Chapter M: G. Mæso-Gothic (1)

M. Ode. The Moral Ode.

N. and Q. Notes and Queries.

O. and N. Owl and Nightingale.

ON. Old Norse.

O. H. G. Old High German.

Orm. Ormulum.

part. participle.

Pol. S. Political Songs.

pret. præterite.

Ps. Psalm.

Rel. S. Religious Songs.

RG. Robert of Gloucester.

Ritson’s AS. Ritson’s Ancient Songs.

Roq. Roquefort.

S. S. Semi-Saxon.

sb. substantive.

sup. superlative.

v. a. verb active.

v. n. verb neuter.

W. Welsh.

Warton, H. E. P. Warton’s History of English Poetry.

GLOSSARIAL INDEX.

A

A, _indef. art._ RG. 367

---- == on. O. and N. 20

---- == he. Alys. 7809

---- == and. HD. 359

---- == one. Ps. liv. 14

Aback, _adv._ RG. 131

Abash, _v. a._ Alys. 224

Abate, _v. a._ == put an end to, make to cease. RG. 54. Fr. abattre

---- _v. n._ == cease from doing a thing. RG. 447

Abay, _v. a._ == drive to bay. Alys. 3882

Abbess, _sb._ RG. 370

Abbey, _sb._ RG. 369

Abbot, _sb._ RG. 376, 447

Abece, == ABC. RG. 266

Abed, _adv._ RG. 547

Abelde, _v. n._ == become bold. Alys. 2442

Abenche, == on a bench. St. Kath. 91

Abide, _v. n._ == remain, tarry. RG. 382. AS. bidan

---- _v. a._ == wait for, hence receive. RG. 265, and 302, pret. ‘abade.’ Ps. xxxix. 2

Abie, _v. a._ == pay for, pay the penalty for. [abigge] 1624. B. pret. ‘abouȝte.’ 58 B. ‘abid.’ O. and N. 1775. AS. a-bicgan. See Phil. Soc. Proc. vol. v. p. 33

Abite, _v. a._ == bite. Alys. 7096

Ablende, _v. a._ == make blind. RG. 208

Aboht, _part._ == bought. Wright’s L. P. p. 103

About, _adv._ == round about (of locality). RG. 369; ‘ȝeode aboute’ 76 B.

---- ‘about to,’ with a verb, as a future part. 1593 B.

---- == nearly. RG. 247

---- _prep._ == around, circum. RG. 467; [obout]. Ps. lxxvii. 28

---- == near (of time), ‘aboute noon.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 34

Above, _adv._ 266 B.

---- _prep._ O. and N. 1492

Abow, _v. a._ == make to bend. RG. 46. pret. ‘abuyde.’ RG. 476

---- _v. n._ == bow, 3s pres. ‘abueth.’ RG. 193. part. ‘abouynde.’ RG. 302

Abowes, _sb._ == patron saints. RG. 475. Fr. avoués

Abraid, _v. a._ == open. O. and N. 1042. AS. abredan

Abroad, _adv._ RG. 542

Abrode, _adv._ == breeding, lit. ‘on brood.’ O. and N. 518. Fragm. on Seven Sins, v. 34

Abusse, _v. a._ == ambush, conceal. 1382 B.

Abuten, _prep._ == without (sine). M. Ode, st. 43

Ac, _conj._ == and, but. RG. 367

Acast, _part._ == disappointed. Pol. S. 149

Accord, _v. a._ == reconcile. RG. 388

---- _v. n._ == agree. RG. 388

---- _sb._ == agreement. RG. 388, 447

Account, _v. n._ == render an account or reckoning. Pilate 86

---- _sb._ == reckoning. 164 B. Sermon, st. 24

Accurse, _v. a._ RG. 296, 474

Accuse, _v. a._ RG. 523. part. ‘acoysing,’ == accusing or accusation. Alys. 3973

Acele, _v. a._ == seal. RG. 510. See Asele

Ache, _sb._ == smallage or water-parsley. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. ache

Ache, _v. n._ RG. 240 pret. ‘ok.’ RG. 208

Acoled, == cooled. O. and N. 215

Acomber, _v. a._ == encumber. Alys. 8025

Acopede, == accused. See Aculp

Acore, _v. a._ == make sorry, grieve. RG. 75. part. ‘acorye,’ == chastened, punished. RG. 390

Acost, _adv._ == at the side. Alys. 2443, 3547

Acquaint, _v. a._ RG. 15, 465

Acquit, _v. a._ RG. 565

Acton, _sb._ == a leathern jacket worn under the armour. Alys. 2153. Fr. acoton. See Burguy s. v.

Acue, _adv._ == on his rump. Fr. au cul. Marg. 67

Aculp, _v. a._ == accuse. RG. 544. pret. ‘acopede.’ 773 B.

Adaunt, _v. a._ RG. 61, 372

Aday, _adv._ == by day. O. and N. 219

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

Adder, _sb._ Alys. 5262

Addle, _adj._ == rotten. O. and N. 133

Adiȝte, _v. a._ == adapt, prepare. O. and N. 326

Admiral, _sb._ [amyrayl.] RG. 409. [admirald.] K. Horn 95

Admonishment, _sb._ [amonestement]. Alys. 6974

Adown, _prep._ [adun]. O. and N. 1452

---- _adv._ RG. 376.

Adownward, _adv._ RG. 362. Fragm. Sci. 321

Adraw, _v. a._ == draw (as a sword). RG. 361, pret. ‘adrou.’ == drew. RG. 400

Adread, _v. n._ == fear, be in dread. O. and N. 1264

---- _adj._ == in fear. Rel. S. iv. 2. part. ‘adrad.’ 44 B.

Adrench, _v. a._ == to drown, pret. ‘adrentte.’ RG. 384

---- _v. n._ == be drowned, pret. ‘adrent.’ RG. 401. part. ‘adrencte.’ RG. 437. ‘adronke.’ RG. 430

Adriȝe, _v. a._ == endure. K. Horn, 1068. AS. a-dreogan

Adun, _v. a._ == stun. O. and N. 337

Adun, _adv._ == adown, _q. v._

Advance, _v. a._ == set forward, promote. RG. 503; to _advance_ a girl in marriage. RG. 431

Advancement, _sb._ Alys. 2570

Advent, _sb._ == the season of Advent. 1849 B.

Advice, _sb._ 101 B.

Advowson, _sb._ [vowson]. RG. 471

Adwole, _adv._ == in error. O. and N. 177. AS. dwelian, dwola

Ae, _adv._ for ‘aȝe,’ == against. 1456 B.

Afaitment, _sb._ == address, skill. Alys. 661

Afare, _part._ == gone away. St Kath. 176

Afaytye, _v. a._ == manage, reduce to subjection. RG. 177

---- 3 s pret. ‘afighteth.’ Alys. 6583. Fr. afaiter

Afar, _adv._ 1226 B.

Afaunce, == affiance? Weber. Gl. ad Alys. 732

Afear, _v. a._ == frighten. RG. 504, 22

Afeard, _adj._ RG. 388

Afell, _v. a._ == fell, cut down. Alys. 5240

Afeng, _v. a._ == take up, receive, pret. afong. RG. 368

Aferd, _part._ == affaired, i.e. charged with an affair to be executed. Alys. 1813

Affair, _sb._ Alys. 410

Affie, _v. a._ == give confidence to a person. Alys. 4753

Affirm, _v. a._ Alys. 7356

Afighteth. See Afaytye

Afiled, == defiled. Alys. 1064

Afind, _v. a._ == find. O. and N. 527

Afingred, _part._ == hungered. 416 β. Cf. ‘fyrst’ for ‘thirst,’ ‘frefownd’ for ‘greyhound;’ and see Wright’s Vocab. pp. 250, 259, note

Afire, _adv._ RG. 380, 541, 546

Afoled, _part._ == befooled, made a fool of. O. and N. 206

Afoot, _adv._ RG. 378

Aforce, _v. a._ == force, compel. RG. 121. Alys. 789

Aforeward, _adv._ == foremost, foreward. 492 B.; first of all. RG. 567

Aforth, _adv._ == forwards. O. and N. 822

Afretie, _v. a._ == devour. Pol. S. 237, 240. AS. fretan

Afte, _sb._ == folly? Pol. S. 210

After, _prep._ == in expectation of, ‘after betere wynde hii moste þere at stonde.’ RG. 367

---- == of time, ‘after Mydsomer.’ RG. 407

---- == like. Alys. 5418

---- == in; ‘after eche strete.’ M. Ode, st. 117

---- == ‘behind,’ of place. RG. 398

Afterblismed, == pregnant. Ps. lxxvii. 70. AS. blósma == a bud

Afterward, _adv._ == in the after part (of a book). RG. 6

---- == next in order, afterwards. Wright’s L. P. p. 24

Aftertale, _sb._ == postscript. 627 B.

