A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300

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Sthenche. Evidently an error for ‘schenche,’ to pour out. RG. 118

Sti, _sb._ == path. Wright’s L. P. p. 111. HD. 2619. AS. stíg

Stick, _sb._ HD. 914. AS. sticca

Stick, _v. a._ == pierce; part. ‘ystyked.’ Pol. S. 190

---- == fasten [steke]. 683 B.

---- == place. pret. ‘stok.’ RG. 367; _part._ ‘istekke.’ Pol. S. 203. AS. stician

Stie, _v. n._ == go [steo]. Rel. S. i. 38. 3 s. pres. ‘stiȝth.’ O. and N. 1403; pret. ‘stowe.’ Alys. 1209. AS. stígan

Stiff, _adj._ RG. 377

Stiffly, _adv._ RG. 251

Still, _adj._ == quiet. RG. 367. HD. 2309

Still, _v. a._ 467 B.

Stilly, _adv._ RG. 548, 564

Sting, _v. a._ == pierce; part. ‘ystonge.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 84; ‘isstunge.’ O. and N. 515. AS. stingan

Stinging, _sb._ Ps. lix. 5

Stink, _v. n._ 2422 B.

---- _v. a._ == make to stink. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Stint, _v. a._ == stop, or hinder. Ritson’s AS. viii. 63; imper. ‘stunt.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 50; pret. ‘stunte’? Ibid. p. 31

---- _v. n._ == stop, halt? 1126 B. AS. stintan, which is, however, always neuter

Stir, _v. a._ [sterin]. Body and Soul, 72; pret. ‘sturede.’ RG. 17, 22

Stirring, _sb._ Ps. lxxxviii. 10; cxx. 3

Stirrup, _sb._ 190 B. AS. stíg-ráp

Stith, _sb._ == anvil. HD. 1877. AS. stýð

Stithe, _adj._ == strong. Wright’s L. P. p. 99; [stithye]. Ibid. p. 31

Stithstream, _sb._ == deluge, flood. Ps. xxviii. 10

Stivour, _sb._ == a musical instrument, sort of trumpet. Alys. 2571. Fr. estive

Stock, _sb._ == stem of a tree. O. and N. 25

Stode. See Stud

Stoke, _sb._ == a thrust. Alys. 7096

Stonde, _sb._ == drinking vessel. Rel. S. v. 110. OHG. standa

Stole, _sb._ Alys. 4714

Stone, _sb._ RG. 394, 517

---- _v. a._ RG. 298

Stonedead, _adj._ HD. 1815

Stoop, _v. n._ Alys. 1103. AS. stúpian

Stop, _v. a._ == stop up. Alys. 6228. Ps. lxii. 12. Dut. stopfen

Stopple, _sb._ RG. 223

Stor. See Stour

Store, _sb._ RG. 395, 396

---- _v. a._ part. ‘ystored.’ RG. 18

Storm, _sb._ Ps. xlix. 3

Story, _sb._ == tale. HD. 1641

Stot, _sb._ == horse. O. and N. 495. AS. stotte

Stound, _sb._ == a space of time. RG. 388, 559. AS. stund

Stoup, _sb._ == cup. RG. 268. AS. stoppa

Stour, _adj._ == strong, great. Wright’s L. P. p. 87; [stor]. Ps. xxxvii. 15. AS. stór

Stout, _adj._ 512 B. Dut. stout

Stoute, _v. a._ == disturb, annoy. Manuel d. Pecches, 2951. AS. strútian

Stover, _sb._ == provision, fodder. Alys. 1866. Fr. estouvier

Stow, _sb._ == a place. Wright’s L. P. p. 98. AS. stow

Stowe, _sb._ == went, mounted. See Stie

Straile, _sb._ == a couch. Ps. xl. 4. AS. strǽl

Strain, _v. a._ == tighten, stretch; part. ‘istrained.’ 1479 B.

Strait, _adj._ 260 B.

Straitly, _adj._ == rigorously. RG. 373

Strand, _sb._ (of the sea). K. Horn, 39

Strange, _adj._ HD. 640

Strangeman, _sb._ RG. 254

Strangle, _v. a._ HD. 510

Straple, _sb._ == strap. 1479 B. AS. strapol

Straw, _sb._ [stro]. Pol. S. 152; [strie]. HD. 998. AS. streow

Stream, _sb._ HD. 2687

Stream, _v. n._ == flow. Ps. lxi. 11

Street, _sb._ RG. 7

Strench, _sb._ == strain, stretch. Rel. S. i. 14. AS. strec

Strene, _sb._ == progeny. Alys. 511; [strende]. Ps. ix. 27. AS. strýnd

---- _v. a._ == beget. HD. 2983; fornicate. Ps. lxxii. 27. AS. strýnan

Strength, _sb._ RG. 377, 490; [strenge]. RG. 302

---- == violence. Pilate, 101

---- _v. a._ == strengthen. Ps. lxviii. 5

Strenkil, _v. a._ == sprinkle. Ps. 1. 9. Cf. Swed. stänka

---- _sb._ == hyssop. Ps. 1. 9

Streon, _sb._ == the knot in the yolk of an egg, the point where generation commences. Fr. Sci. 6. AS. streon

Stride, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 111

---- _sb._ Ritson’s AS. viii. 32

Strie. See Straw

Strife, _sb._ RG. 408, 567

Strike, _v. n._ == go on, flow. Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. strican. See Laȝamon, i. 171, 397, and the Legend of St Katherine (Abbotsford Club), vv. 2514, 733, for exx. of this sense in Semi-Saxon

---- _v. a._ == strike sail. K. Horn, 1043

String, _v. a._ == pierce. Cf. our phrase, ‘string papers together,’ i. e. pierce them, and then unite them by a string. Body and Soul, 207. Another form of ‘sting’

---- _sb._ RG. 456; == rope. Ps. civ. 11. AS. streng

---- == direction of going? Ps. cxxxviii. 3

Strip, _v. a._ 2242 B. Pilate, 185

Strive, _v. n._ RG. 26; [struen]. Marg. 25. Fr. estriver. Swed. sträfwa. Germ. streben. ON. strita. AS. stríð

Striving, _sb._ RG. 467

Stroke, _sb._ RG. 536, 401

Strong, _adj._ RG. 544, 546; comp. ‘stronger.’ RG. 266; sup. ‘strongest.’ RG. 111

---- == violent. RG. 84

Strongly, _adv._ HD. 135

Strout, _sb._ == contention. HD. 1039. AS. strúdan

---- _v. n._ == make a disturbance. HD. 1779

Stroy, _v. a._ [struye] == destroy. Marg. 52

Struen. See Strive

Strumpet, _sb._ Pol. S. 153. Span. estrupar. Lat. stuprum. The ‘m’ is inserted, as in ‘pamphlet,’ from Span. ‘papelete’

Strut, _sb._ == display, show. Manuel d. Pecches, 3350

Stubble, _sb._ [stubbe]. O. and N. 506. ON. stubbr

Stud, _sb._ == of horses, &c.; [stode]. Cok. 35. O. and N. 495. AS. stód

Stude, _sb._ == place. RG. 383, 473

Study, _sb._ 1199 B.

Stumble, _v. n._ Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Stump, _v. n._ == stumble. O. and N. 1392. Swed. stapla

Stunt. See Stint

Sturbing, _sb._ == disturbance. Marg. 48

Sturdy, _adj._ RG. 387. ON. styrdr

Sturgeon, _sb._ HD. 753. Fr. estourgeon. ON. starri. Swed. stör

Stuten, == started? HD. 599

Subprior, _sb._ [sousprior]. RG. 494

Subtle, _adj._ == bad. Wright’s L. P. p. 23

---- _v. a._ == make bad. Ibid. p. 23

Succour, _sb._ RG. 568

---- _v. a._ RG. 399

Such, _adj._ 10 B.; ‘a such.’ 1179 B.; [swiche]. O. and N. 1345; ‘such’ absol. == such thing. RG. 419

Suck, _v. a._ pret. ‘soken.’ Alys. 6119

---- _v. n._ part. ‘sucking’ (of children). 1496 B.

Suddenly, _adv._ Ritson’s AS. xviii. 42

Sue [sywe], _v. a._ == follow. RG. 396, 502

Suing [sywinge], _sb._ == following. RG. 502

Suere, _sb._ == neck. RG. 389. AS. sweora

Suffer, _v. a._ == permit. Wright’s L. P. p. 93. RG. 499; part. ‘isuffred.’ 1303 B.

---- _v. n._ == endure. 1242 B.

Sufferance, _sb._ Alys. 3192

Sugar, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Suit, _sb._ == do suit? [suite]. RG. 539

Suite [sywete], _sb._ == company. RG. 191

Sulle, ‘ar sulle’ == their selves? Pol. S. 152

Sully, _v. a._ == soil. O. and N. 1238

Sum, _sb._ RG. 563

Summer, _sb._ RG. 514; [sume]. O. and N. 709

Summon, _v. a._ RG. 377, 504

Summoner, _sb._ Pol. S. 157

Sumpter, _sb._ == attendant on the baggage. Alys. 6023

Sun, _sb._ RG. 548, 549

Sunbeam, _sb._ HD. 592

Sunday. RG. 495

Sunder [sondres], _adj._ == sundry, different. Alys. 3303

Sunegi, _v. n._ == sin. O. and N. 926

Sunrising, _sb._ Alys. 2901

Sunspring, _sb._ Ps. xlix. 1

Suoddring, _sb._ == sleep. RG. 264. AS. swodrian

Sup, _v. n._ HD. 1766

Supper, _sb._ HD. 1762

Supple, _adj._ RG. 223. Fr. souple

Surance, _sb._ == assurance. 1910 B.

Suspend, _v. a._ RG. 563

Suspicion, _sb._ Alys. 452

Sustain, _v. a._ RG. 440, 442; part. ‘ysusteyned.’ RG. 375

Sustenance, _sb._ RG. 378

Sutheth, _vb._ == showeth. RG. 458

Suththe. See Siththe

Swage, _v. a._ == assuage; part. ‘swaged.’ Pilate, 175

Swain, _sb._ RG. 53. AS. swán

Swallow, _v. a._ 2209 B.; part. ‘i-suolȝe.’ O. and N. 146. AS. swelgan

Swallow, _sb._ == the bird so called. Alys. 3787. AS. swalewe

Swan, _sb._ HD. 1726. AS. swan

Swart, _adj._ RG. 490

Sway, _sb._ == noise. Alys. 2801. AS. swég

Swear, _v. n._ pret. ‘suore.’ RG. 445, 446; part. ‘swore.’ Pol. S. 150; ‘isworen.’ Rel. S. v. 60

Swearer, _sb._ RG. 429

Sweat, _sb._ [swot]. HD. 2662. AS. swát

---- _v. n._ Fragm. Sci. 202

---- _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 70

Sweep [swopen], _v. a._ Rel. S. v. 151

Sweet, _adj._ RG. 435

Sweeting, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 52

Sweetly, _adj._ == sweet. Wright’s L. P. p. 52

---- _adv._ Rel. Ant. ii. p. 193

Sweetness, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 68. St Swithin, 156

Swell, _v. n._ Body and Soul, 23; pret. ‘sval.’ O. and N. 7

Sweng, _sb._ == trick. O. and N. 795. Lit. ‘a blow.’ AS. sweng. Cf. our expression, ‘a stroke of policy’

Swepe, _v. a._ == strike, exercise. Ps. lxxvi. 7. AS. swip. ON. svipa

Sweping, _sb._ == a blow. Ps. xxxiv. 15; xxxvii. 18

Swere, _v. a._ == oppress. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. OHG. swárjan.

Swice, _v. n._ == cease. O. and N. 336; [iswike]. O. and N. 927

---- == faint, fail. Wright’s L. P. p. 48. AS. swícan

Swich, _adv._ == as if. O. and N. 566

Swift, _adj._ Ps. xli. 5

Swiftly, _adv._ Ps. cxlii. 7

Swike, _v. a._ == deceive. RG. 115. AS. swícan, swícol

---- _sb._ == deceiver, traitor RG. 105

Swikedhede, _sb._ RG. 357

Swikedom. RG. 512, 569. AS. swícdom

Swikeldom, _sb._ O. and N. 163

Swikelhede, _sb._ O. and N. 162

Swile, _v. a._ == wash. HD. 919. AS. swilian

Swim, _v. n._ 410 and 164 β. AS. swimman

Swine, _sb._ RG. 376

Swing, _v. a._ == strike, beat. Wright’s L. P. p. 84. AS. swingan

Swink, _v. n._ == labour. RG. 41; [iswinc]. Moral Ode, st. 94

---- _sb._ == labour, toil. RG. 40, 234. AS. swincan

Swire, _sb._ == neck. Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. sweora

Swise. See Swithe

Swithe, _adj._ == vehement. 340 β. AS. swíð

---- _adv._ == quickly. HD. 140, 682

---- == very. HD. 111; [swise], O. and N. 1565. AS. swíðe

Swithe, _v. a._ == burn; pret. ‘swath.’ Ps. cv. 18; part. ‘swithand.’ Ps. lxxxii. 15. ON. svíða

Swiving, _sb._ == fornication. Pol. S. 69 Swed. besofva

Swo, _adv._ == so. Wright’s L. P. p. 49

---- == as if. O. and N. 76

Swoon, _sb._ RG. 13. AS. a-swunan

---- _v. n._ [swoghen]. Alys. 5857; part. ‘yswowe.’ RG. 290. Alys. 2262; ‘yswawe.’ Alys. 2379

Swooning, _sb._ K. Horn, 454

Swop, _sb._ == blow. Marg. 30. ON. svipa

Sword, _sb._ RG. 395

Swore, == sworn? Pol. S. 157

Swored, _sb._ == neck. Alys. 974

Sworre, _sb._ == war. RG. 413

Swost. Rel. S. v. 152. The rhyme requires ‘swoȝ,’ for which ‘swost’ is probably an error; ‘swoȝ’ may mean ‘throw.’ See Hall. _s. v._ Swot

Swynde, _v. n._ == waste away. Pol. S. 150. AS. swindan

Sygaldry, _sb._ == nonsense, trick. Alys. 7015. Fr. singe, singerie? In the Manuel des Pecches, v. 503, ‘sygaldry’ occurs as a verb, in the sense of ‘sing charms, or spells’

Syke, == sigh, _q. v._

Synagogue, _sb._ Ps. lxxxi. 1

Sytoling, _sb._ == playing on the citole or guitar. Alys. 1043

Sywe, Sywinge. See Sue

Sywete. See Suite

T.

Tabard, _sb._ == a short cloak worn by military personages. Alys. 5476. Fr. tabar. Ital. tabaro. See Wright’s Vocabb. p. 133

Tabernacle, _sb._ RG. 20

Tabor, _sb._ == a musical instrument. RG. 396

Taboring, _sb._ Alys. 925

Tache, _v. a._ == spot or stain. Wright’s L. P. p. 70. Fr. tache

Tail, _sb._ (cauda). RG. 416. AS. tǽgel

---- == retinue of followers. RG. 305

Tail, _sb._ == tax. RG. 524. Fr. taille

---- == figure. RG. 117. Fr. taille

Tail, _v. a._ == cut up. Alys. 2133. Fr. tailler

---- _sb._ == slaughter. Alys. 2217

Tailed, _adj._ RG. 416

Taillage, _sb._ == tax. 343 B.

Take, _v. a._ 3 s. pres. ‘tas.’ Ps. i. 4; ‘thas’? HD. 1129; pret. ‘took.’ RG. 384

---- _v. n._ to ‘take on’ about a thing == be annoyed at it. 639 B.

