Chapter M: G. Mæso-Gothic (5)

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

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

Mostdel, == most part. RG. 287

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

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

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

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

Mother, _sb._ RG. 465

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mountain, _sb._ 27 β

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

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

Mourning, _sb._ 23 B.

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

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

Mouthed, _adj._ Alys. 6125

Move, _v. a._ RG. 453

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

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

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

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

Muchdel, == great part, RG. 376

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

Muchel. See Mikel

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

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

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

Mule, _sb._ RG. 189

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

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

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

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

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

Murder, _sb._ RG. 559

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

Murgost, Murgore, Murge. See under Merry

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

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

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

My, _adj._ RG. 443

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

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

AS. myn

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

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

N.

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

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

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

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

Nakedhed, _sb._ Alys. 7056

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

Name, _sb._ RG. 367

---- _v. a._ pret. ‘nempnede.’ RG. 28

Namely, _adv._ RG. 381, 537

Nanmon, == no more. RG. 291

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

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

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

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

Nare, == narrow, _q. v._

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

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

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

Natheless, == nevertheless. RG. 375

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

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

Nay, _adv._ Wright’s L. P. p. 32

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

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

_In composition._ A. With the verb To Be

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

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

_pl._ ‘nere.’ RG. 376

_pret. conj._ ‘nere.’ O. and N. 22

B. With the verb To Have

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

_pl._ 3. ‘nabbeth.’ O. and N. 253

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

_pl._ ‘nadde.’ RG. 19

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

C. With the verb To Will

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

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

3. ‘nele.’ O. and N. 1480.

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

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

D. With the verb To Wit

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

_pl._ 2. ‘nuȝte.’ O. and N. 1749.

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

_pret. sing._ 3. ‘nuste.’ RG. 13

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

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

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

Necromancy, _sb._ Alys. 137

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Needle, _sb._ RG. 99

Needless, _adj._ 1664 B.

Needy, _adj._ RG. 330

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

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

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

Neighbour, _sb._ RG. 538

Neighing, _sb._ Alys. 2091

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

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

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

Nephew, _sb._ RG. 325, 393

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

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

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

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

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

Nest, _sb._ O. and N. 282

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

Net, _sb._ HD. 752

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

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

Nettle, _sb._ O. and N. 593

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

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

Nevereft. 946 B.

Neverthelater, _adv._ RG. 11

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

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

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

Newe, == never. _q. v._

Next. See Nigh

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nighwhat, == almost. RG. 81, 398

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

Nine. RG. 382, 393

Nineteen. RG. 517

Nineteenth, _adj._ RG. 421

Ninety. RG. 485

Ninth, _adj._ RG. 473

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Noble, _adj._ RG. 367

Nobleman, _sb._ RG. 393

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Noon, _sb._ RG. 398

North. RG. 14

Northern, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 51

Northward, _adv._ 1127 B.

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

Nose, _sb._ RG. 94

Not, _adv._ [noȝt]. 102 B.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing. RG. 367

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

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

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

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

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

Nowhere, _adv._ RG. 428

Nowhither, _adv._ Body and Soul, 179

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

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

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

Number, _sb._ RG. 396

Numbering, _sb._ RG. 61

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

Nunnery, _sb._ RG. 369

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

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

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

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

Nythemest, == lowest. See Nether

O.

O, == one. RG. 430, 454

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

Oak, _sb._ RG. 22. AS. ǽc

Oaken, _adj._ Alys. 6415

Oar, _sb._ HD. 711. AS. ár

Oath, _sb._ RG. 383, 506. AS. áð

Obedience, _sb._ 921 B.

