“Holȝe were his yȝen and vnder campe hores.”(Early English Alliterative Poems;ed.Morris. See Poem B. l. 1695.)The meaning of the line quoted is, “Hollow were his eyes, and under bent hairs.”Hot, hight, was called,754,806;is called,1950.A.S.hátan(neuter).Houit, delayed, tarried, halted,996.“W.hofian, hofio, to fluctuate, hover, suspend,” Morris.Hovith, stays, halts,2829.Howit, halted,2814,2842.Howyns, halts, tarries,2821.Probably miswritten for “howyng.”Hufyng, halting, delaying,1046.Hundyre, a hundred,756,1554.I, in,332.Dan.i; Icel.í.Iclosit, y-closed; i.e. enclosed, shut in,53.If, to give,554.In lines1718-1910the word occurs repeatedly in several forms; asiffis,iffith, giveth;iffis, give ye (put for give thou);ifyne, given, etc.Ifyne, to give,3454.Iftis, gifts,1741.In the line preceding we havegiftis.Ilk; the ilk (= thilk) that,629,1601.Literally, the ilk = the same.A.S.ylc. See1367.Ilk, each,2211, etc.A.S.ælc.Illumynare, luminary,3.Incontinent,Incontynent,immediately,253,1215,2647,2834.Still used in French.In-to-contynent (= Incontinent),3020.In to, used for “in;”passim.Iornaye, journey,680.Irk, to become slothful, grow weary, tire,2709.A.S.eargian.Iuperty, combat,2547.Fr.jeu parti, a thing left undecided;hence the meanings, 1. strife, conflict; 2. jeopardy, as in Ch.See J.; and Tyrwhitt’s note to C. T. 16211.Iwond,245,Iwondit,226,wounded.We find in A.S. bothwúndandwúnded.I-wyß, certainly, of a surety,1709,1925,1938.A.S.gewís; Ger.gewiss. Oftenwronglyinterpreted to mean,I know.SeeWit.Kend, known,548,906.Laif, the remainder (lit. what isleft),1802,3472.A.S.láf. Burns has “thelave.”Lametable, lamentable,3265.The omission of thenoccurs again inl. 2718, where we havelemytable.Larges, liberality,608,1681,1750.Fr.largesse.Larg, prodigal, profuse,2434.Lat, impediment,958.A.S.lǽtan, means (1) to suffer, (2) to hinder.Lat, to let, permit (used as an auxiliary verb),803.Latith, preventeth,1927.Lawrare, a laurel,82.Ch.laurer.Learis, liars,493.Led, put down, beat down, depressed, overpowered,2663.It is the past tense of A.S.lecgan, to lay, to cause to submit, to kill.Lef, to live,564,3230.Leful, lawful,1427.Legis, lieges, subjects,1957.R.lige; Lat.ligatus.Leich, leech, physician,106.A.S.lǽce; Dan.læge.See520,2056.Leif, to live,952,1392.A.S.lybban; Goth.liban.Leir, to learn,1993.Comp. D.leeren.Lest, to list, to please,555,621.A.S.lystan.Lest, to last out against, sustain,811.A.S.lǽstan.Lest, least,1628.Let, hindrance,2495.Leuch, laughed,3240.A.S.hlihan, past tenseic hloh.Lewis, liveth,1209.Lewith, left, deserted,1854.Liging,376.The sense requireslay, i.e. the3rd p. s. pt. t. indic., but properly the word is the present participle,lying.Longith, belongeth,738,1921,2429,2778.Compare Dan.lange, to reach.Longith, belonged,3242.Longyne, belonging,433.Lorn, lost,2092;destroyed,2740.SeeFor-lorn.Loß, praise,1777.Lat.laus. Ch. haslosed, praised.Low,Lowe,(1) law,1602,1628,1636, etc.