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1. 292. _Aloft_.]

 

[Alse, Æ. 1063. _Else_.]

 

Aluste, H. i. 88. [The sense is clearly _draw himself out, release

himself_; but K. B. and Speght throw no light on the word.]

 

Alyne, T. 79. _Across his shoulders_. C.

 

Alyse, Le. 29. _Allow_. C.

 

Amate, Æ. 58. _Destroy_. C.

 

Amayld, E. II. 49. _Enameled_. C.

 

Ameded, Æ. 54. _Rewarded_.

 

Amenged, p. 278. 6. as _Menged_; mixed.

 

Amenused, E. II. 5. _Diminished_. C.

 

[Ametten, M. 46. _Met_.]

 

Amield, T. 5. _Ornamented, enameled_. C.

 

[Anenste, as _Anente_; against.]

 

Anente, Æ. 475. _Against_. C.

 

Anere, Æ. 15. _Another_. C. [Ep. 48. _another time or occasion_.]

 

Anete, p. 281. 64. [_put an end to_, from C.'s _nete, nothing_.]

 

Anie, p. 281. 59. as _Nie_; nigh.

 

[Anie, H. 1. 120. _Annoy_.]

 

Anlace, G. 57. _An ancient sword_. C.

 

Antecedent, Æ. 233. _Going before_.

 

Applings, E. I. 33. _Grafted trees_. C.

 

Arace, G. 156. _Divest_. C.

 

[Arcublaster, H. 2. 52. K. has arcubalista, _a warlike engine for

casting great stones_, and Speght has arblasters, _crosse-bowes_. This

last is evidently C.'s meaning.]

 

[Ardurous, p.25. 30. ? as if _ardourous_, valiant.]

 

Arist, Ch. 10. _Arose_. C.

 

Arrowe-lede, H. 1. 74. [Neither K.B. nor Speght throws any light on

_-lede_. Sk. reads _arrow-head_.]

 

Ascaunce, E. III. 52. _Disdainfully_. C.

 

Asenglave, H. 1. 117. [_Ashen-spear_. K. has glaive, _a weapon like a

halbert_.]

 

Askaunted, Le. 19. [_Look carelessly at_, from two words side by

side in K., askaunce (O.), _if by chance_, and askaunt (O.) _to look

askaunt i.e. to look sideways_.]

 

Aslee, Æ 504. [Probably _sidle_ would give the meaning. Sk. renders

_dost but slide away_.]

 

Asseled, E. III. 14. _Answered_. C.

 

Ashrewed. Ch. 24. _Accursed, unfortunate_. C.

 

Asswaie, E. 352. [There is no satisfactory explanation; the sense is

clearly _cause_.]

 

Astedde, E. II. II. _Seated_. C.

 

Astende, G. 47. _Astonish_. C.

 

Asterte, G. 137. _Neglected_. C.

 

Astoun, E. II. 5. _Astonished_. C.

 

Astounde, M. 83. _Astonish_. C.

 

Asyde, p. 282. 90. perhaps _Astyde_; ascended. [More probably _wyth

Trouthe asyde_ means _at the side of Truth_.]

 

Athur, H. 2. 466. as _Thurgh_; thorough.

 

Attenes, Æ 18. _At once_. C.

 

Attoure, T. 115. _Turn_. C.

 

Attoure, Æ 322. _Around_.

 

Ave, H. 2. 636. for _Eau_. Fr. Water.

 

Aumere, Ch. 7. _A loose robe, or mantle_. C.

 

Aumeres, E. III. 25. _Borders of gold and silver_, &c. C.

 

Aunture, H. 2. 133. as _Aventure_: adventure. Autremete, Ch. 52. _A

loose white robe, worn by priests_. C.

 

Awhaped, Æ. 400. _Astonished_. C.

 

Aynewarde, Ch. 47. _Backwards_. C.

 

 

B.

 

Bankes, T. III. _Benches_.

 

[Bante, Æ. 207. _Banned, cursed_.]

 

Barb'd hall, Æ. 219. [See Appendix, p. 317, § 8.]

