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[_Arched_, from K.'s flanch, _in heraldry, an

ordinary made of an arch-line_.]

 

Flemed, T. 56. _Frighted_. C.

 

Flemie, p. 278. _ult_. [_Daunted_, from B.'s _flemed_.]

 

Flizze, G. 197. _Fly_. C.

 

Floe, H. 2. 54. _Arrow_.

 

Flott, Ch. 33. _Fly_. C.

 

[Flotting, H. 2. 42. _? Flying_, cf. _flott_; or _Whistling_, from B.'s

floting (O.), _whistling, piping_.]

 

Foile, E. III. 78. _Baffle_. C.

 

Fons, Fonnes, E. II. 14. _Devices_. C.

 

Forgard, Æ. 565. _Lose_. C.

 

Forletten, El. 19. _Forsaken_. C.

 

Forloyne, Æ. 722. _Retreat_. C.

 

Forreying, T. 114. _Destroying_. C.

 

Forslagen, Æ. 1076. _Slain_. C.

 

Forslege, Æ. 1106. _Slay_. C.

 

Forstraughte, p. 281. 58. _Distracted_.

 

Forstraughteyng, G. 34. _Distracting_. C.

 

Forswat, Ch. 30. _Sun-burnt_. C.

 

Forweltring, Æ. 618. _Blasting_. C.

 

Forwyned, E. III. 36. _Dried_. C.

 

Fremde, Æ. 430. _Strange_. C.

 

Fremded, Æ. 555. _Frighted_. C.

 

Freme, Æ. 267. [and Fremed, H. 2. 147. _Strange_, from K.'s fremd

(O.), _strange_.]

 

Fructile, Æ. 185. _Fruitful_.

 

[Furched, Æ. 519. _Forked_.]

 

 

G.

 

Gaberdine, T. 88. _A piece of armour_. C.

 

Gallard, Ch. 39. _Frighted_. C.

 

Gare, Ep. 7. _Cause_. C.

 

Gastness, Æ. 412. _Ghastliness_.

 

Gayne, Æ 821. To gayne so _gayne_ a pryze. _Gayne_ has probably been

repeated by mistake. [More probably C. intended it to mean _Worth

gaining_.]

 

Geare, Æ. 299. _Apparel, accoutrement_.

 

Geason, Ent. 7. _Rare_. C.--G. 120. _Extraordinary, strange_. C.

 

Geer, H. 2. 284. as _Gier_.

 

Geete, Æ. 736. as _Gite_.

 

Gemote, G. 94. _Assemble_. C.

 

Gemoted, E. II. 8. _United, assembled_. C.

 

Gerd, M. 7. _Broke, rent_. C.

 

Gies, G. 207. _Guides_. C.

 

Gier, H. 1. 527. _A turn, or twist_.

 

Gif, E. II. 39. _If_. C.

 

Gites, Æ. 2. _Robes, mantels_. C.

 

Glair, H. 2. 570. [? _Glare_.]

 

[Gledes.H. 2. 217. _Glides_]

 

Gledeynge, M. 22. _Livid_. C.

 

Glomb, G. 175. _Frown_. C.

 

Glommed, Ch. 22. _Clouded, dejected_. C.

 

Giytted, H. 2. 272. [_Glittered_.]

 

Gorne, E. I. 36. _Garden_. C.

 

Gottes, Æ. 740. _Drops_.

 

Gouler, p. 282. 76. [_Usurer_, from K.'s goule, _usury_.]

 

Graiebarbes, Le. 25. _Greybeards_. C.

 

Grange, E. I. 34. _Liberty of pasture_. C.

 

Gratche, Æ. 115. _Apparel_. C.

 

Grave, p. 288. 2. _Chief magistrate, mayor_. [Where does T. find this

meaning? B. and K. have grave, _a German title signifying a great lord

etc_., but no word of mayor.]

 

Gravots, E. I. 24. _Groves_. C.

