Chapter 24

"Bale, in his 'Actes of Eng. Votaries' (part ii. fol. 53), uses the word Kyrtle to signify a monk's frock. He says, Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury, when he was dying, sent 'to Clunyake, in France, for the kyrtle of holy Hugh the abbot there,' &c." P.

"Bale, in his 'Actes of Eng. Votaries' (part ii. fol. 53), uses the word Kyrtle to signify a monk's frock. He says, Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury, when he was dying, sent 'to Clunyake, in France, for the kyrtle of holy Hugh the abbot there,' &c." P.

Kythe, i. 427,make appear,show,declare.Kythed,appeared.Laigh, ii. 117,low.Laith, i. 101, ii. 70,loth.Laithly,loathsome,hideous.Laitl, i. 103,little.Lamb's wool, iii.183,a liquor composed of ale and roasted apples.Lane, lain,lone;her lane, ii. 69;hir lain, iii.95,alone by herself.Lang, i. 101, ii. 20,long.Lang'd, ii. 107,longed.Langsome, i. 321,long,tedious.Lap, iii.93,95,leaped.Largesse, iii.26,gift,liberality.Lasse, ii. 13,less.Late, ii. 47,let.Latte, ii. 12,hinder.Lauch, i. 101,laugh;lauched, i. 101,laughed.Launde, i. 170,clear space in a forest.Lawlands, ii. 227,lowlands.Lay, i. 79,law.Layde, i. 291,lady.Layden, i. 66,laid.Layland, i. 66, 67, 79,green sward.Laylands, i. 73,lands in general.Layne, lain,laid.Layne, i. 45, 46,deceive,break one's word.Lazar, ii. 55,leper.Leal, ii. 69,loyal,honest,true.Leane,conceal,hide.Lear'd, i. 307,pastured.Lease,lying,falsehood;withouten lease, i. 170,verily,without lying.Lease, iii.102,leash,thong,cord.Leasynge,lying,falsehood.Leaute, ii. 7,loyalty.Lee, ii. 68,lea,field,pasture.Lee, iii.96,lie.Leeche, i. 63, 75, 77,physician.Leechinge, i. 63;leedginge, i. 77,doctoring,medicinal care.Leek,phrase of contempt.Leel, ii. 112,true.Leer,look.Leeve London, i. 273, iii.101,dear London.Leever, i. 160,sooner.Leeveth, i. 88,believeth.Lefe, i. 173,dear.Lefe,leave;leves,leaves.Leffe, leefe,dear.Leid, iii.96,lyed.Leil, ii. 85,loyal,true.Leir, ii. 82,learn;lere, i. 306,learning.Leive, i. 84, iii.236,leave.Leman, i. 186, 327;leiman, i. 301;lemman, iii.97,lover,mistress.Lemster wooll, i. 307,Leominster wool.Lene, ii. 13,give.Lenger, i. 64, ii. 20,longer.Lengeth in,resideth in.Lere, i. 72,face,countenance,complexion.Lese, ii. 26,lose.Lesynge, i. 174;leasing,lying,falsehood.Let, i. 24,hinder;lett, ii. 85,hindrance.Lett, i. 93,left or let be opened.Lettest, i. 74,hinderest,detainest.Letteth, i. 168,hindereth.Lettyng, i. 172,hindrance,without delay.Leugh, ii. 118;leuche, ii. 81,laughed.Leve, ii. 38,remain.Lever, i. 46, 71, 75, 173,rather;lever than, ii. 39,rather then.Leves and bowes, ii. 42,leaves and boughs.Lewd, i. 308;leud, ii. 134,ignorant,scandalous.Ley, iii.123,lay.Leyke, ii. 135,play.Leyre, lere,learning,lore.Libbard,leopard;libbard's bane, iii.198,the herb wolfbane.Lichtly, iii.147,lightly,easily.Lig, i. 144, iii.70,lie;ligge, ii. 11;liggd, ii. 83,lay.Lightfoote, iii.182,venison.Lightile, i. 161,quickly.Lightsome, i. 65,cheerful,sprightly.Limber, ii. 260,supple,flexible.Limitoures, iii.208,friars licensed to beg within certain limits.Limitatioun, iii.208,a certain precinct allowed to a limitour.Lingell, i. 308,a thread of hemp rubbed with resin, &c., used by rustics for mending their shoes.Lire,flesh,complexion.List, i. 256;lith, ii. 11,lieth.Lith, i. 156;lithe, i. 268;lythe,attend,hearken,listen.Lither, i. 94, iii.47,idle,lazy,naughty,worthless,wicked.Live-lang, iii.132,live-long.Liver, i. 282,deliver.Liverance, i. 282, 289,deliverance(money or a pledge for delivering you up).Livor, i. 289,deliver.Load;lay on load, i. 74,give blows.Lodly, ii. 63;lodlye, ii. 56,loathsome.Loe, ii. 70, iii.99,love;lo'ed, iii.98,loved.Logeyng, i. 43,lodging.Loht, ii. 9;be the luef, be the loht,whether you like it or loathe it.Loke, i. 308,lock of wool.Lokyd, ii. 73;lokyde, i. 25,looked.Lome, ii. 63,man,object.Lond, iii.207,land.Longes, i. 218,belongs;longeth, ii. 43,belongeth.Longs, i. 30,lungs.Looket, i. 149,looked.Loone, ii. 145,idle fellow.Looset, i. 115,loosed.Lope, i. 65, 80, ii. 217,leapt.Lore, ii. 9, 13,teaching,lesson,doctrine,learning.Lore,lost.Lorrel, i. 441,a sorry, worthless person.Losel, ii. 134, 145,the same as Lorrel.Lothly, ii. 142,loathsome.

