remeve, remove, change. rente, legitimate income. rescous, rescue. reve, a tenant farmer. reysed, traveled. Robbia, the Robbia family, makers of sculptures in glazed terra-cotta. Beautiful examples of their art are to be seen in Florentine buildings. Robert's Children, vagabonds. roghte, paid heed to. romaging, bustling. Rome's dome, the dome of St. Peter's. Rood, cross of Christ. Roscius'd, Roscius, the greatest comic actor of ancient Rome. rote, fiddle. Rouncivale, a religious house in London. rouncy, horse. sethe, boil. sewed, followed. seynd, singed, broiled. shalot, kind of onion. sharers, members of a company who shared in the investment. shaw, wood. shear, several. sheeldes, French crowns, coins bearing the device of a shield. shelp, up. rove, roof. row, roll. Royal Exchange, the place appointed by the crown for exchange of plate or bullion for the national coin. Ruce, Russia. ruddock, robin. rules, twelve good, card containing maxims of conduct. rune, a letter of the old Germanic alphabet, a muttered charm. rushes, reeds used for floor-covering. Sainte-Beuve (1804-1869), the eminent French critic. Saint Laurence, the church of San Lorenzo. sair-won, hard-earned. sangwyn, ruddy. sansculottic, lit. without breeches, a term applied by the French aristocrats to those who started the revolution; hence revolutionists, reds. Sant' Ambrogio, St. Ambrose Church. sa pors, flavors. sark, shirt. sat, shot. Satalye, a town in Asia Minor. sautr ye, psaltery, a musical instrument. sawcefleem, having a red pimply face. say, saw. scarecrows in the yard, common herd in the open pit around the stage. Scariot, Judas Iscariot. scathe, harm, misfortune. Schidone, Bartolommeo, a painter of Modena (1560-1616). scoleye, to attend school. scudi, Italian coins worth about a dollar. sea-crabs, boatmen. seche, seek. seigh, saw. seke, sick. sely, kind, good, simple. semblyde, assembled. sendal, fine silk. sentence, pithy and wise utterance. sequacious, following. shend, shame. shene, bright. sheugh, furrow. shirreve, sheriff. sho shoe. shoulder-clapping, arrest. shoures, showers. shovel-hat, a hat with broad brim turned up at the sides and projecting in front. shrewe, curse. sic, such. significavit, first word of writ of excommuni cation. sikerly, surely. Simon, see Acts VIII and ix. Sinon, the Greek who tricked the Trojans into taking the wooden horse within the walls. Sir Christopher, Sir Christopher Wren (1632 1723), who rebuilt St. Paul's Cathedral after the great fire of 1666. Sister Helen, the three speakers are, the wronged woman, her little brother, who does not under stand what is going on, and a spectator. sithen, since. sizars, university students who received free board. skeigh, sidewise. skellum, rascal. skel pit, hurried. skills, matters. skirl, scream slaps, gaps in the road. slawe, slain. sleekit, soft, sleek. sloughe, they slew. small, narrow, slim. smoored, smothered. snapper, stumble. snell, bitter. snibben, rebuke. solempne, festive; impressive, important. somdel, somewhat. Somers-heat, Somerset. somnour, an officer who summoned delinquents before the ecclesiastical courts. sone, son. soote, sweet. Soupe, milk. souter, cobbler. sowne, sound. sowninge, tending toward. sowthers, makes it all up. spendyd, spanned, placed in rest. spiers, inquires. sprang their luff, sailed nearer to the wind. spurn. If this word means “encounter," then the line ought to read as an exclamation, Alas that e'er this fight was begun!” Stagirite, Aristotle. stand, hindrance. staukin, stalking. staw, stole. stemed, gleamed. sten, spring. stepe, bright. sterne, stern men. sterteth, starts, springs. stevene, voice. stewe, fish-pond. stillicide, constant dropping of water. stone and reins, bladder and kidneys. stoor, estore, stock. stope, advanced. stot, horse. stour, tumult, fight. stoure, dust. stoyte, stagger. strath, river valley. Stratford atte Bowe, a nunnery near London. streit, narrow, strict. streyneth, constrains. stryke of flex, hank or skein of flax. St. Stephen's, The Houses