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Chapter XI: Part 11

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_Crist(e)_, Christ, IV _a_ 1, 39, &c.; _Cryst(e)_, I 185, IV _a_ 16, &c.; _Kryst(e)_, V 52, VI 98, 209; _Cristes_, gen. VIII _b_ 63; _Cristis_, XI _b_ 7, 38, &c.; _Crystes_, VI 23, VIII _a_ 214; _Crystys_, I 83; _bi Crist_, &c., VIII _a_ 22, 24, 280, _b_ 93.

_Cusis_, alleged name of Ethiopia, IX 17; see _Saba_, and cf. Cush, Genesis x. 6-8.

_Dalyda_, Delilah, V 350.

_Dares_, Dares Phrygius, reputed author of the _De Excidio Troiae_, VII 60, 64.

_Datan_, Dathan, XVI 309 (note).

_Dauid_, David, XVI 127, 187, 369, 373; _Dauyth_, V 350.

_Dawe_, Daw (as typical peasant's name), VIII _a_ 325.

_Dedalion_, Dædalion, XII _a_ 7.

_Dee, þe ryuer_, the R. Dee, XIII _a_ 54, 62.

_Dites_, Dictys Cretensis, reputed author of the _De Bello Troiano_, VII 61; _Dytes_, VII 60.

_Dondé_, Dundee, XIV _a_ 24.

_Edyght, Seynt_, St. Edith of Wilton, I 240 (note), 245.

_Edward_, King Edward the Confessor, I 27.

_Edward_, King Edward III, XIV _b_ heading, 36, 56; _King Edward_, XIV _a_ 4; _E. þe þridde_, XIV _c_ 58; _Sir Edward_, XIV _a_ 9, 16, _b_ 4, 44, 60, 62; _þe third Edwardes tyme_, I _introd._

_Edward, Prince_, the Black Prince, XIV _c_ 107; see also 59, 62.

_Emanuel_, XV _i_ 17.

_Emlak_ (for _*Euilak_), Havilah IX 27 (note).

_Englond_, England, XI _a_ 29, 33; _Engelond_, XIII _a_ 55, 58, _b_ 20, 33, 46, 48, 54, 63; _Ingland_, I 26, XIV _b_ 84; _Inglond_, II 26.

_Erceldoun_, Thomas of Erceldoun, Introduction xxxiii.

_Ethiope_, Ethiopia, IX 1, 12, 16, 21, 23 (note), 26.

_Eua_, Eve, XVI 45; _Eue_, XIV _introd._, XVI 357, XVII 30.

_Felyp, Dane_, Dom Philip de Burton, prior of Sempringham (? 1303-1332), I _introd._

_Fraunce_, France, XIII _b_ 48, XIV _c_ 44, 46, 54; _Fraunse_, XI _a_ 25; _France_, XIV _b_ 32, 70.

_Gawayn_, V 5, 58, 81, 88, 137, 146, 171, 182, 192, 197, 202, 212, 224, 231, 297; _Sir Gawayn(e)_, V 50, 167, 328; _Wowayn_, V 121 (note).

_Genesis_, (personification of) the Book of Genesis, VIII _a_ 228.

_Geretrude, Sent_, St. Gertrude, XV _i_ 7 (note).

_Gerlew_, Gerlevus, I 40, 56; see _Grysly_.

_Germain, Saint_, St. Germanus of Auxerre, III 3 (note); _Germayn_, III 6.

_Gydo_, Guido de Columna, compiler of the _Historia Troiana_, VII 54, 76.

_Gill_; see glossary.

_Goth and Magoth_, Gog and Magog, IX 163-4 (note).

_Gregori, Saint_, St. Gregory the Great (Pope 590-604), III 38 (note); _Gregory_, XI _b_ 20 (note), 94; _Seynt Gregoryes_, gen. XI _b_ 52.

_Grese_, Greece, VII 90; _Grice_, VII 40.

_Gryngolet_, Gawayn's horse, V 92.

_Grysly_, error for _Gerlew_, I 65 (note).

_Ȝork_, York, XI _a_ 34, XIII _b_ 58, XIV _d_ 1.

_Hector_, *V 34 (MS. Hestor).

_Hely_, Elias, XVI 87.

_Henri, Duk_, Henry, first Duke of Lancaster, XIV _c_ 65.

