Chapter V (2)

Cable, C. 102.
Cace, case, chance, C. 265.
{Cache, Cachche,} = catch, drive away, take away. (1) “_cache_ to,”
run to, B. 629; (2) take, B. 898, 1252. _Cachche_, to knock
together, B. 1541. _Cached_, caught, B. 1800. Prov. Fr. _cacher_.
Fr. _chasser_. It. _cacciare_.
Cachen (_3d pers. pl._ of _cache_), B. 16.
Cagged, drawn along (?), B. 1254.
Caggen (_3d pers. pl. pres._ of _cagge_), draw (?), A. 512.
“Cables were _caget_ togedur.” --(T. B. 3703.)
“He plyes ovir the pavement with pallene webis.
Mas on hiȝt ovir his hede for hete of the sone,
Sylours of sendale to sele ovire the gatis,
And sammes thaim on aither side with silken rapis,
And then he _caggis_ up one
Cordis, as curteyns it ware.” --(K. Alex. p. 52.)
Cal, _sb._ call, invitation, B. 61.
Calder, colder, A. 320.
Calleȝ, addresses, C. 411.
Callyng, _sb._ proclamation, B. 1362. N.Prov.E. calling, notice.
“_Callynge_, or clepyng to mete: Invitacio.” (Prompt. Parv.)
Calsydoyne, chalcedony, A. 1003.
Cambe, came, A. 775.
Canacle, B. 1461. M.Lat. _canicellus_, a little box, chest.
Candel, C. 472.
Candelstik, B. 1478.
Capeles, horses, B. 1254. _Capul_ or _caple_, horse. Caballus.
(Prompt. Parv.)
Capstan, B. 418.
Captyuidé, captivity, B. 1612.
Caraldes, C. 159.
Carayne, carrion, B. 459.
Care, sorrow, A. 50, 371; B. 777. A.S. _cáru_. Goth. _kara_.
Careful, sorrowful, B. 770.
Carf, carved, formed, C. 131.
Carfully, sorrowfully, B. 1252.
Carle, a low fellow, a churl, B. 876. A.S. _ceorl_, a man, countryman.
Du. _kaerle_. Ger. _kerl_.
Carneles, battlements, embrasures, B. 1382.
Carpe, _sb._ discourse, A. 883; parable, B. 23; speech, B. 1327.
Carpe, _vb._ to discourse, talk, speak, A. 381; B. 74; of carpe,
discourse of, A. 752. “_Carpyn_ or talkyn, fabulor, confabulor,
garrulo.” (Prompt. Parv.) Port. _carpire_, cry.
Carping, discourse, speech, B. 1550.
Cas, case, A. 673.
{Cast, Caste, Kest,} condition, A. 1163.
Cast, look, B. 768.
Casydoyne, B. 1471. See _Calsydoyne_.
Catel, wealth, B. 1296.
Cawse, reason, B. 65.
Cause, A. 702.
Cayre, to turn one’s steps to a place, to go, A. 1031; B. 85, 901,
1259. “Kaire to þi londe,” T. B. 836. A.S. _cérran_. Ger. _kehren_.
Du. _keeren_, to turn.
Cayser, emperor, B. 1322.
Caytif, wretched, B. 1426.
{Caȝt, Caȝte,} caught, A. 50; caȝte of, took off, A. 237; caȝt away,
B. 1275; C. 485. See _Cache_.
Certeȝ, truly, B. 105.
Cerue, cut, dig, B. 1547.
Ceté, city, A. 927.
Ceuer, recover, reach, A. 319.
Chace, drive, A. 443.
Chambre, A. 904; B. 1586.
Chapel, A. 1062.
Charde, turned, A. 608. A.S. _cérran_, to turn, avert. Cf. _ajar_,
older form a-_char_, on-_char_.
Charged, commanded, B. 464.
Charged, loaded, B. 1154, 1295.
Chariote, B. 1295.
Charyté, A. 470.
Chast, chasten, B. 860.
Chastyse, B. 543.
Chaufen, heat, increase, B. 128.
Chaunce, chance, B. 1125.
Chaundeler, candlestick, B. 1272.
Chaunge, change, B. 1588.
Chawleȝ, jaws, C. 268. N.Prov.E. _chavel_. A.S. _ceafl_. S.Sax.
_cheuele_. Cp. the vulgar phrase “cheek by _jowl_.”
{Chayer, Chayere,} chair, seat, A. 885; B. 1218.
Chef, chief, B. 684, 1238.
Cheftayn, chieftain, B. 1295.
Chekke, B. 1238.
Chere, cheer, A. 407; countenance, A. 887. Prov. Sp. _cara_, O.Fr.
_chiere_, countenance, favour, look.
{Cheryche, Cherisch,} cherish, B. 128, 543, 1154, 1644.
Ches, chose (_pret._ of _chese_), A. 759.
Cheualrye, chivalry, B. 1238.
Cheue, achieve, accomplish, B. 1125. Fr. _achever_, to bring to a
head, accomplish. Fr. _chevir_, to compass.
{Cheuetayn, Cheuentayn,} chieftain, A. 605; B. 464. O.Fr.
_chevetaine_.
{Childer, Chylder,} children, A. 718; B. 1300.
Chorles, churl, B. 1258. See _Carle_.
Chos, went. See “chosen,” T. B. 490.
Chyche, niggard, A. 605. Fr. _chice_, avarice. _Chynche_ and _kynche_
are other forms of the same word.
Chyde, A. 403.
Chyldryn, (_gen. pl._) of children, B. 684.
Chylled = chilled, shivered, became cold, C. 368.
Chysly = choysly, aptly, well, B. 543.
Ciences, sciences, knowledge, B. 1289.
Clam (_pret._), climbed, B. 405.
Clambe (_2 sing. pret._), climbedst, A. 773.
Clanner, cleaner, B. 1100.
{Clanly, Clanlych,} cleanly, purely, A. 2; B. 264, 1089, 1327; neatly,
B. 310. T. B. 53.
Clannes, clannesse, cleanness, purity, B. 1, 12, 1809.
Claryoun, clarion, B. 1210.
{Clater, Clatter,} shatter, B. 912.
“So hard was she beseged soth for to telle,
And so harde sautes to the cite were ȝeuen,
That the komli kerneles were to-_clatered_ with engines.”
--(William and the Werwolf, p. 103.)
Clatering, clattering, B. 1515. Du. _klateren_, to rattle.
Clatȝ, clash, clatter, B. 839. Ger. _klatschen_, to clap; _klatsch_,
slap, clash.
Clawres, claws, B. 1696. _Clawres_ is perhaps an error for _clawes_.
It may, however, be another form of O.E. _clever_, _claver_, a claw.
Du. _klaveren_, _kleveren_. N.Prov.E. _claiver_, to claw oneself up,
to scramble.
Clay, B. 312. _Clay_-daubed, B. 492.
Clayme, call for, cry for, B. 1096.
Cleche, receive, take, B. 12. “_Cleches_ to,” takes, lays hold of,
B. 634. Sc. _cleik_, _clek_, _cluke_, claw, hook; _cleke_, _cleik_,
catch, snatch. O.Sw. _klaencka_, to snatch, seize.
Clef, cleft, split (_pret._ of _cleve_), B. 367.
Clem, claim, A. 826.
Cleme, daub, plaster with clay, B. 312. N.Prov.E. _cleam_. _Clam_, to
daub, glue. S.Prov.E. _cloam_, earthenware; _clomer_, a potter. A.S.
_clem_, _clám_, clay; _clæmian_, to _clam_, smear.
“I stoppe thys ouyn wythowtyn dowte,
With clay I _clome_ yt uppe ryght fast,
That non heat cum [ther] owte.”
--(The Play of the Sacrament, p. 132.)
Clene, perfect, whole, B. 1731.
Clenge, cling, stick, B. 1034. Dan. _klynge_, to cluster, crowd.
S.Prov.E. _clunge_, to crowd, squeeze; _clungy_, sticky.
Clente, clenched, fastened, A. 259. Cf. _queynte_ = quenched,
_dreynte_ = drenched.
Clepe, to call, B. 1345. A.S. _clypian_.
{Cler, Clere,} clear, A. 2, 207; bright, A. 620, 735; plain, B. 26.
Clergye, learning, B. 1570.
Clerkeȝ, clerks, scholars, B. 193.
Clernes, clearness, beauty, B. 1353.
Cleþe, clothe, B. 1741.
{Cleȝt, Clyȝt,} = clutched, fastened, (_p.p._ of _cleche_), B. 858;
fixed, B. 1655.
Clobbeȝ, clubs, B. 839.
Clos, enclosure, house, B. 839.
Clos, closed, A. 183; B. 12.
Closed, enclosed, B. 310.
Clot, mount, hill, A. 789. In the “Owl and Nightingale,” 999, we find
_clude_, a hill. A.S. _clúd_. Low Ger. _kloot_, a hill.
Clot, soil, earth, A. 22, 320. Du. _klot_, _klotte_, clod, clot.
Clotteȝ, clods, A. 857.
Cloþ, sail, C. 105.
{Cloutes, Clowteȝ,} pieces, B. 367, 965.
Cloystor, cloister, A. 969.
Cluchche, clutch, B. 1541.
Clustered, B. 367, 951. See T. B. 1647.
Clutte, clouted, patched (?), B. 40. A.S. _clút_, a clout.
