Chapter 23

"In the ballad ofSir Caulinewe have 'Eldridge Hills,' p.65, 'Eldridge Knight,' p.65, 'Eldridge Sword,' p.67. So Gawin Douglas calls the Cyclops the 'Elriche Brethir,'i.e.brethren (b. ii. p. 91, l. 16), and in his Prologue to b. vii. (p. 202, l. 3) he thus describes the Night-Owl:—

"'Laithely of forme, with crukit camscho beik,'Ugsome to here was his wyldelrischeskreik.'

"In Bannatyne's MS. Poems (fol. 135, in the Advocate's Library at Edinburgh) is a whimsical rhapsody of a deceased old woman travelling in the other world; in which

"'Scho wanderit, and yeid by, to anElrichwell.'

"In the Glossary to G. Douglas, Elriche, &c. is explained by 'Wild, hideous: Lat.Trux,immanis;' but it seems to imply somewhat more, as in Allan Ramsay's Glossaries." P.

Elke,each.Elles, ii. 20,else.Ellumynynge, i. 123,embellishing.Elyconys, i. 119,Helicon's.Elvish,peevish,fantastical.Eme, i. 44, ii. 9,uncle,kinsman.Endyed, i. 123,dyed.Ene, eyn,eyes.Ene,even.Enharpid, i. 123,hooked or edged.Enkankered,cankered.Enouch, iii.100,enough.Enowe, i. 275,enough.Ensue, ii. 43,follow.Entendement, ii. 382,understanding.Entent, ii. 49,intent.Ententifly, ii, 382,to the intent,purposely.Envie;envye, i. 42,malice,ill-will,injury.Er, ii. 20, 26,are.Ere, ii. 36, 42,ear.Erlys, ii. 47;erlés, iii.94,earls.Erst, i. 83,heretofore.Etermynable, i. 126,interminable,unlimited.Ettled, ii. 116,aimed.Evanished, iii.133,vanished.Everych, ii. 27,every;everychone, i. 156;iii.108,every one.Ew-bughts, iii.74,pens for milch-ewes.Eyen, i. 72;eyn, ii. 15;eyne, i. 132,eyes.Ezar, iii.97,maple.Fa', i. 84, 146,fall;fa's, iii.123,falls.Fach, i. 33, feche,fetch.Fader, iii.365;fadir, i. 83;fatheris,father,father's.Fadge, iii.236,a bundle of sticks,a thick loaf of bread,coarse heap of stuff.Fadom, i. 102,fathom.Fae, ii. 109,foe.Fain, ii. 69;faine, i. 164, 287;fayne, i. 157,glad,fond,well pleased;faine of fighte, i. 92,fond of fighting.Fair of feir,of a fair and healthful look;perhaps, far off (free from) fear. P.Falds, iii.123,thou foldest.Fallan, iii.133,falling.Fals, ii. 212,false.Falser, iii.161,a deceiver,hypocrite.Falsing, ii. 61,dealing in falsehood.Fand, iii.324,found.Fang, ii. 26,make off.Fann'd, ii. 246,found.Fannes,instruments for winnowing corn.Fantacy, ii. 136;fantasye, ii. 160,fancy.Farden, i. 72,flashed.Fare, i. 84, ii. 21,go forth,pass,travel.Fare,the price of a passage,shot,reckoning.Farley, i. 107,strange.Fauht, i. 122,fought.Fauld, ii. 85,field.Fauyt, ii. 30,fought.Fawkon, i. 42,falcon.Fawn, iii.122,fallen.Fawte, i. 122,fought.Fay, i. 178;faye, i. 106,faith.Fayrere, ii. 45,fairer.Faytors, i. 215,deceivers,dissemblers,cheats.Fe, i. 178,fee,reward, alsobribe.Applied to lands and tenements which are held by perpetual right, and by acknowledgment of superiority to a higher lord.Feare. In feare, ii. 149,company.Feat, i. 300,nice,neat.Featously, i. 306,neatly,dexterously.Fedyrs, ii. 