Tale, _sb._ == story. HD. 5; talk. O. and N. 3. RG. 195

---- == number, reckoning. HD. 2025

---- _v. n._ == shout, speak. Alys. 1415

Talent, _sb._ == disposition. Alys. 1280. Fr. talent

Taleuace, _sb._ == a large shield. HD. 2323. Fr. talevas. See Roq.

Tame, _adj._ RG. 1. AS. tám

---- _v. a._ Pol. S. 214

Taper, _sb._ RG. 456, 534. AS. taper

Tapnage, _sb._ == secresy. Alys. 7131. Fr. tapin, tapinage

Tar, _v. a._ == cover with tar. HD. 707. AS. tyro, tare

Targe, _sb._ == a combination of shields, like the Roman testudo. Alys. 2785

Target, _sb._ Alys. 7395. AS. targe. Fr. targe

Tarry, _v. n._ == delay. RG. 109. Fr. tarier

Tarry, _v. a._ == excite, provoke. Ps. cv. 7. AS. teorian. Fr. tarier

Tarrying, _sb._ == delay. RG. 207

Tarryingness, _sb._ == provocation. Ps. xciv. 9

Tarst, == first. HD. 2688. Cf. ‘fyrst,’ for ‘thirst’

Tasting, _sb._ == experience, trial. Alys. 4043

Taughte, _sb._ == gave over to, put in charge of. HD. 2214. See Betake. AS. tacan. SS. i-tæchen

Tavelen, _v. n._ == play at dice. O. and N. 1664. AS. tæflan

Tavern, _sb._ RG. 195

Taw, _v. a._ == dress leather, curry. Rel. Ant. ii. 175. AS. tawian

Tax, _sb._ Pol. S. 151. Fr. taxer. Lat. taxare

Te, == to, with infin. RG. 65

Te, _v. a._ == draw; [teo], St Lucy, 112; draw out, prolong. ‘ne te more speche.’ K. Horn, 317. 3 s. pres. ‘tihth.’ O. and N. 1433; == spreads. 1180 B.

---- == educate. part. ‘i-toȝen.’ O. and N. 1723

---- _v. n._ == pull, drag. Wright’s L. P. p. 59

---- == go, betake oneself. RG. 40; [teon]. Alys. 6954. part. ‘ytyght’ == arrived. Alys. 7164. AS. teon

Teach, _v. a._ == 2074 B.; [i-tache]. O. and N. 1345. pret. ‘taȝte.’ RG. 73

Teacher, _sb._ Alys. 17

Team, _sb._ O. and N. 774. RG. 261. AS. teám

Tear, _sb._ RG. 405; pl. ‘tern.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 81

Tear, _v. a._ 2199 B.; 3 p. pret. ‘taren.’ Alys. 6876

Teat, _sb._ [tit]. Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. tite

Teem, _sb._ == brood. RG. 261. AS. teám

---- _v. a._ == breed. O. and N. 495

Teen, _sb._ == harm, mischief. RG. 80, 395; [tone]. O. and N. 50. AS. teona. See Gl. Rem. to Laȝamon, iii. 440

---- == sorrow. 1567 B.

---- _v. a._ == vex, annoy. part. ‘itened.’ Pol. S. 149

---- == grieve. Wright’s L. P. p. 92

Teenful, _adj._ Ps. lxxvii. 8

Teh, _sb._ == ill-humour. Wright’s L. P. p. 111. Gael. ‘taoig.’ Scotch, ‘tig.’ Ital. ‘ticchio’

Tel, _sb._ == deceit. HD. 190

Teld, _sb._ == tent. Ps. xviii. 6. AS. teld

---- _v. a._ == pitch a tent. Alys. 1975, 3470. part. ‘ytielde.’ Alys. 3438; ‘ytolde.’ Alys. 5901

Teldstede, _sb._ == tent-place. Ps. cxix. 5

Tele, _v. a._ == blame. O. and N. 1375. AS. tǽlan

Tell, _v. a._ == RG. 41; pret. ‘told.’ RG. 389; part. ‘ytold.’ RG. 368

---- _v. a._ == reckon, account. O. and N. 791, 340; 3 s. pres. ‘tolth.’ RG. 366

Teller, _sb._ == relator. Alys. 1577

Teme, _v. n._ == be a witness? Wright’s L. P. p. 32

---- _v. a._ == summon as a witness. M. Ode, st. 54. AS. teáma

Temper, _v. a._ == rule, restrain. RG. 72

---- _sb._ RG. 429

Tempest, _sb._ RG. 378

Temple, _sb._ RG. 14

Ten. RG. 430

Tence, _sb._ == cause of quarrel. Alys. 3025. Fr. tence, tenser

Tende, _v. a._ == light, kindle. RG. 407; part. ‘tende.’ RG. 534. AS. tendan

Tender, _adj._ RG. 315

Tenor, _sb._ Alys. 2977

Tenstringed, _adj._ Ps. cxliii. 9

Tent, _sb._ Alys. 4302

Tenth, _adj._ RG. 416, 473

Teo, _vb._ == draw. See Te

Term, _sb._ == set time. 1536 B.

Terrene, _adj._ Alys. 5685

Teste, _sb._ == head. Alys. 7112

Teyte, _adj._ == lively. HD. 1841. ON. teitr

Tha, == they. Ps. cxxiii. 3

---- == them. Ibid. 6

Thah. See Though

Thakke, _v. a._ == thwack. Cok. 140. AS. þacian

Than, _adv._ of comparison. RG. 459. See Then

Thane, _sb._ HD. 2260. pl. ‘thavenes’? RG. 202

Thanene. See Thence

Thank [thonc]. _sb._ RG. 485. Wright’s L. P. p. 37

---- _v. a._ RG. 452

Thankfully, _adv._ Pol. S. 156

Thanking, _sb._ Alys. 4065

Thar, _v. impers._ == it needs. See Thore, _v. n._

Tharmide, _adv._ == therewith. O. and N. 1368

Tharne, _v. a._ == lose, be deprived of. HD. 2492, 1912. See Gloss. to Ormulum, _s. v._ þarnenn

---- == endure. HD. 1687. See the Avowyng of Arthur, st. 66, v. 15

Thas, == takes? See Take

Thas, That. See under The

That, == done? See The, _v. a._

That, _conj._ RG. 377, et passim

Thave, _v. a._ == give. HD. 296; [thau]. Fragm. in Warton H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. Cf. ‘thane’ and ‘cayn’ in Havelok

---- == bear, sustain. HD. 2696. AS. þafian

_THE._ _def. art._

_sing._ N. ‘the.’ RG. 115; ‘tho.’ RG. 12. ‘theo.’ Alys. 2325

G. ‘thare.’ O. and N. 28

D. ‘than.’ O. and N. 125, 133; ‘then.’ RG. 543; ‘thon.’ O. and N. 135; fem. ‘thare.’ O. and N. 1581; ‘there.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 95

A. ‘then.’ RG. 542; ‘thun.’ RG. 508

_plur._ N. ‘theo.’ Alys. 3411; ‘the.’ RG. 42

A. ‘the.’ RG. 42

constr. with subst. and adj., ‘the waters.’ RG. 374; ‘the new forest.’ Ib. 375

with compar. adj., ‘the bet, the worse.’ RG. 374

The, _dem. pron._

_sing._ N. ‘the.’ O. and N. 798. neut. ‘that.’ RG. 377; ‘thet.’ RG. 387

D. ‘than.’ O. and N. 1684

A. ‘thut.’ 533

The, _rel. pron._ == who

_sing._ N. ‘the.’ O. and N. 1384, 1612; ‘that.’ RG. 387; ‘thit.’ HD. 2990

A. ‘that.’ RG. 387

_plur._ N. ‘that.’ RG. 387. Alys. 4656

The, _adv._ == there. HD. 863

The, _v. n._ == flourish, prosper. HD. 2606; Alys. 5472; [y-the]. RG. 428; part. pres. ‘theonige,’ for ‘theoninge.’ 149 B.; part. pass. ‘itheȝ.’ 151 B.; ‘y-then.’ RG. 346. AS. þeon

The, _v. a._ == do. M. Ode, 44. part. ‘that.’ HD. 1674. Germ. thun

The, == or, after ‘whether.’ O. and N. 822, 1358, 1360, 1406

Thede, _sb._ == country, [theode]. O. and N. 1581. HD. 105; territory. Alys. 96; place. HD. 2890. AS. þeód

Theft, _sb._ RG. 503

Thei. See Though

Thelde, _v. a._ == tell, give account of. Creed of St Athan. 93. ON. þylja. AS. þyle. The AS. þylian does not occur in this sense

Then, _adv._ [thonne]. RG. 115; [thanne]. O. and N. 508

---- == when [than]. O. and N. 421

Thence, _adv._ gen. of ‘then.’ [thannes], 1141 B.; [thanene]. RG. 377; [thethen]. Ps. cxxxi. 17

Thene, _v. n._ == reach to. Rel. S. i. 1. AS. þenian

There, _adv._ == of place. RG. 367; ‘thar.’ O. and N. 1612; ‘thore.’ Body and Soul, 98

---- with verbs, ‘there has.’ RG. 367

Thereafter, _adv._ RG. 401

Thereafterward, _adv._ Pilate, 110

Thereagainst, _adv._ 294 B.

Thereat, _adv._ RG. 464

Thereby, _adv._ [tharbi]. O. and N. 244

Therefore, _adv._ RG. 115; [thar forn]. Ps. xxxi. 4

Therefrom, _adv._ RG. 352

Therehence, _adv._ 1145 B.

Therein, _adv._ RG. 387

Thereof, _adv._ 100 B.; [thurof]. O. and N. 190

Thereon, _adv._ 546 B.

Thereout, _adv._ RG. 537

Thereover, _adv._ 516 B.

Therethrough, _adv._ 75 B.

Thereto, _adv._ 37 B.

Thereupon, _adv._ RG. 393

Therewith, _adv._ 272 B.

Therewithout, _adv._ 439 B.

Therne, _sb._ == a girl. HD. 298; O. Sax. therna. In the Avowyng of Arthur, st. 23, the word occurs under the form ‘thorne’

Thertekene, == mark thereto. HD. 2878. AS. tacnian

Thestri, _sb._ for ‘the estrie’ == the apparition, i. e. of the heavenly host. Wright’s L. P. p. 96. Fr. estrie

Thethen, == thence, _q. v._

Thevethorn, _sb._ == dog rose or wild briar Ps. lvii. 10. AS. þefe-þorn

Thew, _adj._ == in servitude. HD. 262, 221 B. AS. þeow

---- _vb._ See Underthewe

Thewes, _sb._ == manners, morals. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. AS. þeáw

Theymen, _sb._ == thew men or yeomen. RG. 330

Theyn, _sb._ == teen, hurt? Rel. Ant. i. 113

Thick, _adj._ RG. 412; used of air. Alys. 4079

---- _v. n._ == become thick. Alys. 3855. Fr. Sci. 309

Thief, _sb._ RG. 277, 428

Thiefly, _adv._ [theofliche]. 285 β. Alys. 4002

Thigg, _v. n._ == beg. Ps. cviii. 10. HD. 1373. AS. þicgan, to receive

Thiggand, _sb._ == beggar. Ps. xxxix. 18

Thigh, _sb._ [thy], RG. 244; [theo]. O. and N. 1495; pl. ‘thyes.’ RG. 417; ‘thes.’ HD. 1903. AS. þeoh

Thild, _sb._ == endurance. Ps. ix. 19. AS. þyld

Thin, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 37; [thunne]. Ibid. p. 47

Thin. See Thou

Thine, _adj._ before a cons. RG. 238

Thing, _sb._ RG. 367, 379. AS. þing

---- == cause, reason; ‘for mine thinge’ == for my sake. O. and N. 434

Think, _v. n._ RG. 397; [ithenche]. O. and N. 723; pret. ‘thoȝte.’ RG. 369; part. ‘ithoȝt.’ 110 B. 1378 B.; AS. þencan

Think, _v. n._ == seem. 3 s. pres. ‘thunth.’ O. and N. 1590; ‘thinȝth.’ Fr. Sci. 96; ‘me thunch.’ O. and N. 1647; ‘me thuncth.’ O. and N. 1670; pret. ‘thoȝte.’ 10 B.; 16 B. AS. þincan

Thinking, _sb._ == thought. Ps. xviii. 15

Thinly, _adv._ Alys. 5922

Thinne, _v. a._ == extend. Ps. lix. 10; cvii. 10. AS. þenian

Third, _adj._ [þrydde]. RG. 397

Thire, _adj._ == thy. O. and N. 429

Thirle, _v. a._ == pierce. Wright’s L. P. p. 88. AS. þirlian

---- _sb._ == hole, hence a privy chamber. Ps. civ. 30. AS. þirel

Thirst, _sb._ [virst]. Body and Soul, 87

Thirteen. RG. 390

Thirteenth, _adj._ [thretteoth], 330 β

Thirtieth, _adj._ RG. 441

Thirty. RG. 375

This, _dem. pron._

_sing._ N. RG. 367

D. ‘thisse.’ O. and N. 659; ‘þusse.’ M. Ode, 172

A. ‘this.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 50; ‘thas.’ O. and N. 1440

_plur._ N. This == these. Wright’s L. P. p. 42; ‘thuse.’ Fr. Sci. 122

D. and A. ‘thenne.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 23

Thisterness, _sb._ == darkness. HD. 2191. AS. þýsternes. Germ. finsterniss

Thit, == that. HD. 2990

Thither, _adv._ [þuder]. RG. 543, 387

Thitherward. RG. 387

Thixil, _sb._ == an adze. Ps. lxxiii. 6; but the AS. þixl seems only to mean ‘the shaft of a waggon.’ In Wright’s Vocab. p. 275, we find ‘acia’ (i. e. ascia), translated ‘a tyxhyl’

Tho, _adv._ == then. RG. 384

---- == when. O. and N. 1688

---- == though, _q. v._

Thole, _v. a._ == endure. RG. 407, 509; part. ‘ytholed.’ RG. 24. AS. þólian

Tholemod, _adj._ == long-suffering. Alys. 393. Wright’s L. P. p. 72. AS. þólmód

Thong, _sb._ RG. 115

Thonk, _sb._ == thought. O. and N. 490

---- == will; ‘hire thonkes,’ gen. abs. == with her will. O. and N. 70, 292 B. M. Ode, st. 43. AS. þonc, þanc

Thonkyng, _sb._ == thought. ‘heore thonkyng.’ Alys. 1660

Thore, _v. n._ == dare. 581 β. 2 s. pres. ‘therstou.’ 585 β; pret. ‘therste.’ 895 B. ON. þora

---- _v. n._ == need. 120 β. 3 s. pres. ‘tharf.’ O. and N. 190; ‘thar.’ Ritson’s AS. viii. 57. AS. þearfan. Germ. dürfen

Thore. See There

Thore, ‘on thore lay.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 95; probably, ‘on or according to the law.’ ‘Thore’ is the dat. sing. of the def. art. AS. þǽre

Thorn, _sb._ 389 β

Thornback, _sb._ == a fish. HD. 759

Thorough, _prep._ See Through

Thoroughly, _adv._ == going right through. HD. 680

Thoste, _sb._ == dung. Pol. S. 237; Ps. lxxxii. 11. AS. þost

Thou, _sing._ N. ‘thou.’ RG. 115; ‘thu.’ O. and N. 71; ‘thow.’ Alys. 3371

G. ‘thin.’ ‘maugre thin.’ HD. 1128

A. ‘the.’ 424 B.

_plur._ N. ‘ȝe.’ 26 B.