Clyde, plaister (?), B. 1692. A.S. _clitha_. Cf. “_Clyte_, _clete_, or
vegge (_clete_ or wegge, K.) cuneus.” (Prompt. Parv.)
Clyffe, cliff, A. 159; B. 405, 965.
Clyket, clicket, latch, B. 858. Prov. Fr. _cliche_, a latch, bolt.
_Clyket_ of a dore, _clicquette_. (Palsgrave.)
Clynge, wither, decay, A. 857. A.S. _clingan_.
Clyppe, fasten, B. 418. A.S. _clyppan_, to embrace.
“I wold yonder worthy weddit me hade,
So comly, so cleane to _clippe_ uppon nightes.” --(T. B. 474.)
Clypper, shearer, A. 802.
{Clyue, Clyuy,} cleave, cling to, B. 1630, 1692. Du. _kleeven_,
_klijven_, to fasten. A.S. _clífan_.
Clyuen, cleave, A. 1196.
Clyȝt, clutched, stuck, B. 1692.
Cnawe, know, acknowledge, C. 519.
Cnawyng, _sb._ knowledge, A. 859.
Cnoken, knock, A. 727.
Cob-hous = cov (cow)-house (?), B. 629. _Cob_ may be another form of
Prov. Ger. _colb_, a heifer.
Cof, quickly, B. 60, 898; quick, B. 624. A.S. _cáf_, quick, expert.
{Cofer, Cofere,} coffer, chest, coffin, A. 259; ship, ark, B. 310,
339; jewel box, 1428. Fr. _coffre_.
Cofly, quickly, B. 1428.
Coge, boat, C. 152. _Cogges_ with cablis cachyn to londe, T. B. 1077.
Cokreȝ, cockers, a kind of rustic high shoes or half boots fastened
with laces or buttons, B. 40. “_Cocur_ boote. Ocrea. coturnus.”
(Prompt. Parv.) The term is still used in the north of England =
gaiters, leggings.
Cole, coal, B. 456.
Cole, cool, C. 452.
Colde, great, severe, A. 50; “_careȝ_ colde,” great sorrow, A. 808.
Coler, collar, B. 1569, 1744.
Colored, B. 456.
Colour, A. 753.
Coltour = coulter, (of a plough), B. 1547. Fr. _coultre_. Lat.
_culter_.
Colwarde, deceitful, B. 181. See note on this word. Cf. _kolsipe_
(col-ship), deceit.
Comaunde, B. 1428.
Combre, to trouble, destroy, B. 901, 1024. Du. _kommer_, _kombre_,
loss, adversity, care, grief.
Combraunce, trouble, B. 4. See T. B. 726.
Come, _sb._ coming, arrival, A. 1116; B. 467
“Of his _come_ fayne.” --(T. B. 975.)
Comende, B. 1.
{Comfort, Comforte,} _sb._ A. 55, 357.
{Comly, Comlych,} comely, A. 259; B. 546.
Commune, common, A. 739.
Comparisune, _vb._ compare, B. 161.
Compas, A. 1072, B. 319, 1455.
Compast, B. 697.
Compaynye, company, B. 119.
Comyne, B. . See T. B. 12863.
Con = can, did (used as an auxiliary of the past tense), A. 453;
B. 1561; _coneȝ_, didst, A. 482.
Conacle = canacle, cup, B. 1515.
Conciens, conscience, A. 1089.
Concubine, B. 1353.
Condelstik, candlestick, B. 1275.
Confourme, conform, B. 1067.
{Coninge, Connyng,} wisdom, science, B. 1611, 1625.
Conquere, B. 1431, 1632.
Conquerour, B. 1322.
Conquest, conquered, B. 1305.
Consayue, conceive, B. 649.
Conterfete, counterfeit, feign, B. 13.
Contraré, contrary, B. 4, 266; in _contrary_, opposite, B. 1532.
Controeued, contrived, B. 266.
Contryssyoun, contrition, A. 669.
Conueye, guide, B. 678, 768.
Coosteȝ, properties, B. 1033.
Coperounes, tops, B. 1461. “_Coporne_ or _coporoun_ of a thyng
(_coperone_, K. H. _coperun_, P.), capitellum.” (Prompt. Parv.) “The
Catholicon explains _capitellum_ as signifying merely the capital of
a column, but in the Medulla it is rendered ‘_summa pars capitis_.’”
(A. Way, in Prompt. Parv.)
Coppe, top; “hyl _coppe_,” A. 791. A.S. _copp_, head, top, apex.
“Now bowis forth this baratour and bidis na langir,
Up at a martene mountane, he myns with his ost,
And viii daies bedene the driȝe was and mare,
Or he miȝt covir to the _copp_, fra the cave undire.”
--(K. Alex. p. 163.)
Corage, heart, B. 1806.
Corbyal, raven, B. 456.
Cordes, C. 153.
Coroun, _sb._ A. 237; _vb._ A. 415, 767.
Cors, course, B. 264.
Corse, corpse, A. 320.
Corse, to curse, B. 1032, 1583.
Corsye, corrosive, B. 1034.
{Cortays, Cortayse,} courteous, A. 433; B. 512; pure, B. 1089.
Cortaysye, courtesy, A. 468, 480; good conduct, B. 13.
Cortaysly, courteously, A. 381; kindly, B. 564, 1435.
Corte, court, A. 701.
Cortel, kirtle, A. 203. A.S._cyrtel_. Dan. _kjortel_, a garment either
for a man or woman.
Corteȝ, courteous, A. 754.
Corupte, B. 281.
Coruen (_p.p._ of _kerue_), cut, reaped. A. 40; B. 1407.
Cost, contrivance, B. 1478. A.S. _costian_. O.Sw. _kosta_. Du.
_koste_, to try, attempt. This word is sometimes written _cast_.
See “William and the Werwolf,” p. 167.
Cost, coost, property, B. 1024, 1033.
Cost, coast, border, side, B. 85.
Costoum, custom, B. 851.
Coumforde, comfort, A. 369.
{Counseyl, Counsayl,} counsel, A. 319; B. 683, 1201.
Counte, B. 1685, 1731.
Countenaunce, appearance, B. 792.
Counterfete, defraud, A. 556.
Countes, countess, A. 489.
Courtaysye, courtesy, A. 457.
Cout, cut, B. 1104.
Couthe, knew, known, B. 813, 1054.
Coueyte, covet, desire, B. 1054.
{Couenaunde, Couenaunt,} covenant, A. 562, 563.
Couetyse, covetousness, B. 181.
Cowpe, cup, B. 1458.
Cowþe, could; cowþeȝ, couldst, A. 484.
Cowwardely, cowardly, B. 1631.
Coyntyse, skill, craft, B. 1287. _Coint_, skilful, occurs in
T. B. 125.
“hir _coint_ artys.”
Cf. _Coyntly_, T. B. 164.
Crafte, power, wisdom; _pl._ crafteȝ, A. 356; contrivance, A. 890;
power, C. 131.
Crageȝ, crags, B. 449.
Crak, sound, B. 1210.
Craue, ask, pray for, A. 663; beg, B. 801.
Crede, creed, A. 485.
Cresse, cress, A. 343.
Creste, A. 856.
Croked, bad, B. 181.
Crokeȝ, reapinghooks, sickles, A. 40.
Croneȝ, cranes, B. 58.
Crossayl, cross-sail, C. 102.
Croukeȝ, croaks, B. 459.
Cruppeleȝ, cripples, B. 103.
Cry, proclamation, B. 1574.
{Crysolite, Crysolyt,} chrysolite, A. 1009.
Crysopase, chrysoprasus, A. 1013.
Crystal, A. 159.
Cumly, A. 929. See _Comly_.
Cupborde, B. 1440.
{Cupyde, Cubit,} B. 315, 319, 405.
Cumfort, C. 485.
Cupple, pair, B. 333.
Cure, care, A. 1091.
Curious, B. 1353.
{Cyté, Ceté,} city, A. 927, 939.

Dale, B. 384 (phrase: “doun and _daleȝ_,” hill and dale), A. 121.
Dalt, dealt, fulfilled, B. 1756.
Dam, stream, A. 324; the deep, B. 416. Icel. _dammr_. Dan. _dam_,
a fish pond.
Dampned, damned, condemned, A. 641.
Dampped, quelled, B. 989. Ger. _dampfen_, to suffocate, choke. Du.
_dempen_. Sw. _dåmpa_, to extinguish, repress, damp.
Damysel, damsel, A. 489.
Dare, to tremble, be afraid, A. 839. Sw. _darra_, to tremble, shake.
Dard = dured, endured, A. 609.
Daschande, dashing, C. 312.
Dasande, stupefying, B. 1538.
Dase, lie hid, cower, C. 383. Cf. _dare_, to lie hid, cower. For the
interchange of _r_ and _s_ compare O.E. _gaure_, to gaze.
Dased, stupid, frightened, A. 1085. Sc. _dozen_, _dosen_, to stupefy,
benumb. Du. _daesen_, to lose one’s wits; _daes_, _dwaes_, foolish,
mad. (Kil.) Prov. Ger. _dasen_, to be still.
“For he was _dased_ of the dint and half dede him semyd.”
--(K. Alex. p. 136.)
Date, A. 492; limit, A. 493; time, A. 504, 516; age, A. 1040.
