Part 18

1035. _To warnnyng_, to warn.

1040. _our the furdis_, over the fords.

1044. _oyer._ So in MS.; the _y_ representing the old _th_ (_þ_); other.

1046. _hufyng_, halting.

1050. _worschip_, honour. “It were more expedient to maintain your honour.”

1058. _wonk_, winked.

1062. _vare_, aware.

P. 32, l. 1064. The meaning of “ferst-conquest” is “first-conquered” (_conquest_ being Old Fr. for conquered). It is explained in l. 1547 as having been a title given to the king whom Galiot first subdued.

1067. _ferss_, fierce.

1070. _suppos_, although.

1073. _he_; viz. the shrew.

1077. The MS. has “ſched.”

1080. _ymen_, I mean.

1095. _tais_, takes.

P. 33, l. 1109. _Galyot_ put for _Galiotes_, the genitive case-ending being often omitted, after a proper name especially.

1110. _prewit_, proved, tried.

1129. _traist_, trust.

1131. _that euery thing hath cure_, that (of) everything hath care.

P. 34, l. 1135. “Aye from the time that the sun began to light the world’s face, until he was gone.”

1137. _o forss_, perforce.

1141. _taiis_, takes.

1142. _hecht_, promised.

1151. _failȝeis_, fail.

1154. _fet_, fetched.

1156. _stant_, standeth.

1162. _resput_, respite.

1166. _very knychtis passing_, weary knights go.

P. 35, l. 1170. _till spere_, to inquire.

1177. _ne wor his worschip_, had it not been for his valour.

1187. _qwheyar_, whether. 1191-4. “And fond,” etc. These four lines are now for the first time printed. They were omitted by Stevenson, evidently by accident.

1196. _Per dee._ Fr. _par Dieu_: an oath common in old ballads, generally in the form _pardy_.

1197. _vsyt_, used.

1198. “I advise that we go unto his arms” (armour).

1203. _haill_, whole.

P. 36, l. 1207. _abwsyt_, abused, i.e. made an ill use of.

1208. _vsyt_, used.

1209. _suppos the best that lewis_, even though (it were) the best that lives.

1217. _on slep_, asleep. The prefix _a-_ in English is due to the Saxon _on_.

1221. _al to-hurt_, etc. See note in Glossary on the word _To-kerwith_.

1225. _sauch_, saw; _rewit_, rued, pitied.

1233. _one syd a lyt_, a little on one side.

1236. _our mekill_, over much.

P. 37, l. 1240. _yarof_, thereof.

1241. _ruput_, repute, think.

1242. _ablare_, abler, readier.

1253. Insert a comma after _thret_, and destroy that after _lowe_. The meaning perhaps is, “But what if he be appealed to and threatened, and (meanwhile) his heart be elsewhere set to love.” Observe that _and_ is often the third or fourth word in the sentence it should begin. See l. 2833.

1258. _ȝhe tyne yowr low_, you lose your love.

1260. _conclusit_, ended.

1265. _mokil_, much.

1268. _of new_, anew, again.

1273. _pan_, pain.

NOTES TO BOOK II.

P. 38, l. 1279. _thocht_, anxiety.

1284. _apperans_, i.e. vision, as in l. 364.

1295. _aqwynt_, acquainted; Burns uses _acquent_.

1297. _com_, coming.

P. 39, l. 1316. “So far out of the way you go in your course.” Compare l. 1797.

1317. “Thy ship, that goeth upon the stormy surge, nigh of thy revels (i.e. because of thy revels) in the gulf it falls, where it is almost drowned in the peril.”

1321. “In the wretched dance of wickedness.” See the curious uses of the word “daunce” in Chaucer.

1323. _the son_, thee soon.

1330. _powert_, poverty; _as the-selwyne wat_, as thyself knows.

1334. _in to spousag_, in wedlock.

P. 40, l. 1343. The word _diuerss_ is required to complete the line; cf. l. 731.

1352. _suppriss_, oppression.

1354. _wedwis_, widows.

1367. _that ilke_, that same.

1369. _sufferith_, makest to suffer.

P. 41, l. 1379. Eccles. iv. 9, 10.

1387. _yow mone_, thou must.

1392. _her-efter leif_, hereafter live.

1401. A comma is scarcely needed after “_sapiens_.” It means “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.” Prov. ix. 10.

