Dialogues in French and English
Chapter 7
Par le quel By the whiche 36 On pourra scauoir compter Men shall mowe conne rekene De denier as deniers; Fro peny[2] to pens;
[Footnote 2: peuy]
Si en poes retenir So may ye reteyne Les debtes quon vous doibt, The dettes that men owe you, 40
[[51]] [Headnote: NUMBERS AND COINS. THE EPILOGUE.]
Et les receptes And the receyttes Que vous aues rechupt That ye haue receyuyd Ou que vous aues paiet. Or that ye haue payd. Si commencies ainsi So begynne all thus 4 Comme est declare cy apres: As is declared hereafter:
++UNg, deux, trois, ++ONe, tweyne, thre, Quatre, chincq, six, Foure, fyue, sixe, Sept, huyt, neuf, dix, Seuen, eight, nyne, ten, 8 Onze, douze, treze, Enleuen, twelue, thirtene, Quatourze, quinze, seze, Fourtene, fiftene, sixtene, Dixsept, dixhuyt, Seuentene, eyghtene, Dixneuf, vingt, Nynetene, twenty, 12 Trente, quarante, Thretty, fourty, Chincquante, soixante, Fyfty, Syxty, Septante, huytante, Seuenty, eyghty, Ou quatre vingt, Or four score, 16 Nonante, Cent, Nynty, hondred, Deux cents, Two hondred, Mille, Cent mille, A thousand, a hondred thousand, Vng million; A myllyon; 20 Ainsi toudis montant. Thus alleway mountyng. +Vne liure de strelins, +A pound sterlings, Vne marcq que vault A marcke that is worth Deux nobles[1] dangleter, Two nobles of englonde, 24
[Footnote 1: uobles]
Vne liure de gros, A pound grete, Monoye de flaundres, Moneye of flaundres, Vne soulde que vault A shellyng that is worth Trois gros ou douze deniers, Thre grotis or twelue pens, 28 Vne gros vault quatre deniers, A grote is worth four pens, Vng denier, vne maille, A peny, a halfpeny, Vng quadrant, vne mite. A ferdyng, a myte.
++CY fine ceste doctrine, ++HEre endeth this doctrine, 32 A westmestre les loundres At westmestre, by london, En formes impressee, In fourmes enprinted, En le quelle vng chescun In the whiche one euerich Pourra briefment aprendre May shortly lerne 36 Fransois et engloys. Frenssh and englissh.
[Sidenote: P. 49.]
La grace de sainct esperit The grace of the holy ghoost Veul enluminer les cures Wylle enlyghte the hertes
[[52]] [Headnote: A CONCLUDING PRAYER.]
De ceulx qui le aprendront, Of them that shall lerne it, Et nous doinst perseuerance And vs gyue perseueraunce En bonnes operacions, In good werkes, Et apres cest[1] vie transitorie And after lyf[2] transitorie 4 La pardurable ioye & glorie! The euerlastyng ioye and glorie!
[Footnote 1: ceste, Blades ii. 133.]
[Footnote 2: this lyf, Blades ii. 133.]
LIST OF ENGLISH WORDS
+accidents+, books of accidence, 38/40. +aduenture+: _in a._, likely, in danger, 48/10. +after+ (rendering Flemish _achter_, Fr. _aval_), throughout, 38/2, 46/16. +Alemayne+, +Almayne+, Germany, 14/17, 22/27. +Alemaynes+, Germans, 42/40. +all+, used as adverb, 31/7; +alle+, with subj., even if, 49/28; +all halowes+, the feast of All Saints, 28/18. +alleway+, always, 9/23. +almesse+, alms, 33/8. +alouses+, shad, 12/7. +alume+, alum, 1/26, 20/35. +amendes+, penalty, fine, 44/9. +Andwerp+, Antwerp, 18/37. +andyrons+, andirons, 8/8. +anenst+, towards, in the sight of, 48/28. +angre+, refl., be angry, 31/6. +anone+, immediately, 25/26. +apostomes+, imposthumes, abscesses, 41/23. +apotecarie+, apothecary, 19/34. +appereth+, apperith, 37/34, 38/2. +arblastrer+, crossbowman, 36/26. +Ardane+, Ardennes, 43/38. +atte+, at the, 34/6, 45/26. +auantage+, advantage, 46/11. +auaunte+, refl., boast, 30/14. +auctour+, author, 3/33. +Austyns+, Augustine friars, 24/5. +Auynyon+, +Auinion+, Avignon, 22/20, 45/21. +axe+, ask, 21/16, 33/16, 48/40; +axed+, 15/36, 33/10. +ayenst+, against, 31/31, 47/13.
