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GLOSSARIAL INDEX.

B=Group B. E=Group E. F= Group F.

The following are the principal contractions used :—

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The Dictionaries used for these languages are mentioned at the end of the Preface. Note also, that v. a verb in the infinitive mood; pr. s. or pt. s. means the third person singular of the present or past tense, except when I p. or 2 p. (first person or second person) is added; pr. pl. or pt. pl. means likewise the third person plural of the present or past tense; imp. s. means the second person singular of the imperative mood. Other contractions, as s. for substantive, pp. for past participle, will be readily understood. In the references, when the letter is absent before a number, supply the letter last mentioned; thus, under Abayst, all the references refer to Group E.

The contraction 'Mor. Gloss.' signifies Dr. Morris's Glossary to the Prologue, Knightes Tale, &c. in the Clarendon Press Series.

A, art. a; al a= the whole of a, E
1165. A. S. ân, G. ein. Of the
indef. article, an is the original, a
the abbreviated form.

A ha, interj. Aha! B 1629.
A, prep. on, upon, in, by; a
nyghte, by night, B 3758; now
a dayes, now in these days, E
1164. A.S. on, E.E. an, a.
Abak, adv. backwards, B 2017.
A. S. onbæc, on the back, behind,
backwards.

A.

Abayst, pp. abashed, disconcerted,
E 317, 1011; amazed, 1108.
O. Fr. esbahir, to frighten, from
baer, to cry bah or bo.

Abbay, s. abbey, B 1814. Low
Lat. abbatia, an abbey, from Lat.
abbas, father; from Syriac abba,
father.
Abhominaciouns, s. pl. abomi-
nations, horrible occurrences, B
88. Lat. abominor, to deprecate
an omen, from ab, and omen.

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Abouen, prep. above, E 826.
A. S. abufan, where bufan is for
be-ufan, so that abufan-on-be-
ufan, where ufan means up-
wards.
Abouten, prep. about, around,
near, E 1106. A. S. abútan,
where bútan is for be-útan, so
that about on-by-out.
Abreyde, pt. s. started, awoke, E
1061. A. S. abregdan, to twist
out, from bregdan, to twist,
braid. See Mor. Gloss.
Abrood, adv. abroad, i. e. wide
open, 441. A. S. on bræde,
lit. on breadth, from A. S. brád,
broad. Cf. M. Goth. braidei,
breadth, braids, broad.

Abyde, v. to remain, wait, E
1106; imp. p'. Abydeth, B 1175;
pres. part. Abyding, awaiting, E
757. A. S. abidan, from bidan,
to wait.

Abyen, v. to pay for, B 2012.

A. S. abicgan, to redeem, pay for,
from bicgan, to buy. See Aboughte
in Mor. Gloss.

Accepteth, imp. pl. accept, E 96,

127. Fr. accepter, Lat. acceptare.
Accident, s. accidental disturbance,
unusual appearance, E 607. Lat.
accidere.

Accordant, adj. according, agree-
ing, suitable, F 103.
Accorden, pr. pl. agree, B 2137.
Fr. accorder, Lat. accordare, from
cor, the heart.

Acording, pres. part. agreeing,
B 1737.
Acounte, v. to consider, B 3591.
O. Fr. acompter, from Lat. ad
and computare, to count.
Acquyte, v. to acquit oneself, E
936; imp. pl. Acquiteth, B 37.
Fr. acquitter, Lat. adquietare,
from quies, rest.

Acustumaunce, s. custom; had
of acustumaunce was accustom-
ed, B 3701.
From O. Fr.

coustume, Low Lat. costuma, cor-
rupted from consuetudinem.
Adoun, adv. down, B 3630; F

Fr.

351, 464. A. S. of-dúne, lit. off
the down or hill, from dún, a hill,
a down.
Aduersarie, s. adversary, foe, B
3868. Fr. adversaire, from ad-
verse, which from Lat. ad and
uertere, to turn.
Aduersitee, s. adversity, F 502.
Affray, s. terror, B 3273.
effroi, terror, effrayer, to terrify,
Provençal esfreidar, which from
Lat. exfrigidare, to chill with
fright, from Lat. frigus, cold.
After, prep. according to, F 100;
after me= according to my com-
mand, E 327; after the year =
according to the time of year, F
47. A. S. æfter, where the root
is af= Greek ȧπó, E. of, and ter
is a comparative suffix.
After, adv. afterwards, B 98.
After that, conj. according as, E
203.

Agaste, pr. s. terrified, B 3395;
pp. Agast, terrified, afraid, B
1859, E 1052. The prefix a=
A. S. a-, Ger. er-, Moso-Gothic
us-; cf. Goth. usgaisjan, to terrify.
Agayn, prep. against, B 1754, F
6, 57; Ageyn, F 142; Ageyns,
B 3754. A. S. on-gean, against,

towards.

Agayns, prep. towards, to meet,
E 911.
Formed from A. S.
ongean, by adding adverbial
suffix -es. The M. E. agayns is
now corrupted into against.
Age, s. life, E 627; pl. Ages,
times, periods, B 3177. Fr.
âge, O. Fr. edage, Low Lat.
ætaticum, derived from Lat. æta-
tem.