Afterwending, _sb._ == following. Alys. 7280

Again, _adv._ == iterum, a second time. RG. 36

---- == back again [aȝé]. 147 B.

Againbuy, _v. a._ == redeem, pret. ‘agaynboghte.’ Ps. lxxiii. 2

Againbuying, _sb._ == redemption. Ps. xlviii. 9

Againcall, _v. a._ Ps. ci. 25

Againlook, _v. a._ == look back upon. Ps. xxxiv. 3

Againres, _sb._ == meeting. Ps. lviii. 6. [ogain raas]. Ps. xviii. 7

Againsaw, _sb._ == contradiction. Ps. lxxx. 8

Againsaying, _sb._ == contradiction. Ps. cv. 32

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

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

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

---- == in comparison with, [aȝeynes]. Wright’s L. P. p. 68

Againstand, _v. n._ Ps. lxxv. 8

Againturn, _v. n._ == return. Ps. lxxvii. 39

Againward, _adv._ Ps. lxxvii. 57

Againwend, _v. n._ == retreat, part, ‘aȝenwendand.’ Ps. lxxvii. 9

Agast, _v. a._ == frighten. RG. 387

---- _adj._ == frightened. RG. 402. Alys. 3912. MG. us-gaisjan.

Age, _sb._ == sæculum. RG. 9

Agesse, _vb._ == calculate on, expect. K. Horn, 1219

Agin, _v. n._ == begin. O. and N. 1287

Ago, _v. n._ == go. O. and N. 1451. part. ‘agonne.’ == proceeded. RG. 561

Ago, == gone, neglected. Pol. S. 197

Agrame, _v. a._ == make angry. Alys. 3309

Agrief, _v. a._ Alys. 3785

Agrill, _v. a._ == annoy. [a-grulle]. O. and N. 1108. AS. grillan

Agrise, _v. a._ == terrify. RG. 463. pret. ‘agros.’ RG. 549. part. ‘agrise,’ == frightened. RG. 539. ‘To agrise him,’ == become furious. K. Horn, 895. AS. agrýsan

Aground, or ‘alaground,’ == on the ground. RG. 378

Ahen, _adj._ == own. O. and N. 1284. AS. ágen

Aheve, _v. a._ == lit. lift up; hence, bring up, educate. Marg. 5. AS. a-hefan

Ahte, _sb._ == property, goods. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. AS. æht

Ahwene, _v. a._ == vex, trouble. O. and N. 1562. AS. a-hwænan

Ainoȝe, _adj._ == anew. RG. 397

Air, _sb._ 697 β

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

Aither, == either. 434 β

Aiware--Aihwar, == everywhere. O. and N. 216. Moral Ode, st. 42, ed. Hickes, but the Egerton MS. reads the verse “eiðer he mai him finde”

Akelde, _vb. a._ pret. == cooled. The other reading is ‘acoled,’ q. v. RG. 442

Aken, _v. a._ == reconnoitre. Alys. 3468

Aknee, _adv._ == on the knee’s. 993 B. [aknawe]. Alys. 3540

Alaboute, _adv._ 2258 B. Many other compounds of ‘all’ are thus written as one word, where they are now generally disjoined, thus--‘alaground.’ RG. 378

Alamed, _part._ == lamed. O. and N. 1602

Alas! _interj._ RG. 443

Alast, _adv._ == at last. Pol. S. 216

Alb, _sb._ == clothing, lit. a white robe. RG. 347. AS. albe

Albidene, _adv._ == by and by. HD. 730. Wright’s L. P. p. 61

Albysi, _adv._ == about, scarcely. RG. 81. The V. L. gives ‘unnethe’

Alday, _adv._ == all the day. RG. 197

---- == continually. RG. 92

Aldeman, _sb._ == elder. Ps. civ. 22

Aldest, == oldest. RG. 232

Alderelde, _sb._ == extreme old age. Ps. lxx. 18

Ale, _sb._ HD. 14

Alegge, _v. a._ == to lay down, put down. 1928 B. part, ‘aleyd.’ == quelled, subdued. Wright’s L. P. p. 105

---- (of laws) == to annul. RG. 422. part. ‘aleyd.’ RG. 144 == ‘to confute.’ O. and N. 394. AS. a-lecgan

Alesen, _v. a._ == loose. Marg. 24

Alight, _v. a._ == descend, alight. 1897 B. RG. 468. part, ‘alight.’ RG. 433. AS. a-lihtan

Alighting, _sb._ RG. 430

Alisaundre, _sb._ == the herb alexander, or horse-parsley. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. See the Prompt. Parv. s. v.

Alive, _adv._ 67 B. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝamon, p. 442

Alike, _adj._ [iliche]. 1894 B.

---- _adv._ 714 β

Alinlaz. See Anlace

All, _adj._ RG. 373, == the whole

---- RG. 371, == every one of a number gen. s. ‘alles,’ used adverbially, == very, entirely. RG. 17; 73 B. gen. pl. ‘alre,’ 1332 B. ‘aller,’ RG. 135

All, _adv._ RG. 367, et passim

Allerfurst, == first of all. Alys. 1569

Allermost, _adv._ RG. 44

Alliance, _sb._ RG. 89, 295; [enlyance]. RG. 12

Allong, == during the whole of; ‘al longe day.’ 403 B. ‘allonge niȝt.’ 595 β

Allout, _adv._ == entirely. 1940 B.

Ally, _v. a._ RG. 65

Allyng, _adv._ == entirely. RG. 48. AS. eallunga

Almatour, _sb._ == almoner. Alys. 3042

Almesse, _sb._ == alms. RG. 330

Almightand, == almighty. Creed. 33

Almighty, _adj._ 1041 B.

Almost, _adv._ RG. 389. Ps. cxviii. 87

Almsdeed, _sb._ Rel. S. iv. 39

Almsful, _adj._ 1676. B.

Almshede, _sb._ RG. 498

Alnil, == and only? Pol. S. 201

Alond, _adv._ == on the land. RG. 389

Alone, _adj._ 59 B.

Along, _adv._ == straight on, ‘to go along.’ Alys. 3410

---- == lengthwise [o lonke]. Pol. S. 156

Alothe, _v. n._ == become loathsome. O. and N. 1275

Alour, _sb._ == corridor. Alys. 7210. _pl._ ‘alurs.’ RG. 192. Fr. aller

Alout, _v. n._ == bow. RG. 476

Alre, _gen. pl._ of ‘all,’ forms numerous compounds with adjj. in the superlative degree,--thus ‘alre-hecst,’ == highest of all. O. and N. 687; ‘alre-mest,’ ib. 684; ‘alre-necst,’ ib. 685; ‘alre-wrste,’ ib. 121; &c. &c.

Als, == as. HD. 306, == as if. HD. 508

Alsauf, _adv._ == without fail. RG. 391

Also, == besides. RG. 369

---- == as. RG. 561. HD. 1872

---- == as if. HD. 468

Alswa, _adv._ == also, in like manner. O. and N. 237

---- == as if. O. and N. 146

Altar, _sb._ 2215 B.

Altherbest, == best of all. HD. 182

Alto, _adv._ 99 B.

Alumere, _adj._ == bright. Wright’s L. P. p. 68

Alȝare, _adv._ == already. 917 B.

Am, == them. Ps. v. 12

Am, _vb._ == 1s pret. of ‘be.’ 337 RG.

Amad, _part._ == amaied or dismayed. Alys. 1749. K. Horn. 586

---- == mad. Pol. S. 156

Amaistre, _v. a._ == reduce to subjection. Pilate 60

Amanse, _v. a._ == curse. RG. 474. AS. amánsumian, lit. to disjoin, hence to excommunicate

Amar, _v. a._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211

Amarstle, _v. a._ == to stuff full? Wright’s L. P. p. 111. AS. amæstan

Ambesas, _sb._ == two aces, the lowest throw on the dice. Hence ‘to caste an ambesas,’ == to have bad luck, to fail in a thing. 492 β. 450 B. See Roq. _s. v._ Ambezas

Amblant, _part._ == ambling, Alys. 3462

Ambush, _sb._ RG. 51

---- _v. a._ [abusse] 1382 B.