_Henry, þe Emperoure_, Henry II of Germany, I 172 (note), 218.

_Herodis, Dame_, Eurydice, II 52; _Dam(e) Heurodis_, II 63, 322, 406, 594.

_Hobbe_, XIV _d_ 6, see notes and glossary.

_Homer_, VII 38.

_Iacke_, _Iak_, see glossary.

_Iame, Seynt_, St. James; _bi Seynt Iame_, VIII _a_ 57.

_Iaphet_, Japheth, XVII 142, 528.

_Ierom, Seynt_, St. Jerome, XI _a_ 17.

_Ieromye_, Jeremiah, XI _b_ 29.

_Iesu_, IV _a_ 74, &c., VI 93, XIV _b_ 30, XV _f_ 1, 7, XVI 349; _Iesus_, XV _g_ 19, XVI 1, 121, &c.; _Iesu Crist(e)_, &c., IV _b_ 30, VI 98, XI _a_ 23, &c.; _Iesus Crist_, XI _b_ 77.

_Ingland_, &c., see _Englond_.

_Innocent, Pope_, Innocent III, author of _De Miseria Conditionis Humanae_, Introduction xxi.

_Iob_, Job, XVI 285.

_Iohn(e)_, _Ion_, &c., see the accompanying names.

_Iohn_: _Sir Iohn (of France)_, son of Philip VI and afterwards King John of France, XIV _b_ 32, 70, 92.

_Iohnes_: _Saint Iohnes toune_, Perth, XIV _a_ 7 (note).

_Iohon Schep_, 'John Pastor', pseudonym of John Ball, XIV _d_ 1.

_Ion_, St. John the Evangelist, VI 23, XV _i_ 5; _Iones Gospel_, XI _b_ 269.

_Ion þe Amoner_, St. John the Almoner, III 16 (note).

_Iordanne, flume_, the R. Jordan, XVI 76.

_Irla(u)nde_, Ireland, XV _d_ 1, 3, 7.

_Ithecus_, Icelos (according to Ovid), XII _a_ 118 (note).

_Iudas_, Judas Iscariot, XV _g_ 2, 3, 8, 12, 14, 27, XVI 147, 165, 308.

_Iudas_, St. Jude, Judas brother of James, III _introd._

_Iuno_, the goddess Juno, XII _a_ 40, 44, 102; _King Iuno_, as ancestor of Orpheo's mother, II 30 (note).

_Iurselem_, Jerusalem, XV _g_ 3, 17.

_Iustinian_, Justinian, XII _b_ 191 (note).

_Kasi, Sent_, XV _i_ 11 (note).

_Kendale_, Thomas of Kendal, Introduction xxxiii.

_Kent_, III _introd._

_Kesteuene_, Kesteven, southern division of Lincs., I _introd._

_Kytte_, VIII _b_ 2 (note).

_Laȝar_, Lazarus, XVI 162, 171.

_Leoun, þe pope_, St. Leo IX, I 249.

_Lethes, the rivere_, the River Lethe (Oblivion), XII _a_ 85. Properly gen. sg. (Ovid, _Metamorphoses_, Bk. xi 603, rivus aquae Lethes).

_Londen(e)_, London, VIII _b_ 46; _London_, VIII _b_ 4.

_Lucifer_, XVII 16; as dependent of Satan, XVI 119, 197.

_Luke_, St. Luke, XV _i_ 5.

_Lukes_, Lucca, VIII _a_ 94 (note).

_Macedoyne_, Macedonia, IX 41.

_Magdaleyne_, St. Mary Magdalen, XI _b_ 56; _Magdeleyne_, XI _b_ 59, 68; _Maudeleyne_, Introduction xxi.

_Magne, Seynt_, St. Magnus, I 34 (note), 90; _Seynt Magnes_, gen. I 37.

_Magoth_, see _Goth_.

_Mahounde_, Mahomet; as a dependent of Satan, XVI 343.

_Malton_, Malton, Yorks., site of a house of the Gilbertine order, I _introd._

_Marie_, Mary, XVI 231, 250; _Mary(e)_, VI 65, XV _i_ 3; gen. VI 23 (note), also in _Seynte Marie prest_, XVI _d_ 1 (note); _Mary-ȝet_, X 163, 177. _Mary_ (as oath), V 72, XVII 209, 220, 226.