A. ‘ȝou.’ 583 β; ‘eu.’ O. and N. 1791; ‘ow.’ Ibid. 1696

Though, _adv._ [tho]. RG. 371; [thei]. RG. 64; [thah], O. and N. 1272; [thof]. Creed of St Athan. 79; [theȝ]. 156 B.

Thought, _sb._ 38 and 41 B. Ps. cxviii. 97

---- == care, anxiety. RG. 506. Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Thoure, perhaps for ‘þo were.’ RG. 534, sed qu?

Thousand, _adj._ RG. 368, 454

---- _sb._ Ps. cxviii. 72

Thowen, _adj._ == virtuous. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. AS. þeáw

Thraldom, _sb._ RG. 12, 480

Thralhede, _sb._ == thraldom. RG. 47

Thrall, _sb._ == a slave. HD. 1097. AS. þræl

---- == subjection, servitude. RG. 143

Thraying, _part._ == chastening. Ps. lxxii. 14; [ȝraihand]. Ps. cxvii. 18. AS. þreagan

Threat, _v. a._ RG. 110; pret. ‘thrat.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 53; part. ‘thrat.’ Pol. S. 158

---- _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 23

Threaten, _v. a._ RG. 457; 501

Threating, _sb._ 2107 B.

Threde, _v. a._ == either ‘dread’ or ‘threaten.’ 2107 B. Numerous examples of the interchange of ‘th’ and ‘d’ may be found in the Romance of Lybeaus Disconus, in Ritson’s Rom. vol. ii.; as ‘thoghty’ for ‘doughty,’ ‘tho’ for ‘do,’ &c.

Three. RG. 371; [thrinne]. HD. 716

Threpe, _v. a._ == convict, refute. Ps. xciii. 10. AS. þreapian

Threstelcock, _sb._ == thrush. Wright’s L. P. pp. 40, 43

Threte, == destroyed, worn out? Wright’s L. P. p. 23. From AS. ‘þroten,’ part. of ‘þreotan,’ to vex, oppress, wear out

Thrice, _adv._ RG. 490; [thrye]. RG. 191

Thrie, _sb._ == affliction. HD. 730. AS. þryccan, þrycnes

Thriddendele, _sb._ == third part. Alys. 5161

Thrift, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 47

Thring, _v. n._ == push, press. O. and N. 794. AS. þringan

---- _v. a._ == dash to pieces. Ps. lxxii. 20; pret. ‘thrange.’ Ps. lxxvii. 59; part. ‘thrungen.’ Ps. lxxii. 22; ‘ithrunge.’ O. and N. 38

Thrinnes, _sb._ == Trinity. Creed of St Athan. 10, 11. AS. þrínes

Thriste, _adj._ == bold. O. and N. 758. AS. þrist

Thrive, _v. n._ RG. 11. ON. þrífaz. Dan. trives

Thrivemon, _sb._ == a thrifty man. Pol. S. 159

Thriven, _adj._ == virtuous, good. Wright’s L. P. pp. 23, 26; ‘thriven and thro.’ Body and Soul, 87; ‘thryven in thro.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 26, and see p. 39

Thro, _adj._ == bold, good. See under Thriven. AS. þreá

Throat, _sb._ Body and Soul, 148. AS. þróte

Throatbolle, _sb._ == windpipe. Rel. S. v. 173. AS. þrótbolla

Throe, _sb._ [thrawe]. Alys. 606. AS. þreág

Throghe, _sb._ == pit, sepulchre. Ps. lxvii. 7; lxxxvii. 5. AS. þruh

Throne, _sb._ 2343 B.; [trone]. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 47

Throng, _sb._ Alys. 3639. AS. þringan

Through, _prep._ == on account of. [thurf]. 21 B.; [thurs]. O. and N. 821; [thurch]. O. and N. 1396

---- == by means of. [thurth]. O. and N. 1426

---- == throughout (of time). [thurȝ]. O. and N. 447

---- == throughout (of place). [þoru]. RG. 373

---- == throughout. [þoru]. RG. 367

Throughgo, _v. n._ Ps. c. 2; pret. ‘thurghyhode.’ Ps. civ. 18

Throughout, _prep._ [þoru out]. RG. 416

---- _adv._ == entirely. O. and N. 877, 878; [thurfout]. 262 B.

Throw, _sb._ == a space of time. RG. 261; hence ‘a turn.’ O. and N. 260. AS. þrag

Throw, _v. a._ Rel. S. i. 37; pret. ‘threw.’ K. Horn, 1108; part. ‘ithrow.’ F. and P. 14

---- == throw from a horse. Alys. 2226; pret. ‘threowe.’ Alys. 2791

---- _v. n._ == fall from a horse. Alys. 2224

Throwing, _sb._ == unhorsing a knight. Alys. 1614

Thrughe, == a pit. See Throghe

Thrush, _sb._ [thruisse], Cok. 94

Thrust, _v. a._ == push out. HD. 1152

Thrustle, _sb._ == throstle, or thrush. Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Thulke, == this. RG. 373, 549; == that. RG. 412. From AS. þylc, i. e. þyllíc, the like. It is not used in AS. for the dem. pron., but occurs in Laȝamon in this sense

Thuman, _sb._ == yeoman. RG. 470

Thund, _adv._ == yonder. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21

Thunder, _sb._ RG. 378

---- _v. n._ Ps. xvii. 14

Thundering, _sb._ RG. 414

Thursday. RG. 419, 532

Thurte, _adv._ == athwart, across, astride. HD. 10. AS. þweor

Thus, _adv._ RG. 443

Thuster, _sb._ == darkness. O. and N. 198. AS. þýstru

Thusterness, _sb._ == darkness. O. and N. 369; [thisterness]. HD. 2191

Thuvele, _sb._ == twigs, underwood. O. and N. 278. AS. þúfe

Thy, _adj._ RG. 238; [thire]. O. and N. 429

Tide, _sb._ == time. 37 β. AS. tíd

---- _v. n._ == happen. RG. 418. 1813 B.; [itid]. O. and N. 1254; 3 s. pres. ‘tid.’ RG. 134

Tideful, _adj._ == opportune. Ps. xxxi. 6

Tiding, _sb._ == news. RG. 383, 441

Tie, _v. a._ part. ‘iteid.’ 521 β

Tiger, _sb._ Alys. 5227

Tike, _sb._ == dog. Pol. S. 238. ON. tík

Till, _v. n._ == reach, extend. RG. 8, 151. Fr. Sci. 246. From ON. til == to; cf. AS. ‘till,’ an end, object

Till, _v. a._ == cultivate. RG. 21, 41. AS. tilian

Tilling, _sb._ Pol. S. 149; [talling]. Alys. 5932

Tilth, _sb._ Ps. civ. 12. AS. tilð

Timber, _sb._ Alys. 2885

Timbre, _sb._ == timbrel. Alys. 191

Time, _sb._ RG. 9, 370. In Ps. cxxxi. 5, ‘times’ is used for ‘brows,’ evidently a mistranslation of the Latin ‘tempora’

Timeful, _adj._ == suitable. Ps. cxliv. 15

Timely, _adv._ == in good time. RG. 258

Timing, _sb._ == time, season. Frag. in Warton, H. E. P., vol. i. p. 22

Timpan, _sb._ == drum. Ps. lxvii. 26; Ps. cxlix. 3

Tin, _sb._ RG. 1, 6

Tine. See Tende

Tine, _v. a._ == lose. HD. 2023. ON. týna

Tinsel, _sb._ == perdition, destruction. Ps. lxxxvii. 12. ON. týna

Tite, _adv._ == quickly. Ps. cv. 13; xxxvi. 2. AS. tíd, tídlíce

Tithe, _v. n._ == pay tithes; pret. ‘tetheȝede.’ RG. 261

Tithe, _v. a._ == grant. RG. 114. AS. tiðian

Tithing, _sb._ == a division of the hundred. RG. 267

Tithing, _sb._ == a tenth part [teoþing]. Judas, 135

Tiȝth. See Te

To, _prep._ ‘to this land,’ ‘to Scotlande.’ RG. 367

---- == towards. ‘to men.’ RG. 369

---- sign of dative case. RG. 370

To, _adv._ == till. Alys. 5902. Ps. xvii. 38

To, _adv._ == too, _q. v._

To, with infin., ‘to fle that cas.’ RG. 367; [te]. RG. 65

To, == two, _q. v._

Toad, _sb._ == frog; pl. ‘tade.’ Ps. lxxvii. 45

---- == toad. Body and Soul, 210

To and fro. Body and Soul, 184

Tobeat, _v. a._ == beat violently. O. and N. 1608

Toberste, _v. n._ == burst; part. ‘to-borste.’ Body and Soul, 159

---- _v. a._ == break in two; pret. ‘tobarst.’ Alys. 2154

Tobreak, _v. a._ == break in pieces. RG. 288, 419

---- _v. n._ K. Horn, 1109

Tobrede, _v. a._ == enlarge. Ps. iv. 2. AS. to-brædan

Tobrede, _v. a._ == tear in pieces; part. ‘tobrode.’ O. and N. 1006. AS. ‘tobredan’

Tobrenne, _v. a._ == kindle. Ps. ii. 13

Tobrise, _v. a._ == bruise; part. ‘tobrised.’ HD. 1950

Tobune, _v. a._ == strike violently. O. and N. 1164. AS. bana, bona

Tobuste, _v. a._ == batter, bang. O. and N. 1608

Tobuy, _v. a._ == buy; pret. ‘tobohte.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 93

Tochine, _v. a._ == split in pieces. O. and N. 1563; part. ‘tocoon.’ Alys. 573. See ‘tochon,’ in Gloss. to Laȝ. AS. tocínan

Tocleave, _v. a._ pret. ‘toclef.’ RG. 17, 401

Tocome, _v. n._ == come to, arrive. RG. 367

Tocrush, _v. a._ HD. 1992

Todash, _v. a._ RG. 540

Today, 295 β

Todele, _v. a._ == divide. RG. 492, 529

Todraw, _v. a._ == tear in pieces, destroy. RG. 422. Wright’s L. P. p. 111

---- == draw or carry. RG. 509

Todrive, _v. a._ == drive away, put to flight. RG. 458. Alys. 6216

Toe, _sb._ RG. 539; pl. ‘to.’ Marg. 46

Toflatt, _part._ == flattened. Alys. 5833

Toflight, _sb._ == refuge. Ps. xvii. 3

Tofore, _adv._ == before. RG. 377

Toforen, _adv._ == before. Wright’s L. P. p. 110

Tofrusshe, _v. a._ == smash. HD. 1993

Tofye, _v. n._ == dissolve in corruption. Wright’s L. P. p. 101. ON. fægja, to clean out. See ‘Defyyn’ and ‘Fyin’ in the Prompt. Parv., and the notes there

Together, _adv._ RG. 435; [togare]. K. Horn, 876

Tognaw, _v. a._ Alys. 6119

Tognide, _v. a._ == dash, bruise; pret. ‘tognodded.’ Ps. ci. 11. AS. gnídan

Togo, _v. n._ 3 pl. pret. ‘togane.’ Ps. ii. 2

Tohene, _v. a._ == vex, scorn. O. and N. 1127. AS. hýnan

Tohew, _v. a._ RG. 540; pret. ‘tohewe.’ Alys. 5704

Token, _sb._ RG. 291

Tokening, _sb._ == a token, or sign. RG. 396

---- == making signs. Alys. 6439

Toknit, _v. a._ Ps. cxlvi. 3

Tolene, _part._ == lent. Wright’s L. P. p. 49

Toll, _sb._ == tax. Pol. S. 237. Alys. 3795. AS. tól

Toll, _v. a._ == tull, allure. O. and N. 1625. ON. túlka, allicere

Tolonst, _part._ == lanced, pierced. Alys. 1621

Tolyvre, _v. a._ == deliver. Pol. S. 237

Tomb, _sb._ RG. 224

Tome, _sb._ == leisure. RG. 557. ON. tóm

---- _adj._ == vain, useless. O. and N. 1670. AS. tom. ON. tómr

Tomehed, _sb._ == vanity. Ps. xxiv. 4; xxxiv. 7

Tomorrow. 898 B.

Tomourn, _v. n._ == mourn. Wright’s L. P. p. 86

Toname, _sb._ == surname. RG. 431. The reading ‘tuo name’ is clearly an error

Tone. See Teen

Tong, _sb._ O. and N. 156. pl. ‘tangen,’ 475 β. AS. tange

Tongue, _sb._ 645 B.

Toningue ? Creed of St Athan. 18. Possibly a mistake for ‘theoning.’ AS. þeonung, power

Too, _adv._ [to] ‘to fewe.’ 174 B.

Tool, _sb._ == sword. Alys. 815

Tooth, _sb._ RG. 407

Toothed, _adj._ Alys. 5408

Top, _sb._ == spinning top. Alys. 1706. Dan. top

Top, _sb._ == a lock or curl of wool. O. and N. 428. AS. top

Top, _sb._ == head. Marg. 47

---- == summit. 339 β ON. toppr

Top, _v. n._ == wrestle, fight together. Pilate, 15. Dut. toppen. Kil.

Topaziune, _sb._ == topaz. Cok. 90. Ps. cxviii. 127

Toqueme, _adv._ == agreeably. Creed of St Athan. 5. See Gloss. to Orm. _s. v._ tocweme

Toraced, _part._ == broken in pieces. RG. 22. ON. rekja, part. rakit, to undo, unweave

Toraunced, _part._ == broken in pieces. RG. 216. This is probably only another form of the preceding word

Toreave, _v. a._ == tear; pret. ‘torof.’ RG. 29

Torede, _v. a._ HD. 118

Torel, _sb._ == tower. Alys. 3239

Torend, _v. a._ Alys. 6622, 7881

Torforth, == multitudes? Alys. 3205. W. torf

Torive, _v. a._ == split. Alys. 6217; part. ‘toriven.’ HD. 1954

Torment, _sb._ St Andrew, 18. St Kath. 165

Tormenting, _sb._ St Andrew, 57

Tormentor, _sb._ St Andrew, 81

Tort. See Turd

Toshake, _v. a._ O. and N. 1645

Toshene, _v. a._ == destroy. O. and N. 1118. AS. to-scǽnan

Toshiver, _v. n._ Alys. 2728

---- _v. a._ HD. 1993

Toslit, _v. a._ O. and N. 694

Tospill, _v. a._ Ps. xliii. 8

Tospread, _v. a._ RG. 160

Toswolle, _part._ == swollen. Pol. S. 157

Tote, _v. n._ == look, spy. HD. 2104. Swed. titta

Totear, _v. a._ Alys. 6297; pret. ‘totare.’ Alys. 4658; part. ‘totorn.’ HD. 1948

Tothriste, _adj._ == very bold. O. and N. 171. AS. þrist

Tothute, _vb._ pret. == thou hast confounded. Ps. xiii. 6. AS. þýwan?

Totill, _v. a._ == cultivate. Fr. Sci. 42

Totorve, _v. a._ == throw missiles at. O. and N. 1164. In v. 1117, ‘totorneth’ is probably a misprint for ‘totorveth.’ AS. torfian

Totose, _v. n._ == hurt, injure. O. and N. 70; part. ‘totused.’ HD. 1948. AS. teosu

Totread, _v. a._ 3 pl. pret. ‘totraden.’ Alys. 3946

Totwitch, _v. a._ == pluck at. O. and N. 1645. AS. twiccian

Touch, _v. a._ 2229 B.