 

Barbed horse, Æ. 27. _Covered with armour_.

 

[Bardi, H. 1. 305. _Bards_. (Latin plural!)]

 

Baren, Æ. 880, for _Barren_.

 

Barganette, E. III. 49. _A song, or ballad_. C.

 

Bataunt, Ba. 276. 292. [Evidently a musical instrument, but Sk. can

get no nearer an etymological explanation than O.F. _battant_, a

fuller's mallet.]

 

Battayles, Æ. 707. _Boats, ships_. Fr.

 

Batten, G. 3. _Fatten_. C.

 

Battent, T. 52. _Loudly_. C.

 

Battently, G. 50. _Loud roaring_. C.

 

Battone, H. 1. 520. _Beat with sticks_. Fr.

 

Baubels, Ent. 7. _Jewels_. C.

 

Bawfin, Æ. 57. _Large_. C.

 

Bayre, E. II. 76. _Brow_. C.

 

Beheste, G. 60. _Command_. C.

 

Behight, H. 2. 365. [_Name_; from _hight_, called.]

 

Behylte, Æ. 939. _Promised_. C.

 

Belent, H. 2. 121. [? from Speght's blent, _stayed, turned back_.]

 

Beme, Æ. 563. _Trumpet_.

 

Bemente, E. I. 45. _Lament_. C.

 

Benned, Æ. 1185. _Cursed, tormented_. C.

 

Benymmynge, P.G. 3. _Bereaving_. C.

 

Bercie, p. 278. 8. [No explanation.]

 

Berne, Æ. 580. _Child_. C.

 

Berten, T. 58. _Venomous_. C.

 

Beseies, T. 124. _Becomes_. C.

 

Besprente, T. 132. _Scattered_. C.

 

Bestadde, p. 286. 3. [_Lost_, K.'s _bestad_ (O.).]

 

Bestanne, Æ. 411. [=Bestadde.]

 

Bested, H. 2. 140. [_Contended_. ? from B.'s bestad, _beset,

oppressed_.]

 

Bestoiker, Æ. 91. _Deceiver_. C.

 

Bestreynts, H. 2. 634. [_Sprinkles_, from K.'s betreint (O.),

_sprinkled_; but affected by _bestrewed_.]

 

Bete, G. 85. _Bid_. C.

 

Betrassed, G. 7. _Deceived, imposed on_. C.

 

Betraste, Æ. 1031. _Betrayed_. C.

 

Betreinted, H. 2. [634] 707. [_Sprinkled_; from K.'s betreint (O.),

_sprinkled_.]

 

Bevyle, E. II. 57. _Break. A herald term signifying a spear broken in

tilting_. C.

 

Bewrate, H. 2. 127. [_Treachery_.]

 

Bewrecke, G. 101. _Revenge_. C.

 

Bewreen, Æ. 6. _Express_. C.

 

Bewryen, Le. 42. _Declared, expressed_. C.

 

Bewryne, G. 72. _Declare_. C.

 

Bewrynning, T. 128. _Declaring_. C.

 

Bighes, Æ. 371. _Jewels_. C.

 

Birlette, E. III. 24. _A hood, or covering for the back part of the

head_. C.

 

Bismarde, p. 285. 141. [_Curious, wondering_; from bismar, _curiosity_,

K.B. and Speght.]

 

Blake, Æ. 178. 407. _Naked_. C.

 

Blakied, E. III. 4. _Naked, original_. C.

 

Blanche, Æ. 369. _White, pure_.

 

Blaunchie, E. II. 50. _White_. C.

 

Blatauntlie, Æ. 108. _Loudly_. C.

 

[Blents, H. 2. 638. ?]

 

Blente, E. III. 39. _Ceased, dead_. C.

 

Blethe, T. 98. _Bleed_. C.

 

Blynge, Æ. 334. _Cease_. C.

 

Blyn, E. II. 40. _Cease, stand still_. C.

 

Boddekin, Æ. 265. _Body, substance_. C.

 

Boleynge, M. 17. _Swelling_. C.