_Mark_, St. Mark, XV _i_ 5.

_Mathew_, St. Matthew (in his Gospel), VI 137 (note), XV _i_ 5; _Matheus Gospel_, XI _a_ 35; _Mathew with mannes face_, VIII _a_ 234 (note).

_Maundevyll, Iohn_, IX 307 (see IX _introd._).

_Medé_, Media, land of the Medes, IX 30.

_Melane_, Milan, III 4.

_Merswynde_, I 42, 52; _Merswyne_, I 62 (see I 55 note); _Merswyndam_ (accus., in Latin), I 60.

_Michel_, Michael; _Dan Michelis_ (gen.) _of Northgate_, III _introd._

_Mighill_, St. Michael the Archangel, XVI 339, 389. Forms with _ȝ_, _gh_, &c., appear only to be used of the archangel.

_Mynerua_, the goddess Minerva (or Athene), *VII 177 (MS. Mynera); taken as a male divinity, XIII _a_ 3.

_Moyses_, Moses, XVI 85, 86.

_Moretane_, Mauretania (modern Morocco and part of Algeria), IX 3.

_Morpheüs_, son of the God of Sleep, XII _a_ 113, 131.

_Neptalym_, Naphtali, XVI 51 (see 49 note).

_Nicholl Nedy_, 'Nicholas Needy', allit. nickname used mockingly, XVII 405.

_Noe_, Noah, XVII 65, 106, 110, 118, &c.; _Noy_, XVII 532.

_Oelius_, see _Aiax_.

_Origenes_, Origen, to whom was falsely attributed a _De Maria Magdalena_, Introduction xxi.

_Orphewe, Sir_, Orpheus, II 24; _(Sir) Orfeo_, II 25, 97, 120, 182, 314, 379, 518, 524, 543, 558, 603; as name of a lay, 601; _King Orfeo_, II 175, 553, 576, 593; _Orpheo_, II 33, 42.

_Ouyde_, Ovid, VII 48.

_Panthasas_, Phantasos (according to Ovid), XII _a_ 123.

_Pectoun_, the Peak of Derbyshire, XIII _a_ 7 (note).

_Pencrych, Richard_, XIII _b_ 29, 30.

_Pentexoire, Yle of_, IX 261 (note).

_Peres_, Piers (Peter), VIII _a_ 106, 180, 191, &c.; _Pieres_, VIII _a_ 35, 38, 111, &c.; _Piers_, VIII _a_ 9, 225; _Pieres_, gen. VIII _a_ 72; _Pieres þe plowman_, VIII _a_ 147, 152; _Peres plouȝman_, as type of honest labourer, XIV _d_ 5 (see 14 note).

_Perkyn_, diminutive of prec. (applied to same character), VIII _a_ 25, 59, 99, 102, 105; _Perkyn þe plouman_, VIII _a_ 3.

_Persie_, Persia, IX 181.

_Peter_, St. Peter, XI _b_ 285, XV _g_ 29, 32; _bi Seynt Peter of Rome_, VIII _a_ 3; _Peter!_, XVII 367.

_Philip, Sir_, Philip (de Valois) VI of France, XIV _b_ 32 (note), 47, 69, 92; _Philip þe Valas_, XIV _b_ 51.

_Pilatus_, Pilate, XV _g_ 18, 30.

_Pimbilmere_, Lake Bala in Wales, XIII _a_ 63.

_Pluto, King_, as ancestor of Orpheo's father, II 29 (note).

_Poul_, St. Paul, XI _b_ 80, 82; _Saynt Poule_, VI 97; _bi Seynt Poule_, VIII _a_ 25, 270.

_Prestre Iohn_, Prester John, fabled Christian Emperor of the far East, IX 260 (note).

_Richard, þe secunde Kyng_, King Richard II, XIII _b_ 32; _Kyng Richarde_, XIV _e_ 2.

_Roberd_, _Robert_, surnamed _Mannyng, of Brunne_, I _introd._ (q.v.).

_Robert_; _Danȝ Robert of Malton_, I _introd._

_Robert_, priest of _Colbek_, I 45; _Syre Robert_, I 201.

_Robert Renne-about_, 'Robert the Vagabond', as type of itinerant preacher, VIII _a_ 142 (note).

_Rome_, I 172, 232, 250, III 4, VIII _a_ 3, IX 285, XII _b_ 3, 84, 189.

