i. 365; A 1399, B 166, E 1582, 1585, F 82, 132, 143, 175, 1454, G 668;

Mirror (Lat. Speculum), L. 307 _a_; see note.

MIRRE, _s._ myrrh, A 2938.

MIRTHE, _s._ pleasure, amusement, R. 601; 3. 612; A 759, 766, 767; Mirthe, Sir, Mirth (personified), R. 733; Murthe, joy, E 1123. A.S. _myrhdh_.

MIRTHELES, _adj._ without mirth, sad, 5. 592.

MIS, _adj._ wrong, amiss, 7. 279; T. iv. 1348; bad, HF. 1975; blameworthy, G 999.

MIS, _s._ wrong, evil, L. 266 a.

MIS, _adv._ amiss, wrongly, B 4. p 5. 14; T. i. 934.

MIS, _1 pr. s._ lack, have not, 6. 47. See MISSE.

MISACOUNTED, _pp._ miscounted, T. v. 1185.

MISAUNTER, _s._ misadventure, misfortune, T 766. (_Aunter = aventure_; see below.)

MISAVENTURE, _s._ misadventure, misfortune, mishap, R. 253; 4. 140, 229; B 616, 3540, D 1334; mischief, R. 422.

MISAVYSE, _pr. pl. refl._ advise themselves amiss, act unadvisedly, D 230.

MISBILEVE, _s._ belief of trickery, suspicion, G 1213.

MISBILEVED, _pp._ misbelieving ones, infidels, 1. 146.

MISBODEN, _pp._ offered (to do you) evil, insulted, A 909. Pp. of _misb[=e]den_.

MISBORN, _pp._ misbehaved, B 3067 (lit. 'borne amiss').

MISCARIE, _v._ go amiss, A 513.

MISCHAUNCE, _s._ ill luck, R. 1548; 1. 85; T. i. 118; mischance, R. 251; misfortune, L. 1826; Mischance, ill luck, D 1334; _to mischaunce_, i.e. to the devil, T. ii. 222, v. 359; _how m._, how the mischief, T. iv. 1362.

MISCHEEF, _s._ misfortune, L. 1278; Mischef, misfortune, danger, 4. 58; harm, R. 253. See MESCHIEF.

MISCONCEYVE, _v._; Misconceyveth, _pr. s._ misunderstands, E 2410.

MISCONSTRUE, _v._ misconstrue, T. i. 346.

MISCOUNTING, _s._ fraudulent reckoning, R. 196. See note.

MISDEDES, _pl._ misdeeds, D 1664.

MISDEME, _v._; Misdemeth, _pr. s._ misjudges, E 2410; Misdemen, _pr. pl._ HF. 92; Misdeme, _pr. s. subj._ HF. 97.

MISDEPARTETH, _pr. s._ parts or divides amiss, B 107.

MISDOERES, _pl._ misdoers, B 2631.

MISDOOTH, _pr. s._ doeth amiss to, illtreats, B 3112; Misdoon, _pp._ done amiss, I 85.

MISDRAWINGES, _s. pl._ way of drawing aside, B 3. p 12. 74.

MISERICORDE, _s._ (there is) mercy, pity, T. iii. 1177; mercy, pity, 1. 25, 35; B 2608, D 1910, I 804, 805; Misericordes, _pl._ mercy, pity, B 3. m 12. 31.

MIS['E]RIE, _s._ misery, T. iv. 272; B 3167.

MISESE, _s._ trouble, I 806; discomfort, I 177; Miseise, discomfort, I 194; Miseyses, _pl._ injuries, B 1. p 4. 48.

MISESED, _pp._ troubled, vexed, I 806.

MISFILLE, _pt. s. subj._ it went amiss (with), A 2388. From infin. _misfalle_.

MISFORYAF, _pt. s._ misgave, T. iv. 1426. From infin. _misforyive_.

MISGOON, _pp._ gone astray, I 80; gone to the wrong place, A 4218; Misgon, gone amiss, A 4252; Misgo, A 4255.

MISGOVERNAUNCE, _s._ misconduct, B 3202.

MISGYED, _pp._ misguided, misconducted, B 3723. See GYE.

MISHAP, _s._ ill luck, B. 3435.

MISHAPPE, _v._ meet with misfortune, B 2886; _pr. s. subj._ (it) may happen ill for, A 1646.

MISHAPPY, _adj._ unhappy, B 2758.

MISKNOWINGE, _adj._ ignorant, B 2. p 8. 17.

MISKNOWINGE, _s._ ignorance, B 3. m 11. 18.

MISLAY, _pt. s._ lay in an uncomfortable position, A 3647. From infin. _mislye_.

MISLEDDEN, _pt. pl._ misconducted, T. iv. 48. From infin. _mislede_.

MISLEDINGES, _pl._ misdirections, misguiding ways, B 3. p 8. 2.

MISLYKE, _v._; Mislyketh, _pr. s._ displeases, L. 1293.

MISLYVED, _pp._ of ill life, treacherous, T. iv. 330.

MISMETRE, _pr. s. subj._ scan amiss, T. v. 1796.

MIS-SAT, _pt. s._ was not where it should be, 3. 941; misbecame, R. 1194.

MISSE, _v._ fail, 5. 75; B 1542, D 1416; draw to an end, 5. 40; _ger._ T. iii. 1624; Mis, _1 pr. s._ lack, have not, 6. 47; Missed, _pt. s._ was wanting (to), T. iii. 445; _pp._ missed, missing, T. iii. 537. A.S. _missan_.

MIS-SET, _pp._ ill-timed, misplaced, 3. 1210.

MISSEYE, _1 pr. s._ speak amiss, 7. 317; Misseyest, _2 pr. s._ speakest ill of, L. 323; Misseyeth, _pr. s._ slanders, I 379; Misseyde, _pt. s._ said amiss, L. 440; Misseyd, _pp._ said amiss, H 353; Misseid, _pp._ spoken evil of, R. 1260; _missayd or do_, said or done wrong, 3. 528.

MISSPEKE, _1 pr. s. subj._ speak wrongly, A 3139.

MIST, _s._ mist, HF. 352; F 259; Mistes, _pl._ HF. 966.

MISTAKE, _v._; Mistaketh, _2 pr. pl._ transgress, trespass, R. 1540; Mistake, _pp._ committed an error, 3. 525.

MISTER, _s._ trade, handicraft, occupation, A 613; need, R. 1426; Mester, occupation, A 1340; _what m. men_, men of what occupation, what sort of men, A 1710. See MESTER.

MISTERYE, _s._ ministry, profession, I 895; Misterie, ministry, I 900. From Lat. _ministerium_.

MISTIHEDE, _s._ mystery, 4. 224. M.E. _misty_, mystical, from F. _mystique_, 'mysticall': Cotgrave.

MIS-TORNETH, _pr. pl._ turn aside, B 3. p 3. 6; Mistorned, _pp._ misled, B 4. p 2. 130.

MISTRUST, _s._ T. ii. 780.

MISTRUSTEN, _v._ (to) mistrust, T. i. 688; Mistriste, _v._ C 369; Mistrusten, _2 pr. pl._ mistrust, T. iv. 1606; Mistruste, _2 pr. pl._ E 2343; Mistrusted, _pp._ distrusted, T. ii. 431.

MISTY, _adj._ misty, T. iii. 1060.

MISTYDE, _v._ be unlucky, B 2886.

MISWANDERINGE, _adj._ erring, B 2. p 8. 20; straying (Lat. _deuius_), B 3. p 2. 16.

MISWENT, _pp._ gone amiss, T. i. 633.

MIS-WEYES, _s. pl._ by-paths, B 3. m 11. 2; B 5. p 1. 14.

MISWRYTE, _pr. s. subj._ miswrite, T. v. 1795.

MITEYN, _s._ mitten, glove, C 372, 373. F. _mitaine_.

MIXEN, _s._ dunghill, I 911. A.S. _mixen_, _meoxen_.

MO (m[`o][`o]), _adj._ more, A. pr. 27; more (in number), 3. 266, 408; 5. 595; HF. 124, 125; A 576, 849, B 54, 419, 2358, 3742, 3838, C 6, 891, D 179, E 318, 1412, F 301, 702, G 207, 675, 693, 723, 818; more (in number), besides, L. 917, 1227; others, T. i. 613; E 2113; others, another, T. iii. 1514; E 1039; (others) besides, E 2263; many others besides, D 663; others besides, T. iv. 1125; more besides, D 992; besides, T. ii. 1481, v. 229; A 3183, D 894; _tymes mo_, at other times, E 449; _othere mo_, others besides, G 1001; _na mo_, no more, none else, B 695. A.S. _m[=a]_.

MO, _adv._ more, any longer, D 864; _never the mo_, _never mo_, never, D 691, 1099.

MOCHEL (muchel), _adj._ great, B 4. p 1. 30; L. 1966; much, 20. 7; G 611; Moche, great, 3. 904; HF. 971; A. ii. 7. 14; much, B 1169, 2152. See MUCHEL.

MOCHEL, _adv._ much, 3. 1102; B 3959.

MOCHEL, _s._ size, 3. 454, 861. Cf. A.S. _mycelu_, magnitude.

MOCIOUN, _s._ motion, B 2429; proposal, T. iv. 1291.

MODER, _s._ mother, 1. 49, 99; 5. 292; L. 338, 1828; B 276, 696, 1657, 1696, I 117; the thickest plate forming the principal part of the astrolabe (Lat. _mater_ or _rotula_), A. i. 3. 1; Modres, _gen._ mother's, B 1783; C 729, G 1243; Modres, _pl._ Mothers, C 93. A.S. _m[=o]dor_.

MOEBLE, _adj._ moveable, A. i. 21. 49.

MOEBLE, _s._ moveable goods, property, personal property, T. iv. 1380, 1460; v. 300; Moebles, _pl._ G 540.

MOEDES, _s. pl._ moods, strains (of music), B 2. p 1. 32.

MOEVABLE, _adj._ impressionable, fickle, B 4. m 5. 23; _as s._ The firste m., the 'primum mobile,' A. i. 17. 29.

MOEVABLETEE, _s._ mobility, B 4. p 6. 80.

MOEVE, _ger._ to stir up, B 2218; _v._ move, I 133; stir up, begin, B 2839; Moeved, _pt. s._ disturbed, B 1136; Moeved, _pp._ troubled, B 4. p 6. 175; Moeving, _pres. pt._ B 295. See MEVE.

MOEVERE, _s._ mover, A 2987.

MOEVING, _s._ moving, motion, B 2. p 5. 32; A. pr. 66; Firste moeving, the 'primum mobile,' A. i. 17. 27; Moevyng, B 2429; Moevynges, _pl._ motions, I 655.

MOISTE, _adj._ moist, A 420; Moist (_for_ Moiste, _before a vowel_), 5. 380; Moiste, _pl._ supple, A 457. See MOYSTE. O. F. _moiste_.

MOISTE, _adj. as s._ moisture, R. 1564.

MOISTURE, _s._ R. 1424; I 220.

MOKERERES, _s. pl._ misers, B 2. p 5. 11. See above.

MOKRE (mukr[*e]), _v._ hoard up, T. iii. 1375; Mokeren, _pr. pl._ B 2. p 5. 11. See _muckren_ in Stratmann.

MOLESTE, _v._ molest, vex, T. iv. 880.

MOLESTIE, _s._ trouble, B 3. p 9. 77.

MOLLIFICACIOUN, _s._ mollifying, softening, G 854.

MOLTE, _pp._; see MELTE.

MOMENT, _s._ A 2584.

MONCHE (munch[*e]), _v._ munch, T. i. 914.

MONE (m['o]['o]n[*e]), _s._ moon, 3. 824; 4. 235; HF. 2116; T. i. 1024; A. pr. 66; L. 1972, 2503; A 2077, 3352, C 23, F 1287; moon, i.e. position or 'quarter' of the moon, A 403; Mone, _gen._ B 2070; Mones, _gen._ F 1154; I 10. A.S. _m[=o]na_.

MONE (m[`o][`o]n[*e]), _s._ moan, complaint, 4. 143; T. i. 696, iv. 950; A 1366, F 920. See MOON.

MONE (m[`o][`o]n[*e]), _v. refl._ to lament, T. i. 98.

MONE-LIGHT, _s._ moon-light, R. 1010.

MONETH, _s._ month, A. i. 10. 13, ii. 44. 37; _pl._ Monethis, ii. 44. 35. A.S. _m[=o]nadh_. See MONTH.

MON['E]YE, _s._ money, A 703, B 1528, G 1033; B 3. p 3. 9.

MONK (munk), _s._ monk, A 165, B 3114; Monkes, _pl._ B 1632.

MONSTRE, _s._ monster, B 2. p 1. 11; L. 1928, 1991; E 2062; prodigy, F 1344; horrible thing, B 1. p 4. 140; Monstres, _gen._ of a monster, 3. 628; _pl._ B 3302.

MONSTROUS, _adj._ monstrous, B 4. m 3. 22.

MONTAIGNE, _s._ mountain, B 24; Montayne, B 3776; Monteyne, B 3817; Mountain, D 1887; Montaignes, _pl._ B 3454.

MONTH, _s._ month, A 92; Monthes, _pl._ A 704; T. ii. 50; Monthes, _gen. pl._ (after _twelf_), B 1674. See MONETH.

MOOD (m['o]['o]d), _s._ anger, A 1760; thought, C 126. A.S. _m[=o]d_.

MOON (m[`o][`o]n), _s._ moan, lamentation, complaint, L. 1169, 1799, 2379. See MONE.

MOORNE, _v._; Morne, _ger._ D 848; Moorne, _1 pr. s._ mourn, A 3704; Moorneth, _pr. s._ F 819; Moorne, _pr. pl._ B 1933.

MOORNINGE, _s._ mourning, plaint, A 3706; Moorning, A 2968, B 621.

MOOT (m[`o][`o]t), _s. pl._ notes on a horn, 3. 376. See note.

MOOT (m['o]['o]t), _1 pr. s._ must, shall, 5. 642; 6. 85; T. iii. 1195, B 1853, 3104, E 872, F 41; Moot, _pr. s._ must, ought to, A 232, 732, 735, 1169, B 3697, D 980; is to (go), B 294; Mot, _1 pr. s._ may, 4. 267; must, have to, 5. 469; T. iii. 47; B 227, 737, C 327; Most, _2 pr. s._ B 104; Mot, _pr. s._ must, has to, L. 388, 1945; Mote, _2 pr. pl._ may, T. ii. 402; Moten, must, 5. 546; L. 343; Mote, _pr. pl._ must, 4. 198; L. 1925; Mote, _pr. pl._ must, A 742; Moten, B 2560; ought, D 589; Mote (_or_ Moot), _pr. s. subj._ may, HF. 102; L. 843; G 634, H 80; is sure to, L. 1632; Moot (_or_ Mote) I goon, may I still go, may I still retain the power to walk, F 777; So moot (_or_ mote) I thee, as I may thrive, as I hope to thrive, C 309, D 361; As ever mote I, A 832, D 194; Foule moot thee falle, ill may it befall thee, H 40; Moot (_or_ Mote) thou, mayst thou, B 1626, E 557; Moste, _1 pt. s._ must (go), B 282; Moste, _pt. s._ must, 4. 250; must (go), HF. 187; must, ought to, B 2031, 3232, F 442; had to, B 886, G 523; ought to (be), F 38; was made to, B 3700; Mosten, _pt. pl._ must, should, L. 99; Moste, _pt. s. subj._ might, L. 1573, 1574, 2264; B 380, E 550; _us moste_, it must be for us, we must resolve to, G 946. A.S. _m[=o]t_; pt. t. _m[=o]ste_. See further under MOST.

MORAL, _adj._ excellent in character, T. iv. 1672; moral, T. ii. 167, v. 1836; A 307, C 325, 460.

MORALITEE, _s._ morality, A 3180, B 3687; moral tale, I 38; moral writing, I 1088; moral of a tale, B 4630.

MORDRE, _s._ murder, R. 1136; 9. 64; A 1256, B 1820; _m. wol out_, B 4242.

MORDRE, _ger._ to murder, kill, L. 1536; _1 pr. s._ 7. 291; Mordred, _2 pt. pl. subj._ were to murder, 3. 724; Mordred, _pp._ B 4195, D 801, E 725, 728.

MORDRER, _s._ murderer, 5. 353, 612; E 732; Mordrour, L. 2390.

MORDRING, _s._ murdering, A 2001.

MORE (m['o]['o]r[*e]), _adj._ greater, 7. 240; B 4. p 2. 139; T. i. 643, v. 819; HF. 1495, 2067; B 2396, E 1231; larger, HF. 500; A. i. 13. 2; More and lesse, all alike, every one, B 959, C 275, D 934, F 1054; More or lesse, 10. 61; More and more, HF. 532; _withouten more_, without further trouble, T. iv. 133. A.S. _m[=a]ra_.

MORE (m[`o][`o]re), _adv._ more, A 219; further, in a greater degree, B 3745, 3842.

MORE (m[`o]r[*e]), _s._ root, T. v. 25. A.S. _moru_. (The _o_ is open and not fully long.)

MORMAL, _s._ sore, gangrene, A 386. See note.

MORNE, _s._ morning; _morne milk_ = morne-milk (compound sb.), morning-milk, A 358, 3236.

MORNE, _ger._ to mourn, D 848. See MOORNE.

MOROW; see MORWEN.

MORSEL, _s._ morsel, bit, A 128, 130, I 633; _m. breed_, morsel of bread, B 3624; Morsels, _pl._ portions to eat, I 195.

MORTAL, _adj._ mortal, deadly, 2. 61; 5. 135; A 61; T. iii. 376; Mortel, fatal, L. 2252.

MORTALLY, _adv._ H 313.

MORTER, _s._ mortar, 9. 15; T. iv. 1245 (see the note).

MORTIFICACION, _s._ mortification, I 1080.

MORTIFYE, _v._ mortify; lit. kill; used of producing change by chemical action, G 1431 (see note to the line); G 1126; Mortified, _pp._ deadened, I 233.

MORTREUX, _pl._ thickened soups or pottages, A 384. (Also spelt _mortrewes_; thus _x_ is for _s_.) See the note.

MORWEN, _s._ morning, morrow, T. ii. 1555, iii. 389; Morwe, L. 49, 108; A. ii. 12. 26; A 1034, D 1080, F 906, I 471; 3. 22, 595; fore part of a day, T. iv. 1308; Morow, 4. 1; Morowe, _dat._ R. 94; _by the morwe_, early in the morning, A 334, B 3586, H 16; Morwes, _pl._ 3. 411; HF. 4. A.S. _morgen_.

MORWENINGE, _s._ morning, 4. 151; A 1062, B 4492, F 397; dawning, 4. 26; Morwening, L. 1483; Morweninges, _pl._ mornings, D 875.

MORWE-SONG, _s._ morning-song, A 830.

MORWE-TYDE, _s._ morning-hour, E 2225; _in the m._, in the morning, B 4206, F 901, G 588; the morning-time, I 708; Morow-tyde, morning, R. 130.

MOSEL (muzel), _s._ muzzle, A 2151. O. F. _musel_.

MOST, _2 pt. s._ oughtest (to), 8. 3; Moste, _pt. s._ must, ought (to), A 3088; must (go), HF. 187; had to go, T. v. 5; was obliged to, T. iii. 540; must, might, E 2102; _pt. j. subj._ might, L. 1594; Mosten, _pt. pl._ must, might, T. ii. 1507; could, HF. 2094. See further under MOOT.

MOST, _adv._ most, chiefly, A 561; most of all, F 1312.

MOSTE, _adj. sup._ greatest, 3. 1006; 5. 550; 10. 22; L. 482; A 895, F 199; chief, 3. 630; D 1041; chiefest, F 361; Most, chiefest, B 1. p 3. 47; Moste and leeste, greatest and least (see MORE), F 300.

MOT, -E, -EN; see MOOT.

MOTE (1) _s._ mote, atom, T. iii. 1603; Motes, _pl._ small particles, specks of dust, D 868.

MOTE (2), _s._ motion (Lat. _motus_), A. ii. 44. 14. The 'mene mote' or _mean motion_ is the average motion of a planet during a given period, as ascertained by tables.

MOTRE (mutr[*e]), _ger._ to mutter, T. ii. 541.

MOTTELEE, _s._ motley, motley array, A 271.

MOTTHES, _s. pl._ moths, B 2187, D 560; Moughtes, B 2187 _n_.

MOT['Y]F, _s._ motive; _hence_ idea, notion, B 628, E 1491.

MOULEN, _v._ grow mouldy, B 32; Mowled, _pp._ decayed, A 3870. See _muwlen_ in Stratmann.

MOUNT, _s._ mountain, A 1936, D 1140, F 721.

MOUNTAIN, _s._ D 1887. See MONTAIGNE.

MOUNTANCE, _s._ amount, value, quantity, R. 1562; T. iii. 1732; A 1570, C 863; amount (of time), L. 307; length, T. ii. 1707; amount, value, H 255. O. F. _montance_.

MOURDAUNT, _s._ chape, or metal tag, at the end of a girdle, R. 1094. (Not 'the tongue of a buckle,' as has been said.) See _mordant_ in Godefroy.

MOUS, _s._ mouse, A 144, 1261, 3346, D 246, H 177; Mouses, _gen._ T. iii. 736; D 572; Mys, _pl._ mice, B 2. p 6. 22.

MOUSTRE, _s._ pattern, 3. 912. O. F. _moustre_, mod. E. _muster_.

MOUTH, _s._ mouth, A 153; Mouthes, _pl._ R. 787.

MOVERESSE, _s._ a fomentress of quarrels, R. 149. See the French text, l. 141; and the note.

MOWE, _s._ grimace (see note), T. iv. 7; Mowes, _pl._ HF. 1806; I 258. O. F. _moe_.

MOWEN, _v._ be able; _mowen shewen_, be able to appear, become evident, B 5. p 4. 100; Mowen, _ger._ to be able, to have power, T. ii. 1594; May, _1 pr. s._ may, B 89, 2014, E 304; can, B 231, D 1591; May, _pr. s._ may, A 737; has power, F 112; can do, B 4. p 2. 31; may (there be), T. i. 412; Mayst, _2 pr. s._ mayest, 4. 106; canst, L. 327; Maystow, mayest thou, 10. 50; A. i. 21. 48; L. 1952; A 1918, B 3267, E 265, 1070, G 336; Maistow, HF. 699; A 1236; Mowen, _1 pr. pl._ can, B 5. p 5. 66; Mowe, _1 pr. pl._ can, B 2939, 3151; may, HF. 1735; Mowen, _2 pr. pl._ can, 19. 25; T. iv. 1330; Mowe, _2 pr. pl._ may, L. 92; B 2575; can, 3. 552; Mowen, _pr. pl._ may do, B 4. p 11. 159; have power, B 4. p 2. 151; are able to, D 1722; Mowe, _pr. pl._ may, can, A 2999, 3066, E 530; Mowe, _1 pr. s. subj._ may, 3. 94; Mowe, _2 pr. s. subj._ mayest, G 460; Mighte, _pt. s._ might, A 169, &c.; _1 pt. s. subj._ could, E 638; Mighten, _pt. pl._ might, 5. 318. A.S. _mugan_.

MOWINGE, _s._ ability, B 4. p 4. 19; p 11. 184. See above.

MOWLED, _pp._ decayed, A 3870. See MOULEN.

MOYSOUN, _s._ crop, growth, R. 1677. O. F. _moison_; from Lat. acc. _mensionem_.

MOYSTE, _adj._. moist, B 2182; fresh, new, B 1954, C 315. See MOISTE.

MOYSTY, _adj._ new (applied to ale), H 60.

MUABLE, _adj._ mutable, B 4. p 6. 30; changeable, T. iii. 822.

MUCHEL, _adj._ much, great, A 2352, B 2582, 2601, D 1273, H 335; a great deal of, F 349; _in so m._, in so much, B 2644; many, G 673; Muche, great, A 494; much, A 211; Mochel, great, B 4. p 1. 30; L. 1966; much, 20. 7; G 611; Moche, great, 3. 904; HF. 971; A. ii. 7. 14; Michel, much, A. ii. 23. 18; _for as mechel_, for as much, A. pr. 4. A.S. _micel_; later, _mycel_.

MUCHEL, _adv._ greatly, A 258; much, T. i. 386; D 809, F 1129; Muche, greatly, A 132.

_Mulier est hominis confusio_, woman is man's confusion, B 4354.

MULLOK, _s._ a heap of refuse, A 3873; confused heap of materials, G 938, 940. Cf. Gower, ii. 204.

MULTIPLICACIOUN, _s._ multiplication, HF. 784, 820; multiplying, i.e. the art of alchemy, G 849.

MULTIPLYE, _v._ to make gold and silver by the arts of alchemy, G 669; _ger_. G 731; _imp, s._. multiply, A. ii. 41 a. 3 (p. 230).

MULTIPLYING, _s._ increase, C 374.

MURMURACION, _s._ murmuring, I 499.

MURMURE, _s._ murmuring, A 2459; murmur, I 503; Murmur, E 628, 726; Murmour, 5. 520; Murmurs, _pl._ HF. 686.

MURMUREN, _v._; Murmureden, _pt. pl._ murmured, talked continually in a low voice, buzzed, F 204.

MURMURINGE, _s._ murmur, A 2432.

MURTHE, _s._ mirth, joy, E 1123. A.S. _myrhdh_. See MIRTHE.

MURYE, _adj._ merry, A 1386. See MERY.

MUSCLE, _s._ mussel, D 2100; Muscules, _pl._ mussels, B 5. p 5. 21.

MUSE, _s._ muse, poetic faculty, 16. 38; (Muse), HF. 1399.

MUSE, _ger._ to consider, T. iii. 563; Museth, _pr. s._ gazes into, R. 1592; Mused, _pt. s._ considered, B 1033; Musede, _pt. s._ gazed intently, R. 1527; Mused, _pp._ gazed, R. 1645. O. F. _muser_.

MUSICE, music, B 2. p 1. 31.

MUSICIENS, _pl._ musicians, B 2. p 6. 68.

MUS['Y]KE, music, 5. 62; Musik, B 4483.

MUTABILITEE, _s._ changefulness, 10. 57; T. i. 851.

MUTABLE, _adj._ B 4. p 6. 110.

MUTACIOUN, _s._ transformation, B 4. m 3. 25; Mutaciouns, _pl._ changes, B 5. p 6. 196.

MUWE, _s._ mew, pen (for hawks), cage, T. i. 381; iii. 1784; iv. 1310; _in muwe_, cooped up, T. iv. 496. See MEWE.

MUWE, _v._ change, T. ii. 1258. O. F. _muer_.

MUWET, _the same as_ Mewet, T. v. 194 _n_.

MY, my, A 763, &c.

MYLE, _s._ mile, HF. 1038; _fyve m._, five miles, G 555; Myles, _pl._ HF. 1979; G 561.

MYN, _poss._ mine, 5. 437; B 40; E 365; &c.

MYNDE, _s. dat._ mind, recollection, 3. 15; 5. 69; _acc._ reason, 2. 34; 3. 511; _have minde upon_, remember, 19. 26. See MINDE.

MYNE, _v._ undermine, T. iii. 767; _ger._ to mine, T. ii. 677.

MYNORESSE, _error for_ Moveresse, R. 149 _n_.

MYNOUR, _s._ miner, one who mines, A 2465.

MYRE, _s._ mire, A 508; D 972; Mire, H 290.

MYRIE, _adj._ merry, A 1499. See MERY.

MYRIE, _adv._ merrily, A 3575.

MYRIER, _adv. comp._ merrier, R. 876. See MERIER.

MYS, _pl._ mice, B 2. p 6. 22. See MOUS.

MYSCOUEITING, _error for_ Miscounting, R. 196 _n_.

MY-SELVEN, myself, A 803, F 1362; 3. 34; Myself, A 544.

MYTE (1), _s._ mite, thing of no value, 4. 126; 7. 269; T. iii. 832; iv. 684; L. 741; A 1558; G 511, 633, 698, 1421. O. F. _mite_, a copper coin of Flanders.

MYTE (2), mite, insect; Mytes, _pl._ D 560. A.S. _m[=i]te_.

MYTRE, _s._ mitre, 14. 7.

N', _for_ ne, not; as in _nacheveth_ for _ne acheveth_, and the like.

NA, no (Northern), A 4175.

NA MO, i.e. no more, none else, B 695; Na-mo, G 543. See MO.

NACHEVETH, _for_ ne acheveth, achieves not, T. v. 784.

NACIOUNS, _pl._ nations, A 53.

NADDE, _pt. s._ (_for_ ne hadde), had not, R. 457; L. 278; H 51; _pt. pl._ G 879; Nad, 3. 224.

NADDRE, _s._ adder, E 1786, I 331; Nadres, _pl._ adders, B 5. m 5. 4. A.S. _naedre_, _naeddre_. See NEDDRE.

NADIR, _s._ the point of the ecliptic exactly opposite to that in which the sun is situate, A. ii. 6. 1; see l. 8. Arabic _nadh['i]r es-semt_, i.e. opposite to the zenith, for which the term _nadh['i]r_ simply, signifying 'opposite,' was commonly used.

NADSTOW, _2 pt. s._ haddest thou not, didst thou not, A 4088.

NAIETH, _pr. s._ refuses, B 1. m 1. 16 _n_. (Incorrect; for Naiteth.)

NAILLE, _imp. s. 3 p._ let it nail, let it fasten, E 1184; Nailinge, _pres. pt. pl._ nailing, A 2503; Nayled, _pp._ fastened, E 29.

NAITE, _v._; Naiteth, _pr. s._ refuses, B 1. m 1. 16. See NAYTE.