Amen, _interj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 51

Amend, _v. a._ RG. 449, 391

Amending, _sb._ == amendment. Alys. 7502

Amendment, _sb._ RG. 404, 472

Amere, _adv._ == bitterly, wrathfully. Alys. 4427. Fr. ameir, Lat. amarus

Amet, _sb._ == emmet, ant. RG. 296; ‘amete hulle’ == an anthill. RG. 296

Amethyst, _sb._ Cok. 91

Ameye, _sb._ == a mistress. Alys. 520. Fr. amie

Amid, _prep._ == in the midst of. 1139 B.

---- == with, 90 B. for ‘mid.’

Amidward, _adv._ Alys. 690

Amiral. See Admiral.

Amiss, _adj._ == wrong. RG. 451

Amiture, _sb._ == friendship. Alys. 3975

Amone, _v. a._ == remember. Sign. 147. AS. gemunan

Among, _prep._ == inter. 6 B.

---- _adv._ == at intervals, O. and N. 6

Amorrow, [amorwe] _adv._ == on the morrow. 49 B.

Amount, _v. n._ RG. 497 == ‘vor it ne ssolde _amounti_ noȝt,’ == because it would amount to or avail nought. So the prep. is omitted in Alys. 6020

‘That _amounted_ fyve hundred thousand
Knyghtis to armes, so Y fynde’

Amour, _sb._ == lover. Alys. 951

---- == love. Alys. 4573

Amty, == empty, RG. 17

Amye, _sb._ == friend. Alys. 1834. Fr. ami.

An, _indef. art._ == before a cons. RG. 537, ‘an stounde.’ So also RG. 261

---- == and. _q. v._

---- == on, ‘an urthe’ 174 B. ‘an honde’ == on hand. 71 B. This last phrase seems to have dropped the meaning of ‘soon,’ ‘now,’ which it bears in Semi-Saxon. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝamon, vol. iii. p. 474. ‘an hei’ == on high. RG. 537. ‘an hoker’ == with scorn. 710 B. ‘an aunter’ == on adventure, i. e. in peril. RG. 311, an oniwar == at unawares

---- == one, in acc. ‘anne.’ RG. 223.

An, _v. a._ == grant, allow, consent. O. and N. 1738. AS. unnan

Analing, == annihilating? Alys. 2166. Sic. Weber in Gloss. Hall _s. v._ suggests ‘avaling’ as the true reading == pulling down from their horses, which is probably correct

Anarrow, _v. a._ == confine, cramp up; hence, dishearten? Alys. 3346

Ancestor, _sb._ 428 B.

Anchor, _sb._ HD. 521

Ancre, _sb._ == nun. RG. 380

And, _conj._ RG. 368; [an]. O. and N. 31. RG. 264

Aneli, _adj._ == lonely. Ps. xxiv. 16

Anente, _prep._ == opposite to, over against. Fragm. Sci. 241

Anethered, _part._ == lowered, conquered. RG. 217

Angel, _sb._ RG. 254, 255, 441

Angrom, _sb._ == anguish. Ps. cxviii. 143. AS. ange

Anguish, _sb._ RG. 172, 442

Anguishous, _adj._ == full of anguish, RG. 157, 222

Anhang, _v. a._ == hang up, 3 s. pres. ‘an-hoð,’ O. and N. 1644. pret. ‘an-hung.’ RG. 509. AS. an-hòn

Anhit, _v. a._ == hit, strike. RG. 185

Anight, _adv._ == during the night. 681 B.

Anilepi, _adj._ == one, single. HD. 2107. AS. ‘æn-lipig’. Cf. ‘lepi ane.’ Ps. xiii. 1; lii. 2, 4

Anise, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Annoy, _v. a._ RG. 420, 487; part. annuid. RG. 550

---- _sb._ [anuy]. 1618 B.

Anness, _sb._ == solitude. Ps. ci. 7; [anes]. Ps. liv. 8

Anlace, [alinlaz] == a long knife worn at the girdle. HD. 2554

Anleth, _sb._ == countenance. Ps. xxvi. 9. AS. andwlita

Anon, _adv._ RG 373.

Anoniwar, _adv._ == at unawares. RG. 511

Anonrightes, _adv._ == immediately. Alys. 824

Another, _adj._ RG. 379, 444

Anoven, _adv._ == above. K. Horn, 638

Anoward, _adv._ upon. RG. 419

Anstond, _v. a._ == stand. RG. 267

Answer, _vb. a._ RG. 431

---- _sb._ RG. 500

Anthem, [anteyn] _sb._ St Dunstan, 185

Antre, _sb._ == adventure. RG. 35

---- _v. a._ == risk. Alys. 4265

Any, _adj._ == ‘any thing.’ 410 B.

---- == any one [eny]. RG. 376

Apair, _v. a._ == impair. St. Kath. 152

Apayed, == pleased. RG. 117, 1642 B. Fr. apaier, paier

Ape, _sb._ Alys. 4344

Apertly, _adv._ == openly. RG. 375

Apeyre, _v. a._ == impair. RG. 279

Apliȝt, _adv._ == immediately, at once. RG. 511

---- == faithfully? Pol. S. 218

Apoison, _v. a._ == to poison. RG. 122

Apostle, _sb._ RG. 70

Appeal, _sb._ 602 B.

Apple, _sb._ RG. 283

Aprikie, _v. a._ == prick. RG. 553

April, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 27

Aquell, _v. a._ == quell or kill. Pol. S. 192. AS. a-cwellan

Aquench, _v. a._ Rel. S. i. 10. part. ‘a-queynt’ == quenched. Frag. Sci. 162. AS. acwencan

Ar, _sb._ == oar. HD. 1776. AS. ár

Ar, _adv._ == ere, before than. O. and N. 862. compar. ‘erur.’ O. and N. 1736. AS. ǽr, ǽror

Arape, _adv._ == in haste. Alys. 4239. Fr. araper. Lat. arripere.

Arbalast, _sb._ RG. 377, 536

Arbalaster, _sb._ Alys. 2613

Arch, _sb._ RG. 415

Archbishop, _sb._ RG. 367

Archbishopric, _sb._ RG. 417

Archdeacon, _sb._ RG. 468

Archer, _sb._ RG. 199

Architemple, == chief church. RG. 74

Are, _adj._ == former. HD. 27

Are, _vb._ [aren], Wright’s L. P. p. 34. See Be

Arear, _v. a._ == raise up; hence ‘build,’ of a church. 320 B.; to ‘stir up,’ as war. RG. 436; or dust. Alys. 4077

Areason, _v. a._ == talk to. Alys. 6751

Areche, _v. a._ == explain. K. Horn, 1258. AS. arecan

Areche, _v. n._ == extend, reach onwards to a thing. Rel. Ant. i. 110; reach, St Andrew, 92. AS. arǽcan

Aredde, _v. a._ == rid of. O. and N. 1569

Arehwe, _sb._ == fear. O. and N. 1714

Arenk, _adv._ == in a rank or row. 273 β

Areu, _sb._ == fear. O. and N. 1496. See Areȝ

Arewe, _adv._ == in a row. RG. 252

Arewe, _v. a._ == to rue. Pol. S. 188

Areȝ, _adj._ == afraid. O. and N. 407. AS. earh

Areȝthe, _sb._ == fear. O. and N. 404

Arge, _adj._ == slow. M. Ode, st. 10. AS. earh

Aright, _adv._ O. and N. 400

Arise, _v. n._ RG. 369, 379. 3 s. pret. ‘aros.’ RG. 560. ‘arist.’ Alys. 5760

Ark, _sb._ Ps. cxxxi. 8

Arm, _adj._ [areme] == poor, miserable. O. and N. 1160. AS. earm

Arm, _sb._ == a limb. 2136 B.

Arm, _v. a._ RG. 63, 511. part. ‘y-armed.’ RG. 386

Armour, _sb._ RG. 397

Arms, _sb._ 2087 B.

Arn, _v. n._ == run, pret. ‘arnde.’ RG. 397. ‘orn,’ 2158 B. See Urne

Arnement, _sb._ == ink? Alys. 6418. Lat. atramentum. Fr. attrament. Cotgr. This is Weber’s conjecture, who refers to the Sevyn Sages, v. 2776, ‘as blak as ani arnement,’ in confirmation. And see Rel. Ant. i. p. 302

Arning, == destroying. Alys. 2165. Fr. arner == to enfeeble. Cotgr.