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

Obligation, _sb._ RG. 391

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

Obok, == on the book. HD. 2311

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

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

Ocean, _sb._ RG. 40

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

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

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

Of. O. and N. 9, 11

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Offer, _v. a._ RG. 545

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

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

Offspring, _sb._ RG. 9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

---- _adv._ RG. 443

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

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

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

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

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

Oh, Ohen. See Owe

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

Ointment, _sb._ Judas 126

Ok, == eke, also. HD. 1081

Ok. See Ache

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

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

Oknes, == on knees. HD. 2252

Old, _adj._ RG. 474

Oli. See Oil

Olifaunt. See Elephant

Olive, _sb._ RG. 193

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

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

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

On. See Owe

On, _prep._ Wright’s L. P. pp. 22, 38

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

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

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

Ondi ? Body and Soul, 103

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Onlepi. See Anilepi

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

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

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

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

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

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

Onyx, _sb._ Cok. 90

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

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

Open, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 71

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Orn. See Wine

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

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

Ostede, == in the place. HD. 2549

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

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

Other, _adj._ RG. 375

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

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

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

Ought, _vb._ See Owe

Ought, == anything. 765 B.

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

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

Our, _adj._ 428 B.

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

Out, _adv._ RG. 546

---- _prep._ ‘out of.’ RG. 547

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outgang, _sb._ Ps. xxx. 23

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

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

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

Outlaw, _sb._ HD. 41

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

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

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

Outly, _adv._ RG. 66, 239

Outmost, _adj._ RG. 549

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

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

Outseek, _v. a._ RG. 435

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Outward, _adv._ 2208 B.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Over, _prep._ == ‘across.’ Pol. S. 70

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

Overal, _adv._ RG. 375

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oversore, _adj._ RG. 280

Overspread, _v. a._ RG. 380

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

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

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

Overthwart, _adv._ HD. 2822

Overward, _adv._ RG. 531

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ox, _sb._ 133 β

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

Oȝyrt, == other. RG. 192

P.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pair, _sb._ RG. 390

Palace, _sb._ RG. 190

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

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

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

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

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

Palmer, _sb._ Alys. 4981

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

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

Pan, _sb._ See Penny

Pannier, _sb._ HD. 760

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

Pans, _sb._ == pence. See Penny

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

Panther, _sb._ Alys. 6352

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pardon, _sb._ 2458 B.

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

Parish, _sb._ 1881 B.

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

Parliament, _sb._ RG. 449

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

Parson, _sb._ RG. 471, 496

Part, _sb._ Pol. S. 193

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

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

Partner, _sb._ RG. 309

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Passage, _sb._ 676 B.

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

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

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

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

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

Patriarch, _sb._ RG. 479

Patron, _sb._ RG. 470

Paune, _sb._ == head. See Poune

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

Paved, _adj._ Pol. S. 190

Pavement, _sb._ RG. 476

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

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

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

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

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

Payloun. See Pavilion

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

Pays, == pitch, _q. v._

Pea. See Pese

Peace, _sb._ RG. 491, 500

Peaceful, _adj._ Ps. cxix 7

Peacefully, _adv._ Ps. xxxiv. 20

Peacock, _sb._ Alys. 5410

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

Pear, _sb._ 1203 B.

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

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

Pelican, _sb._ Ps. ci. 7

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

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

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

Penance, _sb._ RG. 255

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

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

Pepper, _sb._ Alys. 7032

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

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

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

Perforce, _adv._ Alys. 4577

Peril, _sb._ RG. 452

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

Pervink. See Parvenke

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

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

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

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

Peys, == pitch, _q. v._

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

Philosophy, _sb._ RG. 130

Physic, _sb._ RG. 151

Physician, _sb._ RG. 68

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

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

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

Piecemeal, _adv._ RG. 278

Pierce, _v. a._ RG. 437

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

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

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

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

Pilgrim, _sb._ 2360 B.

Pilgrimage, _sb._ 5 B.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pine, _sb._ == pain. RG 326

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Piteous, _adj._ RG. 491, 548

Piteously, _adv._ RG. 449, 508

Pitfall, _sb._ Pol. S. 193

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

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

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

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

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

Plain, _sb._ RG. 7

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

Plaining, _sb._ RG. 473

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

Planet, _sb._ RG. 112

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Playing, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 88

Plea, _sb._ RG 471, 473

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

Pleading, _sb._ RG. 471, 473

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

Plenarly, _adv._ 1538 B.

