Chapter M: G. Mæso-Gothic (4)

Hoket, _sb._ == a plaything. Alys. 7000. Fr. hochet

Hold, _adj._ == firm. HD. 2780; friendly. RG. 456, 383. AS. hold

Hold, _sb._ [i-hold], == a hold, residence. O. and N. 621

Hold, _v. a._ RG. 368; 3 s. pres. ‘hal’ == holds. RG. 289; ‘halt.’ RG. 12, 36; pret, ‘huld.’ RG. 367; part, ‘halle.’ Alys. 2327

---- _v. n._ == to hold with a person. Wright’s L. P. p. 32

Holde, _sb._ == plenty. Ps. xviii. 11

Hole, _sb._ HD. 1813

Holer, _sb._ == adulterer, libertine. RG. 26. Fr. holier. See Roq.

Holiness, _sb._ RG. 332

Hollow, _adj._ RG. 131, 251

Holm, _sb._ == holm oak. Alys. 4945

Holy, _adj._ RG. 392, 503; comp. ‘holier.’ RG. 239

Holyday, _sb._ Rel. S. vii. 62

Holyman, _sb._ RG. 255

Homage, _sb._ ‘do homage.’ RG. 388

Home, _sb._ RG. 375; [ham]. O. and N. 1529; [heom]. O. and N. 1532

Homeward, _adv._ RG. 260, 269

Honest, _adj._ == honourable. Alys. 158

Honey, _sb._ Cok. 44

Honour, _sb._ RG. 20

---- _v. a._ RG. 80, 367

Hood, _sb._ == state, person, or hypostasis. Creed of St Athan. 15. AS. hád

Hood, _sb._ == covering for the head. Wright’s L. P. p. 52

Hooded, _adj._ [ihoded]. O. and N. 1175

Hook, _sb._ HD. 752

Hooked, _adj._ [i-hoked]. O. and N. 1673

Hop, _v. n._ == go [huppe], RG. 537. AS. hoppian

---- == hop; 3 s. pres. ‘hupth.’ O. and N. 379; pret. ‘hupte.’ O. and N. 1634; ‘hoppede.’ RG. 278

Hope, _sb._ RG. 404

---- _v. n._ pret. ‘hopede.’ RG. 182, 558

---- == to hope to, trust in. M. Ode, st. 15

Hopper, _sb._ == a large basket. Ps. lxxx. 7. From AS. hóp, an osier

Hore, _v. a._ == pray. Wright’s L. P. pp. 37, 50. Fr. horer.

Hori, _adj._ == filthy. Rel. Ant. ii. pp. 176, 191. AS. hórig

Horn, _sb._ HD. 700

Horned, _adj._ Ps. xcvii. 6

Horre, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 177, possibly a filthy place, cavern. AS. hóru

Horse, _sb._ RG. 375, 404

Horsebere, _sb._ == litter. RG. 163. AS. hors-bær

Horseknave, _sb._ == horseboy. Pol. S. 237

Horseman, _sb._ Pol. S. 189

Horwyla, _sb._ == groom, equerry. Cok. 34. AS. hors-weálh, an equerry

Hose, _sb._ RG. 390

Hosed, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 111

Hospital, _sb._ 84 B.

Host, _sb._ == an army. RG. 387, 459. Lat. hostis

Host, _sb._ == an entertainer, landlord. 1188 B. Fr. hôte. Lat. hospes

Host, _v. a._ == to lodge a person; part. ‘y-osted.’ RG. 52

Hostage, _sb._ RG. 367, 563

Hostel, _sb._ == hospitality. Alys. 7171

Hot, _adj._ RG. 7, 531

Hote, _v. n._ == be called. RG. 93; 2 s. pres. ‘hattest.’ O. and N. 256; pret. ‘het.’ RG. 556; ‘hatte.’ RG. 89; part. ‘y-hote.’ RG. 89. AS. hátan

Hote, _v. a._ == command. 479 B. O. and N. 777; pret. ‘het,’ RG. 381; ‘hat,’ Pol. S. 158; part. ‘ihote.’ 701 B. AS. hátan

---- _sb._ == a command. Ps. lv. 12

---- == a vow. Ps. lxiv. 2

Hotfoot, _adj._ == in hot haste. Body and Soul, 211

Houdsithe, _sb._ == outgoing journey. O. and N. 1584. AS. ut-sið

Hound, _sb._ RG. 275

Houndfly, _sb._ == locust. Ps. lxxvii. 45; pl. ‘hundflegh.’ Ps. civ. 31

Hour, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 71

House, _sb._ RG. 20, 370

---- _v. a._ RG. 21

Housel, _v. a._ == to administer the Sacrament to a person. RG. 392. AS. húsl

Houue, _sb._ == cap. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175. AS. húfe. In Body and Soul, 123, ‘houue’ seems to mean ‘covering’ generally

Hove, _v. n._ == remain, stop, or hover. Fragm. Sci. 216. RG. 547, 172

---- == float? 368 β See the Prompt. Parv. _s. v._ hovyn

Hoventinge, == encircling? (as a haven does ships). O. and N. 999. Probably another form of ‘hovening’ or ‘havening,’ a derivative of ‘haven’ (cf. spene, spend; lene, lend). See Dähnert’s Lexicon. _s. v._ havenung

Hoving, _sb._ == delay, remaining [hevyng]. Wright’s L. P. p. 36

How, _adv._ [hou]. RG. 367; [hu]. O. and N. 728

How, _sb._ == hue, cry. Alys. 5306

Howe, _v. n._ == remove, go away. Wright’s L. P. p. 23

Howe, _sb._ == care, anxiety. RG. 461; [hoȝe]. O. and N. 701. AS. hoga

Howsoever, _adv._ 194 B.

Huckster, _sb._ [hokester]. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Dut. hucker

Hue, _sb._ == colour. HD. 2918; [hou]. O. and N. 619; [howe]. O. and N. 577. AS. híw

Hued, _adj._ [ihewed]. 2223 B.