Aroom, _adv._ == aside, out of the way. Alys. 1637

Arost, _part._ == roasted. Pol. S. 151

Around, [aroun] _adv._ == in circumference. Alys. 6603

Arrive, _v. n._ RG. 371

Arrow, _sb._ RG. 394, 398

Arson, _sb._ == saddle. Alys. 4251. It is properly the bow of the saddle, from Fr. ars == arc, or bow

Arst, == erst, first. RG. 389, 393

Art, _vb._ O. and N. 642

Art, _sb._ [ars]. Alys. 74, 737

Arwe, _adj._ == arrant. Alys. 3340

Aryhed, == laboured. Ps. cxviii. 27. AS. erian, pres. erige

As, == ut. RG. 368

---- == where. RG. 555. St. Andrew, 16

Asad, _adj._ == sad. Pol. S. 212

Ascape, _v. n._ == escape. Pol. S. 190

---- _v. a._ == avoid. Alys. 3775

Aschewele, _v. a._ == frighten. O. and N. 1611. A ‘shewel,’ or ‘shawel,’ was a scarecrow. See O. and N. 1646

Aschend, _v. a._ == injure. 1356 B.

Ascoff, _adv._ == scoffingly. Alys. 874

Aseen, _part._ == seen. Alys. 847

Asele, _v. a._ == seal. RG. 510. [acele.] RG. 496

Asely, == to absolve. RG. 360. See ‘assoil’

Asenk, _v. a._ == drown, make to sink, pret. ‘asentte.’ RG. 416; ‘asencte.’ ib. 489. Laȝamon, iii. 19, has ‘aseingde.’ AS. sencan

Aseven, _adv._ == in 7 parts. RG. 405

Ashes, _sb._ [aske]. RG. 536. [axen]. Pol. S. 203

Ash-wednesday. RG. 542

Ashunche, _v. a._ == shun, detest. Wright’s L. P. p. 38. AS. ascunian

Asiwe, _v. a._ == follow. Alys. 2494

Ask, _v. a._ RG. 89. pret. ‘ascode.’ RG. 550. ‘askede’

Aske, == ashes, _q. v._

Asking, _sb._ == prayer. Ps. xix. 7

Aslawe, _part._ == slain. RG. 317

Asleep, _adv._ RG. 417, 547

Asoke, _vb. a._ == forsook. K. Horn. 69

Asluppe, _vb._ == slip away from. Wright’s L. P. p. 38

Asperant, _adj._ == bold. Alys. 4871

Aspide, _sb._ == asp. Ps. xc. 13

Aspill, _v. a._ == spill. 356 B.

Aspy, _v. a._ part. ‘aspie,’ == aspied. RG. 553

---- _v. n._ RG. 549

---- _sb._ == spy. RG. 557

Ass, _sb._ RG. 404

Assail, _v. a._ [asayly]. RG. 394; part. ‘asayled.’ RG. 387

Assault, _v. a._ [asayly]. RG. 177

Assault, _sb._ [asayt]. RG. 380. [asaut]. RG. 409

Assay, _v. a._ == essay, try. RG. 34. [a-syghe]. Alys. 3879

Assemble, _v. a._ Pol. S. 188

Assent, _v. n._ RG. 96

---- _sb._ Alys. 1480

Asshreynt, _part._ == caught, deceived. Alys. 4819. AS. ascrencan

Assign, _v. a._ RG. 502. 347 B.

Assize, _sb._ == judicial inquest. RG. 429

---- _sb._ == commodities, goods. Alys. 7074

Assoign, _vb. a._ == excuse, hence as a legal term ‘to put in a plea for delay and non-appearance.’ RG. 539. Fr. essoiner

---- _sb._ == a plea for non-appearance at a trial. [asoyne, a sothne]. RG. 539

Assoil, _v. a._ == absolve. RG. 464, 501

Assoiling, _sb._ RG. 501

Assuage, _v. a._ 1454 B.

Assumption, _sb._ (Feast of the). RG. 570

Astand, _v. n._ == stand still, delay. [astonde] 1920 B. 3 pl. pret. ‘astunte’ RG. 546. ‘astynte’ RG. 128

Asteynte, _part._ == attainted. Alys. 880

Astiune, _sb._ == a precious stone. Cok. 88. Probably the ‘astios’ of Plin. H. N. xxxvii. 48

Astoned, == astonished. RG. 396

Astore, _v. a._ == store (a place). RG. 375, 385, 395

---- _adv._ == plentifully. Alys. 2110, 5002

Astrangle, _v. a._ == to strangle. RG 342

Astrengthy, _v. a._ == strengthen. RG. 342

Astride, _adv._ Alys. 4445

Astromyen, _sb._ == astronomer. Alys. 136

Astronomy, _sb._ Alys. 137

Astye, _v. n._ == move, or stir. RG. 317 AS. astígan

Asunde. See Aswunde

Aswink, _v. a._ == swink for, earn by labour. 1665 B.

Aswunde, _part._ == worn out, decayed. O. and N. 1478. ‘asunde.’ O. and N. 534. AS. aswindan

At, _adv._ == but. RG. 256, 372

---- with inf. == to. Ps. lxxvi. 16; lxxii. 23. ON. at

---- _prep._ == of time, ‘at Alle Halwyn tide.’ RG. 416

---- == of place, ‘at Westmynstre.’ 227 B.

Atake, _part._ == taken. 1963 B.

Atblenche, _v. a._ == shrink from, escape. Rel. S. v. 8

Atbroide, _part._ == seduced? O. and N. 1378. AS. æt-bredan

Ate. See Eat.

Atell, _v. a._ == reckon up. RG. 171

Ateliche, _adj._ == hateful, foul. O. and N. 1123. AS. átelic

Atfall, _v. n._ == fall. Rel. S. vii. 24

Atfly, _v. n._ == fly away. O. and N. 37

Atgo, _v. n._ == go away. Wright’s L. P. pp. 48, 74

Athel, _sb._ == nobleman? Wright’s L. P. p. 33. AS. æþel

---- _adj._ == noble. O. and N. 632

Atheling, _sb._ == nobleman. Rel. S. vi. 11. AS. æþeling

Athold, _v. a._ == retain. RG. 124; restrain. O. and N. 392

---- _v. n._ == hold still, remain faithful to. 2 s. pres. ‘athalst.’ RG. 193

Athrang, _adv._ == in a throng. Alys. 3409

Athree, _adv._ == in 3 parts. RG. 437

Atour, _adv._ == round about. Alys. 4511

Atprenche, _v. a._ == deceive. O. and N. 249, 812. ON. pretta, to deceive

Atraht, for ‘at-raft.’ == reaved or snatched away. Wright’s L. P. p. 37

Atrute, _v. a._ == make a noise or disturbance. RG. 428. O. and N. 1166. See Route

Atscape, _v. a._ == escape. Wright’s L. P. p. 75

Atschet, _vb. a._ == burst? O. and N. 44. AS. sceðan

Atschote, _vb. a. part._ == shot, destroyed by a shot. O. and N. 1621. AS. sceotan

Atsit, _v. a._ == withstand, oppose. RG. 174

Atstand, _v. a._ == withstand. RG. 44

---- _v. n._ == stand, remain. 2375 B. pret. ‘atstode.’ RG. 355

Attan, == at the, for ‘at than.’ 81 B.

Atte, == at the. RG. 285

Attercop, _sb._ == spider. O. and N. 600. Lit. ‘poison-cup.’ AS. attor-coppa

Attire, _v. a._ RG. 547

---- _sb._ Alys. 173

Attorn, _v. n._ == return. RG. 419, 539

Atwende, _v. a._ == put away, remove. O. and N. 1425

Atwit, _v. a._ == twit. RG. 33. pret. ‘atwiste,’ ibid. AS. edwitan

Atwo, _adv._ RG. 375

Atyl, _sb._ == array, dress. RG. 51. Fr. teile, toile

---- _v. a._ == array. RG. 191, 525

Aunt, _sb._ RG. 571. Fr. ante, tante. Lat. amita

Autors, _sb._ == ancestors. Alys. 4519

Avail, _v. a._ == bring down, lower. O. and N. 1683. Fr. avaler

Avail, _v. n._ == help, be of avail. Body and S. 188. Fr. valoir

Avenant, _adj._ == graceful. Alys. 6333. Fr. avenant

Avetrol, _sb._ == bastard. Alys. 2693. Fr. avoistre

Aveysé, _adj._ == wary. Alys. 5261

Avile, _v. a._ == render vile, with ‘to.’ RG. 495

Aviroun, _adv._ == round about. Alys. 2672. Fr. environ

Avise, _v. a._ == advise, inform. RG. 547

Avision, _sb._ == warning. RG. 255

---- == vision. 1101 B.

Avoi, _adv._ == away. 2061 B.