+bacenet+, bassinet, helmet, 33/34. +bales+, balls (of alum), 20/36. +banerett+, knight banneret, 24/33; _double banerette_, 24/36. +bankers+, coverings for benches, 7/1. +barke+, bark (used in dyeing), 34/29. +ba[r]terye+, pots and pans, 38/26. +basenne+, sheep leather, 19/26. +bastard+, a wine, 14/7. +baylly+, bailiff, 30/10. +be+, = been, 32/6. +Beane+, Beaune, 14/5. +becke+: _drink b. to b._, drink together (Fr. _bec à bec_). +bedes+, beads, 46/3. +Beghyns+, Beguines, 24/11. +beldame+, mother-in-law, 6/2. +belfadre+, father-in-law, 6/2. +Beme+, Bohemia, 22/38. +ben+, are, 4/31, 13/17. +benes+, beans, 13/39. +Benet+ (seynt), St. Benedict, 24/2. +bere+, bear (animal), 11/21. +bergayne+, bargain for, 14/28. +berne+, barn, 40/2. +Berow+, Bergues, 19/2, 24/31. +betes+, beetroot, 13/32. +beuer+, beaver (for hats), 40/39; +beuers+, beavers (animals), 9/1. +bileue+, believe; _I you b. well_, 15/26. +blyew+, blue, 14/36. +bocher+, butcher, 37/31; +bochiers+, 2/31. [[error for 2/21]] +bocherie+, meat-market, 37/32. +bocle+, buckle, 21/28. +boden+, bid, offered, 15/35. +Boloyne+, Boulogne, 49/4, 50/14. +boor+, boar, 10/26. +bordclothes+, table cloths, 8/24. +born+, carried, 32/3. +boulye+, a drink, 14/19. +bourghmaistre+, burgomaster, 44/13. +Bousser+ (= Fr. _Bourshier_), _vycounte of B._, 24/30. +brasyll+, brazil wood, 20/18, 34/27. +brede+, breadth, 16/23. +brede+, bread, 26/39. +brekynge+, rupture, hernia, 41/28. +brembles+, brambles; +bremble beries+ (Fr. _grouselles_, gooseberries), 13/23. +bremes+, bream, 12/7. +brenne+, burn, 30/26. +briches+, breeches, 8/37. +bridelmakers+, 1/16. [[error for 2/16]] +brigge+, bridge, 49/9. +brocorage+, brokerage, 42/35. +brocour+, broker, 42/34; +brokers+, 2/30. +broun peper+, black pepper, 10/28; +broun sugre+, 20/1. +browet+, stew, broth, 10/20; +browettys+, 41/15. +broythures+, embroideries, 22/5. +bueff+, beef, 10/14. +bukke+, buck, 19/23. +Burgoyne+, Burgundy, 24/19. +butores+, bitterns, 10/40. +buxom+, polite, 9/39. +by cause that+, because, 46/32. +byleding+, translation of Fr. _deduit_, delight, 29/12. +byre+, beer, 14/17. +bystowe+, lay out (money), 20/20. +bythynke+, remember, think upon, 50/24.
