The Student's Chaucer

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below.

1171. E. terned; Cm. ternede; rest torned, wrongly. So also in l. 1274

Page 674. 10. Chaucer has made a mistake; for the mones read Saturnes. Libra is the exaltation of Saturn, not of the Moon.

Page 687. 387. Hl. springers; Hn. sprynge; E. Pt. Ln. spryngen.

'springes' would be better.

Page 689. 443. All MSS. transpose Laban and Pharao.

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bitraysen.'

Perhaps

616. Some needful words are here supplied; MSS. omit 'god...

Page 707. 858. Read busshes; E. Seld. Ln. beautees (!); Cm. beauteis (!); HI. beautes (!); Pt. bewtees (!).

Page 711.

955. E. Cm. Danyel; rest Dauid, as in the French original.

GLOSSARIAL INDEX.

THE references in this Index are given according to the following scheme.
Poems denoted by Arabic numerals are Minor Poems. Thus, under 'Abaved,'
the reference 3. 614' means Minor Poem no. 3, line 614, or 1. 614 of the Book of the
Duchesse. The letter R.' refers to the Romaunt of the Rose, Fragment A, in
pp. 1-18; the rest of the Poem, not being Chaucer's, is indexed separately. Thus
'R. 163' means 1. 163 of the Romaunt.

The five books of Boethius are denoted by B 1, B 2, B 3, B4, B5, respectively; and
the 'prose' and 'metrical' sections are denoted by 'p' and '

m.' Thus, under
Abaissen,' the reference 'B 4. p 7. 81' means 'Boethius, bk. iv. prose 7, line 81.'
The five books of Troilus are denoted by T. i., T. ii., T. iii., T. iv., and T. v. Thus
'T. iii. 1233' means 'Troilus, bk. iii., line 1233.'

The House of Fame and the Legend of Good Women are denoted by 'HF.' and
'L.' respectively. If, in the latter case, the italic letter 'a' follows the number of
the line, the reference is to the earlier (or A-text) of the Prologue to the Legend.
Thus HF. 865' means 'House of Fame, line 865.' Again, L. 2075' means 'Legend
of Good Women, line 2075;' and 'L. 200 a' means 'Legend, &c., line 200 of the text
in the left-hand column.'

The Prologue and the two books of the Treatise on the Astrolabe are denoted,
respectively, by A. pr.,'' A. i.,' and ' A. ii.' Thus the reference A. ii. 10. 8' means
'Astrolabe, bk. ii. § 10, line 8;' and 'A. pr. 10' means 'Astrolabe, prologue, line 10.'
References to the Canterbury Tales are known by the use of the letters A, B, C, D,
E, F, G, H, and I, which are used to denote the various Groups into which the Tales
are divided. In this case, 'A' is never followed by a full stop or by Roman
numerals, as when the 'Astrolabe' is referred to; and such a reference as 'B 5,'
meaning line 5 of Group B, is quite distinct from B 5. p 1. 1,' where B 5' means
bk. v. of Boethius, and is invariably accompanied by the 'p' or 'm' denoting the
'prose' or 'metre.'

Summary of the Minor Poems. The Minor Poems are all numbered, viz. 1 (ABC.);
2 (Compleynte unto Pite); 3 (Book of the Duchesse); 4 (Mars); 5 (Parlement of
Foules); 6 (Compleint to his Lady); 7 (Anelida); 8 (Wordes to Adam); 9 (Former
Age); 10(Fortune); 11(Merciless Beauty); 12 (To Rosemounde); 13 (Truth); 14 (Gentil-
esse); 15 (Lak of Stedfastnesse); 16 (Envoy to Scogan); 17 (Envoy to Bukton);
18 (Venus); 19 (To his Purse); 20 (Proverbs); 21 (Against Women Unconstant);
22 (Amorous Complaint); 23 (Balade of Compleynt); 24 (Womanly Noblesse).