Daube, daub, plaister, B. 313, 492. Prov.E. _daub_, clay. “_Dawber_ or
cleyman; _dawbyn_, lino, muro.” (Prompt. Parv.)
Daunce, dance, A. 345.
Daunger, power, A. 11; insolence, B. 71.
Dawande, dawning, C. 445. A.S. _dagian_, to become day. Icel. _dagan_,
dawn.
Daweȝ, days; “don out of _daweȝ_,” deprived of life, dead, A. 282.
Dayly, A. 313.
Daynty, B. 38, 1046.
Day-rawe, daybreak, B. 893; _rawe_ or _rewe_ signifies a _streak_. Cf.
_day-rim_, in “Owl and Nightingale,” l. 328.
“Qwen the _day-rawe_ rase, he rysis belyfe.” --(K. Alex. p. 14.)
Daȝed, dawned, became day, B. 1755. See _Dawande_.
Debate, strife, contest, A. 390.
Debonere, gracious, courteous, kind, A. 162; B. 830.
Debonerté, goodness, A. 798; C. 418.
Dece = dese, seat of honour, B. 38, 1399. See _Dese_.
Declar, explain, B. 1618.
Declyne, A. 333.
Decre, decree, B. 1745; C. 386.
Dedayn, disdain, displeasure, B. 74; C. 50.
Defence, prohibition, B. 243, 245.
Defoule, defilement, C. 290.
Defowle, to defile, B. 1129, 1147.
Degre, degree, condition, B. 92.
Degres, steps, A. 1022.
Dekenes, deacons, B. 1266.
Dele, deal, distribute, give, A. 606; exchange, B. 1118.
Dele, utter, B. 344.
Dele (dole), sorrow, A. 51.
Deled, dealt, C. 193.
Delful, doleful, sorrowful, B. 400.
Delfully, dolefully, sorrowfully, A. 706.
Delyt, delight, A. 642, 1116.
Delyuer, delivered, B. 1084.
Delyuer, deliver, A. 652; B. 500.
Deme, deem, judge, A. 312, 313; B. 1118; utter, decree, B. 1745;
C. 119; call, name, B. 1020, 1611. A.S. _déman_.
{Demerlayk, Demorlayk,} magic, glamour, B. 1561, 1578. S.Sax.
_dweomer-lake_, magic. A.S. _dweomere_, a juggler.
“And all this _demerlayke_ he did bot be the devylle craftes.”
--(K. Alex. p. 15.)
Demme, _vb._ become faded, lost, A. 223. A.S. _dem_, damage, hurt,
loss.
Demmed = dammed, collected (?), B. 384. A.S. _demman_, to dam, stop
water. Carr gives _demin_, a term applied to clouds when collected
in masses. Sw. _dämma_. O.Fris. _demma_, to stop, obstruct.
Dene, vale, dale, A. 295. A.S. _dene_, _denu_.
Denely, loud, A. 51.
Denned, resounded. If it does not signify _dinned_, it must mean
settled, took up its abode. A. 51.
Denounce, renounce, forsake, B. 106.
Departe, separate, part, A. 378; B. 396, 1677.
Depaynt, painted, adorned, A. 1102.
{Dep, Depe,} profound, A. 406; B. 1609.
Depres, depress, A. 778.
Depryue, A. 449; take away, B. 185.
Dere, _vb._ to harm, injure, A. 1157; B. 862. See T. B. 1260. A.S.
_derian_, to hurt, damage, injure.
Dere, precious, A. 400; valuable, B. 1792. A.S. _deóre_, dear,
precious.
Dere, dear ones, A. 777.
{Derelych, Derely,} = dearly, beautifully, excellently, A. 995; very,
B. 270.
Dereȝ, _sb._ harms, injuries, A. 102. See T. B. 920. A.S. _dar_,
_daru_, hurt, harm.
“Thai dreȝe him up to the drye (land), and he na _dere_ sufird.”
--(K. Alex. p. 189.)
Derf, great, bold, B. 862. O.N. _diafr_. Sw. _djerf_, strong, bold. “A
_derfe_ dragon,” T. B. 166. “Dang him _derffly_ don in a ded hate.”
_Ib._ 1339.
Derfly, quickly, B. 1641; C. 110.
Derk, dark, B. 1020; C. 263; night, B. 1755. A.S. _deorc_.
Derne, _adj._ secret, hidden, B. 588, 1611; _adv._ secretly, B. 697.
See T. B. 1962. A.S. _dearn_, dark, secret, hidden.
Derrest, dearest, B. 115, 1306.
Derþe = dearth, preciousness, value, worth, A. 99. See _Dere_.
Deruely = derfely, quickly, B. 632.
Derworth, precious, beautiful, A. 109. See _Dere_.
{Des, Dese,} dais, seat of honour, A. 766; B. 115, 1394.
Desert, C. 84.
Desserte, desert, A. 595.
Deseuered, severed, C. 315.
Dessypele, disciple, A. 715.
Destyné, A. 758; C. 49.
Desyre, B. 545.
Determynable, A. 594.
Deuine, _sb._ divine, B. 1302; _vb._ B. 1561.
Deuinores, diviner, B. 1578.
Deuote, devout, A. 406.
Deuoutly, B. 814.
Deuoyde, do away with, destroy, A. 15; B. 908.
{Deuyce, Deuyse, Deuice,} devise, imagine, B. 1046, 1100; describe,
A. 99, 984; order, B. 110, 238.
Deuyse, _sb._ device, A. 139.
Deuysement, description, A. 1019.
Devoydynge, putting away, _sb._ B. 544.
Dewoutly, devoutly, C. 333.
Dewoyde = devoyde, C. 284.
Dewyne = dwine, pine, A. 11.
Deystyné, destiny, B. 400.
{Deȝter, Deȝteres, Deȝtters,} daughters, B. 270, 866, 899, 933, 939.
See T. B. 1489.
Dialoke, discourse, B. 1157.
Dispayred, in despair, C. 169.
Display, B. 1107.
Displese, C. 1.
Dispit, spite, C. 50.
Dispoyled, stripped, C. 95.
Disserued, B. 613.
Disstrye, destroy, B. 907, 1160.
Disserne, discern, C. 513.
Dissert, desert, C. 12.
Distres, B. 880, 1160.
Diuinité, B. 1609.
Ditteȝ, stops up, closes, B. 588. N.Prov.E. _ditt_, to stop up. A.S.
_dyttan_.
Diȝe, die, C. 488.
Diȝte, order, arrange, B. 1266. A.S. _dihtan_, to set in order,
dispose, arrange, direct, etc.
Do, doe, “_daunce as any do_,” A. 345.
Dobler, dish, B. 1146. O.Fr. _doublier_.
Doc, duke, A. 211.
{Doel, Dol,} sorrow, A. 326, 339, 642; B. 852.
Dole, part, A. 136.
{Dom, Dome,} doom, judgment, purpose, A. 157, 580, 667; B. 597;
command, B. 632; doom, C. 203.
Dongoun, dungeon, B. 1224.
Dool, part, B. 216.
Dool (dole), sorrow. See _Doel_.
Doole, gift, B. 699.
Dor, door, B. 320.
Dotage, folly, B. 1425.
Dote, act foolishly, B. 286, 1500; C. 125; be astonished, frightened,
B. 852. Sc. _doit_. Icel. _dotta_, to slumber. Du. _doten_,
_dutten_, delirare, desipere. (Kilian.) “Maddyn, or _dotyn_,
desipio.” (Prompt. Parv.)
Doted, foolish, wicked, C. 196. N.Prov.E. _doited_, stupid.
Dotel, a fool, B. 1517.
Doun, down, A. 230.
Doun, down, hill, A. 121.
Doungoun, dungeon, A. 1187.
Doured, grieved, mourned, C. 372. Sc. _dour_.
Dousour, sweetness, A. 429.
Doute, doubt, A. 928.
{Douth, Douþe,} brave, noble, A. 839, B. 270, 597, A.S. _duguth_, the
nobility, senate, etc. _Dugeth_, good, virtuous. _Dugan_, to profit,
avail, be good, etc.
{Doune, Dovene,} a female dove, B. 469, 481. Cf. O.E. _wulvene_, a
female wolf, and E. _vixen_, a female fox.
Dowe, avail, profit, B. 374; C. 50. See T. B. 5001. See _Douth_.
Dowelle, dwell, B. 376, 1770; C. 69.
Downe, dove, B. 485.
Downeȝ, downs, hills, A. 73, 85.
Dowyne, dwine, pine, A. 326.
Dowrie, B. 185.
Doȝter, daughter, B. 814.
Doȝty, doughty, valiant, B. 1182, 1791. See _Douthe_.
Doȝtyest, bravest, B. 1306.
Draȝ, draw, A. 699.
Draȝt = draught, character, B. 1557.
Drede, doubt, A. 1047.
Drepe, to kill, slay, B. 246; destroy, B. 599, 1306.
“This stone with his stremys stroyed all the venym,
And _drepit_ the dragon to the dethe negh.” --(T. B. 929.)
A.S. _drepan_. O.N. _drepa_.
Dresse, order, direct, prepare, A. 495, 860; B. 92; _pret._ _dressed_,
_drest_.
Dreue, drive, A. 323.
Dreued, drove, went, A. 980.
Dreȝe = dreghe, suffer, endure, B. 1224. Sc. _dree_. A.S. _dreógan_,
to bear, suffer, endure. Cf. “dyntes full _dregh_.” T. B. 935.