+calle+, headdress, 42/18. [[error for 42/17]] +callyng+, invocation (of the Trinity), 1/5. +Camerik+, Cambray, 23/19. +cammelle+, ? for _cannelle_, cinnamon, 20/2. +can+, knows, is skilled in, 33/13; see +conne+. +cannes+, cans (tin), 7/17; earthen pots, 7/10. +carier+, wagoner, 45/9. +castelayn+, castellan (of Dover), 24/29. +castell+, cattle, 40/1. +catell+, money, 15/12; +catayllys+, chattels, furniture, 1/8. +Cathon+, Dionysius Cato, 9/27; +catons+, copies of Cato’s ‘Disticha,’ 38/38. +caudell+, caudle, 14/1. +Cecile+, Sicily, 22/36. +certainly+, definitely, 16/1. +chalon+, ? blanket, coverlet (but used to render F. _calys_, apparently ‘couch’), 7/2. +change+, exchange office, 45/34. +changer+, money-changer, 45/33; +chaungers+, 45/33. [[error for 2/33]] +chanons+, canons, 23/30. +chapell+, chapel: _a fre ch._, 45/23. +chapitre+, chapter, 14/4. [[error for 15/4]] +chappelains+, chaplains, 24/7. +charge+: _haue no c. of_, don’t care for, 31/4. +Chartre hous+: _monkes of C._, Carthusians, 24/4. +chekens+, chickens, 10/32. +chepe+, bargain for, 10/24. +chertes+, shirts, 8/37. +cheruyll+, chervil, 13/32. +cheuissheth her+, is successful, 42/11. +chirche haliday+, church feast, fair, 19/7. +chorle+, peasant, 30/8. +Cistiauls+, Citeaux, 23/37. +clarey+, a spiced wine, 14/12. +clergesses+, members of female religious orders, 24/11. +cnoppes+, lumps (in yarn), 32/30. +cobelers+, cobblers, 2/28. +coddelynges+, codfish, 12/3. +coffyns+, caskets, 21/33. +coler+, collar (for horses), 46/27; +coliers+, 46/28. +colermaker+, (horse)collar maker, 46/26. +Coleyne+, Cologne, 23/8. +commaunde+, commend, 5/21, 6/12. +complyn+, late evening service, 27/30. +comyn+, common, 1/17. +comyne+, cummin, 19/40. +conduyte+, guide, 5/24. +confyte+, comfrey (see the Notes), 13/19. +congres+, conger-eels, 12/8. +conne+, know, be skilled in, 37/39; see +can+. +contre+, country, 5/2. +conyes+, rabbits, 9/2. +cool+, cabbage, 13/30. +cordewan+, Cordovan leather, 19/24. +cordewanner+, shoemaker, 35/35. +corffes+, baskets, 38/21. +corse+, girdle, 21/27. +coryer+, currier, 46/14; +coriars+, 1/25. +coryeth+, curries, 46/17. +cosen alyed+, cousin by marriage, 29/13. +cosyns germayns+, cousins german, 6/5. +couerar of tyles+, tiler, 40/23. +couercles+, lids, 7/35, 7/40. [[7/40 unidentified error]] +couerlettes+, coverlets, 6/40. +couper+, cooper, 44/6; [[error for 44/16]] +coupers+, 2/31. +coursour+, courser, 45/29. +courtosye+, courtesy, 18/16. +courtoys+, courteous, 5/12. +coyfes for men+, coifs, 21/38. +crafte+, trade, 46/15; +craftes+, 25/23. +creuyches+, crayfish, 12/15. +cristall+ (for beads), 46/3. +crosse+: _neuer a c._, not a farthing, 15/40. +cubibes+, cubebs, 19/39. +curattes+, curates, 24/7. +cure+, church benefice, 45/23.
