. as

woman, a romp, is much to the
purpose. 'A woman ought not
to striue with her husbonde, nor
yeue him no displesaunce,
dede onis a woman that dede an-
suere her husbonde afore straun-
gers like a rampe, with gret
uelonis [felon's] wordes, dis-
praising hym and setting hym atte
not [at naught]'--The Knight of
la Tour-Landry, ed. Wright, p. 25.
Rancour, s. rancour, malice, E
432, 747. O. F. rancor, Lat.
rancor, rancidity; from rancere,
to be rancid.

Rasour, s. razor, B 3246. F.

rasoir, Low Lat. rasorium, from
Lat. radere, to scrape.
Rather, adj. comp. sooner, E
1169. A. S. hrade, soon; comp.
hrador.

Raughte, pt. s. reached, B 1921.
A.S. rácan, pt. t. ic ræhte; G.
reichen.

Rauysedest, 2 p. s. pt. didst ra-
vish, didst draw (down), B 1659;
pp. Rauisshed, ravished, overjoyed,
F 547. F. ravir, Ital. rapire,
Lat. rapere, to snatch away.
Reaume, s. realm, country, B
3305. F. royaume, Low Lat.
regalimen, from regalis; from
Lat. rex, a king.

Rebel, s. a rebel; or adj. rebel-

lious, B 3415. F. rebelle; Lat.
rebellis, one that renews war;
from re, again, and bellum, war.
Recche, I p. s. pr. I reck, care, B
94; pr. pl. reck, care; recche of
it care for it, F 71. See Rek.
Recchelees, adj. reckless, careless,
indifferent, E 488. A.S. réceleás.
Receyuen, v. to receive, E 1151.
F. recevoir, Lat. recipere.
Recouered, pp. recovered, regain-
ed, B 27. F. recouvrer, Lat. recu-
perare.

Recours, s. recourse; I woi have
my recours = I will return, F 75.

F. recours, Lat. recursus; from
cursus, a course.

Rede, adj. def. red, F 415. A.S.
reád, Icel. rauðr, G. roth, Gk.
pv0pós. See Reed.

Rede, v. to read, B 1690, F 211;
I p. s. pr. Rede, I advise, E S11,
1205; imp. pl. Redeth, read, B
3650. A. S. rádan, G. rathen.
Redresse, v. to set right, E 431.
See Dresse.

Redy, adj. ready, E 299, F 114;

dressed, 387. A. S. ræde, ready;
cf. Swed. redig, evident, orderly.
Reed, adj. red, B 2059, 3734, E
317. See Rede.

Reed, s. counsel, B 3739, E 653.
A.S. rád, G. rath.
Reflexions, s. pl. reflexions by
means of mirrors, F 230.
Refuseden, pt. pl. refused, E 128.
From Lat. refutare. Refuse and
refute are doublets.

Regne, s. kingdom, dominion,
reign, B 3401, 3404, 3432, F
135; pl. Regnes, B 129, 3518;
governments, 3954. F. règne,

Lat. regnum.

Regned, pt. s. reigned, B 3845.
Reherse, v. to rehearse, relate, re-
count, B 89, E 1221; Reher-
cen, F 298; pres. part. pl. Re-
hersinge, relating, F 206. O. F.
rehercer, to repeat (Roquefort);
lit. to harrow over again, as one
does a field; from O. F. herce, a
harrow, F. herse; Lat. herpicem, a
harrow, used by Varro (Brachet).
Reioysed, pt. s. I p. reflex. I re-
joiced, E 145.

Rek, imp. s. reck, care, B 4004,
I p. s. pr. Rekke, I care, E 1090.
See Recche.

Rekne, v. to reckon, account, B
110; Rekenen, reckon, count, E
2433. A.S. recnan, G. rechnen.
Relesse, I p. s. pr. I release, E
153; pt. s. Relessed, forgave, B
3367. O. F. relaisser, Lat. relax-

are. Relay, release, and relax
are all the same word.
Remedie, s. remedy, B 3974. Lat.
remedium.

Remenant, s. remnant, rest, E 869.

From Lat. manere, to remain.
Remewed, pp. removed, F 181.
From Lat. mouere, to move.
Reneye, v. to deny, renounce, B

to

3751. From Lat. negare, to deny.
Renneth, pr. s. runs, F 479; renn-
eth for runs in favour of, B
125; see the note; pp. Ronne,
B 2. A. S. rennan, yrnan,
run, G. rennen, Icel. renna.
Rente, s. rent, i. e. revenue, B
3401, 3572. F. rente, from F.
rendre, Lat. reddere.

