ‘row’

---- _v. n._ == show a streak? ‘Ere the dai _rewe_.’ Pol. S. 239

Reynes, _sb._ == realms. Wright’s L. P. p. 31

Reȝel, _sb._ == dress. O. and N. 562. AS. hrægl. Cf. O. Eng. ‘night-rail,’ for a night-dress

Rhinoceros, [rinocertis]. Alys. 6529

Rhyme, _sb._ HD. 21

Rib, _sb._ RG. 22

Ribald, _sb._ Pol. S. 155, 237. Fr. ribald; from OHG. hrûpa, a prostitute. See Burguy on this word

Ribaldry, _sb._ [ribaudye] == a ribald story. Alys. 21

Rich, _adj._ RG. 377; [ruche]. RG. 13

Riche, _sb._ == kingdom. Wright’s L. P. p. 94. O. and N. 357

Richesse, _sb._ RG. 433

Richly, _adv._ RG. 377

Ride, _v. n._ RG. 463; pret. ‘rode.’ RG. 375; part. ‘riding.’ RG. 377

Rife, _adj._ == frequent. RG. 4, 252; comp. ‘rifer.’ RG. 260. AS. ryf

Right, _sb._ == redress for an injury. RG. 374

---- == in plur. ‘rights,’ ‘to maintain their rights.’ 171 B.

Right, _adj._ == dexter. Wright’s L. P. p. 25

---- == good, excellent. Wright’s L. P. p. 25

Right, _adv._ == just, exactly. RG. 8

---- == rightly. Wright’s L. P. p. 30

---- _v. a._ == to set right. Ps. xvii. 36

Righteous, _adj._ [ryhtwise]. Wright’s L. P. p. 25

Righteousness, _sb._ Ps. iv. 2

Rightful, _adj._ RG. 501; comp. ‘rightfuller.’ RG. 266

Rightfulness, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Righting, _sb._ == a setting right. Ps. xcvi. 2

Rightness, _sb._ 1629 B.

Rightwished, _sb._ Ps. xviii. 10

Rimefrost, [ren-forst]. _sb._ Fr. Sci. 232. AS. hrím

Rind, _sb._ Alys. 6187. AS. rind

Rine, _sb._ == a course, hence a course of years, life; ‘for to rine’ == for ever? Ps. xliv. 11. AS. ryne

Ring, _v. a._ RG. 509

---- _v. n._ == resound. Wright’s L. P. p. 43

Ring, _sb._ RG. 489

Ringing, _sb._ St Swithin, 45

Ripe, _adj._ == applied to young birds. RG. 177. AS. ríp, harvest. _adj._ rípe

Ripeness, _sb._ == the ripeness of the day, i. e. full day. Ps. cxviii. 147

Rippe, _sb._ == a fish-basket. HD. 893. ON. hrip

Ris, _sb._ == a branch. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 30. Pol. S. 149. Dan. riis

Rise, _v. n._ == arise. Pol. S. 149

---- _v. a._ == raise. 1082 B.

Ritte, _v. a._ == rip. HD. 2495. ON. rista

Rivage, _sb._ == river bank. Alys. 6079

Rive, _v. n._ == arrive. RG. 14, 16

Rive, _v. a._ == split, snap. Rel. S. i. 14

Rive, _sb._ == bank. Alys. 4090

Rivel, _v. n._ == become wrinkled. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

River, _sb._ RG. 1

Rivering, _sb._ == hawking by a river’s side. Alys. 678

Rixe, _v. a._ == rule. Moral Ode, st. 190. AS. ricsian

Ro, _sb._ == rest. Wright’s L. P. p. 37; [roo]. Ibid. p. 32. AS. row. ON. ró

Road, _sb._ Body and Soul, 209; [rude]. Wright’s L. P. p. 32. AS. rád

Roam, _v. a._ HD. 64

---- _v. n._ == dwell. Alys. 7207, 7625. The older and newer senses of this word are analogous to the double meaning of the Lat. ‘versor’

Roar, _v. n._ HD. 2438; part. ‘rorand.’ Ps. xxi. 14

Roast, _v. a._ RG. 207; part, ‘yrosted.’ RG. 244

Rob, _v. a._ RG. 377, 385

Robber, _sb._ RG. 389

Robbery, _sb._ RG. 16, 550

Robe, _sb._ RG. 180

Rocher, _sb._ == rocks, rocky place. Alys. 7090

Rock, _sb._ RG. 22. Fr. roche, connected with ‘crag,’ and W. rhwg

Rode, _sb._ == complexion. Wright’s L. P. p. 30; [rody]. Alys. 164; [rude]. O. and N. 443. ON. rodi

Roe, _sb._ == the animal. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. AS. rá

Roil, _v. a._ == rove about. Rel. Ant. ii. 175. ON. hrolla

Rokke, _v. a._ == drive. RG. 98. ON. reka

Roll, _sb._ (of parchment). Pol. S. 157

Romance, _sb._ RG. 487

Rome, _v. n._ == roar. Ps. ciii. 21. AS. hreman

Rone, _v. a._ == comfort. Ps. lxx. 21; cxviii. 76, 82; part. ‘roned.’ Ps. lxxvi. 3. Perhaps from ON. rúni, amicus, colloquiorum socius

Roning, _sb._ == comfort. Ps. xciii. 19

Rood, _sb._ == cross. RG. 532. AS. ród

Roof, _sb._ RG. 404, 416; [rove]. Alys. 513. AS. hróf

Rook, _sb._ O. and N. 1128. AS. róc

Rooles, _adj._ == restless. Wright’s L. P. p. 42

Room, _v. a._ == clear (a way). RG. 536. AS. rýman. See Reme

Room, _adj._ == empty. RG. 303

---- == broad, spacious. O. and N. 643. Ps. ciii. 25

Roomhouse, _sb._ == privy. O. and N. 592

Roomlyke, _adv._ == abundantly. Ps. xxx. 24

Root, _sb._ RG. 404

Rope, _sb._ RG. 448, 509; ‘in his rope’ == in his noose, or power. Alys. 6298. AS. rǽp

Rorde, _sb._ == voice. O. and N. 311. AS. reord

Rose, _sb._ RG. 331

Roser, _sb._ == rosebush. HD. 2919

Rot, _v. n._ RG. 411. AS. rotian

Roter, _sb._ == rooter, eradicator. RG. 297

Rothe, _v. a._ == rathe or advise. HD. 2817

Rother, _sb._ == cattle. RG. 52. Pol. S. 220. AS. hryðer

Rotle, _v. b._ == rustle, _q. v._

Rotted, _adj._ == rotten. Pol. S. 152

Rotten, _adj._ Body and Soul, 37

Rough, _adj._ comp. ‘rughher.’ Alys. 5956

Roun, _sb._ == a song; [ron]. Wright’s L. P. p. 43

Roun, _v. n._ == whisper, round. 1200 B. AS. rúnian

Round, _adj._ Fr. Sci. 121. Alys. 594

Rout, _sb._ == company. RG. 371, 428, 546

Rout, _v. a._ == disturb, confound. Serm. 30

Route, _v. n._ == roar. HD. 1911. Fr. router. ON. rauta

Rovertid, _part._ == recovered from, i. e. left off (crying). Alys. 7895

Row, _sb._ == array, order. Wright’s L. P. pp. 25, 35. AS. rawa. See Rewe

Row, _v. n._ pret. ‘rewe.’ 1159 B.

Rowe, _adj._ == rough. RG. 25, 507; [ruȝe]. O. and N. 104

Roxle, _v. n._ == grunt. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Dut. rotelen

Ruby, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 25

Rudder, _sb._ [rother]. K. Horn, 194. AS. róðer

Rude. See Road

Rue, _v. a._ == pity. Wright’s L. P. p. 29

---- _v. n._ == have compassion on. RG. 449

Rue, _v. n._ == grieve for, repent of; ‘that was to rewe sore.’ RG. 493. AS. reówan

---- _sb._ == pity. 1051 B; [reowe]. O. and N. 1443

Rueful, _adj._ == sad. RG. 327

Ruely, _adj._ == sad. Body and Soul, 171

---- _adv._ == ruefully. RG. 126, 263

Rueness, _sb._ == compassion. HD. 2227

Ruer, _sb._ == a compassionate person. Ps. lxxxv. 15

Rugge, _sb._ == back. RG. 525, 460. AS. hrycg

Rule, _sb._ == regulation. St Dunstan, 46

Ruls, _adj._ == overripe, said of corn. Pol. S. 152. See Halliwell, _s. v._ Rule. ON. rusill, qui effundit--rusla, prodigere

Run, _v. n._ pret. ‘ronne.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 68; part. ‘rennyng’ (of water). RG. 80. See Urne

Runci, _sb._ == a nag. HD. 2569. Fr. roncin

Rundel, _sb._ == circle. Fragm. Sci. 62

Rune, _sb._ == conversation. O. and N. 1154. AS. rún

Rure, _sb._ == full. O. and N. 1152. AS. hrýre

Russin, _sb._ == meal between dinner and supper. Cok. 20. ON. rúss, temulentia

Rustle, _v. n._ [rotle]. Alys. 930. ON. rosta, a tumult

Ruwet, _sb._ == bugle-horn. Alys. 3699. Fr. ruet, rouette. Lat. rota. See Wright’s Vocab. p. 104, where ‘litui’ is translated by ‘ruez.’ The name is derived from the circular flexures of the instrument

Rye, _sb._ [ruȝe]. Pol. S. 152. AS. rige

Ryme, _v. a._ == cry out, tell; Ritson’s AS. viii. 99, 137. AS. hryman

S.

Sabeline, _sb._ == sable. M. Ode, st. 182

Sack, _sb._ HD. 2019. AS. sacc

Sacre, _v. a._ == consecrate. RG. 445, 522

Sacred, _adj._ Alys. 6777

Sacrificing, _sb._ Alys. 272

Sacring, _sb._ == consecration. RG. 446

Sad, _adj._ == sorrowful. Wright’s L. P. p. 29

---- == heavy. Alys. 5587. AS. sæd

Saddle, _sb._ RG. 401

Safe, _adj._ Pol. S. 198; [saufe]. Creed of St Athan. 102

Safely, _adv._ RG. 239

Sage, _adj._ == wise. RG. 198. Fr. sage. Ital. saggio. Lat. sapiens

Sage, _sb._ == a plant, the ‘Salvia pratensis’ of botanists. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. sauge

Saht, _adj._ == reconciled. Wright’s L. P. pp. 46, 47. AS. saht

Sail, _sb._ RG. 47

Saine, _v. a._ == bless. Ps. lxii. 5. AS. senian. Germ. segnen

Saint, as an appellative, ‘Seint Thomas.’ 1878 B. ‘Seyn Poule.’ RG. 378

---- _sb._ [sonte]. Wright’s L. P. p. 96; [seynte]. Alys. 6763

Sake, _sb._ == contention. O. and N. 1158. AS. sacu

Sake, _sb._ == matter, thing. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. Dut. zaak

---- == cause; ‘for thine sake.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 28

Saken, _v. a._ == fight against, kill. Alys. 1884. AS. sacan

Sale, _sb._ == hall. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. AS. sal

Salmon, _sb._ Alys. 5446

Salt, _adj._ RG. 1

Saltmarsh, _sb._ Ps. cvi. 34

Salve, _sb._ HD. 1835

Samded, _adj._ == half dead. RG. 163. AS. sám, Lat. semi, with ‘dead’

Samen, _adv._ == together. HD. 2251. ON. saman

---- _v. a._ == collect together; pret. ‘samened.’ Ps. xlvi. 10; part. ‘samenand.’ Ps. xxxii. 7; ‘samened.’ HD. 2890

Samfayle, == without fail. RG. 405. Fr. sans faille

Samyte, _sb._ == a kind of silk. Alys. 1027; a robe of silk. Alys. 2095. Fr. sami, samit

Sand, _sb._ HD. 708

Sanglic, _adj._ == fit for song. Ps. cxviii. 54

Sanne, _sb._ == sun? Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Sans, _prep._ == without. Pol. S. 215. Fr. sans

Sapphire, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 25

Saturday. 807 B.

Saturnight. RG. 557

Sauf, _adv._ == save. _q. v._

Saufe. See Safe

Sauhting, _sb._ == peace, reconciliation? Wright’s L. P. p. 23

Saut, _sb._ == leap. RG. 564. Fr. sault, saillir

Savage, _adj._ Alys. 2088. Fr. sauvage. Ital. selvaggio. Lat. silva

Save, _adv._ [sauvé, sauf]. 434, 435 B.

---- _v. a._ RG. 449, 519, 550

Savour, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 87

Saw, _sb._ == saying, opinion. Wright’s L. P. pp. 31, 47; [saye]. O. and N. 1036

Sax, _sb._ == short sword. RG. 125. AS. seax

Say, _sb._ == silk. RG. 390. Fr. saie. Lat. sagum

Say, _v. a._ pres. ‘segge.’ RG. 501; plur. ‘segeth.’ RG. 502; pret. ‘seyde.’ RG. 390; ‘sede.’ RG. 418; part, ‘ysaid.’ RG. 11; ‘ysed.’ RG. 420

Saygyng, _sb._ == omens as to land, air, &c. Alys. 61

Saylyng, _sb._ == assailing. Alys. 7392, 676

Scab, _sb._ [shabbe]. Pol. S. 239. AS. sceabb

Scabbard, [scaubert]. RG. 273. ON. skálpr. Dut. schabbe, Kil. Connected with ‘sheath,’ and the AS. scǽð, scádan

Scabbed, _adj._ HD. 2449

Scald, _v. a._ Marg. 59. Ps. cxx. 6

Scaldand, _sb._ == a torrent. Ps. cxxv. 4; cxxiii. 5. Probably formed in imitation of ‘torrent,’ from ‘torreo,’ and AS. ‘byrna,’ a burn, or brook, from ‘byrnan’

Scalding, _adj._ == hot. Ps. lxxxii. 10

Scalp, _sb._ Ps. vii. 17. ON. skálpr, a sheath

Scape, _v. n._ == escape. Pol. S. 152

Scarce, _adj._ RG. 334. Fr. escars. Lat. excarpere

Scarcely, _adv._ == in small quantities. Alys. 1012

Scarcity, _sb._ Alys. 5495

Scarlet, _sb._ Alys. 6376

Scathe, _sb._ == harm. HD. 1352. AS. sceáðan

Scathing, _sb._ Ps. cv. 30

Scatter, _v. a._ Ps. xvii. 15; xxxiv. 16; part. ‘stakered,’ by a metathesis in Ps. cxl. 7. AS. scateran

Scenche, _sb._ == a cup. M. Ode, st. 167. AS. scenc

Sceptre, _sb._ Alys. 6716

Schamel, _sb._ == footstool. Ps. xcviii. 5. AS. scamel. Lat. scamnum

Schamil, == shambles, _q. v._

Schare, _sb._ == penis. Fr. Sci. 322. AS. scaru. ‘Schere’ is given as the translation of ‘pubes’ in Wright’s Vocabb. p. 246

Schede, _vb._ == separate. O. and N. 197. AS. sceádan

Schef, _sb._ == creature. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 177

Schenche, _v. a._ == destroy. Alys. 4482. AS. scénan

Schenche, _v. a._ == pour out. Alys. 7581. Rel. Ant. i. 113. AS. scencan

Schenlon, _sb._ == rascal, vile person. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. Probably a corruption of Dut. schelm

Schille. See Shrill

Schinde, _sb._ == shingle, rafter. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Dutch schindel

Schoningnes, _sb._ == awe. Ps. xxxiv. 26. Formed from ‘shun’

School, _sb._ 152 B.

Schulle, _sb._ == some fish, resembling a sole in flavour, according to Sir T. Browne. See N. and Q., 2nd ser. vi. 382; vii. p. 79, 135. It may be derived from the Swed. skolla, a plaice, ON. skolli, a fox. Cf. Gr. ἀλωπεκίας, and Lat. vulpes marina, and Sylvester’s Sea-Fox, p. 97. In Wright’s Vocabb., p. 254, among the Nomina Piscium Marinorum we find the entries ‘Hec solia, a sole,’ and ‘Hec testa, a schylle;’ showing clearly that the ‘schylle’ was not the same as the sole, and that it was some sort of flatfish, probably the plaice

Scion, _sb._ == stem, stock. Cok. 72. Fr. cion

Sclavyne, _sb._ == a palmer’s robe. K. Horn, 1086. It is given as the translation of ‘Sarabarda’ in Wright’s Vocabb. p. 259

Scoff, _sb._ Alys. 667

Scomfit, _sb._ == discomfiture. Alys. 959

Scoppe, _sb._ == a leap, skip. Alys. 5777. Swed. skutta, to leap

Score, _sb._ RG. 20, 519

Scorn, _v. a._ Ps. ii. 4. 80 B. OHG. skernon. Fr. escharnir. SS. scarn, scare. Ital. scorno

Scornly, _adv._ 710 B.

Scorpion, _sb._ Alys. 5263

Scot, _sb._ == payment, contribution, shot. Pol. S. 71. AS. scot

Scour, _v. n._ == rush quickly. Alys. 3722. Ital. scorrere. Fr. escourre

---- _sb._ == haste, ‘good scour.’ Alys. 4276

Scourge, _v. a._ RG. 263; part. ‘iscourged.’ St Kath. 118

---- _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 84

Scrape, _v. a._ [shrape]. Pol. S. 239. AS. screopan

Scream, _v. n._ Pol. S. 157. AS. hreman

Screnche, _v. a._ == withdraw. M. Ode, st. 167. AS. screncan

Scrip, _sb._ K. Horn, 1093. ON. skreppa

Scrub, _v. a._ [scrobbe]. Alys. 4310. Swed. skrubba

Sculde, _v. a._ == defend. M. Ode, st. 167. AS. scyldan

Scythe, _sb._ HD. 2553. Alys. 5722. AS. siðe

Se, == the. HD. 534. This is, however, probably an error

---- == thee. O. and N. 62

Sea, _sb._ RG. 436, 443

Seal, _sb._ == the fish. HD. 755. AS. seol

Seal, _sb._ RG. 77. Fr. seau

---- _v. a._ part. ‘ysealed.’ RG. 446

Seam, _sb._ (of a garment). Rel. Ant. ii. 176. AS. seám

Season, _sb._ == time. Alys. 5251

Seat, _sb._ == sitting down. Ps. cxxxviii. 2

Second, _adj._ RG. 414

Secular, _adj._ 918 B.

Seculars, _sb._ == an order of monks. RG. 282

Sedewale, _sb._ == the herb valerian, or setwell. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. AS. sydewale

Sedge, _sb._ [segge]. O. and N. 18. AS. secg

See, _sb._ == throne. Pol. S. 215, 773 B. Fr. siége

---- == a bishop’s see. 567 B.

See, _v. a._ [ysey]. RG. 369; [iso]. O. and N. 327, 370; [iseo]. 125 B.; [so]. O. and N. 34; [y-seen]. Alys. 5524; pret. ‘sey.’ RG. 418; ‘ysey.’ RG. 367; ‘isey.’ 38 B.; ‘seye.’ 39 β; ‘iseye.’ 171 B.; ‘isay.’ 772 B.; ‘say.’ Alys. 4352; ‘sygh.’ Alys. 6913; part. ‘iseȝe.’ 281 B.; ‘isene.’ 1305 B.; ‘yseye.’ RG. 418

Seed, _sb._ Pol. S. 152. AS. séd

Seek, _v. a._ [siche]. 60 B.; [i-seche]. O. and N. 74; part. ‘isoȝt.’ 68 B. AS. sécan.

Seem, _v. n._ == appear. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. AS. seman

Seem, _v. a._ == become, beseem. Wright’s L. P. p. 44

Seemly, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26; sup. ‘seemlokest,’ ibid. p. 27

Seeth, _v. a._ RG. 404, 408; part. ‘ysode.’ RG. 446. AS. seóðan

Segge, _sb._ == cuttlefish. HD. 896. Fr. seche

Seignours, _sb._ == lord, master. Alys. 1458

Seisin, _sb._ RG. 314, 382; [sesyng]. Alys. 8014

Seize, _v. a._ RG. 436

---- == (in law) to give a person possession of a thing. HD. 2513

Selcouth, _adj._ == strange. HD. 124. AS. seld-cuð

---- _sb._ == a marvel. HD. 1059

---- _v. a._ == show wonderfully. Ps. xv. 3

Selcouthly, _adv._ Ps. xliv. 5

Seldom, _adv._ [seld]. RG. 416. The dat. pl. of the AS. adj. ‘seld’

Sele, _adj._ == glad, content. Alys. 7430. AS. sǽl

Sele, _sb._ == a short time. O. and N. 951. AS. sǽl

Self [sulve], _adj._ == same. RG. 373, 263

_Himself._ RG. 377; [him silve]. 274 B.; [him sulfne]. M. Ode, st. 7

_Myself_ [my sulf]. RG. 405

_Thyself._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Selfwilly, _adv._ == without a cause. Ps. cviii. 3; cxviii. 161

Selike, _sb._ == willow. Ps. cxxxvi. 2. Fr. saulx. Lat. salix

Sell, _v. a._ RG. 223, 397; pret, ‘solde.’ 530 β; part. ‘isold.’ St Lucy, 77

Selthe, _sb._ == advantage. HD. 1338. AS. sélð

Semblant, _sb._ == countenance, appearance. RG. 157

Semble, _sb._ == assembly. RG. 125

Seme, _sb._ == burden. O. and N. 773. AS. seam

Seme, _v. a._ == arbitrate, judge. O. and N. 187. AS. seman

Semee, _adj._ == seemly. 116 B.

Senator, _sb._ RG. 193, 219

Send, _v. a._ RG. 383; part. ‘ysend.’ RG. 398

Sendal, _sb._ == a fine silk stuff. Body and Soul, 15. Fr. cendal. See Roq. _s. v._

Sene, _sb._ == sight, power of vision. O. and N. 368. AS. sýn

Sengellic, _adj._ == eternal. Creed of St Athan. 41. AS. singallíc

Sentence, _sb._ 924 B.

Seollic, _adj._ == marvellous. O. and N. 1297. AS. séllíc

Sepulture, _sb._ RG. 186

Seraph, _sb._ Marg. 75

Sere, _v. a._ == dry, burn. Alys. 796; [serie]. K. Horn, 1435. AS. searian

Serfborow, _sb._ == surety. HD. 1667

Sergeant, _sb._ HD. 1929. 681 B.