NAKE, _2 pr. pl._ make naked, B 4. m 7. 45; Naked, _pp. as adj._ naked, 3. 125; L. 126; A 1956, I 105; bare, 3. 978; HF. 133; destitute, void, weak, G 486; simple, plain, A. pr. 19. A.S. _nacod_, a pp. form.

NAKEDNESSE, _s._ nakedness, E 866.

NAKERS, _pl._ kettle-drums, A 2511. From the Arabic; see note.

NALE; _atte nale_, at the ale, at the ale-house, D 1349.

NAM (_for_ ne am), _1 pr. s._ am not, L. 47, 192; A. pr. 43; A 1122, B 2710; _nam but deed_, am only a dead man, 3. 204.

NAM, _pt. s._ took, G 1297. A.S. _niman_, to take; pt. t. _ic nam_; cf. G. _nehmen_, to take.

NAME, _s._ name, 1. 74; A 854; good name, reputation, L. 1812, 1845; F 1362; title, B 3. p 6. 24. A.S. _nama_.

NAMELES, _adj._ without renown, B 4. p 5. 5.

NAMELY, _adv._ especially, R. 596, 1357; 7. 260; A 1268, 2709, C 402, D 407, 2050, E 484, 626, F 739, I 296; L. 595, 931, 1519, 2133.

NAMO (_for_ na mo), no more in number, A 101, 544; none other, no one else, D 957, 975, F 573. See NA and MO.

NAMORE, _adv._ no more, A 98, B 1112, C 962, D 1296, F 289, 314, G 651, 1266, I 84.

NAPOPLEXYE, _for_ Ne apoplexye, nor apoplexy, B 4031.

NAPPE, _v._; Nappeth, _pr. s._ naps, slumbers, nods, H 9. A.S. _hnappian_.

NARCOTIKS, _pl._ narcotics, L. 2670; Nercotikes, A 1472.

NARETTE; see ARETTE.

NAROWE, _adv._ close, 7. 183.

NART (_for_ ne art), art not, 1. 26; B 1. p 5. 7; B 3. p 5. 45; G 499.

NARWE, _adj._ small, B 4012; _pl._ A 625; close, closely drawn, D 1803.

NARWE, _adv._ narrowly, closely, T. iii. 1734; A. pr. 51; A 3224; tightly, L. 600; carefully, E 1988.

NARWEST, _superl. adj._ narrowest, smallest, A. i. 18. 4.

NAS (_for_ ne was), was not, 3. 854; 7. 97; A 251, 288, 1216, 1886, B 159, 209, &c.; _I nas but_, I was simply, 2. 21.

NASSAYETH, _for_ ne assayeth, attempts not, T. v. 784.

NAT, _adv._ not, A 74, 156, 428, B 124, &c.; Nat but, only, merely, L. 1899, 2040; C 403, F 391, 638; quite, L. 2091.

NAT (_for_ ne at), nor at, B 290; see note. Cf. NIN.

NAT FORTHY, _adv._ notwithstanding, B 2165.

NATAL, _adj._ who presides over nativities, T. iii. 150. Compare the expression _Iouem Genethlium_ in Jerome, as quoted in the note to Cant. Tales, D 677.

NATH (_for_ ne hath), _pr. s._ hath not, T. v. 1199; A 923.

NATHELEES, nevertheless, A 35, 1832, 2473, B 621, C 813, G 717, I 91; Natheles, R. 1481; L. 4, 188; A. pr. 21; 2. 111; 5. 390.

NATIVITEE, _s._ nativity, birth, T. ii. 685; L. 2576; B 3206, F 45; Nativite, A. ii. 4. 44; Nativ[`i]tez, _pl._ A. ii. 4. 1.

NATURE, _s._ nature, A 11; kind, race, 5. 615; seed, I 577; Nature of resoun, rational being, B 5. p 2. 7.

NATUREL, _adj._ natural, A 416, F 116; 4. 122; L. 376. A 'day natural' is a period of 24 hours, as distinct from the 'day artificial.'

NATURELLY, _adv._ by nature, F 1052; by natural causes, F 229.

NATYF, _adj._ native, T. i. 102.

NAUGHT, _s._ nothing, A 756.

NAUGHT, _adv._ not, A. pr. 37; B 1701; not so, G 269. See NAT, NOUGHT.

NAVE, _s._ nave (of a wheel), D 2266, 2270.

NAVELE, _s._ navel, A 1957.

NAVYE, _s._ navy, fleet, B 4. m 7. 7; HF. 216; L. 960, 1335.

NAXE (_for_ ne axe), ask not, T. v. 594.

NAY, _adv._ nay, no, 3. 1243; 18. 63; D 1098, E 177, G 1339; (_opposed to_ yea), E 355; (answers a direct question), B 740, B 1793; surely not! 3. 1309; _as s._ nay, untruth, 3. 147; It is no nay, there is no denying it, B 1956, E 817, 1139. Icel. _nei_.

NAYL, _s._ nail, A 2007; nail, i.e. hindrance, A 3877 (see note); Nayles, _pl._ D 769; finger-nails, 3. 955; T. ii. 1034; B 3366, C 288; nails, claws, A 2141; and see note to C 651.

NAYTE, _v._ withhold, deny, I 1013; Naiteth, _pr. s._ B 1. m 1. 16. Icel. _neita_, to deny.

NE, _adv. and conj._ not, 1. 53; 5. 91; L. 1881, A 70; nor, 3. 2, 74; A 179, 526, B 2710, C 619; _ne ... ne_, neither ... nor, A 603; (when used with a verb, a second negative is often added), as in _no--ne_, B 77; _ne--noon_, B 89; _ne ... never_, never, 3. 1196; _ne ... thing_, nothing, 3. 1262; _ne doth_, do ye not, C 745.

NECE, _s._ niece, T. i. 975; B 1290; Neces, _gen._ niece's, T. ii. 76, 78; Neces, _pl._ nieces (_or_ relatives), T. ii. 814.

NECESS['A]RIE, _adj._ necessary, H 95; Necessaries, _pl._ necessary, B 5. p 4. 84; Necessaire, necessary, T. iv. 1021; Necessaries, _pl._ necessities, B 711.

NECESSEN, _v._; Necesseden, _pt. pl._ compelled, B 3. m 9. 5.

NECESSITEE, _s._ necessity, T. iv. 1012, 1014; A 3042, F 593.

NECLIGENCE, _s._ negligence, A 1881, B 22, C 98, E 661; Negligence, 8. 7; L. 537.

NECLIGENT, _adj._ negligent, careless, B 2512, C 101, D 1816, I 362; Negligent, 5. 429.

NEDDRE, _s._ adder, E 1786 _n_; Neddres, _pt._ L. 699. See NADDRE.

NEDE (n['e]['e]d[*e], _sometimes as_ n[`e][`e]d[*e]), _s._ need, extremity, 1. 44; T. i. 772, iii. 49; B 102, 658, 2360; extremity, difficult matter, B 2917; peril, B 3576 (see note); _at nede_, at need, 1. 112; _for nede_, if needful, R. 1123; _s. as adj._ needful, A 304, B 2358; Nedes, _pl._ matters of business, B 174, 1266; necessities, T. ii. 954; needs, G 178; _for nedes_, for very need, 3. 1201. A.S. _n['y]d_, _n[=e]d_, _n[=e]ad_.

NEDE, _adv._ necessarily, of necessity, R. 1441, 1473; HF. 724; T. ii. 671; 3. 1074; needs, B 3697, E 531, G 1280. Pronounced as _n['e]de_, or rimes with _drede_, _dede_.

NEDE, _v._ be necessary, B 871; Nedeth, _pr. s._ (it) is necessary, (it) needs, 1. 118; A 462, 3028, D 2097, F 65, 298; _what n._, what is the need of, A 849, 1029; Neded[`e], _pt. s. impers._ (there) needed, A 4020, 4161; it was needful, T. v. 726; Neded, _pt. s._ E 457; Neded, _pt. s. subj._; _us neded_, it would be necessary for us, we should need, T. iv. 1344.

NEDEFUL, _adj._ needy, I 805; _as s._ I 1032.

NEDELEES, _adv._ needlessly, I 600; Needles, E 621; Needless, E 455.

NEDELY, _adv._ of necessity, necessarily, T. iv. 970; B 4435, D 968; Needly, B 3. p 9. 65.

NEDES, _adv._ needs, necessarily, of necessity, R. 1479; L. 1298, 2697 (see COST); A 1290, D 1071, E 11, F 1163, 1563; HF. 1635.

NEDES-COST, _adv._ of necessity, A 1477, L. 2697. See COST.

NEDLE, _s._ needle, R. 97; Nedles, _gen._ G 440.

NEDY, _adj._ needy, B 2607.

NEED (n[`e][`e]d), _s._ need, 3. 1253. See NEDE.

NEEDLES, _adv._ needlessly, E 621; Needless, without a cause, E 455. See NEDELES.

NEEDLY, _adv._ necessarily, B 3. p 9. 65. See NEDELY.

NEEN, no (Northern), A 4185, 4187.

NEER, _adv. comp._ nearer, T. ii. 562, v. 80; L. 314, 318, 832; A. ii. 42. 3; A 839, 968, B 4000; G 721; _neer and neer_, A 4304; _as pos. adv._ near, A 1439; _fer or neer_, far or near, T. i. 451. See NER.

NEET, _pl._ neat, cattle, A 597. A.S. _n[=e]at_.

NEGARDYE, _s._ niggardliness, 10. 53. See NIGARDYE.

NEGH, _adv._ nearly, almost, 3. 907. A.S. _n[=e]ah_.

NEGHEN, _v._ draw nigh, L. 318.

NEGLIGENCE, _s._ 8. 7; L. 537. See NECLIGENCE.

NEGLIGENT, 5. 429. See NECLIGENT.

NEIGH, _adj._ near, nigh, B 2558, F 49; Ney, A. ii. 3. 47. See NY.

NEIGH, _adv._ nearly, T. i. 60; Negh, 3. 907. See NY.

NEIGHEBOUR, _s._ neighbour, A 535, B 108, 115, 3108; F 961. Neigheboures, _gen._ D 239; Neighebores, _pl._ neighbours, dwellers near, L. 720; Neyghebores, HF. 649.

NEIGHEN, _v._ draw near, T. ii. 1555.

NEITHER NOTHER, (in) neither the one nor the other (see note), B 5. m 3. 34.

NEKKE, _s._ neck, R. 551, 555; 3. 939; T. ii. 986; A 238, 393, 1218; B 3300, E 113; Nekkes, _pl._ necks, 5. 671. A.S. _hnecca_.

NEKKE-BOON, _s._ neck-bone, B 1839; neck, D 906; nape of the neck, B 669.

NEL, _1 pr. s._ will not, T. ii. 726.

NEMPNEN, _v._ name, B 507; Nempne, _v._ to name, tell, F 318; _pt. s._ Nempned, named, E 609. A.S. _nemnan_.

NENFORCE, _for_ Ne enforce, T. iv. 1016 _n_.

NENTENDEMENT, _for_ Ne entendement, T. iv. 1696 _n_.

NENVYE, _for_ ne envye, _imp. s._ envy not, T. v. 1789.

NER, _adv. comp._ nearer, 2. 19; 3. 888; B 1. p 1. 59; T. i. 448; Nere, 3. 38, 134, 450; _ner and ner_, B 1710; Ner the les, nevertheless, 4. 130. See NEER.

NERCOTIKES, _pl._ narcotics, A 1472. See NARCOTIKS.

NERE (_for_ ne were), _2 pt. s._ wast not, 4. 112; _pt. pl._ were not, 3. 959; L. 348, 686, 792; A 875, D 1944; _1 pt. s._ subj. should not (I) be, T. ii. 409; Nere, _pt. s. subj._ would not be, should not be, 4. 35; T. iv. 987; A 1129; were not, B 3984, G 1362; were it not, B 132; were it not (for), 1. 24, 180; _pt. pl. subj._ B 547.

NERE, _adv._ nearer, R. 1454; 3. 38; 5. 619. See NER, NEER.

NERF, _s._ nerve, i.e. sinew, T. ii. 642.

NESCAPEST (_for_ Ne escapest), escapest not, L. 2643.

NEST, _s._ D 1691; _wikked nest_, i.e. _mau ni_, or Mauny (see note), B 3573; Nestes, _pl._ HF. 1516.

NET, _s._ R. 1471, 1624; L. 131; Nettes, _pl._ nets, L. 1190; T. iii. 1355; B 3665.

NET-HERDES, _gen._ neat-herd's, B 2746.

NETHER, _adj._ lower, A. i. 12. 6; A 3852; Nethere, A. i. 5. 13.

NETHEREST, _adj. superl._ lowest, i.e. outermost, A. i. 18. 5; Nethereste, lowest, A. i. 4. 2; nethermost, B 1. p 1. 20, 25.

NETLE, _s._ nettle, T. i. 948; iv. 461.

NEVENE, _s._ name, T. iii. 1723 _n_.

NEVENE, _v._ name, HF. 562, 1253; G 821; _herd hir name n._, heard (him) name her name, T. i. 876; _ger._ HF. 1438; _pr. pl._ L. 2237; _pr. pl. subj._ may mention, G 1473. Icel. _nefna_.

NEVER, _adv._ never, A 70, 734, B 87; _n. dide but_, never did aught that was not, 4. 297; _n. the neer_, none the nearer, G 721.

NEVERADEL, _adv._ not a bit, C 670. See DEL.

NEVER-MO, _adv._ never oftener, never (with two exceptions), A. ii. 31. 3; never, 3. 1125; never again, A 1346.

NEVER-THE-LES, _adv._ nevertheless, 6. 74; 7. 99, 236; Never-the-lasse, T. iii. 86.

NEVEW, _s._ nephew, L. 1442; B 3594; grandson, L. 2659; HF. 617. Anglo-F. _nevu_.

NEWE, _adj._ fresh, R. 856; new, 2. 29; A 176, D 1244, E 841, F 1015; _as fem. s._ a new (love), HF. 302. A.S. _n[=e]owe_, _n[=i]we_.

NEWE, _adv._ newly, freshly, afresh, R. 540, 558, 1214; L. 103; T. i. 222; A 365, 428, E 3, 378, I 767; _of newe_, new, fresh, T. ii. 20; Newe and newe, again and again, T. iii. 116; afresh, continually, C 929.

NEWE, _v._ renew; Neweth, _pr. s._ B 4. p 6. 104; Newe, _2 pr. pl._ 23. 11; Newed, _pt. s._ had something fresh in it, 3. 906; Newed, _pp._ renewed, B 3036.

NEWEFANGEL, _adj._ fond of novelty, F 618, H 193.

NEW-FANGELNESSE, _s._ fondness for novelty, 7. 141; L. 154; F 610; Newe-fangelnesse, 21. 1.

NEWELICHE, _adv._ newly, recently, B 4. m 3. 10; Newely, R. 1205.

NEWE-THOUGHT, _s._ Inconstancy, R. 982.

NEXTE, _adj. sup._ nearest, 4. 54; HF. 1107; L. 2481; A 1413, B 807, 1814, C 870; last, HF. 1775; next, D 1010; easiest, T. i. 697.

NEY, _adj._ nigh, A. ii. 3. 47. See NEIGH, NY.

NEYGHEBORES, _pl._ neighbours, HF. 649. See NEIGHEBOUR.

NIGARD, _adj._ niggardly, R. 1172.

NIGARD, _s._ miser, niggard, R. 1175; T. iii. 1379; B 4105; Nigardes, _pl._ D 1263.

NIGARDYE, _s._ miserliness, B 1362; Negardye, 10. 53.

NIGHT, _s._ night, A 23, 268; Nighte, _dat._ by night, 3. 2; _a night_, by night, B 3758; Night, _as pl._ nights, B 4063, D 1885.

NIGHT-CAPPE, _s._ nightcap, E 1853.

NIGHTE, _ger._ to grow dark, become night, T. v. 515; _v._ 5. 209.

NIGHTER-TALE, _s._; _by n._, in the night-time, A 97. This expression seems to have resulted from a confusion of Icel. _[=a] n[=a]ttar-theli_, in the dead of night, with Icel. _n[=a]ttar-tal_, a tale or number of nights.

NIGHTINGALE, _s._ nightingale, R. 78, 913; 5. 351; T. ii. 918, iii. 1233; A 98, D 458, G 1343, H 136; Nightingales, _pl._ R. 657, 909.

NIGHT-SPEL, _s._ night-spell, night-incantation, A 3480.

NIGROMANCIENS, _s. pl._ necromancers, I 603.

NIL, _1 pr. s._ will not, 3. 92, 1125, 1235; 5. 222, 699; HF. 56; E 363; will (I) not, shall (I) not, T. v. 40, 43, 44; desire not, dislike, E 646; Nille, _1 pr. s._ will not, G 1463; Nil, _pr. s._ will not, B 972, E 119; R. 55; L. 2095, 2653; will not (have), 3. 586; will (she) not, 3. 1140; _1 pr. pl._ D 941; Nilt, _2 pr. s._ wilt not, T. ii. 1024; L. 758; Niltow, thou wilt not, T. i. 792; wilt thou not, T. iii. 1427. A.S. _nyllan_, to be unwilling; cf. L. _nolle_.

NILLINGE, _s._ wishing not to be, B 5. p 2. 14; refusing, B 3. p 11. 60. See above.

NIN, _for_ Ne in, nor in, E 1511, F 35; E 2089 _n_. Cf. Nat (Ne at).

NINTHE, F 1283; Nynthe, T. v. 681, 1103.

NIS, for _ne is_, is not, 2. 77; 3. 8; 5. 54; L. 5. 191, 670: A 901, 922, B 319, C 861, &c.; Ther nis no more but, all that remains is that, L. 847.

NISTE, _1 pt. s._ knew not, 3. 272, 777; 5. 152; HF. 128, 1901; F 502; _pt. s._ knew not, 3. 1147; T. i. 494; L. 2262; A 3414, 4225, B 384, F 1028, G 216; _pt. pl._ F 634. A.S. _nytan_, not to know; pt. t. _nyste_.

NO, _adj._ no, A. 55, 71, &c. See Noon.

NO, _adv._ no (a strong negative), T. ii. 502; F 1590. Cf. Nay.

NOBLE, _adj._ noble, 1. 97; 18. 26; A 60, 214.

NOBLE, _s._ a gold coin, A 3256; Nobles, _pl._ HF. 1315; C 907, G 1365. (Worth 6_s._ 8_d._)

NOBLEDEST, _pt. s. 2 p._ ennobledest, didst ennoble, G 40. A translation of Dante's _nobilitasti_. See the note.

NOBLESSE, _s._ nobleness, 10. 78; R. 780; B 2. p 3. 28; noble cheer, T. v. 439; nobility, D 1167; (title of respect), B 2956; magnificence, B 3438, E 782; high honour, B 3208; nobility, rank, R. 1034, 1108; worthy behaviour, B 185, 248; T. i. 287.

NOBLEY, _s._ nobility, dignity, B 2. p 2. 50; splendour, HF. 1416; noble rank, T. iv. 1670; assembly of nobles, G 449; Nobleye, nobility, E 828; state, F 77. A. F. _noblei_.

NODDE, _v._ nod, H. 47.

NOF (_for_ Ne of), nor of, T. v. 447 _n._; D 571, 660.

NOGHT, _adv._ not, 3. 572; 4. 277; A 107, 253, 1458; by no means, in no respect, A 1226, B 94, 112, 400; Noght but for, only because, D 645.

NOGHT, _s._ nothing, 3. 567; C 542; Noght worth, worth nothing, H 200.

NOISE, _s._ noise, 5. 202; HF. 1058; Noyse, R. 1416; A 2492.

NOISE, _v._; Noisen, _2 pr. pl._ cry aloud, B 3. m 6. 7.

NOKKED, _pp._ notched, R. 942.

NOLDE, _1 pt. s._ would not, R. 501; 3. 311, 1109; D 1064; did not want, 5. 90; (I) should not desire, G 1334; Noldest, _2 pt. s._ wouldst not, 3. 482; Noldestow, if thou wouldst not, T. iii. 1264; Nolde _pt. s._ would not, 1. 31; L. 730; B 87, 1821, 3664, D 962; would not (have), A 1024; _pt. pl._ would not, G 395. See NIL.

NOMBRE (numbr[*e]), _s._ number, A 716, 2596, D 25, 32; A. pr. 9; amount, sum, A. ii. 24. 3; Noumbres, _pl._ A. pr. 2. See Noumbre.

NOMBRED, _pp._ numbered, counted in, T. iii. 1269. See Noumbre, v.

NOMEN (num[*e]n), _pp._ taken, R. 394; T. v. 514; put, R 408; Nome, _pp._ T. iii. 606, v. 190; L. 822, 1018, 1777. Pp. of _nimen_.

NONES, (n[`o][`o]nez), for the, for the nonce, for the occasion, for this occasion, R. 709, 1111; T. iv. 185, 428; A 379, 523, 545, 879, 1423, 3126, B 1165, 3132, 4523, D 14; L. 295, 1070, 1116; for the nonce, on the spur of the moment, T. i. 561; for the time, T. ii. 1381; With the nones, on the condition, HF. 2099, L. 1540. Originally _for then anes_, for the once; where _then_ is the dat. of the def. article (A.S. _dh[=a]m_), and _[=a]nes_ (once) is an adv. used as a sb.

NONNE (nunn[*e]), _s._ nun, A 118, 163; Nonnes, _gen. pl._ nuns', B 3999; Nonnes Preest, Nun's Priest, B 4637.

NONNERYE, _s._ nunnery, A 3946.

NOON (n[`o][`o]n), none, no, 1. 25; 5. 159; A 318, 449, B 102, I 164; _pl._ B 89; Non, none, 3. 941; HF. 335; A 654; _or noon_, or not, or no, D 2069, E 1741, F 778, I 962. A.S. _n[=a]n_.

NOON (n['o]['o]n), _s._ mid-day, T. v. 472, 1114; A. ii. 39. 7. A.S. _n[=o]n_.

NOOT (n[`o][`o]t), _1 pr. s._ know not, L. 2660; A 284, 1039, 1101, B 892, 1019, 2191, 3596, 3973, C 816, F 342, H 23; Not, L. 193, 1967; 7. 319; Nost, knowest not, 3. 1137; T. iv. 642; HF. 2047; Nostow, thou knowest not, HF. 1010; Noot, _pr. s._ knows not, C 284; Not, 4. 214; B 3. p 2. 60; T. i. 800. A.S. _n[=a]t_.

NOR, nor, A 493, &c.

NORICE (nuris), _s._ nurse, B 1. p 3. 4; L. 1346; B 4305, D 299, E 561, 618, F 347, I 122; Norices, _pl._ I 613. O. F. _norice_.

NORICE (nuriss[*e], nurish[*e]), _v._ nourish, foment, B 2204; Norished, _pp._ brought up, E 399.

NORISSING, _s._ nutriment, A 437; Norissinge, nourishment, I 338, 348; Norisshinge, growth, A 3017; Norishinge, bringing up, E 1040; Norisshinges, _pl._ refections, B 4. p 6. 25; sustenance, B 1. p 6. 65 (Lat. _fomitem_).

NORITURE (nurityyr), _s._ nourishment, T. iv. 768.

NORTELRYE (nurtelrii[*e]), _s._ education, A 3967.

NORTH, B 2. m 6. 16.

NORTH-NORTH-WEST, 5. 117.

NORTHREN, northern, A 1987.

NORTH-WARD, A 1909; A. ii. 20. 8.

NORTURE (nurtyyr), _s._ instruction, good manners, R. 179; Auctour of norture, model of good breeding, 24. 28 (see vol. iv. p. xxvi).

NORY (nuri), _s._ pupil (lit. foster-child), B 3. p 11. 160; Norry, B 1. p 3. 10; Norie, B 3. p 9. 119. O.F. _nouri_.

NOSE, _s._ nose, A 123, 152, D 785, 2264; R. 157, 545.

NOSE-THIRLES, _pl._ nostrils, A 557, I 209.

NOSKINNES, _for_ Noneskinnes, of no kind, HF. 1794. From _nones_, gen. of _noon_, none; and _kinnes_, gen. of _kin_.

NOST, Nostow, Not; see NOOT.

NOT, not (_see_ Nat); Not but, only, 4. 121; T. iii. 1636.

_Nota_, i.e. observe, A. ii. 26. 21. Lat. _nota_.

NOTABILITEE, _s._ notable fact, B 4399.

NOT['A]BLE, _adj._ notorious, remarkable, B 1875, C 156, E 2241; noteworthy, A. pr. 61.

NOTARIES, _s. pl._ scribes, I 797.

NOTE (n[`o]t[*e]), _s._ (1) mark, B 5. m 4. 13; note (in music), 3. 472, A 235, B 1737; musical note, peal, HF. 1720; tune, 5. 677; _by n._, according to musical notes, by note, R. 669; 3. 303; in concord, all at once, T. iv. 585; Notes, _pl._ marks, B 5. m 3. 13, m 4. 17; musical notes, R. 767.

NOTE (n[`o]t[*e]), _s._ (2), employment, business, task, job, A 4068. A.S. _notu_.

NOTEFUL, _adj._ useful, B 1. p 1. 51; A. pr. 77. See above.

NOTEMUGE, _s._ nutmeg, B 1953; Notemigges, _pl._ nutmegs, R. 1361.

NOTES (nutez), _s. pl._ nuts, R. 1360, 1377.

NOT-HEED, _s._ crop-head, a head with hair cropped short, A 109. See note.

NOTHER, neither, 3. 342; 7. 253; neither (of them), L. 192.

NOTHING, _adv._ in no respect, in no degree, not at all, 1. 171; 5. 158; 7. 105; R. 398; HF. 2032; L. 88; A 2505, B 575, 971, 2178, 3402, C 764; &c.; _for n._, in no wise, by no means, D 1121.

NOTIFICACIONS, _pl._ hints, B 5. m 3. 15.

NOTIFYE, _ger._ to take note of, T. ii. 1591; Notifie, _pr. pl._ indicate, I 430; Notifyed, _pp._ made known, proclaimed, B 256.

NOT-WITHSTANDING, 18. 17.

NOUCHIS, _s. pl._ jewelled ornaments, jewels (properly, setting for jewels), clasps, HF. 1350; Nowches, E 382. O.F. _nouche_, _nosche_, brooch, bracelet; O.H.G. _nuscha_, a jewelled clasp, buckle, &c. E. _ouch_.

NOUGHT, _adv._ not, 3. 568; T. ii. 575, 673; not at all, 3. 3; B 2262. See NOGHT.

NOUMBRE, _s._ number, 3. 440; 5. 381; Noumbres, _pl._ A. i. 7. 4. See NOMBRE.

NOUMBRE, _v._ number, 3. 439; Nombred, _pp._ counted in, T. iii. 1269.

NOUN-CERTEYN, _s._ uncertainty, 18. 46; T. i. 337. See below.

NOUN-POWER, _s._ lack of power, impotence, B 3. p 5. 14. Also in P. Pl.

NOUTHE, now then, now, T. i. 985; _as nouthe_, just now, at present, A 462. A.S. _nu dh[=a]_.

NOVELRYE, _s._ novelty, T. ii. 756; Novelryes, HF. 686; Novelries, F 619. O.F. _novelerie_.

NOVELTEE, _s._ novelty, E 1004.

NOV['Y]S, _s._ novice, B 3129.

NOW, _adv._ now, A 715, 765; _for now_, for the present, 7. 343; _now and now_, from time to time, occasionally, F. 430; _now or never_, T. iv. 101.

NOWCHES; see NOUCHIS.

NOWHER, _adv._ nowhere, 3. 315; A 251, 321, 360, 524.

NOYOUS, _adj._ troublesome, B 2235 _n_; HF. 574. Short for _anoyous_.

NOYSE, _s._ noise, A 2492; R. 1416; Noise, 5. 202; HF. 1058.

NY, _adj._ near, B 2562; Nye, _def._ the one who is near, A 3392. See Neigh, Ney.

NY, _adv._ nigh, nearly, 18. 78; L. 2347; B 2735; _as ny as_, as close to, A 588; _wel ny_, almost, A 1330, E 82, F 346; Nye (_for_ Ny, _before a vowel_), closely, 19. 19.

NY, _prep._ nigh, B 550.

NY _for_ Ne I, nor I, T. iii. 173 _n_, 1299 _n_.

NYCE, _adj._ foolish, 4. 262; B 4. m 7. 45; T. i. 202, 1025; HF. 276, 920; L. 362; B 3712, 4505, D 938, E 2434, F 525; ignorant, R. 1257; T. i. 625; foolish, weak, B 1083, G 493, 647, 842, H 69; ludicrous, A 3855; scrupulous, A 398. O.F. _nice_.

NYCELY, _adv._ foolishly, T. v. 1152.

NYCETEE, _s._ folly, R. 12; T. i. 913; G 463, 495, H 152; simplicity, A 4046; foolish behaviour, pleasure, D 412; scrupulousness, T. ii. 1288; Nycete, folly, 3. 613; 5. 572.

NYE; see NY.

NYFLES, _pl._ mockeries, pretences, D 1760. Lit. 'sniffings'; O.F. _nifler_, to sniff, to mock at (Godefroy).

NYMPHE, _s._ nymph, T. iv. 1543; Nymphes, _pl._ A 2928.

NYNE, nine, A 24; _n. night_, nine days, T. iv. 588.

NYNTENE, _num._ nineteen, L. 283.

NYNTHE, ninth, T. v. 681, 1103; Ninthe, F 1283.

O ([`o][`o]), one, A 304, 363, 738, B 52, 1135, 2122, &c.; a single, B 5. p 6. 101; one single, A. ii. 19. 12; one and the same, T. ii. 37; one continuous and uniform, HF. 1100. See OON.