Plenteous, _adj._ RG. 23

Plenty, _sb._ RG. 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ploughland, _sb._ RG. 374

Ploughstave, _sb._ RG. 99

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

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

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

---- == opportunity. Pilate, 17

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

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

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

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

Poison, _sb._ RG. 122, 151

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pool, _sb._ RG. 131. AS. pól

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

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

Pope, _sb._ RG. 502

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

Pore, _v. n._ See Peer

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

Porter, _sb._ RG. 539, 544

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

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

Portray, _v. a._ Alys. 1520

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

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

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

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

Potion, _sb._ Alys. 3509

Pottage, _sb._ RG. 404

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

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

Poudré, _sb._ == dust. Alys. 2180

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

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

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

Pouren, see Peer, _vb._

Pousté, _sb._ == power. Alys. 7879

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

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

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

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

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

Power, _sb._ RG. 370, 371

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

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

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

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

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

Pray, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 58

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

Prayer, _sb._ 1089 B.

Preach, _v. a._ RG. 392

---- == exhort. Alys. 2042

Preacher, _sb._ RG. 392, 492

Preaching, _sb._ RG. 173

Precious, _adj._ 42 β

Predication, _sb._ 1969 B.

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

Prejudice, _sb._ 1735 B.

Prelate, _sb._ RG. 472

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prey, _sb._ RG. 15, 376

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

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

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

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

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

Pride, _sb._ RG. 376. AS. prýt

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

Priesthood, _sb._ 1032 B.

Priestless, _adj._ RG. 544

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

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

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

Principal, _adj._ RG. 446

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

Priory, _sb._ RG. 369, 370

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

Prison, _sb._ RG. 376

---- == prisoner. RG. 550

Privilege, _sb._ Pol. S. 157

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

Privity, _sb._ RG. 468

Privy, _adj._ RG. 435

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

Procurator, _sb._ 352 β

Procure, _v. a._ RG. 551

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

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

Proffer, _v. a._ Alys. 3539

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

Prophecy, _sb._ RG. 132

Prophet, _sb._ RG. 38

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

Proud, _adj._ RG. 377, 465

Proudly, _adv._ Alys. 3413

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

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

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

Provender, _sb._ Pol. S. 239

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

Prowess, _sb._ RG. 462, 453

Psalm, _sb._ Ps. lxv. 4

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

Psaltery, _sb._ Ps. xxxii. 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Purchase, _sb._ RG. 381, 516

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

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

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

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

Purewhite, _adj._ RG. 8

Purgatory, _sb._ 622 β

Purge, _v. a._ 371 B.

Purpose, _sb._ RG. 558

Purse, _sb._ Alys. 1798. AS. púse

Pursue, _v. a._ 937 B.

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

Purveyance, _sb._ RG. 533, 535

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Q.

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

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

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

Quaintly, _adv._ RG. 28

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

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

Qual, == whale, _q. v._

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Queen, _sb._ RG. 368

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

Queller, _sb._ St Kath. 247

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

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

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

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

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

Quenching, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 164.

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

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

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

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

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

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

---- == alive. RG. 289

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

Quickly, _adv._ RG. 383

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

R.

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

Race, _sb._ == course. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. ræs

---- == speed, hence a short time [res]. Pol. S. 200; [ras]. Alys. 7830

Rache, _sb._ == hound, brach. Body and Soul, 214. AS. ræcc

Rack, _sb._ == torture. Body and Soul, 66. Swed. räcka, to stretch

Rade, _adj._ == ready. O. and N. 423; [rath]. HD. 75. AS. rád

Radely, _adv._ == readily, swiftly. Ps. vi. 11

Radness, _sb._ == terror, horror. Ps. liv. 5. AS. hréð

Rag, _sb._ Pol. S. 150. AS. hrac? implied in ‘hracod’

Rage, _sb._ == haste? Alys. 980; rashness. Alys. 4336

Ragged, _adj._ Body and Soul, 185. AS. hracod

Ragged, _adj._ == raged, raging. Alys. 4471

Rail, _v. a._ == put on as a garment. Wright’s L. P. p. 43. AS. hrægl.

