Chapter 17
Gule-depeincted, E. II. 13. _Red-painted_. C.
Gule-steynct, G. 62. _Red-stained_. C.
[Guylde, G. 152. _Tax_.]
[Guylteynge, Æ. 179. _Gilding_.]
Glyttelles, Æ. 438. _Mantels_. C.
H.
[Habergeon. H. 2. 346. _A little coat of mail_ (K.).]
Haile, E. III. 60. _Happy_. C.
Hailie, Æ. 148. 410. as _Haile_.
Halceld, M. 37. _Defeated_. C.
Hailie, T. 144. _Holy_. C.
Hailie, Æ. 33. _Wholely_. [But here _Hallie_ would seem to be put for hailie, _happy_. Sk. renders _blissful_.]
Halline, Ch. 82. _Joy_. C.
Hancelled, G. 49. _Cut off, destroyed_. C.
Han, Æ. 734. _Hath_. q? [One of C.'s fundamental mistakes.]
Hanne, Æ. 409. _Had_. particip. q?--Æ. 685. _Had_. pa. t. sing. q?
Hantoned, Æ. 1094. [A mistake for _hancelled; hanten_ in B.K. and Speght means _use, accustom_.]
Harried, M. 82. _Tost_. C. [But in Æ. 209 plainly=_hurried_.]
Hatched, p. 25. I. [Probably C. meant _covered with a cloth exhibiting its rider's coat of arms_. Cf. _Hatchments_.]
[Hatchments, H. 2. 489. In heraldry, _a coat of arms_. (K.).]
Haveth, E. I. 17. _Have_. 1st perf. q?
Heafods, E. II. 7. _Heads_. C.
Heavenwere, G. 146. _Heavenward_. C.
Hecked, Æ. 394. _Wrapped closely, covered_. C.
Heckled, M. 3. _Wrapped_. C.
Heie, E. II. 15. _They_. C.
Heiedeygnes, E. III. 77. _A country dance, still practised in the North_. C.
Hele, n. G. 127. _Help_. C.
Hele, v. E. III. 16. _To help_. C.
Hem, T. 24. A contraction of _them_. C.
[Hendie, H. 1. 95. ? _Hand to hand_; K. B. and Speght all have _neat, fine, genteel_, for this Chaucerian word.]
Hente, T. 175. _Grasp, hold_. C.
Hentyll, Æ. 1161. [Evidently _Custom_; no explanation.]
[Herehaughte, M. 78. _Herald_.]
Herselle, Æ. 279. _Herself_.
Herste, Æ. 1182. [? _Command_.]
Hilted, Hiltren, T. 47. 65. _Hidden_. C.
Hiltring, Ch. 13. _Hiding_. C.
Hoastrie, E. I. 26. _Inn, or publick house_. C.
[Hocktide, H. 1. 25. _A festival celebrated in England antiently in memory of the sudden death of King Hardicanute A.C. 1042 and the downfall of the Danes_. B.]
Holtred, Æ. 293. [? _Hidden_, from B.'s _hulstred_.]
Hommeur, Æ. 1190. [? _Honour_.]
Hondepoint, Æ. 273. [Sk. renders (_every_) _moment_; K.B. and Speght give no help.]
Hopelen, Æ. 399. [_Hopelessness_--'I from a night of hopelessness am awakened.']
Horrowe, M. 2. _Unseemly, disagreeable_. C.
Horse-millanar, Ch. 56. See C.'s note. [According to Steevens a Bristol tradesman in 1776 so described himself over his shop-door.]
Houton, M. 93. _Hollow_. C.
Hulstred, M. 6. _Hidden, secret_. C.
Huscarles, Æ. 922. 1194. _House-servants_.
Hyger, Æ. 627. The flowing of the tide in the Severn was antiently called the _Hygra_. Gul. Malmesb. de Pontif. Ang. L. iv. ['The eagre or "bore" of the Severn is a large and swift tide-wave which sometimes flows in from the Atlantic Ocean with great force.' Sk. II, p. 61, note.]
Hylle-fyre, Æ. 682. _A beacon_.
Hylte, T. 168. _Hid, secreted_. C.--Æ. 1059. _Hide_. C.
[Hylted, Hyltren, T. 47 .65. _Hidden_. C.]