Touching, _sb._ St Lucy, 33

Tough, _adj._ [tou]. RG. 515; [touȝt]. RG. 510; [toȝte]. O. and N. 703; [tohte]. O. and N. 1444. AS. tóh

Toupe, _sb._ == a tup, ram. Ritson’s AS. viii. 107. Sw. tuppa, a cock

Tour, _sb._ == arrangement, business. RG. 468. Fr. tour

Tournament, _sb._ RG. 384, 534

Tourney, _sb._ 213 B.

Tourneying, _sb._ == jousting in tournaments. Alys. 1045

Toute, _sb._ == rump. Cok. 134. Dut. stuit. ON. torta. Cf. Fr. touton. Cotgr.

Toward, _prep._ == on the side of; ‘toward Normandye.’ RG. 2

---- _adv._ == this way; ‘toward, fraward.’ Ps. cxviii. 8

Tower, _sb._ RG. 402

Towhen, _adv._ == how long? Ps. iv. 3; lxxxviii. 47

Town, _sb._ RG. 378, 512

Townsman, _sb._ Rel. Ant. i. 144

Towrench, _v. a._ == extricate. Body and Soul, 155

Towrest, _v. a._ == force open. Body and Soul, 189

Toyear, == this year. 235 β. Ritson’s AS. viii. 183

Tprot, == interjection of contempt. Pol. S. 223

Trace, _sb._ ‘took a trace’ == retired. Alys. 7771. Fr. traxir

Traitor, _sb._ RG. 519

Traitory, _sb._ == treason. Alys. 3983

Transcript, _sb._ 548 B.

Transmigration, _sb._ RG. 9

Trappe, _sb._ == trappings. Alys. 1606

Travail, _sb._ RG. 379, 395

Trayed, _part._ == annoyed. Alys. 3046. AS. tréga

Treachery, _sb._ RG. 56

Treachour, _sb._ RG. 455

Treacle, _sb._ [tracle]. Cok. 82. See Triacle

Tread, _v. a._ RG. 132

---- == copulate. part. ‘itrede.’ O. and N. 501

Treason, _sb._ RG. 385, 447

Treasure, _sb._ RG. 375

Treasurer, _sb._ Alys. 826

Treasury, _sb._ RG. 374

Treble, _adj._ == triple. Alys. 6606

Treche, _sb._ == track. RG. 145. Fr. trache

Tree, _sb._ == RG. 408, 536; [trough]. Alys. 6829; [trowe]. Alys. 6762

Treisuses. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176; probably a corruption of Fr. ‘trés usés;’ old worn pieces of leather, to the use of which the cobblers were restricted in mending shoes. The alutarii, or cordwainers, on the other hand, were confined to the _making_ of shoes with _new_ leather

Trenne, _v. a._ == separate. Rel. Ant. ii. 212

Tresche, _sb._ == trench. AG. 552

Trespass, _sb._ RG. 374, 528

---- _v. n._ Pol. S. 198

Tressed, _adj._ Alys. 5409

Tressure, _sb._ == tresses. Wright’s L. P. p. 105

Treye, _sb._ == sorrow. Rel. Ant. i. 113. AS. tréga

Triacle, _sb._ == medicine, remedy. Alys. 5071. Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Trichard, _sb._ == deceiver. Pol. S. 69

Trick, _v. n._ == deceive [trichen]. Pol. S. 69

Trie, _adj._ == choice. Cok. 19, 73; Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Trifle, _sb._ RG. 417. Lit. ‘a small piece,’ from AS. trifelan, to pound

---- _v. n._ part. ‘trifling.’ St Dunstan, 74

Trinity, _sb._ RG. 532

Tripe, _sb._ Alys. 1578. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Fr. tripe. Ital. trippa

Trobles. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176; probably a corruption of Fr. ‘troblés,’ waste, spoilt leather; from Fr. ‘trobler’ == corrompre, gâter, Roq. See Treisuses

Trod, _sb._ == tread, or track. Body and Soul, 212. AS. trod

Tromcheri, _sb._ == trumpery? Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Fr. troncer, to break into small pieces. Cf. Gawin Douglas’s ‘trumpis,’ fragments, which is probably the origin of the modern form

Trome, _sb._ == a company. HD. 8. AS. truma

Trone. See Throne

Tronn (sic in MS.), _sb._ == a steelyard. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176

Trotevale, _sb._ == trifling, joke. Body and Soul, 146. Lat. titivillitia

Troth, _sb._ == betrothal. K. Horn, 694

Trouble, _adj._ == troubled, murky. Alys. 4709

Troué, _sb._ == hole. Alys. 7465. Fr. trou

Trough. See Tree

Trow, _v. a._ == believe. RG. 110

Trowe, _sb._ == trust, belief. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. treów

Trowe. See Tree

Truage, _sb._ == fealty. RG. 39, 372

Truce, _sb._ RG. 529. AS. trúwa. Fr. tréve, truwe

True, _adj._ RG. 377

Trueness, _sb._ RG. 391

Truly, _adv._ RG. 93

Trump, _sb._ == trumpet. RG. 396

Trumper, _sb._ == trumpeter. Alys. 3426

Trumping, _sb._ Alys. 925

Truncheon [tronchon], _sb._ == part of a broken spear. Alys. 3745

Trundle [trendli], _v. n._ == roll. O. and N. 135. AS. trendel

Truss, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. pp. 110, 111. Fr. torser, trusser

---- _v. a._ == pack up. HD. 2017. Alys. 990

---- == fasten. Alys. 5477

---- _v. n._ == prepare oneself. RG. 487. Alys. 7160

Trust, _v. a._ RG. 468, 469

---- _v. n._ [triste]. O. and N. 760; [traiste]. Ps. cxxiv. 1

Trusty, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 47

Truth, _sb._ RG. 388, 457; [trauthe]. Creed of St Athan. 4; [trauht]. Ibid. 87

Try, _v. a._ == refine, as gold; part. ‘ytried.’ Alys. 828

Trysthor, _sb._ == traitor. RG. 302

Trywede, _sb._ == truth, good faith. RG. 358

Tubrugge, _sb._ == townbridge. RG. 543. Pol. S. 222

Tuenge, _v. n._ == pinch. See Twinge

Tuesday. RG. 552

Tug, _v. n._ Body and Soul, 226; part. ‘ytuht.’ Pol. S. 220. AS. tcohhian

Tuke, _v. n._ == harass, punish. O. and N. 63. AS. tucian

Tumble, _v. n._ Alys. 2465. AS. tumbian

Tumbrel, _sb._ == a porpoise. HD. 757. Swed. tumlare

Turd, _sb._ == excrement [tort]. O. and N. 1684. AS. tord

Turf, _sb._ HD. 939. O. and N. 1165 AS. turf

Turn, _v. n._ == return; ‘turnde again.’ RG. 387. 53 B.

---- with ‘to’ == become; ‘turn to ill.’ RG. 375

---- == turn against a person. RG. 367

---- _v. a._ == turn one’s back on a person. RG. 525; part. ‘yturned.’ RG. 28

---- == convert. St Swithin, 10

Turnay, _sb._ == tournament. Alys. 141

Turneying, _sb._ Alys. 1045

Turtle, _sb._ == dove. Ps. lxxxiii. 11. Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Tusk, _sb._ Ps. lvii. 7. AS. tux

Twege, _sb._ == doubt. M. Ode, st. 177. AS. tweogan

Twelfth, _adj._ RG. 416, 446

Twelfthnight. Alys. 6403

Twelve. RG. 18, 492

Twelvemonth, _sb._ == year. Pol. S. 71

Twentieth, _adj._ RG. 439

Twenty. RG. 440

Twere, _sb._ == doubt, subject of doubt, O. and N. 989. AS. tweo. S. Goth. twe

Twibil, _sb._ == axe. Wright’s L. P. p. 110. AS. twý-bill

Twice, _adv._ [tuye]. RG. 222

Twifald, _v. n._ == hesitate. Ps. lxv. 14; cv. 33

Twinge, _v. a._ [tuenge] == pinch. St Dunst. 81. O. and N. 156

---- == persecute. Ps. xvi. 9. Dan. tvinge.

Twinging, _sb._ == persecution. Ps. xvii. 19

Twinkling, _sb._ == ‘in the twinkling of an eye.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 106. AS. twinclian

---- == twangling, or tinkling (of a harp). Alys. 2572

Twinne, _v. a._ == divide. Ps. liv. 10

---- _v. n._ == separate, stand aloof from. Ps. xvi. 13. AS. twý

Two [tuo]. RG. 368; [to]. RG. 538

n. pl. ‘tweie.’ O. and N. 793

gen. pl. ‘tweire.’ O. and N. 886; ‘twam.’ O. and N. 1475; ‘twom.’ O. and N. 989

Twom. See Two

Tyffen, _v. a._ == adorn. Alys. 4109. Manuel des Pecches, 3204, 3208. ON. typpa.

Tyfyng, _sb._ == ornament. Manuel des Pecches, 3242

Tyrant, _sb._ RG. 389. pl. ‘tyranne.’ Alys. 7499

U.

Ughtening, _sb._ == dawn, See Uȝtening, Uȝten

Umben, _prep._ == around. Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. ymbe

Umbestonde, _adv._ == formerly. HD. 2297. Wright’s L. P. p. 46

Umbewhile, _adv._ == at times. Wright’s L. P. p. 49

Umbistand, _v. a._ == surround; pret. ‘umbistode.’ HD. 1875

Umbiyeden, _vb._ == surrounded. HD. 1842

Umgang, _sb._ == circuit. Ps. xi. 9

Umgive, _v. a._ == surround. Ps. vii. 8

Umgo, _v. n._ == go round; imper. ‘umga’ Ps. lviii. 7

Umgripe, _v. a._ == embrace. Ps. lxxviii. 8

Umklip, _v. a._ == embrace. Ps. xlvii. 13

Umlap, _v. a._ == encircle. Ps. xxxix. 13; lxx. 11. AS. læppa, a hem, border

Umlock, _v. a._ Ps. lxxvii. 62

Umset, _v. a._ == surround. Ps. xxi. 13

Umshadow, _v. a._ == overshadow. Ps. xc. 4

Umstanding, _sb._ == circumstance. Ps. cxl. 3

Umtipped, _part._ == dressed. Ps. cxliii. 12. See Tyffen

Unalike, _adj._ 140 β

Unarmed, _adj._ RG. 543

Unaware, _adj._ [unwar, uniwar]. RG. 88

Unbecomely, _adj._ K. Horn, 1097

Unbegotten, _adj._ [unbeȝet]. Signa ante Jud. 31

Unbind, _v. a._ RG. 74, 318; part. ‘unbound.’ RG. 161

Unblithe, _adj._ HD. 141. Wright’s L. P. p. 30

Unbold, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 100

Unborn, _adj._ Manuel des Pecches, 4857

Unbought, _adj._ Rel. Ant. i. 114

---- == unrecompensed. M. Ode, st. 30

Unbrede, _v. a._ == open. Pol. S. 156. AS. on-bredan

Unbroad, _adj._ [unbrad]. Pol. S. 156

Unburied, _adj._ RG. 219, 416

Unbuxom, _adj._ == disobedient. Rel. S. vi. 10

Unbuxomness, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 3013

Uncle, _sb._ RG. 446

Unclean, _adj._ RG. 351

Uncleanness, _sb._ RG. 434

Unclothe, _v. a._ HD. 659

Uncomely, _adj._ Body and Soul, 59

Uncouth, _adj._ == unknown. Alys. 5993; == unknowing in an act, sense. Wright’s L. P. p. 103? AS. uncúð

Uncunning, _sb._ 1024 B.

Under, _prep._ RG. 480; ‘under that’ == until. RG. 451

---- _v. a._ == put under. Ps. xvii. 48

Under, _sb._ See Undern

Underandnes, _sb._ == harmlessness. Ps. vii. 9. AS. derian

Underdo, _v. a._ == cheat. K. Horn, 1471

Underfang, _v. a._ == take up. RG. 371; pret. ‘underfong’

---- == understand. HD. 115

---- == elect. RG. 447

---- == receive, acknowledge. RG. 461. Wright’s L. P. p. 59

Underfind, _v. a._ == discover. Wright’s L. P. p. 45

Underfoot. 2031 B.

Underganging, _sb._ == humiliation. Ps. xl. 10

Undergo, _v. a._ == make to go under. Ps. xvi. 13

Underhand, == under one’s hand, in one’s power. RG. 141

Underlay, _v. a._ == put under. Ps. viii. 8

Underlout, _v. n._ == bow to. Ps. lix. 10; xxxvi. 7. AS. underlútan

Undern, _sb._ == third hour of the day, or 9 A.M. 2482 B.; [under]. Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. undern. MG. undaurns

Undernime, _v. a._ == take up. Body and Soul, 111

Understand, _v. a._ RG. 386; ‘Thu nart understonde’ == thou dost not understand. RG. 453

---- _v. n._ RG. 78; ‘To understonde hym’ == ‘suggest to himself or devise.’ RG. 431

Understanding, _sb._ Ps. cx. 10; cxviii. 73

Underthewe, _v. a._ == subdue. Alys. 1406. AS. under þeowan

Underwit, _v. a._ == understand; pret. ‘underwat.’ O. and N. 1089

Underȝete, _v. a._ == understand. RG. 401; perceive, discover. RG. 165. AS. under-gitan

Undeserved, _adj._ RG. 54

Undo, _v. a._ == destroy. RG. 384, 477

---- == open. Wright’s L. P. pp. 58, 71

Undreh, == intolerable? Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. dreogan

Uneasily, _adv._ 2252 B.

Uneasy, _adj._ 1482 B.

Uneaten, _adj._ [un-y-ete]. 296 β

Unelde, _sb._ == extreme old age. Ps. lxx. 18

Unele, _sb._ == sickness. RG. 377. AS. unhǽlu

---- == wickedness. RG. 384

---- _adj._ == evil. RG. 428

---- _v. n._ == become sick. RG. 349

Unfain, _adj._ Rel. Ant. i. 113

Unfast, _adj._ == insecure. Ps. xvii. 27

Unfele, _adj._ == evil. O. and N. 1379. See ‘unfæle’ in Gloss, to Laȝ.

Unfest, _adj._ == insecure. Ps. xxv. 1; xxvi. 2

Unfestand, _adj._ == insecure. Ps. ix. 4

Unfete, _adj._ == not feat, not good. Wright’s L. P. p. 43. Fr. faiteis

Unfiled, _adj._ == undefiled. Ps. xvii. 31

Unfillandlike, _adj._ == insatiable. Ps. c. 5

Unforholde, _adj._ == unrewarded. M. Ode, st. 30. AS. unforgolden

Unfree, _adj._ == niggardly, illiberal. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 191

Unfulmaking, _sb._ == imperfection. Ps. cxxxviii. 16

Ungirt, _part._ RG. 526

Unglad, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 29

Ungood, _adj._ O. and N. 129. Ps. i. 1

Ungreithe, Ungreithed, _adj._ == unready. Wright’s L. P. p. 99. 2241 B.

Ungrete, _sb._ == smallness. O. and N. 752

Unhallowed, _adj._ RG. 349

Unhealth, _sb._ M. Ode, st. 96, 8

Unhele, _v. a._ == uncover. Ps. xxviii. 9. AS. unhélan

Unhendly, _adv._ RG. 412

Unholde, _adj._ == unpleasant. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. AS. unhold

Unhonest, _adj._ == foul, indecent. Alys. 6472

Unhooded, _adj._ Ritson’s AS. xvii. 126

---- == lay, a layman. O. and N. 1176

Unhosed, _adj._ RG. 526

Unicorn, _sb._ Alys. 6710. Ps. xxviii. 6

Unisome, _adj._ == disunited. O. and N. 1520

Uniune, _sb._ == pearl. Cok. 87. Lat. unio

Unker, == of us two. See I

Unkevel, _v. a._ == uncover. HD. 601

Unkindly, _adv._ == against nature or kind. HD. 1250

---- == cruelly. 1540 B.