P. 42, l. 1409. _to ryng wnder his pess_, to reign under His peace, by His permission. Roquefort gives _pais_, licence, permission.

1420. _arour_, error.

1427. _leful_, lawful.

P. 43, l. 1447. Ban, king of Albanak, was Lancelot’s father. See l. 202, 1450.

1474. The MS. has “aſſit.”

P. 44, l. 1491. _tak the bak apone themself_, turn their backs.

1500. _yewyne_, given.

1504. _till_, to; redundant.

1506. _stand aw_, stand in awe. So also in l. 2684. The same expression occurs in _The Bruce_, iii. 62, ed. Pinkerton, p. 42, ed. Jamieson; and also in _Havelok_, l. 277, where the word _in_, supplied from conjecture, should be struck out.

P. 45, l. 1537. _throw his peple_, by his people.

1541. _Thus falith not_, etc., “Except wise conduct falleth to a king.”

1546. It may be right to retain the spelling of the MS.--“kinghe;” for, though strange and unusual, it occurs again in l. 2527.

P. 46, l. 1556. _wende_, weened.

1560. _in to his contrare_, against him.

1568. _trewis_, truce.

1575. _his powar_, his chief army.

1576. _by the yhere_, by the ear, privately.

1579. _cold_, called; as in l. 753.

P. 47, l. 1597. _home fair_, go home.

1608. _And_; redundant in modern English. For many of the precepts given by Amytans the author must have been indebted to Gower, or, at any rate, to the author of the _Secreta Secretorum_. See Gower; Conf. Amantis; ed. Pauli, lib. vii; vol. 3, pp. 152-159. And cf. Tyrwhitt’s note to the Canterbury Tales, l. 16915; and Warton’s Hist. Eng. Poetry.

P. 48, l. 1628. _lest_, least; _low_, law. It requires care to distinguish the two meanings of _low_, viz. _love_ and _law_.

1633. _Iug_, judge.

P. 49, l. 1660. _sar_, sorely.

1666. A line omitted. The inserted line is purely conjectural.

P. 50, l. 1704. _pupelle_, people.

1708. _Inwyus_, envious.

1716. _longith_, belongeth.

1717. _the lykith_, it likes thee, thou art pleased.

P. 51, l. 1724. _betak til hyme_, confer upon him.

1730. _essy_, easy.

1736. _for the nonis_, for the occasion. See White’s Ormulum.

1739. _vn to the vorthi pur yow if_, unto the worthy poor thou give.

1742. _set nocht of gret substans_, though not of great value.

1754. _alowit_, approved of.

P. 52, l. 1761. _tynith_, loseth.

1763. _atonis_, at once.

1771. _resawe_, receive.

1773. _with two_, also.

P. 53, l. 1791. _well less, al-out_, much less, altogether. The punctuation hereabouts in Stevenson’s edition is very wild.

1795. _wys_, vice; _the wrechitness_, thy miserliness.

1797. _pass the courss_, go thy way.

1808. _vrech_, wretch; but here used instead of _miser_.

1812. _viss_, vice.

1814. _ben y-knawith_, are known (to be) (?).

1815. _dant_, daunt.

1822. _the ton_, the one.

P. 54, l. 1832. _beis var_, beware.

1834. _colde_, cool.

1852. _onys_, once.

1855. _whar-throw_, through which, whereby.

P. 55, l. 1864, _awn_, own. The metre requires the more usual form _awin_.

1879. _dispolȝeith_, despoileth.

1881. _For-quhi_, wherefore. In this line the MS. has “scrikth.”

P. 56, l. 1899. _most nedis_, must needs. _Ye_ = _the_; i.e. The one, He.

1909. _Mot_, might.

1917. _in_ should be _into_, as elsewhere.

P. 57, l. 1940. _havith_, hath.

1950. _hot_, hight, is called.

P. 58, l. 1966. _wnepwnist_, unpunished.

1990. _omend_, amend; _spill_, destroy.

P. 59, l. 2011. _ayre_, are.

2012. _duclar_, declare; so also _dulay_ for delay.

2017. _the god werray_, the Very God.

P. 60, l. 2036. _For-quhi_, wherefore.

2040. _mad_, made.

2041. _clergy_, science.

2062. _be the mycht dewyne_, by the might divine.

P. 61, l. 2069. _far_, fare.

2079. _helyth frome the ground_, heals from the bottom; i.e. effectually.

2100. _not sessith_, who ceaseth not.