Serie. See Sere

Serk, _sb._ == a shirt. HD. 603. AS. syrce

Sermon, _sb._ Rel. S. vii. 4

Serne, _sb._ == equipment. Ps. xliv. 10. AS. searo

Serpent, _sb._ Cok. 31

Servage, _sb._ RG. 11, 284

Serve, _v. a._ RG. 390, 404

---- == worship. Ps. xxi. 31

---- == serve out, reward; part. ‘yserved.’ RG. 26

---- == observe. RG. 507

Service, _sb._ RG. 412, 501

Serving, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 69

Set, _v. a._ == place, appoint. RG. 501; pret. ‘sed.’ RG. 470; part. ‘yset.’ RG. 394; ‘set.’ 1084 B. AS. settan. ON. setja

---- _v. n._ == sink (of the sun). HD. 2671. ON. setja

Sete, _adj._ == pleasant, at ease. Body and Soul, 123. Wright’s L. P. pp. 89, 114. Probably from ON. sætr, dulcis, jucundus. AS. swét, our ‘sweet’

Setelgang, _sb._ == sunset. Ps. xlix. 1

Settle, _v. n._ (of a bird). Alys. 484

---- _sb._ == seat. O. and N. 594. AS. setl

Seu, _sb._ == suit or contention? KG. 470

Seven. KG. 440, 491

Sevenight, _sb._ 1149 B. Alys. 7045

Seventeen. RG. 515, 499

Seventh, _adj._ [senethe]. RG. 372

Seventy. RG. 373

Sew, _v. a._ [suve] == follow. RG. 42

Sew, _v. a._ == stitch. Lat. suere; part. ‘isowed.’ 1840 B.

Seyned ? Body and Soul, 101

Shade, _sb._ == shadow. RG. 108

Shadow, _v. n._ Ps. cxxxix. 8

---- _sb._ Alys. 2628

Shaft, _sb._ (of an arrow). RG. 419. AS. sceaft, from scafan

Shaft, _sb._ == a creature. O. and N. 786. AS. sceaft, from scapan

Shake, _v. a._ RG. 24, 218; pret. ‘ssoc.’ RG. 186

Shake, _v. n._ == tremble. Wright’s L. P. p. 110; pret. ‘ssok.’ RG. 208

---- == go hastily. Alys. 4255. AS. scacan

---- _sb._ == haste. Alys. 232

Shall, _vb._ RG. 3; 2 s. ‘schaltu’ == shalt thou. O. and N. 209; 3 pl. ‘schul.’ RG. 147; pret. ‘scholde.’ RG. 146; ‘icholde.’ RG. 539

Shambles [shamil], _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Shame, _sb._ RG. 376, 532 [same]. HD. 1941

---- == shameful deed. RG. 85

---- _v. n._ == be ashamed. Pol. S. 157

---- _v. a._ == fear. RG. 361

Shameless, _adj._ Cok. ult.

Shamely, _adv._ == shamefully. Rel. S. vii. 9. HD. 2462

Shank, _sb._ == legs. HD. 1903. AS. scanca

Shape, _sb._ == creature. Body and Soul, 222

---- _v. a._ part. ‘yshope.’ RG. 215

Shaping, _sb._ [shupping] == shape? Wright’s L. P. p. 38

Share. See Schare

Share, _sb._ == ploughshare. RG. 335

Sharp, _adj._ RG. 395

---- _v. a._ == sharpen. Ps. lxiii. 4

Shaw, _sb._ == wood. Alys. 6109. ON. skógr

Shawel, _sb._ == scarecrow. O. and N. 1646

Sheaf, _sb._ O. and N. 455. AS. sceaf

Shear, _v. a._ == cut. HD. 1413. AS. scéran

Shears, _sb._ HD. 857. AS. sceare

Sheath, _sb._ O. and N. 135. AS. scæð

Shed, _v. a._ RG. 57; pret. ‘schedde.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 58; ‘chadde.’ O. and N. 1614; part, ‘y-schad.’ Alys. 2772. AS. scedan

Shedding, _sb._ RG. 388

Sheen, _adj._ == bright. Wright’s L. P. p. 58; [scene]. M. Ode, st. 171. AS. scíne

Sheep. RG. 6, 458

Sheet, _sb._ RG. 435; [scete]. M. Ode, st. 174. AS. scyte

Shell, _sb._ Alys. 571

Shend, _v. a._ == injure. RG. 379, 506; part. ‘ischend’ == corrupt. Pol. S. 197; ‘yssend.’ RG. 212. AS. scendan

Shendfully, _adv._ RG. 310, Miracles, 84

Shendness, _sb._ RG. 342, 525; [shendisse]. 1304 B.

Shepe, _sb._ == skip; ‘at on shepe’ == at once. Alys. 3577

Shepherd, _sb._ RG. 351

Sheriff, _sb._ RG. 535, 536; [scirreve]. M. Ode, st. 25. AS. scír-geréfa

Shew, _v. a._ RG. 416, 563

Shewer, _sb._ == a mirror. Alys. 18

Shide, _sb._ == a piece of wood. HD. 917. Alys. 6421. AS. scíd

Shield, _sb._ RG. 435; [chelde]. O. and N. 1711

---- _v. a._ RG. 386, 525; [i-shilde]. O. and N. 779

Shielder, _sb._ Ps. xxx. 5

Shilling, _sb._ RG. 383. AS. scill, scylling

Shin, _sb._ O. and N. 1058. Ps. cxlvi. 10. AS. scina

Shine, _v. n._ 1411 B. AS. scínan

Shingle, _sb._ == a rafter, roof. Alys. 2210. Germ. schindel

Shining, _sb._ Ps. cix. 3

Ship, _sb._ RG. 466

---- _v. a._ == furnish, store. RG. 538

---- == cause to embark in a ship. Alys. 6062

---- _v. n._ == sail in a ship. Alys. 1495

Shipful, _sb._ RG. 265; ‘ssypvolmen’ == shipfuls of men. RG. 371

Shipping, _sb._ == ships. Alys. 990

Shipwright, _sb._ Alys. 3665

Shir, _adj._ == bright. HD. 587. AS. scír

Shire, _sb._ RG. 3. 374. AS. scíre

Shireness, _sb._ == purity. Ps. cxviii. 130

Shirt, _sb._ 260 B.

Shit, _adj._ == obscene. O. and N. 286

---- _v. a._ Alys. 5670. AS. scitan

Shiver, _v. n._ Rel. S. v. 142

Shoe, _sb._ HD. 860. AS. sceó

---- _v. a._ HD. 1138; pres. ‘shoyeth.’ Pol. S. 238; part. ‘ischud.’ O. and N. 1527

Shonde, _sb._ == injury. RG. 65. AS. sceond

Shoot, _v. n._ [ssete]. RG. 377; [scheote]. Alys. 6347; 3 s. pres. ‘schit.’ Fr. Sci. 138

---- _v. a._ pret. ‘sset.’ RG. 419; part. ‘yssote.’ RG. 419, 377. AS. scítan

Shooting, _sb._ [ssetinge]. RG. 543

Shop, _sb._ RG. 541. Fr. eschope

Shore, _sb._ HD. 321. AS. score, from ‘scéran,’ to divide

Shoren, for ‘sholen’ == shall. HD. 1640

Short, _adj._ RG. 412

Shortly, _adv._ RG. 181, 446

Shotship, _sb._ == a party paying scot and lot. HD. 2099. AS. scot

Shoulder, _v. a._ HD. 1056

Shoulderblade, _sb._ HD. 2644

Shouldered, _adj._ == having shoulders. Alys. 4968

Shoulders, _sb._ RG. 377, 401

Shove, _v. n._ RG. 148; pret. ‘schef.’ 408 β

---- _v. a._ Ps. lxi. 5. AS. scúfan

Shovel, _sb._ RG. 99. AS. scofl

Shoving, _sb._ RG. 212

Shower, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 89. AS. scúr

Shrede, _sb._ == clothing. HD. 99

Shrenke, _v. a._ == blast, wither, make to shrink up. Fr. Sci. 194. AS. screncan. Swed. skrynka

Shrew, _adj._ == wicked. RG. 383, 419

---- _sb._ == enemy. RG. 407

Shreward, _sb._ == shrew, used always of men. RG. 268

Shrewd, _adj._ [schrewede] == cursed, wicked. RG. 164

Shrewhede, _sb._ == wickedness. RG. 280

Shride, _v. a._ == shroud or clothe oneself. HD. 963; pret. ‘shred.’ K. Horn, 868. Ps. xcii. 1; part. ‘y-shred.’ Alys. 6819. AS. scrýdan

Shriek, _v. n._ Pol. S. 157; [schirche]. O. and N. 223. pret. ‘shrighte.’ Alys. 5738. ON. skríkja

Shrift, _sb._ RG. 419; [schifte]. HD. 1829. AS. scrift

Shriftfather, _sb._ == confessor. Miracles, 69

Shrill, _adj._ [schille]. O. and N. 142

---- _v. n._ == sound. Alys. 777

Shrine, _sb._ RG. 478, 518. AS. scrin

---- _v. a._ == enshrine. RG. 469

Shrink, _v. n._ [scrynke]. Pol. S. 157. AS. scrincan

Shrive, _v. a._ RG. 392, 544

---- == confess. Ps. vii. 18; lxxxviii. 6

Shroud, _sb._ == clothing. HD. 303. AS. scrúd

Shudder, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 110

Shueles, _adj._ == soulless. O. and N. 1126. AS. sáwl-leas

Shun, _v. a._ == avoid. Body and Soul, 105. AS. scunian

---- == make to shun, repel. Ps. cxviii. 10; bring to nought, quash. Ps. xxxii. 10; xxxix. 15

Shunt, _v. a._ == shun. O. and N. 236

Shut, _v. a._ pret. ‘shytt.’ Alys. 5137. 3 pl. ‘schutten.’ Ibid. 2640. part. ‘y-scheot.’ Alys. 6185; ‘y-shote.’ Alys. 5953. AS. scittan

Sib, _adj._ == akin. RG. 346, 446; [ysyb]. RG. 315. AS. gesib

---- _sb._ == peace, concord. O. and N. 1003. AS. sib

Sibrede, _sb._ == kinship. RG. 492. AS. sibrǽden

Sick, _adj._ RG. 564

---- _v. n._ == sicken, become sick. 506 B.

Sickle, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 62. AS. sicel

Sickness, _sb._ RG. 378, 251

Side, _sb._ RG. 553

Side, _sb._ == time. _v._ Sithe

Side, _adj._ == wide, ample. RG. 117. Wright’s L. P. p. 37. AS. síd

Siedh, _sb._ == sinks. Rel. S. iii. 5; 3 s. pres. síhð. AS. sígan

Siege, _sb._ == seat, RG. 132

---- _v. a._ == besiege. Alys. 2672

Sigh, _sb._ [syke]. Wright’s L. P. pp. 40, 90

---- _v. n._ [syke]. Wright’s L. P. p. 85; part. ‘sykynde.’ RG. 323. AS. sýcan

Sighing, _sb._ [siking]. 9 β. Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Sighingness, _sb._ Ps. ci. 6

Sight, _sb._ == appearance. RG. 6

---- == a spectacle. RG. 539

---- == view, prospect. Cok. 46

Sign, _sb._ RG. 180, 193

Signifiance, _sb._ == meaning. Alys. 583

Signify, _v. a._ RG. 345

Signiory, _sb._ RG. 440

Siker, _adj._ == secure. RG. 430, 503

Sikerhede, _sb._ O. and N. 1263

Sikerlich, _adv._ == certainly. O. and N. 1137. HD. 422

Sikerness, _sb._ RG. 434. HD. 2856

Silence, _sb._ 319 β

Silk, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 36. AS. seolc

Silken, _adj._ Alys. 278

Silly, _adj._ RG. 428. Literally, happy, then innocent, foolish, from AS. sǽlig

Silver, _sb._ RG. 379

---- _adj._ ‘silver ore.’ RG. 1

Simnel, _sb._ == a biscuit. HD. 779. Lat. ‘siminellus,’ from ‘simila.’ Sw. semla

Simple, _adj._ RG. 97

Simply, _adv._ RG. 125

Sin, _sb._ RG. 195, 405

Sinew, _sb._ 2429 B

Sinful, _adj._ RG. 173, 405

Sinfully, _adv._ RG. 445

Sing, _v. a._ RG. 508. Alys. 1044

---- _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Singing, _sb._ Alys. 6745

Sink, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 37. AS sincan

---- _v. a._ == make to sink. pret. ‘sanke.’ Ps. lxviii. 3. AS. sencan

Sir, as a title, ‘Syre Geffray.’ RG. 440. ‘Sir King.’ RG. 501

Sire, _sb._ == an appellative. RG. 500, 501

---- == a lord. RG. 321

Sise, _sb._ == assize. Body and Soul, 143

Sisour, _sb._ == a person deputed to hold assizes. Manuel d. Pecches, 2638

Sister, _sb._ RG. 453

Sit, _v. n._ RG. 535

---- == fit (as a dress). Body and Soul, 199

---- _v. a._ == oppose, for ‘at-sitte.’ HD. 2567

Sithe, _sb._ == time. ‘at the first sithe’ HD. 1052. RG. 264; [side]. O. and N. 299. AS. sið

Sithen, _adv._ == afterwards. HD. 2251

Siththe, _adv._ == since (of time). 1864 B.; afterwards. RG. 266; [suththe]. RG. 368, 378. AS. síðða

Six. RG. 428, 395

Sixteen. RG. 474

Sixth, _adj._ RG. 416

Sixty. RG. 368

Skeet, _adj._ == swift. Alys. 5637. ON. skjóttr

Skekking, _sb._ == battle. Alys. 3563. ON. skekja, to shake

Skente, _v. a._ == amuse, delight. O. and N. 449. ON. skemta

Skenting, _sb._ == a merry song. O. and N. 446

Skere, _adj._ == clear, pure. Pol. S. 155. AS. scír

---- _v. a._ == purify, justify. RG. 334, 335

Skere, _adj._ == divided from. Rel. S. iv. 78

Sket, _adv._ == quickly. HD. 1926. Alys. 974; [skit]. Alys. 6029. ON. skjótt

Skewe, == sky. _q. v._

Skilful, _adj._ == reasonable. Creed of St Athan. 76

Skill, _sb._ == intelligence. Body and Soul, 25; reason. Pol. S. 198. Alys. 3372

---- == cause. Ps. xlii. 1. ON. skil, skilning

Skin, _sb._ Alys. 6807

Skinner, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Skip, _v. n._ [schippe]. Alys. 1108

Skirm, _v. n._ == skirmish. Alys. 197, 1046. HD. 2323; ‘skirmen’ is used in Laȝamon in the sense of ‘skirmish.’ Dan. skjerm, a defence

Skit. See Sket

Skruke, _v. n._ == shrink, wither. Wright’s L. P. p. 87. Cf. ON. skrucka, ‘anus rugosa,’ skrucklegr, ‘deformis,’ and Eng. ‘shrug’

Skulk, _v. n._ Ps. xxxviii. 12; ‘skulded.’ Ps. cxviii. 158. Sw. skolka

Skulking, _sb._ RG. 256

Skull, _sb._ RG. 16

Sky, _sb._ Alys. 479, 561; [skewe]. Ps. xvii. 12. ON. ský, a cloud

Skyke, _v. n._ == fight. Alys. 6077. ON. skekja. See Skekking

Skymyng, probably for ‘skyrming’ == fighting. Alys. 1615

Slab, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 141. AS. slífan

Slack, _adj._ Alys. 1252. AS. sleac. Dan. slap

---- _v. a._ == slacken. Ps. lxxxviii. 10

---- _v. n._ == become slack, remiss, [slake]. Wright’s L. P. p. 54

Slade [slede], _sb._ == a green plain. RG. 447. AS. slǽd

Slake. See Slack

Slander [sclaundre], _sb._ RG. 333, 354

---- == fame, report. Alys. 4797

Slating, == slaying. Alys. 200

Slave, _sb._ Body and Soul, 100

Slay, _v. a._ [sle]. 1128 B.; pret. ‘slowe.’ RG. 528; ‘slou.’ RG. 376; ‘slouȝ.’ 2373 B.; 2. pl. imper. ‘sleth.’ RG. 236; part. ‘yslawe.’ RG. 9

Slaȝt, _sb._ == slaughter. RG. 493, 379

Sledde, _sb._ == an old blind person. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Dut. sladde. ON. slæfr, ‘hebes,’ ‘ignavus,’ slitti, ‘res flaccida’

Slede. See Slade

Sleech, _adj._ == sly. Ritson’s AS. viii. 147. Rel. Ant. ii. 175. ON. slægr

Sleep, _sb._ RG. 429

---- _v. n._ Pol. S. 152

Sleeper, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 278

Sleeping, _sb._ == sleep. 1576 B.

Sleet, _sb._ Cok. 39

Sleeve, _sb._ HD. 1957. AS. sléf

Sleight, _sb._ Ps. civ. 22

Sleme, _sb._ == weariness. Ps. cxviii. 28. AS. sluma. ON. slæmi

Sletten, _vb._ == slid, fell. See Slide

Slice, _sb._ Alys. 3833. AS. slican, to strike

Slide, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 110. 3 pl. pret. ‘sletten.’ Alys. 2262; part. ‘islide.’ O. and N. 686

---- _v. a._ == make to slide. Ps. lxxxviii. 24. AS. slídan

Slider, _adj._ == slippery. O. and N. 954

Sliding, _sb._ Ps. cxiv. 8; lv. 13

Slike, _v. a._ == make smooth, comfortable. Rel. S. i. 43. part. ‘isliked.’ O. and N. 841. ON. slikja

Sling, _sb._ Alys. 3223. AS. slingan

---- _v. a._ pret. ‘slonge.’ RG. 362; pret. ‘slongen.’ Body and Soul, 233

---- _v. n._ == leap, fling oneself, pret. ‘slang.’ Alys. 5538

Slit, _v. a._ Ps. xxix. 12; part. ‘slat.’ Pol. S. 154

---- _sb._ == pocket. O. and N. 1116

Sloe, _sb._ HD. 849. Alys. 4983. AS. slá

Slot, _sb._ == bar. Ps. cvi. 16. Dut. slot

Sloth, _sb._ RG. 195. AS. slæwð

Slough, _sb._ == bog. Alys. 6075; [slo]. O. and N. 1392. AS. slog

Slow, _adj._ RG. 455. AS. sláw

Sly, _adj._ == cunning. Ps. viii. 4. RG. 350. ON. slægr. Dan. slu

Slyly, _adv._ Cok. 156. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Smack, _sb._ == scent. O. and N. 821. AS. smæc

Small, _adj._ 2218 B.

---- _sb._ == infant, Ps. xvi. 13

Smaragde, _sb._ == emerald. Alys. 5683. Lat. smaragdus

Smart, _adj._ == sharp, ‘a smart yard.’ Rel. Ant. i. 115; pert. Alys. 4160

---- _v. a._ == to give pain to, torment. Wright’s L. P. p. 70

---- _v. n._ == to ache, feel pain. pret. ‘smourte.’ RG. 322. 3 pl. ‘smerten.’ Alys. 5845. AS. smeortan

Smear, _v. a._ == anoint [smyrie]. St Kath. 183; part. ‘ysmered.’ RG. 457. AS. smérian

Smell, _sb._ == odour. RG. 43. Body and Soul, 219

---- == scent (of a dog). O. and N. 820

---- _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 88. Body and Soul, 22. The ON. smella, ‘crepere, tinnire,’ is probably the origin of our ‘smell;’ words relating to the senses are frequently shifted from one to the other in different languages

Smerle, _sb._ == ointment. Ps. cxxxii. 2. AS. smérels

Smile, _sb._ 80 β. Swed. smila

Smite, _v. a._ 1579 B.; pret. ‘smite.’ RG. 397; part. ‘ismyte.’ 2155 B.; ‘to smite a battle.’ RG. 55

---- _v. n._ == go, pass. St Dunst. 74

---- (with ‘out’) == to burst out of a place. RG. 564. Alys. 494

Smith, _sb._ HD. 1876

---- _v. a._ Ps. cxxviii. 3

Smithy, _sb._ St Dunstan, 60

Smock, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 40. AS. smoc

Smoke, _sb._ RG. 437, 493. AS. sméc

---- _v. n._ 485 β

Smoky, _adj._ 466 β

Smooth, _adj._ [smethe]. RG. 424. AS. sméðe

Smother, _sb._ == smoke, fumes. Body and Soul, 218. AS. smorian

Snache, _v. a._ == pierce? Alys. 6559. AS. snás, a spear, or spit

Snail, _sb._ O. and N. 87. AS. snægel

Snake, _sb._ Alys. 5972. AS. snácu

Snare, _sb._ Pol. S. 197. AS. sneáre

Sneer, _v. n._ Ps. ii. 4. Lat. ‘nares,’ the nostrils. Cf. Gr. μυκτηρίζειν, and Engl. ‘sneeze,’ from AS. næs. Lat. nasus

---- _v. a._ == scorn. Ps. lxxix. 7

Sneering, _sb._ Ps. lxxviii. 4

Sneipe, _v. n._ == blow the nose. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Cf. Snyte

Snell, _adj._ == swift. K. Horn, 1517. AS. snel

Snellich, _adv._ == quickly. Cok. 161

Snepe, _adj._ == foolish. O. and N. 225. ON. snápr

Snivelling, _part._ Fr. Sci. 279. AS. snofel

Snobbe, _v. n._ == sob? Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Dut. snof == singultus, Kil.

Snode, _sb._ == a morsel. Ps. cxlvii. 17. AS. snid

Snout, _sb._ K. Horn, 1114. Alys. 6534. ON. snúdr

Snow, _sb._ RG. 463

---- _v. n._ Alys. 6450. 3 s. pres. ‘snuith.’ O. and N. 620

Snub, _v. a._ [snibbe]. Ps. ix. 6. ON. snubba

Snubbing, _sb._ == rebuke. Ps. xvii. 16

Snurpe, _v. n._ == become shrivelled. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Sw. snörpa

Snyte, _v. a._ == blow the nose. St Dunstan, 85; part, ‘ysnyt.’ Ib. 91. ON. snýta

So, _adv._ with adj. ‘a so gret best.’ 674 β. ‘of so noble fame.’ RG. 367

with adv. ‘so that.’ 643 β. 651 β. ‘so soon’ == as soon as. 635 β

---- == as if. HD. 594

---- == in such manner. RG. 369

---- == as. Wright’s L. P. p. 28, ‘wery so water in wore’

---- == how [sa]. Ps. xxxiii. 9

So. See See

So, _sb._ == a pail. HD. 933. ON. sár. Dan. saa. Fr. seau

Soap, _sb._ RG. 6

Sobbing, _sb._ HD. 234

Socket, _sb._ == blade. Alys. 4415. Fr. soc, a ploughshare

Soffid, _part._ == sought? Ritson’s AS. viii. 209

Soft, _adj._ RG. 475, 557; merciful. Ps. xxxiii. 9

---- _adv._ == softly. 2128 B.

Soil, _v. a._ RG. 469. AS. sol

---- _v. n._ == become soiled. O. and N. 1274

Sojourn, _sb._ 1585 B.

