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Aa, interj., O, 733.

GLOSSARY

abate, v. tr., put an end to: inf. 1356. OF. abatre.

abayst, pp., abashed, confounded, 149. OF. abaïss-, from abair. Abdama, prop. n., Admah, 958 (Gen. 10. 19). Lat. Adama. abof, adv., above, 1409, 1464, 1481: above, 1382. OE. abufan.

abof, prep., above, 38, 1120. OE. ābufan.

abominacion, n., abomination: pl.

-es, 1173. OF. abomination. aboute, adv., around, round about,

83, 346, 443, 483, 618, 1390, 1424, 1475 abowte, 30. OE. ābūtan. aboute, prep., round about, 78, 817, 956, 1185, 1294, 1417, 1694; near, in, 1251 aboutte, 1084; abowte, 1638. OE. ābūtan. Abraham, prop. n., 601, 604, 643, 678, 688, 713, 745, 761, 924, 1001: Abram, 647; Habraham, 682; gen. sg. Abrahamez, 650. Lat. Abraham. abyde, v. intr., abide, remain, 365, 436, 1673; tr. await, 486, 764, 856: inf. 764; abide, 856, 1673; 3 sg. -z, 436, 486; pret. 3 sg. abod, 365. OE. äbidan. abyme, n., abyss, 214, 363, 963. OF.

abi (s) me.

abyt, n., clothing, 141. OF. (h)abit. achape, v. tr., escape: pret. 3 sg.

970. OF. eschaper, achaper. achaufe, v. tr., kindle, arouse: pp. 1143. OF. eschaufer.

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after, prep., 6, 420, 681, 770, 857, 930,

1639, 1750, 1796; for, 619, 1098, 1345; temporal, 650, 1755. OE. æfter.

agayn, adv., again, 1705: azayn,

665. OE. ongēan, -gegn; infl.

by ON. i gegn. agayn, prep., against, 1228; con

trary to, 266, 826; agayne, 826. agaynes, prep., against, 1711; contrary to, 611: agaynez, 611. agayntote, n., looking back, 931. Cf. OE. tōtian, v.

age, n., 426, 656. OF. age. azly, adv., fearfully, dreadfully, 874, 937. Cf. ON. agi, n.

azt, adj., eight, 24, 357; as pron., azte, 331. OE. eahta, æhta. azt, v., see oze.

aztsum, adj., one of eight, 411. al, adj., all, 2, 5, 260, 339, etc.; the

whole, 264, 313, 323, 355, etc.; as pron., everything, 17, 19, 259, 308, etc.; everybody, 62, 163, 393, 1231; referring to both men and animals, 360, 361, 362: sg. al,

17, 59, 249, 779, etc., alle, 260, 339, 396, etc.; pl. alle, 2, 5, 42, III, etc.; gen. pl. in cpds. alber(q. v.). OE. eall, all. See also alle-kynez.

al, adv., wholly, quite, completely, 247, 345, 381, 488, 643, 834, 891, 1003, 1114, 1254; very much, greatly, 715, 1553; al aboute, 83, 346: alle, 14, 346, 367, 965. OE. eall, all.

* alabaundaryne, n., a precious stone of a red or violet color, now called 'almandine': pl. -s, 1470. Lat. alabandina, OF. alabaundine.

alarom, n., alarm, 1207. OF.

alarme.

aldest, see olde.

aled, see hale.

aliche, see iliche.

alkaran, n.

n. (properly alkatran), mineral pitch, 1035. OF. alkatran, Arab. al-qatrān. allas, interj., alas, 853. OF. (h) alas.

alle-kynez, adj., of every kind, 303. Originally gen. alles cynnes. OE. eall+ cynn. allyt, 599 (see note).

alofte, adv., aloft, 1183. LOE. on lofte, ON. ā lopti. See also lofte.

alog, adv., in a low voice, softly, 670. See 103.

alone, adv., 784, 1512. OE. eall+ än.

along, adv., 769; as adj. in phrase

'alle alonge day,' all through the day, 476. OE. andlang. alose, v. tr., pp., famed, 274. OF. aloser.

als, also, see as.

also, adv., 65, 88, 340, 391, 656, 722, 1302, 1323: als, 194, 253, 268, 351, 827, 924, 1033, 1275, 1301, 1526; alce, 1377. OE. eall+

swā.

altogeder, entirely, wholly, 15. OE. eall+tōgædere.

alberfayrest, superl. adj., fairest of

all, 1379. OE. ealra + fægerost. alberfynest, superl. adj., finest of

all, 1637. OE. ealra, OF. fin. alberrychest, superl. adj., richest of all, 1666. OE. ealra + ricost. alberswettest, superl. adj., sweetest

of all, 699. OE. ealra + swētost. alum, n., 1035. OF. alum. amaffised, perhaps for amattised, amethystine, 1470.

amaraunt, n., emerald: pl. amaraunz, 1470. OF. esmeraude, w. intrusive n, and perhaps confused with 'amaranthe.'

ame, v. tr., esteem, consider: pret. I sg. 698. OF. esmer, Picard

amer.

amen, n., 1812. Lat. amen. amende, v. tr., rectify, remedy:

pp. 248. OF. amender. amonest, admonish, warn: 3 sg. -es, 818. OF. amonester. among, prep., among, 774: amonge, 25. Adv. at intervals, 1414. OE. on gemong.

amount, v. intr., arise: pret. 3 sg.