22,feathers.Fee, ii. 140,property.Feere, i. 63, 76,mate,companion.Feill, ii. 86,fail(?).Feil, fele,many.Feirs, ii. 114,companions.Feir, i. 101, ii. 82;feire, ii. 212,fear.Feit, i. 84, 102,feet.Felawe, ii. 44,fellow.Feld, ii. 25,field.Fell, i. 65, 78;ii. 19,furious,fierce,keen, i. 306.Fell, ii. 25,hide.Feloy, ii. 25,fellow.Fend, ii. 21;fende, ii. 59,defend.Fendys pray, i. 125,the prey of the fiends.Fere, ii. 36,fear.Fere, i. 64, 68, 73, 156, ii. 20,mate, play-feres, i. 59,play-fellows.Ferly, ii. 19,wonder;alsowonderfully, ii, 25.Ferlyng, ii. 8,furlong.Ferr, i. 62,far.Fersly, i. 160,fiercely.Fesaunt, i. 42,pheasant.Fest, ii. 27,feast.Fet, ii. 128, iii.193;fett, i. 286;fette, i. 50, 68,fetched;deepe-fette, i. 76,deep-drawn.Fethe, i. 29,faith.Fettle, i. 116;fetteled, i. 108;fettled, i. 113, 116,prepared,addressed,made ready.Fey, ii. 118,predestinated to some misfortune.Feyytyng, ii. 19,fighting.Fie, ii. 82,sheep or cattle.Fier, i. 149,fire.Filde,field.Filinge, iii.63,defiling.Fillan, iii.134,filling.Finaunce, i. 125,fine,forfeiture.Find frost,find mischance or disaster.Firth, ii. 85,copse,wood.Fit, i. 27;fitt, ii. 177;fytte, i. 44,part or division of a song.Fitts,i.e.divisions or parts in music, are alluded to in "Troilus and Cressida," act. iii. sc. 1.(See Steevens's note.) P.Fit,foot, feet;a fit, ii. 70,on foot.Flatred, ii. 25,slit.Flayne, iii.25,flayed.Flearing, i. 215,sneering.Flee, iii.97,fly.Fles, ii. 24,fleece.Fleyke, ii. 134,a large kind of hurdle;cows are frequently milked in hovels made of fleyks.Flindars, iii.97,pieces,splinters.Flix, iii.flux.Flote, i. 201.To flote is to flete or fleet, to flit, to change position easily, to move away quickly; as fleeting moments, flitting birdsFlote and flete are two forms of the same word; and flutter bears the same relation to flote that flitter does to flete.In the Roxburghe copy of the ballad ofWillow, Willowthis word is printed as "fleet." (Roxb. Ballads, ed. Chappell, part i. p. 172.)Flout, ii. 179;floute, i. 197,to sneer;fflouting, i. 289.Flowan, ii. 364,flowing.Flude, ii. 364,flood.Flyte, i. 196, 281, 288,to contend with words,scold.Fole, iii.108,foal.Fonde, ii. 12,contrive,endeavour,try.Foo, i. 50,foe.Fooder, ii. 66,wine tun;Germ.fuder.For,on account of.For but, ii. 146,unless.Forbode,commandment.Force, no force,no matter.Forced, ii. 76,regarded,heeded.Forefend, i. 268;forfend, ii. 97,prevent,defend,avert,hinder.Forewearied,over-wearied.Forfeebled, ii. 107,enfeebled.For-fought, ii. 25,over-fought.Fors, ii. 21,strength.Fors. I do no fors, ii. 16,I don't care.Forsede, i. 122,heeded,regarded.Forst, ii. 76,regarded.Forthynketh, i. 174,repenteth,vexeth,troubleth.Forthy,therefore.Forwarde, i. 44,van.Forewatcht, ii. 77,over-wakeful,kept awake.Fosters of the fe, i. 175,foresters of the king's demesnes.Fot pot, ii. 9,with his foot push on.Fote, i. 49,foot.Fou, i. 147, iii.75;fow, iii.99,full, alsofuddled.Fowkin, ii. 