---- _v. n._ RG. 469

Sojourning, _sb._ Alys. 5209

Solace, _sb._ RG. 442

---- _v. a._ RG. 552

Solacing, _sb._ Alys. 6746

Soldan, _sb._ Alys. 1781

Solement, _adv._ == solely. 197 β

Solemnity, _sb._ 2237 B. Ps. lxxiii. 4

Solsecle, _sb._ == the herb solsequium, or heliotrope. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 53

Somdele, _adv._ RG. 545

Some, _adj._ ‘sum holi childe.’ 104 B.; used absolutely, ‘somme’ == some persons. RG. 396, 459

Somer, _sb._ == bedstead. Body and Soul, 18. Fr. somier

Somer, _sb._ == sumpter horse. Alys. 827. Fr. sommier

Somer, _sb._ == burden, luggage. Alys. 5109. AS. seman. Fr. some

Something. RG. 368

Sometime. RG. 377

Somewanne, _adv._ == at some time. RG. 260

Son, _sb._ RG. 370

Sonde, _sb._ == a messenger. RG. 383. AS. sand, sond

---- == a message. Alys. 2893

Sondres. See Sunder

Song, _sb._ 1888 B.

Sonte, _sb._ == saint, _q. v._

Soon, _adv._ RG. 367

Soot, _sb._ Pol. S. 195. Alys. 6636. AS. sót

Sooth, _adj._ == true. 1201 B. AS. sóð

---- _sb._ == truth, in the phrase ‘to sooth,’ i. e. ‘in truth.’ 1023, 2118 B.

Soothfastness, _sb._ Ps. xci. 3

Soothful, _adj._ Fragment in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21

Soothly, _adv._ Ps. xxxvi. 33

Soothness, _sb._ RG. 457

Sorcery, _sb._ Alys. 478. Fr. sort. Lat. sors

Sore, _adj._ RG. 435

---- _sb._ 130 B.

Sorefully, _adv._ Body and Soul, 6

Soreness, _sb._ RG. 131

Sorimod, _adj._ == sorrowful. O. and N. 1216

Soriness, _sb._ K. Horn, 950

Sorrow, _sb._ RG. 374, 378; [seorhe]. O. and N. 1597. AS. sorh

---- _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 50

Sorrowful, _adj._ HD. 1248

Sorrowing, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Sorry, _adj._ == sorrowful. RG. 52

---- == bad or sad, ‘a sori chirchegon.’ RG. 379

Sortes, a misprint for ‘sottes.’ O. and N. 1469

Sot, _adj._ == sottish. O. and N. 1433. Rel. S. ii. 37. AS. sot

---- _sb._ O. and N. 297

Sothede, _sb._ O. and N. 1372

Sotoned, _adj._ == made like a long cassock. Alys. 5150. Fr. soutane

Sotter, _sb._ == a cobler. Rel. Ant. ii. 175. Lat. sutor

Soul, _sb._ RG. 383, 526

Soulneed, _sb._ Body and Soul, 49

Sound, _sb._ (sonus). RG. 283; [sone]. Alys. 1183

Sound, _adj._ RG. 402; [isunde]. O. and N. 1100

Soundeful, _v. n._ == prosper. Ps. i. 3. AS. sundfullian

---- _adj._ == prosperous. Ps. xliv. 5

Sour, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 114. AS. súr

---- _v. n._ == become sour. Alys. 7002

Sourmouncie, _sb._ == lordship. Alys. 595. Fr. surmonter

Sousprior, == subprior, _q. v._

South. Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Southeast. Alys. 5225

Southern, _adj._ 463 β

Southward. 513 β

Southwest [southerwest]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 155

Sove, == seven. Fr. Sci. 29

Sovereign, _sb._ RG. 15

Sow, _v. a._ RG. 499; ‘to sow of one’s land.’ RG. 496; pret. ‘sewe.’ RG. 29; part. ‘isowe.’ O. and N. 1127

Sowel, _sb._ == anything eaten with bread; sauce, meat, &c. HD. 767. Dan. suul

Spade, _sb._ RG. 99. AS. spád

Spakely, _adv._ == surely, certainly. Wright’s L. P. p. 37. ON. spakligr. ‘spakky’ in Rel. Ant. ii. 212, is a mistake for ‘spakly’

Spale, _sb._ == rest? O. and N. 258. Sw. ‘spel,’ game or play

Span, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. span

---- _v. a._ == allure. O. and N. 1488. AS. spanan

Spannew, _adj._ Alys. 4055. HD. 968; lit. ‘as new as a chip,’ from AS. spón, a chip; cf. Swed. ‘spillerny’ == span-new, with Sw. spiltra, a splinter, and Engl. ‘spill’

Sparc, _sb._ == park. RG. 439

Spare, _v. a._ RG. 428, 429

Spark, _sb._ HD. 91

---- _v. n._ == sparkle. HD. 2144

Sparkle, _sb._ Body and Soul, 208

Sparrow, _sb._ 1098 B.

Spatle, _v. n._ == slobber in speaking. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Speak. RG. 497; pret. ‘speke.’ RG. 419; part. ‘ispeke.’ 936 B.

Spear, _sb._ RG. 48, 564. AS. spére

Spearman, _sb._ RG. 378

Special, _adj._ RG. 422

---- _sb._ == a particular friend. Alys. 3288. St Dunstan, 194

Specially, _adv._ RG. 497

Speech, _sb._ RG. 412, 419

Speed, _v. n._ == succeed. pret. ‘spedde.’ RG. 303, 396; part, ‘isped.’ 1487 B. AS. spédan

Spell, _sb._ == tale. HD. 338, 2530. AS. spell

---- _v. n._ == tell, relate. HD. 15

Spelling, _sb._ == tale. Ps. lxxii. 28

Spence, _sb._ == expenses. RG. 167; money to defray expenses. RG. 275; [spounse]. 1566 B.

Spend, _v. a._ RG. 528; pret. ‘spende.’ RG. 390

Spending, _sb._ [spenynge]. RG. 389

Sperd, _part._ == barred, locked up. HD. 448. ON. sperra

Sperver, _sb._ == sparrowhawk. Alys. 183. Fr. espervier

Spew, _v. n._ Pol. S. 240. AS. spíwan

Spice, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 34

Spicery, _sb._ RG. 151

Spill, _sb._ == a splinter of wood; ‘not worth a spill.’ 850 B. Ital. spillo. AS. speld

Spill, _v. a._ == destroy. 306 B.; part. ‘ispild.’ O. and N. 1025

---- _v. n._ == miscarry. Wright’s L. P. p. 84

Spin, _v. a._ Alys. 6806; part. ‘ysponne.’ Alys. 7251

Spinnandweb, _sb._ == spider. Ps. lxxxix. 9

Spire, _sb._ == a sprout, twig. O. and N. 18. ON. spira

Spire, _v. a._ == inquire, learn. HD. 2620. Alys. 2569. AS. spirian. Scotch, speer

Spit, _sb._ == kitchen spit. RG. 207. AS. spitu

---- _v. a._ == pierce with a spit, RG. 207

Spit, _v. a._ [spret]. Alys. 979

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

Spore, an error for ‘swore’ == neck? O. and N. 1123

Spouse, _sb._ == husband. RG. 431

---- == matrimonial fidelity. O. and N. 1332

---- _v. a._ RG. 368, 422; part. ‘yspoused.’ RG. 393

Spousebreach, _sb._ RG. 26

Spousehood, _sb._ RG. 26, 367

Spousing, _sb._ == marriage. RG. 431

---- == matrimonial fidelity. O. and N. 1553

Sprawl, _v. n._ HD. 475

Spray, _sb._ == twig of a tree. RG. 552. AS. spree

Spread, _v. a._ HD. 95.

---- == overspread. Sermon, 30; part. ‘ysprad.’ RG. 545

Spread, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 70. AS. sprædan

Spret. See Spit

Spring, _v. n._ RG. 15; pret. ‘sprong.’ RG. 384; part. ‘isprung.’ O. and N. 300. AS. springan

Spring, _sb._ == fountain. Wright’s L. P. p. 70

Springe, _sb._ == snare. O. and N. 1064

Sprit [spreot], _sb._ == bowsprit. Alys. 858. AS. sprit

Sprout, _sb._ HD. 1142. Ps. lxxix. 12. AS. sprote

Spur, _sb._ RG. 544. AS. spor

---- _v. a._ RG. 376

Spurless, _adj._ Pol. S. 71

Spurn, _v. a._ Ps. xc. 12

Sputing, _sb._ == disputing. O. and N. 1572

Spy, _sb._ Body and Soul, 130. Alys. 3530

---- _v. a._ == look out, devise. Alys. 7013

Spyrie ? Alys. 2995. Possibly a mistake for ‘squyrie,’ i. e. the squires

Squat, _v. a._ == squash, crush. Ps. cix. 6. AS. cwatan, to shake

Squire, _sb._ RG. 536, 380

Stability, _sb._ Ritson’s AS. viii. 98

Stable, _adj._ RG. 551, 455

---- _v. a._ == stablish; part. ‘ystabled.’ Alys. 4690

Stably, _adv._ RG. 551, 123

Staff, _sb._ RG. 126. AS. stæf

Stage, _sb._ == platform. Alys. 5585

Stake, _sb._ RG. 51. AS. stáca

Stake, _sb._ == a blow. Alys. 2835. AS. stician, to stab, fix in

Stake, _v. a._ == hazard; part. ‘steke.’ Alys. 69

Stale, _sb._ == stealing. M. Ode, st. 128

Stall, _sb._ ‘stal ne stode’ == neither ox nor horse, i. e. in no capacity. O. and N. 1630

Stall, _sb._ == stable. Wright’s L. P. p. 48. AS. steal

Stallion, _sb._ [stalun]. Cok. 165

Stalward, _adj._ RG. 384, 538. AS. stæl-weorð, that which is worth taking

Stalwardhede, _sb._ RG. 213, 274

Stalwardly, _adv._ RG. 394, 399

Stalwardman, _sb._ RG. 400

Stalworthi, _adj._ == stalward. HD. 24

Stammer, _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Stamp, _v. a._ == pound, bruise. Alys. 332

Stamyn, _sb._ == a linsey garment. 2245 B. Fr. estamine

Stand [stonde], RG. 372. 3 s. pres. ‘stent.’ 1925 B.; ‘stont.’ RG. 1; pret. ‘stood.’ RG. 388

Standard, _sb._ RG. 303, 400. Fr. estendart, from tendre. The word originally meant the centre of an army, where a pole was fixed bearing a dragon, whose mouth was turned in the intended direction of march. Hence ‘dragon’ is sometimes used by RG. for a ‘standard’

Standard, == standardbearer. Alys. 1995

Star, _sb._ RG. 416, 548. AS. steorra

Star, _sb._ == sedge. HD. 939. Swed. starr. ON. stör

Stare, _v. a._ HD. 1037

Stare. ‘Aȝeyn stare,’ Pol. S. 217, is probably ‘gain-stayer,’ i. e. opponent

Stark, _adj._ == strong. HD. 341. Wright’s L. P. p. 87. AS. stearc

Start, _v. n._ == leap suddenly. RG. 460

Startle, _v. n._ == stumble along. Body and Soul, 60

Starve, _v. n._ == die. Alys. 579; die of hunger. Alys. 1234

Starving, _sb._ Ps. cvi. 20

Starwise, _adj._ O. and N. 1316

Stat, _sb._ == place, or ground? Alys. 2268. ON. stadr

State, _sb._ == condition. RG. 380, 433, 491

Stathel, _v. a._ == establish. Ps. xxi. 12. AS. staðolian

Stathelnes, _sb._ == substance. Ps. cxxxviii. 15. AS. staðolnes

---- == firm foundation. Ps. lxviii. 3

Statute, _sb._ Pol. S. 88

Stayelnes, _sb._ == substance. Creed of St Athan. 14

Stead, _sb._ == place. 5 B.; [stide]. F. and P. 17. AS. stede

Steal, _v. a._ RG. 564

---- _v. n._ == come secretly upon one. Alys. 4032

Stealingly, _adv._ [stelendelich] == secretly. Alys. 5080

Steam, _sb._ HD. 591

Stedde, _part._ == fixed. Ps. lxxxvii. 8

Stedfast, _adj._ RG. 529, 533

Stedfastly, _adv._ Ps. xliv. 5

Stedful, _v. a._ == make firm, prosperous. Ps. lxiv. 10

Steed, _sb._ RG. 544

Steel, _sb._ RG. 2

Steelen, _adj._ Alys. 2301

Stefne. See Steven

Steke, _v. a._ See Stick, _v. a._

---- == shut up, enclose. Ps. xvi. 10; pret. ‘stake.’ ON. steckr, a fold

Stench, _sb._ RG. 405, 407

Steo, _v. n._ == step, or go. See Stie

Step, _sb._ RG. 338, 459

---- _v. n._ RG. 338

Stepmother, _sb._ RG. 122, 287

Stere, _sb._ == stern of a ship. K. Horn, 1421; the place where the ship is ‘steered’

---- == rudder. Cok. 152. AS. steóre

Stere, _adj._ == staunch, true to? K. Horn, 1390. Connected with AS. stearc. Germ. starr

Sterling, _sb._ == a coin of sterling money. RG. 563, 565. Germ. sterling

Stern, _adj._ RG. 377; [steorne]. Alys. 508, 511. AS. styrn

Sterne, _sb._ == star. HD. 1809. Ps. cxxxv. 9. ON. stjarna

Sternhede, _sb._ == sternness. RG. 369

Sternly, _adv._ RG. 369

Sterre, _adj._ == stiff, brittle. Alys. 4437. ON. starr

Stert, _sb._ == tail. HD. 2823. AS. steort

Stet, _vb._ == stops, delays. Alys. 4146

Steven, _sb._ [stefne] == voice. O. and N. 314. AS. stefen

Stevening, _sb._ == appointment, assignation. Wright’s L. P. p. 46

Stew, _sb._ Cok. 107. Dan. stuve

Steward, _sb._ HD. 667. SS. steowien. MG. staujan. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ. iii. 471

Sthenche. Evidently an error for ‘schenche,’ to pour out. RG. 118

Sti, _sb._ == path. Wright’s L. P. p. 111. HD. 2619. AS. stíg

Stick, _sb._ HD. 914. AS. sticca

Stick, _v. a._ == pierce; part. ‘ystyked.’ Pol. S. 190

---- == fasten [steke]. 683 B.

---- == place. pret. ‘stok.’ RG. 367; _part._ ‘istekke.’ Pol. S. 203. AS. stician

Stie, _v. n._ == go [steo]. Rel. S. i. 38. 3 s. pres. ‘stiȝth.’ O. and N. 1403; pret. ‘stowe.’ Alys. 1209. AS. stígan

Stiff, _adj._ RG. 377

Stiffly, _adv._ RG. 251

Still, _adj._ == quiet. RG. 367. HD. 2309

Still, _v. a._ 467 B.

Stilly, _adv._ RG. 548, 564

Sting, _v. a._ == pierce; part. ‘ystonge.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 84; ‘isstunge.’ O. and N. 515. AS. stingan

Stinging, _sb._ Ps. lix. 5

Stink, _v. n._ 2422 B.

---- _v. a._ == make to stink. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Stint, _v. a._ == stop, or hinder. Ritson’s AS. viii. 63; imper. ‘stunt.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 50; pret. ‘stunte’? Ibid. p. 31

---- _v. n._ == stop, halt? 1126 B. AS. stintan, which is, however, always neuter

Stir, _v. a._ [sterin]. Body and Soul, 72; pret. ‘sturede.’ RG. 17, 22

Stirring, _sb._ Ps. lxxxviii. 10; cxx. 3

Stirrup, _sb._ 190 B. AS. stíg-ráp

Stith, _sb._ == anvil. HD. 1877. AS. stýð

Stithe, _adj._ == strong. Wright’s L. P. p. 99; [stithye]. Ibid. p. 31

Stithstream, _sb._ == deluge, flood. Ps. xxviii. 10

Stivour, _sb._ == a musical instrument, sort of trumpet. Alys. 2571. Fr. estive

Stock, _sb._ == stem of a tree. O. and N. 25

Stode. See Stud

Stoke, _sb._ == a thrust. Alys. 7096

Stonde, _sb._ == drinking vessel. Rel. S. v. 110. OHG. standa

Stole, _sb._ Alys. 4714

Stone, _sb._ RG. 394, 517

---- _v. a._ RG. 298

Stonedead, _adj._ HD. 1815

Stoop, _v. n._ Alys. 1103. AS. stúpian

Stop, _v. a._ == stop up. Alys. 6228. Ps. lxii. 12. Dut. stopfen

Stopple, _sb._ RG. 223

Stor. See Stour

Store, _sb._ RG. 395, 396

---- _v. a._ part. ‘ystored.’ RG. 18

Storm, _sb._ Ps. xlix. 3

Story, _sb._ == tale. HD. 1641

Stot, _sb._ == horse. O. and N. 495. AS. stotte

Stound, _sb._ == a space of time. RG. 388, 559. AS. stund

Stoup, _sb._ == cup. RG. 268. AS. stoppa

Stour, _adj._ == strong, great. Wright’s L. P. p. 87; [stor]. Ps. xxxvii. 15. AS. stór

Stout, _adj._ 512 B. Dut. stout

Stoute, _v. a._ == disturb, annoy. Manuel d. Pecches, 2951. AS. strútian

Stover, _sb._ == provision, fodder. Alys. 1866. Fr. estouvier

Stow, _sb._ == a place. Wright’s L. P. p. 98. AS. stow

Stowe, _sb._ == went, mounted. See Stie

Straile, _sb._ == a couch. Ps. xl. 4. AS. strǽl

Strain, _v. a._ == tighten, stretch; part. ‘istrained.’ 1479 B.

Strait, _adj._ 260 B.

Straitly, _adj._ == rigorously. RG. 373

Strand, _sb._ (of the sea). K. Horn, 39

Strange, _adj._ HD. 640

Strangeman, _sb._ RG. 254

Strangle, _v. a._ HD. 510

Straple, _sb._ == strap. 1479 B. AS. strapol

Straw, _sb._ [stro]. Pol. S. 152; [strie]. HD. 998. AS. streow

Stream, _sb._ HD. 2687

Stream, _v. n._ == flow. Ps. lxi. 11

Street, _sb._ RG. 7

Strench, _sb._ == strain, stretch. Rel. S. i. 14. AS. strec

Strene, _sb._ == progeny. Alys. 511; [strende]. Ps. ix. 27. AS. strýnd

---- _v. a._ == beget. HD. 2983; fornicate. Ps. lxxii. 27. AS. strýnan

Strength, _sb._ RG. 377, 490; [strenge]. RG. 302

---- == violence. Pilate, 101

---- _v. a._ == strengthen. Ps. lxviii. 5

Strenkil, _v. a._ == sprinkle. Ps. 1. 9. Cf. Swed. stänka

---- _sb._ == hyssop. Ps. 1. 9

Streon, _sb._ == the knot in the yolk of an egg, the point where generation commences. Fr. Sci. 6. AS. streon

Stride, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 111

---- _sb._ Ritson’s AS. viii. 32

Strie. See Straw

Strife, _sb._ RG. 408, 567

Strike, _v. n._ == go on, flow. Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. strican. See Laȝamon, i. 171, 397, and the Legend of St Katherine (Abbotsford Club), vv. 2514, 733, for exx. of this sense in Semi-Saxon

---- _v. a._ == strike sail. K. Horn, 1043

String, _v. a._ == pierce. Cf. our phrase, ‘string papers together,’ i. e. pierce them, and then unite them by a string. Body and Soul, 207. Another form of ‘sting’

---- _sb._ RG. 456; == rope. Ps. civ. 11. AS. streng

---- == direction of going? Ps. cxxxviii. 3

Strip, _v. a._ 2242 B. Pilate, 185

Strive, _v. n._ RG. 26; [struen]. Marg. 25. Fr. estriver. Swed. sträfwa. Germ. streben. ON. strita. AS. stríð

Striving, _sb._ RG. 467

Stroke, _sb._ RG. 536, 401

Strong, _adj._ RG. 544, 546; comp. ‘stronger.’ RG. 266; sup. ‘strongest.’ RG. 111

---- == violent. RG. 84

Strongly, _adv._ HD. 135

Strout, _sb._ == contention. HD. 1039. AS. strúdan

---- _v. n._ == make a disturbance. HD. 1779

Stroy, _v. a._ [struye] == destroy. Marg. 52

Struen. See Strive

Strumpet, _sb._ Pol. S. 153. Span. estrupar. Lat. stuprum. The ‘m’ is inserted, as in ‘pamphlet,’ from Span. ‘papelete’

Strut, _sb._ == display, show. Manuel d. Pecches, 3350

Stubble, _sb._ [stubbe]. O. and N. 506. ON. stubbr

Stud, _sb._ == of horses, &c.; [stode]. Cok. 35. O. and N. 495. AS. stód

Stude, _sb._ == place. RG. 383, 473

Study, _sb._ 1199 B.

Stumble, _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Stump, _v. n._ == stumble. O. and N. 1392. Swed. stapla

Stunt. See Stint

Sturbing, _sb._ == disturbance. Marg. 48

Sturdy, _adj._ RG. 387. ON. styrdr

Sturgeon, _sb._ HD. 753. Fr. estourgeon. ON. starri. Swed. stör

Stuten, == started? HD. 599

Subprior, _sb._ [sousprior]. RG. 494

Subtle, _adj._ == bad. Wright’s L. P. p. 23

---- _v. a._ == make bad. Ibid. p. 23

Succour, _sb._ RG. 568

---- _v. a._ RG. 399

Such, _adj._ 10 B.; ‘a such.’ 1179 B.; [swiche]. O. and N. 1345; ‘such’ absol. == such thing. RG. 419

Suck, _v. a._ pret. ‘soken.’ Alys. 6119

---- _v. n._ part. ‘sucking’ (of children). 1496 B.

Suddenly, _adv._ Ritson’s AS. xviii. 42

Sue [sywe], _v. a._ == follow. RG. 396, 502

Suing [sywinge], _sb._ == following. RG. 502

Suere, _sb._ == neck. RG. 389. AS. sweora

Suffer, _v. a._ == permit. Wright’s L. P. p. 93. RG. 499; part. ‘isuffred.’ 1303 B.

---- _v. n._ == endure. 1242 B.

Sufferance, _sb._ Alys. 3192

Sugar, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Suit, _sb._ == do suit? [suite]. RG. 539

Suite [sywete], _sb._ == company. RG. 191

Sulle, ‘ar sulle’ == their selves? Pol. S. 152

Sully, _v. a._ == soil. O. and N. 1238

Sum, _sb._ RG. 563

Summer, _sb._ RG. 514; [sume]. O. and N. 709

Summon, _v. a._ RG. 377, 504

Summoner, _sb._ Pol. S. 157

Sumpter, _sb._ == attendant on the baggage. Alys. 6023

Sun, _sb._ RG. 548, 549

Sunbeam, _sb._ HD. 592

Sunday. RG. 495

Sunder [sondres], _adj._ == sundry, different. Alys. 3303

Sunegi, _v. n._ == sin. O. and N. 926

Sunrising, _sb._ Alys. 2901

Sunspring, _sb._ Ps. xlix. 1

Suoddring, _sb._ == sleep. RG. 264. AS. swodrian

Sup, _v. n._ HD. 1766

Supper, _sb._ HD. 1762

Supple, _adj._ RG. 223. Fr. souple

Surance, _sb._ == assurance. 1910 B.