Rain, _sb._ RG. 416, 560

---- _v. n._ [ryne]. Fr. Sci. 212. Alys. 6450

---- _v. a._ Ps. lxxvii. 27

Rainbow, _sb._ Signa ante Jud. 170

Raise, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 100. Ps. cxii. 7

Rake, _v. n._ == depart, go away from. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 193. ON. reka

Rake, _v. n._ == hawk, spit. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. AS. hracan

Rake, _sb._ == the common instrument so called. Rel. S. v. 214. AS. ráce

Raisin, _sb._ Alys. 5193

Raketyne, _sb._ == chain. RG. 142. AS. raccenta

Ram, _sb._ == the animal. Alys. 388

Randon, _sb._ == haste, eagerness. Alys. 2484; ‘into randon.’ Cok. 130. AS. randún. Probably from the ON. rönd. Germ. rant, the border or edge of a thing. In Provençal we have the phrase ‘a randa,’ on the edge or border, hence close or pressing. From this comes the Fr. verb, ‘randir,’ to approach, rush towards a thing, and ‘randon,’ lit. rushing, and generally ‘haste, violence.’ See Burguy’s Grammaire, vol. ii. p. 323, whence the above is derived

Rank, _adj._ Ps. lxxvii. 44. AS. ranc

Ransack, _v. a._ Ps. vii. 10; lxiii. 7. ON. ransaka

Ransacking, _sb._ Ps. lxiii. 7

Ransom, _sb._ RG. 374, 433. Fr. rançon

Rap, _sb._ == blow? Body and Soul, 66. Sw. rapp

Rape, _sb._ == haste. K. Horn, 566; [rap]. Rel. Ant. i. 115. ON. rápa, cursitare

Rath, _adj._ soon, early. HD. 2391. Pol. S. 195. comp. ‘rather’ == sooner. O. and N. 1240; former. RG. 285. AS. hræð

Rather, _adv._ RG. 459, 397

Raught. See Reek

Raven, _sb._ Fragm. Sci. 63. AS. hræfen

Ravish, _v. a._ == rob, despoil a person of. RG. 194. Fr. ravir

Raw, _adj._ Pol. S. 237. AS. hreáw

Ray, _sb._ == striped cloth. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 192

Rayme, _v. n._ == rule, lord it. Pol. S. 150

Razor, _sb._ Ps. li. 4

Reach, _v. a._ == tell. O. and N. 1447; part. ‘raht.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 42. AS. recan

Reach, _v. a._ == hold out to a person, as we say, ‘to reach one a thing.’ Pol. S. 157. AS. rǽcan

Read, _v. a._ HD. 2327. AS. rǽdan

Reader, _sb._ 1068 B.

Readily, _adv._ O. and N. 1279

Ready, _adj._ [iredi]. 766 B.

Realm, _sb._ 948 B.

Reap, _v. a._ Pol. S. 152

Rear, _v. a._ == raise up. RG. 369; part. ‘yrerd.’ RG. 214

Rearmain, _sb._ == a backhanded blow. Alys. 7395

Rearward, _sb._ == the rear. Alys. 7787

Reason, _sb._ RG. 459

Reave, _v. a._ == carry away, despoil of. HD. 2590; pret. ‘rafte.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 31. ‘rewede.’ RG. 171, AS. reáfian

Rebel, _adj._ RG. 72

Recet, _sb._ == place of refuge. RG. 98, 406; [resset]. Alys. 603

---- _v. a._ == receive into a refuge. RG. 214

Reck, _v. n._ == care. O. and N. 533, 3 s. pres. ‘rehth.’ O. and N. 1401, pret. ‘rauȝte.’ RG. 390; ‘roȝte.’ RG. 216. AS. récan