OBEDIENT, _adj._ obedient, A 851; A. ii. 28. 21. In A. ii. 28. 21, it is a technical term; applied to the six eastern signs of the zodiac, as being 'subject' to the corresponding western ones.

OBEISANT, _adj._ obedient, E 66, I 264.

OBEISAUNCE, _s._ obedience, 4. 47; T. iii. 478; L. 1375; A 2974, E 24, 502; obedient act, E 230; obedient farewell, L. 2479; Obeysaunce, F 739; _in your o._, in obedience to you, 2. 84; _unto her o._, in obedience to her, L. 587; Obeisaunces, _pl._ acts of obedience, acts signifying dutiful attention, L. 149; F 515; duties, observances, L. 1268.

OBEISING, _adj._ obedient, yielding, L. 1266.

OBEYE, _v._ obey, I. 170; _ger._ F 489; _1 pr. s._ 6. 124; submit, B 2874; Obeyeth, _pr. s._ is subject to, A ii. 28. 25; Obeyde, _pt. s._ 7. 119; L. 681; Obeyed, F 569.

OBIECTE (object[*e]), _adj._ presented, B 5. p 5. 3.

OBLIGACIOUN, _s._ bond, 15. 2; Obligaciouns, _pl._ sureties, B 3018.

OBLIGE, _v._; _o. to you_, lay an obligation on you (to make me), T. iv. 1414; Oblygeth, _pr. s._ compels, I 847.

OBS['E]QUIES, _pl._ funeral rites, A 993.

OBSERVAUNCE, _s._ respect, A 1045, 1500; homage, 7. 218; observance, L. 1608; ceremony, T. ii. 112; Observance, attention, heed, I 747; Observaunces, _pl._ customary attentions, F 956; respectful attentions, 7. 249; duties, L. 150; Observauncez, _pl._ observances, A. ii. 4. 37; Observances, set duties, E 1548; attentions, F 516.

OBSERVE, _v._ favour, B 1821; Observeth, _pr. s._ takes heed, I 303.

OBST['A]CLE, _s._ obstacle, E 1659; Obst['a]cles, _pl._ A 1787.

OBSTINAT, _adj._ obstinate, A 521.

OCCASIOUN, _s._ cause, L. 994.

OCCIAN, _s._ ocean, B 4. m 6. 9.

OCCIDENT, _s._ west, B 297.

OCCIDENTALE, _adj._ western, A. i. 5. 6.

OCCUPYE, _v._ take up, F 64; Occupyeth, _pr. s._ follows close upon (see note), T. iv. 836; Occupieth, _pr. s._ occupies, 2. 90; dwells in, B 424; Occupye, _imp. s._ hold to, B 4. p 7. 69.

OCTOGAMYE, _s._ marrying eight times, D 33.

ODIOUS, _adj._ hateful, D 2190.

OD['O]UR, _s._ L. 120; F 913; Od['o]ures, _pl._ odours, L. 123.

OF, _prep._ of, A 2, &c.; by, R. 1260; B 4. m 1. 8; T. iv. 57; A. pr. 43; B 2132, 2751, 3782, D 661, E 70, 2436; concerning, about, F 1179; during, B 510; for, 13. 19 (see note); T. i. 1063, ii. 849, iv. 131, v. 184; A. i. 12. 3; D 895, 1861, 1868; off, from, 3. 964; A. i. 17. 29; F 1183, I 286; on account of, B 2208; I 98; in, A 87; as to, as regards, in respect of, 2. 57; 5. 317; B 90, F 425; with reference to, as to, 3. 966; 5. 299; as the result of, upon, 5. 555; over, B 1. p 3. 20; B 2947; with, A 2055, G 626; some A 146; _of a purpos_, on purpose, deliberately, B 2273; _of al my lif_, in all my life, 5. 484; _of grace_, by his favour, out of his favour, E 178; _fulfild of_, filled with, 7. 42.

OF, _adv._ off, away, 5. 494; (come) off, T. iv. 1106; off, A 2676; away, B 3748, 3762; _com of_, come off, be quick, have done, A 3728.

OF-CASTE, _imp. s._ cast off, 5. 132.

OFFENCE, _s._ injury, A 1083; harm, wound, 9. 19; giving offence to, B 3. p 4. 17; hindrance, difficulty, T. iv. 199; guilt, 16. 13.

OFFENCIOUN, _s._ offence, crime, B 1. p 4. 200; Offensioun, damage, A 2416.

OFFENDE, _v._ offend, 6. 129; Offenden, _v._ assail, E 1756; Offendeth, _pr. s._ assails, T. i. 605; Offende, _pr. pl._ injure, A 3065; Offended, _pt. s._ 7. 262; Offended, _pp._ attacked, A 2393; injured, A 909.

OFFERTORIE, _s._ offertory, sentences of scripture said or sung after the Nicene Creed, whilst offerings were collected, A 710.

OFFICE, _s._ office, employment of a secular character, A 292; employment, B 3446 (see note); function, operation, B 4. p 2. 76; duty, 5. 236; L. 383; a duty, 5. 518; property, D 1144; Offyce, office, place of office, D 1577; _with o._, by the use of (Lat. _officio_), B 1. p 1. 2; _houses of o._, servants' offices, E 264; Offices, _pl._ duties, B 1. m 6. 13.

OFFICERE, _s._ officer, A 1712; Officer, B 1255; Officeres, _pl._ L. 1551; servants, C 480.

OFFRETH, _imp. pl._ offer ye, C 910. From infin. _offren_.

OFFRING, _s._ offering, the act of going up to the altar to present alms, A 450; offering at mass, I 407.

OF-NEWE, _adv._ newly, again, R. 1613; lately, E 938, G 1043; of late, D 1342. E. _anew_.

OF-SHOWVE, _v._ repel (lit. shove off), A 3912.

OF-SPRING, _s._ offspring, A 1550, H 299.

OF-TAKEN, _pp._ taken off, taken away, B 1855. Cf. l. 1858.

OFTE, _adj. pl._ many; Ofte sythes, oftentimes, A 485; Ofte tyme, often, 3. 1158; 18. 44; A 52, D 928, I 138; Tymes ofte, E 226.

OFTE, _adv._ oft, 1. 34; D 861, E 722; Often, often, A 310.

OFTER, _adv. comp._ oftener, E 215, 620, I 1026, 1041; T. i. 125.

OF THAT, _conj._ because, L. 815.

OFTHINKETH, _pr. s. impers._ it repents, T. i. 1050 _n_.

OF-THOWED, _pp._ thawed away, HF. 1143.

OGHT, _s._ aught, anything, F 1469; anything of value, G 1333; _as adv._ ought, at all, 3. 1141; 7. 294; B 1792.

OGHTE; see OWEN.

OILE, _s._ oil, C 60; Oille, A 630, 2961; Oiles, _pl._ G 856.

OISTRE, _s._ oyster, A 182, D 2100; Oystres, _pl._ B 5. p 5. 21.

OKE, OKES; see OOK.

OLD, _adj._ old, A 174; Olde, _def._ 5. 110; A 429, D 1000, 1046, 1086; _voc._ D 1630; _pl._ 5. 19, 22, 24, A 175, D 1004, F 69.

OLIFAUNTS, _s. pl._ elephants, B 3. p 8. 19.

OLIVERES, _s. pl._ olive-trees, R. 1314, 1381; olive-yards, B 3226. The O. F. _oliver_ is used to translate Lat. _oliueta_ (Burguy).

OLYVE, _s._ olive-tree, 5. 181.

OMELIES, _s. pl._ homilies, I 1088.

_Omnia_, all things, A 162.

OMNIPOTENT, _adj._ almighty, C 576, D 423.

ON, _prep._ on, A 12, 21, 113, &c.; in, T. v. 274; F 921; at, T. iii. 32; of, T. iii. 18; as regards, E 1424; against, T. ii. 865; towards, 4. 298; binding on, 10. 43; _hir on_, upon her, 3. 1217; _on eve_, in the evening, E 1214; _on reste_, at rest, F 379.

ON, ONE; see OON.

ONDE, _s._ envy, R. 148. A.S. _anda_.

ONEN, _v._; Oneden, _pt. pl._ united, I 193; Oned, _pp._ united, complete, D 1968; Ooned, united, B 4. p 6. 51.

ONES ([`o][`o]nes), _adv._ once, 3. 665, 979; L. 2301; A. pr. 35; B 588, 861, 3476, 3480, G 748; of one mind, united in design, C 696; _at ones_, at once, R. 710; A 765, H 10. A.S. _[=a]nes_.

ON-FIRE, on fire, D 2122.

ON-LOFTE, _adv._ aloft, up in the air, in the sky, 5. 203, 683; on high, T. i. 138, iv. 1221; above, T. iii. 670; above ground, E 229.

ON-LYVE, _adv._ alive, 6. 94; T. ii. 138, iv. 1237; F 932. Lit. 'in life.'

ONWARD, _adv._ forward, A 970.

ONYTHING, A. ii. 38. 13. See ANYTHING.

OO, ONE; see OON.

OOK ([`o][`o]k), _s._ oak, 5. 176; T. ii. 1335, 1380, 1389; A 1702, 2290, 3017, C 765, F 159; Oke, _dat._ 3. 447; 5. 223; Ook (_collectively_), oaks, R. 1384; Okes, _pl._ oaks, B 1. m 6. 5. A.S. _[=a]c_.

OON ([`o][`o]n), one, R. 624; 3. 39; 5. 512; A 148, B 271, 334, 2034, 3880, I 16; always the same, the same, one and the same, 3. 649; B 2142, C 333, B 2142, E 711; one o'clock, A. ii. 3. 52; united, agreed, T. ii. 1740; alone, unwedded, D 66; the same, i.e. of small consequence, 3. 1295; the same thing, alike, F 537; _oon the faireste_, one of the fairest, E 212; _in oon_, in the same state, unchangeably, A. ii. 2. 8; _ever in oon,_ ever alike, always in the same manner, E 602, 677, F 417; continually, D 209; _oon and oon_, one by one, A 679; _after oon_, equally good, A 341; _that oon_, one thing, T. iv. 1453; the one, C 666; _many oon_, many a one, A 317, E 775; _felle at oon_, came to one agreement, T. iii. 565; _many on_, many a one, D 680; _everich on_, every one, B 1164; Oo, one, 3. 261, 546; HF. 2109; G 207; one, a single, R. 1236; one and the same, 3. 1293.

OONED, _pp._ united, B 4. p 6. 51. See ONEN.

OONINGE, _s._ uniting, B 4. p 6. 53. See above.

OONLY, _adv._ only, R. 583.

OOTH ([`o][`o]th), _s._ oath, T. iii. 1046; L. 1638, 1644; A 120; Othes, _pl._ T. ii. 299; A 810, B 3018, C 472, 636, F 528.

OPEN, _adj._ open, 1. 177; A 10, B 1684.

OPENEN, _v._; Opened, _pt. s._ R. 538; Openeden, _pt. pl._ were opened, I 329. see OPNEN.

OPEN-ERS, _s._ fruit of the medlar, A 3871.

OPEN-HEEDED, with head uncovered, D 645.

OPENING, _s._ R. 544.

OPENLY, _adv._ R. 20, 502.

OPERACIOUNS, _s. pl._ operations, effects, F 1129; A. i. 21. 44.

OPIE, _s._ opium, A 1472; Opies, _pl._ opiates, L. 2670.

OPINIOUN, _s._ opinion, A 183, 337; notion, A 1269; belief, A 1093.

OPNEN, _v._; Opned, _pp._ opened, T. iii. 469. See OPENEN.

OPORTUNITEE, _s._ good fortune, B 2. p 3. 27.

OPPOSEN, _v._ oppose; _o. me_, lay to my charge, D 1597; Opposed, _pt. s._ examined, G 363 _n_; _pp._ objected, B 1. p 5. 34 _n_ (a good reading).

OPPOSICIOUN, _s._ opposition, F 1057.

OPPOSIT, _s._ opposite point, A 1894.

OPPRESSE, _v._ interfere with, suppress, 10. 60; violate, F 1411; _ger._ to put down, G 4; Oppressed, _pp._ oppressed, T. iii. 1089; violated, F 1385, 1406, 1435.

OPPRESSIOUN, _s._ oppression, wrong, 15. 12; L. 2592; tyranny, 10. 19; violation, L. 1868.

OR, _conj._ ere, before, 3. 128, 228, 1032; T. i. 832, 1071, ii. 571; HF. 101, 110; L. 1353, 1741, 2009, 2230, G 314.

OR, _prep._ before, R. 864; 3. 234; B 1. p 2. 17; A. ii. 23. 21.

OR, _conj._ or, A 91, &c.; Or ... or, either ... or, R. 261. Short for _other_. See OTHER.

OR['A]CLES, _pl._ oracles, HF. 11.

ORATORIE, _s._ closet set apart for prayers, A 1905; Oratories, _pl._ D 694.

ORATOURS, _s. pl._ orators, pleaders, B 4. p 4. 183.

ORD, _s._ point; Orde, _dat._ L. 645. A.S. _ord_. And see WORD.

ORDAL, _s._ ordeal, T. iii. 1046.

ORDENAUNCE, _s._ ordinance, provision, T. iii. 535, iv. 964; regulation, 5. 390; plan, T. ii. 510; rule, 24. 17 (see vol. iv. p. xxvi); _by o._, in order, T. iii. 688. See ORDINAUNCE.

ORDENEE, _adj._ well-ordered, B 4. p 1. 30; symmetrical, B 3. p 12. 30; Ordeyn[`e], regulated, T. i. 892.

ORDEN['E]LY, _adv._ conformably, in order, B 4. p 6. 195.

ORDENOUR, _s._ ruler, B 3. p 12. 71; B 4. p 1. 31.

ORDEYNE, _1 pr. s._ determine, B 5. p 2. 14; Ordeyneth, _pr. s._ disposes, overrules, B 4. p 6. 236; Ordeyned, _pp._ provided, A 2553; appointed, F 177; prepared, G 1277; ordered, I 336; Ordeyne (= ordeynee), _pp._ regulated, T. i. 892.

ORDINAT, _adj._ ordered, regulated, B 1. m 4. 1; Ordinaat, orderly, E 1284.

ORDINATLY, _adv._ methodically, I 1045.

ORDINAUNCE, _s._ arrangement, A 3012, B 763, 805, I 177; provision, B 250, F 903; orderly arrangement, A 2567; circumstance, B 1. p 4. 121; consideration, 18. 38; order, B 2303; resolve, B 2258; command, 10. 44. See ORDENAUNCE.

ORDRE, _s._ order, law, 4. 155; A 214, 220, I 177; order, class, set, G 995; (religious or nunlike) order, T. iv. 782; I 891; _by o._, in order, L. 2514; B 2975; Ordres, _pl._ orders, A 210.

ORDRED, _pp. as adj._ ordained, I 782, 894, 961.

ORDURE, _s._ filthiness, I 841; mire, mud, B 1. m 7. 6; I 157; rubbish, T. v. 385.

ORE ([`o][`o]r[*e]), _s._ grace; _thyn o._, (I pray for) thy grace (see note), A 3726. A.S. _[=a]r_.

ORE (['o]['o]r[*e]), _s._ ore (of metal), D 1064. A.S. _[=o]r_.

ORES, _s. pl._ oars, B 2. m 5. 14; L. 2308. A.S. _[=a]r_.

ORFRAYS, _s._ gold embroidery, gold braid, fringe with golden threads, R. 462, 869, 1076. A. F. _orfreis_, O. F. _orfrois_ (Godefroy); Low Lat. _aurifrisium_ (Gloss. to Matt. Paris).

ORGANS, _s. pl._ 'organs,' the old equivalent of organ, G 134; see the note. Or it may mean 'musical instruments.'

ORGELS, _for_ Organs, G 134 _n_.

ORGON, _pl. as sing._ organ (Lat. _organa_), B 4041.

ORIENT, _s._ east, A 1494, B 3504. See THORIENT.

ORIENTAL, _adj._ eastern; (hence) of superior quality, L. 221 (see note); Orientale, _adj._ Eastern, A. i. 5. 4.

ORIGINAL, _s._ cause, C 500.

ORISONTE, _s._ horizon, T. v. 276; Orizonte, A. pr. 7; A. i. 18. 4; F 1017 _n_.

ORISOUN, _s._ prayer, A 2372, D 1786, F 1026; Orison, A 2261 _n_; Orisouns, _pl._ B 596, I 1038; Orisons, B 537, E 1706.

_Orizon rectum_, or right horizon, A. ii. 26. 21. This means the horizon of any place situate on the equator, which could be represented by a _straight_ line upon a disc or 'table' of the astrolabe.

ORLOGE, _s._ clock, 5. 350; Orlogge, B 4044. F. _horloge_.

ORNAMENTS, _pl._ L. 1107; Ornamentes, E 258.

ORPHELIN, _adj._ orphaned, B 2. p 3. 21. F. _orphelin_.

ORPIMENT, _s._ orpiment, G 759, 774, 823. '_Orpiment_, trisulphide of arsenic; it occurs in nature as an ore of arsenic, and is usually in combination with realgar, or red sulphuret of arsenic'; Webster.

_Oruscupum_, i.e. horoscope, A. ii. 3. _rub._

OSANNE, i.e. Hosannah, B 642. A Hebrew phrase; meaning 'save, we pray.'

OST, _s._ host, army, 9. 40; B 1. p. 3. 48; T. iv. 29; HF. 186; L. 1906; Ostes, _pl._ armies, B 4. m 4. 9.

OSTELMENTS, _s. pl._ furniture, household goods, B 2. p 5. 85 (L. _supellectilis_). O. F. _ostillement_, _ostilement_ (Godefroy); E. _hustlement_; cf. F. _outil_.

OSTESSE, _s._ hostess, B 4. m 3. 16. See HOSTESSE.

OTES, _s. pl._ oats, C 375; (of) oats, D 1963.

OTHER, _adj._ second, R. 953, 976; the other, A 427; Other, A 113; _what o._, what else, T. i. 799; _that o._, the other, F 496; Other, _pl._ others, 3. 891; 5. 228; R. 1304; Othere, _pl._ other, A 794, D 866; others, HF. 2151; B 3344, 3510; _gen. pl._ others', HF. 2153; Otheres, _gen. sing._, each other's (lit. of the other), C 476. A.S. _[=o]dher_.

OTHER, _conj._ or, 3. 810; 4. 219; either, L. 35 _a_; Other ... or, either ... or, G 1149. See OR.

OTHER-WEYS, _adv._ diversely, in one way (or other), B 5. p 4. 101; Otherweyes, otherwise, B 2255, E 1072.

OTHER-WHYLE, _adv._ sometimes, B 2. p 1. 78. Occurs in P. Pl. See Outherwhyle.

OTHERWYSE, _adv._ on any other condition, F 534.

OTHES; see OOTH.

OUCHE, _s._ nouch, clasp, D 743. Put for Nouche; see NOUCHIS.

OUGHT, _s._ anything, 3. 459; _as adv._ at all, 3. 537, 549; T. ii. 268; _in ought that_, in as far as, T. iii. 1241. See OGHT.

OUGHTESTOW, oughtest thou, T. v. 545; L. 1957. See OWEN.

OULE, _s._ owl, 5. 343; D 1081; Owle, T. v. 319; L. 2253; Oules, _pl._ 5. 599; T. v. 382; F. 648; Owles, _pl._ B 4282. A.S. _[=u]le_.

OULES, _pl._ awls; hence, spiked irons for tormenting men, D 1730. A.S. _awel_.

OUNCES, _pl._ small portions, A 677; ounces, G 756; R. 1118.

OUNDED, _pp._ wavy, T. iv. 736. See below.

OUNDINGE, _s._ adornment with waved lines, I 417. Cf. _oundy_ as an heraldic term. See below.

OUNDY, _adj._ wavy, HF. 1386. F. _ond['e]_, 'waved'; Cotgrave.

OURE, _pron._ ours, 5. 545; T. iv. 539; our, L. 900; Our, our, A 34, &c.; Oures, ours, C 786. A.S. _[=u]re_.

OUT, _adv._ out, A 45, &c.; _used for_ come out, HF. 2139; B 1350; go out, T. iv. 210; fully, T. iii. 417; _mordre wil out_, murder will out, B 1766; Out and out, entirely, T. ii. 739.

OUT, _interj._ alas! A 3825, E 2366; Out! harrow! B 4570.

OUT OF, _prep._ without, C 157; out of, A 452.

OUT-BREKE, _v._ break out, break silence, 2. 12.

OUT-BRESTE, _v._ burst out, T. iv. 237.

OUT-BRINGE, _v._ utter, L. 1835; utter (something), T. iii. 99, 107.

OUTCAST, _pp._ cast out, rejected, B 3. p. 4. 30 _n_; cast out, T. v. 615; abject, B 3. p 4. 60.

OUT-CAUGHTE, _pt. s._ caught out, drew out, B 1861.

OUT-DRAWE, _pp._ drawn out, T. iv. 1226.

OUTE, _adv._ away, T. v. 553; out, i.e. uttered, D 977.

OUTEN, _v._ put out, utter, display, exhibit, G 834; utter, E 2438; Oute, _1 pr. s._ utter, offer, D 521. A.S. _[=u]tian_.

OUTER, _adj._ outer, T. iii. 664.

OUTERESTE, _adj. superl._ uttermost, farthest, B 2. m 6. 11. See OUTTERESTE.

OUTERLY, _adv._ utterly, entirely, E 335, 639, 768, 953.

OUTFLEYINGE, _s._ flying out, HF. 1523.

OUT-HEES, _s._ outcry, hue and cry, alarm, A 2012. Cf. Owl and Nightingale, 1683, 1698; hence Low Lat. _hutesium_, _uthesium_ (Matt. Paris).

OUTHER, _conj._ either, R. 250; 22. 79; T. ii. 857; iv. 510, 531; A 1485, 1593, B 2286; or, 3. 1100; T. ii. 1351; Outher ... or, either ... or, B 1136, 1137, C 213. See OTHER.

OUTHERWHYLE, _adv._ sometimes, B. 2733, 2857. See OTHERWHYLE.

OUTLANDISH, _adj._ foreign, 9. 22.

OUTLAWE, _s._ outlaw, H 224.

OUTRAGE, _s._ excess (_luxu_), B 2. m 5. 3; 9. 5; inordinateness, B 2. p 5. 88; cruelty, injustice, R. 1229; A 2012.

OUTRAGEOUS, _adj._ excessive, 5. 336; B 2180, C 650, E 2087, I 430; superfluous, B 4. p 6. 253; immoderate, I 743; violent, rampant, R. 174; excessively bold, R. 1257.

OUTRAGEOUSLY, _adv._ excessively, A 3998.

OUTRANCE, _s._ great hurt, excessive injury, 24. 26 (see vol. iv. p. xxvi).

OUTRAYEN, _v._ be outrageous, incur disgrace, B 3. p 6. 37; Outraye, _v._ lose temper, E 643. O.F. _outreer_, to surpass (Godefroy).

OUTRELY, _adj._ utterly, T. ii. 1004; B 4419, C 849, D 664, I 234, 247; entirely, T. iii. 1486; B 2943, 3072; thoroughly, B 5. p 4. 5; absolutely, B 5. p 4. 13; decidedly, B 2210. Cf. O.F. _outrement_.

OUT-RINGE, _v._ ring out, T. iii. 1237.

OUT-ROOD, _pt. s._ rode out, T. v. 604.

OUT-RYDERE, _s._ rider abroad, A 166. The name of a monk who rode to inspect granges, &c.; see note.

OUT-SPRINGE, _v._ come to light, T. i. 745; Out-sprong, _pt. s._ spread abroad, C 111.

OUT-STERTE, _pt. pl._ started out, B 4237.

OUT-STRAUGHTE, _pt. s._ stretched out, R. 1515. From infin. _outstrecche_.

OUT-TAKEN, _pp._ excepted (lit. taken out), B 277; Out-take, (being) excepted, R. 948.

OUTTERESTE, _adj._ final, ultimate, B 4. p 4. 39; outermost, A. i. 21. 22; Outterest, outermost, B 3. p 10. 21; B 4. p 6. 85; extrinsic, B 3. p 12. 142.

OUT-TWYNE, _2 pr. pl._ twist out, utter, 12. 11.

OUTWARD, _adv._ outwardly, R. 419.

OUT-WENDE, _v._ come out, proceed, HF. 1645.

OVEN, _s._ oven; Ovene, _dat._ I 856. A.S. _ofen_.

OVER, _prep._ above, R. 1475; 3. 891; A ii. 23. 10; B 277, 2487; beyond, D 1661; besides, F 137; Over hir might, to excess, C 468; Over that, beyond that, B 3. p 2. 7.

OVER, _adv._ very, exceedingly, B 2655; over, on, B 1633.

OVER, _adj._ upper, A 133; Overest, _superl._ uppermost, A 290.

OVER-AL, _adv._ everywhere, R 1580; 3. 171, 426; 5. 172, 284; 13. 4; L. 120, 1024, 1424; B 2. p 5. 17; A 216, 249, 1207, D 237, G 507; everywhere, in all directions, T. i. 928; on all sides, D 264; Overal, in every way, E 2129; in every respect, throughout, E 1048; Over al and al, beyond every other, 3. 1003.

OVER-BLOWE, _pp._ blown over, past, L. 1287.

OVER-BORD, _adv._ over-board, HF. 438; Over-borde, L. 644.

OVERBYDE, _ger._ to survive, D 1260 _n_.

OVERCASTE, _v._ overcast, sadden, A 1536.

OVERCOMEN, _v._ overcome, R. 393; Overcom, _pt. s._ overcame, L. 2147; Overcomen, _pp._ defeated, B 4. p 6. 160; Overcome, overcome, L. 2019; A 3135; come to pass, T. iv. 1069.

OVERCOMER, _s._ conqueror, B 1. m 2. 10; B 4. m 7. 27.

OVERDOON, _pp._ overdone, carried to excess, G 645.

OVER-GILT, _adj._ worked over with gold, R. 873.

OVER-GOON, _v._ pass away, T. i. 846; overspread, B 2. p 7. 26; Overgo, _v._ pass away, T. iv. 424.

OVER-GREET, _adj._ too great, G 648.

OVER-HASTE, _s._ too much haste, T. i. 972.

OVERKERVETH, _pr. s._ cuts across, crosses, A. i. 21. 56, ii. 26. 23.

OVERLAD, _pp._ put upon, B 3101. Lit. _led over_. See P. Plowm. B. iii. 314; and Prompt. Parv.

OVERLADE, _v._ overload, L. 621.

OVERLIGHT, _adj._ too light, too feeble, B 4. m 3. 23.

OVER-LOKED, _pp._ looked over, perused, 3. 232.

OVERLONGE, _adv._ too long, B 3. m 7. 5.

OVER-LOWE, _adv._ too low, B 3. m 9. 17.

OVERLYETH, _pr. s._ overlies, lies upon, I 575.

OVERMACCHE, _v._ to overmatch, overreach, conquer, E 1220.

OVER-OLDE, _adj._ out of date, B 1. p 3. 41.

OVER-PASSETH, _pr. s._ surpasses, B 5. p 6. 74; exceeds, oversteps, B 4. p 7. 70.

OVER-RAUGHTE, _pt. s._ reached over, _hence_, urged on, T. v. 1018.

OVER-RIDEN, _pp._ ridden over, A 2022.

OVER-SHAKE, _pp._ caused to pass away, shaken off, 5. 681.

OVERSHOTE, _pp._; _had overshote hem_, had over-run the scent, 3. 383. From infin. _oversheten_.

OVER-SKIPTE, _1 pt. s._ skipped over, omitted, 3. 1208.

OVERSLOPPE, _s._ upper-garment, G 633. See note. Cf. Icel. _yfir-sloppr_, an upper or over-garment; cf. E. _slop_, in the compound '_slop_-shop.' See SLOPPES.

OVERSPREDE, _v._ spread over, cover, E 1799; Over-sprat, _pr. s._ overspreadeth, T. ii. 767; Over-spradde, _pt. s._ covered, A 2871; overspread, T. ii. 769; spread over, A 678.

OVERSPRINGE, _pr. s. subj._ overpass, F 1060.

OVERSTRECCHETH, _pr. s._ extends over, B 2. p 7. 27.

OVER-SWIFTE, _adj. pl._ over-swift, very swift, B 4. m 5. 6.

OVER-SWIMMEN, _pr. pl._ fly through, B 5. m 5. 5.

OVERTAKE, _v._ overtake, attain to, G 682; Overtook, _1 pt. s._ caught up, 3. 360.

OVERTE, _adj._ open, HF. 718.

OVERTHROWE, _v._ be overturned, be ruined, HF. 1640; Overthrowe, _pp._ overthrown, T. iv. 385, v. 1460; ruined, B 2. m 1. 12 (Lat. _stratus_).

OVER-THROWINGE, _adj._ overwhelming, B 1. m 2. 1; headlong (Lat. _praecipiti_), B 2. m 7. 1; headstrong (Lat. _praecipiti_), B 1. m 6. 15; headlong, pre-inclined, B 4. p 6. 207; revolving, B 3. m 12. 26.

OVERTHROWINGE, _s._ falling down, B 2755; Overthrowinges, _pl._ destruction (Lat. _ruinis_), B 2. m 4. 11.

OVERTHWART, _adv._ across, A. i. 5. 1; A. ii. 38. 19; A 1991; opposite, T. iii. 685; askance, R. 292; Overthwert, across, 3. 863.

OVERTYMELICHE, _adv._ untimely, B 1. m 1. 11.

OVER-WHELVETH, _pr. s._ overturns, turns over, agitates, B 2. m 3. 13. (See note.)