Suspend, _v. a._ RG. 563

Suspicion, _sb._ Alys. 452

Sustain, _v. a._ RG. 440, 442; part. ‘ysusteyned.’ RG. 375

Sustenance, _sb._ RG. 378

Sutheth, _vb._ == showeth. RG. 458

Suththe. See Siththe

Swage, _v. a._ == assuage; part. ‘swaged.’ Pilate, 175

Swain, _sb._ RG. 53. AS. swán

Swallow, _v. a._ 2209 B.; part. ‘i-suolȝe.’ O. and N. 146. AS. swelgan

Swallow, _sb._ == the bird so called. Alys. 3787. AS. swalewe

Swan, _sb._ HD. 1726. AS. swan

Swart, _adj._ RG. 490

Sway, _sb._ == noise. Alys. 2801. AS. swég

Swear, _v. n._ pret. ‘suore.’ RG. 445, 446; part. ‘swore.’ Pol. S. 150; ‘isworen.’ Rel. S. v. 60

Swearer, _sb._ RG. 429

Sweat, _sb._ [swot]. HD. 2662. AS. swát

---- _v. n._ Fragm. Sci. 202

---- _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 70

Sweep [swopen], _v. a._ Rel. S. v. 151

Sweet, _adj._ RG. 435

Sweeting, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 52

Sweetly, _adj._ == sweet. Wright’s L. P. p. 52

---- _adv._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 193

Sweetness, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 68. St Swithin, 156

Swell, _v. n._ Body and Soul, 23; pret. ‘sval.’ O. and N. 7

Sweng, _sb._ == trick. O. and N. 795. Lit. ‘a blow.’ AS. sweng. Cf. our expression, ‘a stroke of policy’

Swepe, _v. a._ == strike, exercise. Ps. lxxvi. 7. AS. swip. ON. svipa

Sweping, _sb._ == a blow. Ps. xxxiv. 15; xxxvii. 18

Swere, _v. a._ == oppress. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. OHG. swárjan.

Swice, _v. n._ == cease. O. and N. 336; [iswike]. O. and N. 927

---- == faint, fail. Wright’s L. P. p. 48. AS. swícan

Swich, _adv._ == as if. O. and N. 566

Swift, _adj._ Ps. xli. 5

Swiftly, _adv._ Ps. cxlii. 7

Swike, _v. a._ == deceive. RG. 115. AS. swícan, swícol

---- _sb._ == deceiver, traitor RG. 105

Swikedhede, _sb._ RG. 357

Swikedom. RG. 512, 569. AS. swícdom

Swikeldom, _sb._ O. and N. 163

Swikelhede, _sb._ O. and N. 162

Swile, _v. a._ == wash. HD. 919. AS. swilian

Swim, _v. n._ 410 and 164 β. AS. swimman

Swine, _sb._ RG. 376

Swing, _v. a._ == strike, beat. Wright’s L. P. p. 84. AS. swingan

Swink, _v. n._ == labour. RG. 41; [iswinc]. Moral Ode, st. 94

---- _sb._ == labour, toil. RG. 40, 234. AS. swincan

Swire, _sb._ == neck. Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. sweora

Swise. See Swithe

Swithe, _adj._ == vehement. 340 β. AS. swíð

---- _adv._ == quickly. HD. 140, 682

---- == very. HD. 111; [swise], O. and N. 1565. AS. swíðe

Swithe, _v. a._ == burn; pret. ‘swath.’ Ps. cv. 18; part. ‘swithand.’ Ps. lxxxii. 15. ON. svíða

Swiving, _sb._ == fornication. Pol. S. 69 Swed. besofva

Swo, _adv._ == so. Wright’s L. P. p. 49

---- == as if. O. and N. 76

Swoon, _sb._ RG. 13. AS. a-swunan

---- _v. n._ [swoghen]. Alys. 5857; part. ‘yswowe.’ RG. 290. Alys. 2262; ‘yswawe.’ Alys. 2379

Swooning, _sb._ K. Horn, 454

Swop, _sb._ == blow. Marg. 30. ON. svipa

Sword, _sb._ RG. 395

Swore, == sworn? Pol. S. 157

Swored, _sb._ == neck. Alys. 974

Sworre, _sb._ == war. RG. 413

Swost. Rel. S. v. 152. The rhyme requires ‘swoȝ,’ for which ‘swost’ is probably an error; ‘swoȝ’ may mean ‘throw.’ See Hall. _s. v._ Swot

Swynde, _v. n._ == waste away. Pol. S. 150. AS. swindan

Sygaldry, _sb._ == nonsense, trick. Alys. 7015. Fr. singe, singerie? In the Manuel des Pecches, v. 503, ‘sygaldry’ occurs as a verb, in the sense of ‘sing charms, or spells’

Syke, == sigh, _q. v._

Synagogue, _sb._ Ps. lxxxi. 1

Sytoling, _sb._ == playing on the citole or guitar. Alys. 1043

Sywe, Sywinge. See Sue

Sywete. See Suite

T.

Tabard, _sb._ == a short cloak worn by military personages. Alys. 5476. Fr. tabar. Ital. tabaro. See Wright’s Vocabb. p. 133

Tabernacle, _sb._ RG. 20

Tabor, _sb._ == a musical instrument. RG. 396

Taboring, _sb._ Alys. 925

Tache, _v. a._ == spot or stain. Wright’s L. P. p. 70. Fr. tache

Tail, _sb._ (cauda). RG. 416. AS. tǽgel

---- == retinue of followers. RG. 305

Tail, _sb._ == tax. RG. 524. Fr. taille

---- == figure. RG. 117. Fr. taille

Tail, _v. a._ == cut up. Alys. 2133. Fr. tailler

---- _sb._ == slaughter. Alys. 2217

Tailed, _adj._ RG. 416

Taillage, _sb._ == tax. 343 B.

Take, _v. a._ 3 s. pres. ‘tas.’ Ps. i. 4; ‘thas’? HD. 1129; pret. ‘took.’ RG. 384

---- _v. n._ to ‘take on’ about a thing == be annoyed at it. 639 B.

Tale, _sb._ == story. HD. 5; talk. O. and N. 3. RG. 195

---- == number, reckoning. HD. 2025

---- _v. n._ == shout, speak. Alys. 1415

Talent, _sb._ == disposition. Alys. 1280. Fr. talent

Taleuace, _sb._ == a large shield. HD. 2323. Fr. talevas. See Roq.

Tame, _adj._ RG. 1. AS. tám

---- _v. a._ Pol. S. 214

Taper, _sb._ RG. 456, 534. AS. taper

Tapnage, _sb._ == secresy. Alys. 7131. Fr. tapin, tapinage

Tar, _v. a._ == cover with tar. HD. 707. AS. tyro, tare

Targe, _sb._ == a combination of shields, like the Roman testudo. Alys. 2785

Target, _sb._ Alys. 7395. AS. targe. Fr. targe

Tarry, _v. n._ == delay. RG. 109. Fr. tarier

Tarry, _v. a._ == excite, provoke. Ps. cv. 7. AS. teorian. Fr. tarier

Tarrying, _sb._ == delay. RG. 207

Tarryingness, _sb._ == provocation. Ps. xciv. 9

Tarst, == first. HD. 2688. Cf. ‘fyrst,’ for ‘thirst’

Tasting, _sb._ == experience, trial. Alys. 4043

Taughte, _sb._ == gave over to, put in charge of. HD. 2214. See Betake. AS. tacan. SS. i-tæchen

Tavelen, _v. n._ == play at dice. O. and N. 1664. AS. tæflan

Tavern, _sb._ RG. 195

Taw, _v. a._ == dress leather, curry. Rel. Ant. ii. 175. AS. tawian

Tax, _sb._ Pol. S. 151. Fr. taxer. Lat. taxare

Te, == to, with infin. RG. 65

Te, _v. a._ == draw; [teo], St Lucy, 112; draw out, prolong. ‘ne te more speche.’ K. Horn, 317. 3 s. pres. ‘tihth.’ O. and N. 1433; == spreads. 1180 B.

---- == educate. part. ‘i-toȝen.’ O. and N. 1723

---- _v. n._ == pull, drag. Wright’s L. P. p. 59

---- == go, betake oneself. RG. 40; [teon]. Alys. 6954. part. ‘ytyght’ == arrived. Alys. 7164. AS. teon

Teach, _v. a._ == 2074 B.; [i-tache]. O. and N. 1345. pret. ‘taȝte.’ RG. 73

Teacher, _sb._ Alys. 17

Team, _sb._ O. and N. 774. RG. 261. AS. teám

Tear, _sb._ RG. 405; pl. ‘tern.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 81

Tear, _v. a._ 2199 B.; 3 p. pret. ‘taren.’ Alys. 6876

Teat, _sb._ [tit]. Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. tite

Teem, _sb._ == brood. RG. 261. AS. teám

---- _v. a._ == breed. O. and N. 495

Teen, _sb._ == harm, mischief. RG. 80, 395; [tone]. O. and N. 50. AS. teona. See Gl. Rem. to Laȝamon, iii. 440

---- == sorrow. 1567 B.

---- _v. a._ == vex, annoy. part. ‘itened.’ Pol. S. 149

---- == grieve. Wright’s L. P. p. 92

Teenful, _adj._ Ps. lxxvii. 8

Teh, _sb._ == ill-humour. Wright’s L. P. p. 111. Gael. ‘taoig.’ Scotch, ‘tig.’ Ital. ‘ticchio’

Tel, _sb._ == deceit. HD. 190

Teld, _sb._ == tent. Ps. xviii. 6. AS. teld

---- _v. a._ == pitch a tent. Alys. 1975, 3470. part. ‘ytielde.’ Alys. 3438; ‘ytolde.’ Alys. 5901

Teldstede, _sb._ == tent-place. Ps. cxix. 5

Tele, _v. a._ == blame. O. and N. 1375. AS. tǽlan

Tell, _v. a._ == RG. 41; pret. ‘told.’ RG. 389; part. ‘ytold.’ RG. 368

---- _v. a._ == reckon, account. O. and N. 791, 340; 3 s. pres. ‘tolth.’ RG. 366

Teller, _sb._ == relator. Alys. 1577

Teme, _v. n._ == be a witness? Wright’s L. P. p. 32

---- _v. a._ == summon as a witness. M. Ode, st. 54. AS. teáma

Temper, _v. a._ == rule, restrain. RG. 72

---- _sb._ RG. 429

Tempest, _sb._ RG. 378

Temple, _sb._ RG. 14

Ten. RG. 430

Tence, _sb._ == cause of quarrel. Alys. 3025. Fr. tence, tenser

Tende, _v. a._ == light, kindle. RG. 407; part. ‘tende.’ RG. 534. AS. tendan

Tender, _adj._ RG. 315

Tenor, _sb._ Alys. 2977

Tenstringed, _adj._ Ps. cxliii. 9

Tent, _sb._ Alys. 4302

Tenth, _adj._ RG. 416, 473

Teo, _vb._ == draw. See Te

Term, _sb._ == set time. 1536 B.

Terrene, _adj._ Alys. 5685

Teste, _sb._ == head. Alys. 7112

Teyte, _adj._ == lively. HD. 1841. ON. teitr

Tha, == they. Ps. cxxiii. 3

---- == them. Ibid. 6

Thah. See Though

Thakke, _v. a._ == thwack. Cok. 140. AS. þacian

Than, _adv._ of comparison. RG. 459. See Then

Thane, _sb._ HD. 2260. pl. ‘thavenes’? RG. 202

Thanene. See Thence

Thank [thonc]. _sb._ RG. 485. Wright’s L. P. p. 37

---- _v. a._ RG. 452

Thankfully, _adv._ Pol. S. 156

Thanking, _sb._ Alys. 4065

Thar, _v. impers._ == it needs. See Thore, _v. n._

Tharmide, _adv._ == therewith. O. and N. 1368

Tharne, _v. a._ == lose, be deprived of. HD. 2492, 1912. See Gloss. to Ormulum, _s. v._ þarnenn

---- == endure. HD. 1687. See the Avowyng of Arthur, st. 66, v. 15

Thas, == takes? See Take

Thas, That. See under The

That, == done? See The, _v. a._

That, _conj._ RG. 377, et passim

Thave, _v. a._ == give. HD. 296; [thau]. Fragm. in Warton H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. Cf. ‘thane’ and ‘cayn’ in Havelok

---- == bear, sustain. HD. 2696. AS. þafian

_THE._ _def. art._

_sing._ N. ‘the.’ RG. 115; ‘tho.’ RG. 12. ‘theo.’ Alys. 2325

G. ‘thare.’ O. and N. 28

D. ‘than.’ O. and N. 125, 133; ‘then.’ RG. 543; ‘thon.’ O. and N. 135; fem. ‘thare.’ O. and N. 1581; ‘there.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 95

A. ‘then.’ RG. 542; ‘thun.’ RG. 508

_plur._ N. ‘theo.’ Alys. 3411; ‘the.’ RG. 42

A. ‘the.’ RG. 42

constr. with subst. and adj., ‘the waters.’ RG. 374; ‘the new forest.’ Ib. 375

with compar. adj., ‘the bet, the worse.’ RG. 374

The, _dem. pron._

_sing._ N. ‘the.’ O. and N. 798. neut. ‘that.’ RG. 377; ‘thet.’ RG. 387

D. ‘than.’ O. and N. 1684

A. ‘thut.’ 533

The, _rel. pron._ == who

_sing._ N. ‘the.’ O. and N. 1384, 1612; ‘that.’ RG. 387; ‘thit.’ HD. 2990

A. ‘that.’ RG. 387

_plur._ N. ‘that.’ RG. 387. Alys. 4656

The, _adv._ == there. HD. 863

The, _v. n._ == flourish, prosper. HD. 2606; Alys. 5472; [y-the]. RG. 428; part. pres. ‘theonige,’ for ‘theoninge.’ 149 B.; part. pass. ‘itheȝ.’ 151 B.; ‘y-then.’ RG. 346. AS. þeon

The, _v. a._ == do. M. Ode, 44. part. ‘that.’ HD. 1674. Germ. thun

The, == or, after ‘whether.’ O. and N. 822, 1358, 1360, 1406

Thede, _sb._ == country, [theode]. O. and N. 1581. HD. 105; territory. Alys. 96; place. HD. 2890. AS. þeód

Theft, _sb._ RG. 503

Thei. See Though

Thelde, _v. a._ == tell, give account of. Creed of St Athan. 93. ON. þylja. AS. þyle. The AS. þylian does not occur in this sense

Then, _adv._ [thonne]. RG. 115; [thanne]. O. and N. 508

---- == when [than]. O. and N. 421

Thence, _adv._ gen. of ‘then.’ [thannes], 1141 B.; [thanene]. RG. 377; [thethen]. Ps. cxxxi. 17

Thene, _v. n._ == reach to. Rel. S. i. 1. AS. þenian

There, _adv._ == of place. RG. 367; ‘thar.’ O. and N. 1612; ‘thore.’ Body and Soul, 98

---- with verbs, ‘there has.’ RG. 367

Thereafter, _adv._ RG. 401

Thereafterward, _adv._ Pilate, 110

Thereagainst, _adv._ 294 B.

Thereat, _adv._ RG. 464

Thereby, _adv._ [tharbi]. O. and N. 244

Therefore, _adv._ RG. 115; [thar forn]. Ps. xxxi. 4

Therefrom, _adv._ RG. 352

Therehence, _adv._ 1145 B.

Therein, _adv._ RG. 387

Thereof, _adv._ 100 B.; [thurof]. O. and N. 190

Thereon, _adv._ 546 B.

Thereout, _adv._ RG. 537

Thereover, _adv._ 516 B.

Therethrough, _adv._ 75 B.

Thereto, _adv._ 37 B.

Thereupon, _adv._ RG. 393

Therewith, _adv._ 272 B.

Therewithout, _adv._ 439 B.

Therne, _sb._ == a girl. HD. 298; O. Sax. therna. In the Avowyng of Arthur, st. 23, the word occurs under the form ‘thorne’

Thertekene, == mark thereto. HD. 2878. AS. tacnian

Thestri, _sb._ for ‘the estrie’ == the apparition, i. e. of the heavenly host. Wright’s L. P. p. 96. Fr. estrie

Thethen, == thence, _q. v._

Thevethorn, _sb._ == dog rose or wild briar Ps. lvii. 10. AS. þefe-þorn

Thew, _adj._ == in servitude. HD. 262, 221 B. AS. þeow

---- _vb._ See Underthewe

Thewes, _sb._ == manners, morals. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. AS. þeáw

Theymen, _sb._ == thew men or yeomen. RG. 330

Theyn, _sb._ == teen, hurt? Rel. Ant. i. 113

Thick, _adj._ RG. 412; used of air. Alys. 4079

---- _v. n._ == become thick. Alys. 3855. Fr. Sci. 309

Thief, _sb._ RG. 277, 428

Thiefly, _adv._ [theofliche]. 285 β. Alys. 4002

Thigg, _v. n._ == beg. Ps. cviii. 10. HD. 1373. AS. þicgan, to receive

Thiggand, _sb._ == beggar. Ps. xxxix. 18

Thigh, _sb._ [thy], RG. 244; [theo]. O. and N. 1495; pl. ‘thyes.’ RG. 417; ‘thes.’ HD. 1903. AS. þeoh

Thild, _sb._ == endurance. Ps. ix. 19. AS. þyld

Thin, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 37; [thunne]. Ibid. p. 47

Thin. See Thou

Thine, _adj._ before a cons. RG. 238

Thing, _sb._ RG. 367, 379. AS. þing

---- == cause, reason; ‘for mine thinge’ == for my sake. O. and N. 434

Think, _v. n._ RG. 397; [ithenche]. O. and N. 723; pret. ‘thoȝte.’ RG. 369; part. ‘ithoȝt.’ 110 B. 1378 B.; AS. þencan

Think, _v. n._ == seem. 3 s. pres. ‘thunth.’ O. and N. 1590; ‘thinȝth.’ Fr. Sci. 96; ‘me thunch.’ O. and N. 1647; ‘me thuncth.’ O. and N. 1670; pret. ‘thoȝte.’ 10 B.; 16 B. AS. þincan

Thinking, _sb._ == thought. Ps. xviii. 15

Thinly, _adv._ Alys. 5922

Thinne, _v. a._ == extend. Ps. lix. 10; cvii. 10. AS. þenian

Third, _adj._ [þrydde]. RG. 397

Thire, _adj._ == thy. O. and N. 429

Thirle, _v. a._ == pierce. Wright’s L. P. p. 88. AS. þirlian

---- _sb._ == hole, hence a privy chamber. Ps. civ. 30. AS. þirel

Thirst, _sb._ [virst]. Body and Soul, 87

Thirteen. RG. 390

Thirteenth, _adj._ [thretteoth], 330 β

Thirtieth, _adj._ RG. 441

Thirty. RG. 375

This, _dem. pron._

_sing._ N. RG. 367

D. ‘thisse.’ O. and N. 659; ‘þusse.’ M. Ode, 172

A. ‘this.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 50; ‘thas.’ O. and N. 1440

_plur._ N. This == these. Wright’s L. P. p. 42; ‘thuse.’ Fr. Sci. 122

D. and A. ‘thenne.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 23

Thisterness, _sb._ == darkness. HD. 2191. AS. þýsternes. Germ. finsterniss

Thit, == that. HD. 2990

Thither, _adv._ [þuder]. RG. 543, 387

Thitherward. RG. 387

Thixil, _sb._ == an adze. Ps. lxxiii. 6; but the AS. þixl seems only to mean ‘the shaft of a waggon.’ In Wright’s Vocab. p. 275, we find ‘acia’ (i. e. ascia), translated ‘a tyxhyl’

Tho, _adv._ == then. RG. 384

---- == when. O. and N. 1688

---- == though, _q. v._

Thole, _v. a._ == endure. RG. 407, 509; part. ‘ytholed.’ RG. 24. AS. þólian

Tholemod, _adj._ == long-suffering. Alys. 393. Wright’s L. P. p. 72. AS. þólmód

Thong, _sb._ RG. 115

Thonk, _sb._ == thought. O. and N. 490

---- == will; ‘hire thonkes,’ gen. abs. == with her will. O. and N. 70, 292 B. M. Ode, st. 43. AS. þonc, þanc

Thonkyng, _sb._ == thought. ‘heore thonkyng.’ Alys. 1660

Thore, _v. n._ == dare. 581 β. 2 s. pres. ‘therstou.’ 585 β; pret. ‘therste.’ 895 B. ON. þora

---- _v. n._ == need. 120 β. 3 s. pres. ‘tharf.’ O. and N. 190; ‘thar.’ Ritson’s AS. viii. 57. AS. þearfan. Germ. dürfen

Thore. See There

Thore, ‘on thore lay.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 95; probably, ‘on or according to the law.’ ‘Thore’ is the dat. sing. of the def. art. AS. þǽre

Thorn, _sb._ 389 β

Thornback, _sb._ == a fish. HD. 759

Thorough, _prep._ See Through

Thoroughly, _adv._ == going right through. HD. 680

Thoste, _sb._ == dung. Pol. S. 237; Ps. lxxxii. 11. AS. þost

Thou, _sing._ N. ‘thou.’ RG. 115; ‘thu.’ O. and N. 71; ‘thow.’ Alys. 3371

G. ‘thin.’ ‘maugre thin.’ HD. 1128

A. ‘the.’ 424 B.

_plur._ N. ‘ȝe.’ 26 B.

A. ‘ȝou.’ 583 β; ‘eu.’ O. and N. 1791; ‘ow.’ Ibid. 1696

Though, _adv._ [tho]. RG. 371; [thei]. RG. 64; [thah], O. and N. 1272; [thof]. Creed of St Athan. 79; [theȝ]. 156 B.

Thought, _sb._ 38 and 41 B. Ps. cxviii. 97

---- == care, anxiety. RG. 506. Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Thoure, perhaps for ‘þo were.’ RG. 534, sed qu?

Thousand, _adj._ RG. 368, 454

---- _sb._ Ps. cxviii. 72

Thowen, _adj._ == virtuous. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. AS. þeáw

Thraldom, _sb._ RG. 12, 480

Thralhede, _sb._ == thraldom. RG. 47

Thrall, _sb._ == a slave. HD. 1097. AS. þræl

---- == subjection, servitude. RG. 143

Thraying, _part._ == chastening. Ps. lxxii. 14; [ȝraihand]. Ps. cxvii. 18. AS. þreagan

Threat, _v. a._ RG. 110; pret. ‘thrat.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 53; part. ‘thrat.’ Pol. S. 158

---- _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 23

Threaten, _v. a._ RG. 457; 501

Threating, _sb._ 2107 B.