Reckless, _adj._ RG. 287

Reckon, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 68. AS. recnan

Reckoning, _sb._ == account. Sermon 23

Red, _adj._ RG. 383. AS. read

---- _v. n._ == become red. Wright’s L. P. p. 34

Red, _sb._ == counsel. RG. 556, 566; [rade]. Alys. 6165. AS. réd

Rede, _v. a._ == counsel. RG. 98, 214. AS. rǽdan

Redless, _adj._ == without counsel. O. and N. 691

Reed, _sb._ RG. 540. Alys. 5064; [reod]. Alys. 6433

Reedpipe, _sb._ == pen. Ps. xliv. 2

Reek, _sb._ == smoke. Ps. xvii. 9. AS. reác

---- _v. n._ == to smoke. Ps. cxliii. 5

Reeve, _sb._ See Reve

Refuse, _v. a._ Ritson’s AS. xvii. v. 122

Rehearse, _v. a._ == tell. Alys. 1664

Reign, _v. n._ RG. 29

Reinable, _adj._ == reasonable. RG. 414. Fr. raisnable.

Reioshe, _v. a._ == enjoy? Manuel d. Pecches, 2036. Fr. réjoyer

Rekles, _sb._ == incense. Ps. cxl. 2. AS. recels

Reken, _adj._ == wise, prudent, excellent. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Ritson’s AS. viii. 156. AS. recan, to order or direct; part. ‘recen’

Reken, _adv._ == quickly. 2103 B. AS. recene

Release, _v. a._ RG. 500

Relics, _sb._ == remains. Ps. xxxvi. 37; in the ecclesiastical sense, as the ‘relics of saints.’ RG. 177, 255

Relieve, _v. a._ Ritson’s AS. xviii. 38

Rem, _sb._ == cream. Marg. 32. AS. ream. Germ. rahm

Rem, _sb._ == sorrow, injury. O. and N. 1214. Cf. AS. reomig, sad

Reme, _v. n._ == call out, cry. Rel. S. iv. 22. AS. hreman. Another form of ‘scream’

Reme, _v. a._ == leave, evacuate. K. Horn, 1312. AS. rúmian

---- == make room, clear a passage. Alys. 3347. AS. rýman

Remnant, _sb._ Alys. 5707

Remove, _v. a._ RG. 533; part. ‘iremewed.’ RG. 550

---- _v. n._ Alys. 7238

Removing, _sb._ Alys. 7821

Rent, _sb._ RG. 370. Fr. rente. Lat. reditus

Rent, _sb._ == stream, course. Cok. 83, AS. rent

Repent, _v. n._ 101 β. RG. 350

Repentant, _adj._ RG. 291

Reprove, _v. a._ Ritson’s AS. xviii. 46

Respite, _sb._ 637 B. Fr. respit. Lat. respectare

Response, _sb._ 825 B.

Resset. See Recet

Rest, _sb._ 1130 B.

---- _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 52

Resting, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 29. Alys. 2807

Restore, _v. a._ RG. 319, 500

Resurrection, _sb._ 363 β

Rette, _v. a._ == impute, reckon. Alys. 7247. ON. retta

Reume, _v. a._ == speak. Alys. 4237. See Reme, _vb._

Reure, _sb._ == a robber, reaver. HD. 2104

Reve, _v. n._ == swear? K. Horn. 1368. ON. rifja, recitare?

Reve, _sb._ == sheriff or reeve. HD. 1627. M. Ode, st. 129. AS. geréfa

Reve, _sb._ == depredation, spoiling. O. and N. 458. AS. reáf

Rever, _sb._ == robber. AS. reáfere

Reverence, _sb._ 115 B. Alys. 793

Reverye, _sb._ == robbery. RG. 193

Revest, _v. a._ == put on. RG. 537; part. ‘irevested.’ St Swithin, 139

Reving, _sb._ == robbery. Ps. xvi. 12. M. Ode, st. 128

Rewe, _sb._ == streak. 2218 B. Probably the same as ‘row’

---- _v. n._ == show a streak? ‘Ere the dai _rewe_.’ Pol. S. 239

Reynes, _sb._ == realms. Wright’s L. P. p. 31

Reȝel, _sb._ == dress. O. and N. 562. AS. hrægl. Cf. O. Eng. ‘night-rail,’ for a night-dress