_Saba_, a city of Ethiopia, IX 23; cf. _Cusis_, and Psalm lxxii. 10; Isaiah lx. 6.

_Salamon_, Solomon, V 349, XVI 281; _Salomon_, XI _b_ 91 (note).

_Salesbury_, Salisbury, XIII _a_ 10; _Salisbury_, XI _b_ 2, 183; _Salisbury vss(e)_, XI _b_ 189, 196, 228, 308.

_Samson_, V 349.

_Satan_, XVI 117, 199; _Sattan_, XVI 125, 133, 145, &c.; _Sir Sattanne_, XVI 169; _Sathanas_, gen. XI _b_ 311.

_Saturne_, Saturn, VIII _a_ 321 (note).

_Sem_, Shem, XVII 142, 528; see 320 note.

_Symeon_, Simeon, XVI 60, 61.

_Symon_, St. Simon (Zelotes), III _introd._

_Symondes sone_, son of Simon Magus, practiser of simony, VIII _b_ 83.

_Sympryngham(e)_, Sempringham, Lincs., I _introd._

_Sythye_, Scythia, IX 166.

_Sixille_, Sixhill, Lincs., I _introd._

_Stafford_, XVII 200 (note); see glossary, s.v. _Blew_.

_Steward, Schir Valter the gude_, Walter the Steward of Scotland, X 36 (note); _Schir Valter Steward_, X 170.

_Stonhenge_, Stonehenge, XIII _a_ 9.

_Striflin_, Stirling, XIV _a_ 13.

_Telamon_, Telamon (properly Telamonius Ajax), VII 178 (note); _Kyng Telamon_, VII 150.

_Teodryght_, Theodric, I 241.

_Tolous_, Toulouse (for rime's sake substituted for Toul), I 246 (note).

_Traciens_ (Thracians), Thrace; identified with Winchester, II 47, 50.

_Trocinie_, 'Trachinia tellus', the land about the city of Trachis, XII _a_ 2.

_Troy_, VII 27, 63.

_Valas_, Valois; see _Philip_.

_Valter_, see _Steward_.

_Vber_, alleged local name of the mountains of Caspia, IX 162.

_Viene, Sir Iohn de_, Jean de Vienne, XIV _b_ 82 (note).

_Virgille_, Vergil, VII 49.

_Wake_, see _Brunne_.

_Wales_, XIII _a_ 58, _b_ 7.

_Wat Wynk_, allit. nickname used mockingly, XVII 382. _Wat_ is an abbreviation of Walter.

_Wybessyne_, I 42, 52.

_Williem_, William; a typical man's name, XI _b_ 177.

_Wynburney_, Wimborne (in Dorset), XIII _a_ 50.

_Winchester_, II 49, 478; _Wynchestre_, XIII _a_ 41.

_Wowayn_, see _Gawayn_.

_Ynde_, India, vaguely applied to central, southern, and eastern Asia, IX 26, 27, 43, 49, 50, 97, 157 (note), 260 (note): _high Ynde_, IX 27, 137; _Ynde þe lesse_, IX 29; _(Ynde) þe more_, IX 28.

_Yris_, Iris, messenger of Juno, XII _a_ 46, 51, 98.

_Ysaias_, Isaiah, XVI 50; _Isaiah_, *XVI 49 (MS. Isaac).

_Zabulon_, Zebulun, XVI 52 (see 49 note).

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[Transcriber's Note: A number of glossary entries have been changed here (the reference is given in parentheses):

#Aboute(n)#--vn-bynde changed to vnbynde (Sisam)
#Biwyled#--bewiȝelien changed to biwi[gh]elien (Madden)
#Blew#--biew changed to blew (Sisam)
#Face#--59 changed to sg. (s.v. Hert)
#Grekes#--Grǣci changed to Græcī
#Herkne#--O.Fr. changed to OFris.
#Makyng#(_ē_) changed to #Makyng(e)#
#Rusche#--r(e)usssr changed to r(e)usser (Godefroy
s.v. reuser)
#Trew(e)#--(gē-)trēowe changed to (ge-)trēowe

This vocabulary was designed for use with _Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose_ by Kenneth Sisam, available at PG #43736. The CORRIGENDA to Sisam's _Fourteenth Century Verse & Prose_ from the end of this glossary has been moved to that volume.]

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