Threde, _v. a._ == either ‘dread’ or ‘threaten.’ 2107 B. Numerous examples of the interchange of ‘th’ and ‘d’ may be found in the Romance of Lybeaus Disconus, in Ritson’s Rom. vol. ii.; as ‘thoghty’ for ‘doughty,’ ‘tho’ for ‘do,’ &c.

Three. RG. 371; [thrinne]. HD. 716

Threpe, _v. a._ == convict, refute. Ps. xciii. 10. AS. þreapian

Threstelcock, _sb._ == thrush. Wright’s L. P. pp. 40, 43

Threte, == destroyed, worn out? Wright’s L. P. p. 23. From AS. ‘þroten,’ part. of ‘þreotan,’ to vex, oppress, wear out

Thrice, _adv._ RG. 490; [thrye]. RG. 191

Thrie, _sb._ == affliction. HD. 730. AS. þryccan, þrycnes

Thriddendele, _sb._ == third part. Alys. 5161

Thrift, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 47

Thring, _v. n._ == push, press. O. and N. 794. AS. þringan

---- _v. a._ == dash to pieces. Ps. lxxii. 20; pret. ‘thrange.’ Ps. lxxvii. 59; part. ‘thrungen.’ Ps. lxxii. 22; ‘ithrunge.’ O. and N. 38

Thrinnes, _sb._ == Trinity. Creed of St Athan. 10, 11. AS. þrínes

Thriste, _adj._ == bold. O. and N. 758. AS. þrist

Thrive, _v. n._ RG. 11. ON. þrífaz. Dan. trives

Thrivemon, _sb._ == a thrifty man. Pol. S. 159

Thriven, _adj._ == virtuous, good. Wright’s L. P. pp. 23, 26; ‘thriven and thro.’ Body and Soul, 87; ‘thryven in thro.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 26, and see p. 39

Thro, _adj._ == bold, good. See under Thriven. AS. þreá

Throat, _sb._ Body and Soul, 148. AS. þróte

Throatbolle, _sb._ == windpipe. Rel. S. v. 173. AS. þrótbolla

Throe, _sb._ [thrawe]. Alys. 606. AS. þreág

Throghe, _sb._ == pit, sepulchre. Ps. lxvii. 7; lxxxvii. 5. AS. þruh

Throne, _sb._ 2343 B.; [trone]. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 47

Throng, _sb._ Alys. 3639. AS. þringan

Through, _prep._ == on account of. [thurf]. 21 B.; [thurs]. O. and N. 821; [thurch]. O. and N. 1396

---- == by means of. [thurth]. O. and N. 1426

---- == throughout (of time). [thurȝ]. O. and N. 447

---- == throughout (of place). [þoru]. RG. 373

---- == throughout. [þoru]. RG. 367

Throughgo, _v. n._ Ps. c. 2; pret. ‘thurghyhode.’ Ps. civ. 18

Throughout, _prep._ [þoru out]. RG. 416

---- _adv._ == entirely. O. and N. 877, 878; [thurfout]. 262 B.

Throw, _sb._ == a space of time. RG. 261; hence ‘a turn.’ O. and N. 260. AS. þrag

Throw, _v. a._ Rel. S. i. 37; pret. ‘threw.’ K. Horn, 1108; part. ‘ithrow.’ F. and P. 14

---- == throw from a horse. Alys. 2226; pret. ‘threowe.’ Alys. 2791

---- _v. n._ == fall from a horse. Alys. 2224

Throwing, _sb._ == unhorsing a knight. Alys. 1614

Thrughe, == a pit. See Throghe

Thrush, _sb._ [thruisse], Cok. 94

Thrust, _v. a._ == push out. HD. 1152

Thrustle, _sb._ == throstle, or thrush. Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Thulke, == this. RG. 373, 549; == that. RG. 412. From AS. þylc, i. e. þyllíc, the like. It is not used in AS. for the dem. pron., but occurs in Laȝamon in this sense

Thuman, _sb._ == yeoman. RG. 470

Thund, _adv._ == yonder. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21

Thunder, _sb._ RG. 378

---- _v. n._ Ps. xvii. 14

Thundering, _sb._ RG. 414

Thursday. RG. 419, 532

Thurte, _adv._ == athwart, across, astride. HD. 10. AS. þweor

Thus, _adv._ RG. 443

Thuster, _sb._ == darkness. O. and N. 198. AS. þýstru

Thusterness, _sb._ == darkness. O. and N. 369; [thisterness]. HD. 2191

Thuvele, _sb._ == twigs, underwood. O. and N. 278. AS. þúfe

Thy, _adj._ RG. 238; [thire]. O. and N. 429

Tide, _sb._ == time. 37 β. AS. tíd

---- _v. n._ == happen. RG. 418. 1813 B.; [itid]. O. and N. 1254; 3 s. pres. ‘tid.’ RG. 134

Tideful, _adj._ == opportune. Ps. xxxi. 6

Tiding, _sb._ == news. RG. 383, 441

Tie, _v. a._ part. ‘iteid.’ 521 β

Tiger, _sb._ Alys. 5227

Tike, _sb._ == dog. Pol. S. 238. ON. tík

Till, _v. n._ == reach, extend. RG. 8, 151. Fr. Sci. 246. From ON. til == to; cf. AS. ‘till,’ an end, object

Till, _v. a._ == cultivate. RG. 21, 41. AS. tilian

Tilling, _sb._ Pol. S. 149; [talling]. Alys. 5932

Tilth, _sb._ Ps. civ. 12. AS. tilð

Timber, _sb._ Alys. 2885

Timbre, _sb._ == timbrel. Alys. 191

Time, _sb._ RG. 9, 370. In Ps. cxxxi. 5, ‘times’ is used for ‘brows,’ evidently a mistranslation of the Latin ‘tempora’

Timeful, _adj._ == suitable. Ps. cxliv. 15

Timely, _adv._ == in good time. RG. 258

Timing, _sb._ == time, season. Frag. in Warton, H. E. P., vol. i. p. 22

Timpan, _sb._ == drum. Ps. lxvii. 26; Ps. cxlix. 3

Tin, _sb._ RG. 1, 6

Tine. See Tende

Tine, _v. a._ == lose. HD. 2023. ON. týna

Tinsel, _sb._ == perdition, destruction. Ps. lxxxvii. 12. ON. týna

Tite, _adv._ == quickly. Ps. cv. 13; xxxvi. 2. AS. tíd, tídlíce

Tithe, _v. n._ == pay tithes; pret. ‘tetheȝede.’ RG. 261

Tithe, _v. a._ == grant. RG. 114. AS. tiðian

Tithing, _sb._ == a division of the hundred. RG. 267

Tithing, _sb._ == a tenth part [teoþing]. Judas, 135

Tiȝth. See Te

To, _prep._ ‘to this land,’ ‘to Scotlande.’ RG. 367

---- == towards. ‘to men.’ RG. 369

---- sign of dative case. RG. 370

To, _adv._ == till. Alys. 5902. Ps. xvii. 38

To, _adv._ == too, _q. v._

To, with infin., ‘to fle that cas.’ RG. 367; [te]. RG. 65

To, == two, _q. v._

Toad, _sb._ == frog; pl. ‘tade.’ Ps. lxxvii. 45

---- == toad. Body and Soul, 210

To and fro. Body and Soul, 184

Tobeat, _v. a._ == beat violently. O. and N. 1608

Toberste, _v. n._ == burst; part. ‘to-borste.’ Body and Soul, 159

---- _v. a._ == break in two; pret. ‘tobarst.’ Alys. 2154

Tobreak, _v. a._ == break in pieces. RG. 288, 419

---- _v. n._ K. Horn, 1109

Tobrede, _v. a._ == enlarge. Ps. iv. 2. AS. to-brædan

Tobrede, _v. a._ == tear in pieces; part. ‘tobrode.’ O. and N. 1006. AS. ‘tobredan’

Tobrenne, _v. a._ == kindle. Ps. ii. 13

Tobrise, _v. a._ == bruise; part. ‘tobrised.’ HD. 1950

Tobune, _v. a._ == strike violently. O. and N. 1164. AS. bana, bona

Tobuste, _v. a._ == batter, bang. O. and N. 1608

Tobuy, _v. a._ == buy; pret. ‘tobohte.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 93

Tochine, _v. a._ == split in pieces. O. and N. 1563; part. ‘tocoon.’ Alys. 573. See ‘tochon,’ in Gloss. to Laȝ. AS. tocínan

Tocleave, _v. a._ pret. ‘toclef.’ RG. 17, 401

Tocome, _v. n._ == come to, arrive. RG. 367

Tocrush, _v. a._ HD. 1992

Todash, _v. a._ RG. 540

Today, 295 β

Todele, _v. a._ == divide. RG. 492, 529

Todraw, _v. a._ == tear in pieces, destroy. RG. 422. Wright’s L. P. p. 111

---- == draw or carry. RG. 509

Todrive, _v. a._ == drive away, put to flight. RG. 458. Alys. 6216

Toe, _sb._ RG. 539; pl. ‘to.’ Marg. 46

Toflatt, _part._ == flattened. Alys. 5833

Toflight, _sb._ == refuge. Ps. xvii. 3

Tofore, _adv._ == before. RG. 377

Toforen, _adv._ == before. Wright’s L. P. p. 110

Tofrusshe, _v. a._ == smash. HD. 1993

Tofye, _v. n._ == dissolve in corruption. Wright’s L. P. p. 101. ON. fægja, to clean out. See ‘Defyyn’ and ‘Fyin’ in the Prompt. Parv., and the notes there

Together, _adv._ RG. 435; [togare]. K. Horn, 876

Tognaw, _v. a._ Alys. 6119

Tognide, _v. a._ == dash, bruise; pret. ‘tognodded.’ Ps. ci. 11. AS. gnídan

Togo, _v. n._ 3 pl. pret. ‘togane.’ Ps. ii. 2

Tohene, _v. a._ == vex, scorn. O. and N. 1127. AS. hýnan

Tohew, _v. a._ RG. 540; pret. ‘tohewe.’ Alys. 5704

Token, _sb._ RG. 291

Tokening, _sb._ == a token, or sign. RG. 396

---- == making signs. Alys. 6439

Toknit, _v. a._ Ps. cxlvi. 3

Tolene, _part._ == lent. Wright’s L. P. p. 49

Toll, _sb._ == tax. Pol. S. 237. Alys. 3795. AS. tól

Toll, _v. a._ == tull, allure. O. and N. 1625. ON. túlka, allicere

Tolonst, _part._ == lanced, pierced. Alys. 1621

Tolyvre, _v. a._ == deliver. Pol. S. 237

Tomb, _sb._ RG. 224

Tome, _sb._ == leisure. RG. 557. ON. tóm

---- _adj._ == vain, useless. O. and N. 1670. AS. tom. ON. tómr

Tomehed, _sb._ == vanity. Ps. xxiv. 4; xxxiv. 7

Tomorrow. 898 B.

Tomourn, _v. n._ == mourn. Wright’s L. P. p. 86

Toname, _sb._ == surname. RG. 431. The reading ‘tuo name’ is clearly an error

Tone. See Teen

Tong, _sb._ O. and N. 156. pl. ‘tangen,’ 475 β. AS. tange

Tongue, _sb._ 645 B.

Toningue ? Creed of St Athan. 18. Possibly a mistake for ‘theoning.’ AS. þeonung, power

Too, _adv._ [to] ‘to fewe.’ 174 B.

Tool, _sb._ == sword. Alys. 815

Tooth, _sb._ RG. 407

Toothed, _adj._ Alys. 5408

Top, _sb._ == spinning top. Alys. 1706. Dan. top

Top, _sb._ == a lock or curl of wool. O. and N. 428. AS. top

Top, _sb._ == head. Marg. 47

---- == summit. 339 β ON. toppr

Top, _v. n._ == wrestle, fight together. Pilate, 15. Dut. toppen. Kil.

Topaziune, _sb._ == topaz. Cok. 90. Ps. cxviii. 127

Toqueme, _adv._ == agreeably. Creed of St Athan. 5. See Gloss. to Orm. _s. v._ tocweme

Toraced, _part._ == broken in pieces. RG. 22. ON. rekja, part. rakit, to undo, unweave

Toraunced, _part._ == broken in pieces. RG. 216. This is probably only another form of the preceding word

Toreave, _v. a._ == tear; pret. ‘torof.’ RG. 29

Torede, _v. a._ HD. 118

Torel, _sb._ == tower. Alys. 3239

Torend, _v. a._ Alys. 6622, 7881

Torforth, == multitudes? Alys. 3205. W. torf

Torive, _v. a._ == split. Alys. 6217; part. ‘toriven.’ HD. 1954

Torment, _sb._ St Andrew, 18. St Kath. 165

Tormenting, _sb._ St Andrew, 57

Tormentor, _sb._ St Andrew, 81

Tort. See Turd

Toshake, _v. a._ O. and N. 1645

Toshene, _v. a._ == destroy. O. and N. 1118. AS. to-scǽnan

Toshiver, _v. n._ Alys. 2728

---- _v. a._ HD. 1993

Toslit, _v. a._ O. and N. 694

Tospill, _v. a._ Ps. xliii. 8

Tospread, _v. a._ RG. 160

Toswolle, _part._ == swollen. Pol. S. 157

Tote, _v. n._ == look, spy. HD. 2104. Swed. titta

Totear, _v. a._ Alys. 6297; pret. ‘totare.’ Alys. 4658; part. ‘totorn.’ HD. 1948

Tothriste, _adj._ == very bold. O. and N. 171. AS. þrist

Tothute, _vb._ pret. == thou hast confounded. Ps. xiii. 6. AS. þýwan?

Totill, _v. a._ == cultivate. Fr. Sci. 42

Totorve, _v. a._ == throw missiles at. O. and N. 1164. In v. 1117, ‘totorneth’ is probably a misprint for ‘totorveth.’ AS. torfian

Totose, _v. n._ == hurt, injure. O. and N. 70; part. ‘totused.’ HD. 1948. AS. teosu

Totread, _v. a._ 3 pl. pret. ‘totraden.’ Alys. 3946

Totwitch, _v. a._ == pluck at. O. and N. 1645. AS. twiccian

Touch, _v. a._ 2229 B.

Touching, _sb._ St Lucy, 33

Tough, _adj._ [tou]. RG. 515; [touȝt]. RG. 510; [toȝte]. O. and N. 703; [tohte]. O. and N. 1444. AS. tóh

Toupe, _sb._ == a tup, ram. Ritson’s AS. viii. 107. Sw. tuppa, a cock

Tour, _sb._ == arrangement, business. RG. 468. Fr. tour

Tournament, _sb._ RG. 384, 534

Tourney, _sb._ 213 B.

Tourneying, _sb._ == jousting in tournaments. Alys. 1045

Toute, _sb._ == rump. Cok. 134. Dut. stuit. ON. torta. Cf. Fr. touton. Cotgr.

Toward, _prep._ == on the side of; ‘toward Normandye.’ RG. 2

---- _adv._ == this way; ‘toward, fraward.’ Ps. cxviii. 8

Tower, _sb._ RG. 402

Towhen, _adv._ == how long? Ps. iv. 3; lxxxviii. 47

Town, _sb._ RG. 378, 512

Townsman, _sb._ Rel. Ant. i. 144

Towrench, _v. a._ == extricate. Body and Soul, 155

Towrest, _v. a._ == force open. Body and Soul, 189

Toyear, == this year. 235 β. Ritson’s AS. viii. 183

Tprot, == interjection of contempt. Pol. S. 223

Trace, _sb._ ‘took a trace’ == retired. Alys. 7771. Fr. traxir

Traitor, _sb._ RG. 519

Traitory, _sb._ == treason. Alys. 3983

Transcript, _sb._ 548 B.

Transmigration, _sb._ RG. 9

Trappe, _sb._ == trappings. Alys. 1606

Travail, _sb._ RG. 379, 395

Trayed, _part._ == annoyed. Alys. 3046. AS. tréga

Treachery, _sb._ RG. 56

Treachour, _sb._ RG. 455

Treacle, _sb._ [tracle]. Cok. 82. See Triacle

Tread, _v. a._ RG. 132

---- == copulate. part. ‘itrede.’ O. and N. 501

Treason, _sb._ RG. 385, 447

Treasure, _sb._ RG. 375

Treasurer, _sb._ Alys. 826

Treasury, _sb._ RG. 374

Treble, _adj._ == triple. Alys. 6606

Treche, _sb._ == track. RG. 145. Fr. trache

Tree, _sb._ == RG. 408, 536; [trough]. Alys. 6829; [trowe]. Alys. 6762

Treisuses. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176; probably a corruption of Fr. ‘trés usés;’ old worn pieces of leather, to the use of which the cobblers were restricted in mending shoes. The alutarii, or cordwainers, on the other hand, were confined to the _making_ of shoes with _new_ leather

Trenne, _v. a._ == separate. Rel. Ant. ii. 212

Tresche, _sb._ == trench. AG. 552

Trespass, _sb._ RG. 374, 528

---- _v. n._ Pol. S. 198

Tressed, _adj._ Alys. 5409

Tressure, _sb._ == tresses. Wright’s L. P. p. 105

Treye, _sb._ == sorrow. Rel. Ant. i. 113. AS. tréga

Triacle, _sb._ == medicine, remedy. Alys. 5071. Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Trichard, _sb._ == deceiver. Pol. S. 69

Trick, _v. n._ == deceive [trichen]. Pol. S. 69

Trie, _adj._ == choice. Cok. 19, 73; Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Trifle, _sb._ RG. 417. Lit. ‘a small piece,’ from AS. trifelan, to pound

---- _v. n._ part. ‘trifling.’ St Dunstan, 74

Trinity, _sb._ RG. 532

Tripe, _sb._ Alys. 1578. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Fr. tripe. Ital. trippa

Trobles. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176; probably a corruption of Fr. ‘troblés,’ waste, spoilt leather; from Fr. ‘trobler’ == corrompre, gâter, Roq. See Treisuses

Trod, _sb._ == tread, or track. Body and Soul, 212. AS. trod

Tromcheri, _sb._ == trumpery? Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Fr. troncer, to break into small pieces. Cf. Gawin Douglas’s ‘trumpis,’ fragments, which is probably the origin of the modern form

Trome, _sb._ == a company. HD. 8. AS. truma

Trone. See Throne

Tronn (sic in MS.), _sb._ == a steelyard. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Trotevale, _sb._ == trifling, joke. Body and Soul, 146. Lat. titivillitia

Troth, _sb._ == betrothal. K. Horn, 694

Trouble, _adj._ == troubled, murky. Alys. 4709

Troué, _sb._ == hole. Alys. 7465. Fr. trou

Trough. See Tree

Trow, _v. a._ == believe. RG. 110

Trowe, _sb._ == trust, belief. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. treów

Trowe. See Tree

Truage, _sb._ == fealty. RG. 39, 372

Truce, _sb._ RG. 529. AS. trúwa. Fr. tréve, truwe

True, _adj._ RG. 377

Trueness, _sb._ RG. 391

Truly, _adv._ RG. 93

Trump, _sb._ == trumpet. RG. 396

Trumper, _sb._ == trumpeter. Alys. 3426

Trumping, _sb._ Alys. 925

Truncheon [tronchon], _sb._ == part of a broken spear. Alys. 3745

Trundle [trendli], _v. n._ == roll. O. and N. 135. AS. trendel

Truss, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. pp. 110, 111. Fr. torser, trusser

---- _v. a._ == pack up. HD. 2017. Alys. 990

---- == fasten. Alys. 5477

---- _v. n._ == prepare oneself. RG. 487. Alys. 7160

Trust, _v. a._ RG. 468, 469

---- _v. n._ [triste]. O. and N. 760; [traiste]. Ps. cxxiv. 1

Trusty, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 47

Truth, _sb._ RG. 388, 457; [trauthe]. Creed of St Athan. 4; [trauht]. Ibid. 87

Try, _v. a._ == refine, as gold; part. ‘ytried.’ Alys. 828

Trysthor, _sb._ == traitor. RG. 302

Trywede, _sb._ == truth, good faith. RG. 358

Tubrugge, _sb._ == townbridge. RG. 543. Pol. S. 222

Tuenge, _v. n._ == pinch. See Twinge

Tuesday. RG. 552

Tug, _v. n._ Body and Soul, 226; part. ‘ytuht.’ Pol. S. 220. AS. tcohhian

Tuke, _v. n._ == harass, punish. O. and N. 63. AS. tucian

Tumble, _v. n._ Alys. 2465. AS. tumbian

Tumbrel, _sb._ == a porpoise. HD. 757. Swed. tumlare

Turd, _sb._ == excrement [tort]. O. and N. 1684. AS. tord

Turf, _sb._ HD. 939. O. and N. 1165 AS. turf

Turn, _v. n._ == return; ‘turnde again.’ RG. 387. 53 B.

---- with ‘to’ == become; ‘turn to ill.’ RG. 375

---- == turn against a person. RG. 367

---- _v. a._ == turn one’s back on a person. RG. 525; part. ‘yturned.’ RG. 28

---- == convert. St Swithin, 10

Turnay, _sb._ == tournament. Alys. 141

Turneying, _sb._ Alys. 1045

Turtle, _sb._ == dove. Ps. lxxxiii. 11. Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Tusk, _sb._ Ps. lvii. 7. AS. tux

Twege, _sb._ == doubt. M. Ode, st. 177. AS. tweogan

Twelfth, _adj._ RG. 416, 446

Twelfthnight. Alys. 6403

Twelve. RG. 18, 492

Twelvemonth, _sb._ == year. Pol. S. 71

Twentieth, _adj._ RG. 439

Twenty. RG. 440

Twere, _sb._ == doubt, subject of doubt, O. and N. 989. AS. tweo. S. Goth. twe

Twibil, _sb._ == axe. Wright’s L. P. p. 110. AS. twý-bill

Twice, _adv._ [tuye]. RG. 222

Twifald, _v. n._ == hesitate. Ps. lxv. 14; cv. 33

Twinge, _v. a._ [tuenge] == pinch. St Dunst. 81. O. and N. 156

---- == persecute. Ps. xvi. 9. Dan. tvinge.

Twinging, _sb._ == persecution. Ps. xvii. 19

Twinkling, _sb._ == ‘in the twinkling of an eye.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 106. AS. twinclian

---- == twangling, or tinkling (of a harp). Alys. 2572

Twinne, _v. a._ == divide. Ps. liv. 10

---- _v. n._ == separate, stand aloof from. Ps. xvi. 13. AS. twý

Two [tuo]. RG. 368; [to]. RG. 538

n. pl. ‘tweie.’ O. and N. 793

gen. pl. ‘tweire.’ O. and N. 886; ‘twam.’ O. and N. 1475; ‘twom.’ O. and N. 989

Twom. See Two

Tyffen, _v. a._ == adorn. Alys. 4109. Manuel des Pecches, 3204, 3208. ON. typpa.