OWEN, _v._ owe, own, possess; Oweth, _pr. s._ owns, possesses, C 361; Oweth, _pr. s. refl._ it is incumbent (on him), L 360 _a_; Owen, _1 pr. pl._ owe, D 2106; Owen, _pr. pl._ ought, B 2. p 5. 53; Oghte, _1 pt. s._ ought, 4. 216; Oughtestow, _2 pt. s._ oughtest thou, T. v. 545; L. 1957; Oghte, _pt. s. impers._ it were necessary, B 2188; _him oghte_, he ought, L. 377; I 84; it became him, B 1097; _hir oghte_, became her, E 1120; _us oughte_, it behoved us, we ought, 1. 119; _hem oghte_, they ought, G 1340; _us oghte_ (subj.), it should behove us, we ought, E 1150; Oghte, _pt. s._ owed, L. 589, 1609; ought, 3. 678; A 505, 660, I 142; Oughten, _1 pt. pl._ G 6; Oghte, _2 pt. pl._ L. 70; Oghten, _2 pt. pl._ 4. 282; Oghten, _pt. pl._ B 1833; Oughten, _pt. pl._ B 3567; Oghte, _pt. pl._ I 133; Owed, _pp._ due, B 4. p 5. 11. See _[=a][gh]en_ and _[=a]h_ in Stratmann. [In B 2253, I employ the phrase _I ne owe nat_ to supply a gap, meaning 'I ought not.' A better spelling is _ow_, as representing the A.S. _[=a]h_.]

OWENE, _adj. def._ own, C 834, D 1091, E 504, 652, G 1091; _myn owene woman_, independent, T. ii. 750; Owne, _def._ B 1058; Owene, _dat._ B 3198, 3571; _his owne hand_, with his own hand, A 3624; Owene, _pl._ B 3584, G 1154.

OWH, _interj._ alas, B 1. p 6. 17; B 4. p 2. 1. Cf. E. _ugh!_

OWHER, _adv._ anywhere, 3. 776; L. 1540; A 653, G 858; Owhere (with _e_ added), R. 516. A.S. _[=a]hw[=ae]r_.

OWLE; see OULE.

OWNE; see OWENE.

OXE, _s._ ox, C 354; T. v. 1469; Oxes, _gen._ E 207, 291; Oxen, _pl._ A 887.

OXE-STALLE, _s._ ox-stall, E 398. (Four syllables.)

OYNEMENT, _s._ ointment, unguent, 12. 7; A 631, I 502.

OYNONS, _pl._ onions, A 634.

OYSTRES, _s. pl._ oysters, B 5. p 5. 21. See OISTRE.

PAAS, _s._ pace, step, L. 284; footpace, G 575 (see note); _goon a paas_, go at a footpace, C 866. See PAS.

PACE, _v._ pass, go, L. 746; A 1602; pass, T. i. 371; go away, 15. 9; 21. 9; A 4409; pass away, A 175; surpass, go beyond, T. iii. 1272; walk, T. v. 1791; overstep, HF. 392; come, HF. 720; _p. of_, pass over, T. ii. 1568; Pace, _ger._ to go, walk, T. v. 537; to go, B 1759, F 120; to pass, L. 1914; HF. 841; _of this thing to p._, to pass this over in review, HF. 239; _to pace of_, to pass from, B 205; Pace, _1 pr. s._ pass over (it), go on, HF. 1355; proceed, go on, A 36; _1 pr. s. subj._ depart, F 494; _2 pr. s. subj._ go, D 911; _pr. s. subj._ may depart, E 1092; Passed, _pt. s._ surpassed, A 448; _pp._ crossed, A 464. See PASSEN.

PACIENCE, _s._ patience, A 1084, F 773; _took pacience_, kept his patience, B 2. p 7. 93; _took in p._, took patiently, B 3155; was perfectly resigned, 4. 40.

PACIENT, _adj._ patient, T. iii. 142; A 484.

PACIENT, _s._ patient, T. i. 1090; A 415.

PACIENTLY, _adv._ patiently, 4. 21.

PAGE, _s._ page (boy), L. 2037; A 3972, B 1236, D 2178, E 1444, F 692.

PAILLET, _s._ pallet, T. iii. 229.

PAIRE, _s._ pair, A 473, 4386; set, 159; _as pl._ pairs, 5. 238. (_Pair_, in the sense of 'set,' is applied to many things of the same size.)

PAISIBLE, _adj._ peaceable, 9. 1.

PAK, _s._ pack, set, L. 299 a.

PALAIS, _s._ palace, 1. 183; Palays, B 1. p 4. 69. See PALEYS.

PALASYE, _s._ palsy, R. 1098.

PALE, _s._ perpendicular stripe, HF. 1840. Still used in heraldry; see note.

PALE, _adj._ pale, R. 306; A 205; T. iii. 624.

PALE, _v._; Paleth, _pr. s._ renders pale, B 2. m 3. 2.

PALESTRAL, _adj._ athletic, pertaining to wrestling, T. v. 304. From Lat. _palaestra_.

PALEYS, _s._ palace, T. v. 540; HF. 713; L. 1096, 2406; A 2199, 2494, 2513, E 197, F 60; mansion (in astrology), 4. 54, 145; Palais, 1. 183; Palays, B 1. p 4. 69.

PALEYS-, _or_ PALEIS-CHAUMBRES, _pl._ palace-chambers, 9. 41.

PALEYS-GARDYN, palace-garden, T. ii. 508.

PALEYS-WARD, TO, toward the palace, T. ii. 1252.

PALEYS-YATES, _pl._ gates of the palace, 4. 82.

PALFREY, _s._ palfrey, horse, A 207, 4074; L. 1116, 1198.

PALINGE, _s._ adorning with (heraldic) pales, or upright stripes, I 417. See PALE, _s._, above.

PALIS, _s._ palisade, stockade, B 1. p 6. 28; paling, rampart, B 1. p 3. 56 (see note), p 5. 22; B 2. m 4. 12. O.F. _palis_, _paleis_; whence _palisser_, v.

PALLED, _pp._ pale, languid, H 55. See APPALLED.

PALM, _s._ palm-tree, 5. 182; palm-branch, G 240.

PALMERS, _pl._ palmers, A 13.

PALPABLE, _adj._ capable of being felt, HF. 869.

PALUDE, _s._ marsh, B 4. m 7. 23 _n_.

PAMENT, _s._ pavement, F 1374 _n_.

PAN, _s._ brain-pan, skull, A 1165, B 3142.

PANADE, _s._ kind of knife (see note), A 3929, 3960.

PANIER, _s._ pannier, E 1568; Paniers, _pl._ panniers, baskets for bread, HF. 1939.

PANNE, _s._ pan, A 3944, D 1614, 1623, G 1210. A.S. _panna_.

PANS, _pl._ pence, T. iii. 1375 _n_. See PENY.

PANTER, _s._ bag-net for birds, L. 131 (see note); Panteres, _pl._ nets, R. 1621. O.F. _pantiere_.

PAPEIAY (papejei), _s._ popinjay, B 1559, 1957, E 2332; Papingay (papinjei), R. 81. Properly a parrot; applied in England to the green wood-pecker (_Gecinus viridis_). See POPINIAY.

PAPER, _s._ account-book, A 4404; Papeer, paper, G 762; Papir, paper, T. v. 1597; I 445.

PAPER-WHYT, _adj._ white as paper, L. 1198.

PAPINGAY, _s._ popinjay, R. 81. See PAPEIAY.

PAR, by (in _par consequence_), A. ii. 38. 21. See _Per_.

_Par amour_; see PARAMOUR.

_Par cas_, by chance, C 885; _per cas_, L. 1967.

_Par companye_, for company, A 3839, 4167.

_Par dieux!_, T. ii. 759. See PARDEE.

PAR['A]BLES, _pl._ parables, D 369.

PARADYS, _s._ paradise, R. 443; 1. 155; T. iv. 864; HF. 918; L. 564, 1103; B 2695, 3200, D 1915, F 912, I 325.

PAR['A]GE, _s._ kindred, birth, D 250; rank, D 1120. '_Parage_, famille, parent['e], noble naissance'; Godefroy.

PARAMENTS, _pl._ mantles, splendid clothing, A 2501. '_Parement_, _Parament_, parure, v[^e]tement, et, en particulier, habit, long et riche manteau en forme de dalmatique que l'on posait sur l'armure dans les grandes solennit['e]s ou dans les combats'; Godefroy. See PAREMENTS.

PARAMOUR (for _par amour_), _adv._ for love, B 2033; longingly, B 1933; with devotion, A 1155; Paramours, passionately, T. v. 332; A 2112; with excessive devotion, L 260 _a_ (see note); by way of passionate love, T. v. 158; _for p._, for the sake of passion, E 1450; _for paramours_, for love's sake, A 3354. The O.F. _paramor_ or _paramors_ was used rather vaguely; we even find, from an example in Godefroy (s.v. _Amor_), that it could be used to mean 'if you please.'

PARAMOUR, _s._ (1) concubine, wench, D 454, 1372; Paramours, _pl._ A 3756, 3758, B 4057; lovers, paramours, T. ii. 236; Paramour (2), love-making, A 4372, 4392.

PARAUNTER, perhaps, 3. 779, 788; T. i. 619, iii. 491; L. 362. See below.

PARAVENTURE, peradventure, perhaps, 3. 556; HF. 792; B 190, D 1003, 1073, E 284, F 955. See above; and see PERAVENTURE.

PARCEL, _s._ part, F 852, I 1006; small part, 2. 106; Parcelle, A. i. 21. 51.

PARCHEMIN, _s._ parchment, B 5. m 4. 9.

PARDEE (F. _par Dieu_), a common oath, A 563, 3084, B 1977, C 240, E 1234, F 696; L. 508; Parde, 3. 721; 5. 509, 571; L. 16; B 3974, C 672; Pardieux, T. i. 197; Par dieux, T. ii. 759. _Dieux_ is from Lat. _Deus_, nom.; _dieu_, from _Deum_, acc.

PARDONER, _s._ pardoner, seller of indulgences, A 543, 669; C 318; Pardoneer, C 932.

PARDOUN, _s._ pardon, A 687, C 906; Pardon, C 927.

PAREGAL, _adj._ fully equal, T. v. 840. '_Parivel_, _Parigal_, _Paregal_, tout [`a] fait ['e]gal'; Godefroy.

PAREMENTS, _s. pl._ rich hangings or ornaments, (applied to a chamber), L. 1106; F 269. '_Chambre de parements_, chambre de parade'; Godefroy. See PARAMENTS.

PARENTELE, _s._ kinship, I 908. '_Parentel_, parent['e], lign['e]e, parent'; Godefroy.

PARFEY, by my faith, in faith, HF. 938; I 497; Parfay, B 110, 849. A.F. _par fei_.

PARFIT, _adj._ perfect, 2. 38; 5. 568; B 3. p 10. 2, 13, 16; HF. 44; A 72, 422, 532, 3072, B 2710, D 92, F 871, G 353, I 50, 107; Parf['y]t, A 338.

PARFITLY, _adv._ perfectly, R. 771; E 690; fully, I 1007; wholly, B 2381; in a perfect way, D 111.

PARFOURNE, _v._ perform, B 2402; Parfourne, _ger._ to fulfil, B 3137, H 190; _p. up_, complete, D 2261; P['a]rfournest, _2 pr. s._ performest, B 1797; Parfourned (p['a]rfourn'd), _pt. s._ performed, completed, E 2052; Parf['o]urned, _pp._ B 1646, C 151; completed, D 2104, E 1795; Parforme, _imp. s._ perform, T. iii. 417. '_Parfournir_, to perform, consummate'; Cotgrave. See Perfourne.

PARFOURNINGE, _s._ performance, I 807.

PARISH-CHIRCHE, _s._ parish-church, A 3307.

PARISH-CLERK, _s._ A 3312, 3348.

PARISSHE, _s._ parish, A 449, 491.

PARISSHENS, _pl._ parishioners, A 482. '_Paroissien_, a parishioner'; Cotgrave.

PARITORIE, _s._ pellitory, _Parietaria officinalis_, G 581. 'In rural districts an infusion of this plant is a favourite medicine'; Flowers of the Field, by C. A. Johns. '_Paritoire_, pellitory of the wall'; Cotgrave. From Lat. _paries_, a wall.

PARK, _s._ F 392; Parke, _dat._ park, 5. 122; Parkes, _pl._ F 1190.

PARLEMENT, _s._ (1) deliberation, decision due to consultation, A 1306; (2) parliament, T. iv. 143, 211, 217; _p. of Briddes_, Parliament of Birds, I 1086.

PARLOUR, _s._ T. ii. 82.

PARODIE, _s._ period, duration (see note), T. v. 1548.

PARSONERES, _s. pl._ partners, partakers, B 5. p 5. 62. '_Parconier_, _parsonier_, _parsoner_, qui participe'; Godefroy.

PART, _s._ party, side, B 1. p 3. 25; share, T. v. 1318; 6. 38; 25. 1 (see vol. iv. p. xxvii); Parte, _dat._ A 2582.

PARTEN, _v._ share, T. i. 589; _ger._ To p. with, participate in, L. 465; Parte, _1 pr. s._ part, depart, T. i. 5; Parteth, _pr. s._ departs, L. 359; Parted, _pp._ dispersed, T. i. 960; gone away, taken away, L. 1110.

PARTENERS, _s. pl._ partners, partakers, I 968. (For _parceners_.) See PARSONERES.

PARTICIPACIOUN, _s._ participation, B 3. p 10. 110.

PARTICULER, _adj._ special, E 34.

PARTIE; see PARTYE.

PARTING-FELAWES, _s. pl._ fellow-partakers, I 637.

PART-LES, _adj._ without his share, B 4. p 3. 27.

PARTRICH, _s._ partridge, A 349; Partriches, _gen. pl._ HF. 1392.

PARTY, _adv._ partly, A 1053. O.F. _parti_, pp. masc.

PARTYE, _s._ portion, A 3008; part, side, B 5. p 3. 27; partial umpire, taker of a side, A 2657; Partie, part, A. i. 18. 7; share (Lat. _partem_), B 1. p 3. 27; Party, part, portion, B 2. p 4. 77; portion, T. ii. 394; part, B 17; Parties, _pl._ parts, A. pr. 19; B 2560; parties, B 2204. O. F. _partie_, fem.

PARVYS, church-porch, A 310. '_Parvis_, the porch of a church'; Cotgrave. See note.

PAS (paas), _s._ pace, B 399, C 164; step, D 2162; distance, R. 525; foot-pace, A 825; grade, degree, 4. 134; grade, I 532; passage, B 2635; _a pas_, at a footpace, T. ii. 627, v. 60; F 388; Pas, _pl._ paces, yards, A 1890; _thousand pas_, a mile, B 1. p 4. 173; movements, B 306; degrees, 4. 121. See PAAS.

PASSAGE, _s._ way, R. 502; stage, period, R. 406.

PASSANT, _pres. pt. as adj._ surpassing, A 2107. See below.

PASSEN, _ger._ to surpass, exceed, conquer, A 3089; _v._ surpass, L. 1127; overcome, L. 162; outdo, G 857; pass away, B 2. p 1. 55; Passe, _v._ surpass, B 4501; Passe of, _1 pr. s._ pass by, F 288; Passeth, _pr. s._ passes away, F 404; exceeds, A. ii. 42. 15; surpasses, L. 275; Passen, _pr. pl._ move over, B 5. m 5. 1; Passed, _pt. s._ surpassed, A 448; Paste, _pt. s._ passed, T. ii. 658; passed by, T. ii. 398; Passing, _pres. pt._ surpassing, A 2885, E 240; Passed, _pp._ past, spent, E 610; past, T. i. 24; surpassed, 7. 82; passed by, 5. 81; overblown, gone off, R. 1682. See PACE. And see below.

PASSING, _adj._ surpassing, excellent, F 929, G 614; extreme, E 1225. See above.

PASSIOUN, _s._ suffering, 16. 4; B 1175; passion, 1. 162; passive feeling, B 5. p 5. 5; passive feeling, impression, B 5. m 4. 32.

PASTEE, _s._ pasty, A 4346.

PASTURE, _s._ B 3123, E 1313, I 792.

PATENTE, _s._ patent, A 315, C 337. A letter of privilege, so called because _open_ to all men's inspection.

PATERNOSTER, the Lord's prayer, A 3485; (the devil's), I 507; _as interj._ i.e. say a paternoster, A 3638.

PATH, _s._ B 3. p 2. 60; T. ii. 37; L. 2463; Pathes, _pl._ A. pr. 28; I 77.

PATRIARKES, _pl._ patriarchs, C 343.

PATRIMOINE, _s._ patrimony, I 790.

PATROUN, _s._ patron, 4. 275; protector, 7. 4; Patron, pattern, 3. 910. F. _patron_, 'a patron, ... also a pattern'; Cot.

PAUNCHE, _s._ paunch, belly, 5. 610.

PAVE, _v._ pave, G 626; Paved, _pp._ R. 126; T. ii. 82.

PAV[:E]MENT, _s._ B 85, 1867, D 2104; (pav'ment), F 1374.

PAWES, _s. pl._ paws, HF. 541.

PAWMES, _pl._ palms (of the hand), T. iii. 1114.

PAX, _s._ the 'osculatorium,' or 'pax-brede,' a disk of metal or other substance, used at Mass for the 'kiss of peace,' I 407.

PAY, _s._ pleasure, 5. 271; 18. 70; _more to pay_, so as to give more satisfaction, 5. 474. See below.

PAYE, _v._ pay, A 806; Payed, _pt. s._ A 539; _pp._ satisfied, pleased, 9. 3; _holde her payd_, think herself satisfied, 3. 269; Payed, rendered favourable, T. ii. 682; Payd, satisfied, D 1185.

PAYEMENT, _s._ payment, D 131; Payements, _pl._ B 3151.

PAYEN, _adj._ pagan, A 2370.

PAYENS, _s. pl._ pagans, L. 786, 1688; T. v. 1849; A. ii. 4. 37; B 534.

PAYNDEMAYN, _s._ bread of a peculiar whiteness, B 1915. See note. From Lat. _panis Dominicus_.

PAYNE, _s._ pain; _dide his payne_, took pains, F 730. See PEYNE.

PAYRE, _s._ a pair, R. 1386; 3. 1289; Paire, _pl._ pairs, R. 1698; Payr, _pl._ R. 66. See PEYRE.

PECE, _s._ piece, 5. 149; Peces, _pl._ parts, B 5. p 4. 114; pieces, T. i. 833; I 356.

PECHES, _pl._ peaches, R. 1374.

PECOK, _s._ peacock, 5. 356; T. i. 210; A 3926.

PECOK-ARWES, _pl._ arrows with peacocks' feathers, A 104.

PECUNIAL, _adj._ pecuniary, D 1314.

PEER (p['e]['e]r), _s._ equal, A 4026, B 1930, 4040. See PERE.

PEES (p[`e][`e]s), _s._ peace, 1. 69; 3. 615; A 532, 1447, B 130, 2479, 3524, 3826, G 44; _in p._, in silence, B 228.

PEES (p[`e][`e]s), peace! hush! be still! T. i. 753, B 836, D 838, 850, G 951.

PEKKE, _s._ peck (quarter of a bushel), A 4010.

PEKKE, _imp. s._ peck, pick, B 4157.

PEL, _s._ peel, small castle, HF. 1310. Lowland Sc. _peil_; O.F. _pel_; from Lat. acc. _p[=a]lum_.

PELET, _s._ pellet, stone cannon-ball, HF. 1643. See Gloss. to P. Plowman.

PENAUNCE, _s._ penance, A 223, F 942, I 104; sorrow, 7. 347; suffering, grief, torment, 1. 82; A 1315, F 740; trouble, 18. 79; self-abasement, L. 2077; pain, 12. 14; weakness (of sight), 10. 36; Penance, L. 479; I 103; Penaunces, _pl._ miseries, T. i. 201.

PENAUNT, _s._ a penitent, one who does penance, B 3124. O.F. _peneant_, _penant_, penitent; Godefroy.

PENCEL (1), _s._ pencil, brush, A 2049. O.F. _pincel_, F. _pinceau_.

PENCEL (2), _s._ small banner, sleeve worn as a token. Short for _penoncel_. See PENOUN.

P['E]NIBLE, _adj._ painstaking, B 3490; Pen['i]ble, painstaking, careful to please, E 714; Pen['y]ble, inured, D 1846. O.F. _penible_, 'en parlant des personnes, dur [`a] la peine, infatigable'; Godefroy. '_Penible_, painful, laborious'; Cotgrave.

PENITAUNCER, _s._ confessor who assigns a penance, I 1008.

PENITENCE, _s._ 1. 120; penance, I 101, 126; repentance, I 107, 109.

PENITENT, _adj._ 1. 147.

PENITENT, _s._ 1. 61; Penitents, _pl._ 1. 184.

PENNE, _s._ pen, quill, T. iv. 13; L. 2357, 2491, E 1736. '_Penne_, a quill'; Cotgrave.

PENNER, _s._ pen-case, E 1879.

PENOUN, _s._ pennon, ensign or small flag borne at the end of a lance, A 978. O.F. _penon_.

PENS; see PENY.

PENSIF, _adj._ pensive, F 914 _n_.

PENY, _s._ penny, R. 451; D 1575, F 1616; money, A 4119; Penyes, _pl._ pence, R. 189; Pens, _pl._ pence, T. iii. 1375, C 376, D 1573, 1599.

PENYBLE; see PENIBLE.

PEPLE, _s._ people, C 260; Peples, _gen. sing._ E 412; Peples, _pl._ nations, 9. 2; people, A 2513; Peples, _gen. pl._ of the nations, 7. 52.

_Per cas_, by chance, L. 1967; _par cas_, C 885.

_Per consequens_, consequently, D 2192; _par c._, A. ii. 38. 21.

PERAVENTURE, _adv._ perhaps, HF. 304; C 935, H 71, I 105. See PARAVENTURE.

PERCEN, _v._ pierce, B 2014, F 237; Perce, _v._ E 1204; Perceth, _pr. s._ pierces with his gaze, 5. 331; Percen, _pr. pl._ G 111; Perced, _pt. s._ pierced, T. i. 272; _pp._ A. i. 3. 1, 13. 2; A 2, B 1745.

PERCHAUNCE, _adv._ by chance, hence, probably, doubtless, A 475.

PERCHE, _s._ perch (for birds to rest on), A 2204, B 4074; wooden bar (as of a clothes-horse), R. 225; a rod placed high up in a horizontal position, A. ii. 23. 27. Lat. _pertica_.

PERCHED, _pp._ perched, HF. 1991.

PERCHER, _s._ mortar, T. iv. 1245 _n_. (A kind of large wax-candle; see Nares and Halliwell.)

PERCINGE, _s._ piercing; for percinge = to prevent any piercing, B 2052.

PERDURABLE, _adj._ imperishable, B 1. p 1. 15; everlasting, eternal, B 1. m 5. 2; B 3. m 9. 2; B 2699, I 75, 119, 124; Perdurables, _adj. pl._ everlasting, I 811.

PERDURABLETEE, _s._ immortality, B 2. p 7. 63, 73.

PERDURABLY, _adv._ permanently, B 3. p 6. 23; eternally, B 5. p 4. 117.

PERE (p['e]['e]r[*e]), _s._ peer, equal, 1. 97; 19. 11; R. 1300; T. v. 1803; B 3244, F 678. See PEER.

PEREGRYN, _adj._ peregrine, i.e. foreign, F 428. Lat. _peregrinus_.

PERE-IONETTE (peer-jonett[*e]), _s._ a kind of early-ripe pear, A 3248. See note.

PERES, _pl._ pears, R. 1375, E 2331.

PERFECCIOUN, _s._ B 2709.

PERFIT, _adj._ perfect, complete, A. i. 18. 2. See PARFIT.

PERFITLY, _adv._ perfectly, A. pr. 14. See PARFITLY.

PERFOURNE, _ger._ to perform, B 2256; Performe, _v._ achieve, B 3. p 2. 64; shew, be equivalent to, A. ii. 10. 10; Perfourmed, _pp._ performed, R. 1178; Performed, L. 2138. See PARFOURNE.

PERIL, _s._ T. ii. 606, B 2672; _in p._, in danger, 4. 108; _upon my p._, (I say it) at my peril, D 561.

PERILOUS, _adj._ dangerous, 1. 7; 4. 199; A 3961, B 1999, 3109; Per['i]lous, 2. 83.

PERISSE, _v._ perish, I 254; _pr. pl._ C 99.

PERLE, _s._ pearl, L. 221; Perles, _pl._ B 3. m 8. 10; A 2161, B 3658, D 345.

PERLED, _pp._ fitted with pearl-like drops, A 3251.

PERMUTACIOUN, _s._ change, 15. 19; T. v. 1541.

PERPENDICULER, _adj._ perpendicular, A. ii. 23. 3.

PERPETUEL, _adj._ perpetual, I 137.

PERPETUELY, perpetually, 4. 20; T. iii. 1754; permanently, B 3. p 5. 3; Perpetuelly, A 1024, 1342.

PERR['E]['E], _s._ jewellery, precious stones, gems, B 3495, 3550, 3556, D 344; Perr['e], HF. 124; L. 1201. (Variant of Perrye.)

PERR['Y][:E], _s._ jewellery, A 2936; Perrie, HF. 1393. O.F. _pierrie_, short form of _pierrerie_: Godefroy.

PERS, _adj._ of Persian dye, light-blue, R. 67. '_Pers_, skie-coloured': Cotgrave.

PERS, _s._ stuff of a sky-blue colour, A 439, 617. 'Robes de _pers_,' Rom. de la Rose, 9118.

PERSECUCION, _s._ persecution, D 1909.

PERS['E]VERAUNCE, _s._ endurance, T. i. 44; constancy, 3. 1007; 24. 8 (see vol. iv. p. xxvi); continuance, G 443.

PERS['E]VERE, _v._ continue, D 148; Pers['e]vereth, _pr. s._ lasts, C 497; Pers['e]vere, _imp. s._ continue, T. i. 958.

PERS['E]VERINGE, _s._ perseverance, G 117.

PERSLY, _s._ parsley, A 4350.

PERS['O]NE, _s._ person, figure, T. ii. 701; person, D 1161, E 73; P['e]rsone, A 521; P['e]rsoun, parson, A 478; Person, parson, A 3943, 3977, I 23; P['e]rsone, B 1170.

PERSUASIOUN, _s._ persuasion, belief, HF. 872.

PERT, _adj._ forward, frisky, A 3950. Short for _apert_.

PERTINACIE, _s._ pertinaciousness, I 391.

PERTINENT, _adj._ fitting, B 2204.

PERTOURBE, _ger._ to perturb, T. iv. 561; Perturben, _2 pr. pl._ disturb, A 906.

PERTURBACIOUN, _s._ trouble, B 1. p 1. 62; Perturbaciouns, _pl._ B 1. p 5. 51.

PERTURBINGE, _s._ perturbation, D 2254.

PERVENKE, _s._ periwinkle, R. 903; Pervinke, R. 1432. '_Pervenche_, periwinkle, or peruinckle': Cotgrave.

PERVERS, _adj._ perverse, self-willed, 3. 813.

PERVERTEN, _v._ pervert, B 2379.

PERVINKE, _s._ periwinkle, R. 1432. See PERVENKE.

PESEN, _pl._ peas, L. 648. A.S. _piosan_, pl. of _piose_.

PESIBLE, _adj._ calm (lit. peaceable), B 1. p 5. 2. See PEYSIBLE.

PESTILENCE, _s._ the (great) pestilence, A 442, C 679; pestilence, 16. 14; harm, C 91; plague, curse, B 4600, D 1264; mischief, plague, B 4. m 3. 15.

PETER, _interj._ by St. Peter, B 1404, G 665 (see note); HF. 1034.

PETICIOUNS, _pl._ petitions, L. 363 a.

PEYNE, _s._ pain of torture, A 1133; T. i. 674; _in the p._, under torture, T. iii. 1502; pain, grief, distress, torment, 3. 587; 4. 96; 11. 23, B 2134, F 737, 1318, I 86; trouble, care, F 509; toil, G 1398; penalty, B 4. p 1. 38; B 3041, D 1314, H 86; endeavour, R. 765; penance, B 2939, I 109; Peynes, _gen._ F 480; _upon p._, under a penalty, E 586; Peynes, _pl._ penalties, I 837; pains, 23. 2, 11; I 132. See PAYNE.

PEYNE, _v. refl._ take pains, endeavour, B 4495; put (myself) to trouble, HF. 246; Peyne, _1 pr. s. refl._ take pains, C 330, 395; Peynest thee, HF. 627; Peyneth, _pr. s. refl._ takes pains, endeavours, 5. 339; T. v. 1524; B 320; Peynen, _pr. pl. refl._ endeavour, L. 636; Peyned hir, _pt. s. refl._ took pains, A 139, E 976; Peyned hem, _pt. pl. refl._ R. 107; Peyne thee, _imp. s._ take pains, endeavour, 13. 8 _n_.

PEYNTE, _v._ paint, 3. 783; T. ii. 1041; C 12, I 1022; colour highly, HF. 246; smear, L. 875; _ger._ C 17; _do p._, cause to be painted, 3. 259; Peynte, _pr. pl._ paint, F 725; _pr. s. subj._ C 15; Peynted[`e], _pt. s._ D 692; Peynted, _pt. s._ F 560; Peynted, _pp._ painted, L. 1029, 2536; 5. 284; A 1934, F 907; highly coloured, T. ii. 424; Peynt, _pp._ R. 248, 1436.

PEYNTING, _s._ painting, R. 210.

PEYNTOUR, _s._ painter, T. ii. 1041.

PEYNTURE, _s._ painting, C 33; Peyntures, _pl._ R. 142.