I., J.
Jape, Ch. 74. _A short surplice_, &c. C.
Jeste, G. 195. _Hoisted, raised_. C.
Ifrete, G. 2. _Devour, destroy_. C.
Ihantend, E. I. 40. _Accustomed_. C.
Jintle, H. 2. 82. for _Gentle_.
Impestering, E. I. 29. _Annoying_. C.
Inhild, E. I. 14. _Infuse_. C.
Ishad, Le. 37. _Broken_. C.
Jubb, E. III. 72. _A bottle_. C.
[Iwimpled, H. 2. 528. _Muffled_ (Speght).]
Iwreene, p. 286. 9. [Evidently the same as K.'s bewreen, _expressed, shewn_.]
K.
Ken, E. II. 6. _See, discover, know_. C.
Kennes, Ep. 28. _Knows_. C.
Keppend, Le. 44. [_Careful, precise,_ from B.'s kepen, _keep, take care of_.]
Kiste, Ch. 25. _Coffin_. C.
Kivercled, E. III. 63. _The hidden or secret part_. C.
Knopped, M. 14. _Fastened, chained, congealed_. C.
L.
[Lack in C. generally = _to be in need of_ rather than simply _to be without_; cf. G. 176.]
Ladden, H. 1. 206. [_Lay_.]
Leathel, E. I. 42. _Deadly_. C.
Lechemanne, Æ. 31. _Physician_.
Leckedst, H. 2. 332. [No explanation.]
Lecturn, Le. 46. _Subject_. C.
Lecturnies, Æ. 109. _Lectures_. C.
Leden, El. 30. _Decreasing_. C.
Ledanne, Æ. 1143. [? _Leaden, heavy_; or it may be an adj. formed from K.'s leden (O.), _languish_.]
[Lee, Ep. 6. _Lay_; or ? _lie_.]
Leege, G. 173. _Homage, obeysance_. C.
Leegefolcke, G. 43. _Subjects_. C.
[Leffed, H. 1. 141. _Left_.]
Lege, Ep. 3. _Law_. C.
[Legeful, E. I. 3. _Loyal_.]
Leggen, M. 92. _Lessen, alloy_. C.
Leggeude, M. 32. _Alloyed_. C.
Lemanne, Æ. 132. _Mistress_.
Lemes, Æ 42. _Lights, rays_. C.
Lemed, El. 7. _Glistened_. C.--Æ. 606. _Lighted_. C.
Lere, Æ 568. H. 2. 597. seems to be put for _Leather_.
Lessel, El. 25. _A bush or hedge_. C.
Lete, G. 60. _Still_. C.
Lethal, El. 21. _Deadly, or death-boding_. C.
Lethlen, Æ. 272. _Still, dead_. C.
Letten, Æ. 928. _Church-yard_. C.
Levynde, El. 18. _Blasted_. C.
Levynne, M. 104. _Lightning_. C.
Levyn-mylted, Æ. 462. _Lightning-melted_. q?
Liefe, Æ. 217. [? from K. and B.'s lief, _rather_. Sk. renders _at my choice_.]
Liff, E. I. 7. _Leaf_.
Ligheth, Æ. 627. [? _Lay low_, from K.'s lig, _lie_.]
Likand, H. 2. 177. _Liking_.
Limed, El. 37. _Glassy, reflecting_. C.
Limmed, M. 90. _Glassy, reflecting_. C.
Lissed, T. 97. _Bounded_. C.
[List, H. 1. 544. ? _Pleasure_.]
Lithie, Ep. 10. _Humble_. C.
Loaste, Æ. 456. _Loss_.
[Lode, H. 1. 33. Probably as _load_, a _task_ or _burden_. Sk. renders _praise_, as if _land_; this is far from convincing.]
Logges, E. I. 55. _Cottages_. C.
Lordinge, T. 57. _Standing on their hind legs_. C.
Loverd's, E. III. 29. _Lord's_. C.
Low, G. 50. _Flame of fire_. C.
Lowes, T. 137. _Flames_. C.
Lowings, Ch. 35. _Flames_. C.