"The adverbial terminations-someand-lywere applied indifferently by our old writers: thus, as we havelothlyforloathsomeabove, so we haveugsomein a sense not very remote fromuglyin Lord Surrey's version of Æn. 2nd, viz.—"'In every place the ugsome sightes I saw' (p.29)." P.

"The adverbial terminations-someand-lywere applied indifferently by our old writers: thus, as we havelothlyforloathsomeabove, so we haveugsomein a sense not very remote fromuglyin Lord Surrey's version of Æn. 2nd, viz.—

"'In every place the ugsome sightes I saw' (p.29)." P.

Loud and still, ii. 82,openly and secretly.Lough, i. 95,laugh;lought, ii. 282,laughed.Loun, i. 322,loon,rascal.Lounge, iii.357,lung.Lourd, iii.100,rather (?)Lout, ii. 117;loute, ii. 26,stoop.Louted, i. 72;lowtede,bowed,did obeisance.Lowe, i. 114,a little hill.Lowne, i. 198,rascal.Lowns, ii. 113,blazes.Lowttede, i. 120,crouched.Lude, ii. 82,loved.Lued, i. 323,loved.Luef, ii. 9,love.Lues, iii.75,loves,love.Lugh, ii. 26,laughed.Luik, i. 146,look;luiks, i. 146,looks;luikt, ii. 229,looked.Luivt, ii. 82,loved.Lung, ii. 28,long.Lurden, i. 163;lurdeyne,sluggard,drone.Lust, ii. 42,desire.Luve, i. 320,love;luver, ii. 212,lover.Luvely, i. 143,lovely.Lyan, iii.134,lying.Lyard, ii. 9,grey; a name given to a horse from its grey colour, as Bayard from bay.Lyff, ii. 49,life.Lyk, i. 28;lyke, ii. 38,like.Lynde, i. 168;lyne, i. 112,the lime-tree.Lys, ii. 12,lies.Lystenyth, iii.371,listen.Lyth, i. 306,easy,gentle,pliant,flexible,lithesome.Lyvar, i. 30,liverLyven na more,live no more,no longer.Lyyt, ii. 27,light;lyytly, ii. 26,lightly.Mad, ii. 24,made.Mahound, i. 88,Mahomet.Maining, ii. 211,moaning.Mair, ii. 84,more,most.Maist, i. 42,mayest.Mait, iii.99,might,may.Majeste, maist, mayeste,may'st.Makes, i. 50, ii. 78,mates.Making,versifying.Makys, i. 33,mates.