Alphabetically, the references are to A (Group A of Cant. Tales); A. (Astrolabe);
B (Group B of C. T.); B 1 . . . B 5 (Boethius, books 1 to 5); C, D, E, F, G, H, I (Groups
C to I of C. T.); HF. (House of Fame); L. (Legend of Good Women); R. (Romaunt
of the Rose); T. i. . . . T. v (Troilus, books 1 to 5). The Minor Poems, numbered i to
24, are given above.

N.B. Words containing ay, ey, oy, aw, ew, ow, are sometimes entered as if spelt with
ai, ei, oi, au, eu, ow, respectively.

Abbreviations. Besides 8., adj., and adv., for substantive, adjective, adverb, the following are used in a special sense :-v., a verb in the infinitive mood; ger., gerund; pr. 8., present tense, 3rd person singular; pr. pl., present tense, 3rd person plural. Other persons are denoted by the figures 1 or 2.

Fragments B and C of the 'Romaunt' are glossed in a separate Index.

A, the first letter of the alphabet, T. i. 171; the letter A, A 161.

A, indef. art. a, A 24, &c.; al a, the whole of a, E 1165; one, D 1396; one and the same, 21. 5; about, some, L. 2075. A, prep. on, on (the), in, for; A-nighte, by night, B 3758; A-dayes, a-days, E 1164; A-morwe, on the morrow, A 822; A three, in three, A 2934; A goddes half, 'on God's side,' in God's name, D 50; A goddes name, in God's name, A 854. A! int. ah! 3. 213.

A ha! interj. aha! T. i. 868. Abaissen, ger. to be dismayed, B 4. P 7. 81; pp. amazed, spell-bound, abashed, cast down, disconcerted, E 317, 1108. Abak, adv. backwards, A 3736; aback, back, L. 864.

Abakward, adv. backward, B 3. m 12. 66. Abandoune, v. devote, I 713; pr. s. abandons, B 2767.

Abasshen, v. fear, be abashed, R. 1552; pp. abashed, confused, confounded, disconcerted, 5. 447; R. 805, &c.

Abate, v. lower, put down, B 3780; de

preciate, R. 286; 2 pr. 8. subj. subtract, A. ii. 10. 8; pp. enfeebled, B 3. P 5. 52; put down, I 191.

Abaved, pp. confounded, disconcerted, 3. 614.

Abayst; see Abaissen.

Abc., alphabet, A. i. 11. 3.
A-bedde, in bed, T. i. 915.

Abegge, r. pay for it, A 3938. A Kentish form. See Abeye, Abye.

A-begged, a-begging, F 1580.
Abet, s. abetting, aid, T. ii. 357.
Abeye, v. pay for, C 100.

See Abye.

Abiden, Abit; see Abyde.

Abite, 8. habit, dress, L. 146 a.
A-blakeberied; see Blake beried.
Able, adj. capable, 3. 786; fit, suitable,
adapted, A 167; fit, L. 320; fit for, 3.
779; deemed deserving, 1. 184; fitting,
R. 986.

Ablinge, pr. pt. enabling, lifting, B 3. m
9. 37; fitting, B 1. m 6. 19.
Abodes, pl. of Abood, 8.
Aboghte, Aboght; see Abye.

Abood, s. delay, A 965; tarrying, T. v.

1307; abiding, continuance, HF. 1963; pl. delays, T. iii. 854. Abood, pt. s. of Abyde.

Aboute, prep. about, round, throughout, round about, near.

Aboute, adv. about, engaged in, T. v. 1645; in due order, in turn, A 890; around, here and there; been a., go about, endeavour, A 1142. Aboven, prep, above. Abregge, ger. to abridge, shorten, T. iii. 262; A. with thy peynes, to shorten thy pains with, T. iv. 426. Abregginge, 8. abridging, B 5. p 1. 57; diminishing, I 568.

A-breyde, t. awake, T. iii. 1113; come to my senses, HF. 559; Abrayd, pt. 8. (strong form), woke up, started up, 3. 192; Abreyd, 1 pt. 8. started from sleep, HF. 110; Abrayde, pt. 8. (weak form), started, B 4198; Abreyde, awoke, T. i. 724. Abroche, v. broach, D 177. Absénte, 2 pr. pl. subj. absent yourself, 1. 43.