Tyfyng, _sb._ == ornament. Manuel des Pecches, 3242

Tyrant, _sb._ RG. 389. pl. ‘tyranne.’ Alys. 7499

U.

Ughtening, _sb._ == dawn, See Uȝtening, Uȝten

Umben, _prep._ == around. Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. ymbe

Umbestonde, _adv._ == formerly. HD. 2297. Wright’s L. P. p. 46

Umbewhile, _adv._ == at times. Wright’s L. P. p. 49

Umbistand, _v. a._ == surround; pret. ‘umbistode.’ HD. 1875

Umbiyeden, _vb._ == surrounded. HD. 1842

Umgang, _sb._ == circuit. Ps. xi. 9

Umgive, _v. a._ == surround. Ps. vii. 8

Umgo, _v. n._ == go round; imper. ‘umga’ Ps. lviii. 7

Umgripe, _v. a._ == embrace. Ps. lxxviii. 8

Umklip, _v. a._ == embrace. Ps. xlvii. 13

Umlap, _v. a._ == encircle. Ps. xxxix. 13; lxx. 11. AS. læppa, a hem, border

Umlock, _v. a._ Ps. lxxvii. 62

Umset, _v. a._ == surround. Ps. xxi. 13

Umshadow, _v. a._ == overshadow. Ps. xc. 4

Umstanding, _sb._ == circumstance. Ps. cxl. 3

Umtipped, _part._ == dressed. Ps. cxliii. 12. See Tyffen

Unalike, _adj._ 140 β

Unarmed, _adj._ RG. 543

Unaware, _adj._ [unwar, uniwar]. RG. 88

Unbecomely, _adj._ K. Horn, 1097

Unbegotten, _adj._ [unbeȝet]. Signa ante Jud. 31

Unbind, _v. a._ RG. 74, 318; part. ‘unbound.’ RG. 161

Unblithe, _adj._ HD. 141. Wright’s L. P. p. 30

Unbold, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 100

Unborn, _adj._ Manuel des Pecches, 4857

Unbought, _adj._ Rel. Ant. i. 114

---- == unrecompensed. M. Ode, st. 30

Unbrede, _v. a._ == open. Pol. S. 156. AS. on-bredan

Unbroad, _adj._ [unbrad]. Pol. S. 156

Unburied, _adj._ RG. 219, 416

Unbuxom, _adj._ == disobedient. Rel. S. vi. 10

Unbuxomness, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 3013

Uncle, _sb._ RG. 446

Unclean, _adj._ RG. 351

Uncleanness, _sb._ RG. 434

Unclothe, _v. a._ HD. 659

Uncomely, _adj._ Body and Soul, 59

Uncouth, _adj._ == unknown. Alys. 5993; == unknowing in an act, sense. Wright’s L. P. p. 103? AS. uncúð

Uncunning, _sb._ 1024 B.

Under, _prep._ RG. 480; ‘under that’ == until. RG. 451

---- _v. a._ == put under. Ps. xvii. 48

Under, _sb._ See Undern

Underandnes, _sb._ == harmlessness. Ps. vii. 9. AS. derian

Underdo, _v. a._ == cheat. K. Horn, 1471

Underfang, _v. a._ == take up. RG. 371; pret. ‘underfong’

---- == understand. HD. 115

---- == elect. RG. 447

---- == receive, acknowledge. RG. 461. Wright’s L. P. p. 59

Underfind, _v. a._ == discover. Wright’s L. P. p. 45

Underfoot. 2031 B.

Underganging, _sb._ == humiliation. Ps. xl. 10

Undergo, _v. a._ == make to go under. Ps. xvi. 13

Underhand, == under one’s hand, in one’s power. RG. 141

Underlay, _v. a._ == put under. Ps. viii. 8

Underlout, _v. n._ == bow to. Ps. lix. 10; xxxvi. 7. AS. underlútan

Undern, _sb._ == third hour of the day, or 9 A.M. 2482 B.; [under]. Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. undern. MG. undaurns

Undernime, _v. a._ == take up. Body and Soul, 111

Understand, _v. a._ RG. 386; ‘Thu nart understonde’ == thou dost not understand. RG. 453

---- _v. n._ RG. 78; ‘To understonde hym’ == ‘suggest to himself or devise.’ RG. 431

Understanding, _sb._ Ps. cx. 10; cxviii. 73

Underthewe, _v. a._ == subdue. Alys. 1406. AS. under þeowan

Underwit, _v. a._ == understand; pret. ‘underwat.’ O. and N. 1089

Underȝete, _v. a._ == understand. RG. 401; perceive, discover. RG. 165. AS. under-gitan

Undeserved, _adj._ RG. 54

Undo, _v. a._ == destroy. RG. 384, 477

---- == open. Wright’s L. P. pp. 58, 71

Undreh, == intolerable? Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. dreogan

Uneasily, _adv._ 2252 B.

Uneasy, _adj._ 1482 B.

Uneaten, _adj._ [un-y-ete]. 296 β

Unelde, _sb._ == extreme old age. Ps. lxx. 18

Unele, _sb._ == sickness. RG. 377. AS. unhǽlu

---- == wickedness. RG. 384

---- _adj._ == evil. RG. 428

---- _v. n._ == become sick. RG. 349

Unfain, _adj._ Rel. Ant. i. 113

Unfast, _adj._ == insecure. Ps. xvii. 27

Unfele, _adj._ == evil. O. and N. 1379. See ‘unfæle’ in Gloss, to Laȝ.

Unfest, _adj._ == insecure. Ps. xxv. 1; xxvi. 2

Unfestand, _adj._ == insecure. Ps. ix. 4

Unfete, _adj._ == not feat, not good. Wright’s L. P. p. 43. Fr. faiteis

Unfiled, _adj._ == undefiled. Ps. xvii. 31

Unfillandlike, _adj._ == insatiable. Ps. c. 5

Unforholde, _adj._ == unrewarded. M. Ode, st. 30. AS. unforgolden

Unfree, _adj._ == niggardly, illiberal. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 191

Unfulmaking, _sb._ == imperfection. Ps. cxxxviii. 16

Ungirt, _part._ RG. 526

Unglad, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 29

Ungood, _adj._ O. and N. 129. Ps. i. 1

Ungreithe, Ungreithed, _adj._ == unready. Wright’s L. P. p. 99. 2241 B.

Ungrete, _sb._ == smallness. O. and N. 752

Unhallowed, _adj._ RG. 349

Unhealth, _sb._ M. Ode, st. 96, 8

Unhele, _v. a._ == uncover. Ps. xxviii. 9. AS. unhélan

Unhendly, _adv._ RG. 412

Unholde, _adj._ == unpleasant. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. AS. unhold

Unhonest, _adj._ == foul, indecent. Alys. 6472

Unhooded, _adj._ Ritson’s AS. xvii. 126

---- == lay, a layman. O. and N. 1176

Unhosed, _adj._ RG. 526

Unicorn, _sb._ Alys. 6710. Ps. xxviii. 6

Unisome, _adj._ == disunited. O. and N. 1520

Uniune, _sb._ == pearl. Cok. 87. Lat. unio

Unker, == of us two. See I

Unkevel, _v. a._ == uncover. HD. 601

Unkindly, _adv._ == against nature or kind. HD. 1250

---- == cruelly. 1540 B.

Unkindness, _sb._ RG. 31

Unkunde, _adj._ == not legitimate (of a king). RG. 423

Unkundede, _sb._ == unkindness. RG. 479

Unlast, _v. n._ == not to last. Ps. lxxxix. 6

Unlaw, _v. a._ == outlaw. RG. 473. 602 B.

Unlawfully, _adv._ Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Unlede, _adj._ == wicked. O. and N. 974. AS. unlǽd

Unlength, _sb._ == want of length. O. and N. 752

Unliche, _adv._ == only. Alys. 69

Unlike, _adj._ O. and N. 804

Unlovesome, _adj._ Alys. 6423

Unlust, _sb._ == misery, want of pleasure. Body and Soul, 95

Unmade, _adj._ Creed of St Athan. 31

Unmarried, _adj._ RG. 31

Unmeek, _adj._ Ps. iv. 3

Unmeet, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 23

Unmerry, _adj._ [unmurie]. O. and N. 346

Unmethe, _sb._ == want of moderation. O. and N. 352. AS. unmæte

Unmight, _sb._ == weakness. 1443 B.

Unmighty, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 22

Unmild, _adj._ O. and N. 61; 1497 B.

Unnait, _adj._ == vain, useless. Ps. ii. 1. AS. unnet

Unnaitlike, _adv._ == vainly. Ps. xxxviii. 12

Unnaitnes, _sb._ == vanity. Ps. xl. 7

Unne, _v. a._ == love. Wright’s L. P. p. 40. ON. unna

Unne, _v. n._ == grant, allow. M. Ode, 158; 1 s. pres. ‘an.’ O. and N. 1737. AS. unnan

Unnethe, _adv._ == scarcely. RG. 377, 491

Unnoteful, _adj._ == useless. Ps. lii. 4

Unorn, _adj._ == rude. K. Horn, 328. AS. unórne, unórnlíc

Unornelske, _adv._ == rudely. HD. 1941

Unpared, _adj._ Pilate, 232

Unplye, _v. a._ == unfold. Alys. 3000

Unquert, _sb._ == sorrow. Ps. xxx. 13. See Quert

---- _adj._ == sorrowful. Ps. x. 3

Unred, _sb._ == want of wisdom. O. and N. 161. AS. unrǽd

Unreken, _adj._ == disorderly, bad. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. ungerec

Unride, _adj._ == large. HD. 964; unwieldy. HD. 1795; deep, or wide (of a wound). HD. 1981, 2673; numerous. HD. 2947. AS. ungerýdu

Unright, _sb._ RG. 375, 417

---- _adj._ 330 B.

Unrighteous, _adj._ Ps. v. 6

Unrighteousness, _sb._ Ps. xxxvi. 7

Unrightfulness, _sb._ O. and N. 1740

Unripe, _adj._ O. and N. 320

Unroned, _adj._ == desolate. Ps. lxxviii. 7. See Rone

Unroningness, _sb._ == desolation. Ps. lxxii. 18

Unryde, _v. n._ == make incursion, attack. Manuel des Pecches, v. 904. AS. onrídan

Unsaht, _adj._ == unreconciled. Wright’s L. P. p. 42. AS. unsæht

Unseemly, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 31

Unsele, _adj._ == miserable, bad. O. and N. 1002. AS. unsǽl

Unselines, _sb._ == misery. Ps. xiii. 3

Unselthe, _sb._ == misfortune. M. Ode, st. 96. O. and N. 1261

Unsete, _adj._ == not good, or right. Wright’s L. P. pp. 23, 31. AS. unsidu

Unsewed, _part._ Pilate, 169

Unshapen, _adj._ == uncreated. Creed of St Athan. 23

Unshent, _adj._ == unpunished. Manuel des Pecches, 2733

Unshrined, _adj._ RG. 518

Unshut, _adj._ Alys. 2767

Unsithe, _sb._ == misfortune. O. and N. 1162. AS. unsið

Unsode, _adj._ == unsodden, unboiled. O. and N. 1005

Unspeedy, _adj._ Ps. lxxxviii. 35

Unspring, _v. n._ == open? Alys. 2902

Unspurn, _v. a._ == kick open. K. Horn, 1106

Unstable, _adj._ RG. 510

Unsteadfast, _adj._ Moral Ode, st. 122

Unstoken, _part._ == unfastened. Alys. 2682

Unstrength, _sb._ == weakness. O. and N. 151

Unstrong, _adj._ O. and N. 561

Unswere, _v. a._ == free from oppression. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22

Unthank, _sb._ gen. abs. ‘unthank his’ == against his will. Body and Soul, 215. Cf. ‘his thonkes,’ &c. _s. v._ Thonk. AS. unþanc; and see the Gloss. to Laȝamon and the Ormulum, _s. v._ Unthanc

Untheand, _adj._ == disobedient. Rel. S. vi. 9. AS. þewian

Unthenfol, _adj._ == unthankful. Pol. S. 159

Unthewe, _sb._ == bad manners, vice. Wright’s L. P. p. 73. O. and N. 194. AS. unþeáw

Untholandlik, _adj._ == unendurable. Ps. cxxiii. 5. AS. þólian

Untid, _sb._ == unfitness, that which is unseasonable, or wrong. Body and Soul, 43. AS. untíd

Untie, _v. n._ == become untied [untuen]. Wright’s L. P. p. 101

Untilled, _adj._ RG. 372

Untime, _sb._ == wrong time. Manuel des Pecches, 2965

Untiȝth, _sb._ == lit. want of discipline; hence wrong, wickedness. Body and Soul, 107. AS. tyht

Untoun, _adj._ == lit. ‘not suited to the town;’ hence, rude, uncivil. Wright’s L. P. p. 32

Untrue, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 32

Untrueness, _sb._ == wickedness. M. Ode, 135

Unused, _adj._ RG. 214

Unwarned, _adj._ == undefended. RG. 51

Unwate, _sb._ == misfortune. O. and N. 1265, 1196. AS. hwatu, auguries; hence, unhwatu, bad auguries, misfortune

Unwater, _v. a._ == give out water. Ps. lxxvii. 20

Unwatery, _adj._ Ps. lxii. 3

Unwelde, _sb._ == weakness. Ps. lxx. 9

Unwemmed, _adj._ == unspotted, undefiled. Ps. xviii. 8

Unwight, _sb._ == wretch. O. and N. 33, 218

Unwill, _adj._ == desirable. O. and N. 347. AS. onwill

Unwill, _adj._ == unpleasant. O. and N. 422. AS. unwilla

Unwisdom, _sb._ Ps. xxi. 3; lxviii. 6

Unwise, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 101. Pol. S. 153

Unwitandnes, _sb._ == ignorance. Ps. xxiv. 7

Unworshiply, _adv._ Manuel des Pecches, 980

Unworth, _sb._ 654 B.

---- _adj._ 653 B.

Unworthy, _adj._ RG. 412. O. and N. 339

Unwraste, _adj._ == weak, wicked. Wright’s L. P. p. 37. Alys. 878; [unwerste]. O. and N. 178. AS. unwrest. ON. hres, spirited; óhres, languid, weak. See the Gloss. to Laȝamon and the Ormulum, _s. v._

Unwre, _v. a._ == discover. RG. 508. See Unwreon

Unwrench, _sb._ == trick, evil design. O. and N. 169. Rel. S. v. 94. AS. unwrenc

Unwreon, _v. a._ == unfold. Alys. 336; part. ‘unwreȝe.’ O. and N. 846

Unwrought [unwroȝten], _adj._ == undone, destroyed. O. and N. 162

Unwunne, _sb._ == sorrow. Wright’s L. P. p. 47

Up, == upon; prep. RG. 321, 437

---- _adv._ RG. 143

Upbear, _v. a._ Alys. 5163; part. ‘upborn.’ Ps. cxxx. 1

Upbraid, _v. a._ 1784 B.

Upbraiding, _sb._ Ps. xxxviii. 9

Updraw, _v. a._ Alys. 2633

Upe. See Upon

Upfeng, _v. a._ == take up; pret. ‘upfang.’ Ps. cxvii. 13

Upheave, _v. a._ == lift up. Ps. iii. 4; part. ‘uphoven.’ Ps. lxxiv. 11

---- _v. n._ == rise. Ps. vii. 7

Upland, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 1318

Uplift, _v. a._ Ps. lxxxvii. 16

Upon, _prep._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26; [upe]. RG. 505, 506

Upperest, _adj._ Alys. 7068

Uprear, _v. a._ Ps. cxliv. 14

Uprise, _v. n._ Ps. vii. 7; pret. ‘upras.’ Ps. cxxxviii. 18; part. ‘uprisynde.’ Alys. 2270

Uprising, _sb._ RG. 379. F. and P. 6

Upstand, _v. n._ == stand up. Ps. ii. 2

Upsteghing, _sb._ Ps. ciii. 3

Upstie, _v. n._ == go up. pret. ‘upstegh.’ Creed of St Athan. 75

Uptake, _v. a._ RG. 387; pret. ‘uptoke.’ Ps. xxvi. 10

Upward, _adv._ RG. 321

Urling, _sb._ == edge. Ps. cxxxii. 2. Fr. orle. Ital. orlo

Urne, _v. n._ == run. O. and N. 638; pret. ‘ourne.’ RG. 405; ‘orn.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 58; part. ‘urmynde,’ a mistake for ‘urnynge.’ RG. 402; ‘y-eornd.’ Alys. 4357. AS. yrnan

Usage, _sb._ == custom. Alys. 4211. RG. 191

Use, _v. a._ Alys. 5256; part. ‘y-used.’ 476 B.

Usurer, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 2453

Ute, _adv._ == let us; used with verbs. M. Ode, st. 168. AS. ute

Utenlad, _sb._ == a foreigner. HD. 2153. AS. utlænd

Uthalve, _adv._ == on the outer part. O. and N. 110

Uthest, _sb._ == outcry. O. and N. 1696

Utschute, _sb._ == outbreak, excess. O. and N. 1466. AS. útscyte

Utterest, _adj._ == uttermost. Ps. cxxxiv. 7

Uvel. See Evil

Uȝten, _sb._ == morning, the dawn. K. Horn, 1424. AS. uhta

Uȝtening, _sb._ == the dawn. Ps. c. 8; lxxii. 14

V

Vacant, _adj._ RG. 472

Vad, _adj._ == dirty, faded. Fragm. Sci. 273

Valley, _sb._ RG. 55

Vault, _sb._ == cellar. Alys. 7210. Fr. volte, from Lat. volutus, volvere

Vauntward, _sb._ RG. 457

Vavassor, _sb._ == a subtenant of a fief, or tenant paravail, who held of a mesne lord. Alys. 3827. Ducange derives it from vassus vassorum

Vawe, == fain, _q. v._

Vaȝt, ‘vor vaȝt;’ probably a mistake for ‘vor naȝt,’ or ‘vor noȝt.’ RG. 253

Vein, _sb._ RG. 28. Alys. 2414

Veir, _adv._ == truly. Alys. 1001, 5676; ‘in veire.’ Alys. 5679

Velasour, _sb._ A corruption of ‘valvassor,’ another form of ‘vavassor.’ Alys. 3305

Vengeance, _sb._ RG. 333, 429

Venison, _sb._ RG. 243. Alys. 6353

Venom, _sb._ RG. 43, 106. Fr. venin. Lat. venenum

---- _adj._ == envenomed. Alys. 2860

Venomed, _part._ [i-wenemyd], Legend of St Patrick, in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 17

Venomous, _adj._ 440 B.

Veolthe, == filth, _q. v._

Verade, _sb._ == a multitude. K. Horn, 172. AS. werod

Verament, _adv._ == truly. Alys. 1346

Verdict, _sb._ RG. 141

Verger, _sb._ == orchard. Alys. 1938. Fr. vergier, from ‘vert’

Vermin, _sb._ Alys. 6128

Verse, _sb._ 219 β

Verss, == fresh, _q. v._

Vert, _v. n._ == go to harbour among fern, said of a buck. Ritson’s AS. iii. 8. Fr. vert?

Vestment, _sb._ 954 B.

Vetuse, _adj._ == old. Alys. 7948. Lat. vetus

Vice, _sb._ RG. 195

Victual, _sb._ [vitaile]. Alys. 5817

Vie, _sb._ == life. Marg. 1

Vie, _v. n._ == succeed, do well. Fr. Sci. 319; 658 B. Fr. voie, avoier, to excite, irritate; hence, challenge; and lastly, to succeed in a contest. See Burguy, _s. v._ Voie

Vigorous, _adj._ Alys. 6923

Vigour, _sb._ == strength. Alys. 1431. Lat. vigor

Vigour, _sb._ == idol. See Figure

Vile, _adj._ RG. 435, 506; comp. ‘vylloker’ == viler. 2500 B.

---- _v. a._ == make vile. part. ‘yviled.’ RG. 435

Vilely, _adv._ RG. 435, 519

Villany, _sb._ RG. 536, 547

Vilte, _sb._ == vileness. RG. 519

Vine, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 884

Vintner, _sb._ RG. 542

Vintry, _sb._ RG. 542

Violence, _sb._ 924 B.

Virgin, _sb._ 2342 B.

Virgin, _adj._ == pure. Alys. 334

Virst. See Thirst

Virtue, _sb._ RG. 86

Virtuous, _adj._ == valorous. Alys. 2408; great, powerful. Ibid. 5244

Vis, _sb._ == visage. Alys. 267, 5954

Visage, _sb._ Alys. 6425

Vision, _sb._ RG. 363, 428

Visitation, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 2103

Voice, _sb._ RG. 283

Void, _v. a._ == empty. Alys. 373

Vorsuolwe, == swallow. See Forswallow

Vouchsafe, _v. a._ == vouch a person safe. Pol. S. 199

Vow, _v. n._ Manuel des Pecches, 2806

Vow, _sb._ RG. 477

Vowel, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. 174

Vowson. See Advowson

Voyage, _sb._ RG. 392

Vyen, _part._ == fixed. Fragm. apud Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21. AS. fégan

Vygour. See Figure

Vyssare, == fisher, _q. v._

Vysseth, _sb._ == fishing. RG. 264

W.

Wade, _v. n._ == go. RG. 99. HD. 2654; [wede]. HD. 2641. AS. wádan

Wag, _v. a._ == move. HD. 89. AS. wágian

---- _v. n._ [wawen]. Alys. 1164. Fr. Sci. 342

Wager, _sb._ Pol. S. 218

Wagh, _sb._ == a wall. Ps. lxi. 4. AS. wáh

Wail, _v. n._ pret. ‘waile.’ Alys. 4653

Wailing, _sb._ Alys. 7883, 2365

Wain, _sb._ RG. 416. AS. wǽgen

Wait, _sb._ == musician. Alys. 4312, 7769

---- == sentinel. Ritson’s AS. viii. 143

Wait, _v. a._ == watch. Wright’s L. P. p. 91

Waiten, _v. n._ == keep watch. HD. 1754

Wake, _v. a._ == awaken, pret, ‘weiȝte.’ 446 β; ‘wight.’ Alys. 2925

---- _v. n._ == be awake. 681 B. AS. wacan

Wake, _v. a._ == watch. 2215 B. AS. wæccan

Waken, _v. n._ == awake. HD. 2164

Waker, _sb._ == a person apt to wake. Fr. Sci. 286

Wale, _v. a._ == choose. Wright’s L. P. p. 33. Germ. wahlen

Walk, _v. n._ K. Horn, 981; pret. ‘welk.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. weallian. Germ. wallen, to go

---- == travel; part. ‘iwalken.’ Marg 49

Walken, == welkin, _q. v._

Walker, _sb._ == a fuller, or whitener of cloth. 1135 B. AS. wealcere. Ital. gualcare, to full

Wall, _sb._ RG. 549, 555

---- _v. a._ Alys. 2658

Walled, _adj._ Alys. 6068

Wallyng, == boiling. See Well, _vb._

Wan, _adj._ == pale. Wright’s L. P. p. 93; [won]. Ibid. p. 28. AS. wonn, wan

Wand, _sb._ RG. 290. ON. vöndr

Wander, _v. n._ Pol. S. 240

Wandreth, _sb._ [wondred] == sorrow. Pol. S. 150. ON. vandrædi

Wane, _v. n._ Ps. ix. 7. AS. wanian

Wane, _sb._ == want. M. Ode, 179; [wone]. Wright’s L. P. p. 30. AS. wana

Wanene. See When and Whence

Wanhope, _sb._ == despair, want of hope. RG. 323

Want, _v. n._ == wish? RG. 468

Want, _v. n._ == be wanting. pret. ‘wondede.’ Ps. xxii. 1

Want, _v. a._ == be without, lack. Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. wana, a deficiency

War, _sb._ RG. 374

---- _v. n._ == [worry], make war. RG. 370; pret. ‘werrede.’ RG. 77

---- _v. a._ == war against a person or thing. pret. ‘worrede.’ RG. 371, 70; part. ‘ywerred.’ RG. 3; ‘iworred.’ Ibid.