Unkindness, _sb._ RG. 31

Unkunde, _adj._ == not legitimate (of a king). RG. 423

Unkundede, _sb._ == unkindness. RG. 479

Unlast, _v. n._ == not to last. Ps. lxxxix. 6

Unlaw, _v. a._ == outlaw. RG. 473. 602 B.

Unlawfully, _adv._ Wright’s L. P. p. 53

Unlede, _adj._ == wicked. O. and N. 974. AS. unlǽd

Unlength, _sb._ == want of length. O. and N. 752

Unliche, _adv._ == only. Alys. 69

Unlike, _adj._ O. and N. 804

Unlovesome, _adj._ Alys. 6423

Unlust, _sb._ == misery, want of pleasure. Body and Soul, 95

Unmade, _adj._ Creed of St Athan. 31

Unmarried, _adj._ RG. 31

Unmeek, _adj._ Ps. iv. 3

Unmeet, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 23

Unmerry, _adj._ [unmurie]. O. and N. 346

Unmethe, _sb._ == want of moderation. O. and N. 352. AS. unmæte

Unmight, _sb._ == weakness. 1443 B.

Unmighty, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 22

Unmild, _adj._ O. and N. 61; 1497 B.

Unnait, _adj._ == vain, useless. Ps. ii. 1. AS. unnet

Unnaitlike, _adv._ == vainly. Ps. xxxviii. 12

Unnaitnes, _sb._ == vanity. Ps. xl. 7

Unne, _v. a._ == love. Wright’s L. P. p. 40. ON. unna

Unne, _v. n._ == grant, allow. M. Ode, 158; 1 s. pres. ‘an.’ O. and N. 1737. AS. unnan

Unnethe, _adv._ == scarcely. RG. 377, 491

Unnoteful, _adj._ == useless. Ps. lii. 4

Unorn, _adj._ == rude. K. Horn, 328. AS. unórne, unórnlíc

Unornelske, _adv._ == rudely. HD. 1941

Unpared, _adj._ Pilate, 232

Unplye, _v. a._ == unfold. Alys. 3000

Unquert, _sb._ == sorrow. Ps. xxx. 13. See Quert

---- _adj._ == sorrowful. Ps. x. 3

Unred, _sb._ == want of wisdom. O. and N. 161. AS. unrǽd

Unreken, _adj._ == disorderly, bad. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. ungerec

Unride, _adj._ == large. HD. 964; unwieldy. HD. 1795; deep, or wide (of a wound). HD. 1981, 2673; numerous. HD. 2947. AS. ungerýdu

Unright, _sb._ RG. 375, 417

---- _adj._ 330 B.

Unrighteous, _adj._ Ps. v. 6

Unrighteousness, _sb._ Ps. xxxvi. 7

Unrightfulness, _sb._ O. and N. 1740

Unripe, _adj._ O. and N. 320

Unroned, _adj._ == desolate. Ps. lxxviii. 7. See Rone

Unroningness, _sb._ == desolation. Ps. lxxii. 18

Unryde, _v. n._ == make incursion, attack. Manuel des Pecches, v. 904. AS. onrídan

Unsaht, _adj._ == unreconciled. Wright’s L. P. p. 42. AS. unsæht

Unseemly, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 31

Unsele, _adj._ == miserable, bad. O. and N. 1002. AS. unsǽl

Unselines, _sb._ == misery. Ps. xiii. 3

Unselthe, _sb._ == misfortune. M. Ode, st. 96. O. and N. 1261

Unsete, _adj._ == not good, or right. Wright’s L. P. pp. 23, 31. AS. unsidu

Unsewed, _part._ Pilate, 169

Unshapen, _adj._ == uncreated. Creed of St Athan. 23

Unshent, _adj._ == unpunished. Manuel des Pecches, 2733

Unshrined, _adj._ RG. 518

Unshut, _adj._ Alys. 2767

Unsithe, _sb._ == misfortune. O. and N. 1162. AS. unsið

Unsode, _adj._ == unsodden, unboiled. O. and N. 1005

Unspeedy, _adj._ Ps. lxxxviii. 35

Unspring, _v. n._ == open? Alys. 2902

Unspurn, _v. a._ == kick open. K. Horn, 1106

Unstable, _adj._ RG. 510

Unsteadfast, _adj._ Moral Ode, st. 122

Unstoken, _part._ == unfastened. Alys. 2682

Unstrength, _sb._ == weakness. O. and N. 151

Unstrong, _adj._ O. and N. 561

Unswere, _v. a._ == free from oppression. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22

Unthank, _sb._ gen. abs. ‘unthank his’ == against his will. Body and Soul, 215. Cf. ‘his thonkes,’ &c. _s. v._ Thonk. AS. unþanc; and see the Gloss. to Laȝamon and the Ormulum, _s. v._ Unthanc

Untheand, _adj._ == disobedient. Rel. S. vi. 9. AS. þewian

Unthenfol, _adj._ == unthankful. Pol. S. 159

Unthewe, _sb._ == bad manners, vice. Wright’s L. P. p. 73. O. and N. 194. AS. unþeáw

Untholandlik, _adj._ == unendurable. Ps. cxxiii. 5. AS. þólian

Untid, _sb._ == unfitness, that which is unseasonable, or wrong. Body and Soul, 43. AS. untíd

Untie, _v. n._ == become untied [untuen]. Wright’s L. P. p. 101

Untilled, _adj._ RG. 372

Untime, _sb._ == wrong time. Manuel des Pecches, 2965

Untiȝth, _sb._ == lit. want of discipline; hence wrong, wickedness. Body and Soul, 107. AS. tyht

Untoun, _adj._ == lit. ‘not suited to the town;’ hence, rude, uncivil. Wright’s L. P. p. 32

Untrue, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 32

Untrueness, _sb._ == wickedness. M. Ode, 135

Unused, _adj._ RG. 214

Unwarned, _adj._ == undefended. RG. 51

Unwate, _sb._ == misfortune. O. and N. 1265, 1196. AS. hwatu, auguries; hence, unhwatu, bad auguries, misfortune

Unwater, _v. a._ == give out water. Ps. lxxvii. 20

Unwatery, _adj._ Ps. lxii. 3

Unwelde, _sb._ == weakness. Ps. lxx. 9

Unwemmed, _adj._ == unspotted, undefiled. Ps. xviii. 8

Unwight, _sb._ == wretch. O. and N. 33, 218

Unwill, _adj._ == desirable. O. and N. 347. AS. onwill

Unwill, _adj._ == unpleasant. O. and N. 422. AS. unwilla

Unwisdom, _sb._ Ps. xxi. 3; lxviii. 6

Unwise, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 101. Pol. S. 153

Unwitandnes, _sb._ == ignorance. Ps. xxiv. 7

Unworshiply, _adv._ Manuel des Pecches, 980

Unworth, _sb._ 654 B.

---- _adj._ 653 B.

Unworthy, _adj._ RG. 412. O. and N. 339

Unwraste, _adj._ == weak, wicked. Wright’s L. P. p. 37. Alys. 878; [unwerste]. O. and N. 178. AS. unwrest. ON. hres, spirited; óhres, languid, weak. See the Gloss. to Laȝamon and the Ormulum, _s. v._

Unwre, _v. a._ == discover. RG. 508. See Unwreon

Unwrench, _sb._ == trick, evil design. O. and N. 169. Rel. S. v. 94. AS. unwrenc

Unwreon, _v. a._ == unfold. Alys. 336; part. ‘unwreȝe.’ O. and N. 846

Unwrought [unwroȝten], _adj._ == undone, destroyed. O. and N. 162

Unwunne, _sb._ == sorrow. Wright’s L. P. p. 47

Up, == upon; prep. RG. 321, 437

---- _adv._ RG. 143

Upbear, _v. a._ Alys. 5163; part. ‘upborn.’ Ps. cxxx. 1

Upbraid, _v. a._ 1784 B.

Upbraiding, _sb._ Ps. xxxviii. 9

Updraw, _v. a._ Alys. 2633

Upe. See Upon

Upfeng, _v. a._ == take up; pret. ‘upfang.’ Ps. cxvii. 13

Upheave, _v. a._ == lift up. Ps. iii. 4; part. ‘uphoven.’ Ps. lxxiv. 11

---- _v. n._ == rise. Ps. vii. 7

Upland, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 1318

Uplift, _v. a._ Ps. lxxxvii. 16

Upon, _prep._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26; [upe]. RG. 505, 506

Upperest, _adj._ Alys. 7068

Uprear, _v. a._ Ps. cxliv. 14

Uprise, _v. n._ Ps. vii. 7; pret. ‘upras.’ Ps. cxxxviii. 18; part. ‘uprisynde.’ Alys. 2270

Uprising, _sb._ RG. 379. F. and P. 6

Upstand, _v. n._ == stand up. Ps. ii. 2

Upsteghing, _sb._ Ps. ciii. 3

Upstie, _v. n._ == go up. pret. ‘upstegh.’ Creed of St Athan. 75

Uptake, _v. a._ RG. 387; pret. ‘uptoke.’ Ps. xxvi. 10

Upward, _adv._ RG. 321

Urling, _sb._ == edge. Ps. cxxxii. 2. Fr. orle. Ital. orlo

Urne, _v. n._ == run. O. and N. 638; pret. ‘ourne.’ RG. 405; ‘orn.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 58; part. ‘urmynde,’ a mistake for ‘urnynge.’ RG. 402; ‘y-eornd.’ Alys. 4357. AS. yrnan

Usage, _sb._ == custom. Alys. 4211. RG. 191

Use, _v. a._ Alys. 5256; part. ‘y-used.’ 476 B.

Usurer, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 2453

Ute, _adv._ == let us; used with verbs. M. Ode, st. 168. AS. ute

Utenlad, _sb._ == a foreigner. HD. 2153. AS. utlænd

Uthalve, _adv._ == on the outer part. O. and N. 110

Uthest, _sb._ == outcry. O. and N. 1696

Utschute, _sb._ == outbreak, excess. O. and N. 1466. AS. útscyte

Utterest, _adj._ == uttermost. Ps. cxxxiv. 7

Uvel. See Evil

Uȝten, _sb._ == morning, the dawn. K. Horn, 1424. AS. uhta

Uȝtening, _sb._ == the dawn. Ps. c. 8; lxxii. 14

V

Vacant, _adj._ RG. 472

Vad, _adj._ == dirty, faded. Fragm. Sci. 273

Valley, _sb._ RG. 55

Vault, _sb._ == cellar. Alys. 7210. Fr. volte, from Lat. volutus, volvere

Vauntward, _sb._ RG. 457

Vavassor, _sb._ == a subtenant of a fief, or tenant paravail, who held of a mesne lord. Alys. 3827. Ducange derives it from vassus vassorum

Vawe, == fain, _q. v._

Vaȝt, ‘vor vaȝt;’ probably a mistake for ‘vor naȝt,’ or ‘vor noȝt.’ RG. 253

Vein, _sb._ RG. 28. Alys. 2414

Veir, _adv._ == truly. Alys. 1001, 5676; ‘in veire.’ Alys. 5679

Velasour, _sb._ A corruption of ‘valvassor,’ another form of ‘vavassor.’ Alys. 3305

Vengeance, _sb._ RG. 333, 429

Venison, _sb._ RG. 243. Alys. 6353

Venom, _sb._ RG. 43, 106. Fr. venin. Lat. venenum

---- _adj._ == envenomed. Alys. 2860

Venomed, _part._ [i-wenemyd], Legend of St Patrick, in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 17

Venomous, _adj._ 440 B.

Veolthe, == filth, _q. v._

Verade, _sb._ == a multitude. K. Horn, 172. AS. werod

Verament, _adv._ == truly. Alys. 1346

Verdict, _sb._ RG. 141

Verger, _sb._ == orchard. Alys. 1938. Fr. vergier, from ‘vert’

Vermin, _sb._ Alys. 6128

Verse, _sb._ 219 β

Verss, == fresh, _q. v._

Vert, _v. n._ == go to harbour among fern, said of a buck. Ritson’s AS. iii. 8. Fr. vert?

Vestment, _sb._ 954 B.

Vetuse, _adj._ == old. Alys. 7948. Lat. vetus

Vice, _sb._ RG. 195

Victual, _sb._ [vitaile]. Alys. 5817

Vie, _sb._ == life. Marg. 1

Vie, _v. n._ == succeed, do well. Fr. Sci. 319; 658 B. Fr. voie, avoier, to excite, irritate; hence, challenge; and lastly, to succeed in a contest. See Burguy, _s. v._ Voie

Vigorous, _adj._ Alys. 6923

Vigour, _sb._ == strength. Alys. 1431. Lat. vigor

Vigour, _sb._ == idol. See Figure

Vile, _adj._ RG. 435, 506; comp. ‘vylloker’ == viler. 2500 B.

---- _v. a._ == make vile. part. ‘yviled.’ RG. 435

Vilely, _adv._ RG. 435, 519

Villany, _sb._ RG. 536, 547

Vilte, _sb._ == vileness. RG. 519

Vine, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 884

Vintner, _sb._ RG. 542

Vintry, _sb._ RG. 542

Violence, _sb._ 924 B.

Virgin, _sb._ 2342 B.

Virgin, _adj._ == pure. Alys. 334

Virst. See Thirst

Virtue, _sb._ RG. 86

Virtuous, _adj._ == valorous. Alys. 2408; great, powerful. Ibid. 5244

Vis, _sb._ == visage. Alys. 267, 5954

Visage, _sb._ Alys. 6425

Vision, _sb._ RG. 363, 428

Visitation, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 2103

Voice, _sb._ RG. 283

Void, _v. a._ == empty. Alys. 373

Vorsuolwe, == swallow. See Forswallow

Vouchsafe, _v. a._ == vouch a person safe. Pol. S. 199

Vow, _v. n._ Manuel des Pecches, 2806

Vow, _sb._ RG. 477

Vowel, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. 174

Vowson. See Advowson

Voyage, _sb._ RG. 392

Vyen, _part._ == fixed. Fragm. apud Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21. AS. fégan

Vygour. See Figure

Vyssare, == fisher, _q. v._

Vysseth, _sb._ == fishing. RG. 264

W.