22,crepitus ventris.Fox't,drunk.Frae, i. 144,from.Fraemang, ii. 107,from among.Fraid i. 323,afraid.Freake, i. 31,man,person,human creature.Freake,a whim or maggot.Freckys, i. 29,men.Freers, ii. 128;fryars,friars.Freits, i. 146,ill omens,ill-luck.Freke, i. 49, ii. 25,man;frekys, ii. 25,men.Freyke, ii. 135,humour,freak.Freyke, i. 29,strong man.Freyned, ii. 134,asked;freyned that freake, ii. 134,asked that man.Frie, ii. 82;free.Fro, i. 159;froe, i. 106, 139,from.Fruward,forward.Furth, ii. 21,forth.Fuyson, i. 123;foyson,plenty, alsosubstance.Fyer, ii. 55, 105,fire;fyerye, iii.118,fiery.Fyers,fierce.Fyhte, ii. 12,fight.Fykkill, i. 123,fickle.Fyl'd, iii.147,defiled.Fyll, i. 121,fell.Ga, ii. 24;go;gais, ii. 83,goes.Ga, ii. 113,gave.Gaberlunyie, ii. 71,a wallet;gaberlunyie man, ii. 67,a tinker,beggar,one who carried a wallet.Gade, iii.122,went.Gadelyngys, ii. 20,gadders,idle fellows.Gaderyd, ii. 27,gathered.Gadryng, ii. 22,gathering.Gae, ii. 70,gave.Gae, i. 143;gaes, ii. 69,go,goes.Gaed, ii. 69,went.Gair, ii. 86,strip of land.Gair, i. 59,geer,dress.Gait, iii.95,gate.Galliard, ii. 162,a sprightly kind of dance.Gamon, i. 67,to make game,to sport.A.-S. gamenianjocari.Gan, i. 63, 129, 309, ii. 68,began.Gan, i. 30;gane, i. 30, ii. 69,gone.Gang, i. 83, ii. 69,go.Ganyde, i. 28,gained.Gar, ii. 70;iii.94, gare, garre, i. 44,make,cause,force, &c.;gars, i. 321,makes.Gard, iii.97;garde, i. 28;garred,garr'd, ii. 117;gart, iii.97,made.Gargeyld, i. 128, fromgargouille,the spout of a gutter.The tower was adorned with spouts cut in the figures of greyhounds, lions, &c.Garland, i. 111,the ring within which the prick or mark was set to be shot at.Garth, ii. 391garden,yard.Gat, i. 146,got.Gate, i. 108,way.Gaup, ii. 139,gapes,waits.Gear, i. 322, iii.122,goods,effects,stuff.Gederede ys host, ii. 8,gathered his host.Geere, i. 274, 288,property.Gef, ii. 31,give.Geid,gave.Geir, ii. 69,gear,property.Gerte, iii.357,pierced.Gesse, ii. 49,guess.Gest, ii. 85,act,feat,story,history.Gettyng, i. 43,booty.Geud, i. 103,good.Geve, ii. 53,give.Gibed,jeered.Gi', i. 145;gie, i. 145,give;gied, i. 321,gave.Giff, i. 322;giffe, ii. 57,if.Gilderoy, i. 320,red boy(or gillie);Gaelic,Gille ruadh(pronouncedroy).Gillore, ii. 361,plenty.Gimp, ii. 110,neat,slender.Gin, i. 60, iii.74,if.Gin, iii.203;Ginn, iii.53;engine,contrivance.Gins, ii. 53,begins.Give, ii. 237;if.Glave, ii. 115,sword.Glede, i. 26,a red-hot coal.Glent, i. 24,glanced.Glente, iii.356,slipped aside.Gleyinge, i. 408,minstrelsy.Glist, ii. 110,glistered.Glose, i. 120,gloss over.Glowr, iii.75,stareorfrown.Gloze, iii.203,canting,dissimulation,fair outside.God before,God be thy guide, a form of blessing.So in Shakespeare's "King Hen. V." (A. iii. sc. 8) the King says:—"My army's but a weak and sickly guard;Yet, God before, tell him we will come on." P.Gode, ii. 21,good.Gods-pennie, ii. 140,earnest money.Gon, ii. 21,began.Gone,go.Good,a