Dreȝly, sorrowfully, B. 476. See T. B. 2379.
Drof, drove, A. 30, 1153.
Drouy, turbid, B. 1016. A.S. _dréfe_, muddy, foul; _dréfan_, to
trouble, make turbid. O.E. _drove_, to trouble. Goth. _drobjan_, to
trouble. Du. _droeven_. “_Drovy_ turbidus, turbulentus.” (Cath.
Ang.)
“He (the fool-large) is like to an hors that seketh rather to
drynke _drovy_ watir and trouble, than for to drinke water of the
welle that is cleer.” (The Persones Tale: _Remedium contra
avariciam_.)
Drowned, was drowned, B. 372.
Droȝ, drew, A. 1116; B. 71; _pl._ _droȝen_, B. 1394.
Droȝthe = drouthe, drought. A.S. _druguth_. Du. _drooghte_. Sc.
_drouth_, from A.S. _dryg_. Du. _droogh_, dry.
Druye, dry, B. 412; dry land, B. 472.
Drwry, dreary (?), A. 323.
Drwry = drury, love, B. 699, 1065. O.Fr. _druerie_, _drurie_.
{Dryȝ, Dryȝe,} dry, B. 385.
{Dryȝ, Dryȝe,} heavy, sorrowful, A. 823; B. 342.
Dryȝe, suffer, B. 372, 400, 1032. See _Dreȝe_.
{Dryȝly, Dryȝlych,} strongly, rapidly, A. 125; wrathfully, angrily,
B. 74, 344; C. 235.
Dryȝtyn, Lord, A. 349; B. 1065. A.S. _drihten_.
{Dubbed, Dubbet,} decked, A. 73, 97, 202; adorned, B. 115. See T. B.
1683.
Dubbement, adornment, A. 121.
Dublere, a dish, B. 1279. See _Dobler_.
Due, A. 894; C. 49.
Duk, duke, B. 38, 1182; leader, B. 1771.
Dumpe, be dashed, fall, C. 362.
“_Dumpe_ in þe depe.” --(T. B. 1996.)
“Þan sal þe rainbow descend,
In hu o galle it sal be kend;
Wit þe wind sal it melle,
And drive þam dun alle until helle;
And _dump_ the devels þider in,
In þair bale alle for to brin.”
--(_Signa Ante Judicium_, in Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii.)
Dungen, _3d pers. pl. pret._ of _ding_, to beat, B. 1266. Sw. _dänga_.
“So _dang_ he þat dog with dynt of his wappon.” --(T. B. 302.)
Dunne, dun, A. 30. See T. B. 925.
Dunt, blow. See _Dynt_.
Durande, lasting, during, A. 336.
Dure, last, B. 1021; C. 488.
Dusched, struck, B. 1538. Sc. _dusche_, to smite; _dusch_, a blow.
“All _dusshet_ into the diche.” --(T. B. 4776.)
Dan. _daske_, to slap. Icel. _dust_ a blow.
Dutande, shutting, closing (from _dutte_, to shut), B. 320. See
_Ditteȝ_.
Dutte, fasten, close, B. 1182. Prov.E. _dyt_, stop up. O.N. _ditta_.
Dych, ditch, A. 607; B. 1792.
Dyd, caused, A. 306.
Dylle = dull, slow, sluggish, foolish, A. 680. N.Prov.E. _dull_, hard
of hearing. O.N. _dilla_, lallare.
Dym, black, B. 1016.
Dymly, secretly, C. 375.
Dymme, dark, B. 472.
Dyn, noise, B. 862.
“All _dynnet_ the _dyn_ the dales aboute.” --(T. B. 1197.)
Dyngne, worthy, C. 119.
Dyngneté, dignity, B. 1801.
Dynt, blow, C. 125.
Dyscreuen, describe, A. 68.
Dyscouere, reveal, make known, B. 683.
Dysheriete, disinherit, B. 185.
Dysplese, to be displeased, A. 422; to displease, A. 455; B. 1136.
Dyspyt, spite, B. 821.
Dyssente, descend, A. 627.
Dysstrye, destroy, B. 520.
Dystresse, distress, A. 280, 337.
Dystryed, destroyed, A. 124.
Dyt, doeth, A. 681.
Dyȝe, die, A. 306.
Dyȝt, decked, A. 202, 987; ordered, prepared, B. 243, 632; ordained,
C. 49; placed, seated, A. 920; B. 1794.
Dyȝtteȝ, causest, C. 488.

Efte, again, A. 328; afterwards, A. 332; B. 562.
Egge = _edge_, hill, B. 451.
Egge, edge (of a knife), B. 1104; of a hill, B. 383. A.S. _ecge_. O.N.
_egg_, edge. Du. _egghe_, an angle, corner, angle. Ger. _ecke_,
a corner.
Eggyng, instigation, B. 241. Prov.E. “egg on.” O.N. _egg_, an edge;
_eggia_, to sharpen, and hence instigate.
Elde, age, B. 657; C. 125. A.S. _eld_, _yld_, age.
Elleȝ, else, otherwise, A. 32; 724; so that, B. 466.
{Emerad, Emerade,} emerald, A. 118, 1005.
Emperise, empress, A. 441.
{Empire, Empyre,} A. 454; B. 540, 1332.
{Enaumayld, Enaumaylde,} enamelled, B. 1411, 1457.
Enbaned, supported (?), B. 1459. Sir F. Madden renders it
_ornamented_.
Enclose, B. 334.
Enclynande, inclining, bowing, A. 236.
Enclyned, prone, B. 518.
{Enclyin, Enclyne,} incline, A. 630, 1206.
Encres, increase, A. 959.
Encroche, approach, A. 1117; receive, C. 18.
Ende, die, B. 402; _on ende_, to death, C. 426. Cf. _ender-day_, and
_ending_ day = the day of one’s death.
Endeleȝ, endless, A. 738.
Endente, A. 639, 1012.
Endentur, crevices, holes, B. 313. O.Fr. _endenter_, to notch, jag.
Endorde, adored, A. 368.
{Endure, Endeure,} A. 476, 1082.
Endyte, indite, A. 1126.
Ene, once; _at ene_, at once, A. 291; _at ene_, at one, A. 953. A.S.
_æne_, once.
Enfaminied, famished, B. 1194.
Enforsed, forced, B. 938.
Engendered, begat, B. 272.
Enherite, inherit, B. 240.
Enle = enely (? _onlepi_), alone, singly, A. 849.
Enleuenþe, eleventh, A. 1014.
{Enmie, Enmye,} enemy, B. 1204.
Enourled, encircled, surrounded, B. 18. Fr. _ourler_, to hem. _Orle_
in Heraldry = border. Ital. Orlo = hem, edge. Spanish and Portug.
Orla = selvedge, border.
{Enprece, Enpresse,} press, C. 43, 528.
Enpresse, impress, A. 1097.
Enpoysened, poisoned, B. 242.
Enprysonment, imprisonment, B. 46.
Enquylen, obtain, C. 39. See _Aquyle_.
Ensens, incense, A. 1122.
Entent, intent, A. 1191.
Entre, enter, A. 38, 1067.
Entré, entrance, B. 1779.
Entyse, to provoke, B. 1137, 1808.
Enurned, adorned, decked, A. 1027.
Er, ere, before, A. 324, 328; B. 648.
{Erber, Erbere,} arbour, A. 9, 38, 1171.
Erbes, herbs, B. 1684.
Erde, land, abode, A. 248; B. 596, 601, 1006. A.S. _eard_, native
soil, country, region; _eardian_, to dwell, inhabit.
“Eson afterward _erdand_ on lyffe,
Endured his dayes drowpyaite (? _drowpande_) on age.”
--(T. B. 121.)
Erigant, arrogance, B. 148.
Erly, early, A. 392.
Ernde, errand, message, C. 52. See _Arende_.
Erne, eagle, B. 1698. A.S. _earn_, eagle.
Ernestly, quickly, rapidly, B. 277, 1240. A.S. _eornostlíce_.
Errour, A. 422.
Erytage, heritage, A. 443.
Eþe, easy, A. 1202; B. 608. A.S. _eáth_.
Euen (wyth), _vb._ to be equal to, A. 1073.
Euen-songe, vespers, A. 529.
Euentyde, A. 582; B. 479.
Euer-ferne, ever-fern, C. 438. A.S. _eforfearn_, polypodium vulgare.
See Gloss. to Saxon Leechdoms, ii. 381.
Ewere, ewer, B. 1457.
Excuse, A. 281.
{Expoun, Expoune, Expowne,} expound, A. 37; B. 1058, 1729.
Expounyng, _sb._ expounding, B. 1565.
Expresse, A. 910; B. 1158.

Fable, A. 592.
Face, B. 1539.
Fader, father, A. 872.
{Falce, False,} B. 205, 474.
Falewed, became pale, faded, B. 1539. Ger. _falb_, pale, faded. A.S.
_fealo_, pale, reddish or yellowish; _fealwian_, to grow yellow.
Fale, good, C. 92. A.S. _fæl_, clean, good, true.
Falleȝ, falls, happens, B. 494.
Falure, A. 1084.
Famacion, defamation, B. 188.
Famed, celebrated, B. 275.
Fande, found, A. 871.
Fanneȝ, fans, flaps, B. 457.