"As the words make and mate were, in some cases, used promiscuously by ancient writers, so the words cake and cate seem to have been applied with the same indifferency; this will illustrate that common English proverb, 'to turn cat (i.e.cate) in pan.' A pancake is in Northamptonshire still called a pancate." P.

"As the words make and mate were, in some cases, used promiscuously by ancient writers, so the words cake and cate seem to have been applied with the same indifferency; this will illustrate that common English proverb, 'to turn cat (i.e.cate) in pan.' A pancake is in Northamptonshire still called a pancate." P.

Male, i. 28,coat of mail;shirt of male, ii. 233.Manchet, iii.206,best kind of white bread.Mane, i. 26,man.Mangonel, ii. 8,a military engine used for discharging great stones, arrows, &c., before the invention of gunpowder.March perti, i. 33;march partes, i. 34,in the parts lying upon the marches.March-pine, i. 306;marchpane,a kind of biscuit.Mare ii. 25,more.Margarite, ii. 328,a pearl.Mark,a coin, in value 13s. 4d.Marke hym to the Trenité,commit himself to God.Marrow, ii. 109, 363,match, or equal companion.Mart, ii. 82,marred,hurt,damaged.Marvelit, iii.238,marvelled.Mast, maste,may'st.Masterye, i. 110;maystery, i. 176,a trial of skill.Maugre, ii. 8;mauger, i. 23,in spite of.Maugre, ii. 83,ill will.Maun, i. 84, 143, 145,must.Mavis, iii.97,a thrush.Mawt, iii.123,malt.May, i. 63, 113;maye, i. 46,maid.Mayne, i. 122,force,strength.Mayne,a horse's mane.Mayny, i. 120,a company.Maze,a labyrinth,anything entangled or intricate.

"On the top of Catherine-hill, Winchester (the usual play-place of the school), was a very perplexed and winding path, running in a very small space over a great deal of ground, called a Miz-Maze. The senior boys obliged the juniors to tread it, to prevent the figure from being lost, as I am informed by an ingenious correspondent." P.

"On the top of Catherine-hill, Winchester (the usual play-place of the school), was a very perplexed and winding path, running in a very small space over a great deal of ground, called a Miz-Maze. The senior boys obliged the juniors to tread it, to prevent the figure from being lost, as I am informed by an ingenious correspondent." P.

Mazer, in. 97,drinking cup of maple.Me,men;me con, ii. 13,men began.Me-thuncketh, ii. 11,methinks.Meane, ii. 259,moderate,middle-sized.Meany, i. 24, 25,retinue,train,company.Mease, ii. 119,soften,mollify.Meed, meede, i. 74, iii.22,reward.Meet, in. 132,even.Meid,mood.Meikle, iii.238,much.Meit, iii.95,meat.Meit, ii. 83, 115,meet,fit,proper.Mekyl, ii. 21,much.Mell, ii. 260,honey.Mell,meddle,mingle.Meniveere, i. 308,a species of fur.Mense the faught, ii. 116,to measure the battle.

"To give to the mense is to give above the measure. Twelve and one to the mense is common with children in their play." P.

"To give to the mense is to give above the measure. Twelve and one to the mense is common with children in their play." P.