P. 62, l. 2107. _Ne war_, were it not for; _hartly_, hearty; it occurs again four lines below.

2135. _yneuch_, enough. He means he will ask but one question more.

P. 63, l. 2148. _To passing home_, to go home.

2162. _the _xxiiij_ day_. The first _i_ in the MS. is like a “v” smudged over; we should read “xxiiij,” as in l. 2155. The contraction is to be read _four and twentieth_, not _twenty-fourth_; so also in l. 610.

P. 64, l. 2190. _hal dure_, hall door.

2192. _o iorne most for to comend_, a journey most to be commended.

2194. _lowith_, love.

P. 65, l. 2212. _the fewar eschef thay_, the less they achieve.

2229. “For no adventure will prove so great, that ye shall not achieve it.”

2241. _whill_, until.

P. 66, l. 2247. _galot_; so in MS.

2265. _grant mercy_, great thanks; Fr. _grand merci_.

2267. _quhy_, because.

P. 67, l. 2279. _thithingis_, tidings; probably an error of the scribe for _tithingis_. Stevenson has _chichingis_!

2284. _al-out_, altogether.

2304. _oft syss_, oft-times. See Glossary (_Syss_).

2306. _dante_, dainty.

2310. _tithandis_, tidings; compare l. 2279.

P. 68, l. 2323. _aw_, owe.

2328. _fantessy_, fancy, notion.

2334. _for no why_, for no reason.

2337. _mon I fair_, must I go.

2338. _our son It waire_, over soon it were.

2342. _For-quhy_, because.

P. 69, l. 2352. _nor_ has the force of _but_.

2366. _be ony men_, by any means.

2368. _on of tho_, one of them.

2375. _chen of low_, chain of love.

2376. _and if ȝhe may deren_, an if you may declare.

P. 70, l. 2409. _hartly raquer_, heartily require.

2416. _gar ordan_, cause to be provided.

P. 71, l. 2428. _prewaly disspone_, privily dispose.

2436. _ellis-quhat_; I suppose this means, “he was on fire _elsewhere_.”

2448. _hamlynes_, homeliness.

2452. _fest throw al the ȝher eliche_, feast through all the year alike.

P. 72, l. 2469. _commend_, commended.

2470. _he drywith_, he driveth, pursueth. The reading is not _drawith_, as in Stevenson.

NOTES TO BOOK III.

P. 73, l. 2471. This line is too long, and the sense imperfect; but there is no doubt about the reading of the MS.

2474. _Awodith_, expels.

2475. _doune valis_, falls down; for it is evident that _valis_ is an error for _falis_, the mistake having arisen from confusion with the succeeding line.

2480. _cled_, clad.

2487. _bygown_, begun. In the next line Stevenson has _sown_; but the true reading is _Rown_, run; as in l. 2820.

2492. _barnag_, baronage, nobility.

P. 74, l. 2522. _but dulay_, without delay; _the_, they.

2524. _thar com_, their coming.

2530. _in the dogre_, in its (due) degree.

P. 75, l. 2545. _Or that_, ere that.

2552. _he and hate_, high and hot.

2558. _the can_, they began.

P. 76, l. 2574. _hyme mak_, prepare himself; or perhaps simply, make (for the field), go.

2582. _helmys last_; _last_ clearly means _laced_; see l. 2250.

2594. _Ȝhit_, although.

2599. _dout_, fear.

2600. _is assemblit_, made an attack. The peculiar use of _assemble_ must always be borne in mind.

2601. _erd_, earth.

P. 77, l. 2612. _found till gwyans_, go to Gwyans.

2614. _til esquyris thei sewyt_, after Esquyris they followed.

2619. _one to the melle socht_, made their way to the mêlée.

2627. _don bore_, borne down.

2630. Fifty thousand. It would appear that Galiot had 40,000, of whom 10,000 were held _in reserve_; so that in l. 2632 only 30,000 are mentioned. See l. 2569, 2647.

P. 78, l. 2646. _ten_, sorrow, vexation.

2656. _resauf_, receive.

2663. _at thar come_, at their coming; _led_, put down.

2670. _biding one the bent_, abide on the grassy plain.

P. 79, l. 2679. “That, despite their efforts, they must needs retire.”

2684. _stud aw_, stood in awe; see note to l. 1506. 2693, 4. These lines do not rime. But we should certainly read _felde_, _erde_ having slipped in from confusion with l. 2691. The knight of Galloway goes _to the field_, i.e. joins battle.