(2) love,29,1620.It is sometimes hard to say which is meant.Compare Dan.lov, law; A.S.luf, love.Luges, tents,874,881,2500,2680.Fr.loge,logis; Ger.laube, a bower, fromlaub, foliage; Gothiclaúf, a leaf.Lugyne, a lodging, tent,891.Lyt, a little,1233.At lyte, in little, used as an expletive,143.Ma,short form ofMake,953.Maad, made,697.Magre of, in spite of,500,960,2679,2702,2711.Sometimes “magre” is found without “of.”Fr.mal gré.Matalent,Matelent,displeasure, anger,2169,2660.In both cases Mr Stevenson wrongly hasmaltalent.R.maltalent, mautalent.Mayne,1026.SeeMen.Medyre, mediator (?),1624.I am not at all sure of this word, but we find in R. many strange forms of “mediator,” such asméener, méeisneres, etc. In the Supplement to the “Dictionnaire de l’Academie” we findmediaire, qui occupe le milieu, from Low Lat.mediarius.N.B.In the MS. the “d” is indistinct.Seemediarein Ducange.Meit, to dream,363.A.S.mætan.Mekill, much,876,1236.Mokil,1265.Melle, contest, battle,2619.Fr.melée, J.Memoratyve, mindful, bearing in remembrance,1430.Fr.mémoratif.Men, mean, way; “be ony men” = by any means,2366;so, too, “be ony mayne,”1026.Fr.moyen.Men, to tell, declare,510.A.S.mænan.Menye, a company, multitude (without special reference to number); whence “a few menye,” a small company,751.Apparently from A.S.menigu; Ger.menge; but it may have nothing to do with the modern wordmany, and is more probably from the O.F.maisnée, a household.Met, dreamt,440.SeeMeit.Meyne,41.SeeMen.Misgyit, misguided,1663.R.guier.Mo, more,3187, etc.A.S.má.Mon, man,96.Moneth, month,569.A.S.mónáð; Goth.menoth.Morow, morning,1,30,64,341.Goth.maúrgins.Mot, must,195.A.S.ic mót.Mys, a fault,1888,1937,3230.A.S.mis. Do o myß, to commit a fault,1926.Mysour, measure,1830.Myster, need,1877,2322.Ch.mistere; R.mester; Lat.ministerium. Cf. Ital.mestiere.Nat,naught,703.Shortened from A.S.ná wuht, i.e.no whit.Nece, nephew,2200,2245,2720.R.niez.Nedlyngis, of necessity,2337, J.A.S.neádinga.Nemmyt, considered, estimated,649,2852.A.S.nemnan, to name, call.Ner, near,441.Neulyngis, newly, again,36, J.A.S.níwe-líce(?).Newis, for Nevis, nieves, fists,1222.Icel.hnefi. Dan.næve. Burns hasnieve; Shakspeareneif.Noght, not,1182.Noiß, nose,2714.R.néis.Nome, name,226,320,1546,3341.Fr.nomme.Nome, took,591,1048.A.S.niman, past tense,ic nám.Northest, north-east,677.Not (shortened from Ne wot), know not,522,3144.A.S.nát, fromnitan=ne witan.Not, naught,720.SeeNat.Noyith, annoyeth,904.Fr.nuire. Lat.nocere.Noyt, annoyed, offended,471.Nys,Nyce,(nice), foolish,127,1946.Fr.niais.O, a, an,passim; one, a single,2998,3003,3393, etc.Obeisand, obedient,641.Obeß, obey,2134.Oblist, obliged,969.Occupye, to use, employ,3457;to dwell,75.Lat.occupare.Of, with,66.Oft-syß, oft-times,2304,2594,2789,2885,2929.SeeSyß.On, and,519.Possibly a mistake.One, on, often used for In; One to = unto.Onan,Onone,Onon,anon,158,1466,2602, etc.The form “onan,”l. 3086, suggests thederivation ofanon; viz. from A.S.on-án, in one; hence, forthwith, immediately.Onys, once, at some time or other,3013;at onys, at once,3187.Opin,1286,Opine,13,open.Or, ere, before,77,1887,2545.A.S.ǽr.Ordand, to set in array,784;to prepare, procure,1713.R.ordener; Lat.ordinare.Ordan, to provide,2416,2777.Ordynat, ordained,490.Seel. 507.Orest (= Arest), to arrest, stop,3186.Orient, east,5.Oucht, it; it is the duty of (= Lat.debet),2995.Strictly, we should here have had “it owes” (debet), not “it ought” (debuit).SeeAw.Ourfret, over-adorned, decked out,71,2480.A.S.frætwian, to trim, adorn.Out-throng (= Lat.expressit), expressed, uttered,65.A.S.