Menzie, ii. 133,retinue,company.Merch, ii. 115,march.Merchis, i. 34,marches.Merth, merthe, ii. 31,mirth.Messager, ii. 12,messenger.Mete, i. 180,meet,fit,proper.Mewe, ii. 254,confinement.Micht, ii. 230,might.Mickle, i. 65, 66, 72, 76, 137, 306,much,great.Midge, iii.233,a small insect,a kind of gnat.Mids, ii. 77,midst.Minged, i. 66, 79,mentioned.Minny, ii. 69,mother.Mirk, ii. 120;mirkie, iii.154,dark,black.Mirry, i. 101, 143, ii. 82,merry;mirriest, ii. 391,merriest.Mirry-land toune, i. 59.Misconster, ii. 349,misconstrue.Misdoubt, i. 302,suspect,doubt.Miskaryed,miscarried.Misken, i. 197,mistake.Mister,to need.Mith, iii.45,might.Mither, i. 60, 83, 145,mother.Mo, i. 30, 161, ii. 16;moe, ii. 289,more.Moche, ii. 47,much.Mode,mood.Moder, i. 126,mother.Moiening, ii. 382,by means of.Mome, ii. 258,blockhead.Mon, ii. 11,man.Mone, ii. 37,moon.Mone lyyt, ii. 25,moonlight.Mone, ii. 35, iii.127,moan.Monand, iii.64,moaning,bemoaning.Monnynday, i. 24, 34,Monday.Mony, ii. 8, 13, 68,many.More, iii.17,

"originally and properly signifieda hill (from A.-S. mor,mons), but the hills of the north being generally full of bogs, a moor came to signify boggy, marshy, ground in general." P.

"originally and properly signifieda hill (from A.-S. mor,mons), but the hills of the north being generally full of bogs, a moor came to signify boggy, marshy, ground in general." P.

Mores and the fenne, ii. 8,hill and dale;mores brodinge, i. 64, 78,wide moors.Morne, i. 101;to morn, ii. 20, 83,on the morrow,in the morning.Mornyng, ii. 49,mourning.Morwenynges, iii.208,mornings.Mort, i. 25,dead stag.Most,must.Mot, i. 121, 126,may.Mote, i. 157,might;mote I thee, ii. 97,may I thrive.Mou, ii. 70,mouth.Mought, i. 68, 169, 308,might,may it, ii. 302.Mowe, ii. 13, 31,may.Muchele bost, ii. 8,great boast.Mude, ii. 82,mood.Muid, i. 147,mood.Mulne, ii. 8,mill.Mun, i. 63, 66,must.Mure, mures,wild downs,heaths, &c.Murn, ii. 85;murnd, ii. 86;murnit, ii. 81;murnt, ii. 84;murning, ii. 83,mourn,mourned,mourning.Muve, ii. 366,move;muvit, ii. 39,moved.Mykel, i. 46,great.Myllan, i. 29,Milan steel.Myn, ii. 12,my.Myne-ye-ple, i. 28,probably a corruption of manople, a large gauntlet.Myrry,merry.Mysuryd, i. 123,misused,applied to a bad purpose.Myyt, ii. 26,might;myyty,mighty.Na, ii. 12;nae,no,not,none.Naebody, ii. 139,nobody.Naithing, ii. 70,nothing.Nane, i. 320, ii. 70, iii.75,none.Nappy, iii.182,strong, as ale.Nar, i. 25, 27;nare, i. 30,nor.Nat, i. 143, ii. 35,not.Natheless, ii. 264,neverthelessN'availeth not, ii. 16,availeth not.Ne, ii. 12,no,nor,not.Near, ner, nere,ne'er,never.Neat,oxen,cows,largecattle;neates leather, ii. 100,cowhide.Neatherd,a keeper of cattle.Neatresse, ii. 259,female keeper of cattle.Nee, i. 71, 178,nigh.Neigh him neare, i. 94,approach him near.Neir, i. 146,ne'er,never.Neire, ii. 212;nere,near.Nemped, i. 409,named.Nere, ii. 135;ne were,were it not for.Nest, ii. 12,next,nearest.Nethar,neither.Neven, i. 396,name.New fangle, iii.7,new-fangled,fond of novelty.Nicht, ii. 85,night.Nicked him of naye, i. 88,nicked him with a refusal.Nipt,pinched.No,not.Noble,a gold coin in value twenty groats, or 6s. 8d.Nobles, i. 120,nobleness.Nocht, ii. 83,not.Nock, iii.295,the posteriors.Nollys, ii. 21,noddles,heads.Nom, ii. 12,took.Nome, ii. 11,name.Non, ii. 16,none.None, i. 25, 31, ii. 37,noon.Nones, ii. 27,nonce.Nonys, ii. 22,nonce or occasion.Norland, iii.237,northern.Norse,Norway.Norss menzie, ii. 114,the Norse army.North-gales, iii.26,North Wales.Nou, ii. 9,now.Nourice,nurse.Nout, ii. 8,nought, alsonot, ii. 14.Nowght,nought.Nowls,noddles,heads.Noye, ii. 26,hurt.Noyt, ii. 24,nought,not.Ny, ii. 49;nye, i. 136,nigh;nyest, ii. 59,nighest.Nyyt, ii. 27,night.O, ii. 8,one;O', iii.99,of;O, ii. 9,on.O wow, ii. 68,an exclamation.Obraid, iii.99,upbraid.Occupied, i. 121,used.Ocht,ought.Off, ii. 177,of.Oloft, ii. 25,on horseback.On, ii. 49,one,an.On loft, ii. 22,aloft.Onfowghten, unfoughten,unfought.Ony, ii. 84,any.Onys, ii, 23,once.Opon, ii. 8,upon.Or, ii. 42,before ever.Ore, iii.128,over.Orisons,prayers.Ost, i. 28, ii. 24, iii.36;oste, i. 42, 43, 44;ooste, i. 272,host.Osterne, i. 291,austere.Oth, othe, iii.49,oath.Ou, ii. 12,you.Ous, ii. 8,us.Out-owr, i. 147,quite over,over.Outbrayd, ii. 45,drew out,unsheathed.Outhorne, i. 167,the summoning to arms by the sound of a horn.Outrake, i. 285, 292,an out ride or expedition;to raik is to go fast.