[Lurdanes, H. 1. 36. From B.'s 'Lurdane, lordane, _a dull heavy fellow_, derived by some from _Lord_ and _Dane_'. So the word becomes for C. an opprobrious equivalent for _Dane_.]
[Lygheth, Æ. 627. _Lay_, from K.'s lig, _to lie_.]
[Lymed, E. II. 7. _Glassy, reflecting_. C.]
Lymmed, M. 33. _Polished_. C.
Lynch, El. 37. _Bank_. C.
Lynge, Æ. 376. _Stay_. C.
Lyoncel, E. II. 44. _Young lion_. C.
Lyped, El. 34. [? miswritten for _lithed_, Speght's lith, _to make less_, so _wasted_. Sk. renders _wasted away_, deriving _lyped_ from B.'s liposychy, _a small swoon_, which seems too far-fetched even for Rowley.]
Lysse, T. 2. _Sport, or play_. C.
Lyssed, Æ 53. _Bounded_. C.
M.
Mancas, G. 136. _Marks_. C.
Manchyn, H. 2. 222. _A sleeve_. Fr.
[Mastie, H. 1. 348. 425. ? _Mastiff_.]
Maynt, Meynte, E. II. 66. _Many, great numbers_. C.
Mee, Mees, E. I. 31. _Meadow_. C.
Meeded, Æ 39. _Rewarded_. [The construction _meeded out_ is probably affected by _meted out_.]
Memuine, H. 2. 120. [? _Body of troops_, ? _Command_. No explanation.]
Meniced, p. 285. 146. _Menaced_, q? [The sense is _threatened to make him marry again_.]
Mere, G. 58. _Lake_. C.
Merk-plante, T. 176. _Night-shade_. C.
Merke, T. 163. _Dark, gloomy_. C.
Miesel, Æ 551. _Myself_.
Milkynette, El. 22. _A small bagpipe_. C.
Mist, Ch. 49. _Poor, needy_. C.
[Mister, Ch. 82. as _Mist_, poor, needy.]
Mitches, El. 20. _Ruins_. C.
Mittee, E. II. 28. _Mighty_. C.
Mockler, p. 283. 105. _More_.
Moke, Ep. 5. _Much_. C.
Mokie, El. 29. _Black_. C.
[Mokynge, H. 2. 584. K. and B. have moky (O.), _cloudy_; so perhaps C. meant a brook the surface of which reflected the clouds. Sk. reads _mocking_.]
Mole, Ch. 4. _Soft_. C.
Mollock, G. 90. _Wet, moist_. C.
Morglaien. M. 20. _The name of a sword_ [Morglay] _in some old Romances_.
Morthe, Æ 307. [_Violent death_. K. has morth, _murder_.]
Morthynge, El. 4. _Murdering_. C.
Mote, E. I. 22. _Might_. C.
Motte, H. 2. 184. _Word, or motto_.
Myckle, Le. 16. _Much_. C.
Myndbruch, Æ. 401. [_A hurting of honour and worship_ (B.).]
Mynster, G. 75. _Monastery_. C.
Mysterk, M. 33. _Mystic_. C.
N.
[Nappy, Ba. 13. B. has nappy-ale, [_q. d. such as will cause persons to take a nap_] _pleasant and strong_. But the word _nappy_ in this connexion has nothing to do with causing sleep.]
Ne, P.G. 6. _Not_. C.
Ne, p. 281. 58. _Nigh_.
Nedere, Ep. II. _Adder_. C.
Neete, p. 280. 41. _Night_.
Nesh, T. 16. _Weak, tender_. C.
Nete, Æ. 399. _Night_.
Nete, T. 19. _Nothing_. C.
Nilling, Le. 16. _Unwilling_. C.
Nome-depeinted, E. II. 17. _Rebus'd shields_; a herald term, when the charge of the shield implies the name of the bearer. C.
Notte-browne, p. 280. 49. _Nitt-brown_.
O.
Obaie, E. I. 41. _Abide_. C.
Offrendes, Æ. 51. _Presents, offerings_. C.
Olyphauntes, H. 2. 609. _Elephants_.
Onknowlachynge, E. II. 26 _Not knowing_. C. Onlight, Æ. 678. [_Put out, extinguish_.]
Onlist, Le. 46. _Boundless_. C.
[Ore, H. 2. 25. Contracted for _other_.]