Ageyn, adv. again, F 654. See
Agayn.

Agoon, pp. departed, i.e. dead, E

631; Ago, gone away, F 626;

Agoon,
ago, B 1841; Ago,
1876. A. S. agán, pp. of verb
agán, to go by, pass by, which is
equivalent to G. ergehen.
Agreued, pp. aggrieved, E 500.
O. Fr. agrever, from Lat. grauis,
heavy.

Aken, pr. pl. ache, B 2113. A. S.
acan, acian, to ache, pain; cf.
Gk. ἄχος.

Aketoun, S. a short sleeveless
tunic, worn under the hauberk,
B 2050. Fr. hoqueton, O. Fr.
auqueton, a cloak, a stuff for
cloaks; originally alqueton, Span.
alcoton, Arabic al-qôton, where
al is the def. article, and qôton is

our cotton.

Al, adj. all, in phr. temple and al,
B 3275; at al-in every respect,
E 1222; pl. Alle, B 118, 121,
1181; Alle and someone and
all, E 941. A. S. eal, Moso-
Goth. alls.

Al, adv. completely, B 3215,
3451; all blood =
completely
covered with blood, 1967; conj.
although, E 99; Al be, F 155;
Al be it, F 105, Al so-so, E
1226.

Alayes, s. pl. alloy, E 1167. Cf.
O.Fr. a lei, according to law; Fr.
aloi, a standard, O. Fr. alei,
which for a lei = Lat. ad legem ;
so that alloy literally means ac-
cording to the standard.
Alday, adv, continually, F 481;
always, B 1702.
Alderfirst, adv. first of all, F 550.
A. S. alra, ealra, gen. pl. of eal,
all, became M.E. aller, alther,
and alder.

Ale, s. ale; ale and breed=ale and
bread, drink and meat, B 2062;
gen. Ale, of ale, 3083. A.S.
ealu, O. Icel. öl.
Aley, s. an alley, B 1758.

Fr.

allée, a walk, from aller, to go.
Algate, adv. in all respects, E

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Alliaunce, s. alliance, B 3523;
Alliance, i. e. marriage, espousal,
E 357.
From F. allier, Lat.
alligare, from ligare, to bind, tie.
Allow, I p. s. tr. I approve, I ap-
plaud, F 676. O. F. alouer,
which has two sources, often con-
fused, viz. Lat. locare and Lat.
laudare. In this case it is the
latter.
Allye, s. ally, relative, B 3593.
See Alliaunce.
Allyed, pp. provided with friendly
aid, B 3720.

Almest, adj. almost, B 1948.
Als, conj. also, B 3973, 3976.
A. S. eall-swa, all-so, corrupted to
als, also, and as.
Alwey, adv. continually, always,
E 458, 810; ceaselessly, F 422.
Alyghte, v. to alight, E 981.
A. S. alihtan, to descend, alight;
cf. to light upon.
Alyue, adv. alive;

lit. in life, E
liue = A. S. on

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139. E. E. on
life, i. e. in life.
Ambel, s. amble; an ambel = in
an amble, at an ambling pace, B
2075. Fr. ambler, from Lat.
ambulare, to walk.

Ambes as, i.e. double aces, B
1.24. See note.
O. F. ambes, a
pair, Lat. ambo.
The word sur-
vives as a gambling term; thus,
J'ai gagné une ambe à la loterie,
i. e. I have drawn two figures, a
pair of chances.' Brachet.
Ambling, pres. part. ambling, E
388.

Amende, v. to improve, F 197;
to surpass in right demeanour, 97;
pp. Amended, surpassed, B 3444.
F. amender, from Lat. emendare,
by an unusual change.

Ameued, pt. s. moved, changed;

nought ameued

changed not,
From Lat.

=

altered not, E 498.

amouere, through O. French.
Amidde, prep. amid, in the midst
of, F 409.
A. S. on-middan, in

the middle.
Amis, adv. amiss, wrongly, B
3370, F 7. For on misse, in a
mistake, cf. Icel. missa, a loss,
Du. mis, an error.
Amonges, prep. amongst, B 3344.
A. S. onmang, among. The -es
is an adverbial suffix; amonges is
now corrupted to amongst.
Amounteth, pr. s. amounts to, F
108. O. Fr. amonter, to ascend,
increase, from Lat. admontare, to
go uphill, to mount, from Lat.

montem.

And, conj. if, E 2433. Cf. A. S.

ono.

Angle, s.

angle,' a term in as-
trology (see note), F 263; pl.
Angles, angles, 230. Lat. angulus.
Anhanged, pp. hung, B 3945,

3949. A. S. onhangian, to hang on.
Annunciat, pp. pre-announced, i.e.
whose birth was foretold, B 3205.
From Lat nuncius, a messenger.
Anoon, adv. suddenly, immedi-
ately, B 3299, E 435; Anon,
B 34, 1896. A. S. on án, lit. in
one, i, e. in one moment.
Anoyeth, pr. s. annoys, displeases,
B 3979.
O. F. anoier, to dis-
please; cf. O. F. anoi, F. ennui,
displeasure; der. from Lat. in
odio, in the phrase in odio habui;
see Brachet.
Answerde, pt. s. answered, B
1170, 1172; E 21. A. S. and-
swerian, where and--in return,
and swerian to swear, affirm.
Antem, s. anthem, B 1850. A.S.
antefn, which from Lat. antiphona,
Gk. ἀντίφωνα, from ἀντί and
φωνέω, το sound in answer.
Hence also F. antienne.