"Outrake is a common term among shepherds. When their sheep have a free passage from enclosed pastures into open and airy grounds they call it a good outrake." (Mr. Lambe.) P.

"Outrake is a common term among shepherds. When their sheep have a free passage from enclosed pastures into open and airy grounds they call it a good outrake." (Mr. Lambe.) P.

Owar, i. 31,hour.Oware of none, i. 25,hour of noon.Owches, iii.316,bosses.Owre, i. 144, ii. 70;over,o'er;ere, i. 101.Owreword, iii.124,the last word,burden of a song.Pa, i. 59.Packing, i. 121,dealing.Pall, i, 89;palle, i. 71,a cloak or robe of state.Palmer, iii.113,a pilgrim who, having been in the Holy Land, carried a palm branch in his hand.Paramour, i. 310,gallant,lover;mistress, ii. 45.Pardè, ii. 41;perdie,verily(par Dieu).Paregall, i. 124,equal.Parle, iii.36,speak or parley.Parti, party;a parti, i. 26,apart or aside.Partynere, ii. 41,partner.Pat, ii. 132,pot.Pattering, iii.9,

"murmuring,mumbling, from the manner inwhich the Paternoster was ancientlyhurried over in a lowinarticulate voice." P.

"murmuring,mumbling, from the manner inwhich the Paternoster was ancientlyhurried over in a lowinarticulate voice." P.

Pauky, ii. 68,shrewd,cunning,sly.Paves, i. 121,a pavice, a large shield that covered the whole body. Fr. pavois.Pavilliane,pavilion,tent.Pay, i. 173,liking,satisfaction.Paynim, i. 65, 88, iii.41,pagan.Peakish, i. 299,rude,simple;peakish hull, i. 307,perhaps the Derbyshire Peak.Peare, i. 80,peer,equal.Pearlins, iii.75,coarse sort of bone-lace.Pece,piece of cannon.Pee, i. 148,piece.Peere, i. 73, 77,equal.Pees, ii. 7,peace.Pele, ii. 24,a baker's long-handled shovel.Penon,a banner or streamer borne at the top of a lance.Pentarchye, ii. 345,five heads.Perchmine,parchment.Perde, i. 187,verily.Perelous, parlous,perilous,dangerous.Perfay, ii. 85,verily.Perfight, i. 123,perfect;perfightly, i. 124,perfectly.Perfytte, i. 272,perfect.Perkyn, ii. 20,diminutive of Peter.Perlese, i. 125,peerless.Perte, i. 50,part,side.Pertyd, i. 28,parted,divided.Pese, ii. 45,peace.Petye, i. 50, ii. 73,pity.Peyn, ii. 16,pain.Peyses, i. 48,pieces.Peysse, i. 44,peace.Peyters, ii. 13,Peter's.Philomele, iii.81,the nightingale.Piece,a little.Pil'd,peeled,bald.Pine, i. 196,famish,starve.Pinner, ii. 337,pinder, or impounder of cattle.Pious chanson, i. 183,a godly song or ballad.