Avoirdupois. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175

Avoth, == takes in, hear, from ‘a-fón.’ O. and N. 841

Avoué, _sb._ == protector. Alys. 3160. See ‘Abowes’

Avowerie, _sb._ == help, patronage. Pol. S. 189

Await, _v. a._ == wait for. Pilate 17

---- == attend upon, observe. RG. 49

Awake, _v. n._ == pret. ‘awok.’ RG. 15. Alys. 356

Awaking, _sb._ RG. 557

Awaped, == amazed, angered. Alys. 899. AS. wafian

Aware, _adj._ == [iwar]. O. and N. 147

Awarie, _v. a._ == curse. Marg. 18. part. ‘awariede.’ Rel. S. v. 137. AS. awarian

Awarp, _v. a._ == cast away, render worthless. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210. AS. awerpan

Away, _adv._ RG. 398

Awaybear, _v. a._ Ps. xlv. 10

Awayput, _v. a._ Ps. lxxxviii. 39; lxxxvii. 15

Awayward, _adv._ RG. 151

Awaywerp, _v. a._ == reject. Ps. lxxvii. 60

Awe, _sb._ [agh]. Ps. lxxxviii. 31

Awe, _v. a._ == own, possess. HD. 1291. AS. ágan

Awede, _v. n._ == go mad. O. and N. 1382. pret. ‘awedde.’ RG. 162. part. ‘awed,’ == mad. 1488 B. AS. awédan

Awend, _v. n._ == go. part. ‘awend,’ 1240 B. AS. awendan

Awene, _v. a._ == make to think or prompt? O. and N. 1256. part. ‘awene.’ O. and N. 239. AS. wenan

Awful, [aghful]. Ps. xlvi. 3

Awfully, [aghfulli]. _adv._ Ps. cxxxviii. 14

Awfulness, [aghfulness.] _sb._ Ps. cxliv. 6

Awhile, _adv._ 1243 B.

Awille, _adv._ == pleasingly, ex voto. O. and N. 1720

Awl, _sb._ == RG. 48. [owel]. O. and N. 80. AS. æl

Awlate, _v. a._ == disgust. RG. 485. AS. wlætian

Awonder, _v. a._ == cause to wonder. Alys. 1408, 5513

Awreke, _v. a._ == avenge. RG. 391. pret. ‘awrete.’ ib. 135

Awrothe, _v. n._ == become wroth, or evil. O. and N. 1276

Awuste, _v. a._ pret. == knew. M. Ode, 9

Axe, _sb._ RG. 490, 540

Ay, _sb._ == egg. Alys. 568. pl. ‘ayren,’ Alys. 4719. See Ey

Ayschelle, _sb._ == egg-shell. Alys. 577

Aye, _adv._ == ever. 884 B.

Ayke, _v. a._ == increase. Ps. civ. 24. AS. écan

Aysil, _sb._ == vinegar. Ps. lxviii. 22. AS. eisile. Germ. essig

Azure, _adj._ Ritson’s AS. viii. 37

Aȝt, _adj._ == noble. RG. 377, 183, 459. AS. æht

Aȝte, _vb._ == ought. RG. 357

B.

Bac, _sb._ == a crown. Wright’s L. P. p. 70. AS. beág

Back, _sb._ HD. 556

Backbite, _v. a._ Pol. S. 157. pret. ‘backbate.’ Ps. xxxvii. 21

Backbiter, _sb._ Rel. S. vii. 25

Bad, _adj._ RG. 108

Badly, _adv._ RG. 566

Baft, _sb._ == the hinder part. Ps. lxxvii. 66. AS. bæfta

Bag, _sb._ Pol. S. 150

Bagful, _sb._ St Swithin, 57

Bailiff, _sb._ RG. 473, 499. n. pl. ‘baylis’ RG. 129

Baillie, _sb._ == office, or duty. 202, 355 B.

---- == authority. Alys. 7532

Bait, _v. a._ (a bear). HD. 1840. ON. beita

Baker, _sb._ Rel. S. vii. 35

Balance, _sb._ == doubt. RG. 200

Bald, _adj._ [ballede]. RG. 377, 429

Baldelicker, == bolder. St Swithin, 69

Baldric, _sb._ == [baudry]. Alys. 4698. Fr. baldret. Lat. balteus

Bale, _sb._ == woe. HD. 327. AS. bealu

Baleful, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Bali, == belly. _q. v._

Ball, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 89

---- == head. Alys. 6481. Compare our modern slang ‘nob’

Balm, _sb._ [baum]. Wright’s L. P. p. 35

Baloynge, == smoothness? Wright’s L. P. p. 35. See Prompt. Parv. s. v. Balhew

Ban, _sb._ == message. RG. 188

---- == troop, army. O. and N. 390

---- _v. a._ == levy, or raise an army. O. and N. 1666

Band, _sb._ == chain, bond. [bende], RG. 379

Bandon, _sb._ == dominion, authority. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. pl. bandons, == orders, commands. Alys. 3180

Baneur, _sb._ == ensign-bearer. RG. 361

Bank, _sb._ (of a river). Alys. 3495

Banker, _sb._ == cloth or covering for a bench. Ritson’s AS. viii. 69. Fr. banquier. See Prompt. Parv. _s. v._ and Way’s note there

Banner, _sb._ RG. 541, 542, 402

Banneret, _sb._ == a little banner. Alys. 5236

---- == knight-banneret. RG. 551

Baptize, _v. a._ RG. 86

Baptizing, _sb._ RG. 86

Bar, _sb._ HD. 1794

Barbary, _sb._ == foreign lands. Ps. cxiii. 1

Barbet, _sb._ == a hood, or muffler. Pol. S. 154

Barbican, _sb._ Alys. 1591. Fr. barbacan. _Vid._ Roq. s. v.; and see Phil. Soc. Proc. vol. iii. p. 156

Bare, _sb._ == tree. O. and N. 56. ON. Barr

Bare, _adj._ == naked. RG. 514

---- == mere, single. M. Ode, 70

---- == destitute, impoverished. RG. 511, 388

Barefoot, _adj._ RG. 434

Baret, _sb._ == quarrel. O. and N. 408. HD. 1932. ON. baratta

Barge, _sb._ Alys. 852

Bark, _v. n._ Alys. 1935

Barking, _sb._ Alys. 4966

Barm, _sb._ == yeast. Rel. S. vii. 30. AS. bearme

Barm, == bosom. K. Horn. 728. AS. bearm

Barman, _sb._ == kitchen-porter. HD. 868. See ‘bermannen,’ in Gloss. to Laȝ.

Barmhatres, == breast-cloths. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. AS. bearm, hæter

Barn, _sb._ RG. 496

Baron, _sb._ RG. 369, 511

Baronage, _sb._ [barnage]. HD. 2947

Barony, _sb._ == estate of a baron. RG. 479

---- == order of barons. RG. 535

Barrel, _sb._ Alys. 28

Barrow, _sb._ == wheel cart. 899 B.

Baru, _sb._ == a gelt boar. RG. 207

Basilisk, _sb._ == a kind of serpent. Ps. xc. 13

Basin, _sb._ == helmet. Pol. S. 189. Alys. 2333. Fr. bacinet

Basnet, _sb._ == a light helmet. Alys. 2234

Bast, == bastard. RG. 431, 516. Always preceded by ‘a’

Bastard, _adj._ RG. 412

Baston, _sb._ == a kind of verse. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175

Bat, _sb._ == club. Alys. 78

Batchelor, _sb._ RG. 453

Batchelry, _sb._ == order of batchelors, the youth. RG. 76

---- == prowess. RG. 192

Bate, _v. a._ == make to abate, put an end to. Body and Soul, 167

Bath, _sb._ RG. 7

Bathe, _v. a._ Alys. 2708

---- _v. n._ Rel. S. v. 210

Battailing, _sb._ == fighting. Alys. 100

Battailer, [batelur], _sb._ == warrior. Alys. 1433

Battle, _sb._ RG. 369, 514

Baudekyn, _sb._ == a stuff made of silk and gold, so called from Bagdad, Ital. Baldacco, where it was made. Alys. 202

Bawmed, == embalmed. Alys. 4670

Bay, _v. a._ == listen to, render fortunate. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Fr. bayer. Vid. Roq.

---- _v. a._ == to bait (a boar), pret. ‘bede.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 27

---- _sb._ == baiting, ‘bay of bor.’ Alys. 4376

Bay, == boy. Alys. 4376

Be, _v. n._ 402 B. [beo], 403 B. [beon], 404 B. [bon], O. and N. 262. [ben], Wright’s L. P. p. 24. [buen], ib. p. 25

---- _pres. ind._ 1 s. ‘am.’ O. and N. 276

2 s. ‘art.’ O. and N. 561. ‘is.’ Ps. 1. 6

3 s. ‘is.’ O. and N. 570. ‘esse.’ Ps. xci. 16. ‘bes.’ Ps. cxlvi. 10;
cxxvii. 2

1 pl. ‘buen.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 25

3 pl. ‘aren.’ Wright’s L. P. pp. 34, 22; ‘both.’ O. and N. 568.
‘beth.’ RG 368. ‘beoth.’ 411 B.