P. 80, l. 2712. _On ayar half_, on either side. The MS. omits _to_.

2713. _of_, off.

2714. _noiss_, nose.

2731. _Bot nocht forthi_, But not on that account.

P. 81, l. 2754. _harmys_, loss.

2761. _aucht to ses_, ought to cease.

2765. _at_, that.

2768. _my lef_, my leave, permission.

2770. _in to cage_, in prison.

P. 82, l. 2802. _commandit_, commended.

P. 83, l. 2819. _one athir half_, on either side.

2820. _rown_, run.

2821. _howyns_; an ungrammatical form; perhaps _howyng_ is meant.

2827. _one hycht_, on height; i.e. aloud.

2829. _sterith_, stirreth.

2833. “The lady of Melyhalt made (her way) to him, and immediately caused his couch to be placed before a window.” Mr Stevenson reads,

“Of Melyhalt the lady to hyme maid Incontinent his couche, and gart he[N1] had,” etc.

i.e. “The lady immediately made his bed for him,” etc.

2841. _wencust_, vanquished. After this word we should perhaps insert “at,” as in l. 3336.

[Footnote N1: But the MS. has “be;” also “melyhat” instead of “Melyhalt.”]

P. 84, ll. 2877-2880. These lines were printed by me for the first time, four lines having been here again omitted by Mr Stevenson.

2880. _but weyne_, without doubt.

2884. _to led and stere_, to lead and direct.

P. 85, l. 2893. _Endlong_, along.

2894. _weryne_, were.

2913. _let_, hinder.

P. 86, l. 2925. _dulay_, delay; as in several other places.

2938. _fek_, effect.

2944. _ȝude_, went.

2947. _fair_, welfare.

P. 87, l. 2964. _Whill_, until.

2970. _ho_, stop, pause.

2971. _veryng In affray_, were in terror.

2972. _rovm_, room.

2978. _socht_, made his way.

2984. _disponit_, intends; but we must insert “not,” to complete the sense and the metre.

P. 88, l. 2998. _eschevit_ (used passively), is achieved.

3003. _o knycht_, a single knight.

3005. _tais_, takes.

3006. _fays_, foes.

3013. _onys or the nycht_, once ere the night.

3015. _that ȝhe have gilt to mend_, to amend that in which ye have trespassed.

P. 89, l. 3052. _Do at I may_, Do that which I can.

P. 90, l. 3065. This line is printed by Mr Stevenson,

“Curag can [ ] encresing in[N2] his hart”;

but it is not clear that a word is wanting, for the metre is as complete as in many other lines; whilst, as regards the sense, “the knycht” is probably a nominative without a verb, and l. 3065 means, “Courage did increase in his heart.” Or the reader may, if he pleases, insert “fele.” Compare l. 3058.

3066. _lap_, leaped.

3079. Observe the omission of the word “neither” in this line.

3080. _persit_, pierced.

3086. _onan_, anon. A.S. _on-án_.

[Footnote N2: MS. has “to.”]

P. 91, l. 3093. _In samyne will_, with like intent.

3100. _bet axampil_, better example.

3104. _bot_, unless; _me fall_, befall me.

3108. _one vthir_, another.

3120. _send_, sent.

3121. _lewit one_, left one.

3122. _but mercy_, without mercy.

P. 92, l. 3134. _deliuer besynes_, clever readiness.

3136. _aray_, livery.

3140. _Ee_, eye.

3146. _the morow new_, the early morning.

3160. _deith_, dead.

3162. _Suppos_, although.

P. 93, l. 3178. _Nor_; we now use _but_.

3184. _ward_; see Glossary. _tho_, then.

P. 94, l. 3200. _relewit_, relieved.

3201. _diuerss placis sere_; as _sere_ = _diuerss_, one of these words is redundant. So in l. 3266.

3207. _ewil awysit_, ill advised.

3217. “And if it so happen, that they be discomfited.”

P. 95, l. 3240. _leuch_, laughed; _sarues_, service.

3246. _al haill_, all whole.

3248. _x thousand mo_, ten thousand, and more.

3259. _abaid_, delay.

3263. _aucht_, eight.

3265. _petws for til her_, piteous to hear.

P. 96, l. 3297. _dreuch_, drew.

3299. _fellit_, fallen.

3304. _levyng_, leave.