Orrests, G. 100. _Oversets_. C.
Ouchd, T. 80. See C.'s note.
Ouphante, Æ. 888. 929. _Ouphen, Elves_.
Ourt, H. 2. 578. [Contraction for B.'s _overt_.]
Ouzle, Æ. 104. _Black-bird_. C.
Owndes, G. 91. _Waves_. C.
P.
Pall, Ch. 31. Contraction from _appall_, to fright. C.
Paramente, Æ. 52. _Robes of scarlet_. C.--M. 36. _A princely robe_. C.
[Passante, El. 28. _Passing, going by_. (K.)]
Paves, Pavyes, Æ. 433. _Shields_.
Peede, Ch. 5. _Pied_. C.
[Peene, Æ. 484. _Pain_.]
Pencte, Ch. 46. _Painted_. C.
Penne, Æ. 728. _Mountain_.
Percase, Le. 21. _Perchance_. C.
'Pere, E. I. 41. _Appear_. C.
Perpled, p. 283. 99. _Purple_. q? [From B.'s disparpled, disperpled, _in heraldry, scattered loosely_. T.'s suggestion is certainly wrong.]
Persant, Æ. 561. _Piereing_.
Pete, Æ. 1001. [as _Pighte_.]
Pheeres, Æ. 46. _Fellows, equals_. C.
Pheon, H. 2. 272. in Heraldry, _the barbed head of a dart_.
Pheryons, p. 285. 147. ['A mistake for pheons.' Sk.]
Picte, E. III. 91. _Picture_. C.
Pighte, T. 38. _Pitched, or bent down_. C.
Poyntel, Le. 44. _A pen_. C.
Prevyd, Æ 23. _Hardy, valourous_. C.
Proto-slene, H. 2. 38. _First-slain_.
Prowe, H. 1. 108. [?_Forehead_. No explanation.]
Pynant, Le. 4. _Pining, meagre_.
Pyghte, M. 73. _Settled_. C.
Pyghteth, Ep. 15. _Plucks, or tortures_. C.
[Pyke, Ch. 53. See _Shoone-pykes_.]
[Pynne, Æ. 213. Probably the peg which supported the target; which a clever marksman might split. There is no satisfactory explanation of 'the basket'.]
Q.
Quaced, T. 94. _Vanquished_. C.
Quayntyssed. T. 4. _Curiously devised_. C.
Quansd, Æ. 241. _Stilled, Quenched_. C.
Queede, Æ. 284. 428. _The evil one; the Devil_.
R.
Receivure, G. 151. _Receipt_. C.
Recer, H. 1. 87. for _Racer_.
Recendize, Æ. 544. for _Recreandice; Cowardice_.
Recrandize, Æ. 1193. for _Recreandice; Cowardice_. [Though Sk. renders _Recendize_ resentment.]
Recreand, Æ. 508. _Coward_. C.
Reddour, Æ. 30. _Violence_. C.
Rede, Le. 18. _Wisdom_. C.
Reded, G. 79. _Counselled_. C.
Redeyng, Æ. 227. _Advice_.
Regrate, Le. 7. _Esteem_. C.--M. 70. _Esteem, favour_. C.
Rele, n. Æ. 530. _Wave_. C.
Reles, v. E. II. 63. _Waves_. C.
Rennome, T. 28. _Honour, glory_. C.
Reyne, Reine, E. II. 25. _Run_. C.
Reyning, E. II. 39. _Running_. C.
Reytes, Æ. 900. _Water-flags_. C.
Ribaude, Ep. 9. _Rake, lewd person_. C.
Ribbande-geere, p. 280. 44. _Ornaments of ribbands_.
Rodded, Ch. 3. _Reddened_. C.
Rode, E. I. 59. _Complexion_. C.
Rodeing, Æ. 324. _Riding_.
Roder, Æ. 1065. _Rider, traveller_.
Roghling, T. 69. _Rolling_. C.
Roin, Æ. 325. _Ruin_.
Roiend, Æ. 578. _Ruin'd_.
Roiner, Æ. 325. _Ruiner_.
Rou, G. 10. _Horrid, grim_. C.
Rowney, Le. 32. _Cart-horse_. C.