Huene, == wanton girl. St Kath. 97. AS. hunel

Hundred, _adj._ RG. 371. Pol. S. 189

Hunger, _sb._ RG. 404

---- _v. n._ == become hungry. Wright’s L. P. p. 37

---- _vb. impers._ ‘him hungrede.’ HD. 654

Hungred, _sb._ == hunger. HD. 2454

Hunke, _pron. dual._ == to us two. O. and N. 1731

Hunt, _v. a._ RG. 16, 564

Hunter, _sb._ 1099 B.

Hunteth, _sb._ == hunting. RG. 375, 418. AS. huntað

Hunting, _sb._ RG. 564

Hurdice, _sb._ == hurdle. Alys. 2785

Hurdle, _sb._ RG. 232

Hure, _sb._ == a covering for the head. 2111 B. Pol. S. 156. Fr. hure, the head

Hure, _pron. gen. pl._ == of us. O. and N. 185

Hure, ‘and hure and hure.’ O. and N. 11, 481. This phrase is probably the French ‘hure á hure,’ or ‘téte a téte,’ and seems to mean ‘in company with, or together.’ See Roq. _s. v._

Hurfte, _sb._ == circumference, circuit. Fragm. Sci. 4. AS. hwearft

Hurl, _v. a._ pret. ‘harlede.’ RG. 487, 537

Hurne, _sb._ == a corner. RG. 45, 137, 272. AS. hirne

Hurt, _v. a._ Alys. 5814; part. ‘y-hurt.’ RG. 288

Husband, _sb._ == husbandman. RG. 544

Hwat, _vb._ == quoth. HD. 1878

Hyde. See Hide, _sb._

Hymn, _sb._ [ympne]. Ps. xcix. 4; cxviii. 171.

Hynde, _adj._ == courteous. Alys. 3762. Probably another form of ‘hende’

Hynder, _sb._ == an insulter. Fragm. Sci. 282. AS. hynð, or it may mean ‘subtle,’ as in Laȝ. ii. 12

I.

[For most participles and substantives commencing with ‘i’ see under
the consonant following.]

I, _pron._ [Ich]. O. and N. 1189, et seq.; [Ih]. O. and N. 866

_acc. s._ ‘me.’ O. and N. 1182

_gen. dual._ ‘unker.’ O. and N. 151

_dat. dual._ ‘hunke.’ O. and N. 1731

_nom. pl._ ‘we.’ RG. 306. O. and N. 177

_gen. pl._ ‘hure.’ O. and N. 185?

_acc. pl_, ‘us.’ O. and N. 201

Iambleue, _sb._ == gambolling. Cok. 164

Ibedde, _sb._ == bedfellow, wife. O. and N. 1488

---- == husband. O. and N. 1568

Ibede, _sb._ == command. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21

Ibobbed, _part._ == insulted. Fall and P. 59. Fr. bobance

Ice, _sb._ RG. 463

Icholde. See Shall

Icore, == chosen. 718 β

Icund, _adj._ == natural. O. and N. 85

Icunde, _part._ == taught by nature. O. and N. 114

Icundeliche, _adv._ == naturally. O. and N. 1422

Idelgong, _sb._ == idleness. Body and Soul, 50

Idelhede, _sb._ Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22

Idle, _adj._ == lazy. RG. 195

---- == useless. O. and N. 915; ‘on idel’ == in vain. O. and N. 918

Idleness, _sb._ RG. 195

Idreiȝt, _part._ == oppressed. St Kath. 45. AS. drécan

Iduȝe, _adj._ == profitable. O. and N. 1580. AS. dugan

If, _adv._ [ȝyf], RG. 405; [ȝef]. RG. 377; [ȝif], O. and N. 902

Ifurn, _part._ == excommunicated? O. and N. 1304. AS. fyrran

Ihende, _adv._ == at hand. O. and N. 1129. AS. gehende

Ildel, == each deal or part HD. 818

Ilete, _sb._ == encumbrance, care. O. and N. 1444

Iliche. See Alike, Like.

Ilithered, == shot out as from a sling. RG. 549. See Luther

Ilk, _adj._ == same. 804 B.

---- == every. Ps. lxxxviii. 14

Ilkan, == each one. Ps. lxi. 12

Ilke, == as, like. Body and Soul, 204; probably a mistake for ‘like’

Ill, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 61; ‘The Ill,’ == Devil. O. and N. 421. Cf. the similar phrase ‘þe wrse’ in Laȝ, _v._ 1140. ON. illr

Illhope, _v. a._ == wish evil to. Ps. lxvii. 17

Illtongued, _adj._ Ps. cxxxix. 12

Illwilland, == ill wisher. Ps. xliii. 6

Ilome, _adv._ == frequently. RG. 378; ‘ilomest.’ O. and N. 595. AS. gelome

Ilove, _sb._ == lovers. O. and N. 1045

Image, _sb._ RG. 14

Imagour, _sb._ == imagery. Alys. 7689

Imene, _adj._ == common. O. and N. 234. AS. gemǽne

---- _sb._ == a companion. O. and N. 1410

Imone, _adv._ == together, in common. 380 β

Improve, _v. a._ == prove. RG. 466

Imunde, _sb._ == recollection. AS. gemund

In, _prep._ RG. 379, 443

Incarnation, _sb._ RG. 9

Incense, _sb._ [encenz]. Wright’s L. P. p. 96

Income, _v. n._ == come in. RG. 48

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

Increeping, _sb._ == piercing. Alys. 2168

Inde, _sb._ == silk of India. Alys. 929

Indrunken, _v. a._ == make drunk. Ps. lxiv. 11

Infat, _v. a._ == make fat, anoint. Ps. cxl. 5

Infight, _v. a._ == fight against; pret. ‘infaght.’ Ps. cxix. 7; part, ‘infightand.’ Ps. xxxiv. 1