good deal.Good-e'ens, ii. 68,good evenings.Good-se peny, ii. 147,earnest money.Gorget, ii. 57,the dress of the neck.Gorrel-bellyed, ii. 346,pot-bellied.Gowan, ii. 364,the common yellow crowfoot or gold cup,daisy.Gowd, i. 145, iii.75,gold;gowden glist, ii. 110,shone like gold;gowden graith'd, ii. 230,caparisoned with golden accoutrements.Graine, i. 158, i. 197,scarlet.Graith'd, ii. 230,caparisoned.Gramarye, i. 91;grammarye, i. 92,grammar,abstruse learning.Gramercy, i. 173;gramercye, ii. 95,I thank you.Fr. grand-mercie.Graunge;peakish graunge, i. 299,a lone country house.Graythed, ii. 21,made ready.Gre, ii. 21,prize.Grea-hondes, i. 24,grey-hounds.Grece, i. 129,step,flight of steps.Greece,fat;hart of greece, i. 170,a fat hart. Fr. graisse.Greet, iii.100,weep.Grein, iii.75,green.Gresse, i. 43, iii.62,grass.Gret, ii. 12,grieved.Greves, i. 24,groves,bushes.Grippel, ii. 254,griping,tenacious,miserly.Grone, iii.groan.Ground-wa', i. 145,groundwall.Growynde, i. 48, 49,ground.Grownes, ii. 256,grounds.Growte, ii. 256.In Northamptonshire is a kind of small beer extracted from the malt after the strength has been drawn off. In Devon it is a kind of sweet ale medicated with eggs, said to be a Danish liquor. (Growte is a kind of fare much used by Danish sailors, being boiled groats,i.e.hulled oats, or else shelled barley, served up very thick, and butter added to it.—Mr. Lambe.) P.Grype, ii. 57,a griffin.Grysely groned, i. 49,dreadfully groaned.Gude, ii. 70, 82,good.Guerdon, iii.18,reward.Guid, i. 83,good.Gule, iii.7,red.Gyb, ii. 22,nickname of Gilbert.Gybe, ii. 257,jibe,jest,joke;gybing, ii. 260.Gyle, gyles,guile,guiles.Gyn, ii. 9,engine,contrivance.Gyrd, ii. 22,girded,lashed.Gyrdyl, ii. 22,girdle.Gyse,guise,form,fashion.Ha, i. 196,has;hae, ii. 71,have;haes, iii.235,has.Ha', i. 84, iii.94,hall;ha's, ii. 109,halls.Habbe ase he brew, ii. 8,have as he brews.Habergeon,a lesser coat of mail.Hable, i. 121,able.Hach-borde, ii. 193,probably that part of the bulwark of the ship which is removed to form the gangway or entrance on board,—in fact, the "hatch"—(or half-door) "board."Haif, ii. 82,have.Haggis, ii. 132,a sheep's stomach stuffed with a pudding made of mince-meat, &c.Hail, ii. 83,healthful.Hair, ii. 81, 86,hoar or grey.Halch, iii.325,salute.Halched, i. 280,saluted,embraced,fell on his neck.Halesome, ii. 142,wholesome healthy.Halse, iii.75,the neck,throat.Halt, ii. 16,holdeth.Ham, ii. 21,them.Hame, i. 143,home;hameward, ii. 84,homeward.Han, ii. 13,have.Handbow,the long-bow or common bow, as distinguished from the cross-bow.Hap, i. 255;happ, iii.138;happe, i. 283,fortune;hap, i. 287,chance,happen, i. 303.Hard, ii. 312,heard.Hare ... swerdes, ii. 8,their ... swords.Harflue, ii. 30,Harfleur.Harlocke, i. 307,perhaps charlock, or wild rape, which bears a yellow flower, and grows among corn, &c.Harneis, i. 273,armour.Harnisine, ii. 112,harness,armour.Harrowe, i. 