 

[Bollen, II. 2. 636. _Swollen_ (K.).]

 

Bollengers and Cottes, E. II. 33. _Different kinds of boats_. C.

 

Boolie, E. I. 46. _Beloved_. C.

 

Bordel, E. III. 2. _Cottage_. C.

 

Bordelier, Æ. 410. _Cottager_.

 

Borne, T. 13. Æ. 741. _Burnish_. C.

 

[Borne, H. 2. 289. ?_ground_. (No satisfactory explanation.)]

 

Boun, E. II. 40. _Make ready_. C.

 

Bounde, T. 32. _Ready_. C.

 

Bourne, Æ. 483. [_Borne_.]

 

Bouting matche, p. 23. 2. [_Bout, trial of skill_.]

 

Bowke, T. 19.--Bowkie, G. 133. _Body_. C.

 

Brasteth, G. 123. _Bursteth_. C.

 

Brayd, G. 77. _Displayed_. C.

 

Brayde, Æ 1010. [cf. B.'s braid, _a small lace_, &c.]

 

Breme, subst. G. 12. _Strength_. C.

 

------adj. E. II. 6. _Strong_. C.

 

Brende, G. 50. _Burn, consume_. C.

 

Bretful, Ch. 19. _Filled with_. C.

 

[Brigandyne, H. 2. 645. _An old-fashioned coat of mail_, K.]

 

Broched, H. 2. 335. _Pointed_.

 

Brondeous, E. II. 24. _Furious_. C.

 

Browded, G. 130. _Embroidered_. C.

 

Brynnyng, Æ. 680. _Declaring_. C. [? contracted for _bewrynning_.]

 

Burled, M. 20. _Armed_. C.

 

Burlie bronde, G. 7. _Fury, anger_. C.

 

[Burne, Æ. 585. H. 2. 265. ? _Run_ (no explanation).]

 

Byelecoyle, p. 288. 2. _Bel-acueil_. Fr. the name of a personage in

the _Roman de la Rose_, which Chaucer has rendered _Fair welcoming_.

[Speght followed by K. has Bialacoyl [Fr. Bel-acueil], _faire

welcoming_. C. did not observe that the word was a proper name, but

uses it to mean _hospitality_.]

 

Byker, Æ. 246. _Battle_.

 

Bykrous, M. 37. _Warring_. C.

 

Bysmare, M. 95. _Bewildered, curious_. C.

 

Bysmarelie, Le. 26. _Curiously_. C.

 

 

C.

 

Cale, Æ. 854. _Cold_.

 

Calke, G. 25. _Cast_. C.

 

Calked, E. I. 49. _Cast out_. C.

 

Caltysning, G. 67. _Forbidding_. C.

 

Carnes, Æ. 1243. _Rocks, stones_. Brit.

 

Castle-stede, G. 100. _A Castle_. C.

 

Caties, H. 2. 67. _Cates_. [_Dainties_.]

 

Caytisned, Æ. 32. _Binding, enforcing_. C. [Æ. 1104. _Bound,

fettered_.]

 

Celness, Æ. 882. [Probably _coldness_; no explanation.]

 

Chafe, Æ. 191. _Hot_. C.

 

Chastes, G. 201. _Beats, stamps_. C.

 

Champion, v. P.G. 12. _Challenge_. C.

 

Chaper, E. III. 48. _Dry, sunburnt_. C.

 

Chapournette, Ch. 45. _A small round hat_. C.

 

Chefe, G. 11. _Heat, rashness_. C.

 

Chelandree, Æ. 105. _Gold-finch_. C.

 

Cheorte, p. 288. 4. [? _Pleasant;_ K. B. and Speght have chert,

cheorte, _love, jealousy_, and K. and B. have also chertes, _merry

people_.]

 

Cherisaunce, Ent. 1. _Comfort_. C.

 

Cherisaunied, Æ. 839. perhaps _Cherisaunced_. [The mistake is in C.'s

authorities; Cherisaunei (K.) Cherisaunie (B.).]

 

Cheves, Ch. 37. _Moves_. C.