+dame+, lady, 4/33, 15/5, 49/22. +damoyselle+, +damyselle+, young lady, 4/19, 4/30, 5/29, 15/39. +dampned+, damned, 45/37. +Danes men+, Danes, 43/7. [[error for 43/8]] +dangerous+, hard to manage, cross-tempered, 32/12. +daubed+, plastered, 40/35. +dawber+, plasterer, 40/36. +dedicace+, parish festival, 46/2. +dene+, dean (of a trade guild), 44/7. +dere chepe+, high buying prices, 35/34. +deuyse+, explain, 14/27. +dight+, prepare (food), 10/28. +discouered+, uncovered, 40/28. +do+, = done, 47/11; see +doo+. +doctrinals+, copies of the _Doctrinale_ (a grammar), 38/38. +dokes+, ducks, 12/32. +doluen+, dug, 45/14. +donettis+, copies of Donatus’s grammar, 38/40. +dong+, dung, 45/11. +doo+, as a causative auxiliary, 26/5, 37/21; [[error for 26/25]] +doo of+, doff, put off, 4/18, 4/20; +do on+, don, put on, 25/39. +Dornyk+, Tournay, 18/30. +doseyns+, dozens, 46/4. +doughter+, mistranslation of _fille_, prostitute, 46/30; of _filleule_, god-daughter, 44/26. +dresse+, serve up (food), 31/23; _d. to ete_, prepare a meal, 26/38. +dyerye+, dyer’s business, 20/37. +dyse+, dice, 44/38; +dysemaker+, 44/37. +dystaf+, distaff, 32/27.
+elle+, ell, 15/15, 32/15; +thelle+, the ell, 15/8. +Elzeter+, Alsace, 14/4. +eme+, uncle, 6/3. +en+, redundant negative (a Flemicism), 18/18. +enfourme+, instruct, 9/33. +enke hornes+, inkhorns, 21/35. +enleuen+, eleven, 51/9. +enlumined+, illuminated (of a manuscript), 39/1. +enlyghte+, enlighten, 51/39. +enprinted+, printed, 38/36, 51/34. +entremete+, refl., undertake, 20/40. +entreprise+, undertake, 3/38. +er+, before, 26/2. +ered+, ploughed, 45/12. +erst+, first, before doing something else, 27/8. +Esterlynges+, Easterlings, 43/1. +estre+, Easter, 28/13. +eternalite+, what is eternal, 45/39. +eueryche+, +euerich+, everybody, 2/39, 31/1; _one euerich_, 51/35. +euyll+, bad (in quality), 40/20; _e. auenture_, ill luck, 29/10. +euyll+, badly, 11/12. +eyrekakis+, egg cakes, ? omelets, 13/1.
+failled+: _ye f._, you wanted (anything), 18/4. +fair syre+, my good sir, 18/3. +falle+, occur, be met with, 25/11. +fatte+, vat, cask, 26/19. +fauconers+, falconers, 43/36. +faucons+, falcons, 43/37. +faulte+: _without f._, without fail, 37/14. [[error for 37/24]] +fayres+, fairs, 1/19. +felaw+, +felawe+, as a polite term of address, 4/34, 49/23; [[error for 4/35]] _my felaws_, my companions, 18/23. +felawship+, society, companionship, 31/5. +feldeseed+, ‘field seed,’ 20/10. +fellis+, skins, 19/23. +ferdyng+, farthing, 51/31. +ferme+, rent, annual payment, 37/5. +festes+, festivals, 28/3. [[error for 28/7]] +feuerer+, February, 27/39. +fichews+, polecats, 11/18. +flawnes+, flawns, 12/34. +flesh+, meat, 37/33. +flesshshamels+, shambles, 10/8. +flued+, made the ink run, 47/16. +folke+, people, folks, 9/40; _f. of ordre_, members of religious orders, 2/5. +folye+, folly, 45/38. +for+: _for to_, = to (with infinitive), 2/40, 4/5; _for this that_, because, 32/34. +forbere+, bear with, defer to, 9/25. +forcer+, +forcyer+, +forcier+, chest with a lock, 8/20, 36/7, 46/35. [[error for 8/21]] +forgeten+, forgotten, 13/2. +formaketh+, repairs, mends, 44/17, 46/24. +foryere+, last year, 32/5. +fourbysshour+, furbisher, 33/26. +fourmes+, (printers’) forms, 51/34. +franchise+, freedom (of a trade guild), 32/17. +franchyn+, a sort of parchment, 47/17. +frere+, friar: _freres menours_, Minorites, Franciscans, 24/3; _lewd freris_, lay brothers, Beghards, 24/6. +fro+, from, 4/1. +frockes+, = Fr. _sourcorps_, 8/30. +fulcome+, accomplish (a journey), 50/20. +fuldoo+, perform, 48/5. +furmenty+, furmety, 13/40.