P. 97, l. 3307. _sest_, ceased.

3321. _askit at_, asked of.

3331. _Wencussith_, vanquisheth.

3340. _in to one_, continually; which is sometimes the sense of A.S. _on-án_.

P. 98, l. 3353. _to fillyng_, to fulfil.

3357. _soght_, came on; see Glossary.

3359. _Ne war_, etc., “Had it not been that they were, individually, the better men.”

3364. _ralef_, relieve.

3368. _fellith_, feeleth.

P. 99, l. 3384. _virslyng_, wrestling, _i.e._ entangled with; a strong expression!

3385. _assalȝeing_, assail.

3390. _rowmyth_, roometh, emptieth.

3403. _departit_, parted.

3404. _dout_, fear.

P. 100, l. 3412. _left_, failed.

3423. _The lord_, i.e. Galiot, as I suppose; Mr Stevenson has, “The Lord.”

3430. _stere_, to stir, move, come.

P. 101, l. 3450. _pretendit_, endeavour.

3457. _occupye_, employ.

3461. _For one hour_, etc., “On account of suffering distress for one hour.”

3470. _the well less_, much less; see l. 1791.

3471. _berd_, beard.

3473. _o woyss_, one voice.

3475. _eschef frome yhow_, not, _win_ from you; but, _withdraw_ himself from you. See Glossary.

P. 102, l. 3481. _wend thai var no mo_, thought they were no more.

3487. _And sich enconter_, and such encounter. These three words are written at the bottom of the page as a catchword. The rest of the MS. is wanting.

GLOSSARIAL INDEX.

[As many of the words occurring in “Lancelot” are well explained either in Jamieson’s Scottish Dictionary or in Roquefort’s “Glossaire de la langue Romane,” I have frequently referred to these works by means of the letters J. and R. Other abbreviations, as O.N. for Old Norse; Goth. for Mœso-Gothic; Su.-G. for Suio-Gothic, etc., will be readily understood. Ch. has also been used as an abbreviation for Chaucer. The various French, Danish, German, and other words referred to in the Glossary are merely added by way of illustration, to indicate in what direction a word may be most easily traced up. To ensure accuracy as far as possible, I have verified every foreign word by the aid of dictionaries, referring for Gothic words to my own Glossary, edited for the Philological Society; for Suio-Gothic words, to Ihre’s Glossarium; for Icelandic words, to Egilsson; and for Old French words, to Roquefort and Burguy. Whatever errors occur below may thus, I hope, be readily traced.]