"Mr. Rowe's Edition of Shakespeare has 'The first Row of the Rubrick;' which has been supposed by Dr. Warburton to refer to the red-lettered titles of old ballads. In the large collection made by Mr. Pepys, I do not remember to have seen one single ballad with its title printed in red letters." P.

"Mr. Rowe's Edition of Shakespeare has 'The first Row of the Rubrick;' which has been supposed by Dr. Warburton to refer to the red-lettered titles of old ballads. In the large collection made by Mr. Pepys, I do not remember to have seen one single ballad with its title printed in red letters." P.

Pipl, i. 103,people.Playand, ii. 115,playing.Play-feres, i. 59,play-fellows.Playning, i. 243,complaining.Plein, iii.123,complain.Pleis, ii. 82,please.Plett, ii. 112,plaited.Pley, i. 59, ii. 83,play.Pleyn, ii. 16,complain.Plyyt, ii. 27,plight.Plowmell, ii. 25,a small wooden hammer occasionally fixed to the plough.Poll-cat,cant word for a prostitute.Pollys, ii. 21,polls,heads.Pompal, i. 233,proud,pompous.Popingay, i. 308,a parrot.Porcupig, iii.285,porcupine.Portingale, iii.50,Portugal.Portingalls, ii. 198,Portuguese.Portres,porteress.Poterner, iii.7,probably a pouch or bag.Pottle, iii.187,a measure of two quarts.Poudered, ii. 23,a term in heraldry for sprinkled over.Pow'd, i. 59,pulled.Powlls,polls,heads.Pownes, i. 300,pounds.Praat, ii. 360,prate.Pray, i. 125,prey.Prayse-folk, ii. 27,singing men and women.Preas, iii.26,press.Prece, i. 160,crowd,press;preced, i. 167, 171,pressed.Prest, i. 205, ii. 21,ready;prestly, i. 171;prestlye, i. 72,readily,quickly.Prickes, i. 111,mark in the centre of the target.Pricke-wande,pole set up for a mark.Pricked, i. 68,spurred on,hasted.Priefe, ii. 96,prove.Priving, ii. 70,proving,testing.Prove, ii. 46,proof.Prude, ii. 8,pride.Prycke, i. 175,the mark,commonly a hazel wand.Prycked, i. 43,spurred.Pryme, i. 156,daybreak, or six o'clock in the morning.Prys, ii. 11,prize.Pu, i. 145,pull.Puing, ii. 363,pulling.Puissant, iii.110,strong,powerful.Purfell, iii.25,ornament, or border of embroidery.Purfelled, iii.25,embroidered.Purvayed, ii. 45,provided.Putry, iii.6,whoredom.Pyght, i. 43,pitched.Quadrant,four-square.Quaint, ii. 257,nice,fantastical.Quarry, i. 255,the slaughtered game in hunting or hawking.Quat, ii. 116,quitted.Quay, iii.75,a young heifer, called a whie in Yorkshire.Quean, iii.21,203,252,a sorry, base woman,a slut.Quel, ii. 135,cruel,murderous.Quelch,a blow or bang.Quere, i. 124,quire,choir.Quest, i. 165,inquest.Quha, i. 101,who.Quhair, ii. 82,where.Quhair-eir, ii. 84,wherever.Quhan, i. 144, iii.75,when.Quhaneir, iii.75,whenever.Quhar, i. 