280,harass.Harowed, i. 164,harassed,disturbed.Hart, iii.128,heart;hartes, i. 50;harts, i. 138;hartis, i. 147.Hartely, ii. 38,earnestly.Hartly lust, i. 124,hearty desire.Harwos, ii. 27,harrows.Haryed, i. 41, 22,pillaged.Hastarddis, i. 120,perhaps hasty, rash fellows, or upstarts.Hatcht, ii. 77,seized.Hauld, i. 143,hold.Hauss bone, iii.75,the neck bone (halse bone), a phrase for the neck.Have owre, i. 102,half over.Haves, ii. 20,effects,substance,riches.Haveth, ii. 8,has.Haviour, i. 304,behaviour.Hawberke, i. 66,a coat of mail, consisting of iron rings, &c.Hawkin, ii. 19,diminutive of Harry, from Halkin.Haylle, i. 43,hale,strong.He, i. 171,hie,hasten.He, i. 24,high.Heal, i. 29,hail.Hear, i. 103,here.Heare, ii. 77;heares,hair,hairs.Heathynesse, iii.40,heathendom.Heawying, i. 31,hewing,hacking.Hech, ii. 27,hatch,half door of a cottage(sometimes spelt heck)."Dogs leap the hatch,"King Lear, act. iii. sc. 6."'He'll have to ride thehatch' is a familiar phrase about Looe, and signifies 'He'll be brought to trial.' It is generally used jocosely in the case of any loud professor of religion who has been 'overtaken in a fault;' and the idea is that his trial will be the ordeal of attempting to ride or sit on the top or narrow edge of a hatch or half-door, when if he maintain his seat he will be pronounced innocent, if he fall he is guilty. If he fall inwards (i.e.within the room or building), he will be pardoned, but if he fall outwards, he will be excommunicated." W. Pengelly (Devonshire Association Report, vol. vii. p. 488).Hecht to lay thee law,promised (engaged) to lay the law.Hed, hede,head;hedys, ii. 25,heads.Hede, ii. 12,had.Hede,hied.Hee, i. 42,high.Heele, i. 291,he will.Hees, ii. 70,he is.Heght, ii. 117,promised.Heiding hill, ii. 231, theheading (or beheading) hill. The place of execution was anciently an artificial hillock.Heigh, iii.94,high.Heil, ii. 81,health.Heir, ii. 83,here;alsohear;herid, iii.96,heard.Hele, ii. 42,health.Helen, ii. 15,heal.Helpeth, ii. 12,help ye.Hem, ii. 13,them.Hend, i. 72, i. 74, 80,kind,gentle,courteous.Henne, ii. 8,hence.Hent, ii. 26,laid hold of.Hepps and hawes, ii. 284,hips and haws.Herault, ii. 59,herald.Her, ii. 393,hear.Her, ii. 35,their.Here, ii. 42,hair.Herkneth, ii. 7,hearken ye.Herry, ii. 19,Harry.Hert, i. 59,heart.Hes, ii. 80,has.Hest,hast.Hest, i. 67,command,injunction.Het, ii. 346,heated.Hete, ii. 41,heat.Hether,hither.Hether,heather,heath.Hett, iii.6,bid,call,command.Heuch, ii. 86,rock or steep hill.Hevede, ii. 9,had,hadst;hevedest, ii. 12.Hevenriche, ii. 12,heavenly.Hewberke, i. 72,coat of mail.Hewkes, iii.26,party-coloured coats of the heralds.Hewyns in to,hewn in two.Hey-day guise, iii.204,rustic dances,a corruption of "heydegies."Heynd, ii. 82,gentle,obliging.Heyye, ii. 13,high.Hi, hie,he.Hicht, a-hicht,on height.Hie, i. 32,high;hier, ii. 169,higher;hire, iii.324.Hight, i. 29, 270, 