Infleeing, _sb._ == refuge. Ps. cxliii. 2

Ingang, _sb._ == going in. Ps. cxx. 8

Ingo, _v. n._ == enter; pret. ‘inwent,’ Ps. xxxvii. 7; ‘inyhode.’ Ps. xl. 7; imper. sing, ‘inga.’ Ps. xlii. 4; pl. ‘ingas.’ Ps. xcix. 4

Iniquity, _sb._ Alys. 132

Ink, _sb._ [enke]. Marg. 60. Fr. encre. Dut. inkt

Inlie, _v. n._ == lie upon; pret. ‘inlai.’ Ps. civ. 38

Inlodge, _v. a._ == inhabit, Ps. civ. 19

Inlow, _v. a._ == humiliate; part, ‘inlowed.’ Ps. lxxii. 21

Inly, _adv._ 1714 B.

Inn, _sb._ 483 B. AS. inn

Innerest, _adj._ == inmost. Ps. lxxxv. 13

Inny, _v. a._ == lodge. RG. 336. AS. innian

Inover, _adv._ == besides. Ps. xv. 7

Inrese, _v. a._ == rush in; pret. ‘inrase.’ Ps. lxxxv. 14. AS. inrǽsan

Insend, _v. a._ == send in. Ps. xxxix. 4

Inset, _v. a._ == put in. Ps. lxv. 12

Inshielder, _sb._ == protector. Ps. cxx. 5

Insight, _sb._ RG. 307

Instead, Cf. RG. 214

Instrument, _sb._ 1888 B.

Intent, _sb._ RG. 140

Interdict, _v. a._ RG. 495

---- _sb._ RG. 505

Intermit, _v. a._ == interfere with. Alys. 4025

Inward, _sb._ == stomach. RG. 135; pl. ‘inwards’ == interior parts. Ps. cviii. 18. AS. innóð

Inwardly, Ps. iv. 2

Inwit, _sb._ == mind, conscience. 561 β. AS. inwit

Inwon, _v. a._ == dwell in. Ps. lxvii. 7

Ioupe, _sb._ == a jacket. HD. 1767. Cf. ‘jopen,’ in the ‘Cambriæ Epitome,’ App. to Mapes. p. 350. Fr. jupon

Irain, _sb._ == a spider. Ps. xxxviii. 12. Lat. aranea

Ire, _sb._ == anger. Alys. 906

Irened, _adj._ == made of iron. Ps. ii. 9

Iron, _sb._ RG. 461, 2, 6; [ire]. O. and N. 1028

---- _adj._ [yren]. RG. 399

Is, _vb._ RG. 405; [esse], Ps. xci. 16

---- == art. Ps. l. 6

Ischire, _v. a._ == give, return. O. and N. 1530. AS. scéran

Isle, _sb._ RG. 405; [ydle]. Alys. 4856

Iso, == see. _q. v._

Isome, _adv._ == together. O. and N. 1733. AS. gesam

---- _adj._ == reconciled, united. Rel. S. v. 254

Itoȝen, _part._ == educated. O. and N. 1723. See ‘i-teon,’ in Gloss, to Laȝ. See Te

Ivored, _adj._ == of ivory. Ps. xliv. 9

Ivory, _sb._ Alys. 7666

Iwarte, Iwarness, == ware, wariness, _q. v._

Iweived, _part._ == waved or strayed. RG. 526. (Hearne)

Iwis, _adv._ == certainly. RG. 439, 370. AS. gewís

Iwrne, == formerly? O. and N. 637. See ‘i-uurn,’ in Gloss, to Laȝ.; or perhaps for ‘ge-urnen,’ part, of ‘yrnan,’ to run, so that ‘i-wrne’ would mean ‘current’

J.

Jacinth, _sb._ Alys. 5682

Jangler, _sb._ == musician. Alys. 3426

Jasper, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 25

Jay, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 52

Jealous, _adj._ O. and N. 1075

Jest, _sb._ Alys. 30

Jewel, _sb._ RG. 508

Join, _v. a._ RG. 71

Joliflich, _adj._ == pleasantly. Alys. 4753

Jollity, _sb._ [jolyfté], Wright’s L. P. p. 89

Jolly, _adj._ [jolyf]. Wright’s L. P. p. 52; [joly]. Alys. 1967, 2467

Journey, _sb._ St Kath. 297. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 178

Joust, _sb._ == encounter in a tournament. RG. 137. Fr. jouste. Lat. juxta

Jouster, _sb._ Alys. 3325

Joustynde, _part._ == jingling, justling. Pol. S. 104

Joy, _sb._ RG. 401; [ȝoe]. RG. 187

---- _v. n._ == rejoice. Wright’s L. P. p. 27

Joyful, _adj._ Alys. 30. RG. 53

Joying, _sb._ HD. 2087

Joyous, _adj._ St Swithin, 36

Judge, _v. a._ RG. 345

---- _v. n._ == conceive. RG. 456

Juggler, _sb._ Alys. 159

July,--the month. RG. 395

Juster, _sb._ == a horse. Alys. 1400

Justice, _sb._ == judge. RG. 496, 498, 523

K.