Rynde, Æ. 1192. _Ruin'd_.
S.
Sabalus, E. I. 22. _The Devil_. C.
Sabbatanners, Æ 275. [_Soldiers_, from B.'s sabatans, _soldiers' boots_; cf. Lat. _Caligati_.]
[Sarim, H. 1. 301. i.e. _Sarum_.]
Scalle, Æ. 703. _Shall_. C.
Scante, Æ. 1133. _Scarce_. C.
Scantillie, Æ. 1010. _Scarcely, sparingly_. C.
Scarpes, Æ. 52. _Scarfs_. C.
Seethe, T. 96. _Hurt or damage_. C.
Scille, E. III. 33. _Gather_. C.
Scillye, G. 207. _Closely_. C.
Scolles, Æ. 239. _Sholes_.
Scond, H. 1. 20. for _Abscond_.
Seck, H. 1. 461. for _Suck_.
Seeled, Ent. II. _Closed_. C.
Seere, Æ. 1164. _Search_. C.
Selyness, E. I. 55. _Happiness_. C.
Semblate, p. 281. 67. [=_Semblance_.]
Seme, E. III. 32. _Seed_. C.
Semecope, Ch. 87. _A short undercloke_. C.
Semmlykeed, Æ. 298. [as _Semlykeene_.]
Semlykeene, Æ. 9. _Countenance_. C. C.--G. 56. _Beauty, countenance_. C.
Sendaument, p. 284. 126. [_Appearance_. The word has no authority; B. and K. are silent.]
Sete, Æ. 1069. _Seat_.
Shappe, T. 36. _Fate_. C.
Shap-scurged, Æ. 603. _Fate-scourged_. C.
Shemring, E. II. 14. _Glimmering_. C.
Shente, T. 157. _Broke, destroyed_. C.
Shepen, p. 283. 97. [_Simple_, from K.'s shepen (O.), _simple, fearful_.]
Shepstere, E. I. 6. _Shepherd_. C.
Shoone-pykes, p. 280. 44. _Shoes with piked toes_. The length of the pikes was restrained to two inches, by 3 Edw. 4. c. 5.
Shrove, H. 2. 432. [It is difficult to discover the probable sense of this word. Perhaps an allusion to an imaginary legend is intended; cf. the reference (H. 2. 417) to Conyan's goats. Sk. has a note '_Shrove_ is the Rowleian for _shrouded_'; this is possible but hardly convincing.]
[Slea, Æ. 18. _Slay_.]
[Sleeve, H. 1. 178. _Silk not yet twisted, floss._]
Sletre, Æ. 539. _Slaughter_.
Slughornes, E. II. 9. _A musical instrument not unlike a hautboy_. C.--T. 31. A kind of clarion. C.
Smethe, T. 101. _Smoke_. C.
Smething, E. I. 1. _Smoking_. C.
Smore, H. 1. 412. [? _Smeared_ or _Smothered_.]
Smothe, Ch. 35. _Steam or vapours_. C.
Snett, T. 45. _Bent_. C.
[Sorgie, G. 17. _Surging_.]
Sothen, Æ. 227. _Sooth_, q?
Souten, H. 1. 252. for _Sought_. pa. t. sing. q?
Sparre, H. 1. 26. _A wooden bar_.
Speckle, H. 2. 525. [? _Spied_, or perhaps _Reached_.]
Spencer, T. 11. _Dispenser_. C.
Spere, Æ. 69. [_Spare, allow_.]
Spyryng, Æ. 707. _Towering_.
Staie, H. 1. 198. [B. has Stay, _stop, let, hindrance_; so possibly C. uses it as a paraphrase for _armour_; or some special piece of armour may be meant.]
Starks, T. 73. _Stalks_.
[Steeked, Æ. 1188. Not in K. B. or Speght, but Sk. notes that C. has _steeked=stole_; so here the sense would be _stole upon_.]
Steeres, p. 25. 6. _Stairs_.
Stente, T. 134. _Stained_. C.
Steynced, Æ. 189. [?_Stinted_, from B.'s stent (Saxon),_stint_.]
Storthe, p. 287. 10. [_Death_; cf. _Storven_.]
Storven, Æ. 608. _Dead_. C.
Straughte, Æ. 59. _Stretched_. C.