Wade, _v. n._ == go. RG. 99. HD. 2654; [wede]. HD. 2641. AS. wádan

Wag, _v. a._ == move. HD. 89. AS. wágian

---- _v. n._ [wawen]. Alys. 1164. Fr. Sci. 342

Wager, _sb._ Pol. S. 218

Wagh, _sb._ == a wall. Ps. lxi. 4. AS. wáh

Wail, _v. n._ pret. ‘waile.’ Alys. 4653

Wailing, _sb._ Alys. 7883, 2365

Wain, _sb._ RG. 416. AS. wǽgen

Wait, _sb._ == musician. Alys. 4312, 7769

---- == sentinel. Ritson’s AS. viii. 143

Wait, _v. a._ == watch. Wright’s L. P. p. 91

Waiten, _v. n._ == keep watch. HD. 1754

Wake, _v. a._ == awaken, pret, ‘weiȝte.’ 446 β; ‘wight.’ Alys. 2925

---- _v. n._ == be awake. 681 B. AS. wacan

Wake, _v. a._ == watch. 2215 B. AS. wæccan

Waken, _v. n._ == awake. HD. 2164

Waker, _sb._ == a person apt to wake. Fr. Sci. 286

Wale, _v. a._ == choose. Wright’s L. P. p. 33. Germ. wahlen

Walk, _v. n._ K. Horn, 981; pret. ‘welk.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. weallian. Germ. wallen, to go

---- == travel; part. ‘iwalken.’ Marg 49

Walken, == welkin, _q. v._

Walker, _sb._ == a fuller, or whitener of cloth. 1135 B. AS. wealcere. Ital. gualcare, to full

Wall, _sb._ RG. 549, 555

---- _v. a._ Alys. 2658

Walled, _adj._ Alys. 6068

Wallyng, == boiling. See Well, _vb._

Wan, _adj._ == pale. Wright’s L. P. p. 93; [won]. Ibid. p. 28. AS. wonn, wan

Wand, _sb._ RG. 290. ON. vöndr

Wander, _v. n._ Pol. S. 240

Wandreth, _sb._ [wondred] == sorrow. Pol. S. 150. ON. vandrædi

Wane, _v. n._ Ps. ix. 7. AS. wanian

Wane, _sb._ == want. M. Ode, 179; [wone]. Wright’s L. P. p. 30. AS. wana

Wanene. See When and Whence

Wanhope, _sb._ == despair, want of hope. RG. 323

Want, _v. n._ == wish? RG. 468

Want, _v. n._ == be wanting. pret. ‘wondede.’ Ps. xxii. 1

Want, _v. a._ == be without, lack. Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. wana, a deficiency

War, _sb._ RG. 374

---- _v. n._ == [worry], make war. RG. 370; pret. ‘werrede.’ RG. 77

---- _v. a._ == war against a person or thing. pret. ‘worrede.’ RG. 371, 70; part. ‘ywerred.’ RG. 3; ‘iworred.’ Ibid.

Ward, _sb._ == guard. RG. 461

---- == division of an army. Alys. 1996

---- _v. a._ RG. 41, 491

Warden, _sb._ RG. 314, 436

Ware, _sb._ == wares. HD. 52; reward. Pol. S. 192. AS. wáru

Ware, _sb._ == thing, affair. Moral Ode, st. 32 (Hickes); but the Egerton MS. st. 34, reads ‘gare,’ i. e. gear

Ware, a collective term, ‘watres ware.’ Ps. xvii. 16; ‘windes ware.’ Ibid. v. 11; probably the AS. ware

Ware, _sb._ == spring. Ps. lxxiii. 17. Lat. ver. O. Engl. veer

Ware, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. pp. 30, 103; [yware]. RG. 388; [iwarte]. O. and N. 1219. AS. wǽr

Warentment, _sb._ == military apparel. Alys. 7943. Fr. garnement

Wariness, _sb._ [iwarness]. O. and N. 1226

Waring, _sb._ == price. Ps. xliii. 13

Warison, _sb._ == reward. Alys. 2512. Fr. guérison

Warn, _v. a._ == advise a person. HD. 2834. AS. warnian

Warn, _v. a._ == refuse a thing to a person. RG. 367, 550

---- == hinder. 1274 B.

Warned, _adj._ == defended, said of a city. Ps. xxx. 22; fortified. Ps. cvii. 11

Warnesture, _sb._ == garrison. RG. 94

Warrant, _v. a._ == insure safety to a person, keep harmless. Alys. 2132

Warp, _v. a._ == throw. HD. 1061; 3 s. pres. ‘werth.’ HD. 1176; place [worp]. O. and N. 596; pret. ‘warp.’ O. and N. 45

---- == strike. part. ‘iworpe.’ O. and N. 1119. AS. weorpan

Warring, _sb._ == fighting. Alys. 6095

Warring, _sb._ == cursing. Manuel des Pecches, 1289

Warrior, _sb._ Alys. 1461

Warye, _v. a._ == curse. See Werien

Warȝtreo, _sb._ == cursed tree, gibbet. 2233 B. AS. werg, accursed

Was. See Be

Was, == whose. See Who

Wash, _v. a._ RG. 435; [whosshe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 70; pret. ‘wosh.’ 273 β; ‘wesche.’ Ps. lxxii. 13

Wassail, _sb._ RG. 117

---- _v. n._ HD. 2098

Waste, _sb._ == reckless spending. RG. 376

---- == wilderness. Alys. 7121

---- _v. a._ RG. 136

Wastel, _sb._ == cake of fine flour. HD. 779

Wasteyn, _sb._ == wilderness. Manuel des Pecches, 1767

Wate, _sb._ == luck, hap, that which is foretold. RG. 31, 411. AS. hwatu, divination

Water, _sb._ RG. 371, 402

---- _v. a._ Ps. lxxvii. 15

Watercress, _sb._ Alys. 5767

Waterdog, _sb._ Alys. 5771

Waterless, _adj._ Ps. cvi. 25

Wathe, _sb._ == torment. Ps. cxiv. 3. AS. wíte

Watloker, == much rather. See Whatloker.

Wave, _sb._ 525 β; [wawe]. Alys. 5018. AS. wǽg, wáðuma

Wawe, _v. a._ == move. RG. 207. Alys. 2634. AS. wegan, wágian

Wawe, _v. n._ == wag, _q. v._

Wawing, _sb._ == motion. Fr. Sci. 385

Wax, _sb._ Pol. S. 151. AS. weax

Wax, _v. n._ RG. 9, 442; part. ‘ywox.’ RG. 412. AS. weaxan

Waxing, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 335

Way, _sb._ == road. RG. 7, 391; ‘to fly his way.’ O. and N. 308. ‘Do way,’ an expression like our ‘Get along with you.’ Alys. 7646; pl. ‘weyre.’ Body and Soul, 63

Way, _sb._ == mass? Ritson’s AS. viii. 31. AS. wæcg

Wayle, _sb._ == a girl. Wright’s L. P. p. 38. AS. wylen

Waynoun, a proper name? Wright’s L. P. p. 47

Wayte, _sb._ See Wait

Wayteglede, == watch-the-fire, i. e. one who sits in the chimney corner, poking over the fire? Wright’s L. P. p. 47. Cf. the Norse phrase Kólbitr; and see the Introduction to Dasent’s Popular Tales from the Norse, pp. lxxx-lxxxii. 1st Edit.

We. See Woe

We. See I

We. See With

Weak, _adj._ HD. 1012

Weal, _sb._ 1277 B.

Wealth, _sb._ Ps. lxxii. 12

Weapon, _sb._ HD. 1436. O. and N. 1367

Wear, _v. a._ RG. 390; pret, ‘werede.’ RG. 434

Weariness, _sb._ RG. 240

Weary, _adj._ RG. 19

Weather, _sb._ RG. 560

Web, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 315

Webbe, _sb._ == weaver. Pol. S. 188

Wed, _sb._ == pledge. Pol. S. 151. Wright’s L. P. p. 110. RG. 393. AS. wed

Wed, _v. a._ == marry. RG. 295, 439; said of the priest who marries two persons. Pol. S. 159. AS. weddian, wed

Wedbreak, _sb._ == adulterer. Ps. xlix. 18

Wedding, _sb._ St Lucy, 88. Manuel des Pecches, 1712

Wede, _vb._ == wade, go. See Wade

Wedlock, _sb._ Marg. 11

Wednesday. RG. 509

Wee. See Woe

Weed, _sb._ == garment. RG. 560. AS. wǽd

Weed, _sb._ == herb. Alys. 796. AS. weód

Week, _sb._ RG. 113; pl. ‘wouke.’ RG. 387. AS. weoc

Weeles. See Well, _sb._

Ween, _v. n._ == think. RG. 369. O. and N. 237. 2 s. pres. ‘wanst.’ O. and N. 1642. AS. wénan

---- _v. a._ == impute. Ps. xxxi. 2

Weep, _v. n._ RG. 420; [wyppen]. O. and N. 1064

Weeping, _sb._ RG. 405. Wright’s L. P. p. 30; [wyping]. Ibid. p. 85

Wef, _sb._ == whiff or scent. Body and Soul, 56. AS. wiffan

Weight, _sb._ == a measure, weight. Ps. lxi. 10. AS. wæg

Weir, _sb._ Ps. cxiii. 8; [wore]. Wright’s L. P. p. 28. AS. wǽr

Welaway, _interj._ 1179 B.

Welcome, _adj._ RG. 508

---- _v. a._ 473 B.

Welde. See Wield

Welk, _v. n._ == fade, become pale. Ps. lxxxix. 6. See Weolewe

Welkin, _sb._ == the sky. Wright’s L. P. p. 114; [walken]. Alys. 5799. Ps. cl. 1; dat. s. ‘weoluce.’ O. and N. 1680. AS. welcn, wolcen

Well, _adj._ == good. 89 B.

---- _adv._ RG. 375. O. and N. 31

---- == rightly. Rel. S. i. 20

Well, _sb._ (of water). RG. 1. Wright’s L. P. p. 94; pl. ‘weeles.’ Ps. xvii. 5. AS. well, wyl

Well, _v. n._ == boil, well up. Wright’s L. P. p. 40; [walle]. RG. 28; pret. ‘wal.’ Body and Soul, 218; part. ‘wallyng.’ Alys. 1622. AS. weallan

---- _v. a._ == boil. Marg. 60

Wellnigh, _adv._ == almost. O. and N. 44

Wellquemand, _part._ == pleasing. Ps. xci. 15

Wellqueme, _sb._ == pleasure. Ps. lxxxviii. 18; cv. 4

Wellquemeness, _sb._ == pleasingness. Ps. cxl. 5

Wellset, _v. a._ Ps. civ. 9; cxi. 5

Wellsetting, _sb._ Ps. cxviii. 91

Welly, _adv._ == kindly. Ps. l. 20

Wem, _sb._ == a spot or scar. RG. 336. St Kath. 151. AS. wem, womm

Wem, _v. a._ == to defile, corrupt. Ps. lxxxviii. 35; [wemmy]. RG. 206; part. ‘wemmed.’ Ps. xv. 10. AS. wemman

Wemed, _adj._ ‘prout wemod’ == with a proud stomach. Fr. Sci. 285. ‘Wem’ is still used for ‘womb’ in the North of England. AS. wamb

Wemless, _adj._ == spotless. Creed of St Athan. 6. Ps. xiv. 2

Wemmand, _sb._ == sinner. Ps. cxviii. 158

Wemmedness, _sb._ Ps. c. 3

Wemming, _sb._ RG. 336

Wemmy, _v. a._ == defile. See Wem, _vb._

Wench, _sb._ Cok. 139. Ps. lxvii. 26. AS. wencle. See Gloss. to Orm. _s. v._ wenchell

Wend, _v. n._ == go. RG. 8. AS. wendan

---- == turn (as in bed). Wright’s L. P. p. 28

---- _v. a._ == turn. HD. 2138; change. Wright’s L. P. p. 91

Wending, _sb._ == departure. Alys. 920

Wene, _adj._ == frequent, rife? Pol. S. 150. AS. wune, custom. Dut. wennen

Weole, _sb._ == wealth. Pol. S. 156. AS. weola

---- == happiness? Wright’s L. P. p. 44

Weolewe, _v. n._ == fade, become pale. Wright’s L. P. p. 50. AS. wealwian

Wepmon, _sb._ == man. Pol. S. 153. O. and N. 1377. AS. wæpman

Were. See Be

Were, _v. a._ == defend. HD. 2298. Alys. 5836; [werye]. Alys. 3533. AS. werian. Germ. wehren

Were, _sb._ == man, husband. O. and N. 1339. AS. wer

Werewed, _part._ == worried, killed? HD. 1915

Werien, _v. a._ == curse. O. and N. 1172; [werre]. Manuel des Pecches, 1291; [warye]. Id. 1292. AS. werigan

Werth, == throweth. See Warp

Weryying, _sb._ == protection. Wright’s L. P. p. 75. Ps. xxi. 20; [weryng]. Alys. 2798. AS. werian

West. RG. 544

West, _vb._ == shows? Alys. 238. AS. wísian

Westerness, _sb._ == the West country. K. Horn, 949

Westward, _adv._ RG. 20

Wet, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 136. AS. wæt

---- _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 31; pret. ‘watte.’ RG. 322; part. ‘wet.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 30

---- _v. n._ == become wet. Wright’s L. P. p. 36

---- _adj._ [wete]. Wright’s L. P. p. 85

Wete, _v. n._ == weep. Wright’s L. P. p. 84

Wether, _sb._ Ps. lxiv. 14. RG. 52. AS. weðer

Weve, _v. a._ == make to go, cut off; part. ‘weved,’ ‘yweved.’ Alys. 3839, 3807

Weve, _v. n._ == go, move. RG. 64. Another form of ‘wawe,’ ‘wave,’ ‘wag’

Weved, _sb._ == altar. RG. 369, 419, 433. AS. weofod

Weye, _sb._ == woe, _q. v._

Weȝe, _v. a._ == carry, O. and N. 1020. AS. wegan

Whale, _sb._ [hwal]. HD. 755; [qual]. HD. 753. AS. hwæl

Whalebone, _sb._ [whalles bone]. Wright’s L. P. p. 38

What, _interr. pron._ O. and N. 1438

---- _rel. pron._ O. and N. 1439

---- _interj._ O. and N. 1296

What--what, == some--some. RG. 402

Whate, _adv._ == quickly. Alys. 2639. AS. hwæt

Whatkin, _adj._ == what kind of. Ps. lv. 10

Whatloker, _adj._ == much rather. RG. 429, 357. 1249 B. (?) AS. hwætlíc, comp. hwætlicor

Wheat, _sb._ Alys. 5193. AS. hwǽte

Wheel, _sb._ RG. 408. AS. hweol

Whelp, _sb._ Ps. ciii. 21. AS. hwelp

When, _adv._ [wanne]. RG. 367, 378; [hwenne]. Rel. S. iv. 1; [hwanne]. O. and N. 1416; [hwan]. O. and N. 1468; [whan]. 290 β; [wane]. O. and N. 521; [wone]. O. and N. 324

Whence, _adv._ gen. of ‘when;’ [whonene]. O. and N. 138; [wanene]. O. and N. 1298; [whannes]. 288 β; [whethen]. Ps. cxx. 1

Where, _adv._ [war]. RG. 40. O. and N. 526; [whar]. 1078 B.

Whereby, _adv._ [warbi]. RG. 101

Wherefore, _adv._ 126 B.

Whereof, _adv._ RG. 405

Wheresoever, _adv._ 1389 B.

Wherethrough, _adv._ [war þoru]. RG. 432

Whereto, _adv._ 447 B. O. and N. 464

Whet, _v. a._ == sharpen; part. ‘y-whet.’ Alys. 6607. AS. hwettan

Whethen, == whence, _q. v._

Whether, _adv._ RG. 16; [whar]. 67 B; ‘whether--the’ == whether--or. O. and N. 1358, 1360

---- _adj._ RG. 408

Whey, _sb._ [wei]. O. and N. 1007. AS. wæg

Which, _rel. pron._ RG. 472; [hwucche]. O. and N. 934; [wuch]. O. and N. 1376

---- == what. 974 B. RG. 454

While, _sb._ == time. O. and N. 1589

---- with the def. art. == whilst [þe wule]. RG. 377

Whilom, _adv._ == formerly (dat. pl. of while). Wright’s L. P. p. 87

Whine, _v. n._ [wonie]. O. and N. 973. AS. wánian. Dut. weynen

Whining, _sb._ [wonyng]. O. and N. 311

Whistle, _v. n._ Alys. 5348, 5263. AS. hwistlian

White, _adj._ RG. 2, 228; [with]. HD. 48

---- _sb._ == white of an egg. HD. 240

Whiten, _v. a._ Ps. l. 9

Whither, _adv._ 693 B.