Fantumme, phantom, B. 1341.
Farande, pleasing, A. 865; handsome, B. 607; joyous, B. 1758.
N.Prov.E. _farant_, decent, pleasant, nice. Gael, _farranta_, stout,
brave.
Farandely, pleasantly, C. 435. N.Prov.E. _farantly_.
Fare, _vb._ go, A. 129, 147; B. 100, 621, 929; fare, B. 466. A.S.
_faran_. O.N. _fara_.
Fare, _sb._ voyage, course, C. 98. A.S. _faru_, _fær_.
“Þe caf he cast o corn sum quile,
In þe flum þat hatt þe Nile;
For-qui þat flum þat rennes þar,
Til Joseph hus it has þe _fare_.”
--(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 27b.)
Fare, conduct, A. 832; B. 861.
Faren, gone, passed, B. 403.
Fasor, form, A. 431. See T. B. 3956.
Fasoun, fashion, A. 983, 1101.
Fat, B. 627.
Fateȝ, fades, A. 1038.
Fathme, (_a_) embrace, B. 399; (_b_) grope, C. 273.
(_a_) “Als I sat upon that lawe,
I bigan Denemark for to awe,
The borwes, and the castles stronge,
And mine armes weren so longe,
That I _fadmede_, al at ones,
Denemark with mine longe bones.” --(Havelok the Dane, l. 1291.)
O.N. _fadma_. Dan. _fadme_. A.S. _fæthmian_, to embrace.
Fatte, vessel, B. 802. A.S. _fæt_.
Fatted, fattened, B. 56.
Faunt, child, maiden, A. 161.
Faure, four, B. 958.
Faurty, forty, B. 741, 743.
{Faut, Faute,} fault, B. 177, 236, 571.
Fautleȝ, faultless, B. 794.
Fauty, faulty, sinful, B. 741.
{Fauor, Fauour,} A. 428; “gret fauor,” A. 968.
Fawre, four, B. 938.
Fawte, fault, B. 1736.
{Fax, Faxe,} hair, B. 790, 1689. A.S. _feax_.
Fay, _in faye_, in faith, indeed, A. 263; _par ma fay_, by my faith,
A. 489.
Faylande, failing, lacking, B. 1535.
Fayle, be wanting, B. 737. Set (of the sun), B. 1758.
Fayly, fail, A. 34; B. 548.
Fayn, glad, A. 393; _fayn of_, B. 642; _faynest_, B. 1219.
Fayned, false, B. 188.
Fayth, “in _fayth_” indeed, B. 1732; gen. sing, B. 1735.
Faȝte, fought, A. 54.
{Febele, Feble,} poor, bad, B. 47, 101, 145.
{Fech, Feche,} fetch, A. 847, 1158; B. 621.
Fede, A. 29.
Fees, cities, B. 960. Fr. _fief_. Prov. Fr. _feu_, _fieu_. M.Lat.
_feudum_. Eng. _fee_. The origin of this term is to be found in
Goth. _faihu_, possessions. O.H.G. _fihu_, _fehu_, cattle. O.N.
_fe_. A.S. _feoh_, cattle, money.
Fel, bitterly, B. 1040. A.S. _fell_, cruel, severe.
Felaȝschyp, fellowship, B. 271.
Felde, field, B. 1750.
Fele, (?) hide, B. 914.
Fele, many, A. 21, 927. A.S. _féla_.
Fele (feel), taste, B. 107.
Fele-kyn, many kinds of, B. 1483.
Felle, cruel, severe; _felle chere_, stern countenance, B. 139; sharp,
A. 367; B. 156, 1737; boisterous, rough, B. 421; bitter, B. 954.
Felly, fiercely, bitterly, B. 559, 571.
Felonye, crime, sin, A. 800; B. 205.
Feloun, sinner, criminal, B. 217.
Felt, hair, B. 1689. A.S. _felt_. Du. _velt_, felt, cloth. Cf. W.
_gwallt_, Gael. _falt_, hair of the head.
Femmale, female, B. 696.
Fende, fiend, devil, B. 205, 1341.
Fende, fend, B. 1191. Fr. _defendre_.
Fenden, of fiends, B. 224.
Feng, took (_pret._ of fonge), B. 377.
Fenny, dirty, vile, B. 1113. Cf. S.Prov.E. _venny_, mouldy. A.S.
_fenn_, mud, dirt. Goth. _fani_.
Fenyx, phenix, A. 430.
Fer, far, A. 334.
Ferd, Ferde, frightened, B. 897, 975.
Ferde, fear, B. 386; C. 215. A.S. _forhtian_, to fear; _forht_, fear.
Ferde, went, _pret._ of _fare_, B. 1106.
Fere, a companion; _in fere_, in company, together, A. 89, 884;
B. 985, 1062. A.S. _fera_, _gefera_, a companion.
Fereȝ, carries, A. 98. A.S. _férian_.
Fereȝ, companions, A. 1150. See _fere_.
Ferke up, get up, B. 897; ferke over, go, walk over, B. 133.
“The freike upon faire
wise _ferke_ out of lyne.” --(T. B. 145.)
“He salle _ferkke_ before
And I salle come aftyre.” --(Morte Arthure, p. 347.)
“Now _ferkes_ to the fyrthe,
thees fresche mene of armes.” --(_Ibid._ p. 209.)
“The kyng _ferkes_ furthe
on a faire stede.” --(_Ibid._ p. 202.)
In T. B. 185, it is used transitively. The verb _to ferk_ seems
to be related to the Eng. _firk_, a quick movement, jerk, etc.
A.S. _frician_, to dance.
Ferly, _adj._ wondrous, A. 1084; _adv._ wonderfully, B. 269, 960;
_sb._ wonder, astonishment, A. 1086; marvel, B. 1529. A.S. _fær_,
_færlice_, sudden.
Ferlyly, exceedingly, B. 962.
Ferre, farther, _comp._ of _fer_, B. 97, 98.
Fers, fierce, B. 101.
Ferslych, fiercely, C. 337.
Feryed, ferried, A. 946. O.N. _feria_ (from _fara_, to go),
to transport; set over.
Fest, fast, C. 290.
Fest, Feste, feast, A. 283; B. 642, 1758.
Festen, fasten, establish, B. 156, 327, 1255; C. 273.
Fester, B. 1040.
Festiual, festive, B. 136.
Fete, _in fete_, indeed, B. 1106. O.Fr. _faict_. Fr. _fait_, a deed,
feat.
Feþer-beddes, C. 158.
Fetly = featly, aptly, fitly, B. 585. See _fete_.
Fette, fetch, B. 802.
Fettle, set in order, provide, make, B. 343, 585; C. 38, 435.
Prov.E. _fettle_, set in order, etc. O.Fris. _fitia_, to adorn.
Goth. _fetjan_. Norse, _fitla_, to labour at a thing in order to get
it right. Pl.D. _fisseln_, to bustle about.
Fettre, fetter, B. 1255.
Feture, feature, B. 794.
{Fetys, Fetyse,} neat, well made, B. 174; dexterity, B. 1103. O.Fr.
_faictis_. Lat. _factitius_, well made, neat, handsome.
Fetysely, handsomely, beautifully, B. 1462.
Feȝt, fight, B. 275, 1191. A.S. _feoht_. Ger. _fecht_, fight. See
T. B. 1751.
Feȝtande, fighting, struggling, B. 404.
Filed, defiled. See _Fyled_.
Flake, flake; _flake of soufre_, B. 954. O.N. _flak_, plank, slice.
Flake = fleck, spot, blemish, A. 947. O.N. _fleckr_. Ger. _fleck_,
spot, blot, stain.
Flakerande, flickering, fluttering, B. 1410. Ger. _flackern_, to
flare, blaze, flutter.
Flambe, flame, A. 769.
Flaumbande, flaming, A. 90; shining, B. 1468.
Flaunke, spark, B. 954. Prov.E. _flanker_, a flying spark. Pl. D.
_flunkern_, to flicker, sparkle. Ger. _flunke_, spark.
Flauore, flavour, A. 87.
Flawen, fled, C. 214.
Flay, terrify, B. 960, 1723; C. 215. See T. B. 4593. N.Prov.E. _flay_,
_flee_.
Flayn, flayed, A. 809.
Flaȝt, plot of ground, a flat, A. 57.
Fleeȝ, fleece (of golde), B. 1476.
{Flem, Fleme,} banish, A. 334; B. 31, 596. A.S. _flyman_.
Flem, stream, C. 309. Cf. Prov.E. _flume_, _flem_, _fleme_,
a mill-stream. Norse, _flom_, _flaum_, flood, overflow of water;
_flauma_, to overflow.
{Fleschlych, Fleschly,} fleshly, carnal, B. 265; A. 1082.
Flet, _pret._ of flete, to flow, A. 1058.
{Flete, Flet,} flow, B. 1025; to people, B. 685. See T. B. 278, 4715.
A.S. _fleotan_. Sw. _flyta_, flow, float. O.N. _fliota_. Prov.E.
_fleet_.
Flette, floated, _pret._ of _flete_, to float, B. 387.
“Childer,” he said, “yee list and lete,
I sagh caf on þe water _flete_.”
--(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 27b.)
Fleȝe, flew, A. 431.
{Flod, Flode,} flood, A. 874, 1058; B. 369.
Flokke, flock, company, B. 386, 1767.
Flonc = flong = flung, A. 1165.