[Stre, H. 2. 712. _Straw_.]
Stret, Æ. 158. _Stretch_. C.
Strev, Æ. 358. _Strive_.
Stringe, G. 10. _Strong_. C.
Suffycyl, Æ. 62. 981. [_Sufficient_.]
[Swanges, Ch. 210. _Swings_.]
Swarthe, Æ. 265. [A _swath_, or _swarth_ (so rarely, but cf. _Twelfth Night_, II. iii, where Maria calls Malvolio 'an affectioned ass, that cons state without book and utters it by great swarths') is as much hay as the mower can cut at one movement of the scythe. So, an unsubstantial thing compared with a _boddekin_.]
Swartheing, Æ. 295 [_Darkling_, _darkening_.]
Swarthless. II. 2. 563. [_Dark-less_, i.e. _pallid_.]
Sweft-kervd, E. II. 20. _Short-liv'd_. C.
Swoltering, Æ. 444. [?_Swallowing_.]
[Swote, E. I. 25. _Sweet_. C.]
Swotie, E. II. 9. _Sweet_. C.
Swythe, Swythen, Swythyn; _Quickly_. C.
Syke, E. II. 6. _Such, so_. C.
T.
Takelle. T. 72. _Arrow_. C.
[Talbot, H. 2. 89. _A kind of hunting dog_ (K.); _a dog with a turned-up tail_(B.).]
Teint, H. 1. 462. for _Tent_. [_Bandage_.]
Tende, T. 113. _Attend, or wait_. C.
Tene, Æ 366. _Sorrow_.
Tentyflie, E. III. 48. _Carefully_. C.
Tere, Æ 194. _Health_. C.
Thoughten, Æ 172. 1136. for _Thought_, pa. t. sing. q?
[Thraslarkes, H. 2. 427. Presumably a kind of lark. K.B. and Speght give no help.]
Thyghte, p. 283. 104. [II. 2. 578. _Well-built_.]
Thyssen, E. II. 87. _These_, or _those_. q?
Tochelod, Æ 205. [Perhaps a mistake for _Tochered_ = dowered. (Sk.)]
Tore, Æ 1020. _Torch_. C.
Trechit, H. 2. 93. for _Treget_; Deceit.
Treynted, Æ 454. [? _Scatter_, from K.'s Betreint (O.), _sprinkled_.]
Twyghte, E. II. 78. _Plucked, pulled_. C.
Twytte, E. I. 2. _Pluck, or pull_. C.
Tynge, Tyngue; _Tongue_.
U., V.
Val, T. 138. _Helm_. C.
Vernage, H. 2. II. _Vernaccia_ Ital. a sort of rich wine.
Ugsomeness, Æ. 507. _Terror_. C.
Ugsomme, E. II. 55. _Terribly_. C.--Æ. 303. _Terrible_. C.
[Virgyne, Ch. I. The sign of the zodiac, _Virgo_, which the sun enters about the 21st of August.]
Unaknell'd, H. 1. 288. _Without any knell rung for them._ q? [_unaknelled_ was Pope's reading of _unancaled_ in his edition of _Hamlet_.]
Unburled, Æ. 1186. _Unarmed_. C.
Uncted, M. 30. _Anointed_. C.
Undelievre, G. 27. _Unactive_. C.
Unenhantend, Æ. 636. _Unaccustomed_. C.
Unespryte, G. 27. _Unspirited_. C.
[Uneyned, E. 516. _Blinded_.]
Unhailie, Ch. 85. _Unhappy_. C.
Unliart, P.G. 4. _Unforgiving_. C.
Unlift, E. III. 86. _Unbounded_. C.
Unlored, Ep. 25. _Unlearned_. C.
Unlydgefull, Æ. 537. [_Disloyal_.]
Unplayte, G. 86.--Unplyte, Æ. 1238. _Explain_. C.
Unquaced, E. III. 90. _Unhurt_. C.
[Unryghte. See Note I.]
Unsprytes, Æ. 1212. _Un-souls_. C.
Untentyff, G. 79. _Uncareful, neglected_. C.
Unthylle, T. 30. _Useless_. C.
Unwer, E. III. 87. _Tempest_. C.