286,promise,promised,engaged, alsonamed,called.Hilt, ii. 98,taken off,flayed.Hinch boys,pages of honour.Hind, ii. 70,behind.Hinde, i. 32,gentle.Hings, iii.97,hangs.Hinnible, iii.304,horse, orpony.Hinny, ii. 84,honey.Hip, iii.99,the berry which contains the stones or seeds of the dog-rose.Hir, i. 143;hire, iii.207,her;hir lain, iii.95,herself alone.Hird, ii. 81,herd.Hirsel, i. 143,herself.Hit, ii. 13,it;hit be write, ii. 12,it be written.Hode, i. 164,hood,cap.Holden, ii. 14,hold.Hole, i. 124, 126, iii.280,whole.Hollen, iii.325,holly.Holp, i. 120,help;holpe, iii.32,helped.Holt, ii. 140,wood.Holtes, i. 42,woods,groves.In Norfolk a plantation of cherry-trees is called a "cherry holt." P.Holtis hair, ii. 81, 86,hoary or grey woods or heaths."Holtes seems evidently to signify hills in the following passage from Turberville's "Songs and Sonnets," 12mo. 1567, fol. 56:—"Yee that frequent the hilles,And highest Holtes of all;Assist me with your skilfull quilles,And listen when I call.""As also in this other verse of an ancient poet:—"Underneath the Holtes so hoar." P.Holy,wholly.Holy-rode, ii. 22,holy cross;holye rood, ii. 56.Honde,hand;honden wrynge, ii. 11,hands wring.Hondert, i. 50,hundred.Hondrith, i. 24, 25, 30, 32, 34,hundred.Hong, ii. 77;honge, i. 161,hang;hung, i. 308.Hooly, iii.134,slowly,gently.Hophalt,limping, hopping, and halting.Hore, iii.327,whore.Hount, i. 26,hunt.Houzle, ii. 60,give the sacrament.Hoved, i. 129,heaved;hovered, i. 43.Howers, ii. 234,hours.Huche, ii. 81,wood, or a shed.Hud, ii. 23,proper name.Hue, ii. 12,she.A.-S. heo; refers to huerte, which is feminine. It is an interesting example of the continuance of a grammatical gender in English.Huerte trewe, ii. 11,true heart.Huggle, iii.72,hug,clasp.Hull, i. 307,hill.Hur, ii. 20;hurr, ii. 24,her.Hye, i. 136,high,highest;hyest, ii. 59;hyer, iii.63,hire.Hyght, i. 44,promised or engaged.Hyght,high;on hyght, i. 41, 47,aloud.Hyllys, i. 32,hills.Hynd out o'er, ii. 115,over the country.Hyp-halte, ii. 27,lame in the hip.Hyrdyllys, ii. 27,hurdles.Hys, ii. 20,his.Hyssylton, ii. 19,Islington.Hyt, hytt, ii. 49,it.Hyyt, ii. 20,promised.I-clipped, i. 129,called.I-feth, i. 29,in faith.I-lore, ii. 13,lost.I-strike, ii. 16,stricken,struck.I-trowe,verily.I-tuned,tuned.I-ween,verily.I-wis, i. 276,verily;I-wys, i. 68, 70.I-wot,verily.Ich, ii. 286,I;ich biqueth, ii. 12,I bequeath.Ich, ii. 22;icha, ii. 25,each.Ide, iii.72,I would.Ild, ii. 69,I'd,I would.Ile, i. 196,I'll,I will.Illfardly, ii. 70,ill-favouredly,uglily.Ilk,same;this ilk,this same.Ilk on, ii. 21,each one;ilka, ilke,every;ilka ane, iii.122,every one.Im, i. 103,him.Ime, i. 198, ii. 57,I am.Incontinent, iii.187,forthwith.In fere, ii. 36,together,in company.Ingle, ii. 68,fire.Inogh, ii. 26,enough;inoughe, ii. 147,enough.Into, iii.238,in.Intres, i. 129,entrance,admittance.Irke, ii. 148,angry.Is, i. 149, ii. 8,his.Ise, ii. 211, iii.236,I shall.I'st, i. 289, 