út, out, andþringan, to press.Owtrag, outrage,3454.R.outrage; Ital.oltraggio, from Lat.ultra.The MS. hasoutray, probably owing to confusion withaffrayin the same line.We find “owtrag” inl. 2578.Oyß, to use,1701, J.Paid, pleased; ill paid, displeased,908.Low Lat.pagare, to pay, satisfy.Palȝonis, pavilions, tents,734;plural ofPalȝoune, a pavilion, a tent,1305.R. givespavillon, a tent; cf. Low Lat.papilio, a tent.Pan, pain,1273.Pas hyme, to pace, go,362.Paß, to go,1213.Pasing, pacing, departing,371;surpassing,303,346,689, etc.Pens, to think of,1431.Fr.penser.Planly, at once,3319.J. gives “Playn, out of hand, like Fr.de plain.” In the same line “of” = off.Plant, plaint, complaint,137.Fr.plainte.Plesance, Plesans, pleasure,941,1939.Plessith, pleases,68.Possede, to possess,578.Fr.posseder.Poware, a power, a strong band of men,2647. We now sayforce.Powert, poverty,1330,1744.Pref, to prove,2229,3476.Prekand, pricking, spurring,3089.See the very first l. of Spenser’sFaerie Queene.Prekyne,2890, showy(?), gaudy(?).J. gives “Preek, to be spruce; to crest; as ‘A bitpreekinbodie,’ one attached to dress;to prick, to dress oneself.”Compare D.prijcken.Pretend, to attempt, aspire to,3282,3465.Fr.prétendre. So, too, in lines559,583.Pretendit, endeavour, attempt,3442.Process, narration,316.Wright gives “Proces, a story or relation, a process.” The writer is referring to his prologue or introduction.Promyt, to promise,965.Proponit, proposed,361,445.Pupil, people,285.Puple, people,1367,1498,1520.Pur,1648,Pure,1697,Pwre,1655,poor.
“Holȝe were his yȝen and vnder campe hores.”(Early English Alliterative Poems;ed.Morris. See Poem B. l. 1695.)The meaning of the line quoted is, “Hollow were his eyes, and under bent hairs.”Hot, hight, was called,754,806;is called,1950.A.S.hátan(neuter).Houit, delayed, tarried, halted,996.“W.hofian, hofio, to fluctuate, hover, suspend,” Morris.Hovith, stays, halts,2829.Howit, halted,2814,2842.Howyns, halts, tarries,2821.Probably miswritten for “howyng.”Hufyng, halting, delaying,1046.Hundyre, a hundred,756,1554.I, in,332.Dan.i; Icel.í.Iclosit, y-closed; i.e. enclosed, shut in,53.If, to give,554.In lines1718-1910the word occurs repeatedly in several forms; asiffis,iffith, giveth;iffis, give ye (put for give thou);ifyne, given, etc.Ifyne, to give,3454.Iftis, gifts,1741.In the line preceding we havegiftis.Ilk; the ilk (= thilk) that,629,1601.Literally, the ilk = the same.A.S.ylc. See1367.Ilk, each,2211, etc.A.S.ælc.Illumynare, luminary,3.Incontinent,Incontynent,immediately,253,1215,2647,2834.Still used in French.In-to-contynent (= Incontinent),3020.In to, used for “in;”passim.Iornaye, journey,680.Irk, to become slothful, grow weary, tire,2709.A.S.eargian.Iuperty, combat,2547.Fr.jeu parti, a thing left undecided;hence the meanings, 1. strife, conflict; 2. jeopardy, as in Ch.See J.; and Tyrwhitt’s note to C. T. 16211.Iwond,245,Iwondit,226,wounded.We find in A.S. bothwúndandwúnded.I-wyß, certainly, of a surety,1709,1925,1938.A.S.gewís; Ger.gewiss. Oftenwronglyinterpreted to mean,I know.SeeWit.Kend, known,548,906.Laif, the remainder (lit. what isleft),1802,3472.A.S.láf. Burns has “thelave.”Lametable, lamentable,3265.The omission of thenoccurs again inl. 2718, where we havelemytable.Larges, liberality,608,1681,1750.Fr.largesse.Larg, prodigal, profuse,2434.Lat, impediment,958.A.S.lǽtan, means (1) to suffer, (2) to hinder.Lat, to let, permit (used as an auxiliary verb),803.Latith, preventeth,1927.Lawrare, a laurel,82.Ch.laurer.Learis, liars,493.Led, put down, beat down, depressed, overpowered,2663.It is the past tense of A.S.lecgan, to lay, to cause to submit, to kill.Lef, to live,564,3230.Leful, lawful,1427.Legis, lieges, subjects,1957.R.lige; Lat.ligatus.Leich, leech, physician,106.A.S.lǽce; Dan.læge.See520,2056.Leif, to live,952,1392.A.S.lybban; Goth.liban.Leir, to learn,1993.Comp. D.leeren.Lest, to list, to please,555,621.A.S.lystan.Lest, to last out against, sustain,811.A.S.lǽstan.Lest, least,1628.Let, hindrance,2495.Leuch, laughed,3240.A.S.hlihan, past tenseic hloh.Lewis, liveth,1209.Lewith, left, deserted,1854.Liging,376.The sense requireslay, i.e. the3rd p. s. pt. t. indic., but properly the word is the present participle,lying.Longith, belongeth,738,1921,2429,2778.Compare Dan.lange, to reach.Longith, belonged,3242.Longyne, belonging,433.Lorn, lost,2092;destroyed,2740.SeeFor-lorn.Loß, praise,1777.Lat.laus. Ch. haslosed, praised.Low,Lowe,(1) law,1602,1628,1636, etc.(2) love,29,1620.It is sometimes hard to say which is meant.Compare Dan.lov, law; A.S.luf, love.Luges, tents,874,881,2500,2680.Fr.loge,logis; Ger.laube, a bower, fromlaub, foliage; Gothiclaúf, a leaf.Lugyne, a lodging, tent,891.Lyt, a little,1233.At lyte, in little, used as an expletive,143.Ma,short form ofMake,953.Maad, made,697.Magre of, in spite of,500,960,2679,2702,2711.Sometimes “magre” is found without “of.”Fr.mal gré.Matalent,Matelent,displeasure, anger,2169,2660.In both cases Mr Stevenson wrongly hasmaltalent.R.maltalent, mautalent.Mayne,1026.SeeMen.Medyre, mediator (?),1624.I am not at all sure of this word, but we find in R. many strange forms of “mediator,” such asméener, méeisneres, etc. In the Supplement to the “Dictionnaire de l’Academie” we findmediaire, qui occupe le milieu, from Low Lat.mediarius.N.B.In the MS. the “d” is indistinct.Seemediarein Ducange.Meit, to dream,363.A.S.mætan.Mekill, much,876,1236.Mokil,1265.Melle, contest, battle,2619.Fr.melée, J.Memoratyve, mindful, bearing in remembrance,1430.Fr.mémoratif.Men, mean, way; “be ony men” = by any means,2366;so, too, “be ony mayne,”1026.Fr.moyen.Men, to tell, declare,510.A.S.mænan.Menye, a company, multitude (without special reference to number); whence “a few menye,” a small company,751.Apparently from A.S.menigu; Ger.menge; but it may have nothing to do with the modern wordmany, and is more probably from the O.F.maisnée, a household.Met, dreamt,440.SeeMeit.Meyne,41.SeeMen.Misgyit, misguided,1663.R.guier.Mo, more,3187, etc.A.S.má.Mon, man,96.Moneth, month,569.A.S.mónáð; Goth.menoth.Morow, morning,1,30,64,341.Goth.maúrgins.Mot, must,195.A.S.ic mót.Mys, a fault,1888,1937,3230.A.S.mis. Do o myß, to commit a fault,1926.Mysour, measure,1830.Myster, need,1877,2322.Ch.mistere; R.mester; Lat.ministerium. Cf. Ital.mestiere.Nat,naught,703.Shortened from A.S.ná wuht, i.e.no