Rhinoceros, [rinocertis]. Alys. 6529

Rhyme, _sb._ HD. 21

Rib, _sb._ RG. 22

Ribald, _sb._ Pol. S. 155, 237. Fr. ribald; from OHG. hrûpa, a prostitute. See Burguy on this word

Ribaldry, _sb._ [ribaudye] == a ribald story. Alys. 21

Rich, _adj._ RG. 377; [ruche]. RG. 13

Riche, _sb._ == kingdom. Wright’s L. P. p. 94. O. and N. 357

Richesse, _sb._ RG. 433

Richly, _adv._ RG. 377

Ride, _v. n._ RG. 463; pret. ‘rode.’ RG. 375; part. ‘riding.’ RG. 377

Rife, _adj._ == frequent. RG. 4, 252; comp. ‘rifer.’ RG. 260. AS. ryf

Right, _sb._ == redress for an injury. RG. 374

---- == in plur. ‘rights,’ ‘to maintain their rights.’ 171 B.

Right, _adj._ == dexter. Wright’s L. P. p. 25

---- == good, excellent. Wright’s L. P. p. 25

Right, _adv._ == just, exactly. RG. 8

---- == rightly. Wright’s L. P. p. 30

---- _v. a._ == to set right. Ps. xvii. 36

Righteous, _adj._ [ryhtwise]. Wright’s L. P. p. 25

Righteousness, _sb._ Ps. iv. 2

Rightful, _adj._ RG. 501; comp. ‘rightfuller.’ RG. 266

Rightfulness, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Righting, _sb._ == a setting right. Ps. xcvi. 2

Rightness, _sb._ 1629 B.

Rightwished, _sb._ Ps. xviii. 10

Rimefrost, [ren-forst]. _sb._ Fr. Sci. 232. AS. hrím

Rind, _sb._ Alys. 6187. AS. rind

Rine, _sb._ == a course, hence a course of years, life; ‘for to rine’ == for ever? Ps. xliv. 11. AS. ryne

Ring, _v. a._ RG. 509

---- _v. n._ == resound. Wright’s L. P. p. 43

Ring, _sb._ RG. 489

Ringing, _sb._ St Swithin, 45

Ripe, _adj._ == applied to young birds. RG. 177. AS. ríp, harvest. _adj._ rípe

Ripeness, _sb._ == the ripeness of the day, i. e. full day. Ps. cxviii. 147

Rippe, _sb._ == a fish-basket. HD. 893. ON. hrip

Ris, _sb._ == a branch. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 30. Pol. S. 149. Dan. riis

Rise, _v. n._ == arise. Pol. S. 149

---- _v. a._ == raise. 1082 B.

Ritte, _v. a._ == rip. HD. 2495. ON. rista

Rivage, _sb._ == river bank. Alys. 6079

Rive, _v. n._ == arrive. RG. 14, 16

Rive, _v. a._ == split, snap. Rel. S. i. 14

Rive, _sb._ == bank. Alys. 4090

Rivel, _v. n._ == become wrinkled. Rel. Ant. ii. 211

River, _sb._ RG. 1

Rivering, _sb._ == hawking by a river’s side. Alys. 678

Rixe, _v. a._ == rule. Moral Ode, st. 190. AS. ricsian

Ro, _sb._ == rest. Wright’s L. P. p. 37; [roo]. Ibid. p. 32. AS. row. ON. ró

Road, _sb._ Body and Soul, 209; [rude]. Wright’s L. P. p. 32. AS. rád

Roam, _v. a._ HD. 64

---- _v. n._ == dwell. Alys. 7207, 7625. The older and newer senses of this word are analogous to the double meaning of the Lat. ‘versor’

Roar, _v. n._ HD. 2438; part. ‘rorand.’ Ps. xxi. 14

Roast, _v. a._ RG. 207; part, ‘yrosted.’ RG. 244

Rob, _v. a._ RG. 377, 385

Robber, _sb._ RG. 389

Robbery, _sb._ RG. 16, 550

Robe, _sb._ RG. 180

Rocher, _sb._ == rocks, rocky place. Alys. 7090

Rock, _sb._ RG. 22. Fr. roche, connected with ‘crag,’ and W. rhwg

Rode, _sb._ == complexion. Wright’s L. P. p. 30; [rody]. Alys. 164; [rude]. O. and N. 443. ON. rodi