+galentyne+, sauce, 42/24. +galles+, gall-nuts, 34/27. +galoches+, overshoes, 35/39. +ganselyn+, a garlic sauce, 42/26. +garettis+, garrets, 6/28. +Garnade+, ? Granada: _wyn of G._, 14/8. +Gaunt+, Ghent, 18/28. [[error for 18/29]] +geloffres+, cloves, 13/35. +gerfaucons+, gerfalcons, 43/38. +germayns+: see +cosyns germayns+. +Germole+: _wyn of G._, 14/5. +ghees+, geese, 12/31. +gheet+, goats, 12/30, 19/23 (but ghotes, 11/24); [[error for 11/22]] used as singular, 10/23. +ghestes+, guests, 42/39. +ghyrle+, girl, 44/27. +gloues of yron+, gauntlets, 33/37. +God+, in salutations, &c.: _G. you kepe_, 4/24; _G. give you good daye_, 4/32; _G. reward you_, 5/14; _G. late me deserue it_, 5/15; _G. you haue in his holy kepyng_, 5/26; _goo to god_ (= adieu), 6/13. +Goddes peny+, broker’s commission, 42/36. +gogeorns+, gudgeons, 12/16. +good chepe+, cheap, 15/11. +goodlynes+, pleasant manners, 18/17. [[error for 18/15]] +gorelmakers+, horsecollar makers, 2/37. +gorgette+, armour for the neck, 33/36. +gramercy+, many thanks, 5/11, 18/11. +graye+, vair, fur, 46/21. +grayne+, grain: _scarlet in g._, 15/1; _graynes of paradys_, 20/3. +graywerker+, furrier, 46/19. +grene of Spayne+, 20/17. +grene sauce+ (eaten with pork), 10/11. [[error for 10/13]] +grete+, great: _in g._, wholesale, 46/4. +greue+, (of food) disagree with, 11/6. +greywerke+, furriery, 2/36. +grote+, groat, coin, 51/29; +grotes+, +grotis+, 17/21, 44/31, 51/28. +growell+, gruel, 14/2. +guldrens+, guilders, gulden, 17/31. +gyuing oute+, expenditure, 3/9.
+habergeon+, 33/35, +haddoks+, haddocks, 12/3. +halting+, lame, 32/32. +handwerker+, farm labourer, 45/17. +happe+, luck, fortune, 29/22. +hardy+, bold, brave, 24/32. +haue right+ (= _avez droit_), 15/20. +hawgher+, heifer, 10/20. [[error for 10/19]] +heberow+, lodging, 5/31. +heeryng+, +heryng+, herring, 12/8, 12/9. +hegge+, hedge, 45/19. +hekell+, heckle, 45/7. +heklester+, (female) heckler, 45/5. +hem+, them, themselves, 45/36. +Henaud+, Hainault, 24/28. +herber+, garden, 45/13. +herte+, hart, 10/27, 41/2. +herthe+, hearth, 8/6. +hether+, hither, 31/27. +heth hennes+, moor hens, 11/1. +hewke+, a sort of cloak, 16/18; +heukes+, 8/31, mantle. +heye+, hay, 13/27. +Heynewiers+, people of Hainault, 43/7. +hiere+, here, 29/23, 24. +hit+, it, 6/27, 9/21, 25/37, &c. +holde+: _holde you companye_, accompany you, 26/5. +hole+, whole, 15/7; in good health, 35/13. +honde+, hand; _take on h._, undertake, 3/38. +hooled+, holed, torn, 34/15. +hosteler+, innkeeper, 42/38; +hosteliers+, 2/30. +hound+, dog (skin), 41/3. +houres+, hours (of divine service), 48/30; see +oures+. +howsed+, provided with a house, 34/20. +huues+, caps, 21/37, 42/19. +hye dayes+, festival days, 31/31. +hyndecalf+, fawn, 10/27.