Volunde, Æ. 73. _Memory, understanding_. C.--G. 140. _Will_. C.
Upriste, Æ. 928. _Risen_. C.
Upryne, H. 2. 719. [? _Raise up_, from B.'s uprist, _uprisen, risen up_.]
Upswalynge, Æ. 258. _Swelling_. C.
W.
Walsome, H. 2. 92. _Wlatsome; loathsome_.
Wanhope, G. 34. _Despair_. C.
Waylde, Æ. 11. _Choice, selected_.
Waylinge, E. II. 68. _Decreasing_. C. [Wayled (O.), _grown old_ (K.).]
Wayne, E. III. 31. _Car_. C.
Weere, Æ. 835. _Grief_. C.
Welked, E. III. 50. _Withered_. C.
Welkyn, Æ. 1055. _Heaven_. C.
[Whaped, H. 2. 579. _Amazed_, from K.'s Awhaped (O.) _amazed_.]
Wiseegger, E. III. 8. _A philosopher_. C. [But used by C. as an adjective.]
Wissen, Æ. 685. _Wish_.
Wite, G. 176. _Reward_. C.
Withe, E. III. 36. A contraction of _Wither_. C.
[Wolfynn, T. 51. &c. _Wolf_. Not in K. B. or Speght.]
Wolsome, Le. 5. See _Walsome_.
Wraytes. See _Reytes_.
Wrynn, T. 117. _Declare_. C.
Wurche, Æ. 500. _Work_. C.
Wychencref, Æ. 420. _Witchcraft_.
Wyere, E. II. 79. _Grief, trouble_. C.
Wympled, G. 207. _Mantled, covered_. C.
Wynnynge, Æ. 219. [The sense is 'which my father's hall had no winning,' i.e. 'which I could never get in my father's hall.' Sk. is almost certainly wrong here.]
Y.
Yan, Æ. 72. _Than_.
Yaped, Ep. 30. _Laughable_. C.
Yatte, T. 9. _That_. C.
Yblente, Æ. 40. _Blinded_. C.
Ybroched, G. 96. _Horned_. C.
[Ybrogten, Æ. 919. _Brought_]
Ycorne, Æ. 374. [Contracted for _ycorven_.]
Ycorven, T. 170. _To mould_. C.
[Ycrase, p. 287. 16. _Break_.]
Yceasedd, T. 132. _Broken_. C.
Yenne; _Then_.
Yer, E. II. 29. _Their_.
Yer, Æ. 152. _Your_.
Ygrove, H. 2. 434. [? _Shaped_, for _y-graven_.]
Yinder, Æ. 692. _Yonder_.
Yis; _This_.
Ylach'd, H. 2. 436. [? _Concealed_. B. has Lach, _catch_ or _snatch_; but this is hardly to the point.]
Ynhyme, Ent. 5. _Inter_. C.
Ynutile, Æ. 198. _Useless_.
Yreaden, H. 2. 207. [_Ready_.]
Yroughte, H. 2. 318. for _Ywroughte_.
Ysped, M. 102. _Dispatched_. C.
Yspende, T. 179. _Consider_. C.
Ystorven, E. I. 53. _Dead_. C.
Ytfel, E. I. 18. _Itself_.
Ywreen, E. II. 30. _Covered_. C.
Ywrinde, M. 100. _Hid, covered_. C.
Yyne, Æ. 540. _Thine_.
Z.
Zabalus, Æ. 428. as _Sabalus_; the Devil.
APPENDIX;
CONTAINING SOME OBSERVATIONS UPON THE LANGUAGE OF THE POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO ROWLEY;
TENDING TO PROVE, THAT THEY WERE WRITTEN, NOT BY ANY ANCIENT AUTHOR, BUT ENTIRELY BY THOMAS CHATTERTON.
Tum levis haud ultra latebras jam quærit imago, Sed sublime volans nocti se immiscuit atræ.
VIRGIL. Æ. X.
APPENDIX, &c.