Flor, flower, A. 29, 962; _pl._ _flores_.
Flor, floor, B. 133.
Flosed, flossed, B. 1689. Cf. _floss_-silk. Ital. _floscio flosso_,
drooping, flaccid.
Flot, grease, fat, B. 1011. A.S. _flótan_, to float; _flót-smere_,
scum of a pot, floating fat. O.N. _flót_, the act of floating, the
grease swimming on the surface of broth. Prov.E. _fleet_.
{Flot, Flote,} company, A. 786, 946; army, B. 1212. O.Fr. _flote_,
a crowd.
{Flot, Flote, Flotte,} flowed, floated, A. 46; B. 421, 432; C. 248.
Floty (? _flotery_), waving, A. 127.
Flour-de-lys, lily, A. 753.
Floury, flowery, A. 57.
Flowen, flew, fled, A. 89; B. 945.
Flowred, flowered, A. 270.
Floȝed, flowed, B. 397.
Flurted, flowered, figured, A. 208.
Flyt, force, literally chiding, B. 421. O.S. _flit_, contention.
Flyte, to quarrel, strive, A. 353. Prov.E. _flite_, scold. A.S.
_flitan_.
Flytande, chiding, B. 950.
Flyȝe, flay (?), A. 813.
Flyȝt, flight, B. 377.
Fo, enemy, B. 1219.
Fode, person, people, B. 466; _fode_, a child (King Horn, 1384);
_fodder_, producer, mother (King Alys. 645); A.S. _fedan_, _afedan_,
to bring forth, give birth to, rear. O.N._fæda_. Dan. _föde_.
Fogge, dry grass, B. 1683. W. _fwg_.
Fol, full, B. 1754.
Fol, fool, B. 750, 996.
Fol, foolish, C. 283.
Folde, folded, A. 434.
Folde, earth, A. 334; B. 403, 950.
Folde, to beat, buffet, A. 813.
Fole, fowl, B. 1410.
Fole, fool, B. 202.
Fole, foal, B. 1255.
Foler, B. 1410.
Foles, acts foolishly, B. 1422.
{Folewande, Folwande,} following, A. 1040, B. 429, 1212.
{Folk, Folke,} people, B. 100, 542, 960.
Folken, of people, B. 271.
Folmarde. Properly the beech-martin, but commonly applied to the
pole-cat. O.Fr. _foine_, _faine_ (Lat. _fagina_), beechmast.
Folyly, foolishly, B. 696. See T. B. 575.
Folȝe, follow, A. 127; B. 6, 677, 918, 1752. A.S. _folgian_.
Folȝed, baptized, A. 654. A.S. _fullian_, _fulwian_, to baptize.
Foman, enemy, B. 1175.
Fon, ceased, _pret._, of _fyne_, A. 1030; B. 369. The northern form is
_fan_.
“Bot ai þe quils he ne _fan_
To behald þe leve maidan.” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii, fol. 20a.)
Fonde, to found, establish, A. 939; B. 173.
Fonde, to go, proceed, A. 150.
Fonde, try, B. 1103. A.S. _fandian_.
Fonden, found, B. 356.
Fonge, take, receive, A. 439, 479; B. 540; _fongeȝ to the flyȝt_,
takes to flight, B. 457. A.S. _fon_. Ger. _fangen_, take, seize.
Goth. _fahan_.
Font, B. 164.
Fonte = _fond_, examined, A. 170, 327.
{Fooschyp, Foschip,} enmity, B. 918, 919.
For, from, B. 740; because, B. 323.
Forbede, forbid, A. 379; B. 1147.
Forbi, beyond, C. 483.
Forboden, forbidden, B. 826, 998.
Forbrent, burnt, A. 1139.
For-clemmed, starved, C. 395. Prov.E. _clem_, to starve, pinch with
hunger. Du. _klemmen_, to pinch, compress.
For-didden, did away with, A. 124.
For-dolked, severely wounded, A. 11. A.S. _dolc_, _dolh_, _dolg_,
a wound; _dilgian_, to destroy.
Forering, B. 3. See Note.
Forfare, destroy; also to perish, B. 1168; C. 483; _forferde_,
(_pret._), B. 571, 1051.
Forfete, A. 619, 639; B. 743.
Forfyne, lastly.
{Forgart, Forgarte,} = for-did, lost, _pret._ of for-gar, ruin,
destroy, lose, A. 321; B. 240. See _Gar_.
Forged, made, B. 343.
Forhede, forehead, A. 871.
Foriusted, overthrown, defeated, B. 1216. Fr. _jouster_, to tilt.
“So mony groundes he _for-justede_ & of joy broght.”
--(T. B. 296.)
Forlete, lost, A. 327.
For long, very long, A. 586.
Forlonge, furlong, A. 1030.
Forloteȝ = forleteȝ, forsake, B. 101.
“Þe laghes bath he (Adam) þan _forlete_
Bath naturel and positif.” --(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 52b.)
Forloyne, forsake, depart, go astray, err, A. 368; B. 282, 750, 1155,
1165. Fr. _loin_, far.
For-madde, very mad (foolish), C. 509.
Formast, first, foremost, B. 494.
Forme, first, C. 38.
{Forme-fader, Forme-foster,} first-father, progenitor, A. 639; B. 257.
Fornes, furnace, B. 1011.
For-payned, severely troubled, A. 246.
Forray, forage, B. 1200. Fr. _fourrager_, to fodder, forrage, prey.
O.Fr. _fourrer_. Mid. Lat. _foderare_, _forrare_, from A.S. _foder_.
Ger. _futter_, food, victuals.
Forselet, a fortified place, B. 1200. “_Forcelet_, stronge place
(_forslet_, H. P.) Fortalicium.” (Prompt. Parv.) O.Fr. _forcier_.
It. _forciere_. Mid. Lat. _forsarius_, a strong box, safe, coffer.
Forser = forcer, forcet, A. 263. See preceding word.
Forsette, compass, B. 78.
Forsothe, forsooth, indeed, C. 212.
Forst, frost, B. 524. A.S. _forst_.
Forþe, way, passage, A. 150. See T. B. 4094, 4166. Welsh, _ffordd_,
a way.
“The kyng fraystez [seeks] a _furth_ over the fresche strandez,
One a strenghe by a streme in thas straytt landez.”
--(Morte Arthure, p. 103.)
Forth-lep, forth-leapt, C. 154.
Forþoȝt, repented, B. 557.
Forþrast, for-thrust, B. 249.
Forþy, therefore, wherefore, A. 234; B. 545, 1020.
Forþynke, repent, B. 285.
Fortune, A. 306.
Forwarde = forward, covenant, promise, B. 327, 1742. A.S.
_fore-weard_. “_Forwarde_, or cuuinawnt, convencio, pactum.”
(Prompt. Parv.)
Forwroȝt, over-worked, weary, C. 163.
Forȝes, furrows, B. 1547. A.S. _furh_. Ger. _furche_, a furrow.
Forȝete, forgat, B. 203.
Fote, foot, A. 970.
Foted, footed, B. 538.
Founce, bottom, A. 113. See _Founs_.
Foundande, going, C. 126.
Founde, to go, B. 903.
“Quen we suppose in our sele
to sit alther heist,
Than _fondis_ furth dame fortoun
to the flode ȝates,
Draȝes up the damme borde
and drenchis us evir.” --(K. Alex. p. 64.)
“Fflorent and Floridas with fyve
score knyghttez,
ffollowede in the foreste, and on the
way _foundys_,
Fflyngande a faste trott,
and on the folke dryffes.”
(Morte Arthure, p. 231.)
Foundemente, foundation, A. 993.
Founden, found, B. 547.
Foundered, destroyed, perished, B. 1014.
{Founs, Founce,} bottom, B. 1026.
“Onone as thai on Alexander
and on his ost waites,
Thai flee as fast into flode,
and to the _founce_ plungid.”
(K. Alex. p. 141.)
Fourferde, perished, _pret._ of _forfare_, B. 560.
Fowle, foully, B. 1790.
Fowled, became defiled, foul. B. 269.
Fowre, four, A. 886.
Foysoun, abundant, A. 1058. Fr. _foison_. O.Fr. _fuson_, from Lat.
_fusio_, pouring out.
Fraunchyse, liberality, A. 609; B. 750.
Fray, terrify, B. 1553. See _Afray_.
Frayneȝ, demands, asks, desires, A. 129. A.S. _fregnan_, to ask. Goth.
_fraihnan_.
Frayste (_a_), sought, A. 169; (_b_) literally, to try, prove,
B. 1736. O.N. _fresta_.
(_a_)
“Bot wete thou wele this iwis, within a wale time,
Fra that I _fraist_ have that faire (faice?) of my faire lady,
I sall the seke with a sowme of seggis enarmed.”
--(K. Alex. p. 69.)
{Frek, Freke,} man, B. 6, 79, 540. This word is used by Skelton. A.S.
_freca_, a daring warrior, from _frec_, _freca_, bold, daring,
eager. The adjective _freke_ (_frek_, _frike_), was not unknown to
O.E. writers of the 14th century.
“Israel wit þis uplepp,
Þat moght noght forwit strid a step,
Witouten asking help of sun;
Þat quak wit ilk lim was won,
Þat first for eild moght noght spek,
To bidd hast now es nan sa frek.”
--(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 29b.)