+Janiver+, January, 27/39. +jaquet+, jacket, 33/40. +Jenewys+, Genoese, 43/6. +in longe tyme+, for a long time, 5/1. +joustynges+, tiltings, 25/2. +joynar+, joiner, 46/34; +joyners+, 2/37. +justes+, tiltings, 45/26. +Juyll+, July, 28/2. +Juyn+, June, 27/1. [[error for 28/1]]
+kalenders+, calendars, 39/4. +kawdrons+, cauldrons, 7/6. +kembyth+, combs (wool), 32/21. +kempster+, female woolcomber, 32/18; +kempsters+, 2/15. +kersses+, creases, 13/36. [[error for 13/35]] +ketelmaker+, kettle-maker, 47/2; +ketelmakers+, 2/23. +keuerchief+ (see the Notes), 8/36; +keuerchifs+, kerchiefs, 43/14. [[error for 42/14]] +keupis+, tubs, barrels, 44/17. +kien+, +kyen+, cows, 12/29, 19/21. +knowlechid+, confessed, 43/24. +kreme+, cream, 12/38.
+laces+, latchets, ties, 21/40. +langyng+, belonging, 1/8. +lastes+, lasts (weight), 21/13. +late+, let, 27/12. +lauendre+, laundress, 31/26. +lauours+, wash-hand basins, 7/8. +lede+, lead, cart (dung), 45/11. +leed+, lead (metal), 21/22. +lelyes+, lilies, 13/20. +leneth+, lends, 39/12, 33. +lengthe+, lengthen, 57/31. [[error for 47/31]] +lese+, lose, 15/39. +letews+, lettuce, 13/34. +leuain+, leaven, 14/20. +leue+, leave: _take l._, 5/22. +leue+, make an abatement, 16/3. +leuer+, rather, 15/37. +leuyng+, leaving; used to translate _relief_ (_de la table_), 9/7. +lewd freris+, lay brothers, Beghards, 24/6. +leyzer+, leisure; _by l._, in a leisurely way (i.e. finding little custom), 46/20. [[error for 46/7]] +librariers+, booksellers, 2/23. +lichorous+, dainty, fond of good living, 33/20. +loches+, loach, 12/16. +loftes+, upper rooms, 6/28. +lokyer+, locksmith, 46/32; [[error for 46/31]] +lokyers+, 2/36. +longhe+, lung, 26/28. +Luke+, Liege, 23/18. +luses+, luces, pike (fish), 12/12. [[error for 12/13]] +luste+, desire, 32/36. +lyef+, ladylove, 29/14. +lyfte honde+, left hand, 48/12. [[error for 49/12]] +lynweuar+, linen weaver, 38/9; +lynweuers+, 2/22. +lystes+ (translation of _lesons_, settees), 7/5.