---- _pres. subj._ 2 s. ‘bo.’ O. and N. 566

3 s. ‘bo.’ O. and N. 1376. ‘beo.’ O. and N. 1531

3 pl. ‘be.’ RG. 369. ‘bo.’ O. and N. 567

---- _pret. ind._ 1 s. ‘wes.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 97

3 s. ‘wes.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 25. ‘was.’ RG. 374

3 pl. ‘were.’ Rel. S. v. 178

---- _pret. subj._ 2 s. ‘were.’ O. and N. 1312

3 s. ‘were.’ O. and N. 1299

3 pl. ‘were.’ RG. 374

---- _imper. sing._ ‘be.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 97

---- _part._ ‘ibeo.’ 434 B.

Beadle, _sb._ HD. 266. [budel.] Wright’s L. P. p. 22. pl. ‘bedeles.’ 987 B. AS. bydel

Beam, _sb._ RG. 288

Bean, _sb._ RG. 497

Bear, _sb._ (the animal). HD. 573

Bear, _v. n._ == incline towards. 362 B.

Bear, _v. a._ == carry. RG. 375. pret. ‘bar.’ 224 B.

---- == pay, render. RG. 378

---- == produce (as fruit). RG. 352

---- == bring forth a child, part. ‘i-bore.’ RG. 516. O. and N. 716

Beard, _sb._ 611 β

Bearing, _sb._ == birth. Alys. 636

Beast, _sb._ RG. 375, 376

Beat, _v. a._ HD. 2763. RG. 453. 3 pl. pret. ‘beoten.’ St Andr. 69. part. ‘bete’ == beaten, of gold. Wright’s L. P. p. 35

Beauty, _sb._ [bealté]. Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Beaver, _sb._ M. Ode, 182

Bebled, == covered with blood. Alys. 3813

Beck, _sb._ == brook. Ritson’s AS. viii. 63 AS. becc. Germ. bach

Beck, _v. n._ == beckon. Ps. xxxiv. 19

Beckon, [bocken] _v. n._ Pol. S. 149. AS. bécnan

Beclip, _v. a._ == embrace. RG. 469. Alys. 7416. AS. beclyppan

Becoll, _v. a._ == blacken. pret. ‘becolmede.’ K. Horn, 1096. AS. col

Become, _v. n._ == come into existence. RG. 15

---- == suit a person, with ‘to.’ RG. 36

Bed, _sb._ RG. 377

---- == bedfellow. O. and N. 1498

Bed, _v. a._ HD. 1237

Bedag, _v. a._ == bedew with mud; part. ‘bydagged.’ Alys. 5485. ON. dögg. Sw dagg. == dew. Not connected with ‘dagged’ == cut into slips; vandyked, as applied to clothing, which comes from AS. dág

Bede, _v. a._ == pray. RG. 547. 2 s. pres. ‘byst.’ RG. 337. 3 s. ‘bit.’ O. and N. 571. 3 pl. pret. ‘baden.’ Ps. cv. 19

---- == offer. Ps. lxxi. 10

---- _sb._ == prayer. RG. 571

Bedgang, _sb._ == going to bed. Ps. liv. 3

Bedsister, _sb._ == concubine. RG. 27

Bedyner, _sb._ == servant, officer. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. Germ. bedienen

Bee, _sb._ Ps. cxvii. 12

Beech, _sb._ Alys. 5242. [breche]. O. and N. 14? Compare for the insertion or omission of the _r_, AS. ‘spræcan,’ Engl. ‘speak,’ ‘gin’ and ‘grin’ or ‘grinew,’ ‘groom’ and AS. ‘guma’

Beef, _sb._ Alys. 5248

Beer, _sb._ [bor], O. and N. 1009

Befal, _v. n._ pret. ‘bivel.’ RG. 556

Before, _prep._--of place. RG. 443

---- _adv._--of time. RG. 443. [biforen] Wright’s L. P. p. 24

---- == foreward, onward. O. and N. 774

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

---- == procreate. RG. 516. part. ‘byȝyte.’ RG. 388

Begetting, _sb._ Alys. 6866

Beggar, _sb._ Body and Soul, 139

Begin, _v. n._ RG. 380

Beginning, _sb._ RG. 384

---- == (of a country.) RG. 399

Begon, _part._ == adorned, or covered with. Ritson’s AS. viii. 35. Cf. ‘woebegone’

Begrown, _part._ [bi-growe]. O. and N. 27

Beguile, _v. a._ K. Horn, 328

Beh. See Bow, _vb._

Behalve, _v. a._ == divide into two parts. HD. 1834

Behead, _v. a._ Pol. S. 213

Behest, _sb._ RG. 231

Behind, _prep._ O. and N. 594

---- _adv._ RG. 395

Behind, _sb._ == rump. O. and N. 596

Behold, _v. a._ == hold in the hand. O. and N. 1323

---- _v. n._ == look up. RG. 395; have regard. Ps. v. 3

---- _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 86

Behoof, _sb._ RG. 348. [byefþe], ib. 354

Behote, _sb._ == vow. Ps. cxv. 14

Behave, _v. n._ == RG. 177. Ps. cxiv. 18

Beigh, _sb._ == ring. Alys. 1572. AS. beág

Beigh, _v. a._ == bow, bend. Alys. 4373

Being, _sb._ == condition. Alys. 223

Beknow, _v. a._ == make known. Alys. 7472

---- == know thoroughly. Rel. S. i. 31

Belde, _v. a._ == protect? Wright’s L. P. p. 24

Belie, _v. a._ O. and N. 837

Belay, _v. a._ == besiege. RG. 519

Belief, _sb._ == religious faith. RG. 73

Believe, _v. n._ RG. 229

Belive, or Blive, == quickly. RG. 50. SS. ‘bilife.’ Cf. Dan. ‘oplive,’ == to quicken, enliven, and the two senses of our Eng. ‘quick’

Bell, _sb._ RG. 509, 541

Belly, _sb._ [bali]. Rel. S. v. 83

Bellows, _sb._ [bulies]. 467 β

Belock, _v. a._ == lock up. 3 s. pres. ‘bi-luth.’ O. and N. 1555. pret. ‘bi-leck.’ O. and N. 1079. part. ‘bi-loken.’ Rel. S. vii. 68

Beme, _sb._ == trumpet. Wright’s L. P. p. 25. AS. béme

Bemoan, _v. a._ [bimene]. RG. 490

Bemoaning, _sb._ [bymening] == complaint. Alys. 534

Bemothered, == confused, perplexed. Pol. S. 158. Cf. Engl. prov. to ‘mither’ == to bother, perplex (the _i_ is pronounced long). Probably connected with AS. méde == weary; Dutch, moeden

Bench, _sb._ Body and Soul, 153. [bink]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 69

Bend, _v. a._ RG. 377, 536

Bende, _sb._ == bond. RG. 379

Bene, _sb._ == prayer. Wright’s L. P. p. 58. AS. bén

Beneath, _prep._ O. and N. 910

---- _adv._ RG. 258, 491

---- [bi nither] == beyond, without. HD. 2025

Benim, _v. a._ == take away. RG. 375, 405, 443

Benison, _sb._ HD. 1723

Bequeath, _v. a._ RG. 301

Bequest, _sb._ [byquide]. RG. 384

Berain, _v. n._ K. Horn. 11

Berand, _sb._ == singing, sounding. Ps. xxvi. 6. See Bere

Bere, _sb._ == sound, voice. Alys. 550. O. and N. 923. [ibere]. O. and N. 222. SS. ibere. Laȝ. iii. 25

Bereave, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 101

Berfreyes, _sb._ == towers used in sieges, belfries. Alys. 2777

Berihed, == saved. Creed 63. Ps. xxvii. 9. AS. berigea, beorgan

Beryhing, _sb._ == protection. Ps. xxvii. 8

Berip, _v. a._ == strip (fruit off a tree). Ps. lxxix. 13

Bern, _sb._ == child. Wright’s L. P. pp. 23, 58

Berne, _v. a._ == injure? K. Horn, 710

Berun, _part._ == overflowed (with tears). K. Horn, 670

Berwen, _v. a._ == defend, protect. HD. 697 2022. AS. beorgan.