100,where.Quhat, i. 143,what.Quhatten, i. 83,what.Quhen, i. 143, ii. 82,when.Quhilk, ii. 116,which.Quhy, i. 145,why.Quhyle, ii. 83,while.Quick, iii.53,alive,living.Quiere, ii. 288,choir.Quillets, ii. 283,quibbles.Quiristers, ii. 166,choristers.Quitt, ii. 311,requite.Quo, ii. 69,quoth.Quyle, ii. 84,while.Quyrry, i. 25,quarry of slaughtered game.Quyt, ii. 85,quite.Quyte, i. 34,requited.Qwyknit, ii. 131,quickened,restored to life.Rade, i. 147,rode.Rae, ii. 24,roe.Raigne, ii. 253,reign.Raik,to go apace;raik on raw, ii. 82,extend in a row.Raise, ii. 69,rose.Rampire, ii. 52,rampart.Ranted, ii. 68,made merry.Rashing, i. 208,the old hunting term for the stroke made by a wild boar with his fangs.Raught,reached,gained,obtained.Raw, ii. 82,row.Rawstye, i. 116,damp(?)Rayt, ii. 26,raught or reached.Reachles, i. 113,careless.Read, ii. 148;reade, ii. 144,advice;reade me, i. 87,advise me.Rea'me, ii. 287,realm.Reane, i. 34,rain.Rearing, i. 88,leaning against.Reas, i. 24,raise.Reave, i. 89, 322,bereave.Reckt, i. 143,regarded.Reckyn, ii. 20,reckon.Red, i. 101,read.Redd, i. 79,advise.Reddyl, ii. 23,riddle or sieve.Rede, iii.208;redde, ii. 13,read.Rede, i. 41, 66, iii.94,advise;rede I can, ii. 37,advice I  know.Rede, i. 48,guessed.Redouted, i. 120,dreaded.Redresse, ii. 78,care,labour.Redyn, ii. 23,moved.Reek, i. 145,smoke.Reev, ii. 17;reeve, iii.179,bailiff.Refe, ii. 20,bailiff.Refe,bereave.Reft, ii. 26,bereft.Register, iii.210,the officer who keeps the public register.Reid, ii. 83,advise.Reid, i. 59, 83, 146,red;reid roan, i. 83,red roan.Reivs, ii. 83,bereavest.Rekeles, i. 42,regardless,rash.Remeid, ii. 83,remedy.Renisht, i. 88,harnessed.Renn, i. 196;renne, i. 160, ii. 89,run.Renneth, iii.108,runneth;renning, ii. 142,running.Renyed, i. 122,refused.Reporte, i. 124,refer.Rescous, ii. 40,rescues;rescew, ii. 175,rescue.Reve, ii. 23,bereave,deprive.Revers, ii. 114,robbers,pirates,rovers.Rew, ii. 82,take pity.Rew, iii.98;rewe, i. 70, ii. 46,regret;reweth, ii. 9,regrets;rewyth, i. 42,regrets.Rewth, i. 174,ruth,pity.Riall,royal.Richt, i. 101,right.Riddle,vulgar idiom for unriddle, or corruption of reade,to advise.Rin, i. 147;rinn, i. 60,run;rins, i. 59,runs;rinnes, i. 42,runs.Rise,shoot,bush,shrub.Rive, i. 244,rend;rives, i. 284;rends.Rive, ii. 386,rife,abounding.Roche, i. 128,rock.Rofe, ii. 41,roof.Roke, i. 48,steam or smoke.Ronne,ran;roone,run.Roo, i. 42,roe.Roode, i. 76,cross,crucifix.Rood loft,the place in the church where the images were set up.Room, i. 84,large.Roun, ii. 80,run.Route, i. 158,company.Route, iii.108,go about,travel.Routhe, i. 122,ruth,pity.Row, i. 145;rowd, i. 60,146,roll,rolled.Rowght, i. 