395. AN. amunter, OF. amonter. Ananie, prop. n., Hananiah, 1301

=

(Dan. 1. 6). OF. Ananie. and, conj., 2, 4, 7, 8, etc.; in adversative sense, often but, 208, 265, 805, 935, 1165; if, 730, 739, 864, 1346: ande, 1469, 1474, 1625, 1809. OE. and. angel, see aungel.

anger, n., anger, rage, 572; fit of anger, 1602. ON. angr. angre, adj., sharp, bitter, 1035. ankre, n., anchor: pl. -z, 418. OE.

ancor.

anon, adv., at once, forthwith, 480, 1741. OE. on ān(e).

Cf.

anornement, n., ornamentation, decoration: pl. -es, 1290. ME. ano(u)rn, v. (adapted from OF. ao(u)rner). anoþer, adj., another, a second, 469, 481, 1755; as pron. 65, 1668. OE. än ōþer.

anoynt, v. tr., anoint: pp. 1446,

1497. OF. enoynt, pp.

anunder, prep., under, beneath, 609, 1206, 1378, 1409. Adv. þer anunder, underneath, 1012. OE. on + under.

any, adj., 30, 76, 420, 548, etc.; pl.

252; ani on, 42: ani, 42, 99, 984. OE. ænig.

aparaunt, n., dependency, 1007.

OF. aparant.

apere, v. intr., appear: pret. 3 sg.

1533. OF. aper-, from aparoir. apert, adv., plainly, openly, 1463.

OF. apert. apparement, n., ornaments, 1270.

OF. aparement. apple, n., 241; apple garnade, pomegranate, 1044. OE. æppel. aproche, v. intr., approach: inf. 68, 147 (tr.); 3 pl. -n, 8; ?pres. subj. 2 sg. aproch, 167; pret. 3 pl. 1781. OF. aprocher. apyke, v. tr., adorn, array, 1637:

Pp. 1479. Etym. obscure. araye, v. tr., dress, attire, 134, 812, 816; set in order, 1442; adorn, 1458: pp. (all cases). OF. areier.

arc, see ark. are, adv., before, 438, 1128. ON. år. arest, v. intr., stop: pret. 3 sg.

arest, 766. OF. arester. arze, v. intr., be afraid, disheartened, 713; tr., frighten, 572:

pret. 3 sg. 572, 713. OE. eargian. ark, n., 317, 329, 335, 357, 411, 479, 485 arc, 413. OE. earc. arm, n., pl.: -ez, 643; -es, 1667. OE. earm.

Armene, adj., Armenian, 447. OF. Armenie, n.

armes, (pl. only) n., arms, weapons, 1306; ledes of armes, 1773. OF.

armes.

as, adv., like, as, 208, 222, 284, 456,

554, 556, 577, 639, 641, 695, 750,
783, 838, 1011, 1018, 1022, 1269,
1319, 1656, 1675; after neg.
so much as, 579; such as, for
example, 7, 14, 179, 1035, 1044,
1093, 1301, 1576; introd. inf.,
520, 567; introd. noun in apposi-
tion, 1007, 1217, 1324, 1748; in
phrases: als (o) tyd, 64, 935,
1099, 1213; als (as) fast, 440,
1648, 1751; as bylyve, 1239; as
swybe, 1619; correl. with 'so,'
'such,' 190, 202, 640, 748, 1046,
1075, 1076; correl. with 'as,'
'als,' 'also,' 886, 984, 1046, 1134,
1516, 1527: als, 64, 1068, 1134,
1324, 1648, 1730, 1751; also, 984,
1045, 1099, 1792. OE. eall+

swā.

as, conj., as, just as, 25, 29, 51, 95,

I10, 203, 223, 226, 297, 348, 351, 360, 411, etc.; according as, 92; while, 133, 443, 645, 769, 784, 787, 1520; as if, as though, 82, 611, 671, 1142, 1466, 1484, 1527, 1581; also as, just as, 1618; as sone

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assemble, v. intr., 1364: tr. 1769;

pp. 1769. OF. assembler. assyse, n., manner, fashion, 639:

asyse, 844. OF. assise. asure, n., lapis lazuli, 1411: azer, 1457. OF. asur, azur. astele, v., escape. from, slip from

(w. dat.) pret. 3 sg. astel, 1524. OE. ætstelan.