 

Gree, E. I. 44. _Grow_. C.

 

Groffile, Æ. 547. [_Grovelling_, from K.'s groff or gruff (O.),

_groveling_.]

 

Groffish, Æ. 257. [_Gruffly_.]

 

Groffynglie, Ep. 33. _Foolishly_. C.

 

Gron, G. 90. _a fen, moor_. C.

 

Gronfer, E. II. 45. _A meteor_, from _gron_ a fen, and _fer_, a

corruption of fire. C. [? then whether C. does not mean a will o' the

wisp.]

 

Gronfyres, G. 200. _Meteors_. C.

 

Grore, H. 2. 27. [No explanation.]

 

Groted, Æ. 337. _Swollen_. C.

 

[Gryne, H. 2. 706. _Groin_.]

 

Gule-depeincted, E. II. 13. _Red-painted_. C.

 

Gule-steynct, G. 62. _Red-stained_. C.

 

[Guylde, G. 152. _Tax_.]

 

[Guylteynge, Æ. 179. _Gilding_.]

 

Glyttelles, Æ. 438. _Mantels_. C.

 

 

H.

 

[Habergeon. H. 2. 346. _A little coat of mail_ (K.).]

 

Haile, E. III. 60. _Happy_. C.

 

Hailie, Æ. 148. 410. as _Haile_.

 

Halceld, M. 37. _Defeated_. C.

 

Hailie, T. 144. _Holy_. C.

 

Hailie, Æ. 33. _Wholely_. [But here _Hallie_ would seem to be put for

hailie, _happy_. Sk. renders _blissful_.]

 

Halline, Ch. 82. _Joy_. C.

 

Hancelled, G. 49. _Cut off, destroyed_. C.

 

Han, Æ. 734. _Hath_. q? [One of C.'s fundamental mistakes.]

 

Hanne, Æ. 409. _Had_. particip. q?--Æ. 685. _Had_. pa. t. sing. q?

 

Hantoned, Æ. 1094. [A mistake for _hancelled; hanten_ in B.K. and

Speght means _use, accustom_.]

 

Harried, M. 82. _Tost_. C. [But in Æ. 209 plainly=_hurried_.]

 

Hatched, p. 25. I. [Probably C. meant _covered with a cloth exhibiting

its rider's coat of arms_. Cf. _Hatchments_.]

 

[Hatchments, H. 2. 489. In heraldry, _a coat of arms_. (K.).]

 

Haveth, E. I. 17. _Have_. 1st perf. q?

 

Heafods, E. II. 7. _Heads_. C.

 

Heavenwere, G. 146. _Heavenward_. C.

 

Hecked, Æ. 394. _Wrapped closely, covered_. C.

 

Heckled, M. 3. _Wrapped_. C.

 

Heie, E. II. 15. _They_. C.

 

Heiedeygnes, E. III. 77. _A country dance, still practised in the

North_. C.

 

Hele, n. G. 127. _Help_. C.

 

Hele, v. E. III. 16. _To help_. C.

 

Hem, T. 24. A contraction of _them_. C.

 

[Hendie, H. 1. 95. ? _Hand to hand_; K. B. and Speght all have _neat,

fine, genteel_, for this Chaucerian word.]

 

Hente, T. 175. _Grasp, hold_. C.

 

Hentyll, Æ. 1161. [Evidently _Custom_; no explanation.]

 

[Herehaughte, M. 78. _Herald_.]

 

Herselle, Æ. 279. _Herself_.

 

Herste, Æ. 1182. [? _Command_.]

 

Hilted, Hiltren, T. 47. 65. _Hidden_. C.

 

Hiltring, Ch. 13. _Hiding_. C.

 

Hoastrie, E. I. 26. _Inn, or publick house_. C.

 

[Hocktide, H. 1. 25. _A festival celebrated in England antiently

in memory of the sudden death of King Hardicanute A.C. 1042 and the

downfall of the Danes_. B.]