whit.Nece, nephew,2200,2245,2720.R.niez.Nedlyngis, of necessity,2337, J.A.S.neádinga.Nemmyt, considered, estimated,649,2852.A.S.nemnan, to name, call.Ner, near,441.Neulyngis, newly, again,36, J.A.S.níwe-líce(?).Newis, for Nevis, nieves, fists,1222.Icel.hnefi. Dan.næve. Burns hasnieve; Shakspeareneif.Noght, not,1182.Noiß, nose,2714.R.néis.Nome, name,226,320,1546,3341.Fr.nomme.Nome, took,591,1048.A.S.niman, past tense,ic nám.Northest, north-east,677.Not (shortened from Ne wot), know not,522,3144.A.S.nát, fromnitan=ne witan.Not, naught,720.SeeNat.Noyith, annoyeth,904.Fr.nuire. Lat.nocere.Noyt, annoyed, offended,471.Nys,Nyce,(nice), foolish,127,1946.Fr.niais.O, a, an,passim; one, a single,2998,3003,3393, etc.Obeisand, obedient,641.Obeß, obey,2134.Oblist, obliged,969.Occupye, to use, employ,3457;to dwell,75.Lat.occupare.Of, with,66.Oft-syß, oft-times,2304,2594,2789,2885,2929.SeeSyß.On, and,519.Possibly a mistake.One, on, often used for In; One to = unto.Onan,Onone,Onon,anon,158,1466,2602, etc.The form “onan,”l. 3086, suggests thederivation ofanon; viz. from A.S.on-án, in one; hence, forthwith, immediately.Onys, once, at some time or other,3013;at onys, at once,3187.Opin,1286,Opine,13,open.Or, ere, before,77,1887,2545.A.S.ǽr.Ordand, to set in array,784;to prepare, procure,1713.R.ordener; Lat.ordinare.Ordan, to provide,2416,2777.Ordynat, ordained,490.Seel. 507.Orest (= Arest), to arrest, stop,3186.Orient, east,5.Oucht, it; it is the duty of (= Lat.debet),2995.Strictly, we should here have had “it owes” (debet), not “it ought” (debuit).SeeAw.Ourfret, over-adorned, decked out,71,2480.A.S.frætwian, to trim, adorn.Out-throng (= Lat.expressit), expressed, uttered,65.A.S.út, out, andþringan, to press.Owtrag, outrage,3454.R.outrage; Ital.oltraggio, from Lat.ultra.The MS. hasoutray, probably owing to confusion withaffrayin the same line.We find “owtrag” inl. 2578.Oyß, to use,1701, J.Paid, pleased; ill paid, displeased,908.Low Lat.pagare, to pay, satisfy.Palȝonis, pavilions, tents,734;plural ofPalȝoune, a pavilion, a tent,1305.R. givespavillon, a tent; cf. Low Lat.papilio, a tent.Pan, pain,1273.Pas hyme, to pace, go,362.Paß, to go,1213.Pasing, pacing, departing,371;surpassing,303,346,689, etc.Pens, to think of,1431.Fr.penser.Planly, at once,3319.J. gives “Playn, out of hand, like Fr.de plain.” In the same line “of” = off.Plant, plaint, complaint,137.Fr.plainte.Plesance, Plesans, pleasure,941,1939.Plessith, pleases,68.Possede, to possess,578.Fr.posseder.Poware, a power, a strong band of men,2647. We now sayforce.Powert, poverty,1330,1744.Pref, to prove,2229,3476.Prekand, pricking, spurring,3089.See the very first l. of Spenser’sFaerie Queene.Prekyne,2890, showy(?), gaudy(?).J. gives “Preek, to be spruce; to crest; as ‘A bitpreekinbodie,’ one attached to dress;to prick, to dress oneself.”Compare D.prijcken.Pretend, to attempt, aspire to,3282,3465.Fr.prétendre. So, too, in lines559,583.Pretendit, endeavour, attempt,3442.Process, narration,316.Wright gives “Proces, a story or relation, a process.” The writer is referring to his prologue or introduction.Promyt, to promise,965.Proponit, proposed,361,445.Pupil, people,285.Puple, people,1367,1498,1520.Pur,1648,Pure,1697,Pwre,1655,poor.