 

Chevysed, Ent. 2. _Preserved_. C.

 

Chirckynge, M. 23. _A confused noise_. C.

 

Church-glebe-house, Ch. 24. _Grave_. C.

 

[Chyne, H. 2. 640. _Cut thro' the back_. K.]

 

[Cleembe, as _Cleme_.]

 

Cleme, E. II. 9. _Sound_. C.

 

Clergyon, P.G. 8. _Clerk, or clergyman_. C.

 

Clergyon'd, Ent. 13. _Taught_. C.

 

Clevis, H. 2. 46. [_Cliffs_, or _rocks_. K.]

 

Cleyne, Æ. 1102. [_Sound_. ? from clymbe (O.) _noise_. K.]

 

Clinie, H. 1. 431. [Apparently a _declination_, a stooping attitude;

part of the science of arms.]

 

Cloude-agested, p. 278. 9. [See _Agested_.]

 

Clymmynge, Ch. 36. _Noisy_. C.

 

Coistrell, H. 2. 88. [_A young lad_ (O.) K.]

 

Compheeres, M. 21. _Companions_. C.

 

Congeon, E. III. 89. _Dwarf_. C.

 

Contake, T. 87. _Dispute_. C.

 

Conteins, H. 1. 223. for _Contents_.

 

Conteke, E. II. 10. _Confuse; contend-with_. C.

 

Contekions, Æ. 553. _Contentions_. C.

 

Cope, Ch. 50. _A cloke_. C.

 

Corven, Æ. 56. See _Yeorven_.

 

Cotte, E. II. 24. _Cut_.

 

Cottes, E. II. 33. See _Bollengers_.

 

Coupe, E. II. 7. _Cut_. C.

 

Couraciers, T. 74. _Horse-coursers_. C.

 

Coyen, Æ. 125. _Coy_. q?

 

Cravent, E. III. 39. _Coward_. C.

 

Creand, Æ. 581. as _Recreand_.

 

Crine, Æ. 851. _Hair_. C.

 

Croched, H. 2. 511. perhaps _Broched_. [What is _broched_? Sk. renders

_crooked_, but surely a javelin should be straight. Perhaps C. was

thinking of the _cross_-piece of a halbert. Cf. _croche_.]

 

Croche, v. G. 26. _Cross_. C.

 

Crokynge, Æ. 119. _Bending_.

 

Cross-stone, Æ. 1122. _Monument_. C. [Crouchee, p. 281. 63. _Cross_;

from Speght's crouch, _cross_.]

 

Cuarr, p. 281. 53. _Quarry_. q?

 

[Cuishes, H. 2. 230. _Armour for the thighs_; cuisses K.]

 

Cullis-yatte, E. I. 50. _Portcullis-gate_. C.

 

Curriedowe, G. 176. _Flatterer_. C.

 

Cuyen kine, E. I. 35. _Tender cows_. C.

 

 

D.

 

Dareygne, G. 26. _Attempt, endeavour_. C.

 

Declynie, H. i. 161. _Declination_. q? [See _Clinie_.]

 

Decorn, E. II. 14. _Carved_. C.

 

Deene, E. II. 69. _Glorious, worthy_. C.

 

[Deene, p. 288. II. _Dine_?]

 

Deere, E. III. 88. _Dire_. C.

 

Defs, M. 9. _Vapours, meteors_. C.

 

Defayte, G. 52. _Decay_. C.

 

Defte, Ch. 7. _Neat, ornamental_. C.

 

Deigned, E. III. 53. _Disdained_. C.

 

Delievretie, T. 44. _Activity_. C.

 

Demasing, H. 1. 276. [?_Considering_; no explanation.]

 

Dente, Æ. 886. See _Adente_.

 

Dented, Æ. 263. See _Adented_.

 

Denwere, G. 141. _Doubt_. C.--M. 13. _Tremour_. C.

 

Dequace, G. 56. _Mangle, destroy_. C.

 

Dequaced, p. 280. 38. [_Dashed_ K. and Speght.]