 

Holtred, Æ. 293. [? _Hidden_, from B.'s _hulstred_.]

 

Hommeur, Æ. 1190. [? _Honour_.]

 

Hondepoint, Æ. 273. [Sk. renders (_every_) _moment_; K.B. and Speght

give no help.]

 

Hopelen, Æ. 399. [_Hopelessness_--'I from a night of hopelessness am

awakened.']

 

Horrowe, M. 2. _Unseemly, disagreeable_. C.

 

Horse-millanar, Ch. 56. See C.'s note. [According to Steevens a

Bristol tradesman in 1776 so described himself over his shop-door.]

 

Houton, M. 93. _Hollow_. C.

 

Hulstred, M. 6. _Hidden, secret_. C.

 

Huscarles, Æ. 922. 1194. _House-servants_.

 

Hyger, Æ. 627. The flowing of the tide in the Severn was antiently

called the _Hygra_. Gul. Malmesb. de Pontif. Ang. L. iv. ['The eagre

or "bore" of the Severn is a large and swift tide-wave which sometimes

flows in from the Atlantic Ocean with great force.' Sk. II, p. 61,

note.]

 

Hylle-fyre, Æ. 682. _A beacon_.

 

Hylte, T. 168. _Hid, secreted_. C.--Æ. 1059. _Hide_. C.

 

[Hylted, Hyltren, T. 47 .65. _Hidden_. C.]

 

 

I., J.

 

Jape, Ch. 74. _A short surplice_, &c. C.

 

Jeste, G. 195. _Hoisted, raised_. C.

 

Ifrete, G. 2. _Devour, destroy_. C.

 

Ihantend, E. I. 40. _Accustomed_. C.

 

Jintle, H. 2. 82. for _Gentle_.

 

Impestering, E. I. 29. _Annoying_. C.

 

Inhild, E. I. 14. _Infuse_. C.

 

Ishad, Le. 37. _Broken_. C.

 

Jubb, E. III. 72. _A bottle_. C.

 

[Iwimpled, H. 2. 528. _Muffled_ (Speght).]

 

Iwreene, p. 286. 9. [Evidently the same as K.'s bewreen, _expressed,

shewn_.]

 

 

K.

 

Ken, E. II. 6. _See, discover, know_. C.

 

Kennes, Ep. 28. _Knows_. C.

 

Keppend, Le. 44. [_Careful, precise,_ from B.'s kepen, _keep, take

care of_.]

 

Kiste, Ch. 25. _Coffin_. C.

 

Kivercled, E. III. 63. _The hidden or secret part_. C.

 

Knopped, M. 14. _Fastened, chained, congealed_. C.

 

 

L.

 

[Lack in C. generally = _to be in need of_ rather than simply _to be

without_; cf. G. 176.]

 

Ladden, H. 1. 206. [_Lay_.]

 

Leathel, E. I. 42. _Deadly_. C.

 

Lechemanne, Æ. 31. _Physician_.

 

Leckedst, H. 2. 332. [No explanation.]

 

Lecturn, Le. 46. _Subject_. C.

 

Lecturnies, Æ. 109. _Lectures_. C.

 

Leden, El. 30. _Decreasing_. C.

 

Ledanne, Æ. 1143. [? _Leaden, heavy_; or it may be an adj. formed from

K.'s leden (O.), _languish_.]

 

[Lee, Ep. 6. _Lay_; or ? _lie_.]

 

Leege, G. 173. _Homage, obeysance_. C.

 

Leegefolcke, G. 43. _Subjects_. C.

 

[Leffed, H. 1. 141. _Left_.]

 

Lege, Ep. 3. _Law_. C.

 

[Legeful, E. I. 3. _Loyal_.]

 

Leggen, M. 92. _Lessen, alloy_. C.

 

Leggeude, M. 32. _Alloyed_. C.

 

Lemanne, Æ. 132. _Mistress_.

 

Lemes, Æ 42. _Lights, rays_. C.