Roe, _sb._ == the animal. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. AS. rá

Roil, _v. a._ == rove about. Rel. Ant. ii. 175. ON. hrolla

Rokke, _v. a._ == drive. RG. 98. ON. reka

Roll, _sb._ (of parchment). Pol. S. 157

Romance, _sb._ RG. 487

Rome, _v. n._ == roar. Ps. ciii. 21. AS. hreman

Rone, _v. a._ == comfort. Ps. lxx. 21; cxviii. 76, 82; part. ‘roned.’ Ps. lxxvi. 3. Perhaps from ON. rúni, amicus, colloquiorum socius

Roning, _sb._ == comfort. Ps. xciii. 19

Rood, _sb._ == cross. RG. 532. AS. ród

Roof, _sb._ RG. 404, 416; [rove]. Alys. 513. AS. hróf

Rook, _sb._ O. and N. 1128. AS. róc

Rooles, _adj._ == restless. Wright’s L. P. p. 42

Room, _v. a._ == clear (a way). RG. 536. AS. rýman. See Reme

Room, _adj._ == empty. RG. 303

---- == broad, spacious. O. and N. 643. Ps. ciii. 25

Roomhouse, _sb._ == privy. O. and N. 592

Roomlyke, _adv._ == abundantly. Ps. xxx. 24

Root, _sb._ RG. 404

Rope, _sb._ RG. 448, 509; ‘in his rope’ == in his noose, or power. Alys. 6298. AS. rǽp

Rorde, _sb._ == voice. O. and N. 311. AS. reord

Rose, _sb._ RG. 331

Roser, _sb._ == rosebush. HD. 2919

Rot, _v. n._ RG. 411. AS. rotian

Roter, _sb._ == rooter, eradicator. RG. 297

Rothe, _v. a._ == rathe or advise. HD. 2817

Rother, _sb._ == cattle. RG. 52. Pol. S. 220. AS. hryðer

Rotle, _v. b._ == rustle, _q. v._

Rotted, _adj._ == rotten. Pol. S. 152

Rotten, _adj._ Body and Soul, 37

Rough, _adj._ comp. ‘rughher.’ Alys. 5956

Roun, _sb._ == a song; [ron]. Wright’s L. P. p. 43

Roun, _v. n._ == whisper, round. 1200 B. AS. rúnian

Round, _adj._ Fr. Sci. 121. Alys. 594

Rout, _sb._ == company. RG. 371, 428, 546

Rout, _v. a._ == disturb, confound. Serm. 30

Route, _v. n._ == roar. HD. 1911. Fr. router. ON. rauta

Rovertid, _part._ == recovered from, i. e. left off (crying). Alys. 7895

Row, _sb._ == array, order. Wright’s L. P. pp. 25, 35. AS. rawa. See Rewe

Row, _v. n._ pret. ‘rewe.’ 1159 B.

Rowe, _adj._ == rough. RG. 25, 507; [ruȝe]. O. and N. 104

Roxle, _v. n._ == grunt. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. Dut. rotelen

Ruby, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 25

Rudder, _sb._ [rother]. K. Horn, 194. AS. róðer

Rude. See Road

Rue, _v. a._ == pity. Wright’s L. P. p. 29

---- _v. n._ == have compassion on. RG. 449

Rue, _v. n._ == grieve for, repent of; ‘that was to rewe sore.’ RG. 493. AS. reówan

---- _sb._ == pity. 1051 B; [reowe]. O. and N. 1443

Rueful, _adj._ == sad. RG. 327

Ruely, _adj._ == sad. Body and Soul, 171

---- _adv._ == ruefully. RG. 126, 263

Rueness, _sb._ == compassion. HD. 2227

Ruer, _sb._ == a compassionate person. Ps. lxxxv. 15

Rugge, _sb._ == back. RG. 525, 460. AS. hrycg

Rule, _sb._ == regulation. St Dunstan, 46