Kaite, _sb._ == a dresser of wool. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. (Halliwell)

Kaldhed, _sb._ == coldness. Ps. lxv. 12

Kambe, _sb._ See Comb

Kan, == to know. See Con

Kaske, _adj._ == lively, fierce. HD. 1841. ON. kaskr

Kayn, _sb._ == thane. HD. 31, 1327. Cf. ‘cake’ and ‘cate;’ ‘wake,’ ‘watch,’ and ‘wait’

Keen, _adj._ RG. 496

Keep, _v. n._ == care. RG. 177, 191

---- == take heed [ikeep]. O. and N. 1226

---- _v. a._ == observe, watch for. Wright’s L. P. p. 35

---- == receive or get. Body and Soul, 40

---- == protect; part. ‘kepande.’ Ps. cxlvi. 6

---- _sb._ == heed, caution. Wright’s L. P. p. 103. Ps. lxxix. 2

Keft, _part._ == caught. HD. 2005. AS. cépan

Kelyng, _sb._ == a small cod. HD. 757. ON. keila

Keme, _v. a._ == comb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Ken, _v. a._ == discern. Body and Soul, 54

---- == inform. 31 β

---- == to ask. Marg. 24. AS. cunnan

Ken, _v. a._ == beget. Wright’s L. P. p. 36; part. ‘kumed’ [kunned ?]. Creed of St Athan. 46. AS. cennan

Kete, _adj._ == bright, fierce. Fragm. Sci. 262, used of the sun’s rays. ON. katr, glad; cf. the Gr. χαροπός and Χάρων from χαρά

Kettle, _sb._ == pot. Ps. cvii. 10

Kever, _v. a._ == recover. RG. 392

Keverchief, _sb._ Pilate, 126

Kevil, _sb._ == a bit, bridle. Ps. xxxi. 9. AS. cæfli

Key, _sb._ RG. 539, 562. AS. cæg

Kin, _sb._ == relations. RG. 13; [kunne]. RG. 367

Kind, _sb._ == kin. RG. 91

Kind, _sb._ == nature. RG. 45; [icunde]. O. and N. 1381

---- == species [kun]. O. and N. 886

Kindle, _v. a._ == inflame. HD. 915; Ps. xvii. 9. ON. kynda

---- _v. a._ == beget. Alys. 5680

Kindred, _sb._ == affinity. RG. 466. [kemrede]

---- == relations. RG. 15; [cumraden]. Marg. 10

King, _sb._ RG. 371, 372

Kingdom, _sb._ RG. 372, 414

Kingless, _adj._ RG. 105

Kinsman, _sb._ RG. 343

Kippe, _v. a._ == catch up, clutch. RG. 125. HD. 2407. ON. kippa. AS. cépan

Kirk, _sb._ == church, Body and Soul, 46

Kirtle, _sb._ 1167 B. Pol. S. 221

Kiss, _v. a._ [cusse]. 1779 B; pres. 2 and 3 s. ‘cust.’ RG. 435; pret. ‘custe.’ RG. 527; ‘cussede.’ RG. 14

---- _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 92

Kissing, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 70

Kiste, _sb._ == chest. HD. 2018

Kitchen, _sb._ HD. 936

---- == cookery. Alys. 4933

Kite, _sb._ (the bird). Alys. 3048. AS. cyta

Kive, _sb._ == a tub. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. In p. 191 it is applied to the pit of hell. AS. cyf

Kiwing, == carving? HD. 1736. Or may it not be ‘the chewing’ from AS. ‘cíwung,’ i. e. the meat to be chewed or eaten?

Knarr, _sb._ == a rock? O. and N. 999. Dan. knort, a knur, or knob. ON. gnúpr, mons prominens

Knave, _sb._ == boy. 683 B.

Knee, _sb._ Pol. S. 190

---- == degree. RG. 228

Kneel, _v. n._ RG. 369

Knife, _sb._ RG. 104. AS. cníf

Knight, _sb._ RG. 368, 501; pl. ‘knutte.’ Alys. 2133. AS. cniht

Knight, _v. a._ K. Horn, 450

Knighthood, _sb._ K. Horn, 492

Knit, _v. a._ pret. ‘knutte.’ Alys. 2251. AS. cnytan

Knock, _sb._ == a blow. Alys. 1621. AS. cnucian

Knoll, _sb._ == a hill, eminence, rising ground. Ps. lxiv. 13. AS. cnoll

Knot, _sb._ 1479 B.

---- _v. a._ Alys. 4075

Know, _v. a._ RG. 8; pret, ‘knew.’ 138 B. ‘ikneu.’ 88 B.; part. ‘yknowe.’ RG. 432

---- == acknowledge [icnowe]. O. and N. 477

Knowledge, _v. a._ == acknowledge. Body and Soul, 48

Knulled, == heaped. Pol. S. 193. From ‘knoll,’ a mound

Komelyng, _sb._ == a stranger. RG. 18

Krawkan, == refuse of melted tallow. Ps. ci. 4. See Prompt. Parv. _s. v._ Cracoke, and the note there. ON. krekja, to throw away

Kun, == species. See Kind

Kunde, _adj._ == of kin, lawful or legitimate, as ‘kunde,’ heir. RG. 370, 371

---- == kinned, related, Fall and P. 49

Kundede, _sb._ == kindness. RG. 452

Kunhede ? RG. 447, should be probably ‘onkundhede’ == unkindness

Kunrik, _sb._ == mark of royalty. HD. 2143

Kye. See Cow

Kynemerk, _sb._ == a king’s mark. HD. 604

Kyneriche, _sb._ == kingdom. Pol. S. 215

Kyneȝerde, _sb._ == king’s sceptre. Pol. S. 215

Kythe, _v. a._ == make known. Wright’s L. P. p. 91. AS. cýðan

---- _v. n._ == listen? or ‘be silent’? Wright’s L. P. p. 94, possibly a mistake for ‘lythe’

L.

La, _interj._ == lo. O. and N. 1541

Labour, _sb._ 49 B.