PEYRE, _s._ pair, A 2121; a set (of similar things), A. ii. 40. 18; D 1741; Payre, R. 1386; 3. 1289; Paire, _pl._ pairs, R. 1698.

PEYSIBLE, _adj._ tranquil, B 3. m 9. 33 (L. _tranquilla_); Pesible, calm, B 1. p 5. 2.

PEYTREL, _s._ poitrel, breast-piece of a horse's harness; properly, the breast-plate of a horse in armour, G 564; Peytrels, _pl._ I 433. A.F. _peitrel_, O.F. _poitrel_, Lat. _pectorale_.

PHISICIEN, _s._ physician, doctor, 3. 39, 571. (Pron. f['i]zish['e]n.)

PH['I]SIK, physic, A 413; Phis['y]k, A 411, B 4028; T. ii. 1038.

PHILOS['O]PHICAL, _adj._ fond of philosophy, T. v. 1857.

PH['I]LOS['O]PHRE, _s._ philosopher, didactic writer, A 297, B 25, F 1561, G 490; B 2. p 7. 89; L. 381; Philos['o]phres, _pl._ G 1427.

PHILOSOPHYE, _s._ philosophy, L. 1898; A 295, 645.

PHISLIAS (Phislyas, Phillyas), _error for_ Physices, B 1189 _n_.

PHITONESSES, _pl._ pythonesses, witches, HF. 1261. See note.

[PHYSICES, _gen._ of physics, _or_ natural philosophy, B 1189. Lat. _physices_, gen. of _physic[=e]_, natural philosophy; see note.]

PICH, _s._ pitch, A 3731, I 854.

PIECES, _for_ Peces, B 1326 _n_.

PI[:E]TEE, _s._ pity, T. iii. 1033, v. 1598.

PI[:E]TOUS, _adj._ piteous, sad, T. iii. 1444; sorrowful, T. v. 451; pitiful, F 20 _n_. Cf. Ital. _pietoso_.

PIGGES, _gen._ pig's, D 1841; _pl._ pigs, A 4278; _gen. pl._ A 700.

PIGGES-NYE (lit. pig's eye), a dear little thing, A 3268. See note.

PIGHTE, _pt. s. refl._ pitched, fell, A 2689; _pt. s. subj._ should pierce, should stab, 1. 163 (but this is almost certainly an error for _prighte_, pt. s. subj. of _prikke_. There is absolutely no authority for assigning to _pighte_ the sense of 'piercing,' beyond a similar error (in several MSS.) in F 418). See PRIKEN.

PIKEN, _v._ pick; Piked, _pt. s._ picked, stole, L. 2467.

PIKEREL, _s._ a young pike (fish), E 1419. See Prompt. Parv.

PILCHE, _s._ a warm furred outer garment, 20. 4. A.S. _pylce_; from Lat. _pellicea_, made of fur.

PILE, _ger._ to pillage, plunder, I 769; _v._ rob, despoil, D 1362; Pilen, _pr. pl._ plunder, pillage, I 767. See PILED, PILLED; cf. E _peel_, _pillage_.

PILED, _pp._ deprived of hair, very thin, A 627; bare, bald (lit. peeled), A 3935.

PILEER (pil['e]['e]r), _s._ pillar, HF. 1421, 1443, 1465; P['i]ler, HF. 1428, 1430, 1457, 1486, 1491, 1497, 1507; B 3308; Pil['e]r, pillar, column, A 1993, 2466; Pil['e]re, 3. 739; P['i]ler, _as adj._ serving as a prop, 5. 177; Pilers, _pl._ 5. 230; B 3274. O.F. _piler_.

PILGRIM, _s._ 13. 18; T. v. 1577; A 4349; Pilgrims, _pl._ A 26; P['i]lgrimes, A 2848; Pilgr['y]mes, HF. 2122.

PILGRIM['A]GE, _s._ pilgrimage, A 21, 78, B 1424; Pilgrimages, _pl._ A 12, D 557, I 105.

PILLED, _pp._ robbed, L. 1262. See PILE.

PILOURS, _pl._ robbers, spoilers, pillagers, A 1007, 1020, I 769. See PILE.

PILWE, _s._ pillow, E 2004; Pilowe, T. v. 224; Pilow, 3. 254; Pilwes, _pl._ T. iii. 444.

PILWE-BEER, _s._ pillow-case, A 694. See BERE, and see note.

PIMENT, _s._ sweetened wine (see note), B 2. m 5. 6; A 3378.

PIN, _s._ pin, small peg, F 127, 316; fastening, brooch, A 196; thin wire, A. ii. 38. 5; Pinnes, _pl._ pins, _or_ brooches, A 234; Hangeth on a ioly pin, is in a merry place, is merry, E 1516. See PYN.

PINACLES, _pl._ pinnacles, HF. 124, 1189.

PINCHE, _v._ find fault (with), pick a hole (in), A 326; Pinchen, _ger._ to find fault, H 74; Pinchest at, _2 pr. s._ blamest, 10. 57; Pinched, _pp._ closely pleated, A 151.

PIPER, _s. as adj._ suitable for pipes or horns, 5. 178.

PIRRY, _for_ Pyrie, E 2217 _n_.

PISSE, _s._ piss, D 729, G 807.

PISSE, _ger._ to make water, A 3798, 4215; Pissed, _pp._ D 534.

PISSEMYRE, _s._ pismire, ant, D 1825.

PISTEL, _s._ epistle, E 1154; _hence_ message, sentence, D 1021.

PIT, _s._ pit, L. 678, 697; Pittes, _gen._ of the grave, E 1401. See PUT.

PIT, _pp._ put (Northern), A 4088.

PITAUNCE, _s._ pittance, A 224. Properly, an additional allowance served out to the inmates of religious houses at festivals; hence an allowance.

PITEE, _s._ pity, I. 68; B 292, 660, 2811, 3231, F 479; Pit['e], 2. 1; 5. 10, 22; Pite were, it would be a pity (if), 3. 1266.

PITH, _s._ strength, R. 401; D 475.

PIT['O]US, P['I]TOUS, _adj._ compassionate, A 143, F 20; merciful, B 4. p 4. 189; T. i. 113; C 226; pitiful, 1. 88; A 953; plaintive, R. 89, 497; mournful, R. 420; piteous, sad, sorrowful, 3. 84, 470; 7. 9; A 955, B 449, 2140, 3567, C 166, E 1121, I 1039; pitiable, B 3673; Pitous[:e], _fem._ full of compassion, L. 2582 (cf. Dispitous[:e], _fem._ 3. 264). See PIETOUS.

PITOUSLY, _adv._ piteously, 3. 711; B 1059, C 298, F 863; pitiably, B 3729, D 202, F 414, 461; sadly, A 1117; full of pity, 2. 18.

PLACE, _s._ place, 3. 806; A 623, 800; manor-house (residence of a chief person in a small town or village), B 1910, D 1768. See note to B 1910.

_Placebo_, vespers of the dead, so called from the initial word of the antiphon to the first psalm of the office (see Ps. cxiv. 9 in the Vulgate version), I 617; a song of flattery, D 2075.

PLAGES, _s. pl._ regions, B 543; quarters of the compass, A. i. 5. 8, ii. 31. 11. Lat. _plaga_.

PLAIN, _adj._; see PLAYN.

PLAIN, _adv._ plainly, clearly, B 990; Plein, B 886. See PLAYN.

PLANE, _s._ plane-tree, A 2922; Planes, _pl._ R. 1384.

PLANE, _v._; Planed, _pt. s._ planed, made smooth, D 1758.

PLANETE (plan['e]te, pl['a]net), _s._ planet, 3. 693, 823; T. iii. 1257; A. ii. 4. 9; Planetes, _pl._ A. pr. 77. The seven planets are the Moon, Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.

PLANTAIN, _s._ G 581.

PLANTE, _s._ slip, cutting, D 763; piece of cut wood, R. 929. See PLAUNTE.

PLASTRES, _s. pl._ plaisters, or plasters, F 636.

PLAT, _adj._ flat, certain, A 1845; Platte, _dat._ flat (side of a sword), F 162, 164. F. _plat_.

PLAT, _adv._ flat, B 1865; flatly, straight out, bluntly, T. i. 681; B 886, 3947, C 648; fully, T. ii. 579. See PLATLY.

PLATE, _s._ plate-armour, 9. 49; stiff iron defence for a hauberk, B 2055; the 'sight' on the 'rewle,' A. i. 13. 2; Plates, _pl._ iron plates for defensive armour, A 2121.

PLATED, _pp._ plated, covered with metal in plates, HF. 1345.

PLATLY, _adv._ flatly, plainly, T. iii. 786, 881, iv. 924; I 485. See PLAT.

PLAUNTE, _s._ plant, T. iv. 767; F 1032; Plante, slip, cutting, D 763; piece of cut wood, R. 929.

PLAUNTE, _imp. s._ plant, T. i. 964; Plaunted, _pp._ B 1. p 4. 182.

PLAY, _s._ play, amusement, 3. 50; Playes, _pl._ contrivances (see note), 3. 570. See PLEY.

PLAYEN ME, _v. refl._ to play, amuse myself, R. 113. See PLEYE.

PLAYING, _s._ sport, R. 112.

PLAYN, _adj._ smooth, even, R. 860; _in short and pl._, in brief, plain terms, E 577; Plain, flat, even with the ground, H 229.

PLAYN, _s._ plain, B 24, F 1198; Playne (_for_ Playn, _before a vowel_), E 59; Playnes, _pl._ plains, R. 1506.

PLEDE, _ger._ to dispute, B 2559. See PLETE.

PLEDING, _s._ pleading, 3. 615; 5. 495; Pledinge, I 166. See PLETING.

PLEDOURES, _pl._ pleaders, lawyers, R. 198.

PLEE, _s._ plea, pleading, 5. 485; Plees, _pl._ suits, 5. 101.

PLEGGES, _s. pl._ pledges, B 3018.

PLEIN; see PLEYN.

PLEINEDEST, _2 pt. s._ didst complain, B 4. p 4. 112. See PLEYNE.

PLEINNESSE, _s._ flatness, plain surface, B 5. m 4. 12.

PLEINTE, _s._ complaint, lament, B 66; Pleintes, _pl._ B 1068.

PLEN['E]RE, _adj._ plenary, full, L. 1607. O.F. _plenier_, _plener_: Godefroy.

PLENTEE, _s._ (plent['e]['e], pl['e]nt[=e]), plenitude, fulness, B 5. p 6. 29; I 1080; abundance, R. 1434; E 264, F 300; _gret pl._, in great abundance, B 3665; Plente, R 1429.

PLENTEVOUS, _adj._ plentiful, A 344; plenteous, B 1. p 1. 40; B 2. p 1. 78; Plentevouse (_for_ Plentevous, _before a vowel_), B 1. m 2. 17; Plentivous, _adj._ fruitful, B 3. m 1. 1. '_Plentivos_, _plentevous_, habondant, fertile, riche': Godefroy.

PLENTEVOUSLY, _adv._ plenteously, B 2. p 2. 56; Plentivousely, fully, B 1. p 5. 38.

PLESAUNCE, _s._ pleasure, 12. 22; 18. 1; L. 1446, 1769, 1770; C 219, D 408, F 1199, I 546; good pleasure, B 5. p 6. 34; delight, 3. 767; 4. 46; 5. 676; T. iii. 4; A 2409; (personified), 5. 218; 6. 30; pleasant thing, 3. 773; 4. 238; pleasure, will, A 1571, E 501, 658, 663, 672, 959, 964; kindness, E 1111; pleasing behaviour, F 509; pleasantness, L. 1373; happiness, L. 1150; amusement, F 713; Plesance, pleasure, delight, 3. 704; D 1232; will, delight, B 149, 276, 762, 1140. O.F. _plaisance_.

PLESAUNT, _adj._ pleasant, satisfactory, pleasing, A 138, 222, 254, B. 2909; agreeable, R. 1264.

PLESEN, _v._ please, A 610, F 707; Plese, _v._ 5. 478; F. 1186.

PLESINGES, _adj. pl._ pleasing, B 711.

PLESURE, _s._ pleasure, 6. 126.

PLETEN, _v._ plead, argue, reason, B 2. p 2. 1; Pl[`e]te, _ger._ to plead, bring a law-suit, T. ii. 1468. See PLEDE.

PLETING, _s._ pleading, argument, 5. 495 _n_; Pletinges, _pl._ law-suits, B 3. p 3. 49. See above, and see PLEDING.

PLEY, _s._ play, sport, 5. 193; A 1125, 4357, E 10, 11, 1030, I 644; dalliance, 4. 178; jesting, I 539; delusion, 3. 648; Play, amusement, 3. 50; Pleyes, _pl._ games, T. v. 304; plays, D 558; funeral games, T. v. 1499; Playes, contrivances, 3. 570.

PLEYE, _v._ amuse oneself, B 3524, 3666; _hence_ use, apply, A. ii. 40. 54; Pleye, _ger._ to play, be playful, be amused, A 772; to amuse (myself), HF. 2132; B 3996; to amuse (ourselves), L. 1495; to amuse (herself), take a holiday, L. 2300; to amuse (himself), B 2158; Pleyen, _v._ to play, A 758; play (on an instrument), A 236; _ger._ to amuse (themselves), F 897; Pleye, _1 pr. s._ jest, B 3153; _1 pr. pl._ play, B 1423; Pleyen, _pr. pl._ F 900; Pleye, _pr. pl._ amuse (themselves), F 905; Pleyde, _pt. s._ played, rejoiced, T. i. 1013; was in play, 3. 875; Pleyd, _pp._ 3. 618; Pleying, _pres. part._ amusing (myself), R. 1329; amusing (herself), F 410. See PLAYEN.

PLEYING, _s._ amusement, sport, R. 133, 341, 598; 3. 605; Pleyinge, A 1061.

PLEYINGE, _adj._ cheery, playful, B 3. m 2. 17.

PLEYN (1), _adj._ full, 1. 13; 5. 126; A 2461, G 346; full, complete, A 315, 337. F. _plein_, Lat. _pl[=e]nus_.

PLEYN (2), _adj._ plain, clear, L. 328; B 324, F 720; plain, honest, 5. 528; 7. 87, 116, 278; plain, i.e. open, A 987; _as s._ plain (fact), A 1091; Pleyne, _pl._ smooth, 5. 180. F. _plain_, L. _pl[=a]nus_.

PLEYN (1), _adv._ full, T. v. 1818; fully, entirely, A. 327.

PLEYN (2), _adv._ plainly, R. 295; A 790, B 3947, E 19, G 360; openly, E 637; Plein, clearly, B 886.

PLEYNE, _v._ complain, lament, 2. 108; 4. 156; 11. 15; B 1067, C 512, D 387, I 84; L. 93, 1236; _refl._ 6. 50; D 336; _v._ to whinny (as a horse), 7. 157; _ger._ 4. 286; 5. 179; R. 1472; _pl. upon_, cry out against, L. 2525; Pleyne, _1 pr. s._ make complaint, L. 2512; C 167; Pleyneth, _pr. s._ laments, F 819; complains, 4. 158; A 4114; Pleyne, _1 pr. pl. subj._ E 97; Pleynen, _pr. pl._ complain, A 1251; Pleyned, _pp._ said by way of complaint, L. 326 _a_; Pleyne, _imp. s._ complain, B 2. p 1. 45, p 8. 31; _imp. pl._ L. 222 a. F. _plaindre_.

PLEYNING, _s._ complaining, lamenting, 3. 599; Pleyninge, I 84; Pleyninges, _pl._ laments, B 2. p 2. 4.

PLEYNLY, _adv._ plainly, openly (_or_, fully), A 1733; plainly, L. 64; A 727.

PLEYNTE, _s._ plaint, complaint, 2. 47; Pleynt (_for_ Pleynte, _before_ hath), F 1029; Pl. of Kynde, Complaint of Nature, 5. 316. O.F. _plainte_.

PLIGHTE (1), _pt. s._ plucked, drew, T. ii. 1120; pulled, B 15; Plight, _pp._ plucked, torn, D 790. The infin. would be _plicchen_, variant of _plukkien_ (A.S. _pluccian_) or _plukken_; cf. _shrighte_, _prighte_, _twighte_ (all in Chaucer).

PLIGHTE (2), _1 pr. s._ plight, pledge, F 1537; Plighte, _pt. s._ L. 2466; D 1051; Plighten, _pt. pl._ L. 778; Plight, _pp._ plighted, pledged, 7. 227; T. iv. 1610; C 702; Plighte, _imp. s._ D 1009. A.S. _plihtan_.

PLOMET, _s._ plummet, heavy weight, A. ii. 23. 26.

PLOM-REWLE, _s._ plummet-rule, A. ii. 38. 6.

PLOUGH, _s._ 9. 9; A 887; Plogh, B 1478.

PLOUGH-HARNEYS, _s._ harness for a plough, i.e. parts of a plough, as the share and coulter, A 3762.

PLOUMES, _s. pl._ plums, R. 1375.

PLOUNGEN, _ger._ to plunge, bathe, B 2. p 2. 29; Plounged, _pp._ B 1. p 1. 55.

PLOUNGY, _adj._ stormy, rainy, B 1. m 3. 6; B 3. m 1. 6.

PLOWMAN, _s._ ploughman, A 529, E 799.

PLUKKE, _v._ pluck, pull, T. iv. 1403.

PLUMAGE, _s._ plumage, F 426.

PLYE, _v._ ply, mould, E 1430; bend, E 1169; _pr. pl._ T. i. 732.

PLYGHT, _pp._ plighted, T. iii. 782. See PLIGHTE (2).

PLYT, _s._ plight, T. ii. 712, 1731, 1738; iii. 246, 1039, 1139; condition, B 2338, I 762; position, T. ii. 74; Plyte, _dat._ mishap, wretched condition, 5. 294; 7. 297; plight, 23. 19; state, G 952; Plyt, _dat._ condition, E 2335. The mod. E. _plight_ is misspelt; cf. O.F. _ploit_.

PLYTE, _ger._ to fold, T. ii. 1204; Plyted, _pt. s._ folded, turned backwards and forwards, T. ii. 697.

POCOK, _s._ peacock, A 104 (Harl. MS.). See PECOK. A.S. _p[=a]_.

POEPLE, _s._ populace, ignorant folk, B 4. m 5. 23. See PEPLE.

POEPLISH, popular, T. iv. 1677.

POESYE, _s._ poetry, T. v. 1790.

POETICAL, HF. 1094.

POETRYE, _s._ poetry, T. v. 1855; HF. 858; E 33; Poetryes, _pl._ poems, HF. 1478; F 206.

POETS, _pl._ 3. 54.

POINANT, _adj._ poignant, I 130, 131, 132.

POINT, POYNT, _s._ point, A 114, 790; L. 1630; position, I 921; Pointe, _dat._ place, 3. 660; _in point_, on the point of, about to, 3. 13; HF. 2018; B 331, 910; _at point_, ready, T. iv. 1638; _in good p._, in good case, B 2. p 4. 19; A 200; _fro p. to p._, from beginning to end, B 3652; _p. for p._, in every detail, E 577. See POYNT.

POINT-DEVYS, _at p._, with great neatness, exactly, carefully, HF. 917; A 3689, F 560.

POINTEL, _s._ style, i.e. stylus, writing implement, B 1. p 1. 2; B 5. m 4. 11; Poyntel, D 1742.

POISON, _s._ L. 2180; B 3857; Poysoun, 9. 64.

POKE, _s._ bag, A 3780, 4278.

POKED, _pt. s._ incited, T. iii. 116; poked, nudged, A 4169.

POKETS, _s. pl._ pockets, i.e. little bags, G 808.

POKKES, _s. pl._ pocks, pustules, C 358. A.S. _poc_; Du. _pok_, a pock, pustule. _Small pox_ is a corrupt form of 'the small pocks.'

POL (1), _s._ pole, long stick; Pole, _dat._ L. 2202.

POL (2), _s._ pole (of the heavens), A. i. 14. 6; Pool, A. i. 18. 13; B 4. m 5. 3.

POLAX, _s._ pole-axe, L. 642; Pollax, A 2544.

POLCAT, _s._ polecat, C 855.

POLICYE, _s._ public business, C 600.

POLISHED, _pp._ E 1582; Polisshed, D 1742.

POLLAX, _s._ pole-axe, A 2544; Polax, L. 642.

POLLUCIOUN, _s._ pollution, I 912.

POLUT, _pp._ polluted, B 1. p 4. 180.

POL['Y]VE, _s._ pulley, F 184. Cf. F. _poulie_.

POMEL, _s._ round part, top, A 2689.

POMELY, _adj._ marked with round spots like an apple, dappled, A 616; Pomely-gris, dapple-gray, G 559. Cotgrave has '_Gris pommel['e]_, a dapple gray.' Also '_Pommel['e]_, daple, or dapled; also round, or plump, as an apple.' Also '_Pommeler_, to grow round or plump like an apple; also, to daple.'

POMGARNETTES, _s. pl._ pomegranates, R. 1356.

POMPE, _s._ pomp, A 525; T. iv. 1670.

POMPOUS, _adj._ stately, magnificent, B 3745.

POOL, _s._ pole (of the heavens), B 4. m 5. 3; A. i. 18. 13; Pol, A. 1. 14. 6.

POPE, _s._ pope, A 261, E 741, I 773; 3. 929; Popes, _gen._ E 746; _pl._ B 2039.

POPE-HOLY, i.e. Hypocrisy, R. 415.

POPELOTE, _s._ poppet, darling, A 3254. Cf. O.F. _poupelet_, 'petit poupon': Godefroy.

POPET, _s._ poppet, puppet, doll; spoken ironically, and therefore really applied to a corpulent person, B 1891.

POPINIAY, _s._ popinjay, R. 913; 5. 359; B 1559 _n_. See PAPEIAY.

POPL['E]R, _s._ poplar-tree, A 2921; (collectively) poplar-trees, R. 1385.

POPLEXYE, _s._ apoplexy, B 4031 _n_.

POPPED, _pt. s. refl._ tricked herself out, R. 1019. '_Poupiner_, _popiner_, s'attifer, se parer': Godefroy.

POPPER, _s._ small dagger, A 3931 (see note).

PORAILLE, _s._ poor people, A 247. O.F. _povraille_: Godefroy.

PORCHE, _s._ Porch, B 5. m 4. 1.

PORE, _adj._ poor, L. 388, 390, 1981; D 109, 1063. _For_ Povre, q. v.

PORPH['U]RIE, _s._ porphyry; i.e. a slab of porphyry used as a mortar, G 775.

PORISME, _s._ corollary, B 3. p 10. 113; Porismes, _pl._ B 3. p 10. 100.

PORT (1), _s._ port, carriage, behaviour, A 69, 138; bearing, mien, R. 1307; 3. 384; T. i. 1084; L. 2453. Porte, _dat._ 5. 262.

PORT (2), _s._ haven, T. i. 526, 969.

PORTATIF, _adj._ portable, 3. 53; A. pr. 52.

PORTER, _s._ A 1940; HF. 1954; L. 1717; Portours, _pl._ porters, T. v. 1139.

PORTHORS, _s._ portesse, breviary, B 1321. See note.

PORTREITOUR, _s._ draughtsman, A 1899 _n_.

PORTREITURE, s. drawing, picture, R. 827; set of drawings, A 1968; Portraiture, 3. 626; Portreyture, picturing, HF. 131; Portreitures, _pl._ drawings, A 1915; Portraitures, paintings, R. 141; Portreytures, pictures, HF. 125.

PORTREYE, _v._ pourtray, depict, 1. 81; draw, sketch, 3. 783; Portrayed, _pp._ painted in fresco, R. 140; full of pictures, R. 1077; Portrayinge, _pres. pt._ pourtraying, T. v. 716. See Purtreye.

PORTREYING, _s._ a picture, A 1938.

POSE, _s._ a cold in the head, A 4152, H 62. A.S. _ge-pose_, a stuffing or cold in the head.

POSE, _1 pr. s._ put the case, (will) suppose, B 4. p 6. 132; B 5. p 4. 31; T. iii. 310, 571; A 1162.

POSITIF, _adj._ positive, fixed, A 1167.

POSITIOUN, _s._ supposition, hypothesis, B 5. p 4. 30.

POSSE, _v._; Posseth, _pr. s._ pusheth, tosseth, L. 2420; Possed, _pp._ T. i. 415. F. _pousser_; Lat. _pulsare_.

POSSESSIONERS, _s. pl._ men who are endowed, D 1722.

POSSESSIOUN, _s._ possession, D 1200; large property, great possessions, wealth, F 686; endowments, D 1926.

POSS['I]BLE, _adj._ possible, 3. 988; _as p. is me_, it is as possible for me, 5. 471.

POSSIBILITEE, _s._ possibility, A 1291, F 1343; T. ii. 607, iii. 448; L. 288.

POST, _s._ post, prop, support, A 214; T. i. 1000; post, pillar, A 800.

POSTUM, _s._ imposthume, abscess, B 3. P 4. 9.

POT, _s._ I 951; Pottes, _pl._ pots, L. 649; D 289.

POT['A]GE, _s._ broth, B 3623, C 368.

POTENTE, _s._ crutch, R. 368; T. v. 1222; staff, D 1776. Cf. _cross potent_, in heraldry.

POTESTAT, _s._ potentate, D 2017. See note.

POT-FUL, _s._ pot-ful, HF. 1686.

POTHEC['A]RIE, _s._ apothecary, C 852. See APOTECARIE.

POUCHE, _s._ pouch, pocket, HF. 1349; A 3931; Pouches, _pl._ pouches, money-bags, A 368.

POUDRE, _s._ dust, T. v. 309; HF. 536; powder, G 760; gunpowder, HF. 1644; Poudres, _pl._ G 807.

POUDRED, _pp._ powdered, besprinkled, R. 1436.

POUDRE-MARCHAUNT, _s._ the name of a kind of spice, A 381. See note.

POUNAGE, _s._ pannage, swine's food, 9. 7. Cf. F. _panage_, 'pawnage, mastage for swyne': Cotgrave.

POUND, _pl._ pounds, A 454, F 683, 1560, 1573, G 1364; R. 501. A.S. _pund_, pl. _pund_; cf. 'five-pound note.'

POUNE, _s._ pawn at chess, 3. 661. O.F. _peon_, _paon_; late Lat. _pedonem_, foot-soldier. See _peon_, in Godefroy.

POUNSONED, _pp. as adj._ stamped, pierced, I 421. '_Poisonner_, to prick or pierce with a bodkin; to stamp, or mark with a puncheon': Cotgrave.

POUNSONINGE, _s._ punching of holes in garments, I 418. See above.

POUPED, _pt. pl._ blew hard, puffed, B 4589; _pp._ blown, H 90. An imitative word; cf. _pop_.

POURE, _ger._ to pore, look closely, A 185, D 1738; to pore over (it), R. 1640; Poure, _v._ to pore, T. ii. 1708; E 2112; Pouren, _ger._ HF. 1121; Pouren, _1 pr. pl._ (we) pore, gaze steadily, G 670; Poure, _2 pr. s. subj._ pore, D 295; Poured, _pp._ T. i. 299.

POURED, _pp._ poured, R. 1148.

POURING, _s._ pouring (in), T. iii. 1460.

POUS, _s._ pulse, T. iii. 1114. O.F. _pouls_, _pous_: Godefroy.

POUSTEE, _s._ power, B 4. p 5. 9. O.F. _poeste_, from Lat. acc. _potestatem_.

POVERTEE, _s._ poverty, 3. 410; Pov['e]rte, _s._ poverty, T. iv. 1520; B 99, D 1185, E 816; Pov['e]rt, poverty, R. 450; L. 2065; D 1167, 1177, 1179, 1183, 1873; Pov['e]rt, C 441, D 1191, 1195, 1199, 1201; HF. 88.

POVRE, _adj._ poor, R. 466, A 225, 478, 1409, B 116, 120, 2607, 4011, C 179, D 1187, 1193, 1608, I 199. O.F. _povre_.

POVRE, _adj. as s._ poor, _hence_ poverty, 10. 2. See note.

POVRE, _adv._ poorly, E 1043. See above.

POVRELICHE, _adj._ poorly, in poverty, E 213, 1055.

POVRELY, _adv._ poorly, R. 219; in poor array, A 1412.

POVREST, _adj. superl._ poorest, C 449, E 205.

POWER, _s._ power, authority, A 218; might, 3. 544.

POYNAUNT, _adj._ pungent, A 352, B 4024.

POYNT, _s._ sharp point, 7. 211; very object, aim, A 1501; point, bit (of it), part, R. 1236; a stop, G 1480; _up p._, on the point, T. iv. 1153; _in p. is_, is on the point, is ready, 1. 48; _fro p. to p._, in every point, 5. 461; _to the p._, to the point, 5. 372; _at p. devys_, exact at all points, R. 830; to perfection, exquisitely, R. 1215; Poyntes, _pl._ laces furnished with tags at the ends, tags, A 3322. See POINT.

POYNTE, _ger._ to describe, T. iii. 497; Poynten, _pr. pl._ stab, R. 1058; Poynted, _pp._ pointed, R. 944; T. ii. 1034.

POYNTEL, _s._ style for writing, D 1742. See POINTEL.

POYSOUN, _s._ poison, 9. 64. See POISON.

PRACTIK, _s._ practice, B 1. p 1. 21 _n_; practical working, A. pr. 51; Praktike, practice, D 187.

PRACTISOUR, _s._ practitioner, A 422.

PRAUNCE, _ger._ to prance about, run about, T. iii. 690 _n_; Praunce, _1 pr. s._ T. i. 221.

PRAYE, _s._ prey, 1. 64. See PREYE.

PRAYE, _pr. pl._ petition, make suit, I 785; _imp. s._ pray, 1. 62. See PREYE.

PRAYERE, (prey['e]['e]r[*e]), _s._ prayer, A 1205; L. 2268; Pray['e]res, _pl._ D 865. See PREYERE.