Abusioun, 8. abuse, absurdity, T. iv. 990;

deceit, B 214; a shameful thing, scandal, T. iv. 1060.

Abyden, v. abide, await, 1. 131; wait for, HF. 1086; be still, withdraw, F 1522; pr. 8. awaits, B 2175; dwells, T. ii. 987; Abit, pr. 8. waits for, T. i. 1091; abides, G 1175; imp. 8. stay, wait, A 3129; imp. pl. B 1175; pres. pt. E 757; Abood, pt. & awaited, T. iv. 156; stopped, HF. 1062; expected, 3. 247; Abiden, pt. pl. abode, T. i. 474; Abiden, pp. waited, B 3. p 9. 191. Abydinge, 8, expectation, B 2. p 3. 66. Abye, v. pay for, A 4393; pr. pl. undergo,

B 4. p 4. 86; Aboughte, pt. 8. paid for, T. v. 1756; suffered for, A 2303; Aboght, pp. paid for, L. 2483; purchased, 18. 37; bought dearly, L. 1387; atoned for, A 3100. See Abegge, Abeye. A-caterwawed, a-caterwauling, D 354. Accésse, 8. feverish attack, T. ii. 1315. Accident, s. that which is accidental, T. iv. 1505; incident, T. iii. 918; accidental occurrence, HF. 1976; unusual appearance, E 607; outward appearance (see note), C 539.

Accidie, s. sloth, I 388.

Accioun, 8. action, i. e. accusation, 1. 20.

Accomplice, v. accomplish, A 2864.
Accord, 8. agreement, B 2988; harmony,
B 4069; peace, 992. See Acord.
Accordaunce, s. concord, harmony, R.
496.

Accordaunt, adj. suitable, B 4026.

Accorde, v. agree; pr. 8. beseems, L. 2583.
See Acorde.

Accuseth, pr. s. reveals, R. 1591.

Accusement, 8. accusation (of her), T. iv.
556.

Accusour, 8. revealer, T. iii. 1450.
Achát, 8. buying, purchase, A 571.
Achátours, pl. buyers, caterers, A 568.
Ache, s. ache, T. iv. 728.

A-chekked, pp. checked, hindered, HF.
2093.

Acheve, v. achieve, L. 1614.

Achoken, v. choke, stifle; pp. L. 2008.
Acloyeth, pr. 8. overburdens, 5. 517.
A-compas, adv. in a circle, L. 300.
Acomplisshe, pr. 8. subj. fulfil, compre-
hend, B 3. p 10. 179.

Acord, 8. agreement, 5. 371; concord, 5.
381, 668; accord, 3. 316; in a., in tune, 5.
197; al of oon a., in tune, 3. 305. See
Accord.

Acordable, adj. harmonious, B 2. m 8. 23.
Acordaunce, 8. concord, B 2. m 8. 14.
Acordaunt, adj. suitable, A 37, 3363; A.
to, in harmony with, 5. 203.

Acorde, v. accord, grant, allow, agree,
concern; pt. 8. suited, A 244; pt. pl.
agreed, L. 168; pres. part. agreeing, B
1737; pp. agreed, A 818.

Acorse, 1 pr. 8. curse, T. iv. 839.
Acounte, v. consider, B 3591; pt. 8. valued,
cared, 3. 1237; 2 pt. 8. didst reckon, B 2.
P 5. 113.

Acountinge, 8. reckoning, calculation.
Acoyede, pt. 8. caressed, B 2. P 3. 73.
Acquitance, 8. release, A 4411; deed of
release, A 3327.

Acquyte, v. acquit, D 1599.
Acurse, v. curse, T. iii. 1072.
Acused, pt. 8. blamed, T. ii. 1081.
Acustomaunce, 8. system of habits,
habitual method of life, HF. 28; had
of a., was accustomed, B 3701,
Adamant, 8. adamant, A 1990; loadstone,
magnet, R. 1182.

Adawe, v. awake, recover, T. iii. 1120.
A-day, in the day, T. ii. 60.