Freles, blameless, A. 431. O.N. _fryja_, to blame. _Frie_, to blame,
occurs in the romance of _Havelok the Dane_, 1998.
Freloker, more freely, B. 1106.
Frely, lordly, B. 162; beautiful, B. 173; freely, C. 20.
Frelych, lordly, B. 162; bountiful, C. 214.
French, an error for _frech_ (_fresh_) or _frelich_, A. 1086.
Frete, gnaw, eat, devour, B. 1040. A.S. _fretan_.
Freten, devoured, B. 404.
Frette, furnish, B. 339; ornament, B. 1476. A.S. _frætu_, ornament;
_frætewian_, _frætwian_, trim, deck, adorn.
Fro, from, A. 427; B. 396. This is another form of the Northumbrian
_fra_. O.N. _frá_; “_to ne fro_,” A. 347.
{Frok, Frokke,} dress, garment, frock, B. 136, 1742.
Froþande, frothing, frothy, filthy, B. 1721.
Frunt, kicked, C. 187. See T. B. 5968.
Frym, beautiful, fresh, vigorous, A. 1079. Prov.E. _frim_; _frum_,
tender, fresh. A.S. _freme_, advantageous, good. Drayton uses the
phrase “_frim_ pastures,” _i.e._ luxuriant pastures.
Fryst, delay, put off, B. 743. A.S. _fyrstan_, to give respite;
_fyrst_, a space of time, interval. Icel. _frest_, delay; “_to
frist_, to trust for a time” (Ray); to delay (Jam.).
{Fryt, Fryte,} fruit, A. 29; B. 1044.
Fryth, wood, A. 89; B. 534, 1680. Gael, _frith_, a heath, deer park,
forest.
Ful, foul, B. 231.
Fulfille, accomplish, B. 264, 1732.
Fulȝed, baptized, B. 164. See _Folȝed_.
Fundament, foundation, A. 1010.
Funde, found, B. 1735.
Fust, fist, B. 1535.
Fyf, five, A. 849.
Fygure, A. 170, 747.
Fykel, treacherous, deceitful, C. 283.
Fyldor, gold thread, A. 106. Fr. _fil d’or_.
Fyled, defiled, dirty, B. 136.
Fyled, formed, B. 1460.
Fylsened, strengthened, aided, supported, B. 1167, 1644. A.S. _fylst_,
help, assistance; _fylstan_, to help, aid.
Fylter, huddle together, B. 224; join, B. 696; meet together in
battle, B. 1191; become ragged, entangled. Prov.E. _felter_,
entangle, clot. Fairfax uses the phrase “_feltred_ locks.” Cf. the
phrase a “_filtered_ fole,” a shaggy foal. Baker says that the term
_felt_ is applied to a matted growth of grass.
“His fax and his foretoppe was _filterede_ togeder.”
--(Morte Arthure, p. 91.)
Fylyoles (= _fyells_, _phiolls_), round towers, B. 1462. Cf. _Fala_,
a tour of tre. Med. Gram.
Fyne, _vb._ end, die, A. 328; cease, A. 353; B. 450; delay, B. 929.
Fyne, _sb._ cessation, A. 635.
Fynne, fin, B. 531.
Fyole, B. 1476.
Fyrmament, B. 221.
Fyrre, _adv._ farther, comp. of _fer_, A. 103, 127; B. 766; C. 116;
_adj._ distant, A. 148. A.S. _fyrre_.
Fyrte, fearful, trembling, A. 54. A.S. _fyrhto_; _fyrhtu_, fear,
fright, trembling; _forht_, fearful, timid.
Fyþel, fiddle, B. 1082.
Fyþere, feather, B. 530, 1026.

Galle, gall, stain, filth, A. 1060; B. 1022. Cf. to _gall_, fret. Fr.
_galler_. W. _gwall_. O.N. _galli_, fault, imperfection. Dan. _gal_,
wrong, ill.
Gain, against, A. 138.
Gardyn, A. 260.
Gare, cause, make, drive, A. 331; B. 690. N.Prov.E. _gar_. O.N.
_göra_, _gera_.
Garlande, A. 1186.
Garnyst, garnished, ornamented, B. 1277.
Gart, forced, made, A. 1151. See _gare_; _garten_, _3d pers. pl._
A. 86.
Gate, way, A. 395, 526; B. 676, 931. See T. B. 6292. O.N. _gata_.
{Gaule, Gawle,} A. 463; C. 285. See _galle_.
{Gay, Gaye,} A. 260; B. 830, 1315.
Gayn, _vb._ avail, A. 343; C. 164; prevail, B. 1608. Sc. _gane_;
_gain_, to be fit or suitable.
{Gayn, Gayne,} useful, available, good, B. 259, 749.
{Gaynly, Gaynlych,} gainly, gracious, B. 728; C. 83. Cf. ungainly =
awkward. O.N. _gegn_, convenient, suitable; _gegna_, to meet.
Gaȝafylace, royal treasury, B. 1283.
Geder, gather, C. 105.
Gef, gave, A. 174.
Gele, spy, see, A. 931.
Gemme, A. 253.
Gendered, engendered, B. 300.
Gendreȝ, genders, kinds, B. 434.
Generacyoun, A. 827.
{Gent, Gente,} gentle, noble, gracious, A. 118, 253, 265; B. 1495.
Gentryse, nobleness, B. 1159, 1216.
Gentyl, noble, A. 278; _gentyleste_, A. 1015; B. 1180.
Gentylmen, B. 864.
Gere, gear, B. 16; C. 148.
Gere, clothing, attire, B. 1811.
Gered, covered, clothed, ornamented, B. 1344, 1568. O.N. _gerfi_. A.S.
_gearwa_, habiliments. O.H.G. _garawi_, ornament, dress. A.S.
_gearwan_; _gearwian_, make ready, prepare, supply.
Gesse, tell, A. 499. Norse, _gissa_.
Geste, tale, saying, A. 277.
{Geste, Gest,} guest, B. 98, 640.
Gettes, devices, B. 1354. O.N. _geta_, to conceive. A.S.
“and-_gitan_,” get, know, understand.
Geuen, given, A. 1190.
Gilde, gilt, B. 1344.
Giles, gills, C. 269.
Gilofre, gilly flower, A. 43. Fr. _giroflée_. Lat. _caryophyllus_,
a clove.
Glace = glance, A. 171. Fr. _glacer_, _glacier_, slide, slip. Cf. O.E.
_glace_, to polish, glance as an arrow turned aside.
Glade, _vb._ to gladden, A. 861.
Glam, word, message, B. 499; C. 63; talk, speech, B. 830; noise,
B. 849. Obsolete Swedish, _glamm_, talk, chatter; _glamma_, to talk,
chatter. Gael. _glam_, outcry. O.N. _glam_, clash; _glamra_, to
rattle. Sc. _glamer_, noise, clatter.
“Alle thire he closis in that cliffe, and cairis on forthire,
To the occyann at the erthes ende, and, ther in an ilee, he heres
A grete _glaver_ and a _glaam_ of grekin tongis.”
--(K. Alex. p. 188.)
{Glas, Glasse,} A. 990, 1025.
Glauere, to deceive, A. 688. Cf. N.Prov.E. _glaver_, _glaiver_, to
talk foolishly; _glauver_, flattery. W. _glafr_. Irish _glafaire_,
a babbler.
“Sir,” sais syr Gawayne,
“So me gode helpe,
Siche _glaverande_ gomes
greves me bot lyttille.” --(Morte Arthure, p. 212.)
See extract under word _glam_.
Glaymande, slimy, C. 269. Cf. “gleyme or rewme, reuma;” “gleymyn or
_yngleymyn_, visco, invisco.” (Prompt. Parv.)
Glayre, glare, amber, A. 1026. A.S. _glære_, amber. O.N. _gler_. Dan.
_glar_, glass.
Glayue, a sword, A. 654. Fr. _glaive_. Lat. _gladius_.
Gle, joy, glee, A. 95, 1123.
Glede, kite, B. 1696. A.S. _glída_.
{Glem, Gleme,} gleam, light, A. 79; brightness, B. 218; _day-glem_,
daylight, A. 1094; _heven-glem_, heaven light, B. 946.
Glemande, gleaming, shining, A. 70, 990.
Glene, glean, gather, A. 955.
{Glent, Glente,} shone, A. 70, 114, 1026; B. 218. Sc. _glent_,
_glint_, to gleam. Dan. _glindse_, to glisten; _glindre_, to
glitter.
“The schaftes of the schire sone schirkind the cloudis,
And gods glorious gleme _glent_ tham emannge.”
--(K. Alex. p. 164.)
{Glent, Glente,} slipped, fell, A. 671. Sc. _glint_, _glent_, not only
signifies to gleam, shine, but also to glide, slide. W. _ysglentio_,
to slide.
“Glissonand as the glemes þat _glenttes_ of þe snaw.”
--(T. B. 3067.)
Glenteȝ, _sb._ looks, A. 1144.
{Glet, Glette,} dirt, mud, slime, and hence filth, sin, A. 1060;
B. 306, 573; C. 269. Pl. D. _glett_, slippery. Sc. _glít_, pus. O.N.
_glæta_, wet.
Glewed, called, prayed, C. 164. Fr. _glay_, cry.
Glodeȝ, glades, A. 79.