{ Abaid, Abyde, } delay, tarrying, 1882, 2147, 3069, 3308. A.S. _abídan_, J. { Abasit, Abasyt, Abaysit, } abashed, humbled, dispirited, cast down, 378, 1452, 2664. Abasit of, dispirited by, 3301. R. _abaiser_. Abasit of (used passively), were dispirited by, 2243. Abraid, awoke, 1231; (Ch.) A.S. _on-bredan_. Abwsyt (abused), made an ill use of, 1207. Access, a fever; or better, a fit of the ague; Lat. _accessus febris_, (Wright’s Glossary), 31. Accorde, to agree with, 1526. Fr. _s’accorder_. Accordith, is suitable for, becomes, 1679, 1951; agree therewith, 605; is useful for, is fit for, 1204. According for, suitable for, 1512. R. _accordant_. Adred, terrified, 378, 2664. A.S. _on-drǽdan_, to dread. Affek, effect, 382. Cf. _Fek_. Afferd, afraid, 3472. A.S. _afered_, _afǽran_. Affere, warlike preparation, 985; aspect, bearing, 3043, 3334, 3394. See J., who makes it of Teutonic origin; but it may be no more than the O.Fr. _afeire, afaire_ = state, condition; as explained by Burguy. Afferith, belongs to, suits, 1550. Afferis, is suitable, 1690, 1961. R. _aferer_. Affrait, terrified, from the verb _Affray_ (Ch.), 2462, 3469. R. _effraer_. Affray, terror, fright, 636, 3454. Fr. _effroi_. Affy in till, trust to, rely upon, 499, 1394. R. _affier_. Afyre, on fire, 30, 251; hence, used allegorically, in love, 2436. { Agrewit, Aggrewit, } aggrieved, vexed, 1308, 1538; angry, enraged, 2618. R. _agrever_. Ago, gone, 159. A.S. _of-gán_. Aire, are, 1732. Algait, Algat, always, 1996, 1792. Gothic _gatwô_, a street, way. Al magre thine, in spite of thee, 115. An expression compounded of A.S. _al_, wholly; _maugre_ (Fr. _mal grè_), ill-will, and _thine_ (A.S. _thín_, the gen. case of _thú_, thou). Al-out, altogether, 1676, 1791, etc. Alowit, approved, 1754. Fr. _allouer_. Als, (1) as; (2) also. { Amen, Ameyne, } pleasant, 64, 999. Lat. _amœnus_. Anarmyt, fully armed, 545, 620, 2219, 2771. See _Enarmyt_. And, if, 1024, 1591; and if (= an if), if, 2376. Anerly, only, 1476, 1696. A.S. _ǽn-líc_. { Anoit, Anoyt, } annoyed, vexed, 351, 2244. Anoyt, annoyeth, 1407. Anterous, (for Aunterous, the shortened form of Aventurous), adventurous, 2618. Fr. _aventure_. Aparalit, apparelled, 338. Aperans, an appearance, a vision, 364. _So also_ Apperans, 1284. Apone, upon, 765, etc. Appetit, desire, 2722. Ch. has _appetite_ as a verb, to desire. Aqwynt, acquainted, 1295. Burns uses _acquent_. Aras, to pluck out, 240. Fr. _arracher_. Araid, disordered, afflicted, 3270. See _Araye_ in Halliwell. The examples there given shew that to _araye_ sometimes actually signifies to _disorder_. Arest, stop, delay, 678, 3072, 3308. Fr. _arrêt_. Arly, early, 4, 384, 975. A.S. _árlíce_. Artilȝery, implements of warfare, 2538. See R. _artillerie_. Compare 1 Samuel, xx. 40. Assay, (1) assault, trial, 11, 35, 112, 712; attack, 537, 2662. As a verb, to assault, attack, assail, 570, 1044. Fr. _assaillir_. (2) to essay, attempt, 2936; to test, 478, 982. Fr. _essaier_. { Assaid, Assayt, } assaulted, 1224, 2641. Assall, assault, attack, 842. We should perhaps read “assaill,” as in l. 855. Assalȝeing, assail (_3 pers. plural_), 3385. Assemblay, an assembling of knights for a combat, a tournament, 267. Assemble, a hostile meeting, combat, battle, 978, 3336. See J. Assemblyng, encountering, 2588. Assemblyng on, attacking, 2956. Assey, to test, 478. _See_ Assay. Astart, to start away from; hence to escape from, avoid, 228, 3296. Ch. has _asterte_. At, that, 1019, etc. Compare Dan. _at_; O.N. _at_. Atour, at over, i.e. across, 841, 849, 873; in excess, in addition, besides, 1775. Ather, either, 2629, 2819, 3264. A.S. _ǽgther_. Atte, at the, 627, 1055. Aucht, eight, 3263. Compare Ger. _acht_. Auentur, adventure, 601. Auer, ever, 273, etc. Auerding to, belonging to (?), 345. The sense seems to point to the A.S. _and-weardian_, to be present, Goth. _and-wairths_, present. Aventur, Auentoure, adventure, 80, 222. Aw, owe, deserve; the present tense of the verb of which _ought_ is the past tense; 3447. A.S. _áh_, _áhte_. Awalk, awake, 1049. Goth. _wakan_. The form _awalk_ occurs in Dunbar, “_Awalk_, luvaris, out of your slomering.” (The Thistle and the Rose.) Awant, boast, 2136. As a verb, 1588; and as a reflective verb, 2196, 2386. Fr. _se vanter_. Ch. has _avante_. Awin, own, 89. A.S. _ágen_. Awodith, maketh to depart, 2474. See _Avoid_ in Nares’ Glossary, edited by Halliwell and Wright. { Awow, Awoue, } vow, 234, 242, 246. Ch. has _avowe_. Awys, consideration, advisement, 558. Awyß the, advise thee, consider, 1913. { Awyß, Awyſing, } to consider, 424, 429. Fr. _s’aviser_. Awysment, advisement, consideration, 360, 680. Ay, ever, continually, 1135, 1486. A.S. _á_. Ayar (_written instead of_ Athar), either, 2712. Ayre, are, 2011. { Ayanis, 744, Aȝanis, 1164, 2283, } against. A.S. _ongean_. Aȝane, Aȝeine, again, 3253, 380.