Lace, _v. a._ K. Horn, 870

Lack, _sb._ == fault. HD. 190. RG. 389

---- == want, defect. Pol. S. 154. Dut. laecke

---- _v. n._ == be wanting. Pol. S 154

Lad, _sb._ HD. 890. W. llawd

Ladder, _sb._ RG. 148; pl. landren. RG. 410. AS. læedder

Lady, _sb._ RG. 451; [levede], RG. 441, 380. AS. hlæfdige. See on this word the Ormulum, vol. ii. pp. 632-634

Lahte, Laute, Lauthe, _vb._ == received, took. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. HD. 744, 1673. AS. læccan

Laite, _v. n._ == look. Ps. 31, 9. AS. wlítan. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ. iii. 449

---- _v. a._ == look for, seek. Ps. xxiii. 6

Lake, _sb._ Body and Soul, 160. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Lamb, _sb._ RG. 369

Lame, _adj._ HD. 1938

---- == defective. O. and N. 364

---- _v. a._ HD. 2755

Lammas, _sb._ == Lady-mass. RG. 557

Lamp, _sb._ Alys. 5253

Lamprey, _sb._ RG. 442

Land, _sb._ RG. 377, 494

---- _v. a._ == bring to land. K. Horn, 779

Landfolk, _sb._ O. and N. 1156

Langmode, _adj._ == patient, long-suffering. Ps. cii. 8. AS. langmód

Language, _sb._ RG. 118, 150

Lantern, _sb._ Ps. xvii. 29

Large, _adj._ == big. 1195 B.

---- == liberal. HD. 97

Largely, _adv._ RG. 510, 511, 383

Largeness, _sb._ == liberality. Alys. 6879

Largess, _sb._ RG. 181

Laroun, _sb._ == robber. Alys. 4209. Fr. larron

Las, _sb._ == snare. Alys. 7698. Fr. las. ON. lás

Last, _sb._ == a shoemaker’s last. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 175. AS. læst

Last, _sb._ == sin. Wright’s L. P. p. 37. ON. löstr. Dan. last

Last, _sb._ == load, burden? Wright’s L. P. p. 31. AS. hlæst; or possibly == trace. AS. hlast

Last, _v. n._ == endure, continue. 464 β; pret. ‘ylaste.’ RG. 263; part, ‘ilast,’ RG. 509

Last, _adj._ ‘atte laste.’ RG. 377

Lasteles, _adj._ == faultless. Wright’s L. P. p. 52

Late, _adj._ RG. 381; comp. ‘later.’ RG. 382

---- _adv._ Wright’s L. P. p. 99

Lathe, _sb._ == loathing, harm. Alys. 7722. AS. láð

Latter, _adj._ == last. Creed of St Athan. 56

Latymer, _sb._ == latiner, interpreter. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. Alys. 7089

Laue, _sb._ == a hill. Alys. 3857. AS. hlǽw. See Lowe

Laugh, _v. n._ [lihe], RG. 93; [lyȝhe], RG. 101; pret. ‘louȝ’ 710 B.; ‘low.’ HD. 903

Launch, _v. n._ == shoot into water. Alys. 3746

Laute, Lauthe, == received. See under Lahte

Lave, _vb. a._ == pour out upon. Wright’s L. P. p. 72. Rel. Ant. i. 144. AS. lafian

Lavender, _sb._ == launder, washer. Wright’s L. P. p. 49

Laveroc, _sb._ == lark. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 40. AS. lawerc

Law, _sb._ RG. 381; [lay]. 346 B.

Lawfulness, _sb._ == sense of justice. O. and N. 1739

Lax, _sb._ == salmon. HD. 754. AS. leax. ON. lax

Lay, _adj._ == pertaining to the laity, ‘lay fee.’ RG. 470

Lay, _v. a._ pret. ‘leyde.’ RG. 393

---- == lay aside. Body and Soul, 166

---- == lay on, attack. Alys. 5832

---- == allay. Ps. lxxxiv. 4

Lay, _sb._ == song. Alys. 5211. Fr. lai. AS. leoð

Lay, _sb._ == religious observance. Alys. 4690. AS. lagu

---- == faith, belief [laȝe]. K. Horn, 69

Layk. See Leyk

Lea, _sb._ == meadow; pl. ‘lesen.’ RG. 1; ‘lese.’ RG. 375; AS. lǽsu

Leach, _sb._ == physician. RG. 380. AS. lǽce

Leachcraft, _sb._ RG. 141, 150

Lead, _v. a._ RG. 376; pret. ‘ladde.’ RG. 380

Lead, _sb._ RG. 1

Leader, _sb._ Ps. liv. 14

Leaf, _sb._ 180 B.

Leafworm, _sb._ Ps. lxxvii. 46

Lealté, _sb._ == loyalty. Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Lean, _v. n._ RG. 308. AS. hlinian

Lean, _adj._ Pol. S. 150. AS. lǽne

Leap, _v. n._ pret. ‘lepte.’ RG. 396; 3 pl. ‘lopon.’ Alys. 861

---- _v. a._ == forsake (an oath). HD. 2009

Learn, _v. a._ RG. 519; pret. ‘lernede.’ RG. 434; part, ‘ylerned.’ RG. 29; ‘ylere.’ HD. 12

Leasing, == falsehood. See Lesing

Least, _adj._ RG. 37

Leave, _v. a._ 39 B.; [lef]. 136 B.; part. ‘ileved.’ 616 B.

Leave, _sb._ == permission. 569 B.

Lecche, _v. a._ == comprehend. HD. 252. AS. læccan

Leche, _sb._ == look. O. and N. 1138. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ. iii. 454

Lecher, _sb._ == lecherous person. RG. 351. Fr. lecher. AS. liccera

---- == blockhead. Alys. 3916

Lechery, _sb._ RG. 405, 334

Lechure, _sb._ Alys. 6306

Led, _sb._ == song. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. AS. leoð

Led, _sb._ == a cauldron. HD. 924. Rel. S. v. 242. AS. líð, a cup, hollow vessel; or possibly it may be contracted from ‘lebet.’ Lat. lebes

Ledandlike, _adj._ == ductile. Ps. xcvii. 6

Lede, _sb._ == speech. Body and Soul, 11. AS. leden

Ledron, _sb._ == thief, robber. Alys. 3210. Fr. larron. Lat. latro. Or possibly == leper. Fr. ladre. See Roq. _s. v._ ladrerie, and the Prompt. Parv. _s. v._ Lydron