Beryl, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 25

Beryng, _sb._ == bosom. Alys. 484. ON. bringa

Beryng, _sb._ == burying, _q. v._

Besee, _v. a._ == provide for, see to. RG. 393, 505. Ps. v. 2; treat, 3 pl. pret. ‘bysayen.’ Alys. 4605

Beseech, _v. a._ RG. 480. 3 s. pres. ‘bi-sehth.’ O. and N. 1437

Beseeching, _sb._ Ps. cxviii. 159. Wright’s L. P. p. 95

Beseem, _v. a._ == make to appear seemly or probable, in part. O. and N. 840

Besekandlik, == able to be besought, propitious. Ps. cxxxiv. 14

Beset, _v. a._ RG. 387

Beshine, _v. n._ K. Horn, 12

---- _v. a._ Fragm. Sci. 18

Beshit, _v. a._ -- part. ‘bishiten.’ Alys. 5485

Beshrew, _v. a._ == curse. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211

Beside, _prep._ of place, ‘a toun biside Wircetre.’ RG. 558

---- _adv._ of place, ‘ther biside.’ RG. 558

Beside, == in addition to. RG. 92

Besiege, _v. a._ RG. 387

Besmut, _v. a._ == defile. Ps. liv. 21

Bespeak, _v. a._ == speak against a thing. RG. 524, 550. AS. be-spræcan

---- == agree upon a thing. O. and N. 1736

Besprinkle, _v. a._ RG. 128

Best, _adj._ RG. 370, 504

Bestead, _part._ [bistad] == happened. Wright’s L. P. p. 41

Bestir, _v. a._ Alys. 3079

Bestrew, _v. a._--part, ‘bistrete.’ RG. 561

Bestride, _v. a._ HD. 2060. Alys. 706

Beswike, _v. a._ == deceive. Wright’s L. P. p. 45. AS. be-swícan

Bet, _adj._ == better. RG. 375, 546

Bet, _v. a._ == lay a wager, part. ‘y-bate.’ Pol.

Bet of berne, == probably ‘in labour with child.’ Marg. 53, 71. AS. beátan?

Betake, _v. a._ == take. RG. 526

---- == give in charge to a person, i.e. cause another to take. RG. 201, 354; so ‘was bitake four erles,’ == was given in charge ‘to four earls.’ RG. 523; see p. 301. Hence == commend to a person, RG. 475; ‘hand over to another,’ HD. 203. AS. be-tæcan

Betaught, [bi-tahte] == taught. Rel. S. v. 124

Bete, _v. a._ lit. == ‘make better;’ hence, ‘heal,’ ‘save.’ Marg. 68

---- == ‘recompense,’ ‘make amends for.’ RG. 369. AS. bétan

Bete, _part._ == beaten. Vid. Beat

Beten, [y-beten] == overlaid, covered, as with silk, gold, &c. Alys. 1034, 1518

Beth, Beoth, &c. See Be

Bethink, _v. a._ == ‘to bethink oneself’ of a thing. RG. 368, 458

Betide, _v. n._ == happen. RG. 418, 14

Betime, _adv._ K. Horn, 995

Betoken, _v. a._ RG. 152

Betokening, _sb._ RG. 560

Betray, _v. a._ RG. 135

Better, _adj._ RG. 367, 422

---- _v. n._ == get the better. Ps xii. 5

Betterness, _sb._ Ps. li. 5

Between, _prep._ RG. 371, 513

Betwixt, _prep._ [bi-tuxen]. O. and N. 1745

Beverage, _sb._ == drink. RG. 26

---- == reward, consequence. RG. 299

Bewail, _v. a._ Alys. 4395

Beware, _v. n._ RG. 547

Beweep, _v. a._ O. and N. 972

Bewind, _v. a._ == entwine. part. ‘bewound.’ Christ on the Cross, 3

Bewray, _v. a._ == betray [by-wrye]. Alys. 4377. pret. ‘bi-wro.’ O. and N. 673. AS. wrégan.

Beyen, == are? Wright’s L. P. p. 32

Beyond, _prep._ RG. 368, 420

Beyre, == of both, gen. pl. RG. 388, 398

Bezant, _sb._ == a piece of money. RG. 409. From Byzantium, or Constantinople, where they were originally used

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

Bicast, _v. a._ == cast over, cover. 92 β

Bicatch, _v. a._ == deceive, ensnare. Alys. 258. K. Horn, 318

Bicharred, _part._ == deceived. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211; M. Ode, 160. AS. becýrran

Bicherme, _v. a._ == chirp about or around. O. and N. 279. AS. cyrm

Bick, _v. n._ == fight. Alys. 2337

Bicker, _v. n._ == quarrel. RG. 540. Fr. becquer. W. bicra == to fight

Bicker, _sb._ == a quarrel, contention, battle. RG. 538, 543

Biclipe, Biclupe, _v. a._ == accuse. 365 B.

---- == appeal. RG. 473

Biclose, _v. a._ == enclose. RG. 558, 218

Bid, _v. a._ == ask. RG. 77. 3 pl. pret. ‘badden.’ Alys. 5823. See ‘bede’

---- == command. RG. 29. pret. ‘bad.’ 683 B. part. ‘y-bede.’ RG. 383. AS. biddan

Bid, _v. a._ == offer, pret. ‘bode.’ RG. 379. ‘beod’? O. and N. 1435. AS. beódan

Bid, _sb._ == asking, demand. Pol. S. 149

Bidding, _sb._ == demand, request. Pol. S. 150

Bide, _v. n._ == remain. Pol. S. 204

Bidene, _adv._ == presently. Ps. l. 4; ciii. 30

Bidelve, _v. a._ == bury. Rel. Ant. i. 116

Bidone, _part._ == ‘bidun in grave.’ Body and Soul, 97

Bier, _sb._ 128 B.

Bieren, _sb._ == a man. Ps. cxxvi. 5; cxxxix. 2. AS. beorn

Biflette, _v. n._ == flow past. K. Horn, 1457

Bifluen, _v. a._ == flee from. M. Ode, 77

Big, _v. a._ == build. Ps. xxvii. 5. AS. byggen. ON. byggja

Bigabbed, _part._ == deceived. Lit. ‘talked over.’ RG. 458. AS. gabban

Bigate, _sb._ == booty. Alys. 2138

Biggand, _sb._ == a builder. Ps. cxvii. 22

Biglide, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 87

Bigrede, _v. a._ == lament. Alys. 5175. AS. grædan.

---- == call to. O. and N. 279

Bihaite, _v. a._ == behold? O. and N. 1320. AS. behawian. Or, possibly, == observe, regard. AS. hedan. Germ, behüten. See Gloss. Rem. on Laȝ. iii. 457

Bihalves, _adv._ == aside. St Kath. 13

Bihede, _v. a._ == regard. O. and N. 635

Bihemmen, _v. a._ == cover, cloak. O. and N. 672

Bihepe, _part._ == heaped up. O. and N. 360

Bihete, _v. a._ == promise, pret. ‘bihet.’ RG. 381. ‘byheyghte.’ Alys. 3926

Bihoting, _sb._ == promise. Alys. 4000

Bike, _sb._ == cassia. Ps. xliv. 9. Literally ‘pitch.’ ON. bik

Bilace, _part._ == beset. Alys. 3357

Bilaue. See Bileve

Bilaucte. See Bilou

Bilede, _v. a._ == lead about. Pol. S. 155. O. and N. 68

Bilegge, _v. a._ == assert, allege. O. and N. 672

Bileve, _v. a._ == leave. RG. 421

---- _v. n._ == remain. RG. 372, 374. [bilaue]. Alys. 3541

Biliked, _part._ == rendered likely or probable. O. and N. 840

Bilime, _v. a._ == to mutilate. RG. 471, 560

Bilimp, _v. n._ == happen. M. Ode, st. 59 AS. belimpan

Bill, _sb._ (of a bird). O. and N. 79

---- == hatchet. Pol. S. 151

Bilou, _pret._ == laughed at. RG. 328. [bylaucte]. K. Horn, 681. [by lowe], RG. 299. [by lowȝ]. RG. 64

Bimong, _prep._ == among. Wright’s L. P. p. 35

Bind, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 45. part. ‘ibounde.’ RG. 487

Binder, _sb._ HD. 2050

Binding, _sb._ == chain. Ps. cxxiv. 5

Bink, _sb._ See Bench

Bipahte, _pret._ == deceived. Rel. S. v. 128. AS. be-pæcan

Birade, _v. a._ == counsel. Alys. 3732

Birch, _sb._ == the tree. Alys. 5242

Bird, _sb._ RG. 177

Birde, _sb._ == lady. HD. 2760. A metathesis of ‘bride’

Birst, == bruised. Body and Soul, 86. AS. berstan.