Adding, 8. (the) addition, A. ii. 41. 16.
Adjeccioun, 8. addition, B 5. p 6. 212.
A-doun, adv. downwards, down, L. 178;
down below, HF. 889; below, H 105; at
the bottom, G 779.

Adrad, pp. afraid, A 605; Adred, 3. 1190.
Adressinge, s. directing, B 4. P 5. 101.
Adversarie, adj. hostile, I 697.

Advertence, 8. attention, heed, T. iv. 698.
Advocacyës, pl. pleas, T. ii. 1469.
Advocats, pl. advocates (in which the tis
mute), C 291.

Afer, adv. afar, HF. 1215.
A-fère, on fire, T. i. 229.

A-fered, pp. afraid, affrighted, T. i. 974;
Aferd, A 628.

Affectis, pl. desires, T. iii. 1391.
Affermed, pp. agreed upon, L. 790;
established, A 2349.

Affiance, 8. trust, B 1330.
Afforced, pp. forced, I 974.

Affray, 8. fray, quarrel, D 2156; terror, B
1137; fright, 4. 214; dread, 7. 334.
Affrayeth, pr. 8. arouses, excites, R. 91;
pp. frightened, afraid, B 563; scared, B
4468; roused, 3. 296.

Affyle, v. file, i. e. render smooth, A 712.
Afor-yeyn, prep. over against, T. ii. 1188.
Afounde, v. founder, perish, 12. 21.
Afrayed, adj. scared, distracted, R. 154.
Afright, pp. affrighted, B 4085.
After, prep. according to; in expectation
of, for, B 467; to get, A 525; according
as, L. 575; after, i. e. to fetch, L. 1130;
towards, A 136; in accordance with, E.
4; by inheritance from, L. 1072; A. as,
according as, 5. 216; A. oon, alike, A.
1781; A. me, according to my command,
E 327; A. the yeer, according to the
season of the year, F 47; A. that, accord-
ing as, T. ii. 1347.

A-fyre, on fire, D 726; 1. 94; A-fère, T. i.

229.

Again, prep. when exposed to, L. 2426;

Agayn, against, B 580; towards, A 2680;
(so as) to meet, R. 785; opposite to, R.
1577; exposed to, H 110; contrary to, F
748; just before, B 4268; near, G 1279;
to meet, B 391; in comparison with, L.
189; Ageyn, against, A 66; compared
with, R. 101; turned towards, L. 48.
Agains, prep. against, contrary to, in
answer to, instead of, before, in presence
of, to meet, near to; against, near;
against, B 3754.

A-game, adv. in play, in jest, in mockery,
in sport, 4. 277.

Agaste, ger. to terrify, T. ii. 901; pr. 8.
deters, frightens, B 4. p 6. 323; pt. 8.
frightened, L. 1221; pt. 8. refl. was
affrighted, A 2424; pp. scared, frightened,
terrified, A 2931; aghast, B 4079 ; afraid,
A 4267.

Agayn-ward, adv. backward, at the point

of return, A. i. 17. 14; back again, B 441. Ages, pl. times, periods, B 3177. Agilten, v. do wrong, L. 436; pt. 8. did offence, D 392; wrongly committed, L. 2385; 1 pt. 8. wronged, HF. 329; offended, T. iii. 840; pr. 8. subj. (if he) offend, I 150; pp. offended, 1. 122; sinned, T. v. 1684.

Agon, v. to go away; Ago, pp. gone away, T. v. 1054; gone, F 1204; passed away, A 2802; past, L. 1766; dead, L. 916; to ben ago, to be off, 5. 465; Agon, pp. departed, A 1276; gone away, C 810; past,

C 246; nat longe a, is, it is not long ago, D 9; passed away, A 1782; dead, E 631; ago, B 1841.

Agreable, adj. pleasing, HF. 1097: -es, pl. pleasant, B 3. m 2. 31. Agreablely, adv. complacently, B 2. p 4.

140.