Leek, _sb._ RG. 341

Lees, _adj._ == bad, wicked. Wright’s L. P. pp. 42, 49

---- == false [les]. Pol. S. 214; pl. ‘leses,’ false persons. Ps. lxxxi. 4. AS. leas

---- _sb._ == falsehood. Alys. 5790

Left, _adj._ (sinister) [lift]. RG. 22

Leg, _sb._ RG. 338

Legate, _sb._ RG. 499, 506

Legh, _sb._ == lying. Ps. lviii. 13

Leik, _sb._ == a body. HD. 2793. AS. líc

Leisure, _sb._ Alys. 234

Leman, _sb._ RG. 496; applied to a man. HD. 1322

Leme, _sb._ == flame. RG. 416, 151, 548. AS. leoma

---- _v. n._ == shine. Wright’s L. P. pp. 25, 31

Lenche, _v. n._ == stoop. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. In Dutch ‘loncken’ means to distort the eyes, squint

Lend, _v. a._ 775 B.; [lene]. Wright’s L. P. p. 51

Lende, _sb._ == the loins. RG. 377. AS. lendenu

Lene. See Lend

Length, _sb._ RG. 385; [leinþ]. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217

---- _v. n._ == go a long way off. Ps. liv. 8

Lent, _part._ == gone, departed? Wright’s L. P. p. 28. See Gloss. to Orm. _s. v._ ‘lendenn’

Lent, _sb._ RG. 495

Leode, _sb._ == people. Wright’s L. P. p. 42. AS. leóde

Leofmon, _sb._ == lover. O. and N. 1428

Leopard, _sb._ Ritson’s AS. viii. 170

Lepe, _sb._ == basket. RG. 265. O. and N. 359. AS. leap. ON. laupr

Ler, _sb._ == countenance. HD. 2918; [leor]. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. AS. hleor

Lere, _v. a._ == teach. Wright’s L. P. p. 92. AS. lǽran

Lere, _adj._ == empty. O. and N. 1526; [ilere]. RG. 541. AS. lær, lærnes. Germ, ‘leer’

Lere, _sb._ == loss. RG. 526; [leore]. Alys. 1122. AS. lyre

Lered, _sb._ == the learned, i. e. the clergy. Pol. S. 155

Les, _v. a._ == loose. Wright’s L. P. p. 29

Lese. See Lose

Leser, _sb._ == looser, liberator. Ps. cxliii. 2

Lesing, _sb._ == falsehood. O. and N. 846. Ps. xvi. 13. AS. leas

Lesing, _sb._ == gleaning. Pol. S. 149. AS. lesan, to gather

Lesness, _sb._ == absolution. RG. 173

Less, _adj._ RG. 379, 558

---- _v. a._ == lessen. Ps. lxxxviii. 46; xi. 2

---- _v. n._ [lasse] == become less. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211

Lesson, _sb._ Alys. 4823

Lest, _conj._ RG. 506, 563

Lest, _v. a._ == listen to. Alys. 38

Let, _v. a._ == hinder. RG. 380. AS. lettan

Let, _v. a._ == permit, cause a thing to be done. RG. 383; [late]. RG. 445; ‘to let blood’ == cause blood to flow; part. ‘ilate.’ RG. 565

---- == let alone. Wright’s L. P. p. 49

---- == consider, think. 757 B. Body and Soul, 57. AS. lǽtan

---- _v. n._ == cease. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. Pol. S. 201. ON. letta. AS. latian

Let, _adj._ == disturbed, troubled. Ps. vi. 8; xlv. 3 Lit. ‘hindered,’ from AS. lǽtan, lettan

Lete, _sb._ == countenance. O. and N. 35; [i-lete]. O. and N. 403. AS. wlite. ON. læti. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ, iii. 449

Letter, _sb._ == epistle, in pl. RG. 494, 552

Lettrure, _sb._ == book, literature. Alys. 3516

Leve, _v. a._ == grant, allow. HD. 334. AS. lefan

---- == believe [ileove]. 2357 B.; pret. ‘levede.’ RG. 334; ‘ilefde.’ O. and N. 123; ‘leovede.’ 687 B.

Leven, _v. a._ == flash out. Ps. cxliii. 6

Levening, _sb._ == lightning. Ps. xvii. 15

Levin, _sb._ == lightning. HD. 2690. W. llafn, a blade, or flake, from the sword-like shape of a flash. Gael, lann, a blade, whence ‘lannair,’ glitter, or gleaming

Lew, _adj._ == warm. HD. 498. AS. hleow

Lewd, _adj._ == lay. RG. 471. Pol. S. 155. From AS. leóde, leúd, the people

Leyk, _sb._ == play. HD. 1021; [layk], Ritson’s AS. viii. 121. AS. lác

Leyken, _v. n._ == to play. HD. 950. AS. lǽcan

Liar, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 49

Liard, _sb._ == a grey horse. Pol. S. 71. Fr. liard, from W. llai, raven gray

Libel, _sb._ == a writ of accusation. RG. 498

Lich, _sb._ == body. 259 B. AS. líc

Lichamlic, _adj._ == bodily. M. Ode, st. 190

Lick, _v. a._ Rel. Ant. i. 114. Ps. lxxi. 9

Licome, _sb._ == body. O. and N. 1052; countenance. Ps. xx. 10. AS. lichama

Licoris, _sb._ == liquorice. Alys. 428. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Lat. glycyrrhiza

Licorous, _adj._ == sweet. Wright’s L. P. p. 68

Lie, _sb._ == flame. 512 β. AS. lig

Lie, _v. n._ 2s. pres. ‘list.’ O. and N. 150; 3 s. pres. ‘leth.’ O. and N. 1492; 2 pl. pres. ‘liggeth.’ RG. 7; 3 pl. pres. ‘leyȝen.’ Pol. S. 190; pret. ‘lay.’ RG. 11, 13. AS. licgan