Birth, _sb._ == nation. Ps. lxxviii. 10

Birthman, _sb._ == man of good birth. HD. 2101

Birthtime, _sb._ [burtyme]. RG. 9, 443

Birue, _v. a._ == rue, repent. Fragm. Sci. 325

Bis, _sb._ == purple. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Fr. bis. Lat. byssus

Bisay, _v. a._ == recommend, say. RG. 422

Bisayen, == treated. See Besee.

Bischriche, _v. a._ == shriek at. O. and N. 67

Biscunien, _v. a._ == shun. M. Ode, 77

Bise, _sb._ == north wind. HD. 724. OHG. bísa

Bisend, _v. a._ == send after. RG. 491

Bishop, _sb._ RG. 376

Bishopric. RG. 414, 417

Bismere, _sb._ == blasphemy. Body and Soul, 110. [busemere]. RG. 12, 379. AS. bismér

Bisne, _adj._ == blind. O. and N. 78. AS. bisen

Bisoht, == sought out, got ready for. Pol. S. 220

Bisokne, _sb._ == beseeching. RG. 495

Bispel, _sb._ == proverb. O. and N. 127. AS. bispel

Bistad, _sb._ == a dwelling. Wright’s L. P. p. 38

Bistand, _v. a._ == stand by a person; hence, to press or urge them. O. and N. 1436

Bistolen, _part._ == stolen, crept onwards. M. Ode, 9

Bisyhed, == the state of being busy. Alys. 3

Bit, _sb._ == a morsel. RG. 207

Bit, _sb._ == bottle. Ps. lxxvii. 13. [bite]. Body and Soul, 34. AS. bitte

Bitch, _sb._ Alys. 5394

Bite, _v. a._ Alys. 5435

Bite, _sb._ Alys. 5436

Bite, _v. a._ == drink. HD. 1731. Cf. bohem. ‘piti,’ potus; ‘pitka,’ potatio, &c. Gr. πίνω

Bitell, _v. a._ == excuse. O. and N. 263

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

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

Bitter, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 87

Biturn, _v. a._ == turn. RG. 210

Bituxen. See Betwixt.

Biwene, _v. a._ == discover, recognize. O. and N. 1507

Biwente, _vb._--‘hire bi-wente.’ == turned her about. K. Horn, 329. In pass. ‘þai bewent’ == let them be turned back. Ps. vi. 11. AS. wendan

Biwere, _v. a._ == protect. O. and N. 1124. AS. bewerian

Biweved, == covered. RG. 338.

---- == woven? Alys. 1085

Biwin, _v. a._ == win. RG. 75, 420

Biwit, _adv._ == out of one’s wits. RG. 528

Biwite, _v. a._ == defend. Rel. S. v. 252. AS. bewitan

---- == know? Alys. 5203

Biwrye, _v. a._ == cover. Alys. 6453. AS. wreon.

Black, _adj._ RG. 433, 522

Blacken, _v. n._ == become angry. HD. 2165

Blame, _v. a._ RG. 163

---- _sb._ RG 272, 432

Blandishing, _sb._ == blandishments. St Kath. 164

Blanis ? Alys. 6292

Blanket, _sb._ 1167 B. Fr. blanchet

Blast, _v. n._ == blow, puff. Alys. 5349

Blast, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 190. Ps. cxlviii. 8

Blaze, _sb._ 1254 HD. AS. blǽse, blýsan

Blear, _v. n._ == become bleareyed. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211

Bleat, _v. n._ Ps. lxiv. 14

Bled, blete, _sb._ == foliage. O. and N. 1040, 57. AS. blæd

Bleed, _v. n._ RG. 560

Bleike, _adj._ == pale. HD. 470. AS. blác. ON. bleikr

Blench, _sb._ == a trick? O. and N. 378. ON. blekkja

Blench, _v. n._ == avoid (a thing). O. and N. 170

---- == flinch from [blinche]. 2184 B.

---- == deceive. Ritson’s AS. viii. 23

---- == give way? (of a ship) K. Horn, 1461. Another form of ‘flinch.’ AS. blinnan

Bleo, _sb._ == hue, complexion. O. and N. 152. Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. bleo

Bless, _v. a._ RG. 406

Blessing, _sb._ RG. 421

Blete, _adj._ == bleak? O. and N. 616

Blete, _sb._ See Bled

Blike, _v. n._ == shine. Wright’s L. P. p. 52 AS. blícan

Blinch. See Blench

Blind, _adj._ RG. 376, 407

---- _v. n._ == become blind. Rel. Ant, ii. p. 211

Blink, _sb._ ‘to make blinks,’ == deride a person. HD. 307. See Blench, sb.

Blin, _v. n._ == cease. RG. 566. pret. ‘blenyte.’ RG. 338. AS. blinnan

Bliss, _sb._ RG. 469

Blissful, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 52

Blissfully, _adv._ Ps. xcvi. 1

Blithe, _adj._ RG. 15

Blithely, _adv._ 89 β

Blitheful. Ps. cxi. 5

Blive, _adv._ == quickly. RG. 544. See Belive

Blode, _adj._ == pale, dried up. Rel. Ant ii. p. 210. Germ. blöde

Blood, _sb._ RG. 388, 416

Bloody, _adj._ RG. 304, 311

Bloom, _sb._ HD 63

Bloom, _v. n._ Ps. xxvii. 7

Blote, _adj._ == dried. Rel. Ant. ii. p 176

Bloute, _v. n._ == swell out? HD. 1910. ON. blautr. Eng. bloat

Blow, _v. a._ == as ‘blow the fire.’ HD. 385. Alys. 5030

---- _v. n._ pret. ‘blew.’ 524 β

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

Blowing, _sb._ 467 β

Blue, _adj._ [blo]. Wright’s L. P. p. 86

Bo, == be. O. and N. 166, et passim. See Be

Bo, == both. _q. v._

Boar, _sb._ RG. 133

Board, _sb._ == table. 122 β.; plank. Alys. 6415

Boast, _sb._ RG. 258. pomp. St Swithin, 43

Boast, _v. n._ Alys. 2597

Boasty, _adj._ == boastful. Fragm. Sci. 283

Bobance, _sb._ == boasting. Pol. S. 189 Fr. bobance

Bochevampe, (sic in MS.). == botched vamps or fronts of shoes. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Bode, _sb._ == commandment. Ps. cxviii. 134, 128, et passim

Bode, _v. a._ == foretell. O. and N. 530

Boded ? Pol. S. 152

Boding, _sb._ RG. 416, 428

Bodeword, _sb._ == message. Ps. ii. 6

Body, _sb._ RG. 395, 547

Boffing, == swelling or puffing. RG. 414. Fr. buffer, to puff the cheeks

Boistous, _adj._ == coarse, rude. Alys. 5660. [boustes] Fragm. Sci. 273

Bold, _sb._ == a building. RG. 44. AS. bold

Bold, _v. a._ == embolden. Alys. 2468. [bald]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 128

---- _adj._ RG. 383. ‘bolder.’ RG. 465

Boldhede, == boldness. O. and N. 514

Boldly, _adv._ RG. 500, 19

Boleax, _sb._ == large axe. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. ON. bolöxi

Bolken, _v. n._ == belch. Ps. cxliii. 13

Bollen, == swollen. Body and Soul, 31. ‘ibolȝe.’ O. and N. 145

Bolster, _sb._ Rel. S. v. 90

Bolt, _sb._ ‘ȝoure bolt is sone ischote.’ St Kath. 54

Bonde, _sb._ == bondman. Pol. S. 150

Bondman. RG. 370. HD. 32

Bone, _sb._ == os. RG. 446

Bone, _sb._ == prayer. RG. 14. AS. bén. SS. bone

Boned, [y-boned] == having bones. RG. 414

Bonére, _adj._ == debonair, graceful. Alys. 6732

Bonny, _adj._ Alys. 3903

Book, _sb._ RG. 374, 420

Boot, _sb._ == use, avail. Body and Soul, 92

---- == remedy, means (bote). RG. 277, 408. Pilate, 139

Booth, _sb._ Alys. 3457

Booze, _sb._ [bous] == drink. Wright’s L. P. p. 111. Dutch, buysen

Booze, _v. n._ == drink. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175

Bord, _sb._ == border. Alys. 1270

Borough, _sb._ [boru]. RG. 72

Borow, _v. a._ == defend. Wright’s L. P. pp. 24, 25. part. ‘iborȝe,’ O. and N. 881

Borow, _sb._ == surety. RG. 472, 497

Borrow, _v. a._ RG. 393

Borstax, _sb._ == pick-axe. Pol. S. 151

Bosk, _sb._ == wood. RG. 547. Fr. bos, bosche