PRAYING, _s._ request, prayer, R. 1484.

PREAMBLE, _s._ D 831.

PREAMBULACIOUN, _s._ preambling, D 837.

PRECEDENT, _adj._ preceding, A. ii. 32. 3.

PRECEPT, _s._ commandment, D 65.

PRECHE, _v._ preach, T. ii. 59; A 481, 712, B 1179; Preche, _ger._ to preach (to), counsel, T. ii. 569; Prechen, _v._ B 1177; Prechestow, thou preachest, D 366; Prechen, _pr. pl._ preach (to), F 284; Precheth, _imp. pl._ E 12.

PRECHOUR, _s._ preacher, D 165.

PRECIOUS, _adj._ estimable, R. 419; precious, 1. 59; prudish, E 1962; scrupulous, very dainty, D 148.

PRECIOUSNESSE, _s._ costliness, I 446.

PREDESTINACIOUN, _s._ predestination, B 4. p 6. 19.

PREDESTINAT, _pp._ foreordained, B 5. p 2. 33.

PREDESTINEE, _s._ predestination, T. iv. 966.

PREDICACIOUN, _s._ preaching, sermon, B 1179, C 345, 407, D 2109.

PREEF, _s._ proof, assertion, D 247; experience, L. 528 _a_; test, proof, G 968, 1379; the test, H 75. See PROEF, PREVE.

PREES (pr[`e][`e]s), _s._ press, crowd, 13. 1; 16. 40; T. ii. 1649; HF. 1359; B 393, 646, 677, 3327, F 189; the throng of courtiers, 13. 4; Pres, T. ii. 1643; press of battle, 9. 33; Presse, _dat._ throng, company, 10. 52; _in p._, in the crowd, 5. 603. See PRESSE.

PREESSETH, _pr. s._ throngs, A 2580 (cf. 2530). See PRESE, PRESSEN.

PREEST, _s._ priest, A 501, B 4000; Prest, B 1166; Preestes, _pl._ A 164, I 105.

PREESTHODE, _s._ priesthood, I 900.

PREFECTES, _gen._ prefect's, G 369. Lit. 'an officer of the prefect's (officers).'

PREFERRE, _pr. s. subj._ precede, take precedence of, D 96.

PREIGNANT, _pres. pt._ plain, convincing, T. iv. 1179. '_Pregnant_, pregnant, pithy, forcible; _Raisons pregnantes_, plain, apparent, important or pressing reasons': Cotgrave.

PREISEN, _ger._ to praise, (worthy) of being praised, R. 70; to appraise, judge of, B 1. p 4. 120; Preyse, _v._ appraise, estimate, R. 1115; _ger._ to praise, L. 67; to be praised, B 2706; Preysen, _v._ appraise, B 3. p 11. 3; B 4. p 3. 49; Preyse, _1 pr. s._ praise, 5. 586; prize, esteem, R. 1693; Preise, _1 pr. s._ praise, F 674; Preised, _pp._ praised, R. 1252; Preysed, _pp._ L. 536.

PREISERES, _s. pl._ praisers, B 2367.

PREISINGE, _s._ honour, glory, I 949; Preysing, praise, L. 189, 248, 416.

PREL['A]T, _s._ prelate, A 204.

PREMISSES, _pl._ statements laid down, B 3. p 10. 83; B 4. p 4. 48.

PRENOSTIK, _s._ prognostic, prognostication, 10. 54.

PRENTE, _s._ print, D 604.

PRENTEN, _ger._ to imprint, T. ii. 900.

PR['E]NTIS, _s._ apprentice, A 4365, 4391; B 1490; Prent['y]s, A 4385.

PRENTISHOOD, _s._ apprenticeship, A 4400.

PRESCIENCE, _s._ foreknowledge, B 5. p 3. 17; A 1313, E 659; foreknowing, T. iv. 987, 998.

PRESE, _ger._ to press forward, T. i. 446; _v._ hasten, 2. 19. See PRESSEN.

PRES['E]NCE, _s._ 1. 19; T. ii. 460; _in pr._, in company, in a large assembly, E 1207.

PRESENT, _adj._ being present, present, R. 377; B 1. p 4. 171; E 470; Pres['e]nt, E 80.

PR['E]SENT, _s._ gift, L. 1935; Pres['e]nt, gift, R. 1192; present time, B 5. p 6. 77; _in present_, at that time, then, R. 1191.

PRESENT, _adv._ immediately, 5. 424.

PRESENTARIE, _adj._ ever-present, B 5. p 6. 49, 73, 202.

PRESENTE, _ger._ to present, L. 1095, 1132; Presented, _pp._ brought, L. 1297.

PRESENTING, _s._ offering, L. 1135.

PRESENTLY, _adv._ at the present moment, B 5. p 6. 78.

PRESIDENT, _s._ the one who presided in parliament, T. iv. 213.

PRES['O]UN, _s._ prison, T. iii. 380; Pr['e]son, T. v. 884. See PRISON.

PRESS, _s._ throng, T. i. 173; Presse, _dat._ instrument exercising pressure, A 81; mould, A 263; _on presse_, under a press, in a suppressed state, down, T. i. 559; Presse (_for_ Press, _before a vowel?_), press, i.e. a kind of cupboard with shelves (for linen, &c.), A 3212.

PRESSEN, _v._ press forward, B 4. m 1. 17; Preesseth, _pr. s._ throngs, A 2580; Presse, _imp. s._ constrain, 25. 23 (see vol. iv. p. xxviii). See PRESE.

PREST, _s._ priest, B 1166; Preest, A 501, B 4000; Preestes, _pl._ A 164, I 105.

PREST, _adj._ ready, prepared, prompt, 5. 307; T. ii. 785, iii. 485, 917, v. 800; Preste, _pl._ prompt, T. iv. 661. O.F. _prest_.

PRESUME, _v._ E 1503; Presumed, _pt. pl._ C 18.

PRESUMPCIOUN, _s._ presumption, HF. 94; T. i. 213; B 2505, 3745; Presumpcion, I 391; Presumpcions, _pl._ presumptions, suppositions, B 2598.

PRETENDE, _v._ attempt to reach, seek (after), T. iv. 922.

PRETERIT, _s._ past time, B 5. p 6. 30; Preterits, _pl._ past times, B 5. p 6. 13.

PRETORIE, _s._ the Roman imperial body-guard, the Pretorian cohort, B 1. p 4. 61.

PREVE, _s._ proof, 5. 497; T. i. 690; HF. 878, 989; B 4173; L. 28, 1113; _dat._ T. iii. 307; experimental proof, A. ii. 23, _rub._; D 2272, E 787; _at p._, at the proof, (when it comes) to the proof, T. iii. 1002; _at p._, in the proof, T. iv. 1659; _armes preve_, the proof of arms, proof of fighting power, T. i. 470. See PREEF, PROEF.

PREVE, _v._ prove, 3. 552; HF. 707; L. 9, 100; C 169; bide the test, G 645; succeed when tested, G 1212; _1 pr. s._ prove, HF. 787, 826; _pr. s. subj._ may test, may try, E 1152; Preveth, _pr. s._ E 1000, 2238; tries, tests, E 1155; shews, E 2425; Preved, _pp._ HF. 814; A 3001, B 2263, C 193; proved to be so, T. i. 239; tested, G 1336; approved, E 28; exemplified, E 826; shewn, F 481. See PROEVE, PROVE.

PREVETEE, _s._ secret place, recess, T. iv. 1111. See PRIVETEE.

PREVEY, _adj._ secret, B 4. p 3. 77. See PRIVEE.

PREVIDENCE, _s._ seeing beforehand, B 5. p 6. 83.

PREVY, _adj._ privy, secret, unobserved, 3. 382; close, not confidential, HF. 285. See PRIVEE.

PREYE, _s._ prey, T. i. 201; D 1455; Praye, 1. 64; Preyes, _pl._ D 1472. A.F. _preie_.

PREYE, _ger._ to beseech, T. ii. 1369; A 1483; to pray, 2. 20; Preyen, _ger._ 2. 11; Preye, _v._ A 301, I 179; Preye, _1 pr. s._ 1. 83; A 725, D 1261; Preyen, _1 pr. pl._ A 1260; Preyde, _pt. s._ L. 2294; B 391, 3729, E 548, 765, I 178; Preyede, F 311; Preyden, _1 pt. pl._ A 811; Preyeden, _pt. pl._ D 895; Preyed, _pp._ E 773; Preyeth, _imp. pl._ 10. 78; T. i. 29. See PRAYE.

PREYERE, _s._ prayer, A 3587, B 1669; Pr['e]yere, L. 1141; E 141; H 6; Prey['e]res, _pl._ prayers, A 231. See PRAYERE.

PREYNETH, _for_ Proyneth, E 2011 _n_.

PREYS, _s._ praise, B 3837.

PREYSE; see PREISE.

PREYSING; see PREISINGE.

PRICASOUR, _s._ a hard rider, A 189. See PRIKEN.

PRIGHTE, _pt. s._ pricked, F 418 (_inferior_ MSS. _have_ pighte). No doubt, the reading _pighte_ in 1. 163 should also be _prighte_. See below.

PRIKEN, _v._ incite, urge, T. iv. 633; Prik, _1 pr. s._ spur, rouse, 5. 389; Priketh, _pr. s._ incites, excites, T. i. 219; L. 1192; A 11, 1043; spurs, D 656; spurs, rides, B 1944; pricks, pains, aches, D 1594; Prikke, _pr. pl._ prick, pierce, R. 1058; Prighte, _pt. s._ F 418 (see above); Priked, _pt. s._ spurred, B 1964; Prike, _2 pr. s. subj._ B 2001; Prikke, _2 pr. pl. subj._ goad, torment, E 1038; Priked, _pp._ spurred, G 561; Prik, _imp. s._ spur, L. 1213; Prikinge, _pres. pt. pl._ spurring, A 2508.

PRIKING, _s._ hard riding, A 191; quick riding, A 2599; Prikinge, B 1965.

PRIKKE, _s._ point, HF. 907; B 1029; pin's point, B 2. p 7. 18; central point, B 3. p 11. 162; sting, I 468; a small mark, such as a little stick stuck in the ground, A. ii. 42. 3; a dot, A. ii. 5. 12; stab, piercing stroke, A 2606; point, critical condition, B 119.

PRILL, _pr. pl._, _error for_ PRIKKE, prick, R. 1058 _n_.

PRINCE, _s._ lord, A 2994, 3036; prince, C 599; Princes, _pl._ 10. 73.

PRINCESSE, _s._ princess, 1. 97; A 1830; Princess, 18. 73.

PRINCIPAL, _adj._ 3. 495; chief, I 515; Principals, _pl._ chief, A. i. 5. 8; Principalx, _pl._ cardinal, A. ii. 31. 11.

_Principio, in_, in the beginning (S. John, i. 1), A 254.

PRINCIPLES, _s. pl._ principles, deep feelings, natural disposition, F 487.

PRIORESSE, _s._ prioress, A 118, B 1637.

PRIS, _s._ prize, A 2241. See PRYS.

PRISON, 5. 139; 11. 28; 17. 14. See PRESOUN.

PRISONER, _s._ A 1063, 1070; Prisoneres, _pl._ T. iv. 59.

PRIVEE, _adj._ secret, A 3295, B 204, 1991, 2911, C 675, I 106; private, I 102; intimate, R. 600; privy, closely attendant, E 192; Prive, friendly, intimate, R. 1066; Privy, secret, L. 1267, 1780, G 1452; _privee man_, private individual, B 2. p 3. 48. See PREVEY, PREVY.

PRIVEE, _adv._ secretly, F 531; Privee and apert, secretly and openly, D 1114; _pr. ne ap._, neither secretly nor openly, 1136.

PRIVEE, _s._ privy, C 527, E 1954.

PRIVELY, _adv._ secretly, R. 371; A 652, B 21, 3889, E 641, I 106; unperceived, R. 784.

PRIVETEE, _s._ privacy, R. 1294; secrecy, T. iii. 283; B 548, E 249, G 701, 1052, 1138; secrets, secret, D 531, 542, 1637; privacy, secret counsel, A 3164; secret, private affairs, A 1411; private apartment, A 4334; privy parts, B 3905.

PRIVY, _adj._ secret, L. 1267, 1780. See PRIVEE.

PROBLEME, _s._ problem, D 2219.

PROCEDE, _v._ proceed, T. iii. 455; 16. 6; advance, go forward, 16. 30; Proceden, _pr. pl._ proceed, T. v. 370.

PROCES, _s._ process, B 2665; proceeding, F 1345; process of time, 5. 430; F 829; argument, B 3. p 10. 40; matter, T. ii. 485; L. 1914; story, HF. 251; T. ii. 268, 292; iii. 470; F 658; occurrence of events, B 3511; Proc['e]sse, _dat._ course (of time), 3. 1331.

PROCESSIOUNS, _pl._ processions, D 556.

PROCHE, _1 pr. s._ approach, B 4. p 7. 20 _n_.

PROCREACIOUN, _s._ procreation, E 1448.

PROCURATOUR, _s._ proctor, D 1596 _n_.

PROCUTOUR, _used for_ Procurator, proctor, D 1596.

PROEF, _s._ proof, D 2272 _n_; Profe, Prof, L. 2113 _n_; Proeve, B 5. p 4. 51; Proeves, _pl._ B 3. p 12. 135. See PREEF.

PROEVE, _1 pr. s._ approve, B 5. p 3. 19; Proeveth, _pr. s._ proves, shews, B 2. m 1. 11. See PREVE, PROVE.

PROFESSIOUN, _s._ profession of religion, D 1925, 2135; oath of profession (as a monk), B 1345.

PROFIT, _s._ profit, 9. 26; A 249.

PROFRE, _s._ offer, L. 2079.

PROFRE, _v._; Proferestow, dost thou offer, T. iii. 1461; Profre, _2 pr. s. subj._ mayst offer, G 489; Profreth, _pr. s._ proffers, A 1415; offers, L. 405; Profre, _2 pr. pl._ proffer, F 755; Profred, _pp._ offered, E 152.

PROGENIE, _s._ progeny, I 324.

PROGRESSIOUNS, _pl._ progressions, B 4. p 6. 105; processes, developments, A 3013.

PROHEME, _s._ proem, prologue, E 43. F. _pro[:e]me_ (Cotgrave).

PROLACIOUNS, _s. pl._ utterances, B 2. p 1. 32.

PROLIXITEE, _s._ prolixity, tediousness, T. ii. 1564; F 405.

PROLLE, _2 pr. pl._ prowl about, search widely, G 1412. See _Prollyn_, and _Prollynge_, in Prompt. Parv.

PROLOGE, _s._ prologue, _after_ A 3186; D 1708; Prol['o]ge, prelude, T. iv. 893.

PRONOUNCED, _pp._ announced, T. iv. 213.

PRONOUNCERE, _s._ pronouncer, speaker, B 2. p 3. 39.

PROPHESYE, _s._ prophecy, T. v. 1521; Prophecyes, _pl._ T. v. 1494.

PROPHET, _s._ L. 2254; Prophete, I 125.

PROPINQUITEE, _s._ propinquity, B 2. p 3. 24.

PROPORCIONABLES, _adj. pl._ proportional, B 3. m 9. 13.

PROPORCIONED, _pp._ made in proportion, F 192.

PROPORCIONELS, _s. pl._ proportional parts, F 1278.

PROPORCIOUN, _s._ proportion, R. 545; T. v. 828; A. i. 16. 3; F 1286; Proporciouns, _pl._ ratios, A. pr. 3.

PROPOSICIOUN, _s._ proposition, B 2465; Proposiciouns, _pl._ propositions, B 3. p 10. 99.

PROPRE, _adj._ own, T. iv. 83; A. ii. 7. 15; A 581, 3037, B 3518, D 159; own, especial, B 2175; peculiar, L. 259 _a_; D 103; well-grown, A 3972; well-made, A 3345; comely, A 4368; handsome, C 309; Propres, _pl._ own, B 1. m 6. 13; _in propre_, as his own, B 2. p 2. 9; _of propre kinde_, by their own natural bent, F 610.

PROPRELY, _adv._ fitly, A 1459, 3320; properly, literally, I 285; of its own accord, naturally, D 1191; Properly, appropriately, in character, A 729.

PROPRETEE, _s._ peculiarity, speciality, individuality, B 2. p 6. 70; peculiarity, 10. 69; characteristic, B 2364; quality, B 5. p 6. 48; peculiar possession, T. iv. 392; property, A. i. 21. 41; Propretees, _pl._ properties, A. i. 10. 5.

PROSCRIPCIOUN, _s._ proscription, B 1. p 4. 174.

PROSE, _s._ prose, L. 66, 425; B 96, I 46.

PROSE, _v._ write in prose, 16. 41.

PROSPECTYVES, _s. pl._ perspective-glasses, lenses, F 234. No doubt Chaucer here makes the usual distinction between reflecting mirrors and refracting lenses. Milton (Vacation Exerc. l. 71) seems to apply the word to a combination of lenses, or telescope.

PROSPERITEE, _s._ prosperity, L. 590, 906.

PROSPRE, _adj._ prosperous; _prospre fortunes_, success, well-being, B 1. p 4. 41.

PROTECCIOUN, _s._ protection, A 2363; Protecciouns, _pl._ F 56.

PROTESTACIOUN, _s._ protest, T. ii. 484, iv. 1289; A 3137, I 59; L. 2640.

PROUD, _adj._ R. 63; T. i. 210.

PROUDE-HERTED, _adj._ proud-hearted, R. 1491.

PROUDER, _adj. comp._ T. ii. 138.

PROUDLY, _adv._ A 1152, G 473.

PROVE, _v._ test, A. ii. 23, _rub._; Proveth, _pr. s._ proves, F 455; Proved, _pt. s._ proved to be true, A 547. See PREVE, PROEVE.

PROV['E]RBE, _s._ proverb, T. ii. 397; A 3391, 4405; Pr['o]verbe, B 3436; Prov['e]rbes, _pl._ T. i. 756, iii. 299; set of proverbs, 17. 25; Pr['o]verb[`e]s, proverbial sayings, saws, B 2146.

PROV['E]RBED, _pp._ said in proverbs, T. iii. 293.

PROVINCE, _s._ B 1. p 4. 61.

PROVOST, _s._ provost, prefect, B 1. p 4. 43; chief magistrate, B 1806.

PROVOSTRIE, _s._ praetorship, B 3. p 4. 56, 61.

PROW, _s._ profit, advantage, HF. 579; T. i. 333; ii. 1664; v. 789; B 1598, 4140, C 300, G 609. O.F. _preu_, _prou_, profit: Godefroy.

PROWESSE, _s._ prowess, T. i. 438; v. 436; valour, T. ii. 632; bravery, R. 261; excellence, D 1129; profit, B 4. p 3. 45, 67.

PROYNETH, _pr. s._ prunes, i.e. trims, makes (himself) neat, E 2011; Pruneth, E 2011 _n_. O.F. _proigner_, provigner: Godefroy.

PRYDE, _s._ Pride, R. 975; pride, G 476, I 388.

PRYDELEES, _adj._ without pride, 6. 29; Prydeles, E 930.

PRYE, _ger._ to pry, peer, T. ii. 404; iii. 1571; D 1738, G 668; to gaze, A 3458; _v._ spy, T. ii. 1710; pry, E 2112.

PRYME, _s._ prime (of day), usually 9 a.m., T. i. 157; ii. 992, 1095; v. 15, 472; A 2189, 2576, 3554, B 1278, 1396, 4368, 4388, C 662, E 1857, F 73; _fully pr._, the end of the first period of the day (from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.), B 2015; _pr. large_, past 9 o'clock, F 360; _passed pr._, past 9 o'clock, D 1476; _half way pryme_, half way between 6 and 9 a.m., half-past seven, A 3906.

PRYME FACE, _s._ the first look, first glance, T. iii. 919.

PRYMER, _s._ primer, elementary reading-book, B 1707.

PRYMEROLE, _s._ primrose, A 3268.

PRYS, _s._ price, value, R. 1134; B 2. p 4. 22; B 5. p 3. 135; A 815, B 2087; worth, excellence, R. 45, 47, 286; F 911; praise, R. 446; B 3. p 6. 22; T. ii. 181, 188; E 1026; esteem, R. 300; T. i. 375; ii. 24; F 934; glory, L. 2534; reputation, D 1152; renown, R. 666, 1198; A 67, 237; prize, reward, B 4. m 7. 43; a prize, B 4. p 4. 137; Pryse, prize, I 355.

PRYSE, _ger._ to esteem, to be esteemed, R. 887.

PRYVED, _pp._ deprived, exiled, 1. 146.

PRYVEE, _adj._ secret, A 2460. See PRIVEE.

PSALMES, _pl._ psalms, H 345.

PUBLISSHED, _pp._ proclaimed, T. v. 1095; published, B 2. p 7. 36; Publiced, spread abroad, E 415, 749.

PUFFEN, _ger._ to puff, blow hard, HF. 1866.

PUKED, _for_ Poked, T. iii. 116 _n_.

PULLE, _s._ a bout at wrestling, a throw, 5. 164.

PULLE, _v._ pluck, T. i. 210; v. 1546; _ger._ R. 1667; to draw, T. ii. 657; _pulle a finche_, pluck a finch, cheat a novice, A 652; Pulleth, _pr. pl._ pull, L. 2308; Pulled, _pt. s._ pulled, drew, D 2067; _a pulled hen_, a plucked hen, A 177.

PULPET, _s._ pulpit, C 391. Pulpit, D 2282.

PULTRYE, _s._ poultry, A 598.

PUNISSEMENT, _s._ punishment, B 3005.

PUNISSHINGE, _s._ punishment, B 4. p 1. 15; D 1302; Punissinge, B 2622.

PUNYCE, _ger._ to punish, T. v. 1707.

PUPLISSHEN, _pr. pl. refl._ repeople themselves, are propagated, B 3. p 11. 91. Cf. O.F. _peuploier_, _pueplier_, _puplier_, peupler: Godefroy.

PURCHACEN, _ger._ to procure, acquire, I 742, 1066; Purchace, _v._ merit, gain, I 1080; obtain, win, 21. 19; buy, A 608; Purchasen, _ger._ to acquire, G 1405; Purchacen, _pr. pl._ promote, B 2870; Purchased, _pt. s._ contrived, procured, 3. 1112; Purchaced, _pp._ procured, brought about, 11. 17; Purchace, _imp. s. 3 p._ may (He) provide, B 873; Purchace, _imp. pl._ provide (for yourself), T. ii. 1125.

PURCHAS, _s._ proceeds of begging, gifts acquired, A 256; gain, D 1451, 1530.

PURCHASINGE, _s._ acquiring, B 4. p 7. 50; Purchasing, conveyancing, A 320; acquisition of property, D 1449.

PURCHASOUR, _s._ conveyancer, A 318.

PURE, _adj._ very (lit. pure), 3. 490; HF. 280; A 1279; utter, 3. 1209; _the p. deth_, death itself, 3. 583.

PURE, _adv._ purely, 3. 1010.

PURED, _pp. as adj._ pure, F 1560; rendered pure, very fine, D 143.

PURELY, _adv._ merely, only, 3. 5, 843, 934; HF. 39.

PURFILED, _pp._ ornamented at the edge, trimmed, A 193. '_Porfiler_, borner, garder le contour de, parer, orner': Godefroy. '_Porfil_, bordure': id.

PURGACIOUN, _s._ discharge, D 120.

PURGAT['O]RIE, _s._ purgatory, A 1226, D 489, E 1670, I 716.

PURGEN, _ger._ to purge, B 4143; to discharge, D 134; Purgen, _pr. pl._ B 1763, I 428; Purgede, _pt. s._ expiated, B 4. m 7. 2 (Lat. _piauit_); Purged, _pp._ absolved, cleansed (by baptism), G 181.

PURPOS, _s._ purpose, R. 1140; 1. 113; 2. 5; T. i. 5; B 170, E 573, F 965, I 129, 310; proposal, design, A 1684; _to purpos_, to the subject, 5. 26; _it cam him to p._, he purposed, F 606.

PURPOSEN, _v._ purpose, I 87; Purp['o]sen, _pr. pl._ propose, T. iv. 1350; propound, B 5. p 6. 207; Purp['o]sed, _pp._ E 706, 1067; set before, put before, B 4. p 2. 87, p 3. 10; aimed at, B 3. p 2. 52; Purposinge, _pr. pt._ intending, F 1458.

PURPRE, _adj._ purple, T. iv. 869; L. 654; Purpur, B 1. m 6. 6.

PURPRE, _s._ purple, R. 1071; B 3. m 8. 11; purple raiment, I 933; Purpur, R. 1188; B 2. m 5. 11; Purpres, _pl._ purple robes, B 3. m 4. 2.

PURS, _s._ purse, 19. 15; A 656, B 2794, D 1348, E 1883, F 148; Purse, 19. 1; Purses, _pl._ D 1350, G 1404.

PURSEVAUNTES, _s. pl._ pursuivants, HF. 1321.

P['U]RSUIT, _s._ continuance, perseverance, T. ii. 959; P['u]rsuite, continuance in pursuit, T. ii. 1744; Purs['u]te, _s._ appeal to prosecute, D 890. '_Porsuit_, effort, recherche': Godefroy.

PURTREYE, _v._ draw, A 96; Purtreyed, _pt. s._ pourtrayed, E 1600. See PORTREYE.

PURTREYOUR, _s._ draughtsman, A 1899.

PURVEYABLE, _adj._ with provident care, B 3. m 2. 3.

PURVEYAUNCE, _s._ providence, T. ii. 527; iv. 961, 977, 982, 1000; A 1252, 1665, 3011, F 865; Purviaunce, providence, B 3. p 11. 130; B 4. p 6. 17; prescience, B 5. p 3. 26; Purveyance, providence, B 483; foresight, D 566, 570; equipment, B 247; Purveyaunce, provision, A 3566, F 904; pre-arrangement, T. iii. 533; Purveaunce, provision, I 685; _unto his p._, to provide himself with necessaries, L. 1561.

PURVEYEN, _v._ provide, B 2532; Purveye, _v._ D 917, E 191; take precautions, T. ii. 504; Purveyth, _pr. s._ foresees, T. iv. 1066; Purveyeth, _pr. s._ foresees, foreordains, 10. 66; Purveyed, _pp._ foreseen, B 5. p 3. 16; T. iv. 1006, 1008; thought over beforehand, I 1003; _p. of_, provided with, D 591; Purveye, _imp. s._ provide, T. ii. 426, 1160.

PURVEYINGE, _s._ providence, T. iv. 986.

PUT, _s._ pit, T. iv. 1540; I 170; Putte, _dat._ B 3. m 12. 46. A.S. _pyt_. See PIT.

PUTERIE, _s._ prostitution, I 886; Putrie, I 886. O.F. _puterie_, _putrie_: Godefroy and Cotgrave.

PUTOURS, _s. pl._ pimps, procurers, I 886. See above.

PUTTEN, _v._ put, lay, 7. 344; Putte, _v._ suppose, B 2667; _ger._ to put, 3. 1332; Putteth, _pr. s._ 4. 229; imposes, B 5. p 4. 37; Put, _pr. s._ puts, I 142; Put him, puts himself, L. 652; Putte, _pt. s._ 4. 268; B 1630, 3742; set, L. 675; _1 pt. s._ 3. 769; Puttest, _2 pt. s._ didst put, B 3875; Put, _pp._ E 471; placed, B 4. p 7. 64; settled, established, B 1. p 6. 19 (L. _locatus_); _p. of_, checked, B 1. p 4. 42; _p. up_, put away, 2. 54 (see note).

PUTTING TO, i.e. adding, A. ii. 43 a. 12 (vol. iii. p. 232, l. 2).

PYE, _s._ magpie, 5. 345; T. iii. 527; A 3950, B 1399, D 456, E 1848, G 565; Pyes, _pl._ HF. 703, F 650. F. _pie_.

PYE, _s._ pie, pasty, A 384.

PYK, _s._ pike (fish), 12. 17; T. ii. 1041; E 1419.

PYKE, _v._ (1) peep, T. iii. 60; _ger._ (2), to pick at, T. ii. 1274; Pyketh, _pr. s._ (3) makes (himself) tidy or smooth, E 2011. F. _piquer_, 'to prick, pierce, or thrust into [hence, peep into], ... to stiffen a coller': Cotgrave.

PYKEPURS, _s._ pick-purse, A 1998.

PYLED, _pp._ peeled, bare, bald, A 4306. See PILED.

PYN (pin), the pin which passes through the central hole in the Astrolabe and its plates, A. i. 14. 1. See PIN.

PYN (piin), _s._ pine-tree, R. 1379, 1457.

PYN-TREE, _s._ pine-tree, R. 1464; Pyn-trees, _pl._ R. 1314; B 2. m 5. 13.

PYNE, _s._ pain, torment, T. v. 6; D 787, I 171; hurt, 5. 335; toil, HF. 147; place of torment, HF. 1512; suffering, T. ii. 676; A 1324, 2382, B 1080, D 385; woe, torment, B 3420, F 448; the passion, B 2126. A.S. _p[=i]n?_.

PYNE, _ger._ to torture, A 1746; Pyneth, _pr. s._ pines away, 7. 205; grieves, bemoans, I 85; Pyned, _pp._ examined by torture, B 4249. A.S. _p[=i]nian_.

PYPE, _s._ pipe, musical instrument, HF. 773, 1219; B 2005; Pypes, _pl._ pipes, tubes, A 2752; musical instruments, A 2511.

PYPEN, _v._ pipe, whistle, A 1838; play on the bagpipe, A 3927; Pype, make a piping noise, T. v. 1433; pipe, play upon a pipe, A 3876; pipe, play music, HF. 1220; Pyped, _pp._ faintly uttered, HF. 785; Pyping, _pres. pt._ piping (hot), hissing, A 3379.