---- == wait, expect. Pol. S. 222

Lie, _v. n._ == speak falsely; part. ‘ylow.’ RG. 160; ‘i-loȝe.’ O. and N. 845

---- _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 100

Lief, _adj._ == dear [leof]. 37 B.; pl. ‘leove.’ 463 B.; ‘lef or loth.’ HD. 2379; ‘The lef the’ == may the right or truth flourish. HD. 2606; comp. ‘levere.’ RG. 263, 382. AS. leóf

Liefer, _adv._ == rather. RG. 263

Liege, _adj._ RG. 457

Life, _sb._ RG. 301, 376; gen. abs. ‘lives’ == alive. HD. 1307. O. and N. 1632

---- == position in life. Pol. S. 195

Liflode, _sb._ == sustenance in life. RG. 41, 404. AS. lif-láde, from lád, a way

Lift, _sb._ == air. Fragm. Sci. 204; sky, 200 β, AS. lyft

Light, _sb._ RG. 379, 380

---- _v. a._ == enlighten. Ps. xxxiii. 6

---- == kindle. HD. 585

Light, _adj._ == active. RG. 452

Light, _v. n._ == alight. Cok. 128; part. ‘liht.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 30

Lightly, == easily [liȝtliche]. RG. 515; actively [lyȝtlyche]. RG. 377

Lightness, _sb._ == light. Wright’s L. P. p. 96. Ps. cxxxv. 7

Lightning, _sb._ [lyȝtyng]. RG. 378, 415; [leyȝt]. RG. 308

Likand, == similarly, Creed of St Athan. 36

Like, _adj._ [i-liche]. O. and N. 1458; [ilek]. Pilate, 111

Like, _v. a._ == approve of. RG. 92

Like, _v. n._ == take delight in. Ps. xxxvi. 4; please, be pleasing. O. and N. 342; _impers._ ‘hym likede.’ RG. 21

Likeful, _adj._ == pleasant. Cok. 70

Likeness, _sb._ == similitude. RG. 463

Liking, _sb._ == pleasure. Wright’s L. P. p. 23

Lily, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 44

Lilywhite, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 30

Limb, _sb._ [lyme]. RG. 278, 411

Limbmeal, _adv._ 1815 B.

Lime, _sb._ == calx. St Swithin, 54

Lime, _sb._ == birdlime. O. and N. 1054

Limed, _part._ == caught. Alys. 5701

Lin, _sb._ == linen. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. AS. lín

---- _v. n._ == cease, for ‘blin.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 103. AS. linnan

Linde, _sb._ == tree. Wright’s L. P. p. 45. Alys. 2489. AS. lind

Line, _sb._ == cord. HD. 539; net. K. Horn, 701. AS. líne

---- == course of proceeding. Alys. 7266

Linen, _sb._ RG. 405

Ling, _sb._ == a fish. HD. 833

Lion, _sb._ RG. 457

Lip, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 34

Lisse, _sb._ == comfort. Wright’s L. P. p. 57. M. Ode, 119. AS. liss

List, _sb._ == craft. O. and N. 172. AS. list

List, _v. a._ == listen to [lest]. Alys. 38; imper. ‘lust.’ O. and N. 263

Listen, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 24

Listening, _sb._ == attention. Alys. 4798

Litany, _sb._ 1084 B.

Lited, _part._ == stained. Ps. lxvii. 17. ON. lita

Litelhede, _sb._ == smallness. Ps. lvii. 4

Lith, _sb._ == body. Body and Soul, 39 AS. líð

Lith, _sb._ == people, possessions. HD. 2515. AS. leode. Germ. leute

Lith, _sb._ == comfort. HD. 1338; [lythe]. Ib. 147. AS. liðs

---- _v. a._ == to comfort, give ease. Alys. 433

Lith, _v. n._ == listen. Ps. xxx. 3. Ritson’s AS. viii. 187. ON. hlyða

---- _adj._ == fallow. Pol. S. 152. Probably from AS. liðs, rest

Lithe, _adj._ == gentle. Ps. cvi. 29. AS. líðe

Lither, _v. n._ == do harm. Ps. civ. 15. See Luther

---- == act wickedly. Ps. xxxvi. 9

Litherand, _adj._ == wicked. Ps. xxv. 5

Littene, _part._ == cut up? HD. 2701

Little, _adj._ [lytul], RG. 19; [lute]. RG. 378; [lutel]. RG. 376

---- _v. a._ == make little. Ps. viii. 6; lxxiv. 9; [lutli]. O. and N. 540

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

Littleless, == almost. Ps. xciii. 17

Live, _v. n._ RG. 381

Liver, _sb._ (part of the body). Alys. 2156

Liver, _v. a._ == deliver. RG. 39

Liverede, _adj._ == red. RG. 39

Livering, _sb._ == delivering of provisions. Alys. 7171

Liversoon, _sb._ == sustenance. Alys. 1011. Fr. livraison

Lo! 1769 B. AS. lá

Load, _sb._ Body and Soul, 238

Loaf, _sb._ 278 β; pl. ‘loves.’ 293 β; ‘laves.’ Ps. xli. 4

Loath, _adj._ == hateful. RG. 40; [yladh]. O. and N. 1605; [lath], Ps. xvii. 8

---- _v. n._ == be angry, displeased. RG. 32

Loathly, _adj._ Body and Soul, 56; [lolich]. Pol. S. 203

Loc, _sb._ == gift. M. Ode, 37. AS. lác

Lock, _v. a._ == enclose. O. and N. 56. AS. lúcan

---- == lock, fasten, as a door. RG. 495; pret. ‘lek.’ Body and Soul, 236; part. ‘iloke.’ 824 B.