at, prep., 40, 70, 94, 95, etc.; of, 924; from, 1619; according to, 348; with both casual and temporal meaning, 632, 1163; in idiomatic phrases: at a brayde, 539; at ese, 124; at þe last (e), 446, 888, 1096, 1193; at lyttel, 1710; at onez, 402, 519, 566, 672,

732, 909, 963, 1086, 1672; at þis onez, 624, 801; at a slyp, 1264. OE. at.

atlyng, vbl. n., purpose, intention, 688. See attle.

a-traverce, adv., crosswise, 1473. OF. a travers.

attle, v. tr., ordain: pp. 207. ON. ætla.

attyre, v. tr., attire: pp. 36; atyred, 114. OF. atirer.

atwappe, v. tr., escape: inf. 1205. See wappe.

abel, adj., noble, illustrious, excellent, fine; 207, 258, 329, 411, 761,

940, 1276, 1314, 1443, 1451. OE. æðele.

*aucly, adj., awry, amiss, 795 (see note).

aunceter, n., forefather: gen. sg.

-ez, 258. OF. ancestre. aune, adj., own, 11, 1659, 1707: auen, 595, 1222; owne, 75. OE. ägen.

aungel, n., angel: pl. -ez, 207, 240,

895, 937, 941; -es, 1664; -S, 782, 795; aungelles, 1081; angelez, 19. OF. angele.

aunter, n., marvel: pl. -es, 1600. OF. aventure.

auter, n., altar, 10, 506, 1276, 1443, 1451, 1477. OF. auter. auwhere, adv., anywhere, 30. OE. ā+hwær.

avaunt, n., promise, 664. Cf. OF. ava (u)nter, boast.

avay, v. tr., inform: pp. 1311. OF. avei-, from avier.

avayment, n., exhibition, 1358.

OF. aveiement.

avised, part. adj., determined, 1365. OF. aviser.

avow, v. tr., vow, promise: I sg.

664. OF. avouer. avoy, exclam., fie, 863. OF. avoi. avyl, v. tr., defile: pret. 3 sg. 1151;

Pp. 1713. OF. aviler. away, adv., 286, 744, 862, 1275; gone, absent, 1241; here away, hither, 647 (see note). OE. on weg.

awayl, v. intr., avail: pret. 3 sg.

408. See vayle.

ay, adv., ever, 114, 132, 276, 296, 337, 375, 497, 517, 659, 723, 931, 975, 976, 978, 1016, 1031, 1080, 1413, 1472, 1544, 1684, 1711; ay a, every, 117. ON. ei. ayre, n., air, 1010. OF. air. ayre, n., heir; 650, 1709: hayre,

666; here, 52. OF. (h)eir. ayþer, adj., ayper ober, each other, 338, 705. OE. æghwæðer, ægðer.

aywhere, adv., everywhere, 228, 965, *1398, 1403, 1608. OE. @ghwær.

Azarie, prop. n., Azariah, 1301 (Dan. 1. 6). OF. Azarie. azer, see asure.

B.

babel, adj., foolish, 582 (see note). baboyn, n., baboon: pl. -es, 1409.

OF. babuin.

Babyloyn, prop. n., Babylon, 1149,

1223, 1256, 1372; Babiloyn, 1361, 1373; Babiloyne, 1335, 1666. OF. Babiloine.

bachler, n., young knight: pl. -ez,

86. OF. bacheler.

badde, adj., wicked, 1228. ?Shortened form of OE. bæddel.

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bale1, n., conflagration, 980. ON. bal; cf. OE. bæl.

bale, n., evil, harm, woe, 276, 1256. OE. bealu.

bale, adj., dire, tormenting, 1243. OE. bealu.

balleful, adj., wretched, 979. OE. bealofull.

Baltazar, prop. n., Belshazzar, 1333,

1357, 1361, 1395, 1450, 1507, 1537, 1558, 1620, 1622, 1709, *1746, 1750, 1765, 1787; gen. Baltazar, 1149, 1436. Lat. Baltassar, OF. Baltazar.

Baltazar, pron. n., Belteshazzar

(Vulg. Baltassar), name given to Daniel (see Dan. 1. 7), 1610. balterande, part. adj., stumbling, hobbling, 103. Cf. Dan. baltre, Norw. dial. baltre; Yorkshire dial. balter.

baner, n., banner: pl. -es, 1404. OF. banere.

banne, n., proclamation, order, 95, 1361. Cf. OE. gebann. banne1, v. tr., curse, 468; bring a

curse upon, 885: pret. 3 sg. 468, 885. OE. bannan.

banne, v. tr., ?fortify, ?strengthen:

inf. 620 (see note).

bantel, n. pl. bantelles, outworks, 1459 (see note).

barayn, adj., barren, 659. OF. baraine, fem.

bare, adj., 452, 1246, 1254, 1693; as

noun, bare skin, 791; quasi-adv., only, 1573. OE. bær. bare, v. tr., show, disclose: pp. 1149. Cf. OE. ābarian. bare-heved, adj., bare-headed, 633. barer, n., barrier: pl. -es, 1239; -s,

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