PYPERS, _pl._ pipers, HF. 1234.

PYRIE, _s._ pear-tree, E 2217, 2325. A.S. _pyrige_; from Lat. _pyrus_.

QUAAD, _adj._ evil (Flemish), A 4357; Quad, bad, B 1628. Du. _kwaad_; M. Du. _quad_. 'Een quade boom brengt voort _quade_ vruchten,' a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit; Matt. vii. 17; in Dutch New Test., A. D. 1700. '_Quaet jaer_; Ger. _schwarz jahr_; Ital. _mat anno_; Fr. _maitvaise ann['e]e_. "Wat _quaet jaer_! hoe zuldi hu ghelaten?"--Het Spel van de V vroede en van de V dwaesen Maegden. "Ein _schwarz jahr_, rief der alte ... komme [:u]ber euch!"--Qu'une mauvaise ann['e]e vous accable, s'['e]cria le vieux juif (Contes fastastiques d'Hoffmann: Le choix d'une fianc['e]e).'--Delfortrie; Analogies des Langues Flamande, Allemande, et Anglaise; p. 308.

QUAILLE, _s._ quail, E 1206; Quayles, _gen. pl._ 5. 339.

QUAKE, _v._ tremble, shiver, R. 462; quake, A 3614, F 860; shake, T. iii. 542; Quake, _1 pr. s._ I 159; tremble, 6. 55; Quaketh, _pr. s._ quakes, L. 2680; trembles, T. iv. 14; Quook, _pt. s._ quaked, T. v. 36, 926; L. 2317, 2648; A 1576, 1762, B 3394; Quaked, _pp._ B 3831; Quaketh, _imp. pl._ quake, fear, T. ii. 302; Quaking, _pres. pt._ shaking, 3. 1212; E 317, 358; Quakinge, heaving, B 4. m 5. 18. (Lat. _frementi_, perhaps misread as _trementi_). A.S. _cwacian_.

QUAKING, _s._ trembling, fear, 7. 214.

QUAKKE, _s._ a state of hoarseness, A 4152. Cf. E. Friesic _kwak_, applied to the croaking of frogs; Low G. _quakken_, to croak; to groan like a sick man (Bremen W[:o]rterbuch).

QUALITEE, _s._ quality, T. iii. 31.

QUALM, _s._ pestilence, A 2014; evil, plague, R. 357; foreboding of death, T. v. 382; Qualme, _dat._ HF. 1968. A.S. _cwealm_.

QUANTITE, _s._ quantity, vastness, 5. 58; size, A. i. 18. 10, 21. 25.

QUAPPE, _v._ heave, toss (lit. shake, palpitate), L. 1767; beat repeatedly, L. 865; palpitate, T. iii. 57. Cf. Norweg. _kveppa_ (pt. t. _kvapp_), to slip suddenly, to rock (Aasen); and see _kwabbe_, _kwabben_ in Koolman's E. Friesic Dictionary.

QUARELE, _s._ complaint, 25. 11 (see vol. iv. p. xxvii). See QUERELE.

QUART, _s._ quart, A 649, 3497.

QUARTER, _s._ quarter, T. v. 1698; fourth part (of the night), 3. 198; Quarters, _pl._ quarters of the heavens, A. i. 5. 8.

QUARTER-NIGHT, the time when a fourth part of the night is gone, 9 P. M., A 3516.

QUAYLES, _gen. pl._ quails, 5. 339. See QUAILLE.

QUEINTE, _adj._ curious, B 1426; _pl._ L. 2013. See QUEYNT.

QUEK! _int._ quack! 5. 499, 594.

QUELLE, _v._ kill, B 4580, C 854; _pr. pl._ strike, T. iv. 46; _3 imp. s._ may (he) kill, G 705. A.S. _cwellan_.

QUEME, _v._ please, 14. 20; T. 695; Quemen, _pr. pl._ subserve, T. ii. 803. A.S. _cw[=e]man_.

QUENCHE, _v._ put a stop to, T. iii. 846; be quenched, I 341; Quenchen, _ger._ to put an end to, T. iii. 1058; Queynte, _pt. s._ became extinct, was quenched, A 2334, 2337; Queynt, _pp._ quenched, extinguished, T. iv. 313, 1430; v. 543; A 2321, 2336.

QUENE (kw['e]['e]n[*e]), _s._ queen, R. 1266; 1. 1, 24; 11. 9; A 882, B 161, 1671, D 1048, F 1046, G 1089; Queen, 1. 25. A.S. _cw[=e]n_.

QUERELE, _s._ quarrel, I 618; Quereles, _pl._ complaints, B 3. p 3. 49. O.F. _querele_, dispute, plainte; Godefroy.

QUERN, _s._ hand-mill, 9. 6; Querne, _dat._ HF. 1798, B 3264. A.S. _cweorn_; Icel. _kvern_.

QUESTEMONGERES, _s. pl._ questmen, jurymen, I 797.

_Questio, quid iuris_, the question is, how stands the law, A 647.

QUESTIOUN, _s._ dispute, A 2514; problem, D 2223.

QUEYNT, -E; see QUENCHE.

QUEYNT, _adj._ strange, 3. 1330; curious, dainty, R. 65; adorned, R. 1435; curious, well-devised, HF. 228; neat, R. 98; Queynte, strange, curious, HF. 1925, L. 353; T. i. 411; A 1531, 2333, 3605, D 516, E 2061, F 726, G 752; curious, artful, sly, T. iv. 1629; A 3275; quaint, curious, B 1189, F 239, 369; curiously contrived, HF. 126; F 234; hard to understand, 3. 531; graceful, R. 610. O.F. _cointe_, _queinte_: Godefroy. See QUEINTE.

QUEYNTE, _adv._ artfully, HF. 245.

QUEYNTE, _s._ pudendum, A 3276, D 332, 444; D 608 _n_.

QUEYNTELICHE, _adv._ curiously, cunningly, HF. 1923; Queyntely, daintily, R. 569; strangely, R. 783.

QUEYNTISE, _s._ finery, I 932; art, I 733; Queyntyse, ornament, R. 840. O.F. _cointise_, _queintise_.

_Qui cum patre_ (see note), D 1734, I 1092.

_Qui la_, who's there? B 1404.

QUIETE, _s._ quiet, repose, 1. 14; F 760; Qui['e]te, 9. 44; T. iii. 506.

QUIK, _adj._ alive, 3. 121; T. iii. 79; F 1336; lively, A 306; intelligent, ready, I 658; Quike, _def._ living, B 5. m 4. 33; _voc._ T. i. 411; _pl._ alive, T. ii. 52; A 1015.

QUIKEN, _v._ quicken, revive, T. i. 443; iv. 631; I 235, 628; _ger._ to grow, T. i. 295; to make alive, quicken, G 481; revive, T. iii. 484; Quikke, _ger._ to quicken, take life, burst forth, HF. 2078; Quiked, _pt. s._ became alive, burst into flame, A 2335; _pp._ endowed with life, F 1050. A.S. _cwician_.

QUIKKEST, _adj. superl._ liveliest, busiest, F 1502.

QUIKNESSE, _s._ liveliness, life, 3. 26.

QUIKSILVER, _s._ quicksilver, A 629, G 822.

QUINIBLE, _s._ shrill treble, A 3332 (see note).

QUIRBOILLY, _s._ boiled leather, B 2065. F. _cuir bouilli_; see note.

QUISSHIN, _s._ cushion, T. ii. 1229; Quisshen, T. iii. 964. O.F. _coissin_, _cuissin_; see _Cushion_ in New E. Dict.

QUISTROUN, _s._ scullion, kitchen-drudge, R. 886. O.F. _coistron_, _quistron_, 'marmiton': Godefroy.

QUIT, -TE; see QUYTE.

QUITLY, _adv._ freely, wholly, A 1792.

QUOD, _pt. s._ said, 3. 370, 1112; L. 1708; A 1234, B 16, 28, 1166, F 967; Quoth, 3. 90. A.S. _cwaedh_, pt. t. of _cwedhan_.

QUONIAM, pudendum, D 608. Cf. QUEYNTE. (MS. Cp. has the reading _queynte_.)

QUOOK, _pt. s. of_ Quake.

QUYTE, _v._ requite, reward, repay, recompense, give in return, R. 1542; 5. 112; 10. 75; HF. 670; T. i. 808; L. 494, 1447; A 3127, D 1008, H 293; free, ransom, A 1032; _ger._ to remove, free, 7. 263; _quyte with_, to requite with, A 3119; _hir cost for to quyte_, to pay for her expenses, B 3564; _quyte hir whyle_, repay her time, i.e. her trouble, B 584; Quyten, _v._ repay, D 1292; _ger._ to requite, B 2243; Quyte, _1 pr. s._ requite, C 420; Quyteth, _pr. s._ pays, 5. 9; Quyten, _pr. pl._ requite, I 154; Quyte, _pr. s. subj._ repay, L. 2227; Quyte yow, repay you, A 770; Quitte, _pt. s._ requited, L. 1918; repaid, R. 1526; Quitte, _pt. pl._ released, T. iv. 205; Quit, _pp._ rewarded, requited, HF. 1614; L. 523; T. ii. 242; A. 4324; set free, L. 1992; G 66; discharged, quit, F 1578; _as adj._ free, 5. 663; B 5. p 4. 74; T. iii. 1019; F 1534.

RAA, _s._ roe (Northern), A 4086.

RABY, Rabbi, D 2187.

RACE, _for_ Arace, T. iii. 1015 _n_.

RAD, -DE; see REDE.

RADEVORE, _s._ piece of tapestry, L. 2352; see note.

RAFLES, _s. pl._ raffles, I 793.

RAFT, -E; see REVE.

RAFTER, _s._ A 990.

RAGE, _s._ passion, R. 1613; craving, 1657; madness, 3. 731; L. 599; violent grief, F 836; violent rush, fierce blast, A 1985.

RAGE, _v._ romp, toy wantonly, A 257, 3273, 3958.

RAGERYE, _s._ wantonness, E 1847; passion, D 455. O.F. _ragerie_.

RAGOUNCES, _error for_ Iagounces, R. 1117 _n_.

RAKE, _s._ rake, A 287.

RAKED, _pp._ raked, B 3323. Literally, the sentence is--'Amongst hot coals he hath raked himself'; the sense is, of course, 'he hath raked hot coals around himself.' A.S. _racian_, to rake together; Icel. _raka_.

RAKEL, _adj._ rash, T. i. 1067; iii. 429, 1630; H 278; hasty, T. iii. 1437. Icel. _reikull_, wandering.

RAKELNESSE, _s._ rashness, 16. 16; H 283.

RAKE-STELE, (st[`e]le), _s._ handle of a rake, D 949. See STELE.

RAKET, _s._ the game of rackets, T. iv. 460.

RAKLE, _v._ behave rashly, T. iii. 1642. See RAKEL.

RAM, _s._ ram, L. 1427; (as prize at a wrestling-match), A 548; Aries, the first sign in the zodiac, A 8, F 386.

RAMMISH, _adj._ ramlike, strong-scented, G 887. Cf. Icel. _ramr_, strong, fetid; which is probably related to A.S. _ramm_, a ram.

RAMPETH, _pr. s._ (lit. ramps, romps, rears, but here) rages, acts with violence, B 3094. We should now say--'She _flies_ in my face.' The following quotation, in which _rampe_ means an ill-conditioned woman, a _romp_, is much to the purpose. 'A woman ought not to striue with her husbonde, nor yeue him no displeasaunce nor ansuere her husbonde afore straungers like a _rampe_, with gret uelonis [_felon's_] wordes, dispraising him and setting hym atte not [_at naught_].'--The Knight of la Tour-Landry, ed. Wright, p. 25.

RANCOUR, _s._ ill-feeling, ill-will, malice, R. 1261; A 2732, E 432, 747, 802, H 97, I 550, 552.

RANKE, _adj. pl._ rank, I 913.

RANSAKE, _ger._ to ransack, search thoroughly, A 1005; Ransaked, _pt. s._ ransacked, came searching out, 4, 28.

RAPE, _s._ haste, 8. 7. Icel. _hrap_, a falling down.

RAPE, _v._; in phrase _rape and renne_, corrupted from an older phrase _repen_ and _r[=i]nen_ (A.S. _hrepian and hr[=i]nan_), i.e. handle and touch, clutch and seize (see note), G 1422.

RASCAILLE, _s._ mob, T. v. 1853. A.F. _rascaille_; see _Rascal_ in my Etym. Dict. and in the Supplement.

RASOUR, _s._ razor, A 2417, B 3246; HF. 690; L. 2654.

RATED, _pp._ reproved, scolded, A 3463. Short for _arated_, variant of _aretted_; see ARETTE.

RATHE, _adv._ soon, HF. 2139; T. ii. 1088; iv. 205; v. 937; early, A 3768, B 1289. A.S. _hraedh_.

RATHER, _adj. comp._ former, B 2. p 1. 8; B 2. p 7. 89; T. iii. 1337; v. 1799.

RATHER, _adv._ sooner, 3. 562, 868; B 5. p 3. 141; T. i. 865; A. i. 21. 14; A 1153, B 225, 335, 2265, C 643, E 1169, 1413, 1992; more willingly, A 487; _the r._, the sooner, 2. 82.

RATTES, _pl._ rats, C 854, I 605.

RAUGHTE; see RECHE.

RAUNSON, _s._ ransom, A 1024, 1176, D 411, I 225.

RAVE, _2 pr. pl._ are mad, T. ii. 116; _1 pr. pl._ rave, speak madly, G 959.

RAVEN, _s._ raven, 5. 363; the constellation Corvus, HF. 1004; Ravenes, _gen._ raven's, A 2144; _gen. pl._ of ravens, T. v. 382.

RAVINES, _s. pl._ rapines, thefts, I. 793. See RAVYNE.

RAVING, _s._ madness, F 1026.

RAVINOUR, _s._ plunderer, B 4. p 3. 73; Ravineres, _pl._ B 1. p 3. 57.

RAVISSHE, _v._ snatch away, B 2. m 7. 20; seize, appropriate, B 1. p 3. 25; _go r._, go and ravish, T. iv. 530; _ger._ T. v. 895; Ravisshen, _pr. pl._ seize upon, B 4. p 5. 16; Ravisshedest, _2 pt. s._ didst greedily receive, B 3. p 1. 15; Ravysedest, _2 pt. s._ didst draw (down), B 1659; Ravisshede, _pt. s._ carried off, B 4. m 7. 24; Ravisshed, _pp._ carried away, B 1. p 3. 50; D 1676; ravished, B 4514; rapt, E 1750; overjoyed, F 547; Ravisshinge, _part. pres._ ravishing, snatching away, B 4. m 6. 25 (Lat. _rapiens_).

RAVISSHING, _s._ ravishing, T. i. 62; iv. 548.

RAVISSHING, _adj._ swift, violent, B 1. m 5. 3; enchanting, 5. 198; Ravisshinge, violent, B 2. m 2. 4; rapid, swift, B 4. m 6. 7; destroying (Lat. _rapidos_), B 1. m 5. 40.

RAVYNE, _s._ ravening, greediness, 5. 336; B 2. m 2. 10; ravin, prey, 5. 323; Ravynes, _pl._ plunderings, B 1. p 4. 51; Ravines, thefts, I 793. O.F. _ravine_, L. _rapina_.

RAVYSEDEST, _2 p. s. pt._ didst ravish, didst draw (down), B 1659. See RAVISSHE.

RAWE, _adj._ raw, I 900.

RAYED, _pp._ striped, 3. 252. Cf. _ray['e]_, 'streaked'; Cotgrave; from O.F. _raie_, Low Lat. _radia_. See _Radiatus_ in Ducange, and Catholicon Anglicum, p. 299, note 1.

RAYHING, _pres. pt._ arraying, furbishing, A 2503 _n_. (Bad spelling; _read_ raying.)

RAYLED, _pp._ railed, T. ii. 820.

RAYNETH, _pr. s._ rains, T. iii. 562.

R[:E]AL, _adj._ royal, regal, B 1. p 4. 105 (see note to 1. 156); T. iii. 1534, 1800 _n_; v. 1830; L. 214, 284, 1605; B 4366 _n_; Reales, _for_ Royales, _pl._ B 2038 _n_. O.F. _real_, _roial_.

R[:E]ALTEE, _s._ royalty, sovereign power, 10. 60. O.F. _reialte_.

R[:E]ALME, _s._ realm, kingdom, B 4. p 6. 240 _n_; R[:e]aume, L. 2091; B 3305; R[:e]ame, B 4. p 6. 240; L. 1281; R[:e]aumes, _pl._ realms, B 3. p 5. 7, 10. See REME. O.F. _reialme_.

REBATING, _s._ abatement, 24. 24 (see vol. iv. p. xxvi).

REBEKKE, _s._ old woman, dame, D 1573. From the name Rebekah.

REBEL, _adj._ rebellious, A 833, 3046; B 3415; B 2. p 3. 16; 5. 457; 16. 23; Reb['e]l, T. ii. 524; L. 591.

REBELLE, _v._; Rebelleth, _pr. s._ rebels, I 265.

REBELLING, _s._ rebellion, A 2459.

REBOUNDE, _v._ rebound, return, T. iv. 1666.

REBUKED, _pp._ snubbed, I 444.

RECCHE, (1), _v._ reck, care, heed, 5. 593; B 2. p 3. 62; T. i. 797; iv. 1588; D 319; _ger._ T. ii. 338; care for, T. iv. 1447; _is nought to r._, no matter for, T. ii. 434; Recche, _1 pr. s._ reck, 5. 606; T. iii. 112; A 1398, 2245, B 94, G 489; Reccheth, _pr. s._ recks, cares, A 2397; 6. 52; Recche, _2 pr. pl._ 7. 269, 335; Recche of it, care for it, _pr. pl._ F 71; _it recche_, _pr. s. subj._ may care for it, T. iv. 630; Roghte, _pt. s._ recked, cared, regarded, 3. 887; 4. 126; 5. 111; A 3772; B 4530; _impers._ he cared, L. 605; E 685; _1 pt. s. subj._ 3. 244; Roughte, _pt. s._ recked, cared, T. i. 496; iv. 667; v. 450; _impers._ 1. 171; R. 341; _2 pt. pl._ HF. 1781; Roughte, _1 pt. s. subj._ would not care, T. i. 1039; _pt. s. subj._ T. ii. 1428. A.S. _r[=e]can_, _r[=e]ccan_.

RECCHE (2), _pr. s. subj._ interpret, expound, B 4086. A.S. _reccan_, _reccean_.

RECCHELEES, _adj._ careless, reckless, R. 340; 5. 593; HF. 397; B 229, 4297, 4626, E 488, H 279; careless of duty, A 179 _n_; regardless, HF. 668.

RECCHELESNESSE, _s._ recklessness, I 111, 611.

RECEIT, _s._ receipt, i.e. recipe for making a mixture, G 1353, 1366.

RECEYVEN, _v._ receive, E 1151; Receyved, _pp._ 1. 35; accepted, _hence_, acceptable, B 307; Receyveth, _imp. pl._ receive, C 926.

RECHASED, _pp._ headed back, 3. 379. Lit. 'chased back.'

RECHE, _v._ reach, give, hand over, 3. 47; Raughte, _pt. s._ reached, A 3696, B 1921; reached up to, A 2915; reached (out, _or_ forward), A 136; proceeded, T. ii. 446; Reighte, _pt. s._ reached, touched, HF. 1374; Raughten, _pt. pl._ R. 1022. See _reken_ and _recchen_ in Stratmann.

RECKE, _v._ reck, B 2. p 3. 62 _n_. See RECCHE (1).

RECLAIMING, _s._ enticement, L. 1371. See below.

RECLAYME, _v._ reclaim (as a hawk by a lure), i.e. check, H 72.

RECOMAUNDE, _v._ recommend, T. ii. 1070, iv. 1693, v. 1414; _1 pr. s._ T. v. 1323; commend, 25. 27 (see vol. iv. p. xxviii); _2 pr. s. subj._ mayest recommend, T. i. 1056; Recomandeth, _pr. s. refl._ commends (herself), B 278.

RECOMENDE, _ger._ to commend, commit, G 544.

RECOMFORTE, _ger._ to comfort again, T. ii. 1672; _2 pr. pl. subj._ comfort again, T. v. 1395. See RECONFORTE.

RECOMPENSACIOUN, _s._ recompense, B 4. p 4. 200; HF. 665, 1557.

RECONCILED, _pp._ re-consecrated, I 965. See RECONSILED.

RECONCILIACIOUN, _s._ reconciliation, B 2880.

RECONFORTE, _v._ comfort again, A 2852, B 2168; Reconforted, _pt. s._ encouraged, B 2850. See RECOMFORTE.

RECONISSAUNCE, _s._ recognizance, B 1520.

RECONSILED, _pp._ reconciled, B 2208.

RECORD, _s._ record, report, D 2049; Recorde, testimony, 3. 934.

RECORDE, _v._ witness, bear in mind, A 1745; remember, T. v. 445; (to) record, recording, 5. 609; Recorde, _1 pr. s._ bring (it) to your remembrance, A 829; Recordest, _2 pr. s._ callest to mind, B 3. p 12. 2; Recordeth, _pr. s._ remembers, B 3. m 11. 34; Recorde, _pr. pl._ record, tell, L. 2484; Recordedest, _2 pt. s. subj._ wouldst remind, B 3. p 10. 126; Recordinge, _pres. pt._ remembering, T. v. 718; recalling, pondering on, T. iii. 51; L. 1760; Recorde, _imp. pl. refl._ remember, T. iii. 1179.

RECOURS, _s._ recourse, B 2632; resort, T. ii. 1352; _wol have my r._, will return, F 75; Recourses, _s. pl._ orbits, B 1. m 2. 9.

RECOVERE, _v._ regain, get, T. iv. 406; Recoveren, _pr. pl._ recover, R. 57; Recovered, _pp._ gained, won, got, 5. 688; regained, HF. 1258; B 27; healed, T. i. 37.

RECOVERER, _s._ recovery, 22. 3 (see note). O.F. _recovrier_, _recoverer_, 'ressource, secours, rem[`e]de': Godefroy.

RECREANT, _adj._ recreant, cowardly, I 698; Recr['e]aunt, T. i. 814. O.F. _recreant_.

REDDOUR, _s._ violence, sway, vehemence, 10. 13. O. F. _rador_, _radour_, 'rapidit['e], imp['e]tuosit['e], vigueur, violence': Godefroy.

REDE, _v._ read, 5. 10; 22. 67; A. 709, C 107; advise, counsel, L. 2217; interpret, 3. 279; _ger._ to read, B 1690, G 206; L. 30; to advise, T. i. 83; Reden, _v._ interpret, divine, T. ii. 129; _go r._, go and read, L. 1457; _ger._ to read, F 1429; to study, F 1120; Rede, _1 pr. s._ advise, counsel, R. 38; 4. 15; 5. 566; A 3068, B 2329, C 285, E 811, 1205; read, HF. 77; B 1095, C 508; _pr. s. subj._ may (He) advise, HF. 1067; Ret, _pr. s._ advises, T. ii. 413; Redeth, _pr. s._ advises, T. iv. 573; Rede, _2 pr. pl._ L. 1178; Redde, _pt. s._ read, D 714, 721; interpreted, 3. 281; Radde, _pt. s._ read, T. ii. 1085; D 791; advised, 5. 579; Radde, _2 pt. pl._ advised, T. v. 737; Redden, _pt. pl._ read, B 1. p 1. 20; T. ii. 1706; F 713; Red, _pp._ read, 3. 224, 1326; 5. 107; HF. 347; T. iii. 192, v. 1797; D 765; Rad, _pp._ read, B 4311, C 176, G 211; read over, A 2595; Reed, _imp. s._ read, H 344; Redeth, _imp. pl._ read, B 3650, D 982, 1168.

REDE, _dat._ counsel, T. iv. 679; see REED.

REDE, _adj._ red; see REED.

REDE, _adj._ made of reed; referring to a musical instrument in which the sound was produced by the vibration of a reed, HF. 1221.

REDE (r[`e][`e]d[*e]), _s._ red (i.e. gold), T. iii. 1384; the blood, B 356; red wine, C 526, 562. See REED, _adj._

REDELEES, _adj._ without reed or counsel; not knowing which way to turn, 2. 27.

REDELY, _adv._ soon, HF. 1392; readily, truly, HF. 1127, 2137. See REDILY.

REDEMPCIOUN, _s._ ransom, T. iv. 108.

REDERE, _s._ reader, T. v. 270; Reder, 5. 132.

REDILY, _adv._ quickly, promptly, R. 379; C 667.

REDOUTABLE, _adj._ renowned, B 4. p 5. 6.

REDOUTE, _v._ fear, B 1. p 3. 15; Redouted, _pp._ feared, B 2. p 7. 44; B 3. p 4. 44.

REDOUTINGE, _s._ reverence, A 2050. See above.

REDRESSE, _s._ redress, 4. 162.

REDRESSE, _v._ redress, 4. 192; set right, T. v. 1381; E 431; redeem, D 696; _ger._ to redress, redress, set right, 13. 8; T. iii. 1008; Redresseth, _pr. s._ amends, I 1039; Redressen, _pr. pl. refl._ erect (themselves) again, rise again, T. ii. 969; Redressed, _pt. s._ reasserted, vindicated, F. 1436; Redresse, _imp. s._ reform, 1. 129; Redressed, _pp._ roused, B 4. p 2. 99. O. F. _redresser_.

REDUCEN, _v._ sum up, B 3. p 8. 40.

REDY, _adj._ ready, A 21, 352; D 1321, 1339, E 299, F 114, 1210; dressed, T. v. 57; F 387; at hand, 2. 104; 3. 1256.

REED, _s._ reed, T. ii. 1387.

REED, _s._ counsel, advice, plan, 3. 105; 5. 586; R. 1615, 1618; T. i. 661; ii. 389; L. 631, 1987, 2024; A 1216, 3527, B 3739, C 146, 744, E 653; profit, help, remedy, 3. 203; counsel, adviser, A 665; _I can no r._, I know not what to do, 3. 1187; _without reed_, helpless, 3. 587; _to rede_, for a counsel; _best to rede_, best for a counsel, best to do, T. iv. 679 (_not_ a verb).

REED (r[`e][`e]d), _adj._ red, 5. 583; L. 535; A 153, 294, 456, 458, 1910, 3317, B 2059, 3734, E 317; (of the complexion), 3. 470; Rede, (r[`e][`e]d[*e]), _adj. def._ red, 5. 442; 7. 1; A 957, 1747, B 4118, F 415; _indef._ (_rare_), 3. 856; L. 2589; Rede, _pl._ 1. 89; 3. 955; 4. 2, 27; 5. 186; A 90, 3319, F 1148. A.S. _r[=e]ad_. See below.

REED, _s._ red colour, redness, L. 533. See REDE.

REED, _imp. s._ read, H. 344. See REDE.

REEDNESSE, _s._ redness, G 1097, 1100.

REES, _s._ race, great haste, T. iv. 350. A.S. _r[=ae]s_.

REFECT, _pp._ refected, restored, B 4. p 6. 257.

REFERREN, _ger._ to refer, B 3. p 2. 42; Refere, _v._ return, T. i. 266; Referred, _pp._ brought back, B 3. p 10. 123; reduced, B 3. p 11. 155; referred, B 5. p 3. 127.

REFET, _pp._ recreated, B 4. p 6. 257 _n_.

REFIGURINGE, _pres. pt._ reproducing, T. v. 473.

REFLEXIONS, _s. pl._ reflexions by means of mirrors, F 230; Reflexiouns, reflections, thoughts, HF. 22.

REFREININGE, _s._ refrain, burden, R. 749.

REFREYDEN, _v._ grow cold, T. v. 507; Refreyde, _v._ T. ii. 1343; Refreyded, _pp._ cooled, I 341; Refreyd, cooled down, 12. 21.

REFREYN, _s._ refrain, T. ii. 1571.

REFREYNE, _v._ bridle, curb, I 385; Refreyneth, _pr. s._ curbs, I 294.

REFRESSHE, _ger._ to refresh, recreate, A 2622; Refresshed, _pp._ refreshed, L. 1081; solaced, D 38; encouraged, D 1767.

REFRESSHINGE, _s._ renewing, I 78.

REFT, -E; see REVE.

REFUGE, _s._ place of flight, escape, A 1720.

REFUS, (refyys), _pp. as adj._ refused, rejected, T. i. 570. See below.

REFUSE, _v._; Refuseden, _pt. pl._ refused, E 128; Refused, _pp._ 10. 41; Refuseth, _imp. pl._ T. ii. 1211.

REFUT, _s._ place of refuge, refuge, 1. 14; B 3. m 10. 5; T. iii. 1014; B 546, 852, G 75; safety, 1. 33. O. F. _refuit_.

REGAL, _adj._ royal, B 1. p 4. 85.

REGALS, _pl._ royalties, royal attributes, L. 2128.

REGALYE, _s._ rule, authority, 2. 65.

REGARD, _to the r. of_, in comparison with, B 2. p 7. 77; _at r. of_, in regard to, in comparison to, 5. 58; I 1059.

REGIOUN, _s._ region, realm, A 2082; 15. 25; L. 995.

REGISTRE, _s._ story, narrative, A 2812.

REGNE, _s._ kingdom, dominion, realm, 10. 45; L. 1413; T. iii. 29; A 866, 1638, B 389, 392, 735, 3401, 3404, 3432, F 135, I 79, 136, 867; dominion, rule, A 1624; Regnes, _pl._ kingdoms, T. v. 1544; L. 22, 585; A 2373, B 181, 3518; governments, B 3954. O.F. _regne_.