“Holȝe were his yȝen and vnder campe hores.”(Early English Alliterative Poems;ed.Morris. See Poem B. l. 1695.)
“Holȝe were his yȝen and vnder campe hores.”
(Early English Alliterative Poems;ed.Morris. See Poem B. l. 1695.)
The meaning of the line quoted is, “Hollow were his eyes, and under bent hairs.”
Hot, hight, was called,754,806;is called,1950.
A.S.hátan(neuter).
Houit, delayed, tarried, halted,996.
“W.hofian, hofio, to fluctuate, hover, suspend,” Morris.
Hovith, stays, halts,2829.
Howit, halted,2814,2842.
Howyns, halts, tarries,2821.
Probably miswritten for “howyng.”
Hufyng, halting, delaying,1046.
Hundyre, a hundred,756,1554.
I, in,332.
Dan.i; Icel.í.
Iclosit, y-closed; i.e. enclosed, shut in,53.
If, to give,554.
In lines1718-1910the word occurs repeatedly in several forms; asiffis,iffith, giveth;iffis, give ye (put for give thou);ifyne, given, etc.
Ifyne, to give,3454.
Iftis, gifts,1741.
In the line preceding we havegiftis.
Ilk; the ilk (= thilk) that,629,1601.
Literally, the ilk = the same.
A.S.ylc. See1367.
Ilk, each,2211, etc.
A.S.ælc.
Illumynare, luminary,3.
immediately,253,1215,2647,2834.
Still used in French.
In-to-contynent (= Incontinent),3020.
In to, used for “in;”passim.
Iornaye, journey,680.
Irk, to become slothful, grow weary, tire,2709.
A.S.eargian.
Iuperty, combat,2547.
Fr.jeu parti, a thing left undecided;
hence the meanings, 1. strife, conflict; 2. jeopardy, as in Ch.
See J.; and Tyrwhitt’s note to C. T. 16211.
wounded.
We find in A.S. bothwúndandwúnded.
I-wyß, certainly, of a surety,1709,1925,1938.
A.S.gewís; Ger.gewiss. Oftenwronglyinterpreted to mean,I know.
SeeWit.
Kend, known,548,906.
Laif, the remainder (lit. what isleft),1802,3472.
A.S.láf. Burns has “thelave.”
Lametable, lamentable,3265.
The omission of thenoccurs again inl. 2718, where we havelemytable.
Larges, liberality,608,1681,1750.
Fr.largesse.
Larg, prodigal, profuse,2434.
Lat, impediment,958.
A.S.lǽtan, means (1) to suffer, (2) to hinder.
Lat, to let, permit (used as an auxiliary verb),803.
Latith, preventeth,1927.
Lawrare, a laurel,82.
Ch.laurer.
Learis, liars,493.
Led, put down, beat down, depressed, overpowered,2663.
It is the past tense of A.S.lecgan, to lay, to cause to submit, to kill.
Lef, to live,564,3230.
Leful, lawful,1427.
Legis, lieges, subjects,1957.