Agreabletee, 8. equability, B 2. p 4. 127. A-greef, in dudgeon, lit. 'in grief,' T. iii. 862; sadly, T. iv. 613; amiss, 5. 543; in dudgeon, B 4083.

Agregge, v. aggravate; pr. 8. I 960; pr. pl. I 892; pt. pl. aggravated, B

2209.

Agreved, pp. angry, A 2057; vexed, L. 345; aggrieved, E 500.

Agrief; see Agreef.

Agrisen, Agroos; see Agrysen. Agroted, pp. surfeited, cloyed, L. 2454. Agrysen, v. shudder, tremble, feel terror, B 1. p 3. 22; v. feel terror, H F. 210; 2 pr. 8. dreadest, B 2. p 1. 71; pr. 8. trembles, shivers, B 1. m 6. 11; Agròòs, pt. 8. shuddered, was terrified, became frightened, T. ii. 930; A-grisen, pp. filled with dread, B 3. p 1. 18.

Agu, 8. ague, B 4150.
Aguiler, 8. needle-case, R. 98.
A-heigh, adv. aloft.

Ajuged, pp.; a. biforn, prejudged, B 1.

p 4. 109.

Ake, v. ache, T. ii. 549; pr. pl. B

2113.

Aketoun, s. a short sleeveless tunic, worn

under the hauberk, B 2050. Akinge, 8. pain, T. i. 1088.

Aknowe, pp. conscious; am aknowe, I acknowledge, B 1. p 4. 169. Akornes, 8. pl. fruits, B 4. m 3. 28. Al, adj. all, A 10; Alle, pl. all, A 26, 53; Al, every, R. 1586; as 8. everything, T. iii. 1764; al a, the whole of a, A 854; and al, and all, 3. 116; at al, in every

respect, wholly, C 633; at all, D 1078; al day, all the day, 3. 1105:-Al, adv. quite, entirely, altogether, 5. 540; all over, R. 840; al on highte, quite aloud, A 1784; al by oon assent, quite with one accord, 5. 557-Al, conj. although, HF. 1740; whether, G 839; al be, although, albeit, 4. 274; al be that, although, 5. 8-Al and som, the whole matter (collectively and severally), D 91; Al and somme, each and all, all, the whole, 7. 26; Al and som, 5. 650; Alle and some, one and all, A 3136; Al only, adv. merely, simply, 2. 62; Al So, so, E 1226; Al thing, everything, R. 53; Al thus, exactly thus, 5. 30. See Alle.

Al, 8. awl, 13. 11. See Oules.

Alambyk (álambíik), 8. alembic, T. iv. 520; pl. G 794.

Alaunts, pl. dogs of a huge size, A 2148.
Alayes, 8. pl. alloy, E 1167.
Al-be-it, although, L. 1363.

Albificacioun, s. albefaction, whitening,
G 805.

Alday, Al-day, adv. continually, A 1168; always, L. 1250; everyday, at any time, 4. 237.

Alder, gen. pl. of all; oure alder, of us all, 1. 84. See Aller.

Alder-best, adv. best of all, 3. 87. See Aller.

Alderbeste, adj. best of all, 3. 246. Alderfaireste, adj. fem. def. fairest of all, 3. 1050.

Alderfirst, adv. first of all, B 2393; in the first place, R. 1000; for the first time, B1. p 3. 25.

Alderfirste, adj. first of all, T. iii. 97.
Alderlast, adv. lastly, R. 449.

Alder-lest, least of all, T. i. 604.

Alderlevest, dearest of all, T. iii. 239.

Alderman, 8. the head of a guild, A 372.

Aldermost, adv. most of all, T. i. 152. Alder-next, adv. nearest of all, next, 5. 244.

Alderwysest, adj. pl. the wisest of all, T. i. 247.

Ale and breed, drink and meat, B 2062. Alemandres, pl. almond-trees, R. 1363. Alembykes, pl. alembics, G 794. Alestake, s. ale-stake, i. e. a horizontal stake or short pole projecting from an ale-house to support a sign or bush, A 667.

Aley, 8. an alley, B 1758; pl. walks, E 2324.

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