REGNEN, _ger._ to reign, B 3. p 2. 24; Regnest, _2 pr. s._ reignest, T. v. 1864; Regneth, _pr. s._ 4. 43; L. 1008; has dominion, B 776; prevails throughout, reigns in, T. ii. 379; Regnen, _pr. pl._ 4. 50; B 1. m 7. 15; Regned, _pt. s._ reigned, B 3845; L. 582.

REHERCE, _v._ rehearse, repeat with exactitude, A 732, 3170; rehearse, F 1466; Rehercen, _v._ rehearse, repeat, L. 78; D 1308; F 298; _ger._ to enumerate, I 239; Reherse, _v._ rehearse, enumerate, A. _pr._ 47; repeat, tell, 3. 474; recount, B 89, E 1221, G 786; Rehersen, _v._ rehearse, repeat, 3. 1204; T. ii. 572; Reherce, _imp. s._ repeat, T. ii. 1029; Rehersed, _pp._ told, L. 1464; Rehersinge, _pres. pt._ relating, F 206.

REHERSAILLE, _s._ rehearsal, enumeration, G 852. See above.

REHERSING, _s._ rehearsal, A 1650; recital, L. 1185; Rehersinges, _pl._ repetitions, L. 24.

REIGHTE, _pt. s._ reached, touched, HF. 1374. Pt. t. of _reche_.

REINE, _s._ kingdom, R. 448. See REGNE.

REINES, _s. pl._ rain-storms, HF. 967.

REIOISINGE (rejoising), source of rejoicing, H 246.

REIOYE (rejoi[*e]), _v._ rejoice, T. v. 395.

REIOYSE, (rejois[*e]), _ger._ to make rejoice, 1. 101; Reioyse, _1 pr. s._ feel glad, T. v. 1165; Reioysen, _pr. pl._ rejoice, E 1993; Reioysed, _1 pt. s. refl._ E 145.

REKE, _v._; Reketh, _pr. s._ smokes, reeks, L. 2612.

REKENE, _ger._ to reckon, A 401; Rekenen, _v._ E 2433; Rekened, _1 pt. s._ 3. 20; Rekene, _imp. s._ A. ii. 1. 1. See REKNE.

REKENING, _s._ reckoning, account, 3. 699; A 600; Rekeninge, judgement, 1. 132; reckoning, I 166; Rekeninges, _pl._ accounts, HF. 653; A 760, B 1408, H 74.

REKEVER, _1 pr. s._ (for _future_), (I) shall retrieve, do away, HF. 354.

REKKE, _1 pr. s._ care, C 405, E 1090; Rekkest, _2 pr. s._ carest, D 1453; Rekketh, _pr. s._ recks, cares, B 2837, G 632; _pr. s. impers._ (it) recks (him), he cares, 7. 182; L. 365; _yow r._, you reck, 7. 303; _what r. me_, what do I care, D 53; Rekke, _2 pr. pl._ reck, 2. 110; _imp. s._ care, B 4004, G 698.

REKNE, _v._ reckon (_also 1 pr. s._), A 1933; _v._ L. 2510; B 110; _ger._ B 158. See REKENE.

RELAYES, _s. pl._ fresh sets of hounds, reserve packs, 3. 362.

RELEES, _s._ release, 1. 3; ceasing; _out of relees_, without ceasing, G 46. O. F. _relais_, _releis_, _reles_.

RELENTE, _v._ melt, G 1278. From prefix _re-_, again; and Lat. _lentare_, to bend; from Lat. _lentus_, pliant.

RELESING, _s._ remission, I 1026.

RELESINGE, _s._ release, B 3. m 12. 21.

RELESSE, _v._ release, I 810; _ger._ to relieve, release, B 1069; Relesse, _1 pr. s._ release, E 153, F 1533, 1613; Relesedest, _2 pt. s._ forgavest, I 309; Relessed, _pt. s._ released, I 809; forgave, B 3367.

RELEVE, _ger._ to raise up, relieve, T. v. 1042; v. 10. 77; B 2680; Releeved, _pp._ restored, I 945; Releved, _pp._ revived, L. 128; recompensed, A 4182; made rich again, G 872; Releve, _imp. s._ relieve, 1. 6.

RELEVINGE, _s._ remedy, I 804.

RELIGIOUN, _s._ religion, A 477; state of religion, life of a nun, R. 429; a religious order, B 3134; the religious orders, B 3144.

RELIGIOUS, _adj._ belonging to a religious order, B 3150; devoted to a religious order, T. ii. 759; _as s._, a monk or nun, I 891.

RELIK, _s._ relic, L. 321; Relikes, _pl._ A 701.

REME, _s._ realm, B 1306; Remes, _pl._ B 4326. See REALME.

REMEDE, _s._ remedy, T. i. 661, iv. 889, 1272. See below.

REM['E]DIE, _s._ remedy, B 3974; Remedye, 5. 140; Remedyes, _pl._ remedies, A 475; Remedies, _pl._ (Ovid's) Remedia Amoris, 3. 568. See above.

R['E]MEMBR['A]UNCE, _s._ memory, 7. 211, 350; 24. 1 (see vol. iv. p. xxv); Remembrance, I 134.

REMEMBRE, _v._ remember, I 135; Remembre, _pr. pl._ remind, F 1243; Remembreth, _pr. s._ recurs to the mind, 4. 150; Remembringe him, calling to remembrance, T. ii. 72; Remembreth, _imper. pl._ remember, F 1542, I 136; Remembre yow of, remember, 3. 717.

REMENANT, _s._ remainder, rest, 5. 271; L. 304, 623; A. i. 4. 5; A 888, 2277, 3166, C 275, E 869, F 1286, G 1004; Remenaunt, rest, remnant, remainder, R. 1024, 1596, 1692; A 724, F 1575.

REMEVE, _v._ remove, T. i. 691; Remoeve, _3 pr. pl. subj._ F 993; Remewed, _pp._ removed, B 1. p 4. 172; F 181; Remeve, _imp. s._ move, A. ii. 2. 2; Remewe, A. ii. 5. 14; Remeveth, _imp. pl._ remove ye, G 1008. See REMUEN.

REMORDE, _pr. s. subj._ cause (you) remorse, T. iv. 1491; fill with remorse, T. v. 1386 _n_; Remordeth, _pr. s._ vexes, plagues, troubles, B 4. p 6 182. O. F. _remordre_, 'causer du remords [`a], tourmenter': Godefroy.

REMORS, _s._ remorse, T. i. 554.

REMOUNTED, _pp._ strengthened, comforted, B 3. p 1. 6.

REMUABLE (1), _adj._ changeable, variable, T. iv. 1682. O. F. _remuable_; where _muable_ is from Lat. _mutabilis_: see Godefroy. (See below.)

REMUABLE (2), _adj._ capable of motion (Lat. _mobilibus_), B 5. p 5. 23. Formed, apparently, from _remuen_, to remove (see below), but confused with the above.

REMUEN, _v._ remove, B 2. p 6. 34 (Lat. _amouebis_). See REMEVE.

REN, _s._ run, A 4079.

RENABLY, _adv._ reasonably, D 1509. O. F. _raisnable_, _resnable_, reasonable; the _s_ is lost before _n_ in A. F. and M.E.

RENDE, _v._ rend, T. iv. 1493; Rent, _pr. s._ rends, tears, L. 646 _a_; Renden, _pr. pl._ rend in pieces, destroy, B 3. p 12. 91; Rente, _pt. s._ tore, T. ii. 928, iii. 1099; A 990; Rendinge, _pres. pl._ tearing, B 2163; tearing, B 1. m 1. 3 (see note); Rent, _pp._ torn, HF. 776. See RENTEN.

RENDING, _s._ tearing, A 2834.

RENEGAT, _s._ renegade, apostate, L. 401 _a_; B 932.

RENEWE, _v._ renew, 8. 5.

RENEYE, _v._ deny, renounce, abjure, B 376, 3751, G 268, 448, 459; _1 pr. s. subj._ may renounce, G 464; Reneyed, _1 pt. pl._ B 340; _pp._ L. 336; B 915. O. F. _reneier_.

RENEYINGE, _s._ denying, I 793.

RENGED, _pp._ ranged, placed in rows, R. 1380.

RENGES, _pl._ ranks, A 2594. O. F. _renge_, 'rang, file': Godefroy.

RENNE (1), _v._ run, 5. 247; HF. 202; R. 111; I 721; _ger._ 1. 164; A 3890, C 796, G 1415; Rennen, _v._ B 3454; Renne, _1 pr. s._ L. 60; Renneth, _pr. s._ runs, D 76, F 479, G 905; is current, E 1986; approaches quickly, T. ii. 1754; goes easily, A. i. 2. 1; continues, A. ii. 3. 48; runs, finds way, A 1761; arises, L. 503; spreads, L. 1423; _renneth for_, runs in favour of, B 125 (see note); Renne, _pr. pl._ run, A 2868, 4065; Rennen, _pr. pl._ A 4100; concur, B 5. p 1. 68; Ronnen, _pt. pl._ ran, 3. 163; T. iv. 130; A 2925, 3827; Ronne, _pt. pl._ B 4578; Ronnen, _pp._ advanced, lit. run, R. 320; Ronne, _pp._ run, T. ii. 1464; B 2; _is r._, has run, has found its way (into), HF. 1644; Renninge, _pres. pt._ HF. 2145; Renning, flowing, 3. 161. A.S. _irnan_; Icel. _renna_.

RENNE (2), _v._; _only in the phrase_ rape and renne, G 1422. See RAPE.

RENNER, _s._ runner, D 1283.

RENNING, _s._ running, A 551.

RENOMED, _pp._ renowned, B 3. p 2. 76; B 3. p 4. 14.

RENOMEE, _s._ renown, L. 1513; D 1159. O. F. _renommee_, 'bruit': Godefroy.

RENOUN, _s._ renown, fame, 2. 88; L. 260, 522; A 316; R['e]noun, 2. 63, 86; HF. 1406.

RENOVELANCES, _s. pl._ renewals, HF. 693. O. F. _renovelance_.

RENOVELLE, _v._ renew, B 3035; Renovellen, _v._ renew, are renewed, I 1027; Renovele, _1 pr. s._ 25. 9 (see vol. iv. p. xxvii); Renovelen, _pr. pl._ renew themselves, B 3. p 11. 91; Renovelled, _pp._ B 3036; Renoveleth, _imp. pl._ 4. 19. O. F. _renoveler_.

RENT, -E; see RENDE.

RENTE, _s._ revenue, income, A 256, 373, 1443, B 1142, 3401, 3572, D 1373, 1451; stipend, B 3. p 4. 57; payment, tribute, 3. 765; _to r._, as a tribute, T. ii. 830; Rentes, _pl._ rents, E 1313.

RENTEN, _v._ rend, L. 843 _n_; Rentinge, _pres. pt._ rending, B 2163 _n_.

RENTINGE, _s._ rending, A 2834 _n_.

REPAIR, _s._ resort, repairing, B 1211, D 1224.

REPAIRE, _ger._ to go home, B 1516; to repair, find a home, T. iii. 5; to go back (to), HF. 755; Repaire, _v._ return, F 589; Repaireth, _pr. s._ returns, B 967; goes, B 3885; Repeirede, _pt. s._ returned, B 1. m 3. 2; Repaired, _pp._ L. 1136. See REPEYRE.

REPARACIOUNS, _pl._ reparations, making up, HF. 688.

REPELED, _pp._ repealed, T. iv. 294, 560.

REPENTAUNCE, _s._ penitence, 3. 1114; A 1776; I 94.

REPENTAUNT, _adj._ repentant, penitent, A 228; Repentant, B 3075.

REPENTE, _ger._ to repent, R. 1670; _v._ 18. 56; _v. reflex._ 3. 1116; E 1846; Repenten, _v._ L. 339.

R['E]PENTING, _s._ repentance, L. 147; R['e]pentinge, L. 156; _without r._, free from after-regret, 4. 17.

REPEYRE, _v._ repair, return, T. v. 1571; Repeireth, _pr. s._ F 339; Repeyreth, _imp. pl._ T. v. 1837; Repeiring, _pres. pt._ returning, F 608. See REPAIRE.

REPLECCIOUN, _s._ repletion, B 4027; Replecciouns, _pl._ B 4113.

REPLEET, _adj._ replete, full, B 4147; Replet, C 489.

REPLENISSED, _pp._ filled, I 1079.

REPLICACIOUN, _s._ reply, A 1846; repartee, 5. 536; replication, involution, B 3. p 12. 120.

REPLYE, _v._ object, E 1609; reply, L. 343.

REPORT, _s._ T. i. 593; R['e]port, rumour, L. 726.

REPORTE, _v._ report, relate, tell, C 438; Reporten, _v._ F 72; Reported, _pp._ E 2435.

REPORTOUR, _s._ reporter, A 814. (The host is so called because he receives and remembers the tales; they were all addressed to him in particular. Thus 'reporter' has here almost the sense of 'umpire.')

REPREHENCIOUN, _s._ reproval, reproof, T. i. 684.

REPREHENDE, _v._ reproach, T. i. 510; Reprehenden, _pr. pl._ reproach, blame, criticise, B 3. p 12. 93.

REPRESENTE, _v._ represent, 18. 58.

REPRESSETH, _pr. s._ 1. 142; Repressed, _pp._ T. iii. 1033; kept under, L. 2591.

REPRESSIOUN, _s._ repression, T. iii. 1038.

R['E]PREV['A]BLE, _adj._ reprehensible, C 632, I 431; _r. to_, likely to cast a slur on, 15. 24.

REPREVE, _s._ reproof, B 2413, D 16, E 2204; shame, C 595; reproach, T. ii. 419, 1140; E 2206, I 625; Repreves, _pl._ I 258.

REPREVE, _v._ reproach, F 1537; reprove, H 70; Repreveth, _pr. s._ L. 1566; I 33; Repreve, _2 pr. pl._ D 1177; _pr. s. subj._ D 937; Repreve, _imp. s._ reproach, T. i. 669; _imp. pl._ D 1206; Repreved, _pp._ B 2544.

REPROVED, _pp. as adj._ blamed, accused, R. 1135; Reproeved, _pp._ stultified, B 2. p 6. 80. See above.

REPUGNEN, _ger._ to be repugnant (to), B 5. p 3. 5.

REPUTACIOUN, _s._ repute, C 602, 626; reputation, H 185, 199.

REQUERABLE, _adj._ desirable, B 2. p 6. 20.

REQUEREN, _ger._ to be sought after, B 3. p 10. 166; _v._ entreat, seek, B 2927; Requere, _v._ ask, D 1052; Requere, _1 pr. s._ require, demand, T. ii. 358; ask, D 1010; Requerest, _2 pr. s._ seekest, B 4. m 1. 25; Requireth, _pr. s._ 4. 155; Requeren, _2 pr. pl._ ask, T. v. 1600; Requere, _2 pr. pl._ T. ii. 473; Requeren, _pr. pl._ ask (for), B 2873; Requere, _2 pr. s. subj._ require, T. i. 902; Requered, _pp._ sought after, B 3. p 10. 155, p 11. 22; required, necessitated, T. iii. 405.

REQUESTE, _s._ request, 10. 76; T. iv. 57; L. 448; D 1060; R['e]queste, A 1819, 2685.

RESALGAR, _s._ realgar, G 814. '_Realgar_, a combination of sulphur and arsenic, of a brilliant red colour as existing in nature; red orpiment': Webster. F. _r['e]algar_, answering to an O. F. _resalgar_, Low Lat. _risigallum_.

RESCEIVED, _pp._ received; wel resceived, favourably situated with respect to other planets, &c.; A. ii. 4. 32. See RECEYVE.

RESCOUS, _s._ a rescue, help, T. iii. 1242; rescue, T. i. 478; A 2643. O. F. _rescous_.

RESCOWE, _v._ (to) rescue, save, T. iii. 857; rescue, T. v. 231; Rescowede, _pt. s._ rescued, B 2. p 2. 45; Rescowed, _pt. s._ L. 515. O. F. _rescorre_.

RESCOWINGE, _s._ rescuing, I 805.

RESE, _ger._ to shake, A 1986. A.S. _hrisian_, _hrysian_.

R['E]SEMBL['A]BLE, _adj._ alike, R. 985.

RESEMBLE, _v._ D 90.

RESERVED, _pp._ kept, A 188.

RESIDUE, remainder, A. ii. 44. 29.

RESIGNE, _1 pr. s._ resign, 1. 80; T. i. 432; _pr. pl._ abandon, T. iii. 25.

R['E]SIST['E]NCE, _s._ resistance, T. iii. 990; G 909.

RESOLVEN, _pr. pl._ flow out, B 5. m 1. 1; Resolved, _pp._ dissolved, melted, B 2. p 7. 101; B 4. m 5. 20; held in solution, B 1. m 7. 6.

RESONABLE, _adj._ reasonable, R. 1499; B 3793; rational, B 1. p 6. 47; endowed with reason, B 5. p 4. 138; talkative, 3. 534; Resonables, _adj. pl._ reasoning, B 5. p 6. 7.

RESONINGE, _s._ reasoning, T. iv. 1046.

RESORT, _s._ resource, T. iii. 134.

RESOUN, _s._ reason, right, A 37, 847; Res['o]un, B 3408; argument, B 4. p 6. 256; value, B 2. p 7. 18; speech, sentence, T. i. 796; Reson, reason, E 25; Resons, _pl._ reasons, A 274.

RESOUNE, _v._; Res['o]uneth, _pr. s._ resounds, A 1278; Res['o]uned, _pt. s._ F 413; Resowninge, _pres. pt._ resounding, B 3. m 12. 14.

RESPECTE (_better_ Respect), _s._ regard, A. i. 21. 51; _to respect_, in respect, T. iv. 86; v. 1818.

RESPORT, _s._ regard, T. iv. 86, 850. Godefroy gives: '_Report_, _resport_, sentence arbitrale, rapport.'

RESPYT, _s._ delay, B 948; respite, delay, reprieve, 5. 648; R. 1612; G 543; _withoute more respyt_, without delay, forthwith, R. 1488; _out of more respyt_, without any delay, without any hesitation, T. v. 137. O. F. _respit_.

RESPYTE, _ger._ to refuse to do, hesitate, 7. 259; Respyten, _ger._ to respite, F 1582.

RESSEYVETH, _pr. s._ receives, A. i. 3. 2. See RECEYVE.

RESTE, _s._ rest, repose, 1. 14; L. 198, 201; F 355; Rest (_once only?_), 5. 94; _at reste_, at rest, fixed, T. ii. 760; _at his reste_, as in its home, 5. 376; _to reste_, (gone) to rest, A 30; Restes, _pl._ times of repose, T. ii. 1722.

RESTE, _v._ remain (with), T. iii. 1435; rest, repose, T. ii. 1326; _ger._ to rest, 5. 265; F 606; _2 pr. pl. subj._ may rest, F 126.

RESTELEES, _adv._ restlessly, R. 370.

RESTELES, _adj._ restless, 10. 70; T. iii. 1584; Restelees, C 728.

RESTING-PLACE, _s._ 3. 1005.

RESTING-WHYLES, _pl._ times of repose, leisure, B 1. p 4. 31.

RESTORE, _v._ T. iv. 1347; Restored, _pt. s._ A 991.

RESTREYNE, _v._ restrain, 7. 235; T. i. 676; B 3796; Restrayne, B 3777; Restreinest, _2 pr. s._ shortenest, B 1. m 5. 11.

RESURRECCIOUN, _s._ resurrection, i.e. re-opening (of the daisy), L. 110.

RET, _for_ Redeth, _pr. s._ advises, T. ii. 413. See REDE.

RETENTIF, _adj._ retentive, I 913.

RETENUE, _s._ retinue, troop of retainers, suite, A 2502; E 270; _at his r._, among those retained by him, D 1355.

RETHOR, _s._ orator, B 4397, F 38.

RETHORIEN, _adj._ rhetorical, B 2. p 1. 29. O. F. _rethorien_ (Godefroy).

RETHORIEN (_written_ Retorien), _s._ orator, B 2. p 3. 39; Rethoriens, _pl._ rhetoricians, B 2. p 6. 69. _Rethorien_, 'rh['e]teur': Godefroy.

RETHORIKE, _s._ rhetoric, B 2. p 3. 7; Rethoryke, HF. 859, E 32; Rethoryk, rhetoric, F 719, 726.

RETORIEN; see RETHORIEN.

RETOURNE, _v._ return, R. 382, 384; Retorne, _v._ L. 2477; Retorneth, _pr. s._ brings back, B 5. p 6. 192; Retourneth, _pr. s._ returns, I 138; Retourned, _pp._ returned, B 2163; Retorning, _pres. pt._ revolving, T. v. 1023; Retourneth, _imp. pl._ E 809.

RETOURNINGE, _s._ return, A 2095.

RETRACCIOUNS, _s. pl._ retractions, things which I withdraw, I 1085. '_Retraction_, action de se retirer'; Godefroy. (Not so strong as _revocation_.)

RETRETETH, _pr. s._ reconsiders, B 5. m 3. 36. Lit. 'treats again.'

RETROGRAD, _adj._ moving in a direction contrary to that of the sun's motion in the ecliptic, A. ii. 4. 33, 35. 12. Spoken with reference to a planet's _apparent_ motion.

RETTE, _2 pr. pl._ repute, A 726 _n_. See ARETTE.

REULE, _s._ rule, 10. 56; A 173. See REWLE.

REULEN, _v._ rule, B 4234; Reule hir, guide her conduct, E 327; Reuleth, _pr. s._ rules, T. ii. 1377; Reuled, _pp._ ruled, A 816. See REWLEN.

REUTHE, _s._ ruth, 1. 127. See ROUTHE, REWTHE.

REVE (r['e]['e]v[*e]), _s._ reeve, steward, bailiff, A 542, 3860; Reves, _gen._ A 599. A.S. _ger[=e]fa_.

REVE (r[`e][`e]v[*e]), _ger._ to rob (from), T. iv. 285; to take away, G 376; _to r. no man fro his lyf_, to take away no man's life, L. 2693; Reven, _ger._ to reave, plunder, I 758; to bereave, T. i. 188; Reven, _v._ take away, 10. 50; Reve, _v._ bereave, T. ii. 1659; Reveth, _pr. s._ forces away, 5. 86; Rafte, _pt. s._ bereft, L. 1855; D 888; reft, B 3288, 3291; took from, B 4. m 7. 23; Refte, _pt. s._ bereft, HF. 457; Raft, _pp._ torn, reft, T. v. 1258; taken from, L. 2590; bereaved, F 1017; bereft, L. 2325. A.S. _r[=e]afian_.

REVEL, _s._ revelry, sport, A 2717, 4397, E 392, 1123, F 278, 339, 1015; 12. 6; L. 2255, 2674; minstrelsy, A 4402; Revels, _pl._ revels, C 65.

REVELACIOUN, _s._ revelation, HF. 8; D 1854; Revelaciouns, _pl._ T. v. 366.

REVELOUR, _s._ (the) Reveller, A 4371; a reveller, A 4391, D 443.

REVELOUS, _adj._ fond of revelry, B 1194. O. F. _revelous_.

REVERBERACIOUN, _s._ reverberation, vibration, D 2234.

REVERDYE, _s._ rejoicing, R. 720. O. F. _reverdie_, 'feuill['e]e, verdure; chant de May; joie, all['e]gresse': Godefroy.

REVERENCE, _s._ respect, A 141; respectful manner, A 305; reverence, A 312, H 142; L. 32, 52, 98; fear, I 294; respect, honour, E 196; _thy r._, the respect shewn to thee, B 116.

REVERENT, _adj._ worthy of reverence, B 3. p 4. 2; reverend, A. pr. 61; Reverents, _adj. pl._ reverend, B 3. m 4. 6.

REVERENTLY, _adv._ E 187.

REVERS, _s._ reverse, contrary, 18. 32; R['e]vers, 14. 6; B 4167, D 2056.

REVERYE, _for_ Revelrye, A 4005 _n_.

REVESTEN, _pr. pl._ clothe again, T. iii. 353.

REVOKEN, _ger._ to recall, T. iii. 1118; Revoke, _1 pr. s._ withdraw, recall, I 1085.

REVOLUCIOUN, _s._ complete circuit, A. ii. 7. 13; revolving course (orbit), 4. 30.

REVYLED, _pp._ reviled, I 623.

REWARD, _s._ regard, attention, T. ii. 1133, v. 1736; B 2449, I 151, 435; L. 1622; R['e]ward, consideration, L. 375, 399; _having reward to_, considering, 5. 426; _take r. of_, have regard, I 151.

REWDE, _adj._ rude, plain, unadorned, A. pr. 31.

REWE, _s._ row, line, HF. 1692; L. 285 _a_, A 2866; _by rewe_, in order, D 506. A.S. _r[=ae]w_.

REWE, _ger._ to have pity, A 2382; Rewe, _v._ rue, have pity, 4. 203; 6. 101; L. 158, 1842; T. i. 460, 462; be sorry, T. ii. 455; do penance for, G 447; Rewen, _ger._ to have pity, E 1050; Rewest, _2 pr. s._ hast pity, B 854; Reweth, _pr. s. impers._ makes (me) sorry, I am sorry, A 3462, B 4287, E 2432; Rewe, _pr. s. subj._ may (He) have pity, 7. 287; A 1863; Rewed, _pt. s._ had pity, L. 1237; Rewe, _imp. s._ B 853; Reweth, _imp. pl._ F 974.

REWEL-BOON, _s._ (probably) ivory made from the teeth of whales, B 2068. See note.

REWFUL, _adj._ lamentable, sad, L. 1838; sad (one), B 854.

REWFULLESTE, _adj. sup._ most sorrowful, A 2886.

REWFULLY, _adv._ sadly, T. iii. 65.

REWLE, _s._ the revolving long and narrow plate or rod used for measuring and taking altitudes, A. i. 1. 4, 13. 1 (see fig. 3); it revolves at the _back_ of the Astrolabe; Rewles, _pl._ rules, A. pr. 19. See REULE.

REWLEN, _v._ rule, T. v. 758; Rewledest, _2 pr. s._ didst control, B 1. p 4. 153. See REULEN.

REWLICHE, _adj._ pitiable, B 2. p 2. 43.

REWME, _s._ realm, R. 495. See REALME.

REWTHE, _s._ ruth, pity, E 579, 893, F 438; a pitiful sight, E 562. See REUTHE.

REWTHELEES, _adj._ ruthless, unpitying, 5. 613; 6. 31.

REYE, _s._ rye, D 1746.

REYES, _pl._ round dances, HF. 1236. See note. Mid. Du _reye_, 'a round daunce': Hexham.

REYN, _s._ rain, A 492, 595, B 1864, 3363, 3921; F 1250; rain-shower, storm of rain, A 3517, D 732.

REYNE, _s._ rein, A 4083, F 313; bridle, 26. 32 (see vol. iv. p. xxx); Reynes, _pl._ reins, HF. 951; A 904. O.F. _resne_, F. _r[^e]ne_.

REYNE, _s._ reign, F 755. See REGNE.

REYNE, _v._ rain down, T. v. 1336; rain, 4. 287; _ger._ to rain, 10. 62; T. iii. 551; Reyneth, _pr. s._ rains, A 1535; Reyned, _pt. s._ rained, T. iii. 1557. See RON.

REYNEN, _ger._ to reign, rule, 9. 60.

REYNES, _s. pl._ reins (of the body), loins, I 863.

REYSE, _ger._ to raise, T. ii. 1585; G 861; to build up, D 2102; _r. up_, to exact, 'realise,' D 1390; Reysed, _pp._ raised, 3. 1278; T. v. 1471. Icel. _reisa_.

REYSED, _pp._ gone on a military expedition, A 54. O.F. _reise_, 'exp['e]dition militaire, incursion sur une terre ennemie': Godefroy. From O.H.G. _reisa_.

RHETORICE, Rhetoric, B 2. p 1. 31.

RIB, _s._ I 928; Ribbes, _pl._ ribs, D 506.

RIBAN, _s._ ribbon, _used as pl._ ribbons, HF. 1318.

RIBANINGES, _pl._ silk trimmings, borders, R. 1077.

RIBAUDYE, _s._ ribaldry, ribald jesting, A 3866, C 324, I 464.

RIBIBLE, _s._ rebeck, lute with two strings, A 4396. O.F. _rebebe_, 'rebec': Godefroy. From Arab. _rab[=a]b_.

RIBYBE, _s._ term of reproach for an old woman, D 1377 (see note).

RICHE, _adj._ rich, A 311; _pl._ A 296, B 122; rich people, A 248.

RICHELY, _adv._ richly, 2. 38; F 90.

RICHESSE, _s._ riches, wealth, 18. 12; L. 1253; B 107, 3432, 3750, D 1110, 1118; Wealth (personified), R. 1033; 5. 261; Richesses, _pl._ wealth, riches, B 1. p 4. 68; B 2. m 2. 2; B 2560, I 186. O.F. _richesse_.

RIDELED, _pp._ plaited, gathered in (at the neck, or waist), R. 1235, 1243. '_Ridel['e]_, pliss['e]'; Godefroy.

R[)I]DEN, _pt. pl. and pp._ rode, ridden; see RYDE.

RIET, 'rete,' A. i. 3. 3, 9. 3, 21. 1. The 'rete' or 'net' is the circular plate with many openings which revolves within the 'mother.' See fig. 2.

RIGHT, _adj._ straight, upright, R. 1701; Righte, _def._ right, 1. 75; own, T. ii. 1065; F 1311; Right assencioun, right ascension, A. ii. 28. 21; see note (iii. 363).

RIGHT, _adv._ just, exactly, R. 1301; A 257, 535, F 193, 492; precisely, T.