+maistre+, prefix to the name of a physician, 34/38. +makerell+, mackerel, 12/6. +maluesey+, malmsey, 14/10. +mandemaker+, basket maker, 38/19; +maundemakers+, 2/24. +mandis+, baskets, 38/21. +maners+, sorts, kinds, 18/24, 19/36, 38/3. +marchans+, merchants, 21/17. +marcke+, mark (coin), 51/24. [[error for 51/23]] +mareshall+, marshal (of France), 30/2. +maroners+, sailors, 11/39. +marte+, market, fair, 19/1. +Mase+, the Meuse, 12/18. +masone+, do mason’s work, 40/9. +mastrye+, +maystrye+, rule, 43/28; [[error for 43/27]] _has them to mastrye_, has them in his power, 43/25. +matynes+, matins, 27/17. +mayde Marie+, the Virgin Mary, 48/17. +mayntene+, keep a stock of, 6/29. +me+, one (= Fr. _on_), 6/19, 8/12, 12/38, 14/22, 26/12, &c. [[error for 6/20 ... 26/16]] +mecop+, poppy; _oyle of m._, 20/11. +mede+, mead (drink), 14/15. +medle with+, deal in, 18/6. +medleyed+, mixed, 14/34. +medliers+, medlars, 13/7. +meesen+, tomtits, 10/37 (a Flemish word). +membres+, limbs, 27/4. +Mence+, Mayence, 23/10. +merceryes+, mercer’s goods, 1/28. +meruaylle+, marvel, 32/31. +meschief+, misfortune, 29/8. +messager+, messenger, 45/1; +messagiers+, 2/32. +mestelyn+, mixed corn, 44/22. +metar+, measurer, 16/34, 44/20; +metars+, 2/32. +mete+ (verb), measure, 16/29; +meten+, +moten+, measured, 26/25, 40/15, 44/21. +meuyd+, moved, disposed, 48/37. +meyne+, household, 5/35. +mo+, +moo+, more (as adv. and with a plural), 3/2, 3/34, 11/9, 30/21. [[error for 30/24]] +moche+, very, 26/6, 32/12, 50/35. +molettis+, mullets, fish, 12/6. +morberies+, mulberries, 13/6. +mormale+, gangrene, 41/40. +morreey+, murrey (colour), 14/38. +mortier+, mortar (kitchen utensil), 26/40. +mote+, may (in wishes), 4/38, 5/25. [[error for 4/39]] +moten+: see +mete+. +mottes+, hillocks, mounds, 13/25. +mowe+, be able, 3/22, 11/7, 50/37. +muscadel+ (wine), 14/7. +mylnars+, millers, 2/21. +myntemakers+, coiners, 2/34. +myte+, half farthing, 51/31.
+Nauerne+, Navarre, 22/37. +nayled+, studded with nails, 31/36. +naylle+, clove (wool weight), 19/13. +ne+, nor, 10/34, 20/5; [[error for 21/5]] not, 19/20; redundant negative, 12/22, 20/4, 29/26. [[error for 21/4]] +nether court+, farm yard, 40/2. +neueus+, nephews, 6/6. +nobles+, half-marks (6s. 8d.), 51/24; see +ryallis nobles+. +nokertree+, walnut tree, 13/14. +noppe+, to burl (cloth), 33/15. +nopster+, burler, 33/12. +notes+, nuts, 13/6. +nothyng+, not at all, 5/18. +noyeng+, annoyance, harm, 29/8.
+officials+ (of the church), 2/4, 23/25. +of the+, +of+, = Fr. partitive article, 10/9, 41/7, 47/22. +olifaunts+, elephants, 11/19. +ooke+, oak, 13/3. [[error for 13/13]] +orfrayes+, borders of gold lace, 36/8. [[error for 36/9]] +Oseye+, Alsace; _wyn of O._, 14/8. +Ostryche+, Austria, 24/20. +othirwhyle+, sometimes, 40/21. +ouermoche+, too much, 5/5. +oughteth+, ought, 40/3. +our lady in heruest+, the Assumption, Aug. 15, 28/23. +our lady in marche+, Lady-day, Mar. 25, 28/21. +oures+, books of hours, 38/39. +owe+, ought, 37/23; _oweth to_, is to (do something), 31/34. +oynementis+, ointments, 41/24.