When these Poems were first printed, it was thought best to leave the question of their authenticity to the determination of the impartial Public. The Editor contented himself with intimating his opinion, [Pref. p. xii, xiii.] that the external evidence on both sides was so defective as to deserve but little attention, and that the final decision of the question must depend upon the internal evidence. To shew that this opinion was not thrown out in order to mislead the enquiries and judgements of the readers, I have here drawn together _some observations upon_ THE LANGUAGE[1] _of the poems attributed to Rowley_, which, I think, will be sufficient to prove, 1st, that they were not written in the XV Century; and 2dly, that they were written entirely by Thomas Chatterton.
The proof of the second proposition would in effect carry with it that of the first; but, notwithstanding. I choose to treat them separately and to begin with the first.
I shall premise only one _postulatum_, which is, that Poets of the same age and country use the same language, allowances being made for certain varieties, which may arise from the local situation, the rank in life, the learning, the affectation of the writers, and from the different subjects and forms of their compositions [2].
This being granted, I have nothing to do but to prove, that the language of the poems attributed to Rowley (when every proper allowance has been made) is totally different from that of the other English writers of the XV Century, in many material particulars. It would be too tedious to go through them all; and therefore I shall only take notice of such as can be referred to three general heads; the _first_ consisting of words not used by any other writer; the _second_, of words used by other writers, but in a different sense; and the _third_, of words inflected in a manner contrary to grammar and custom.
Under the _first_ head I would recommend the following words to the reader's consideration.
1. ABESSIE. E. III. 89. Whylest the congeon flowrette _abessie_ dyghte.
2. ABORNE. T. 45. Snett oppe hys long strunge bowe and sheelde _aborne_.
3. ABREDYNGE. Æ 334. Agylted Ælla, thie _abredynge_ blynge.
4. ACROOLE. El. 6. Didde speke _acroole_, wythe languishment of eyne.
5. ADAVE. H. 2. 392. The fynest dame the Sun or moon _adave_.
6. ADENTE. Æ 396. ADENTED. G. 32. Ontoe thie veste the rodde sonne ys _adente_. _Adented_ prowess to the gite of witte.
7. ADRAMES. Ep. 27. Loughe loudlie dynneth from the dolte _adrames_.
8. ALATCHE. Æ 117. Leave me swythe or I'lle _alatche_.
9. ALMER. Ch. 20. Where from the hail-stone coulde the _almer_ flie?
10. ALUSTE. H. 1. 88. That Alured coulde not hymself _aluste_.
11. ALYNE. T. 79. Wythe murther tyred he flynges hys bowe _alyne_.
12. ALYSE. Le. 29.--G. 180. Somme dryblette share you shoulde to that _alyse_. Fulle twentie mancas I wylle thee _alise_.
13. ANERE. Æ 15.--Ep. 48. And cann I lyve to see herr wythe _anere_? ----Adieu untylle _anere_.
14. ANETE. p. 281. 64. Whych yn the blosom woulde such sins _anete_.
15. APPLINGS. E. I. 33. Mie tendre _applynges_ and embodyde trees.
16. ARROW-LEDE. H. 1. 74. Han by his soundynge _arrowe-lede_ bene sleyne.
17. ASENGLAVE. H. 1. 117. But Harold's _asenglave_ stopp'd it as it flewe.
18. ASLEE. Æ 504. That doest _aslee_ alonge ynn doled dystresse.
19. ASSWAIE. Æ 352. Botte thos to leave thee, Birtha, dothe _asswaie_ Moe torturynge peynes, &c.
20. ASTENDE. G. 47. Acheke the mokie aire and heaven _astende_.
I stop here, not because the other Letters of the alphabet would not afford a proportionable number of words which might be referred to this head, but because I think these sufficient for my purpose. I proceed therefore to set down an equal number of words under the _second_ general head.
1. ABOUNDE. H. 1. 55.
His cristede beaver dyd him smalle _abounde_.
The common sense of _Abound_, a verb, is well known; but what can be the meaning of it here?
2. ALEDGE. G. 5.
Lette notte thie agreme blyn ne _aledge_ stonde.
_Aledge_, or _Alege_, v. Fr. in Chaucer signifies _to alleviate_. It is here used either as an adjective or as an adverb. Chatterton interprets it to mean _idly_; upon what ground I cannot guess.
3. ALL A BOON. E. III. 41.--p. 23. l. 4.
_All-a-boon_, fyr Priest, _all-a-boon_. Thys ys the onelie _all-a-boone_ I crave.