Repaire, v. to repair, return, F
589; pr. s. Repaireth, returns,
339; goes, B 3885; pres. part.
Repeiring, returning, F 608.
O. F. repairer, repairier, from
Low Lat. repatriare, to return to
one's native country (Lat. patria).
Reporten, v. report, tell, F 72.

F. reporter, Lat. reportare.
Reson, s. reason, E 25; Resoun,
B 3408. F. raison, Lat. rationem.
Resouned, pt. s. resounded, F 413.
From Lat. resonare.

Reste, v. to rest, F 606; 2 p. pl. pr.

Lat.

subj. may rest, 126. A. S. restan.
Reste, s. rest, F 355.
Retenue, s. retinue, suite, E 270.
F. retenue; from Lat. retinere.
Rethor, s. orator, F 38.
rhetor, Gk. pτwp.
Rethoryke, s. rhetoric, E 32.
Retourneth, imp. pl. return, E
809. F. retourner; from Lat.
tornare, to turn.
Reuel, s. revelry, E 392, 1123, F

278, 339. O. F. revel, rebellion;
also tumult, joyous noise; from
O. F. reveler, Lat. rebellare, to
rebel. Not from Dutch, as Mr.
Wedgwood suggests.
Reuerence, s. reverence, respect,

honour, E 196; thy reuerence =
the respect shewn to thee, B 116.
From Lat. reuerentia.
Reule, v. to rule; reule hir guide
her conduct, E 327. A. S. regol, a
rule; borrowed from Lat. regula.
Rewelboon, s. (probably) rounded

bone. bone rounded and smoothed,
B 2068. See note.

Rewen, v. to rue, have pity, E
1050; pr. s. impers. me Reweth,
I rue, I am sorry, 2432. A. S.
hreów, grief; hreówian, to be
grieved.
Rewthe, s. ruth, pity, E 579, 893,1
F 438; a pitiful sight, lit. ruth,
E 562.
Reyn, s. rain, B 1864, 3363, 3921.
A. S. regen, G. regen, Goth. rign;
cf. Lat. rigare.
Reyne, s. rein, F 313. O.F. resne,
F. rêne, Ital. redina; prob. from
Lat retinere, to hold back.
Riche, adj. pl. rich, B 122.

A. S.
rice, Goth. reiks, O. H. G. riche.
The Norman pronunciation of
A. S. rice produced riche, which
naturally coincided with the French
pronunciation of O. H. G. riche.
Richely, adv. richly, F 90.
Richesse, s. riches, B 107. 3432,

3750. F. richesse, a sing. noun;
from F. riche. See Riche.
Riden, pp. ridden, B 1990. See
Ryden.

Ring, s. ring, F 83, 143, 247; pl.
Ringes, E 255. A. S. hring, Lat.

circus.

=

rommelen, to rumble, to buzz.
Rombled, pt. s. made a murmuring
noise, rumbled, buzzed, muttered,
B 3725. The infin. romblen =
to rumble like thunder, occurs in
the Legend of Good Women, 1.
1216. See Rombel.
Rome, pr. pl. I p. we roam, E 118.
Ronne, pp. run, B 2. See Ch.

Prol. 1. 8. See Renneth.
Rood, pt. s. rode, E 234; pp.
Riden, B 1990. See Ryden.
Roos, pt. s. rose, B 3717, 3863;
Ros, F 267; pl. Rise, rose, B
1869. See Ryse.

Rote, s. root, source, B 1655; dat.

Rote, F 153; Roote, root, i. e.
foot, E 58. Icel. rót; cf. Lat.
radix.

Rote, s. rote; by rote, by heart, B
1712. Conjectured to be from
the O. F. rote, a way, spelt route
in modern French; a derivative
of route is routine, O. F. rotine,
and Cotgrave gives--' Par rotine,
by rote.'

Roughte, pt. s. impers. it recked;

him roughte he recked, E 685.
A. S. récan, to reck; pt. t. ic
róhte. See Recche.
Rounde, adv. roundly, i. e. easily,
with an easy motion, B 2076.
O. F. röond, röund, F. rond, Lat.
rotundus.

Roune, v. to whisper, B 2025;

pt. s. Rowned, whispered, F 216.
A. S. rúnian, to whisper, speak
mysteriously; from run, a rune,
a magical character, a mystery.
See a note on runes in Earle's Phi-
lology of the Eng. Tongue.
Route, s. company, B 16, 1634,
E 303, 382. F. route, from Lat.
rupta, which from rumpere, to
break; cf. G. rotte.