Ward, _sb._ == guard. RG. 461

---- == division of an army. Alys. 1996

---- _v. a._ RG. 41, 491

Warden, _sb._ RG. 314, 436

Ware, _sb._ == wares. HD. 52; reward. Pol. S. 192. AS. wáru

Ware, _sb._ == thing, affair. Moral Ode, st. 32 (Hickes); but the Egerton MS. st. 34, reads ‘gare,’ i. e. gear

Ware, a collective term, ‘watres ware.’ Ps. xvii. 16; ‘windes ware.’ Ibid. v. 11; probably the AS. ware

Ware, _sb._ == spring. Ps. lxxiii. 17. Lat. ver. O. Engl. veer

Ware, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. pp. 30, 103; [yware]. RG. 388; [iwarte]. O. and N. 1219. AS. wǽr

Warentment, _sb._ == military apparel. Alys. 7943. Fr. garnement

Wariness, _sb._ [iwarness]. O. and N. 1226

Waring, _sb._ == price. Ps. xliii. 13

Warison, _sb._ == reward. Alys. 2512. Fr. guérison

Warn, _v. a._ == advise a person. HD. 2834. AS. warnian

Warn, _v. a._ == refuse a thing to a person. RG. 367, 550

---- == hinder. 1274 B.

Warned, _adj._ == defended, said of a city. Ps. xxx. 22; fortified. Ps. cvii. 11

Warnesture, _sb._ == garrison. RG. 94

Warrant, _v. a._ == insure safety to a person, keep harmless. Alys. 2132

Warp, _v. a._ == throw. HD. 1061; 3 s. pres. ‘werth.’ HD. 1176; place [worp]. O. and N. 596; pret. ‘warp.’ O. and N. 45

---- == strike. part. ‘iworpe.’ O. and N. 1119. AS. weorpan

Warring, _sb._ == fighting. Alys. 6095

Warring, _sb._ == cursing. Manuel des Pecches, 1289

Warrior, _sb._ Alys. 1461

Warye, _v. a._ == curse. See Werien

Warȝtreo, _sb._ == cursed tree, gibbet. 2233 B. AS. werg, accursed

Was. See Be

Was, == whose. See Who

Wash, _v. a._ RG. 435; [whosshe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 70; pret. ‘wosh.’ 273 β; ‘wesche.’ Ps. lxxii. 13

Wassail, _sb._ RG. 117

---- _v. n._ HD. 2098

Waste, _sb._ == reckless spending. RG. 376

---- == wilderness. Alys. 7121

---- _v. a._ RG. 136

Wastel, _sb._ == cake of fine flour. HD. 779

Wasteyn, _sb._ == wilderness. Manuel des Pecches, 1767

Wate, _sb._ == luck, hap, that which is foretold. RG. 31, 411. AS. hwatu, divination

Water, _sb._ RG. 371, 402

---- _v. a._ Ps. lxxvii. 15

Watercress, _sb._ Alys. 5767

Waterdog, _sb._ Alys. 5771

Waterless, _adj._ Ps. cvi. 25

Wathe, _sb._ == torment. Ps. cxiv. 3. AS. wíte

Watloker, == much rather. See Whatloker.

Wave, _sb._ 525 β; [wawe]. Alys. 5018. AS. wǽg, wáðuma

Wawe, _v. a._ == move. RG. 207. Alys. 2634. AS. wegan, wágian

Wawe, _v. n._ == wag, _q. v._

Wawing, _sb._ == motion. Fr. Sci. 385

Wax, _sb._ Pol. S. 151. AS. weax

Wax, _v. n._ RG. 9, 442; part. ‘ywox.’ RG. 412. AS. weaxan

Waxing, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 335

Way, _sb._ == road. RG. 7, 391; ‘to fly his way.’ O. and N. 308. ‘Do way,’ an expression like our ‘Get along with you.’ Alys. 7646; pl. ‘weyre.’ Body and Soul, 63

Way, _sb._ == mass? Ritson’s AS. viii. 31. AS. wæcg

Wayle, _sb._ == a girl. Wright’s L. P. p. 38. AS. wylen

Waynoun, a proper name? Wright’s L. P. p. 47

Wayte, _sb._ See Wait

Wayteglede, == watch-the-fire, i. e. one who sits in the chimney corner, poking over the fire? Wright’s L. P. p. 47. Cf. the Norse phrase Kólbitr; and see the Introduction to Dasent’s Popular Tales from the Norse, pp. lxxx-lxxxii. 1st Edit.

We. See Woe

We. See I

We. See With

Weak, _adj._ HD. 1012

Weal, _sb._ 1277 B.

Wealth, _sb._ Ps. lxxii. 12

Weapon, _sb._ HD. 1436. O. and N. 1367

Wear, _v. a._ RG. 390; pret, ‘werede.’ RG. 434

Weariness, _sb._ RG. 240

Weary, _adj._ RG. 19

Weather, _sb._ RG. 560

Web, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 315

Webbe, _sb._ == weaver. Pol. S. 188

Wed, _sb._ == pledge. Pol. S. 151. Wright’s L. P. p. 110. RG. 393. AS. wed

Wed, _v. a._ == marry. RG. 295, 439; said of the priest who marries two persons. Pol. S. 159. AS. weddian, wed

Wedbreak, _sb._ == adulterer. Ps. xlix. 18

Wedding, _sb._ St Lucy, 88. Manuel des Pecches, 1712

Wede, _vb._ == wade, go. See Wade

Wedlock, _sb._ Marg. 11

Wednesday. RG. 509

Wee. See Woe

Weed, _sb._ == garment. RG. 560. AS. wǽd

Weed, _sb._ == herb. Alys. 796. AS. weód

Week, _sb._ RG. 113; pl. ‘wouke.’ RG. 387. AS. weoc

Weeles. See Well, _sb._

Ween, _v. n._ == think. RG. 369. O. and N. 237. 2 s. pres. ‘wanst.’ O. and N. 1642. AS. wénan

---- _v. a._ == impute. Ps. xxxi. 2

Weep, _v. n._ RG. 420; [wyppen]. O. and N. 1064

Weeping, _sb._ RG. 405. Wright’s L. P. p. 30; [wyping]. Ibid. p. 85

Wef, _sb._ == whiff or scent. Body and Soul, 56. AS. wiffan

Weight, _sb._ == a measure, weight. Ps. lxi. 10. AS. wæg

Weir, _sb._ Ps. cxiii. 8; [wore]. Wright’s L. P. p. 28. AS. wǽr

Welaway, _interj._ 1179 B.

Welcome, _adj._ RG. 508

---- _v. a._ 473 B.

Welde. See Wield

Welk, _v. n._ == fade, become pale. Ps. lxxxix. 6. See Weolewe

Welkin, _sb._ == the sky. Wright’s L. P. p. 114; [walken]. Alys. 5799. Ps. cl. 1; dat. s. ‘weoluce.’ O. and N. 1680. AS. welcn, wolcen

Well, _adj._ == good. 89 B.

---- _adv._ RG. 375. O. and N. 31

---- == rightly. Rel. S. i. 20

Well, _sb._ (of water). RG. 1. Wright’s L. P. p. 94; pl. ‘weeles.’ Ps. xvii. 5. AS. well, wyl

Well, _v. n._ == boil, well up. Wright’s L. P. p. 40; [walle]. RG. 28; pret. ‘wal.’ Body and Soul, 218; part. ‘wallyng.’ Alys. 1622. AS. weallan

---- _v. a._ == boil. Marg. 60

Wellnigh, _adv._ == almost. O. and N. 44

Wellquemand, _part._ == pleasing. Ps. xci. 15

Wellqueme, _sb._ == pleasure. Ps. lxxxviii. 18; cv. 4

Wellquemeness, _sb._ == pleasingness. Ps. cxl. 5

Wellset, _v. a._ Ps. civ. 9; cxi. 5

Wellsetting, _sb._ Ps. cxviii. 91

Welly, _adv._ == kindly. Ps. l. 20

Wem, _sb._ == a spot or scar. RG. 336. St Kath. 151. AS. wem, womm

Wem, _v. a._ == to defile, corrupt. Ps. lxxxviii. 35; [wemmy]. RG. 206; part. ‘wemmed.’ Ps. xv. 10. AS. wemman

Wemed, _adj._ ‘prout wemod’ == with a proud stomach. Fr. Sci. 285. ‘Wem’ is still used for ‘womb’ in the North of England. AS. wamb

Wemless, _adj._ == spotless. Creed of St Athan. 6. Ps. xiv. 2

Wemmand, _sb._ == sinner. Ps. cxviii. 158

Wemmedness, _sb._ Ps. c. 3

Wemming, _sb._ RG. 336

Wemmy, _v. a._ == defile. See Wem, _vb._

Wench, _sb._ Cok. 139. Ps. lxvii. 26. AS. wencle. See Gloss. to Orm. _s. v._ wenchell

Wend, _v. n._ == go. RG. 8. AS. wendan

---- == turn (as in bed). Wright’s L. P. p. 28

---- _v. a._ == turn. HD. 2138; change. Wright’s L. P. p. 91

Wending, _sb._ == departure. Alys. 920

Wene, _adj._ == frequent, rife? Pol. S. 150. AS. wune, custom. Dut. wennen

Weole, _sb._ == wealth. Pol. S. 156. AS. weola

---- == happiness? Wright’s L. P. p. 44

Weolewe, _v. n._ == fade, become pale. Wright’s L. P. p. 50. AS. wealwian

Wepmon, _sb._ == man. Pol. S. 153. O. and N. 1377. AS. wæpman

Were. See Be

Were, _v. a._ == defend. HD. 2298. Alys. 5836; [werye]. Alys. 3533. AS. werian. Germ. wehren

Were, _sb._ == man, husband. O. and N. 1339. AS. wer

Werewed, _part._ == worried, killed? HD. 1915

Werien, _v. a._ == curse. O. and N. 1172; [werre]. Manuel des Pecches, 1291; [warye]. Id. 1292. AS. werigan

Werth, == throweth. See Warp

Weryying, _sb._ == protection. Wright’s L. P. p. 75. Ps. xxi. 20; [weryng]. Alys. 2798. AS. werian

West. RG. 544

West, _vb._ == shows? Alys. 238. AS. wísian

Westerness, _sb._ == the West country. K. Horn, 949

Westward, _adv._ RG. 20

Wet, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 136. AS. wæt

---- _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 31; pret. ‘watte.’ RG. 322; part. ‘wet.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 30

---- _v. n._ == become wet. Wright’s L. P. p. 36

---- _adj._ [wete]. Wright’s L. P. p. 85

Wete, _v. n._ == weep. Wright’s L. P. p. 84

Wether, _sb._ Ps. lxiv. 14. RG. 52. AS. weðer

Weve, _v. a._ == make to go, cut off; part. ‘weved,’ ‘yweved.’ Alys. 3839, 3807

Weve, _v. n._ == go, move. RG. 64. Another form of ‘wawe,’ ‘wave,’ ‘wag’

Weved, _sb._ == altar. RG. 369, 419, 433. AS. weofod

Weye, _sb._ == woe, _q. v._

Weȝe, _v. a._ == carry, O. and N. 1020. AS. wegan

Whale, _sb._ [hwal]. HD. 755; [qual]. HD. 753. AS. hwæl

Whalebone, _sb._ [whalles bone]. Wright’s L. P. p. 38

What, _interr. pron._ O. and N. 1438

---- _rel. pron._ O. and N. 1439

---- _interj._ O. and N. 1296

What--what, == some--some. RG. 402

Whate, _adv._ == quickly. Alys. 2639. AS. hwæt

Whatkin, _adj._ == what kind of. Ps. lv. 10

Whatloker, _adj._ == much rather. RG. 429, 357. 1249 B. (?) AS. hwætlíc, comp. hwætlicor

Wheat, _sb._ Alys. 5193. AS. hwǽte

Wheel, _sb._ RG. 408. AS. hweol

Whelp, _sb._ Ps. ciii. 21. AS. hwelp

When, _adv._ [wanne]. RG. 367, 378; [hwenne]. Rel. S. iv. 1; [hwanne]. O. and N. 1416; [hwan]. O. and N. 1468; [whan]. 290 β; [wane]. O. and N. 521; [wone]. O. and N. 324

Whence, _adv._ gen. of ‘when;’ [whonene]. O. and N. 138; [wanene]. O. and N. 1298; [whannes]. 288 β; [whethen]. Ps. cxx. 1

Where, _adv._ [war]. RG. 40. O. and N. 526; [whar]. 1078 B.

Whereby, _adv._ [warbi]. RG. 101

Wherefore, _adv._ 126 B.

Whereof, _adv._ RG. 405

Wheresoever, _adv._ 1389 B.

Wherethrough, _adv._ [war þoru]. RG. 432

Whereto, _adv._ 447 B. O. and N. 464

Whet, _v. a._ == sharpen; part. ‘y-whet.’ Alys. 6607. AS. hwettan

Whethen, == whence, _q. v._

Whether, _adv._ RG. 16; [whar]. 67 B; ‘whether--the’ == whether--or. O. and N. 1358, 1360

---- _adj._ RG. 408

Whey, _sb._ [wei]. O. and N. 1007. AS. wæg

Which, _rel. pron._ RG. 472; [hwucche]. O. and N. 934; [wuch]. O. and N. 1376

---- == what. 974 B. RG. 454

While, _sb._ == time. O. and N. 1589

---- with the def. art. == whilst [þe wule]. RG. 377

Whilom, _adv._ == formerly (dat. pl. of while). Wright’s L. P. p. 87

Whine, _v. n._ [wonie]. O. and N. 973. AS. wánian. Dut. weynen

Whining, _sb._ [wonyng]. O. and N. 311

Whistle, _v. n._ Alys. 5348, 5263. AS. hwistlian

White, _adj._ RG. 2, 228; [with]. HD. 48

---- _sb._ == white of an egg. HD. 240

Whiten, _v. a._ Ps. l. 9

Whither, _adv._ 693 B.

Whitherward, _adv._ 59 B.

Who, _rel. pron._ [hoo]. RG. 40; [hwo]. O. and N. 1193

gen. ‘was.’ RG. 475

dat. and acc. ‘whom.’ RG. 10; ‘wham.’ 116 B.; ‘hwam.’ Rel. S. ii. 2; ‘hwan.’ O. and N. 1508

Who, == one, ‘as who seith’ == as one saith. RG. 328; ‘alle ho’ == every one. O. and N. 66

Whole, _adj._ == sound. RG. 377. 676 β

Whore, _sb._ RG. 279

Whoredom, _sb._ RG. 241, 479

Whoreling, _sb._ Rel. S. vii. 29

Whoreson, _sb._ Alys. 880

Whoso, _pron._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26; [whose]. Ibid. p. 114

Why, _interr._ [wu]. RG. 307; [hwi]. O. and N. 1256; [wi]. O. and N. 1232

---- _rel. adv._ O. and N. 474; [whi]. 1573 B.

Wick, _adj._ == wicked. RG. 208. From AS. wǽc, weak

---- == bad, wretched; ‘wikke clothes.’ HD. 2458

Wicke, _adj._ ‘wicke tune,’ O. and N. 730, means probably ‘establishments.’ From the AS. wíc-tunas

Wicked, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. pp. 24, 30; ‘a wicked weed’ == a wretched garment. Serm. 40

Wickedness, _sb._ Pol. S. 230

Wickehede, _sb._ == wickedness. Body and Soul, 43

Wicket, _sb._ K. Horn, 1106. Fr. guichet

Wiclik, _adv._ == wickedly. Ps. xliii. 18

Wide, _adj._ RG. 410.

Widow, _sb._ HD. 79. AS. wuduwe

Wield, _v. a._ == govern, rule. 816 B.; [wolde]. RG. 147

Wife, _sb._ RG. 26, 380

Wigeling, _sb._ == an out-of-the-way place? Ps. cvi. 40. AS. wicelian, to stagger, to go out of the direct road

Wight, _sb._ == a man. RG. 533. 470 β. AS. wiht

Wight, _adj._ == active. HD. 9; [with]. HD. 1756; comp. ‘wyghtyore.’ Alys. 2396. Swed. vig

---- _adv._ == immediately, quickly. Wright’s L. P. p. 44

Wighth, _sb._ == a space of time. Alys. 5362; a space. Ps. viii. 6. AS. wuht, wiht

Wightness, _sb._ == valour, activity. Alys. 5001

Wike, _sb._ == dwelling. O. and N. 604. AS. wic

Wike, _sb._ == office, duty. O. and N. 603; station. Alys. 4608. See Gl. to Orm. _s. v._ Wikenn

Wike, _v. n._ == be weary. Wright’s L. P. p. 87. AS. wícan

Wikness, _sb._ == wickedness. Ps. v. 5

Wil, _adj._ == wild, uncertain. HD. 1042

Wild, _adj._ == fierce. RG. 374, 510; ‘wild beasts.’ RG. 375

Wilderness, _sb._ == a desolate place. RG. 15

Wildfire, _sb._ RG. 410

Wile, _sb._ == trick, deceit. Ritson’s AS. viii. 180. AS. wile

Wilful, _adj._ RG. 359; [willesful]. RG. 77

---- == voluntary. Ps. lxvii. 10

Wilfully, _adv._ == without a cause. Ps. xxxiv. 7; lxviii. 5

Will, _sb._ RG. 367

---- _v. n._ == wish. RG. 384; pret. ‘wolde.’ RG. 550

Will, _v. aux._ pres. 1 s. ‘wole.’ 39 B.; 2 s. ‘wolt.’ 40 B.; ‘wlt.’ O. and N. 499; 3 s. ‘wule.’ O. and N. 1360; ‘wile.’ O. and N. 1358; pret. 3 s. ‘wolde.’ 17 β; 2 s. ‘woldest.’ 35 B. ‘Will’ is constantly used with the infin. of the verb to form an imperative, as ‘nil þou niþe’ == strive not. Ps. xxxvi. 8, and cf. Ps. lxxiv. 5, 6

Willesful, == wilful, _q. v._

Willing, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. 212

Wilne, _v. n._ == wish. RG. 217. AS. wilnian

---- _v. a._ == covet, desire. RG. 46; part. ‘y-wilned.’ RG. 309

Wimple, _sb._ Marg. 47. AS. winpel

Win, _v. a._ == subdue, get possession of [i-winne]. RG. 519; recover, obtain. RG. 523, 549; pret. ‘wonne.’ RG. 384; ‘wonde.’ RG. 258; ‘wan.’ Alys. 5561. AS. winnan

Wind, _sb._ RG. 367

Wind, _v. a._ == twist. pret. ‘wond.’ Pilate, 126. AS. windan

Windmill, _sb._ RG. 547

Window, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 91

Wine, _sb._ RG. 6, 542. AS. wín

Wine, _sb._ == a friend. M. Ode, 111. AS. wine

Wineyard, _sb._ == vineyard. Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. wín-geard

Wing, _sb._ RG. 28

Winli, _adj._ == winsome. Ps. xxiii. 3. AS. wynlíc

Winne, _sb._ == joy. Pol. S. 195. AS. wyn

Winne, _sb._ == labour. O. and N. 670. AS. win

Winsome, _adj._ == lovely, delightful. Ps. lxxviii. 9. AS. wynsum

---- _v. n._ == be propitious. Ps. cii. 3

Winter, _sb._ RG. 371, 539

Wipe, _v. a._ RG. 435. AS. wípian

Wippen, _v. n._ == weep? O. and N. 1064

Wire, _sb._ [wyred]. Alys. 208. AS. wír

Wirwed, _part._ == strangled. HD. 1921. Dut. wurghen

Wisdom, _sb._ RG. 384

Wise, _sb._ == manner, ‘in no wise.’ 1212 B.; [wes]. O. and N. 748

Wise, _adj._ RG. 468, 506; sup. ‘wisest.’ RG. 266

Wisely, _adv._ RG. 550

Wisse, _v. a._ == direct. HD. 104. 1057 B. O. and N. 971. AS. wísian

Wissing, _sb._ == advice. HD. 2902. AS. wissung

Wit, _sb._ == knowledge, sense. RG. 457, 526; [i-wit]. O. and N. 772

Witch, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 38. AS. wicca, a wizard

---- _v. n._ == sing charms. Ps. lvii. 6

Witchcraft, _sb._ Body and Soul, 27

Witching, _sb._ == witchcraft. St Lucy, 122

Wite, _v. a._ == know. RG. 374; [y-wyte]. RG. 10; [iwite]. RG. 487; [wot]. 1625 B.; [wat]. O. and N. 1200; [wod]. Ib. 1188; 2 s. pres. ‘wost.’ O. and N. 717; pret. ‘wuste.’ RG. 374; ‘wiste.’ 208 B.; ‘west.’ Alys. 5834; part. ‘iwiste.’ 137 B.

Wite, _v. n._ == think, or expect. 2 s. pres. ‘west.’ O. and N. 47; pret. ‘wiste.’ RG. 93

Wite, _v. a._ == defend. RG. 487; pret. ‘wuste.’ RG. 549; S. S. witen. See Gloss. to Laȝ.

Wite, _v. n._ == go forth. Ps. lxxxix. 6; part. ‘wited.’ Ps. ix. 22; ‘witand.’ Ps. cxviii. 118. AS. wítan

Wite, _v. a._ == blame. O. and N. 1354; accuse. Wright’s L. P. p. 39. AS. witian

Witerlike, _adv._ == certainly. HD. 671. Ps. ii. 6

Witermon, _sb._ == a wise man. Wright’s L. P. p. 28

With, _prep._ == together with. 279 B.; [we]. RG. 457

---- == by means of. RG. 41

---- == against. O. and N. 62

---- == from. O. and N. 610. AS. wíð

With, _adj._ == white, _q. v._

With, _adj._ for ‘wight,’ _q. v._

With, _adj._ == pleasant? Wright’s L. P. p. 45. AS. wéðe

Withal, _adv._ RG. 28

Withclepe, _v. a._ == oppose. Alys. 1301

Withdraw, _v. a._ RG. 447

---- _v. n._ Ps. cxviii. 115; ‘withdraw of’ == withdraw from. RG. 497

Wither, _adj._ == hostile. Rel. S. i. 12; S. S. wiðer. See Gloss. to Laȝ.