 

Lemed, El. 7. _Glistened_. C.--Æ. 606. _Lighted_. C.

 

Lere, Æ 568. H. 2. 597. seems to be put for _Leather_.

 

Lessel, El. 25. _A bush or hedge_. C.

 

Lete, G. 60. _Still_. C.

 

Lethal, El. 21. _Deadly, or death-boding_. C.

 

Lethlen, Æ. 272. _Still, dead_. C.

 

Letten, Æ. 928. _Church-yard_. C.

 

Levynde, El. 18. _Blasted_. C.

 

Levynne, M. 104. _Lightning_. C.

 

Levyn-mylted, Æ. 462. _Lightning-melted_. q?

 

Liefe, Æ. 217. [? from K. and B.'s lief, _rather_. Sk. renders _at my

choice_.]

 

Liff, E. I. 7. _Leaf_.

 

Ligheth, Æ. 627. [? _Lay low_, from K.'s lig, _lie_.]

 

Likand, H. 2. 177. _Liking_.

 

Limed, El. 37. _Glassy, reflecting_. C.

 

Limmed, M. 90. _Glassy, reflecting_. C.

 

Lissed, T. 97. _Bounded_. C.

 

[List, H. 1. 544. ? _Pleasure_.]

 

Lithie, Ep. 10. _Humble_. C.

 

Loaste, Æ. 456. _Loss_.

 

[Lode, H. 1. 33. Probably as _load_, a _task_ or _burden_. Sk. renders

_praise_, as if _land_; this is far from convincing.]

 

Logges, E. I. 55. _Cottages_. C.

 

Lordinge, T. 57. _Standing on their hind legs_. C.

 

Loverd's, E. III. 29. _Lord's_. C.

 

Low, G. 50. _Flame of fire_. C.

 

Lowes, T. 137. _Flames_. C.

 

Lowings, Ch. 35. _Flames_. C.

 

[Lurdanes, H. 1. 36. From B.'s 'Lurdane, lordane, _a dull heavy

fellow_, derived by some from _Lord_ and _Dane_'. So the word becomes

for C. an opprobrious equivalent for _Dane_.]

 

[Lygheth, Æ. 627. _Lay_, from K.'s lig, _to lie_.]

 

[Lymed, E. II. 7. _Glassy, reflecting_. C.]

 

Lymmed, M. 33. _Polished_. C.

 

Lynch, El. 37. _Bank_. C.

 

Lynge, Æ. 376. _Stay_. C.

 

Lyoncel, E. II. 44. _Young lion_. C.

 

Lyped, El. 34. [? miswritten for _lithed_, Speght's lith, _to make

less_, so _wasted_. Sk. renders _wasted away_, deriving _lyped_ from

B.'s liposychy, _a small swoon_, which seems too far-fetched even for

Rowley.]

 

Lysse, T. 2. _Sport, or play_. C.

 

Lyssed, Æ 53. _Bounded_. C.

 

 

M.

 

Mancas, G. 136. _Marks_. C.

 

Manchyn, H. 2. 222. _A sleeve_. Fr.

 

[Mastie, H. 1. 348. 425. ? _Mastiff_.]

 

Maynt, Meynte, E. II. 66. _Many, great numbers_. C.

 

Mee, Mees, E. I. 31. _Meadow_. C.

 

Meeded, Æ 39. _Rewarded_. [The construction _meeded out_ is probably

affected by _meted out_.]

 

Memuine, H. 2. 120. [? _Body of troops_, ? _Command_. No explanation.]

 

Meniced, p. 285. 146. _Menaced_, q? [The sense is _threatened to make

him marry again_.]

 

Mere, G. 58. _Lake_. C.

 

Merk-plante, T. 176. _Night-shade_. C.

 

Merke, T. 163. _Dark, gloomy_. C.

 

Miesel, Æ 551. _Myself_.

 

Milkynette, El. 22. _A small bagpipe_. C.

 

Mist, Ch. 49. _Poor, needy_. C.