---- _sb._ == lock of a door. Ps. cxlvii. 13. O. and N. 1555

Lock, _sb._ == a tress of hair. Wright’s L. P. p. 34. AS. locc

Locket, _sb._ Pol. S. 154

Lodge, _v. a._ Alys. 3132. AS. logian

---- _v. n._ Alys. 4098

---- _sb._ Alys. 4295

Lofe, _sb._ == praise. Ps. xxi. 26; [loof]. Ib. 4

Loft, _sb._ == air. RG. 7; ‘upo lofte’ == aloft. Pol. S. 154

Loftsang, _sb._ == song of praise. Ps. lxiv. 2. Germ. lob-gesang

Logede, == lewd, lay? Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21

Loin, _sb._ Pol. S. 191

Loke, _v. a._ == decide. RG. 53; part. ‘iloked.’ RG. 534

---- == guard. Pilate, 69; [loki], O. and N. 604

Loking, _sb._ == decision. RG. 506

Loking, _sb._ == care. K. Horn, 350

Lome, _adv._ == frequently. Pol. S. 197

Lome, _sb._ == spade, or mattock. Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. lóma, gelóma

---- == instrument, tool. Ps. vii. 14

---- == vessel. Ps. xxxii. 7

Londisse, _adj._ == of the country. K. Horn 648

Lone ? Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Long, _adj._ RG. 376, 410; ‘longer.’ RG. 377

---- _adv._ == for a long time. O. and N. 466

---- _v. n._ == become long. Alys. 139

Long, _v. n._ == desire. RG. 176. AS. langian

Longing, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 29

Look, _v. n._ RG. 14

Loose, _v. a._ [louse]. Pol. S. 239; part. ‘losed.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 99

Lopered, == coagulated, clotted. Ps. cxviii. 70; lxvii. 17. Dan. löbe, runnet, from löbe, to run, run together, hence to coagulate. Sw. löpa i hop, to curdle

Lord, _sb._ RG. 432

Lording, _sb._ RG. 431, 524

Lordless, _adj._ RG. 142

Lordswike, == traitor. Pol. S. 220. RG. 313. See ‘laverdswike’ in Laȝ, ii. 506

Lore, _sb._ ‘a lore.’ M. Ode, st. 1, either means ‘in learning,’ or should be written ‘alore,’ otherwise, in other respects. Fr. allors

---- _sb._ == learning, teaching. 2065 B.

Lore, _sb._ == loss. Alys. 7247

Loreless, _adj._ == without learning. Cok. fin.

Loren, _part._ == lost. See Lose

Loreyns, _sb._ == reins. 190 B. Fr. lorain. Lat. lorum

Los, _sb._ == fame. RG. 180, 330, 137. Fr. los

Lose, _v. a._ [lese]. RG. 436; 2 s. pres. ‘lust.’ 859 B.; pret. ‘las.’ Body and Soul, 123; part. ‘y-lore.’ RG. 160; ‘loren.’ RG. 39

Lot, _sb._ RG. 111. Ps. xxi. 18

---- == deceit? Wright’s L. P. p. 31. AS. lot

Lote, _sb._ == play, sport. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. ON. lota

Loting, _part._ == struggling? Alys. 6203. Fr. lutter

Loud, _adj._ RG. 140. HD. 2079; comp. ‘louder.’ 450 β

Lour, _v. n._ [lure]. K. Horn, 276; part. ‘luring.’ O. and N. 423. Lat. luror

Louring, _adj._ Alys. 526

Louse, _sb._ Pol. S. 238

Lout, _v. n._ == go low. Body and Soul, 80; crouch, lie hid. O. and N. 373. AS. lútan

Love, _v. a._ [luvie]. Rel. S. v. 262; pret. ‘lovede.’ RG. 370, 375. AS. lufian

---- _sb._ RG. 18. 39 B.

Love, _v. a._ == praise. Ps. cl. 2, sing. Ps. cv. 12; [loove]. AS. lófian

---- _adj._ == agreeable. O. and N. 1033

Loveing, _sb._ == praise. Ps. ix. 15

Lovely, _adj._ K. Horn, 464

Lovesome, _adj._ [lossom], Wright’s L. P. p. 26; comp. ‘lussomore.’ Ib. p. 51

Lovesong, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 74

Low, _adj._ == humble, ‘high and low.’ RG. 514; [loȝe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 73; sup. ‘lowest.’ 1187 B.

---- == soft (of sound). HD. 2079

---- _v. n._ == become low, sink. Alys. 5746

Lowe, _sb._ == flame. Body and Soul, 216. ON. log

Lowe, _sb._ == hill. Alys. 4348. AS. hlǽw

Lud, _sb._ == voice. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. ON. hljoð

Lugge, _sb._ == log, rod. O. and N. 1607. Dut. blok. Cf. ‘lin’ and ‘blin,’ ‘liss’ and ‘bliss’

Lugre, _sb._ == a precious stone. Cok. 89. The ligure of our version of the Bible. Ex. xxviii. 19. Gr. λυγκουρίον

Lumbar, _sb._ == a ship of burthen. Alys. 6063

Lung, _sb._ Alys. 2156

Lure, _sb._ == loss. RG. 181. O. and N. 1151. AS. lor, lyre

Lurk, _v. n._ HD. 68. Sw. lura

Lust, _sb._ == sensuality. Wright’s L. P. p. 25

---- _vb. impers._ ‘him luste.’ RG. 472; ‘me lust.’ O. and N. 39, 287

Luther, _adj._ == wicked. RG. 389, 524. AS. lýðer

Luther, _sb._ == leather, a sling. RG. 394

Lutherhood, _sb._ == wickedness. RG. 454

Lutherness, _sb._ == wickedness. RG. 389, 465

Ly, _sb._ == voice. St Andrew, 84. AS. hlýd

Lye, _sb._ == moisture, [leȝe]. Pol. S. 154. AS. leah

Lyen, _sb._ == reward. M. Ode, 32. AS. leán

Lying, _sb._ Ps. iv. 3

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