of Parliament. succedance, substitutes. swa pte, struck, smote. swat, sweated. swats, foaming ale. sweven, dream. swich, such. swink, work (n.); swinken, labor (v.). syke, trench. syllabub, curd formed by mixing cream and wine. Syrinx, stands for Anne Boleyn in The Shepherd's Calendar. sythes, times. tester, teston, sixpence. Thammuz, Tammuz, in Babylonian mythology the husband of Ishtar, who slew him and later restored him to life. than, then. the, they. thee, so mote 1, so may I prosper. Ι this, these. tho, those. thole, endure. thrave, twenty-four sheaves. throstle-cock, European thrush. thryes, thrice. thug, originally a member of a society of bandits in India. thyrsus, a Bacchic wand. a Tilbury, a two wheeled gig without a cover. tint, lost. tippenny, two penny ale. Tishbite, the, Elijah, in the Old Testament. tittie, sister. to, two. toft, hillock, eminence. tollen, take toll. ton, one. tool, thing. toon, toes. towmond, twelve-month. Townshend, Tommy, a member of Parliament. towsie, shaggy Tramissene, Moorish, kingdom in Africa. tread, copulate. tretys, well-shaped. tripod, three-legged stand, emblem of the Delphic oracle. trowl, pass in turn. truffles, various tubers. Tully, Marcus Tullius Cicero, the great Roman orator and author whose Latin is the model for purity. tweye, two. twice-battered god of Palestine, Dagon, whose image twice fell from its pedestal in the presence of the ark. twinne, depart. twins of Jove, Castor and Pollux. tyke, dog. Tyrant, triple, the Pope, who wears a triple tiara. Syne, then. tabah, tobacco. tabard, coat. table dormant, a fixed table as distinguished from the old fashioned removable board. taille, tally, credit. Taillefer, the minstrel who rode in front of the Norman army at the battle of Hastings, chant ing the old song of Roland. tairn, mountain pool. ta picer, upholsterer. tappestere, bar-maid. ta psalteerie, topsy-turvy. Taurus, zodiacal sign of the bull, roughly the second half of April and first half of May. tead, torch. techen, direct. templar, lawyer or other person rooming in the so-called temple, once the headquarters of the Knights Templar. Temple, an inn of court, an association of lawyers. tentie, careful. Ulpian (170–228 A.D.), a Roman jurist, who wrote after the period of pure Latin. Ultima Supplicia, last punishments. Ululantes, the howlers. unco, uncoo, wonderfully, unusual things. uncrudded, uncurdled. undern, late morning, or early afternoon. Ursa Major, the stars known as the Dipper. usquebac, whiskey. Uther, father of King Arthur. vambrace, piece of armor on the forearm. vauntie, proud. vavasour, landholder. venerye, hunting. with the inscription 'We three Loggerheads be,' the spectator being the third. whelkes, pimples. whins, gorse. whist, silent. whyles, sometimes. whylom, formerly. wi, with. Will's, famous coffee house in Addison's time. wimpel, neck-cloth. winnock, window. wis, certainly. wiste, knew. wit, know. withouten, besides. withseye, gainsay. whatsome, loathsome. wone, custom; one. woning, dwelling place. wood, mad, crazy. woodrow, woodruff, a sweet woodland herb. wortes, herbs. wouche, evil, harm. wyld, deer. wales, selects. wan, dark. wane, quantity, multitude. want, mole. wantown, brisk, lively. war, aware; beware. wardmotes, courts or meetings held in the city wards. war-hedge, interlocked shields. wark, work. warlocks, wizards. war'ly, worldly. wastel breed, fine bread; French gâteau. watch, the time during which a watch, or police, is on duty. watchet weeds, blue uniform. waught, draught. waukin, watching wawlie, handsome. weal, clench. webbe, weaver. weelhained, well-saved. weir, a dam, or a fence of stakes to catch fish. werre, war. We three, allusion to the picture of two boobies, yeman, yeoman. yerde, stick. yerly, early. yeve, give. yfere, together. yont, beyond. y-preved, proved. yth, in the. y-wimpled, with head-covering drawn close about the chin. y-wis, certainly. zany, fool. INDEX OF AUTHORS Addison, Joseph, 219. Bede, 9. Belloc, Hilaire, 851. Fitzgerald, Edward, 726. |