 

[Mister, Ch. 82. as _Mist_, poor, needy.]

 

Mitches, El. 20. _Ruins_. C.

 

Mittee, E. II. 28. _Mighty_. C.

 

Mockler, p. 283. 105. _More_.

 

Moke, Ep. 5. _Much_. C.

 

Mokie, El. 29. _Black_. C.

 

[Mokynge, H. 2. 584. K. and B. have moky (O.), _cloudy_; so perhaps

meant a brook the surface of which reflected the clouds. Sk. reads

_mocking_.]

 

Mole, Ch. 4. _Soft_. C.

 

Mollock, G. 90. _Wet, moist_. C.

 

Morglaien. M. 20. _The name of a sword_ [Morglay] _in some old

Romances_.

 

Morthe, Æ 307. [_Violent death_. K. has morth, _murder_.]

 

Morthynge, El. 4. _Murdering_. C.

 

Mote, E. I. 22. _Might_. C.

 

Motte, H. 2. 184. _Word, or motto_.

 

Myckle, Le. 16. _Much_. C.

 

Myndbruch, Æ. 401. [_A hurting of honour and worship_ (B.).]

 

Mynster, G. 75. _Monastery_. C.

 

Mysterk, M. 33. _Mystic_. C.

 

 

N.

 

[Nappy, Ba. 13. B. has nappy-ale, [_q. d. such as will cause persons

to take a nap_] _pleasant and strong_. But the word _nappy_ in this

connexion has nothing to do with causing sleep.]

 

Ne, P.G. 6. _Not_. C.

 

Ne, p. 281. 58. _Nigh_.

 

Nedere, Ep. II. _Adder_. C.

 

Neete, p. 280. 41. _Night_.

 

Nesh, T. 16. _Weak, tender_. C.

 

Nete, Æ. 399. _Night_.

 

Nete, T. 19. _Nothing_. C.

 

Nilling, Le. 16. _Unwilling_. C.

 

Nome-depeinted, E. II. 17. _Rebus'd shields_; a herald term, when the

charge of the shield implies the name of the bearer. C.

 

Notte-browne, p. 280. 49. _Nitt-brown_.

 

 

O.

 

Obaie, E. I. 41. _Abide_. C.

 

Offrendes, Æ. 51. _Presents, offerings_. C.

 

Olyphauntes, H. 2. 609. _Elephants_.

 

Onknowlachynge, E. II. 26 _Not knowing_. C. Onlight, Æ. 678. [_Put

out, extinguish_.]

 

Onlist, Le. 46. _Boundless_. C.

 

[Ore, H. 2. 25. Contracted for _other_.]

 

Orrests, G. 100. _Oversets_. C.

 

Ouchd, T. 80. See C.'s note.

 

Ouphante, Æ. 888. 929. _Ouphen, Elves_.

 

Ourt, H. 2. 578. [Contraction for B.'s _overt_.]

 

Ouzle, Æ. 104. _Black-bird_. C.

 

Owndes, G. 91. _Waves_. C.

 

 

P.

 

Pall, Ch. 31. Contraction from _appall_, to fright. C.

 

Paramente, Æ. 52. _Robes of scarlet_. C.--M. 36. _A princely robe_. C.

 

[Passante, El. 28. _Passing, going by_. (K.)]

 

Paves, Pavyes, Æ. 433. _Shields_.

 

Peede, Ch. 5. _Pied_. C.

 

[Peene, Æ. 484. _Pain_.]

 

Pencte, Ch. 46. _Painted_. C.

 

Penne, Æ. 728. _Mountain_.

 

Percase, Le. 21. _Perchance_. C.

 

'Pere, E. I. 41. _Appear_. C.

 

Perpled, p. 283. 99. _Purple_. q? [From B.'s disparpled, disperpled,

_in heraldry, scattered loosely_. T.'s suggestion is certainly wrong.]

 

Persant, Æ. 561. _Piereing_.