Whitherward, _adv._ 59 B.

Who, _rel. pron._ [hoo]. RG. 40; [hwo]. O. and N. 1193

gen. ‘was.’ RG. 475

dat. and acc. ‘whom.’ RG. 10; ‘wham.’ 116 B.; ‘hwam.’ Rel. S. ii. 2; ‘hwan.’ O. and N. 1508

Who, == one, ‘as who seith’ == as one saith. RG. 328; ‘alle ho’ == every one. O. and N. 66

Whole, _adj._ == sound. RG. 377. 676 β

Whore, _sb._ RG. 279

Whoredom, _sb._ RG. 241, 479

Whoreling, _sb._ Rel. S. vii. 29

Whoreson, _sb._ Alys. 880

Whoso, _pron._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26; [whose]. Ibid. p. 114

Why, _interr._ [wu]. RG. 307; [hwi]. O. and N. 1256; [wi]. O. and N. 1232

---- _rel. adv._ O. and N. 474; [whi]. 1573 B.

Wick, _adj._ == wicked. RG. 208. From AS. wǽc, weak

---- == bad, wretched; ‘wikke clothes.’ HD. 2458

Wicke, _adj._ ‘wicke tune,’ O. and N. 730, means probably ‘establishments.’ From the AS. wíc-tunas

Wicked, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. pp. 24, 30; ‘a wicked weed’ == a wretched garment. Serm. 40

Wickedness, _sb._ Pol. S. 230

Wickehede, _sb._ == wickedness. Body and Soul, 43

Wicket, _sb._ K. Horn, 1106. Fr. guichet

Wiclik, _adv._ == wickedly. Ps. xliii. 18

Wide, _adj._ RG. 410.

Widow, _sb._ HD. 79. AS. wuduwe

Wield, _v. a._ == govern, rule. 816 B.; [wolde]. RG. 147

Wife, _sb._ RG. 26, 380

Wigeling, _sb._ == an out-of-the-way place? Ps. cvi. 40. AS. wicelian, to stagger, to go out of the direct road

Wight, _sb._ == a man. RG. 533. 470 β. AS. wiht

Wight, _adj._ == active. HD. 9; [with]. HD. 1756; comp. ‘wyghtyore.’ Alys. 2396. Swed. vig

---- _adv._ == immediately, quickly. Wright’s L. P. p. 44

Wighth, _sb._ == a space of time. Alys. 5362; a space. Ps. viii. 6. AS. wuht, wiht

Wightness, _sb._ == valour, activity. Alys. 5001

Wike, _sb._ == dwelling. O. and N. 604. AS. wic

Wike, _sb._ == office, duty. O. and N. 603; station. Alys. 4608. See Gl. to Orm. _s. v._ Wikenn

Wike, _v. n._ == be weary. Wright’s L. P. p. 87. AS. wícan

Wikness, _sb._ == wickedness. Ps. v. 5

Wil, _adj._ == wild, uncertain. HD. 1042

Wild, _adj._ == fierce. RG. 374, 510; ‘wild beasts.’ RG. 375

Wilderness, _sb._ == a desolate place. RG. 15

Wildfire, _sb._ RG. 410

Wile, _sb._ == trick, deceit. Ritson’s AS. viii. 180. AS. wile

Wilful, _adj._ RG. 359; [willesful]. RG. 77

---- == voluntary. Ps. lxvii. 10

Wilfully, _adv._ == without a cause. Ps. xxxiv. 7; lxviii. 5

Will, _sb._ RG. 367

---- _v. n._ == wish. RG. 384; pret. ‘wolde.’ RG. 550

Will, _v. aux._ pres. 1 s. ‘wole.’ 39 B.; 2 s. ‘wolt.’ 40 B.; ‘wlt.’ O. and N. 499; 3 s. ‘wule.’ O. and N. 1360; ‘wile.’ O. and N. 1358; pret. 3 s. ‘wolde.’ 17 β; 2 s. ‘woldest.’ 35 B. ‘Will’ is constantly used with the infin. of the verb to form an imperative, as ‘nil þou niþe’ == strive not. Ps. xxxvi. 8, and cf. Ps. lxxiv. 5, 6

Willesful, == wilful, _q. v._

Willing, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. 212

Wilne, _v. n._ == wish. RG. 217. AS. wilnian

---- _v. a._ == covet, desire. RG. 46; part. ‘y-wilned.’ RG. 309

Wimple, _sb._ Marg. 47. AS. winpel

Win, _v. a._ == subdue, get possession of [i-winne]. RG. 519; recover, obtain. RG. 523, 549; pret. ‘wonne.’ RG. 384; ‘wonde.’ RG. 258; ‘wan.’ Alys. 5561. AS. winnan

Wind, _sb._ RG. 367

Wind, _v. a._ == twist. pret. ‘wond.’ Pilate, 126. AS. windan

Windmill, _sb._ RG. 547

Window, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 91

Wine, _sb._ RG. 6, 542. AS. wín

Wine, _sb._ == a friend. M. Ode, 111. AS. wine

Wineyard, _sb._ == vineyard. Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. wín-geard

Wing, _sb._ RG. 28

Winli, _adj._ == winsome. Ps. xxiii. 3. AS. wynlíc

Winne, _sb._ == joy. Pol. S. 195. AS. wyn

Winne, _sb._ == labour. O. and N. 670. AS. win

Winsome, _adj._ == lovely, delightful. Ps. lxxviii. 9. AS. wynsum

---- _v. n._ == be propitious. Ps. cii. 3

Winter, _sb._ RG. 371, 539

Wipe, _v. a._ RG. 435. AS. wípian

Wippen, _v. n._ == weep? O. and N. 1064

Wire, _sb._ [wyred]. Alys. 208. AS. wír

Wirwed, _part._ == strangled. HD. 1921. Dut. wurghen

Wisdom, _sb._ RG. 384

Wise, _sb._ == manner, ‘in no wise.’ 1212 B.; [wes]. O. and N. 748

Wise, _adj._ RG. 468, 506; sup. ‘wisest.’ RG. 266

Wisely, _adv._ RG. 550

Wisse, _v. a._ == direct. HD. 104. 1057 B. O. and N. 971. AS. wísian

Wissing, _sb._ == advice. HD. 2902. AS. wissung

Wit, _sb._ == knowledge, sense. RG. 457, 526; [i-wit]. O. and N. 772

Witch, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 38. AS. wicca, a wizard

---- _v. n._ == sing charms. Ps. lvii. 6

Witchcraft, _sb._ Body and Soul, 27

Witching, _sb._ == witchcraft. St Lucy, 122

Wite, _v. a._ == know. RG. 374; [y-wyte]. RG. 10; [iwite]. RG. 487; [wot]. 1625 B.; [wat]. O. and N. 1200; [wod]. Ib. 1188; 2 s. pres. ‘wost.’ O. and N. 717; pret. ‘wuste.’ RG. 374; ‘wiste.’ 208 B.; ‘west.’ Alys. 5834; part. ‘iwiste.’ 137 B.

Wite, _v. n._ == think, or expect. 2 s. pres. ‘west.’ O. and N. 47; pret. ‘wiste.’ RG. 93

Wite, _v. a._ == defend. RG. 487; pret. ‘wuste.’ RG. 549; S. S. witen. See Gloss. to Laȝ.

Wite, _v. n._ == go forth. Ps. lxxxix. 6; part. ‘wited.’ Ps. ix. 22; ‘witand.’ Ps. cxviii. 118. AS. wítan

Wite, _v. a._ == blame. O. and N. 1354; accuse. Wright’s L. P. p. 39. AS. witian

Witerlike, _adv._ == certainly. HD. 671. Ps. ii. 6

Witermon, _sb._ == a wise man. Wright’s L. P. p. 28

With, _prep._ == together with. 279 B.; [we]. RG. 457

---- == by means of. RG. 41

---- == against. O. and N. 62

---- == from. O. and N. 610. AS. wíð

With, _adj._ == white, _q. v._

With, _adj._ for ‘wight,’ _q. v._

With, _adj._ == pleasant? Wright’s L. P. p. 45. AS. wéðe

Withal, _adv._ RG. 28

Withclepe, _v. a._ == oppose. Alys. 1301

Withdraw, _v. a._ RG. 447

---- _v. n._ Ps. cxviii. 115; ‘withdraw of’ == withdraw from. RG. 497

Wither, _adj._ == hostile. Rel. S. i. 12; S. S. wiðer. See Gloss. to Laȝ.

Withering, _sb._ == adversary. K. Horn, 154

Witherthreat, _v. a._ Ps. xxxiv. 19; lxxiii. 10

Witherwendand, _part._ == opposing. Ps. iii. 8

Witherwine, _sb._ == adversary. RG. 325. AS. wiðer-winna, from winnan, to strive

Witherword, _sb._ == a hostile word. Ps. xc. 3

Withhold, _v. a._ == to hold with, or make to accompany. HD. 2356, 2362

---- == restrain. Alys. 2302

Within, _adv._ RG. 375, 549

Without, _adv._ RG. 549. 267 B.; [widh wute]. O. and N. 1593

---- _prep._ RG. 369; [witute]. O. and N. 183; [withouten]. 33 B.

Withsay, _v. a._ RG. 369, 374

Withseek, _v. a._ == seek out. part. ‘wuthsoht.’ Rel. S. v. 54

Withsitten, _v. a._ == oppose. HD. 1683

Withstand, _v. n._ == oppose. 725 B.

Withy, _sb._ == halter of withy. Alys. 4714. AS. wíðie

Witless, _adj._ == mad. RG. 216; at a loss. Pilate, 242

Witness, _sb._ RG. 29

Witterli, _adv._ == certainly. Ps. cxix. 1. ON. víturlega

Witty, _adj._ == clever. RG. 189; full of knowledge. O. and N. 1187. F. and P. 31

Witword, _sb._ == testimony. Ps. xxiv. 10. AS. wit-word

Wive, _v. n._ == marry. RG. 35

---- _v. a._ part. ‘iwived.’ RG. 529

Wiving, _sb._ == marriage. RG. 294

Wlak, _adj._ == lukewarm. Fr. Sci. 290 AS. wlæc

Wlate, _v. a._ == loathe. Ps. v. 7. AS. wlættian

---- _v. n._ == feel disgust for. O. and N. 354

---- _sb._ == disgust. O. and N. 1504. AS. wlætte

Wlatful, _adj._ == loathsome, abominable. Ps. lii. 2

Wlating, _sb._ == loathing, disgust. Ps lxxxvii. 9. AS. wlætung

Wlite, _v. n._ == look. Wright’s L. P. p. 43. AS. wlítan

---- _sb._ == countenance. O. and N. 439; Ps. xliv. 5. AS. wlíte

Wlonk, _adj._ == fair, proud. Pol. S. 156. AS. wlanc

Wluine, _sb._ == she wolf? HD. 573. Probably a metathesis of the ON. ulfinna,

thus ulvin } vluin }

Wo, _sb._ RG. 172, 485; [wai]. O. and N. 120; [wee]. Pol. S. 152; [weye]. Alys. 3449; [wa]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 152. AS. wá

Wo worth, i. e. woe be to, &c. Body and Soul, 7

Wobegone, _adj._ Body and Soul, 220

Wode, == went. See Go

Woderove, _sb._ == the woodruff; the asterula odorata of botanists. Wright’s L. P. p. 43. In Wright’s Vocab. p. 140, ‘wuderove’ is given as the transl. of ‘hastula regia’ or ‘muge de bois’

Wodewale, _sb._ == woodpecker. Wright’s L. P. p. 26

---- == wild thyme? Alys. 6793. AS. wudufille. Palsgrave has ‘wodewale, a herbe’

Woht, _sb._ == sin. See Woȝ

Wolc, _sb._ == some bird. Wright’s L. P. p. 26

Wold, _sb._ == power, governance. Alys. 6716

Woldeneyed, == wall-eyed. Alys. 5274. Probably from the ON. vagl i augum == festuca, pterygion. ‘En hinde, som trækker sig over öiet.’ B. Haldorson.

Wole, _adj._ == evil. O. and N. 8; [wle]. O. and N. 35. AS. wól

Wolf, _sb._ RG. 369

Wolfling, _sb._ Alys. 6272

Wollen, _sb._ == wollen garment. Fr. on Seven Sins, 16

Woman, _sb._ RG. 380; [wimman]. RG. 535. pl. ‘wymmen.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 33

Womanly, _adj._ RG. 457

Womb, _sb._ RG. 369. AS. wamb

Wombed, _adj._ RG. 377; [wemod]. Fr. Sci. 286

Wombeling, _sb._ == womb. Alys. 5674

Won, _sb._ == hope. RG. 419; [iwon]. 1022, 1712, B.; [wunne]. Pol. S. 153

---- == opinion. HD. 1972. AS. wén. ON. von

Won, _sb._ == plenty. RG. 2, 265; [iwon]. Rel. S. v. 76

---- == riches. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. Alys. 5658; [wane]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 50; SS. winne, wunnen

Won, _sb._ == dwelling. Wright’s L. P. pp. 46, 51. AS. wunian

Won. See Wan

Wonde, _v. n._ == fear, hesitate. K. Horn, 345. AS. wandian

Wonde, _v. n._ == cease. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. AS. wendan

Wonde, _v. n._ == wound? Alys. 6525

Wonde, _adj._ == wicked. Rel. S. v. 112. ON. vondr. AS. wonn

Wonder, _sb._ RG. 376

---- == a wonderful thing. RG. 7, 417

---- _v. n._ O. and N. 228

---- _adj._ == wonderful. RG. 416

Wonderful, _adj._ RG. 414

Wondering, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 40

Wonderliche, _adv._ == wonderfully. RG. 489

Wondred, == sorrow. See Wandreth

Wone. See When

Wone, _sb._ == want. See Wane, _sb._

Wone, _sb._ == opinion. HD. 1711. AS. wénan

Wone, _adj._ == wont. HD. 2297; [i-wune]. O. and N. 1318; [y-woned]. RG. 377

---- _sb._ == custom. RG. 392. AS. wune

Wong, _sb._ == cheek. Wright’s L. P. pp. 28, 30, 31. AS. wang

Wong, _sb._ == field, plain. HD. 397, 1444. AS. wang

Wonie, == whine, _q. v._

Woning, _sb._ == a dwelling. RG. 275; [wonyghing]. Alys. 5930

Woningstede, _sb._ Ps. lxxxvi. 7. Ritson’s AS. viii. 53, 200

Wonne, _v. n._ == dwell. RG. 41. AS. wunian

Wonying, == whining, _q. v._

Woo, _v. a._ [woȝe]. K. Horn, 558; [wowe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. wógan

Wood, _sb._ RG. 374, 565. AS. wudu

Wood, _adj._ == mad. RG. 496. AS. wód

Woodward, _sb._ == the keeper of the wood. Pol. S. 149

Wooing, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 28

Wool, _sb._ RG. 2

Woolmonger, _sb._ RG. 539

Woolpack, _sb._ RG. 539

Wop, _sb._ == weeping. RG. 476

Word, _sb._ RG. 377, 501

---- == tidings. RG. 153

Woren, _v. a._ == trouble, disturb. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. AS. worian

Worewed, _part._ == worried. See Worry

Wori, _adj._ == troubled (of water). 255, 274 β

Work, _sb._ RG. 448

---- _v. a._ == cause. Wright’s L. P. p. 42, make, fashion; part ‘ywroȝte.’ RG. 447, ‘ywort.’ RG. 174

---- _v. n._ == do work. 186 B. Wright’s L. P. p. 60; pret. ‘wraht.’ Ibid. p. 42, ‘wroȝte.’ RG. 287

Workman, _sb._ St Swithin, 55

World, _sb._ KG. 367

Worldly, _adj._ Fragm. on Seven Sins, 16

Worly, _adj._ == excellent, beautiful. Wright’s L. P. pp. 39, 45; [wurhliche]. Ibid. p. 51. AS. wurðlic

Worm, _sb._ RG. 490

Worry, _v. a._ 1598 B.; part. ‘worewed.’ HD. 1915. AS. wérian

Worse, _adj._ RG. 374, 501

Worship, _sb._ [wurthsipe]. O. and N. 1097, 1342

Worshipful, _adj._ Ps. lxxi. 14

Worst, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 99

Worst. See Worthe

Wort, _sb._ == a root. RG. 341. AS. wyrt

Worth, _sb._ == value. RG. 373

---- _adj._ == worthy of, ‘what hii were wurth.’ RG. 374

Worth, _adv._ = forth. RG. 457

Worthe, _v. n._ == be, become. [iworthe]. 947 B. 2 s. pres. ‘worst.’ 1812; 3 s. pres. ‘worth.’ RG. 512; 1 pl. ‘wortheth.’ RG. 454; 3 s. imper. (in the phrase ‘wo worth.’) Body and Soul, 7; part. ‘iworthe.’ O. and N. 660. AS. weorðan

Worthful, _adj._ O. and N. 1479

Worthing, _sb._ == glory, honour. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. AS. weorðung

Worthship, _sb._ == worship, _q. v._

Worthy, _adj._ == excellent. 412 B.