Ruby, s. ruby, B 1800; pl. Rubies,
3658. Lat. rubeus, red; ruber,
red.

Rude, adj. common, rough, poor,
E 916. Lat. rudis.
Rudely, adv. rudely, E 380.
Rudenesse, s. rusticity, E 397.
Ryden, pr. pl. ride, E 784; pl. s.
Rood, 234; pp. Riden, B 1990.
A. S. ridan, Icel. rica, G. reiten;
pt. t. ic rád; pp. riden.
Ryghte, s. dat. right; by ryghte=
by rights, B 44.

Ryght, adv. precisely, just, exactly,
F 193, 492. A. S. rihte, adv.;
riht, adj.; cf. Icel. réttr, G. recht,
Lat. rectus.

or

Rym, s. rime, rhyme, B 2115,
2118; a tale in verse, 1899; pl.
Rymes, verses, B 96. The spell-
ing with his later than A.D. 1550.
With the old spelling rime
ryme cf. A. S. rím, Icel. ríma, G.
reim, Du. rijm, Swed. rim, Dan.
riim, F. rime, Ital. rima, Span.
rima, Port. rima. The introduc-
tion of the h, being due to confu-
sion with rhythm, is of later date
than the introduction of a know-
ledge of Greek, temp. Edward VI.
Ryme, v. to rime or rhyme, to

make rimes, to tell a tale in verse,
B 2122. A. S. ríman, F. rimer.
Ryming, s. the art of riming, B
48. See Rym.

Rype, adj. ripe, mature, E 220;
pl. Rype, seasonable, 438. A. S.
ripe, mature; rip, a reaping,
harvest, ripan, to reap.

Ryse, v. to arise, get up, F 375;
pr. pl. Rysen, rise, 383; pt. s.
Roos, B 3717. 3863; Ros, F
267; pl. Rise, rose, B 1869.
A. S. risan, pt. t. ic rás, pl. we
rison, pp. risen; Icel. rísa.
Ryue, v. to rive, tear, E 1236.
Icel. rifa, Dan. rive, to tear,
rend.

S.

Sad, adj. sedate, fixed, constant,
unmoved, settled, E 693, 754;
sober, E 220, 237; pl. Sadde,
discreet, grave, 1002. W. sad,
firm, steady, discreet.

Sadly, adv. firmly, tightly; E

1 100.

Sadnesse, s. soberness, constancy,
patience, E 452.

Saffroun, s. saffron; like saffroun

of a bright yellowish colour, B
1920. F. safran; prob. of
Oriental origin.

Salte, adj. pl. salt, E 1084.

A. S.

A. S.

sealt, Icel. salt, Lat. sal, salt.
Salue, v. to salute, greet, B 1723;
pr. s. Salueth, salutes, F 91, 112.
F. saluer, Lat. salutare.
Salues, s. pl. salves, F 639.
sealf, G. salbe.
Saphires, s. pl. sapphires, B 3658.
F. saphir, Lat. saphirus.
Sapience, s. Wisdom, i. e. the book

so called, B 1662. Lat. sapientia.
Saue, prep. save, except, B 3214,
3628; E 76, 508. F. sauf; Lat.
saluus.

Saue, v. to save, keep, E 683; imp.
s. 3 p. may he save, E 505, 1064;
pp. Saued, saved, kept inviolate,
F 531. F. sauver, O. F. saver,
Lat. saluare.

Saufly, adv. safely, certainly, E 870.
Sauing, prep. except, B 3200.
Sauour, s. savour, pleasantness, F

404. F. saveur, Lat. saporem.
Sayde, pt. s. said, B 1635, &c.
See Seye.

=

Sclaundre, s. slander, i. e. ill fame,
E 722. F. esclandre, O. F. es-
candle, Lat. scandalum, a scandal.
Scandal and slander are doublets.
Scole, s. school, B 1685, 1694.
O. F. escole, F. école, Lat. schola;
Gk. oxoλn, leisure, time for study.
Scoleward; to scoleward toward
school, B 1739. Cf. Burdeux-
ward in the Prologue, 1. 397;
Thebesward, Kn. Tale, l. 109.
Scourges, s. pl. scourges, whips,
plagues, E 1157. F. escourgée,
which would be equivalent to a
Low Lat. form excorrigiata; Du
Cange gives excorrigiare, to loosen
a shoe-tie; connected with Lat.
corrigia, a thong.