 

Pete, Æ. 1001. [as _Pighte_.]

 

Pheeres, Æ. 46. _Fellows, equals_. C.

 

Pheon, H. 2. 272. in Heraldry, _the barbed head of a dart_.

 

Pheryons, p. 285. 147. ['A mistake for pheons.' Sk.]

 

Picte, E. III. 91. _Picture_. C.

 

Pighte, T. 38. _Pitched, or bent down_. C.

 

Poyntel, Le. 44. _A pen_. C.

 

Prevyd, Æ 23. _Hardy, valourous_. C.

 

Proto-slene, H. 2. 38. _First-slain_.

 

Prowe, H. 1. 108. [?_Forehead_. No explanation.]

 

Pynant, Le. 4. _Pining, meagre_.

 

Pyghte, M. 73. _Settled_. C.

 

Pyghteth, Ep. 15. _Plucks, or tortures_. C.

 

[Pyke, Ch. 53. See _Shoone-pykes_.]

 

[Pynne, Æ. 213. Probably the peg which supported the target; which a

clever marksman might split. There is no satisfactory explanation of

'the basket'.]

 

 

Q.

 

Quaced, T. 94. _Vanquished_. C.

 

Quayntyssed. T. 4. _Curiously devised_. C.

 

Quansd, Æ. 241. _Stilled, Quenched_. C.

 

Queede, Æ. 284. 428. _The evil one; the Devil_.

 

 

R.

 

Receivure, G. 151. _Receipt_. C.

 

Recer, H. 1. 87. for _Racer_.

 

Recendize, Æ. 544. for _Recreandice; Cowardice_.

 

Recrandize, Æ. 1193. for _Recreandice; Cowardice_. [Though Sk. renders

_Recendize_ resentment.]

 

Recreand, Æ. 508. _Coward_. C.

 

Reddour, Æ. 30. _Violence_. C.

 

Rede, Le. 18. _Wisdom_. C.

 

Reded, G. 79. _Counselled_. C.

 

Redeyng, Æ. 227. _Advice_.

 

Regrate, Le. 7. _Esteem_. C.--M. 70. _Esteem, favour_. C.

 

Rele, n. Æ. 530. _Wave_. C.

 

Reles, v. E. II. 63. _Waves_. C.

 

Rennome, T. 28. _Honour, glory_. C.

 

Reyne, Reine, E. II. 25. _Run_. C.

 

Reyning, E. II. 39. _Running_. C.

 

Reytes, Æ. 900. _Water-flags_. C.

 

Ribaude, Ep. 9. _Rake, lewd person_. C.

 

Ribbande-geere, p. 280. 44. _Ornaments of ribbands_.

 

Rodded, Ch. 3. _Reddened_. C.

 

Rode, E. I. 59. _Complexion_. C.

 

Rodeing, Æ. 324. _Riding_.

 

Roder, Æ. 1065. _Rider, traveller_.

 

Roghling, T. 69. _Rolling_. C.

 

Roin, Æ. 325. _Ruin_.

 

Roiend, Æ. 578. _Ruin'd_.

 

Roiner, Æ. 325. _Ruiner_.

 

Rou, G. 10. _Horrid, grim_. C.

 

Rowney, Le. 32. _Cart-horse_. C.

 

Rynde, Æ. 1192. _Ruin'd_.

 

 

S.

 

Sabalus, E. I. 22. _The Devil_. C.

 

Sabbatanners, Æ 275. [_Soldiers_, from B.'s sabatans, _soldiers'

boots_; cf. Lat. _Caligati_.]

 

[Sarim, H. 1. 301. i.e. _Sarum_.]

 

Scalle, Æ. 703. _Shall_. C.

 

Scante, Æ. 1133. _Scarce_. C.

 

Scantillie, Æ. 1010. _Scarcely, sparingly_. C.

 

Scarpes, Æ. 52. _Scarfs_. C.

 

Seethe, T. 96. _Hurt