 

Dere, Ep. 5. _Hurt, damage_. C.

 

Derkynnes, Æ. 229. _Young deer_. q?

 

Derne, Æ. 582.--H. 2. 522. [_Barbarous, cruel_ K.]

 

Dernie, E. I. 19. _Woeful, lamentable_. C.----M. 106. _Cruel_. C.

 

Deslavate, H. 2. 333. [_Lecherous, beastly_, from K.'s deslavy.]

 

Dellavatie, Æ. 1047. _Letchery_. C.

 

Detratours, H. 2. 78. [_Slanderous detractors_.]

 

Deysed, Æ. 46. _Seated on a deis_.

 

Dheie; _They_.

 

Dhere, Æ. 192. _There_.

 

Dhereof; _Thereof_.

 

Difficile, Æ. 358. _Difficult_. C.

 

Dighte, Ch. 7. _Drest, arrayed_. C.

 

Dispande, p. 276. _ult_. perhaps for _Disponed_. [B. has dispand, _to

stretch out_.] Dispone, p. 279. 27. _Dispose_.

 

Divinistre, Æ. 141. _Divine_. C.

 

Dolce, Æ. 1187. _Soft, gentle_. C.

 

Dole, n. G. 137. _Lamentation_. C.

 

Dole, adj. p. 283. 13. [_Doleful_.]

 

Dolte, Ep. 27. _Foolish_. C.

 

[Dolthead, H. 1. 335. _Blockhead_.]

 

Donde, H. 1. 51. [_Done, finished_.]

 

Donore, H. 1. 5. This line should probably be written thus; _O

sea-oerteeming Dovor_!

 

Dortoure, Ch. 25. _A sleeping room_. C.

 

Dote, p. 279. 20. perhaps as _Dighte_.

 

Doughtre mere, H. 2. 481. _D'outre mere_. Fr. From beyond sea.

 

[Draffs, Æ. 717. _Lees, dregs_, so _useless, worthless_.]

 

Dree, Æ. 983. [H. 2. 664. _? Work_, or _Drive_.]

 

Drefte, Æ. 466. _Least_. C.

 

[Drenche, Æ. 85. _Drink_. (Really _to dose with medicine_.)]

 

Drented, G. 91. _Drained_. C.

 

Dreynted, Æ. 237. _Drowned_. C.

 

Dribblet, E. II. 48. _Small, insignificant_. C.

 

Drites, G. 65. _Rights, liberties_. C.

 

Drocke, T. 40. _Drink_. C.

 

Droke, Æ. 461. [Meaning and source quite uncertain.]

 

Droorie, Ep. 47. See Chatterton's note. _Druerie_ is _Courtship,

gallantry_.

 

Drooried, Æ. 127. _Courted_. [Probably _modest_, from B.'s drury,

_modesty_.]

 

Dulce, p. 283. 103. as _Dolce_.

 

Duressed, E. I. 39. _Hardened_. C.

 

Dyd, H. 2. 9. should probably be _Dyght_.

 

Dygne, T. 89. _Worthy_. C.

 

[Dyngeynge, Æ. 458. _Dinging_ or _striking_.]

 

Dynning, E. I. 25. _Sounding_. C.

 

Dysperpellest, Æ. 414. _Scatterest_. C.

 

Dysporte, E. I. 28. _Pleasure_. C.

 

Dysportisment, Æ. 250. as _Dysporte_.

 

Dysregate, Æ. 542. [_? Deprive of command_.]

 

 

E.

 

Edraw, H. 2. 52. for _Ydraw_; Draw.

 

Eft, E. II. 78. _Often_. C.

 

Eftsoones, E. III. 54. _Quickly_. C.

 

Ele, M. 74. _Help_. C.

 

Eletten, Æ. 448. _Enlighten_. C.

 

Eke, E. I. 27. _Also_. C.

 

Emblaunched, E. I. 36. _Whitened_. C.

 

Embodyde, E. I. 33. _Thick, stout_. C.

 

[Embollen, Æ. 596. as _Bollen_.]