Se, v. to see, look, F 366; Sen,
203; Seen, B 62; gerund, F
623; I p. s. pr. Se, I see, B 1168;
pt. s. Sey, saw, B 1, 7; 1 p. F
460; pp. Seyn, B 1863.

A. S.

seón, pt. t. ic seáh, pp. gesegen;
G. sehen, Goth. saihwan.
Secrely, adv. secretly, E 763.
From Lat. secernere, to put sepa-
rate.

Secree, s. a secret, B 3211.
Secte, s. suite, company, E 1171;
religion, faith, (lit. following), F
17. Low Lat. secta, a following,
applied to a following of people
or suite; also to a suit at law or
a suit of clothes; from Lat. sequi,
to follow, not from secare, to

cut.

See, s. sea, B 68, 127. A. S. sæ,

G. see, Du. zee.

See, s. seat, sc. of empire, B 3339.

O. F. se, sied, Lat. sedem.
Seek, v. to search through, B 60.
See Seke.

Seel, s. seal, F 131. O. F. seel,
Lat. sigillum.
Seen. See Se.

Seeth, pt. s. sod, seethed, boiled, E
227. A. S. sedan, to seethe; pt.
t. ic seað, pp. soden; Icel. sjóða,
pt. t. sauð, pp. soðinn.
Sege, s. siege, B 3569, F 306. F.
siége, Low Lat. sedium, Lat. se-
dem, a seat.

Seint, s. saint, B 1631; gen. pl.
Seintes, B 61. F. saint, Lat.
sanctus.

=

See

Seist, 2 p. s. pr. sayest, B 109;
seistow sayest thou, 110.
Seye.
Seke, v. to seek, B 1633; 2 p. pl.
pr. Seken, ye seek, search through,
127. A. S. sécan, Icel. sökja.
Selde, adj. pl. seldom, few; selde
tyme few times, E 146; adv.
seldom, 427. A. S. seld, seldan,
seldom.

Selue, adj. self, very; thy selue
neighebor, thy very neighbour, B
115. A. S. self, sylf; cf. G. selbst.
Sely, adj. simple, good, innocent,
B 1702, E 948. A. S. selig,
happy, G. selig; hence E. silly,
which is much altered in meaning.
Semblant, s. outward show, sem-
blance, appearance, E 928, F 516.
F. semblant; from sembler, Lat.
simulare.

Seme, v. to seem, appear, E 132,

F 102; pt. s. impers. Semed, it
seemed, E 396; him semed= it
appeared to them, they supposed,
F 56; the peple semed: = it seemed
to the people, the people supposed,
F 201. A. S. séman.
Semely, adj. seemly, comely, B
1919.

Sene, adj. apparent, F 645. A. S.
gesyne, visible, Icel. sýnn, evident.
It is used as a veritable adjective,
with a final e; as is proved by 1.
2173 of the Ormulum.
Sent, pr. s. sendeth, sends, E 1151;
pt. s. Sente, sent, B 3927.

A. S.
sendan; 3 p. s. pr. he sent or he
sende; pt. t. ic sende.

Sentence, s. opinion, B 113, 3992;

meaning, subject, result, B 1753,
2136. F. sentence, Lat. sententia.
Septemtrioun, s. north, B 3657.
From Lat. septem triones, the
seven stars of Ursa Major com-
monly known as Charles's wain.
Sergeant, s. sergeant, officer, E
519. F. sergent, Lat. seruientem.
Thus sergeant and servant
very nearly doublets.
Sermouns, s. pl. writings, B 87.
From Lat. sermonem.
Seruage, s. seruice, E 147; servi-
tude, 482. F. servage, from serf,
Lat. seruus.

are

Serue, v. to serve, B 4004; I p. s.
pt. Seruede, served, E 640; pt. s.
Serued, preserved, kept hid, F 521.
F. server, Lat. seruare.
Seruisable, adj. serviceable, use-
ful, E 979.

Seruitute, s. servitude, E 798,
O. F. servitut, Lat. seruitutem.
Seruyse, s. service, serving, E 603,
958, F 66, 280, 628. F. service,
Lat. seruitium.

Seson, s. season, F 54, 389. O. F.
seson, F. saison, Lat. sationem,
a sowing-time.
Sette, v. to set, E 975; pt. s. Sette,
set, placed, B 3932; cast, E 233;
put, 382; pp. Set, appointed, 774.
A. S. settan, pt. t. ic sette, pp.
geset.

Sete, s. seat, B 3715. Icel. set; in