R.lige; Lat.ligatus.
Leich, leech, physician,106.
A.S.lǽce; Dan.læge.
See520,2056.
Leif, to live,952,1392.
A.S.lybban; Goth.liban.
Leir, to learn,1993.
Comp. D.leeren.
Lest, to list, to please,555,621.
A.S.lystan.
Lest, to last out against, sustain,811.
A.S.lǽstan.
Lest, least,1628.
Let, hindrance,2495.
Leuch, laughed,3240.
A.S.hlihan, past tenseic hloh.
Lewis, liveth,1209.
Lewith, left, deserted,1854.
Liging,376.
The sense requireslay, i.e. the3rd p. s. pt. t. indic., but properly the word is the present participle,lying.
Longith, belongeth,738,1921,2429,2778.
Compare Dan.lange, to reach.
Longith, belonged,3242.
Longyne, belonging,433.
Lorn, lost,2092;destroyed,2740.
SeeFor-lorn.
Loß, praise,1777.
Lat.laus. Ch. haslosed, praised.
(1) law,1602,1628,1636, etc.
(2) love,29,1620.
It is sometimes hard to say which is meant.
Compare Dan.lov, law; A.S.luf, love.
Luges, tents,874,881,2500,2680.
Fr.loge,logis; Ger.laube, a bower, fromlaub, foliage; Gothiclaúf, a leaf.
Lugyne, a lodging, tent,891.
Lyt, a little,1233.
At lyte, in little, used as an expletive,143.
Ma,short form ofMake,953.
Maad, made,697.
Magre of, in spite of,500,960,2679,2702,2711.
Sometimes “magre” is found without “of.”
Fr.mal gré.
displeasure, anger,2169,2660.
In both cases Mr Stevenson wrongly hasmaltalent.
R.maltalent, mautalent.
Mayne,1026.
SeeMen.
Medyre, mediator (?),1624.
I am not at all sure of this word, but we find in R. many strange forms of “mediator,” such asméener, méeisneres, etc. In the Supplement to the “Dictionnaire de l’Academie” we findmediaire, qui occupe le milieu, from Low Lat.mediarius.
N.B.In the MS. the “d” is indistinct.
Seemediarein Ducange.
Meit, to dream,363.
A.S.mætan.
Mekill, much,876,1236.
Mokil,1265.
Melle, contest, battle,2619.
Fr.melée, J.
Memoratyve, mindful, bearing in remembrance,1430.
Fr.mémoratif.
Men, mean, way; “be ony men” = by any means,2366;so, too, “be ony mayne,”1026.
Fr.moyen.
Men, to tell, declare,510.
A.S.mænan.
Menye, a company, multitude (without special reference to number); whence “a few menye,” a small company,751.
Apparently from A.S.menigu; Ger.menge; but it may have nothing to do with the modern wordmany, and is more probably from the O.F.maisnée, a household.
Met, dreamt,440.
SeeMeit.
Meyne,41.
SeeMen.
Misgyit, misguided,1663.
R.guier.
Mo, more,3187, etc.
A.S.má.
Mon, man,96.
Moneth, month,569.
A.S.mónáð; Goth.menoth.
Morow, morning,1,30,64,341.
Goth.maúrgins.
Mot, must,195.
A.S.ic mót.
Mys, a fault,1888,1937,3230.
A.S.mis. Do o myß, to commit a fault,1926.
Mysour, measure,1830.
Myster, need,1877,2322.
Ch.mistere; R.mester; Lat.ministerium. Cf. Ital.mestiere.
Nat,naught,703.
Shortened from A.S.ná wuht, i.e.no whit.
Nece, nephew,2200,2245,2720.
R.niez.
Nedlyngis, of necessity,2337, J.
A.S.neádinga.
Nemmyt, considered, estimated,649,2852.
A.S.nemnan, to name, call.
Ner, near,441.
Neulyngis, newly, again,36, J.
A.S.níwe-líce(?).
Newis, for Nevis, nieves, fists,1222.