Gloped, was terrified, frightened, amazed, B. 849. O.N. _glapa_,
stare, gaze, gape. O.Fris. _glupa_, to look, peep. Dan. _glippe_,
to wink. N.Prov.E. _glop_, _gloppen_, to be amazed, to frighten.
“Bees not _aglopened_ madame ne greved at my fadire.”
--(K. Alex. p. 30.)
“Thane _glopned_ the glotone and glorede unfaire.”
--(Morte Arthure, p. 90.)
“O, my hart is rysand in a _glope_!
For this nobylle tythand thou shalle have a droppe.”
--(Town. Myst. p. 146.)
Glopnedly, fearfully, B. 896.
Glory, A. 934; B. 1522.
{Gloryous, Glorious, Gloryus,} A. 799, 915.
Glotoun, a wicked wretch, a loose fellow, a ribald, B. 1505.
Gloumb, look, observe, C. 94. Chaucer uses _glombe_ in the sense of
looking gloomy, sullen, frowning. It seems to be connected with O.N.
_glampa_, to glitter, shine. Cf. O.E. _glent_, to shine, and
_glent_, to look. So also _stare_ signifies not only to look
steadfastly at, but to shine, glitter.
Glowed, shone, A. 114. O.N. _gloá_, to glow, burn, shine.
Glwande, glowing, shining, bright, C. 94.
Glydande, going, walking, B. 296.
Glyde, to go, walk, slip along, B. 325, 677, 1590. Pl. D. _gliden_,
_glien_, slip, glide.
Glyfte, became frightened, B. 849. Originally to stare, look
astonished.
“Þys munke stode ande lokede þarto,
And hade þerof so moche drede,
Þat he wende have go to wede:
As he stode so sore _aglyfte_
Hys ryȝt hande up he lyfte,
Ande blessede hym self stedfastly.”
--(Handlyng Synne, l. 3590.)
_Gliffe_, in O.E. signifies also to look, shine, glow. Sc. _glevin_,
to glow; _gliff_, a glimpse; _gliffin_, to wink. Dan. _glippe_, to
wink.
Glymme, brightness, A. 1088. O.Sw. _glimma_, to shine.
Glysnande, shining, glistening. A. 1018. A.S. _glisnian_. O.N.
_glyssa_, to sparkle, glitter.
Glyȝt, shone, A. 114; looked, C. 453. Du. _glicken_, to shine. Icel.
_glugga_, to peep. _A-glyȝte_, slipped from, in line 245, is
evidently another form of _glyȝt_. Cf. N.Prov.E. _glea_, _aglea_,
crooked, aside; _gledge_, to look asquint. Sc. _gley_, _gly_, to
squint, all of which originally signified simply to look, shine. See
T. B. 3943.
Gnede, niggardly, beggarly, B. 146. The MS. reads nede, but _gnede_ is
the correct form. Dan. _gnide_, to rub. A.S. _gnidan_. Cf. O.E.
_nithing_, a miser. A.S. _gnethen_, moderate, sparing.
“Sua lang has thir tua boght þair sede,
Þat þair moné wex al _gnede_.”
--(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 31a.)
“Bot fra þair store bigan to sprede
The pastur þam bigan to _knede_.” --(_Ibid._ fol. 15a.)
“Bot al he tok in godds nam,
And thold luveli al þat scam;
For al to _gnede_ him thoght þe gram
Þat he moght thol on his licam” --(_Ibid._ fol. 51a.)
Goande, going, B. 931.
Goblote, goblet, B. 1277.
{God, Gode,} good, wealth. See _Goud_.
Godhede, godhead, A. 413.
Godlych, good, B. 753.
Golf, deep, abyss, A. 608.
Gome, man, A. 231; B. 1315.
Gorde = _girde_, rush, go headlong, B. 911, 957. See T. B. 169.
Gore, filth, B. 306. A.S. _gor_, wet, filth, mud. N. _gor_.
Gorste, gorse, B. 99, 534. W. _gores_, _gorest_, waste, open.
{Gost, Goste,} spirit, A. 86; B. 325, 1598.
Gostly, spiritual, ghostly, A. 790.
Gote, stream, A. 934; B. 413; C. 310; _pl._ goteȝ, A. 608. Prov.E.
_gote_, _goit_, _gowt_, ditch, sluice, mill-stream. Du. _gote_,
kennel, conduit. A.S. _geotan_, to pour.
“As _gotes_ out of _guttars_ in golanand, (glomand ?) wedors,
So voidis doun the venom be vermyns schaftes.”
--(K. Alex. p. 163.)
{Goud, Goude, God,} _adj._ good, A. 33, 568; _sb._ wealth, riches,
A. 731, 734; B. 1326.
{Goun, Goune,} gown, dress, B. 145, 1568.
Governor, B. 1645; C. 199.
Gowdeȝ, goods, C. 286.
Grace, A. 436.
{Gracios, Gracious,} A. 95, 260, 934; C. 26.
Gracyously, B. 488.
Grame, wrath, vengeance, C. 53. A.S. _grama_. Ger. _gram_, anger,
displeasure.
Graunt, _sb._ leave, permission, A. 317; _vb._ grant, B. 765; C. 240.
Grauayl, gravel, pebbles, A. 81.
Grauen, graven, B. 1324.
Grauen, buried, B. 1332.
Grayneȝ, grains, A. 31.
Grayþed, prepared, B. 343, placed, B. 1485; availed, C. 53. See T. B.
229. O.N. _greitha_, to make ready. N.Prov.E. _graid_.
Grayþely, quickly, readily, B. 341; truly, A. 499; C. 240. N.Prov.E.
_gradely_. See T. B. 54.
“On Gydo, a gome þat _graidly_ had soght,
And wist all þe werks by weghes he hade.” --(T. B. 229.)
Cf. _Graiþe_ = ready.
Gre, will, desire, C. 348; hence _bongre_, _malgre_, etc. O.Fr.
_gret_. Fr. _gré_, will, pleasure. Lat. _gratus_, pleasing.
Grece, step, B. 1590.
Gredirne, gridiron, B. 1277.
Greffe, grief, A. 86.
Greme, _adj._ displeasing, C. 42; wrath, B. 16, 947; _vb._ to make
angry, displease, B. 138, 1347. A.S. _gremian_, to displease.
Greme, spot, blemish, A. 465. Norse _grima_, a spot.
Gresse, grass, A. 10, 245; B. 1028.
Grete, the whole, A. 637, ? altogether A. 851; a _grete_, in the
gross--a head, A. 560.
Grete, weep, A. 331. A.S. _grætan_, Prov.E. _greet_.
Gretyng, _sb._ weeping, B. 159.
Greue, grieve, A. 471; B. 138, 302, 306.
Greue, grove, A. 321; B. 99.
Greuing, _sb._ sorrowing, grief, B. 159.
Gromylyoun, the herb _gromwell_, grey millet, (Lithospermum
officinale), A. 43. “_Gromaly_ herbe. Milium solis.” (Prompt. Parv.)
Grone, groan, B. 1077.
Gropande, searching, trying, B. 591. A.S. _grápian_, to touch, feel,
seize, grope. O.N. _greipa_.
Gropyng, _sb._ handling, B. 1102.
Grounde, ground, sharpened, A. 654.
Groundeleȝ, bottomless, C. 310.
Grouelyng, on the face, A. 1120. O.N. _grufa_; _grufa nidr_, to stoop
down. _Liggia á grufu_, to lie face downwards, to lie groveling.
Gruche, begrudge, B. 1347.
Gruȝt, _pret._ of _gruche_, B. 810.
Grychchyng, _sb._ murmuring, repining, C. 53.
Grym, black, A. 1070.
Grymly, sharply, A. 654; roughly, B. 1534.
Grymme, horrible, B. 1553; sharp, B. 1696. A.S. _grim_; _grimm_, fury,
rage; sharp, bitter; “a _grym_ toole,” T. B. 938.
Grynde, A. 81.
Gryndel, angry, C. 524. Norse _grina_, wry the mouth; _grinall_, sour
looking. Du. _grinnen_, _grinden_, to grin, snarl.
Grysly, horrible, B. 1534. A.S. _grislíc_, horrible; _a-grísan_, to
dread, fear greatly.
Gryspyng, _sb._ gnashing of the teeth. A.S. _grist-bítung_.
Gryste, dirt (?), A. 465.
Guere, gear, B. 1505.
Guferes, evidently an error for _guteres_, C. 310. See T. B. 3072. See
extract under word _gote_.
{Gult, Gulte,} guilt, A. 942; B. 690.
Gulty, guilty, C. 210, 285.
Gut, C. 280.
Gyde-ropes, C. 105.
Gye, govern, B. 1598. Fr. _guider_; _guier_, direct, guide.
Gyle, guile, A. 671, 688; C. 285.
Gylt, guilt, B. 731.
Gylteȝ, A. 655.
Gyltleȝ, guiltless, A. 668.
Gyltyf, guilty, A. 669.
Gyn, machine; applied to the ark, B. 491; to a boat, C. 146.
Gyng, company, A. 455. A.S. _genge_. See T. B. 1225.
“Þan was Jacob busked yare,
Wit al þe _gynge_ þat wit him ware.”
--(Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iii. fol. 30a.)
Gyngure, ginger, A. 43.
Gyse, guise, A. 1099.
Gyternere, A. 91. Fr. _guiterre_; _guiterne_, a gittern. (Cot.) Lat.
_cithara_, a harp.