 

Embowre, G. 134. _Lodge_. C.

 

Emburled, E. II. 54. _Armed_. C.

 

Emmate, Æ. 34. _Lessen, decrease_. C.

 

Emmers, p. 287. 7. [_? coins_. No explanation.]

 

Emmertleynge, M. 72. _Glittering_. C.

 

[Emprize, M. 74. _Adventure_. C.]

 

Enalse, G. 159. _Embrace_. C.

 

Encaled, Æ. 918. _Frozen, cold_. C.

 

Enchased, M. 60. _Heated, enraged_. C.

 

Engyne, Æ. 381. _Torture_.

 

Enheedynge, p. 283. 105. [_Taking heed, studying_.]

 

Enlowed, Æ. 606. _Flamed, fired_. C.

 

Enrone, Æ. 661. [Evidently _Unsheath_; no explanation.]

 

Enseme, Æ. 971. _To make seams in_. q?

 

Enseeming, Æ. 746. as _Seeming_.

 

Enshoting, T. 174. _Shooting, darting_. C.

 

[Ensooned, H. 2. 497. Probably, _In a swoon_; not in K.B. or Speght.]

 

Enstrote, H. 2. 503. [No explanation.] Enswote, Æ. 1175. _Sweeten_. q?

 

Enswolters, Æ. 629. _Swallows, sucks in_. C.

 

Ensyrke, p. 25. 10. _Encircle_.

 

Ent, E. III. 57. _A purse or bag_. C.

 

Entendement, Æ. 261. _Understanding_.

 

Enthoghteing, Æ. 704. [_Thinking_; cf. _Enheedynge_.]

 

Entremed, p. 276. 4. [_Intermingled_, from Speght's Entremes,

_entermingled_. (Really _entremes_ means a side-dish.)]

 

Entrykeynge, Æ. 304. as _Tricking_.

 

Entyn, P.G. 10. _Even_. C.

 

Estande, H. 2. 271. for _Ystande_; Stand.

 

Estells, E. II. 16. A corruption of _Estoile_, Fr. A star. C.

 

Estroughted, Æ. 918. [_Stretched out_]

 

Ethe, E. III. 59. _Ease_. C.

 

Ethie, p. 280. 49. _Easy_.

 

Evalle, E. III. 38. _Equal_. C.

 

Evespeckt, T. 56. _Marked with evening dew_. C.

 

Ewbrice, Æ. 1085. _Adultery_. C.

 

Ewbrycious, p. 281. 60. _Lascivious_.

 

Eyne-gears, p. 279. 13. [Sk. considers this a compound of _eyne, eyes_

and _gear, tackle_ and renders _objects_.]

 

 

F.

 

Fage, Ep. 30. _Tale, jest_. C.

 

Faifully, T. 147. _Faithfully_. C.

 

Faitour, Ch. 66. _A beggar, or vagabond_. C.

 

Faldstole, Æ. 61. _A folding stool, or seat_. See Du Cange in v.

_Faldistorium_.

 

[Fay, H. 2. 144. _Faith_.]

 

[Faytour, p. 280. 37. as _Faitour_.]

 

Fayre, Æ. 1204. 1224. _Clear, innocent_.

 

Feere, Æ. 965. _Fire_.

 

Feerie, E. II. 45. _Flaming_. C.

 

Fele, T. 27. _Feeble_. C. [A Rowleian contraction, cf. _gorne_ for

_garden_.]

 

Fellen, E. I. 10. _Fell_ pa. t. sing. q?

 

Fetelie, G. 24. _Nobly_. C.

 

Fetive, Ent. 7. as _Festive_.

 

Fetivelie, Le. 42. _Elegantly_. C.

 

Fetiveness, Æ. 400. as _Festiveness_.

 

Feygnes, E. III. 78. A corruption of _feints_. C.

 

Fhuir, G. 58. _Fury_. C.

 

Fie, T. 113. _Defy_. C.

 

Flaiten, H. I. 84. [_Frightful_, from B.'s flaite, _to affright, to

scare_.]

 

Flanched, H. 2. 242.