Icel.hnefi. Dan.næve. Burns hasnieve; Shakspeareneif.
Noght, not,1182.
Noiß, nose,2714.
R.néis.
Nome, name,226,320,1546,3341.
Fr.nomme.
Nome, took,591,1048.
A.S.niman, past tense,ic nám.
Northest, north-east,677.
Not (shortened from Ne wot), know not,522,3144.
A.S.nát, fromnitan=ne witan.
Not, naught,720.
SeeNat.
Noyith, annoyeth,904.
Fr.nuire. Lat.nocere.
Noyt, annoyed, offended,471.
(nice), foolish,127,1946.
Fr.niais.
O, a, an,passim; one, a single,2998,3003,3393, etc.
Obeisand, obedient,641.
Obeß, obey,2134.
Oblist, obliged,969.
Occupye, to use, employ,3457;to dwell,75.
Lat.occupare.
Of, with,66.
Oft-syß, oft-times,2304,2594,2789,2885,2929.
SeeSyß.
On, and,519.
Possibly a mistake.
One, on, often used for In; One to = unto.
anon,158,1466,2602, etc.
The form “onan,”l. 3086, suggests thederivation ofanon; viz. from A.S.on-án, in one; hence, forthwith, immediately.
Onys, once, at some time or other,3013;
at onys, at once,3187.
open.
Or, ere, before,77,1887,2545.
A.S.ǽr.
Ordand, to set in array,784;to prepare, procure,1713.
R.ordener; Lat.ordinare.
Ordan, to provide,2416,2777.
Ordynat, ordained,490.
Seel. 507.
Orest (= Arest), to arrest, stop,3186.
Orient, east,5.
Oucht, it; it is the duty of (= Lat.debet),2995.
Strictly, we should here have had “it owes” (debet), not “it ought” (debuit).
SeeAw.
Ourfret, over-adorned, decked out,71,2480.
A.S.frætwian, to trim, adorn.
Out-throng (= Lat.expressit), expressed, uttered,65.
A.S.út, out, andþringan, to press.
Owtrag, outrage,3454.
R.outrage; Ital.oltraggio, from Lat.ultra.
The MS. hasoutray, probably owing to confusion withaffrayin the same line.
We find “owtrag” inl. 2578.
Oyß, to use,1701, J.
Paid, pleased; ill paid, displeased,908.
Low Lat.pagare, to pay, satisfy.
Palȝonis, pavilions, tents,734;
plural of
Palȝoune, a pavilion, a tent,1305.
R. givespavillon, a tent; cf. Low Lat.papilio, a tent.
Pan, pain,1273.
Pas hyme, to pace, go,362.
Paß, to go,1213.
Pasing, pacing, departing,371;surpassing,303,346,689, etc.
Pens, to think of,1431.
Fr.penser.
Planly, at once,3319.
J. gives “Playn, out of hand, like Fr.de plain.” In the same line “of” = off.
Plant, plaint, complaint,137.
Fr.plainte.
Plesance, Plesans, pleasure,941,1939.
Plessith, pleases,68.
Possede, to possess,578.
Fr.posseder.
Poware, a power, a strong band of men,2647. We now sayforce.
Powert, poverty,1330,1744.
Pref, to prove,2229,3476.
Prekand, pricking, spurring,3089.
See the very first l. of Spenser’sFaerie Queene.
Prekyne,2890, showy(?), gaudy(?).
J. gives “Preek, to be spruce; to crest; as ‘A bitpreekinbodie,’ one attached to dress;to prick, to dress oneself.”
Compare D.prijcken.
Pretend, to attempt, aspire to,3282,3465.
Fr.prétendre. So, too, in lines559,583.
Pretendit, endeavour, attempt,3442.
Process, narration,316.
Wright gives “Proces, a story or relation, a process.” The writer is referring to his prologue or introduction.
Promyt, to promise,965.
Proponit, proposed,361,445.
Pupil, people,285.
Puple, people,1367,1498,1520.
poor.