Antiphoner, s. anthem-book, àn-
tiphonarium, B 1709. See a-

bove.

A-nyghte, adv. in the night, by
night, E 464. A. S. on nihte, in
the night.

Apart, adv. apart, F 252. F. à
part, from Lat. partem.
Apayed, pp. pleased: euel apayed
=ill-pleased, E 1052; Apayd, B
1897. O.F. apaier, to appease,
from Lat. ad and pacare, to
satisfy; cf. E. pay.

Ape, s. ape, B 1630 (see the note),
3100. A. S. apa, Icel. api, G.
affe, &c.; all from Sanskrit kapi,
a monkey, by loss of initial
guttural.

Aperceyue, v. to perceive; E 600
pr. s. Aperceyueth, 1018. F.
apercevoir, from Lat. ad and per-
cipere per-capere.
Aperceyuinges, s. pl. perceivings,
perceptions, observations, F 286.
Apert, adv. openly, F 531. O.F.
apert, Lat. apertus, open.
Apertenaunt, adj. appertaining,
belonging, B 3505. F. appar-
tenir, from Lat. adpertinere.
Apertinent, adj. appertaining,
suitable, E 1010.

Apese, v. to appease, pacify, E
433. F. apaiser, derived from
Lat. pacem through O. F. pais,

peace.
Appalled, pp. enfeebled, languid,
F 365. Not connected with pale,
but from Welsh pallu, to fail, pall,
loss of energy.
Apparaille, s. apparel, dress, E
1208. F. appareil, preparation,
from appareillir, to join like to
like; F. pareil = Lat. pariculus,
dimin. of par, like. Not derived
from Lat. parare.
Apparence, s. appearance, F 218.
From Lat. apparere, from ad
and parere, to be open to view.
Appetytes, s. pl. appetites, B

3390. F. appétit, Lat. appetitus,
from petere.
Arace, v. to tear away, remove
forcibly, E 1103. O. F. aracer,
F. arracher, from Lat. eradicare;
cf. O. F. raïs, a root, from Lat.
radicem.

Archeer, s. archer, B 1929. From
Lat. arcus, a bow.
Archewyues, s. pl. archwives,
ruling wives, 1195. The pre-
fix arch- is Greek; cf. Gk. ȧpxi-,
chief, from ȧpxh, a beginning;
the latter part is from A. S. wif,
a woman, wife.

Ark, s. arc, referring to the arc of the
horizon extending from sunrise to
sunset, B 2. See note. From Lat.
arcus, an arc, bow.
Arminge, s. arming, putting on of
armour, B 2037. From Lat. arma.
Armlees, adj. armless, without an
arm, B 3393. A. S. arm,
arm; and suffix -leas, Moso-
Goth. -laus, deprived of.
Armoure, S. armour, B 2009;

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As, conj. like, B 1864; as if, 1636;
As after, according to, 3555; As
in, i. e. for, 3688; As now, at
this time, F 652; As of, with
respect to, 17; As to, with refer-
ence to, 107; As that, as soon as,
615; As ferforth as, as far as, B
19. As is short for also; see

Als.

As, s. an ace; ambes as= double
aces, B 3851. From Lat. as, a
unit.
Ascending, pres. part. ascending,
in the ascendant, i. e. near the
eastern horizon, F 264. From
Lat. scandere, to climb.
Asken, v. to ask, B 101; 2 p. s.
pr. subj. Aske, 102. A. S. acsian.
Assaille, v. to assail, attack, B.

3953. F. assailler, Lat assalire,
from ad and salire, to leap.
Assay, s. trial, E 621, 1138; pl.
Assayes, trials, 697, 1166.
Assaye, imp. s. 3 p. let him try,

1229; pp. Assayed, tried, 1054.
Another form of essay, from F.
essayer, which from essai, a trial,
Lat. exagium, a weighing; from
Lat. agere.
Assenten, pr. pl. assent, agree, E
176. From Lat. ad and sentire,
to feel.

Asshen, s. pl. ashes, F 255. A. S.
axan, ahsan, ashes, pl. of axe,
ahse, an ash, cinder.
Astonied, pt. s. astonished, E
316. O. F. estonner, F. étonner,
to astonish, said to be derived
from a supposed Lat. extonare=
attonare, to thunder at. I do not
admit it, but connect it with G.
erstaunen, and derive it from a
prefix a- or e- (G. er-) and the
root seen in A. S. stunian, to
stun, G. staunen.

Asure, s. azure, blue, E 254.
O. F. asur, F. azur, G. lasur,
from Lat. lapis lazuli, a word of
Persian origin, signifying blue-

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