292,I'll.It's neir,it shall never.Iye, i. 432,eye.Janglers, ii. 85,talkative persons,wranglers,tell-tales.Jear, ii. 118,derision.Jetted, iii.186,strutted, or went proudly.Jille, iii.77,used here as a man's name.Jimp, i. 145,slender.Jo, i. 320, ii. 132,sweetheart,friend, contraction ofjoy.Jogelers, i. 441,jugglers.Jow, iii.134,single stroke in tolling.Juncates, iii.202,junket,curds and clouted cream.Jupe, ii. 116,an upper garment.Kall, i. 125,call.Kame, iii.147,comb;kameing, iii.97,combing.Kan, i. 123, 430,can.Kantle, iii.26,piece,corner.Karlis of kynde, i. 120,churls by nature.Kauk, ii. 71,chalk.Kauld, i. 103,called.Keel, ii. 71,ruddle.Keepe, i. 309, ii. 256,care,heed.So in the old play of "Hick Scorner," "I keepe not to clymbe so hye;"i.e.I study not, care not, &c.Keip, ii. 82,keep;ii. 84,watch.Keipand, ii. 82,keeping.Kell, iii.101,net for a woman's hair.Kembe, iii.100,186,to comb;kembing, iii.102,combing;kemb'd, iii.302,combed.Kempe, i. 90, 94, ii. 183,soldier,warrior.Kemperye man, i. 94,soldier,fighting man.

"GermanisCamp,Exercitum,aut Locum ubi Exercituscastrametatur, significat: indeipsis Vir Castrensis et Militariskemffer,etkempher,etkemper,etkimber,etkamper,pro varietatedialectorum, vocatur: Vocabulumhoc nostro sermonenondum penitus exolevit; Norfolcienses enim plebeio et proletariosermone dicunt. 'He is a kemper old man,i.e. Senex Vegetusest:' HincCimbrissuumnomen: 'kimberenim Homobellicosus, pugil, robustus miles,&c. significat.' Sheringham de Anglor. gentis. orig. pag. 57.Rectiusautem Lazius[apud eundem, p.49]. 'Cimbrosa bello quodkamff,et Saxonicekampnuncupatoscrediderim: unde bellatoresviriDie Kempffer, Die Kemper.'" P.

Kems, i. 102,combs.Ken, ii. 69,know;kens, iii.122,knows;kenst, i. 196,knowest.Kend, ii. 70,knew;known, iii.99;kenn'd, ii. 365.Kene, ii. 15,keen.Kepand, ii. 81,keeping.Kepers, i. 181. "Those that watch by the corpse shall tye up my winding-sheet." P.Kester, i. 276,nickname for Christopher.Kever chefes,kerchiefsorhead covers.(See vol. 3, p.356.)Kexis, ii. 27,elder sticks used for candles.Kilted, iii.132,tucked up.Kind,nature. To carp is our kind,it is natural for us to talk of;of hir kind, ii. 154,of her family.Kirk, iii.75;kirke, i. 137,church;kirk wa', iii.238,church wall, or churchyard wall;kirkyard, i. 243, iii.132,churchyard.Kirns to kirn, ii. 70,churns to churn.Kirtle, i. 222,a petticoat,a woman's gown.Kist, ii. 69,chest.Kit, i. 123,cut.Knave,servant.Knaw, ii. 82,know.Knellan, iii.134,knelling,ringing the knell.Knicht, iii.237,knight.Knight's fe,such a portion of land as required the possessor to serve with man and horse.Knowles,knolls,little hills.Knyled, i. 32,knelt.Kowarde, i. 46,coward.Kowe, ii. 21,cow.Kuntrey, i. 124,country.Kurteis, i. 125,courteous.Kyd, ii. 21,shown.Kye, ii. 134,kine,cows.Kyrtel, ii. 42;kyrtell, i. 65,petticoat,gown,a man's under garment.

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