---- == powerful. Ps. xlix. 3

Wot, == know. See Wite

Wote ? RG. 361

Wou, See Woȝ

Would, _sb._ See Will

Wound, _sb._ RG. 49. Wright’s L. P. pp. 85, 84

---- _v. a._ part, ‘ywonded.’ RG. 49

Wow, See Woȝ

Wowe, _sb._ == wall. HD. 1963. K. Horn, 1000. AS. wáh

Wowe, _v. n._ == to woo, _q. v._

Woȝ, _sb._ == wrong. O. and N. 164. RG. 39; [wou]. RG. 375, 550; [wow]. RG. 379; [woht]. Rel. S. ii. 16. AS. wóh

Wrake, _sb._ == evil, destruction. O. and N. 1192. AS. wræc

Wrakeful, _adj._ == wicked. Wright’s L. P. p. 23. AS. wræcfull

Wrath, _sb._ 451 B. AS. wráð

---- _v. n._ == be angry. Ps. iv. 5

---- _v. a._ == make angry. RG. 376, 253

Wrathless, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 42

Wray, _v. a._ == betray. 1226 B; [wrye]. Alys. 442. AS. wreian

Wrayli, _v. n._ == chatter, rail, abuse. St Swithin, 70. Dut. rallen. Swed. ralla

Wreche, _sb._ == vengeance. RG. 380, 419. AS. wræc

Wreche, == misery. RG. 252. But we should probably read ‘wrechede’

Wreier, _sb._ == betrayer, spoiler. HD. 39

Wreke, _v. a._ == avenge. HD. 1363. AS. wræccan

Wreker, _sb._ == avenger. Ps. viii. 3

Wren, _sb._ O. and N. 564. AS. wrenna

Wrench, _sb._ == trick. RG. 570, 535. AS. wrence

Wreon, _v. a._ == cover. Alys. 1606; 3 s. pres. ‘wrieth.’ Alys. 1992; part. ‘ywrye.’ RG. 56, 92. AS. wreon, wríhan

Wrestle, _v. n._ RG. 22, 361. Alys. 1046. AS. wræstlian

Wrestling, _sb._ O. and N. 793. Alys. 1046

Wretch, _sb._ 524 β AS. wræcca

---- _adj._ == wretched. 449 B.

Wretched, _adj._ comp. ‘wretcheder.’ 2432 B.

Wretchede, _sb._ == wretchedness. RG. 386, 511

Wretchedly, _adv._ RG. 446

Wrethen--writhen, _part._ == twisted. Alys. 5723

Wrey, _v. a._ == accuse. Pol. S. 198, 199; part. ‘wreynt.’ Pol. S. 157. AS. wrégan

Wrie, _v. n._ == move away. Wright’s L. P. p. 48. AS. wrigan, whence our ‘wriggle’

Wrieth, == covereth. See Wreon

Wrikke, _v. n._ == wriggle. St Dunstan, 82; ‘wrikkend’ == walking, going. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 216. AS. wrigan

Wring, _v. a._ (one’s hands). Body and Soul, 174; (clothes). HD. 1233

---- == keep tight hold of. Sermon, 20

---- == twist; part. ‘wrong.’ Alys. 6447

---- == press down, overcome; pret. ‘wrong.’ Marg. 47. AS. wringan

Wringer, _sb._ Sermon, 21

Writ, _sb._ HD. 136

---- == Scripture. Wright’s L. P. p. 101

---- == letter. Alys. 4502

Write, _v. a._ pret. ‘wrot.’ 164 B.; part. ‘iwrite.’ 1425 B.

Writeling, _sb._ == trills in a song? O. and N. 48, 912. From AS. wriðan == to writhe or twist

Writhe, _v. n._ == bend easily. Body and Soul, 116. AS. wríðan

Wro, _sb._ == hole or corner. HD. 68. Su. Goth. wra. Dan. vraa

Wronehede. Probably a mistake for ‘wronghede’ == wickedness. O. and N. 1398

Wrong, _adj._ == mistaken. Wright’s L. P. p. 31. ON. rángr. AS. wringan

Wrong, _sb._ == injustice, oppression. Wright’s L. P. p. 68. 1616 B.

---- _adv._ == badly. O. and N. 196

Wrong, _part._ == twisted. See Wring

Wrongwis, _adj._ == wicked. Ritson’s AS. viii. 177; [wrancwise]. Moral Ode, 129

Wrot, _sb._ == snout. Rel. Ant. ii. 211. AS. wrót

Wroten, _v. n._ == to root. Earth, st. 3. AS. wrót

Wroth, _adj._ == angry. RG. 31; timid. Alys. 544. AS. wráð

---- == poor, base. Wright’s L. P. p. 38

---- _sb._ == evil, unkindness. RG. 31

Wrotherhele, _sb._ [wrothe hele] == injury, destruction. RG. 143, 164. Body and Soul, 225. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝamon, iii. 444

Wrought. See Work, _vb._

Wrying, _sb._ == treachery. Alys. 3514

Wune, _sb._ == custom. O. and N. 272. AS. wune

Wunne, _adj._ == accustomed? Wright’s L. P. p. 46

Wunne, _sb._ == joy. Wright’s L. P. p. 47. AS. wyn

---- == hope. See Won

Wyred, == wire, _q. v._

Wyt, _sb._ == calamity, blame. Body and Soul, 62. AS. wíte

Y.

Y, == in. Pol. S. 151

Yard, _sb._ == rod. RG. 22; [ȝurd]. 2385 B.

---- == staff or sceptre. Ps. xliv. 7. AS. gyrd

Yard, _sb._ == courtyard. HD. 702. AS. geard

Yare, _adj._ == ready. RG. 396; [ȝarte]. O. and N. 1220. AS. gearo

---- _v. a._ == make ready. HD. 1350

Yare, _adv._ == of yore. 1512 B. AS. geara

Yate, _v. a._ == tell. Ritson’s AS. viii. 80. ON. géta

Yawn, _v. n._ [ȝonie]. O. and N. 292; [yene]. Body and Soul, 202. Alys. 485. AS. ganian

Ybrad. See Braid

Ycholle, == I shall. RG. 405

Ycoled, _part._ == helmeted, armed. Alys. 2686. AS. col, a helmet

Ydle. See Isle

Ydought. See Dow

Yea. 36 B.; [ya]. Alys. 3571

Year, _sb._ RG. 373. AS. gear

Yearn, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 43; [eorne]. O. and N. 1202

---- _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 63. AS. geornian

Yearning, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 72

Yell, _v. n._ [ȝulle]. 498 β; 2 s. pres. ‘ȝollest.’ O. and N. 223; pret. ‘ȝal.’ 502 β. AS. geallian

Yelling, _sb._ [ȝullinge]. 487 β. O. and N. 1641

Yellowman, _sb._ [ȝeolumon], Pol. S. 158

Yelp, _v. n._ == speak. Alys. 1065. AS. gilpan

---- == boast [ȝulpe], O. and N. 1650; part. ‘y-yolpe.’ Alys. 3368

Yelping [ȝulping], _sb._ == boasting. RG. 209, 210

Yeme, Yheme, Yheming. See ȝeme

Yene, _sb._ == yawn, _q. v._

Yepe, _adj._ == ready. Alys. 1193. See ȝep

Yering, _sb._ == yearning, desire. Ritson’s AS. viii. 79

Yesterday. Ps. lxxxix. 4

Yet, _adv._ [ȝut]. RG. 372; [ȝot]. O. and N. 1695

Yfere, _sb._ == companions. Alys. 6906. AS. ge-fera

Yhaht. See Hatch

Yhatered, _part._ == clothed. Alys. 5922. See Hattren

Yhete, _v. a._ == cast, pour out. Ps. lxviii. 25; pret. ‘yhet.’ Ps. xli. 5; pl. ‘yhotten.’ Ps. lxxviii. 3; part. ‘yotten.’ Ps. lxxiii. 21. AS. geotan. See ‘ȝete’

Yhoten, _sb._ == giant, Ps. xviii. 7. AS. eóten

Yield, _v. a._ == give up. Alys. 3176; pret. ‘yolde.’ RG. 387; part. ‘y-yolde.’ RG. 449; ‘iȝulde.’ 612 B. AS. geldan

---- == repay. Alys. 132

---- _v. n._ == turn out. K. Horn, 495

Ylef, _vb._ == believe thou. RG. 265

Ylome, == frequently. See Ilome

Ylong, _adv._ == belonging to, proper to. Wright’s L. P. pp. 61, 74. AS. gelang

Ymette, _adj._ == moderate? Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. gemet

Ymone, _adv._ == together, in concert. 380 β AS. gemana

Ympne. See Hymn

Ynele, == I ne will--I will not. RG. 314

Ynote, _part._ == noted, known. Alys. 59

Yoke, _sb._ RG. 453. AS. geoc

---- _v. a._ part. ‘y-yoked.’ Rel. Ant. ii. 211

Yolk, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 240. AS. geolca

Yond, _adv._ [ȝund] == yonder. 1 β. AS. geond

Yond, _adj._ == farther, as the ‘yond half,’ or farther side. Ritson’s AS. viii. 200. 713 β

Yornandlike, _adj._ == desirable. Ps. xviii. 11

Young, _adj._ RG. 377; comp. ‘younger.’ RG. 423; sup. ‘youngest.’ RG. 381. AS. geong

Younghede, _sb._ [ȝonghede] == youth. Legend of St Cuthbert, in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 15, _n._

Younglike, _adj._ Ps. cxviii. 141

Youngling, _sb._ Alys. 2366

Your, _adj._ RG. 455; [ower]. RG. 500; [or]. Wright’s L. P. p. 32

Youth, _sb._ Body and Soul, 111; [ȝeuȝede]. Moral Ode, st. 178. AS. geogoð

Youthhede, _sb._ Ps. xlii. 4

Yox, _v. n._ == sob. 1570 B. AS. geocsa

Yoxing, _sb._ == hiccuping. RG. 34

Ypotanos. See Hippopotamus

Yraȝte, _vb._ == procreated? O. and N. 106

Yse, _sb._ == iron. Alys. 5149. AS. ísen. Germ. eisen

Ysome, _adv._ == together. RG. 3, 83. AS. gesome

Ysteot, _part._ == fastened. Alys. 2768

Yswerred, _adj._ == having necks. Alys. 6264. AS. sweora

Yswowe, _part._ == in a swoon. Alys. 2262. See Swoon

Ythe, _adv._ == easily. K. Horn, 61. AS. eáðe

Ythen, _part._ == flourishing, prosperous. See The, _vb._

Ytolde, _part._ == pitched (of a tent). Alys. 5901. See Teld

Yvortrou, _adj._ == mistrustful. RG. 342

Ywrye. See Wreon

Ȝ.

Ȝarewe, _adj._ == ready. O. and N. 378. AS. gearo

Ȝark, _v. a._ == make ready. RG. 391, 399. Alys. 1411. AS. gearcian

Ȝarte. See Yare

Ȝavre, == ever, or perhaps ‘of yore.’ O. and N. 1178

Ȝef. See If

Ȝeines. Rel. S. i. 16. Probably instead of ‘tharto ȝeines’ we should read ‘thar toȝeines’ == there against, i.e. against death. AS. to-geánes

Ȝeme, _sb._ == care. RG. 135. AS. gýman

---- _v. a._ == care for, take care of. HD. 131

Ȝeming, _sb._ == care. Ps. cxl. 3

Ȝende, _sb._ == end. RG. 169

Ȝene ? O. and N. 843

Ȝeode, _vb._ == went. See Go

Ȝep, _adj._ == active. Wright’s L. P. p. 39; bold. O. and N. 465. AS. gæp

Ȝephede, _sb._ == boldness. O. and N. 683

Ȝerne, _adv._ == earnestly. RG. 487. AS. georne

Ȝete, _v. a._ == cast. Body and Soul, 189. See yhete

Ȝeuȝede, _sb._ == youth, _q. v._

Ȝeve, == give, _q. v._

Ȝeynchar, _sb._ == repentance. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. See App. to Mapes’s Poems, p. 343. AS. cerran with ‘gen’

Ȝeȝe, _v. n._ == jog along, go. Wright’s L. P. p. 111

---- _v. a._ == jog. Pol. S. 158

Ȝif. See If

Ȝiverness, _sb._ == avarice. Rel. S. vii. 11. AS. gífer

Ȝoe, == she. See under He

Ȝoe, == joy, _q. v._

Ȝokkyn, _sb._ == joking? Wright’s L. P. p. 50

Ȝomere, _adj._ == sorrowful. O. and N. 415. AS. geomor

Ȝonie, == yawn, _q. v._

Ȝoȝelinge, _sb._ == chattering, gabbling. O. and N. 40. Probably the same as the later ‘gaggle,’ which is used of a confused noise of people talking, in the Poem on the Deposition of Richard II. p. 18, and of geese, in Churchyard’s Pleasant Conceit penned in Verse (1593), cited in the pref. to Nash’s Pierce Penniless. (Shaksp. Soc.’s ed.), p. xviii.

Ȝraihand. See Thraying

Ȝuling. See Yelling

Ȝulle. See Yell

Ȝulpe. See Yelp

Ȝulping. See Yelping

ADDENDA.

Baru, add AS. bearh

Bert, _v. n._ == crepitum ventris edere. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211

Bidde, _v. n._ == need, ought. HD. 1733. Another form of ‘bud.’ Dan. bör. Compare Chaucer’s ‘bode.’ Rom. Rose, 790

Birde, _sb._ For HD. 2760, read Wright’s L. P. pp. 25, 30

Birde, _vb. pret._ == it behoved. HD. 2760. ON. byrjar. Dan. bör

Brol ? Rel. Ant. ii. 192

By, _v. a._ == to defame. Manuel des Pecches, 1355. ON. bía, maculare

Ferblet. Possibly ‘suffused with blood,’ ‘sanguine.’ Cf. ‘forbled,’ in the Anturs of Arthur at Tarne Wathelan, st. 51

Graueth. Probably for ‘graveth,’ or ‘geraveth,’ from AS. reáf, clothing

JOHN CHILDS AND SON, PRINTERS.