Withering, _sb._ == adversary. K. Horn, 154

Witherthreat, _v. a._ Ps. xxxiv. 19; lxxiii. 10

Witherwendand, _part._ == opposing. Ps. iii. 8

Witherwine, _sb._ == adversary. RG. 325. AS. wiðer-winna, from winnan, to strive

Witherword, _sb._ == a hostile word. Ps. xc. 3

Withhold, _v. a._ == to hold with, or make to accompany. HD. 2356, 2362

---- == restrain. Alys. 2302

Within, _adv._ RG. 375, 549

Without, _adv._ RG. 549. 267 B.; [widh wute]. O. and N. 1593

---- _prep._ RG. 369; [witute]. O. and N. 183; [withouten]. 33 B.

Withsay, _v. a._ RG. 369, 374

Withseek, _v. a._ == seek out. part. ‘wuthsoht.’ Rel. S. v. 54

Withsitten, _v. a._ == oppose. HD. 1683

Withstand, _v. n._ == oppose. 725 B.

Withy, _sb._ == halter of withy. Alys. 4714. AS. wíðie

Witless, _adj._ == mad. RG. 216; at a loss. Pilate, 242

Witness, _sb._ RG. 29

Witterli, _adv._ == certainly. Ps. cxix. 1. ON. víturlega

Witty, _adj._ == clever. RG. 189; full of knowledge. O. and N. 1187. F. and P. 31

Witword, _sb._ == testimony. Ps. xxiv. 10. AS. wit-word

Wive, _v. n._ == marry. RG. 35

---- _v. a._ part. ‘iwived.’ RG. 529

Wiving, _sb._ == marriage. RG. 294

Wlak, _adj._ == lukewarm. Fr. Sci. 290 AS. wlæc

Wlate, _v. a._ == loathe. Ps. v. 7. AS. wlættian

---- _v. n._ == feel disgust for. O. and N. 354

---- _sb._ == disgust. O. and N. 1504. AS. wlætte

Wlatful, _adj._ == loathsome, abominable. Ps. lii. 2

Wlating, _sb._ == loathing, disgust. Ps lxxxvii. 9. AS. wlætung

Wlite, _v. n._ == look. Wright’s L. P. p. 43. AS. wlítan

---- _sb._ == countenance. O. and N. 439; Ps. xliv. 5. AS. wlíte

Wlonk, _adj._ == fair, proud. Pol. S. 156. AS. wlanc

Wluine, _sb._ == she wolf? HD. 573. Probably a metathesis of the ON. ulfinna,

thus ulvin } vluin }

Wo, _sb._ RG. 172, 485; [wai]. O. and N. 120; [wee]. Pol. S. 152; [weye]. Alys. 3449; [wa]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 152. AS. wá

Wo worth, i. e. woe be to, &c. Body and Soul, 7

Wobegone, _adj._ Body and Soul, 220

Wode, == went. See Go

Woderove, _sb._ == the woodruff; the asterula odorata of botanists. Wright’s L. P. p. 43. In Wright’s Vocab. p. 140, ‘wuderove’ is given as the transl. of ‘hastula regia’ or ‘muge de bois’

Wodewale, _sb._ == woodpecker. Wright’s L. P. p. 26

---- == wild thyme? Alys. 6793. AS. wudufille. Palsgrave has ‘wodewale, a herbe’

Woht, _sb._ == sin. See Woȝ

Wolc, _sb._ == some bird. Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Wold, _sb._ == power, governance. Alys. 6716

Woldeneyed, == wall-eyed. Alys. 5274. Probably from the ON. vagl i augum == festuca, pterygion. ‘En hinde, som trækker sig over öiet.’ B. Haldorson.

Wole, _adj._ == evil. O. and N. 8; [wle]. O. and N. 35. AS. wól

Wolf, _sb._ RG. 369

Wolfling, _sb._ Alys. 6272

Wollen, _sb._ == wollen garment. Fr. on Seven Sins, 16

Woman, _sb._ RG. 380; [wimman]. RG. 535. pl. ‘wymmen.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 33

Womanly, _adj._ RG. 457

Womb, _sb._ RG. 369. AS. wamb

Wombed, _adj._ RG. 377; [wemod]. Fr. Sci. 286

Wombeling, _sb._ == womb. Alys. 5674

Won, _sb._ == hope. RG. 419; [iwon]. 1022, 1712, B.; [wunne]. Pol. S. 153

---- == opinion. HD. 1972. AS. wén. ON. von

Won, _sb._ == plenty. RG. 2, 265; [iwon]. Rel. S. v. 76

---- == riches. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. Alys. 5658; [wane]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 50; SS. winne, wunnen

Won, _sb._ == dwelling. Wright’s L. P. pp. 46, 51. AS. wunian

Won. See Wan

Wonde, _v. n._ == fear, hesitate. K. Horn, 345. AS. wandian

Wonde, _v. n._ == cease. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. AS. wendan

Wonde, _v. n._ == wound? Alys. 6525

Wonde, _adj._ == wicked. Rel. S. v. 112. ON. vondr. AS. wonn

Wonder, _sb._ RG. 376

---- == a wonderful thing. RG. 7, 417

---- _v. n._ O. and N. 228

---- _adj._ == wonderful. RG. 416

Wonderful, _adj._ RG. 414

Wondering, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 40

Wonderliche, _adv._ == wonderfully. RG. 489

Wondred, == sorrow. See Wandreth

Wone. See When

Wone, _sb._ == want. See Wane, _sb._

Wone, _sb._ == opinion. HD. 1711. AS. wénan

Wone, _adj._ == wont. HD. 2297; [i-wune]. O. and N. 1318; [y-woned]. RG. 377

---- _sb._ == custom. RG. 392. AS. wune

Wong, _sb._ == cheek. Wright’s L. P. pp. 28, 30, 31. AS. wang

Wong, _sb._ == field, plain. HD. 397, 1444. AS. wang

Wonie, == whine, _q. v._

Woning, _sb._ == a dwelling. RG. 275; [wonyghing]. Alys. 5930

Woningstede, _sb._ Ps. lxxxvi. 7. Ritson’s AS. viii. 53, 200

Wonne, _v. n._ == dwell. RG. 41. AS. wunian

Wonying, == whining, _q. v._

Woo, _v. a._ [woȝe]. K. Horn, 558; [wowe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. wógan

Wood, _sb._ RG. 374, 565. AS. wudu

Wood, _adj._ == mad. RG. 496. AS. wód

Woodward, _sb._ == the keeper of the wood. Pol. S. 149

Wooing, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 28

Wool, _sb._ RG. 2

Woolmonger, _sb._ RG. 539

Woolpack, _sb._ RG. 539

Wop, _sb._ == weeping. RG. 476

Word, _sb._ RG. 377, 501

---- == tidings. RG. 153

Woren, _v. a._ == trouble, disturb. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. AS. worian

Worewed, _part._ == worried. See Worry

Wori, _adj._ == troubled (of water). 255, 274 β

Work, _sb._ RG. 448

---- _v. a._ == cause. Wright’s L. P. p. 42, make, fashion; part ‘ywroȝte.’ RG. 447, ‘ywort.’ RG. 174

---- _v. n._ == do work. 186 B. Wright’s L. P. p. 60; pret. ‘wraht.’ Ibid. p. 42, ‘wroȝte.’ RG. 287

Workman, _sb._ St Swithin, 55

World, _sb._ KG. 367

Worldly, _adj._ Fragm. on Seven Sins, 16

Worly, _adj._ == excellent, beautiful. Wright’s L. P. pp. 39, 45; [wurhliche]. Ibid. p. 51. AS. wurðlic

Worm, _sb._ RG. 490

Worry, _v. a._ 1598 B.; part. ‘worewed.’ HD. 1915. AS. wérian

Worse, _adj._ RG. 374, 501

Worship, _sb._ [wurthsipe]. O. and N. 1097, 1342

Worshipful, _adj._ Ps. lxxi. 14

Worst, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 99

Worst. See Worthe

Wort, _sb._ == a root. RG. 341. AS. wyrt

Worth, _sb._ == value. RG. 373

---- _adj._ == worthy of, ‘what hii were wurth.’ RG. 374

Worth, _adv._ = forth. RG. 457

Worthe, _v. n._ == be, become. [iworthe]. 947 B. 2 s. pres. ‘worst.’ 1812; 3 s. pres. ‘worth.’ RG. 512; 1 pl. ‘wortheth.’ RG. 454; 3 s. imper. (in the phrase ‘wo worth.’) Body and Soul, 7; part. ‘iworthe.’ O. and N. 660. AS. weorðan

Worthful, _adj._ O. and N. 1479

Worthing, _sb._ == glory, honour. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. AS. weorðung

Worthship, _sb._ == worship, _q. v._

Worthy, _adj._ == excellent. 412 B.

---- == powerful. Ps. xlix. 3

Wot, == know. See Wite

Wote ? RG. 361

Wou, See Woȝ

Would, _sb._ See Will

Wound, _sb._ RG. 49. Wright’s L. P. pp. 85, 84

---- _v. a._ part, ‘ywonded.’ RG. 49

Wow, See Woȝ

Wowe, _sb._ == wall. HD. 1963. K. Horn, 1000. AS. wáh

Wowe, _v. n._ == to woo, _q. v._

Woȝ, _sb._ == wrong. O. and N. 164. RG. 39; [wou]. RG. 375, 550; [wow]. RG. 379; [woht]. Rel. S. ii. 16. AS. wóh

Wrake, _sb._ == evil, destruction. O. and N. 1192. AS. wræc

Wrakeful, _adj._ == wicked. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. AS. wræcfull

Wrath, _sb._ 451 B. AS. wráð

---- _v. n._ == be angry. Ps. iv. 5

---- _v. a._ == make angry. RG. 376, 253

Wrathless, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 42

Wray, _v. a._ == betray. 1226 B; [wrye]. Alys. 442. AS. wreian

Wrayli, _v. n._ == chatter, rail, abuse. St Swithin, 70. Dut. rallen. Swed. ralla

Wreche, _sb._ == vengeance. RG. 380, 419. AS. wræc

Wreche, == misery. RG. 252. But we should probably read ‘wrechede’

Wreier, _sb._ == betrayer, spoiler. HD. 39

Wreke, _v. a._ == avenge. HD. 1363. AS. wræccan

Wreker, _sb._ == avenger. Ps. viii. 3

Wren, _sb._ O. and N. 564. AS. wrenna

Wrench, _sb._ == trick. RG. 570, 535. AS. wrence

Wreon, _v. a._ == cover. Alys. 1606; 3 s. pres. ‘wrieth.’ Alys. 1992; part. ‘ywrye.’ RG. 56, 92. AS. wreon, wríhan

Wrestle, _v. n._ RG. 22, 361. Alys. 1046. AS. wræstlian

Wrestling, _sb._ O. and N. 793. Alys. 1046

Wretch, _sb._ 524 β AS. wræcca

---- _adj._ == wretched. 449 B.

Wretched, _adj._ comp. ‘wretcheder.’ 2432 B.

Wretchede, _sb._ == wretchedness. RG. 386, 511

Wretchedly, _adv._ RG. 446

Wrethen--writhen, _part._ == twisted. Alys. 5723

Wrey, _v. a._ == accuse. Pol. S. 198, 199; part. ‘wreynt.’ Pol. S. 157. AS. wrégan

Wrie, _v. n._ == move away. Wright’s L. P. p. 48. AS. wrigan, whence our ‘wriggle’

Wrieth, == covereth. See Wreon

Wrikke, _v. n._ == wriggle. St Dunstan, 82; ‘wrikkend’ == walking, going. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 216. AS. wrigan

Wring, _v. a._ (one’s hands). Body and Soul, 174; (clothes). HD. 1233

---- == keep tight hold of. Sermon, 20

---- == twist; part. ‘wrong.’ Alys. 6447

---- == press down, overcome; pret. ‘wrong.’ Marg. 47. AS. wringan

Wringer, _sb._ Sermon, 21

Writ, _sb._ HD. 136

---- == Scripture. Wright’s L. P. p. 101

---- == letter. Alys. 4502

Write, _v. a._ pret. ‘wrot.’ 164 B.; part. ‘iwrite.’ 1425 B.

Writeling, _sb._ == trills in a song? O. and N. 48, 912. From AS. wriðan == to writhe or twist

Writhe, _v. n._ == bend easily. Body and Soul, 116. AS. wríðan

Wro, _sb._ == hole or corner. HD. 68. Su. Goth. wra. Dan. vraa

Wronehede. Probably a mistake for ‘wronghede’ == wickedness. O. and N. 1398

Wrong, _adj._ == mistaken. Wright’s L. P. p. 31. ON. rángr. AS. wringan

Wrong, _sb._ == injustice, oppression. Wright’s L. P. p. 68. 1616 B.

---- _adv._ == badly. O. and N. 196

Wrong, _part._ == twisted. See Wring

Wrongwis, _adj._ == wicked. Ritson’s AS. viii. 177; [wrancwise]. Moral Ode, 129

Wrot, _sb._ == snout. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. AS. wrót

Wroten, _v. n._ == to root. Earth, st. 3. AS. wrót

Wroth, _adj._ == angry. RG. 31; timid. Alys. 544. AS. wráð

---- == poor, base. Wright’s L. P. p. 38

---- _sb._ == evil, unkindness. RG. 31

Wrotherhele, _sb._ [wrothe hele] == injury, destruction. RG. 143, 164. Body and Soul, 225. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝamon, iii. 444

Wrought. See Work, _vb._

Wrying, _sb._ == treachery. Alys. 3514

Wune, _sb._ == custom. O. and N. 272. AS. wune

Wunne, _adj._ == accustomed? Wright’s L. P. p. 46

Wunne, _sb._ == joy. Wright’s L. P. p. 47. AS. wyn

---- == hope. See Won

Wyred, == wire, _q. v._

Wyt, _sb._ == calamity, blame. Body and Soul, 62. AS. wíte

Y.

Y, == in. Pol. S. 151

Yard, _sb._ == rod. RG. 22; [ȝurd]. 2385 B.

---- == staff or sceptre. Ps. xliv. 7. AS. gyrd

Yard, _sb._ == courtyard. HD. 702. AS. geard

Yare, _adj._ == ready. RG. 396; [ȝarte]. O. and N. 1220. AS. gearo

---- _v. a._ == make ready. HD. 1350

Yare, _adv._ == of yore. 1512 B. AS. geara

Yate, _v. a._ == tell. Ritson’s AS. viii. 80. ON. géta

Yawn, _v. n._ [ȝonie]. O. and N. 292; [yene]. Body and Soul, 202. Alys. 485. AS. ganian

Ybrad. See Braid

Ycholle, == I shall. RG. 405

Ycoled, _part._ == helmeted, armed. Alys. 2686. AS. col, a helmet

Ydle. See Isle

Ydought. See Dow

Yea. 36 B.; [ya]. Alys. 3571

Year, _sb._ RG. 373. AS. gear

Yearn, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 43; [eorne]. O. and N. 1202

---- _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 63. AS. geornian

Yearning, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 72

Yell, _v. n._ [ȝulle]. 498 β; 2 s. pres. ‘ȝollest.’ O. and N. 223; pret. ‘ȝal.’ 502 β. AS. geallian

Yelling, _sb._ [ȝullinge]. 487 β. O. and N. 1641

Yellowman, _sb._ [ȝeolumon], Pol. S. 158

Yelp, _v. n._ == speak. Alys. 1065. AS. gilpan

---- == boast [ȝulpe], O. and N. 1650; part. ‘y-yolpe.’ Alys. 3368

Yelping [ȝulping], _sb._ == boasting. RG. 209, 210

Yeme, Yheme, Yheming. See ȝeme

Yene, _sb._ == yawn, _q. v._

Yepe, _adj._ == ready. Alys. 1193. See ȝep

Yering, _sb._ == yearning, desire. Ritson’s AS. viii. 79

Yesterday. Ps. lxxxix. 4

Yet, _adv._ [ȝut]. RG. 372; [ȝot]. O. and N. 1695

Yfere, _sb._ == companions. Alys. 6906. AS. ge-fera

Yhaht. See Hatch

Yhatered, _part._ == clothed. Alys. 5922. See Hattren

Yhete, _v. a._ == cast, pour out. Ps. lxviii. 25; pret. ‘yhet.’ Ps. xli. 5; pl. ‘yhotten.’ Ps. lxxviii. 3; part. ‘yotten.’ Ps. lxxiii. 21. AS. geotan. See ‘ȝete’

Yhoten, _sb._ == giant, Ps. xviii. 7. AS. eóten

Yield, _v. a._ == give up. Alys. 3176; pret. ‘yolde.’ RG. 387; part. ‘y-yolde.’ RG. 449; ‘iȝulde.’ 612 B. AS. geldan

---- == repay. Alys. 132

---- _v. n._ == turn out. K. Horn, 495

Ylef, _vb._ == believe thou. RG. 265

Ylome, == frequently. See Ilome

Ylong, _adv._ == belonging to, proper to. Wright’s L. P. pp. 61, 74. AS. gelang

Ymette, _adj._ == moderate? Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. gemet

Ymone, _adv._ == together, in concert. 380 β AS. gemana

Ympne. See Hymn

Ynele, == I ne will--I will not. RG. 314

Ynote, _part._ == noted, known. Alys. 59

Yoke, _sb._ RG. 453. AS. geoc

---- _v. a._ part. ‘y-yoked.’ Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Yolk, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 240. AS. geolca

Yond, _adv._ [ȝund] == yonder. 1 β. AS. geond

Yond, _adj._ == farther, as the ‘yond half,’ or farther side. Ritson’s AS. viii. 200. 713 β

Yornandlike, _adj._ == desirable. Ps. xviii. 11

Young, _adj._ RG. 377; comp. ‘younger.’ RG. 423; sup. ‘youngest.’ RG. 381. AS. geong

Younghede, _sb._ [ȝonghede] == youth. Legend of St Cuthbert, in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 15, _n._

Younglike, _adj._ Ps. cxviii. 141

Youngling, _sb._ Alys. 2366

Your, _adj._ RG. 455; [ower]. RG. 500; [or]. Wright’s L. P. p. 32

Youth, _sb._ Body and Soul, 111; [ȝeuȝede]. Moral Ode, st. 178. AS. geogoð

Youthhede, _sb._ Ps. xlii. 4

Yox, _v. n._ == sob. 1570 B. AS. geocsa

Yoxing, _sb._ == hiccuping. RG. 34

Ypotanos. See Hippopotamus

Yraȝte, _vb._ == procreated? O. and N. 106

Yse, _sb._ == iron. Alys. 5149. AS. ísen. Germ. eisen

Ysome, _adv._ == together. RG. 3, 83. AS. gesome

Ysteot, _part._ == fastened. Alys. 2768

Yswerred, _adj._ == having necks. Alys. 6264. AS. sweora

Yswowe, _part._ == in a swoon. Alys. 2262. See Swoon

Ythe, _adv._ == easily. K. Horn, 61. AS. eáðe

Ythen, _part._ == flourishing, prosperous. See The, _vb._

Ytolde, _part._ == pitched (of a tent). Alys. 5901. See Teld

Yvortrou, _adj._ == mistrustful. RG. 342

Ywrye. See Wreon

Ȝ.

Ȝarewe, _adj._ == ready. O. and N. 378. AS. gearo

Ȝark, _v. a._ == make ready. RG. 391, 399. Alys. 1411. AS. gearcian

Ȝarte. See Yare

Ȝavre, == ever, or perhaps ‘of yore.’ O. and N. 1178

Ȝef. See If

Ȝeines. Rel. S. i. 16. Probably instead of ‘tharto ȝeines’ we should read ‘thar toȝeines’ == there against, i.e. against death. AS. to-geánes

Ȝeme, _sb._ == care. RG. 135. AS. gýman

---- _v. a._ == care for, take care of. HD. 131

Ȝeming, _sb._ == care. Ps. cxl. 3

Ȝende, _sb._ == end. RG. 169

Ȝene ? O. and N. 843

Ȝeode, _vb._ == went. See Go

Ȝep, _adj._ == active. Wright’s L. P. p. 39; bold. O. and N. 465. AS. gæp

Ȝephede, _sb._ == boldness. O. and N. 683

Ȝerne, _adv._ == earnestly. RG. 487. AS. georne

Ȝete, _v. a._ == cast. Body and Soul, 189. See yhete

Ȝeuȝede, _sb._ == youth, _q. v._

Ȝeve, == give, _q. v._

Ȝeynchar, _sb._ == repentance. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. See App. to Mapes’s Poems, p. 343. AS. cerran with ‘gen’

Ȝeȝe, _v. n._ == jog along, go. Wright’s L. P. p. 111

---- _v. a._ == jog. Pol. S. 158

Ȝif. See If

Ȝiverness, _sb._ == avarice. Rel. S. vii. 11. AS. gífer

Ȝoe, == she. See under He

Ȝoe, == joy, _q. v._

Ȝokkyn, _sb._ == joking? Wright’s L. P. p. 50

Ȝomere, _adj._ == sorrowful. O. and N. 415. AS. geomor

Ȝonie, == yawn, _q. v._

Ȝoȝelinge, _sb._ == chattering, gabbling. O. and N. 40. Probably the same as the later ‘gaggle,’ which is used of a confused noise of people talking, in the Poem on the Deposition of Richard II. p. 18, and of geese, in Churchyard’s Pleasant Conceit penned in Verse (1593), cited in the pref. to Nash’s Pierce Penniless. (Shaksp. Soc.’s ed.), p. xviii.

Ȝraihand. See Thraying

Ȝuling. See Yelling

Ȝulle. See Yell

Ȝulpe. See Yelp

Ȝulping. See Yelping

ADDENDA.

Baru, add AS. bearh

Bert, _v. n._ == crepitum ventris edere. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211

Bidde, _v. n._ == need, ought. HD. 1733. Another form of ‘bud.’ Dan. bör. Compare Chaucer’s ‘bode.’ Rom. Rose, 790

Birde, _sb._ For HD. 2760, read Wright’s L. P. pp. 25, 30

Birde, _vb. pret._ == it behoved. HD. 2760. ON. byrjar. Dan. bör

Brol ? Rel. Ant. ii. 192

By, _v. a._ == to defame. Manuel des Pecches, 1355. ON. bía, maculare

Ferblet. Possibly ‘suffused with blood,’ ‘sanguine.’ Cf. ‘forbled,’ in the Anturs of Arthur at Tarne Wathelan, st. 51

Graueth. Probably for ‘graveth,’ or ‘geraveth,’ from AS. reáf, clothing

JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.