45;rowte, ii. 26,rout.Rowyned,round.Rowned, rownyd,whispered.Rudd, iii.8,red,ruddy;rud-red, iii.22.Rude, ii. 82;rood,cross.Ruell bones, ii. 22.Rues,pitieth.Rugged, ii. 27,pulled with violence.Runnagate, ii. 294,runaway.Rushy gair, ii. 86,rushy strip of land.Ruthe, ii. 46,pity,woe.Ryal, ii. 30;ryall, i. 45, 129,royal.Ryd, iii.36,rode;rydand, ii. 22,riding.Ryde, i. 91,for ryse(?)Rydere, i. 178,ranger.Ryghtwes, i. 427,righteous.Ryhte, ii. 9,right.Rynde, i. 46,rent,flayed.Ryschys, ii. 27,rushes.Rywe, ii. 30,rue.Ryyt, ii. 20,right;even, ii. 23.Sa, i. 144, ii. 26;sae, i. 144,so.Safer,sapphire.Saft, ii. 110,soft;saftly, ii. 107,softly.Saif, i. 144,safe.Saim, iii.99,same.Sair, i. 60, 147,sore.Saisede, ii. 8,seized.Sall, i. 60, 84, 143,shall.Salvage, iii.117,savage.Sar, i. 31,sore.Sarke, iii.95,shirt;shift, i. 321.Sat, i. 31,set.Sauls, ii. 114,souls.Saut, iii.99,salt.Saw, say,speech,discourse.Say, i. 30,saw.Saye, iii.64,essay,attempt.Say us no harme,say no ill of us.Say'n, ii. 69,saying.Scant, i. 90, 321,scarce.Scath, i. 65,hurt,injury.Schadow, ii. 25,shadow.Schal, ii. 20;schall, i. 42,shall.Schapen, ii. 24,shaped.Schapped, i. 48,swapped(?),i.e.smote.Scharpe, i. 46, 48,sharp.Schatred, ii. 25,shattered.Schaw, ii. 82,show.Sche, i. 42, ii. 24,she.Schene,sheen, alsobrightness.Schepeskynnes, ii. 21,sheepskins.Schip, i. 100,ship;schiples,shipless.Scho, i. 59, ii. 20,she.Schone, i. 41,shone.Schoone, i. 101,shoes.Schoote, i. 45,shot,let go.Schowte, i. 47;schowtte,shout.Schrill,shrill.Schuke,shook.Schuld, ii. 20;schulde, i. 46,should.Schulder, ii. 27,shoulder.Sckill, iii.327,skill.Sckirmish, ii. 236,skirmish.Sckore, ii. 236,score.Sclat, ii. 16,slate.Scomfet, ii. 23,discomfit.Scorke, i. 259,struck.Scot, ii. 9,tax,revenue;alsoshot,reckoning, ii. 20.See, ii. 8,sea.Sed, iii.47,said.Seely, ii. 174;seelie, iii.68,poor,simple.Seignour, ii. 135,Lord.Seik, i. 60,seek.Seires, iii.328,for feires,i.e.mates.Sek-ful, ii. 22,sackful.Sel, iii.96;sell, iii.123,self.Selcouthe, ii. 391,strange.Selven, ii. 32,self.Selver, ii. 8,silver.Sely, ii. 53,simple.Semblyd, i. 25,assembled.Sen, i. 34, ii. 83, iii.95,since.Seneschall,steward.Senvy,mustard seed. Fr. senevé.Serrett, i. 79,closed fist(?)Sertayne, i. 48,certain;sertenly, i. 49, 50,certainly.Sese, ii. 49,seize.Setywall,the herb valerian.Sey, iii.75,a kind of woollen stuff.Sey yow, ii. 15,say to you;I sey yow soth, ii. 16,I tell you truth.Sey'd, ii. 114,tried.Sey'd,saw.Seyde, ii. 12,said.Sha' na bide, ii. 116,shall not endure.Shaint, ii. 360,saint.Shave;be shave, ii. 77,be shaven.Shaw, ii. 114,show;shaw'd, ii. 110,showed.Shaws, i. 106,little woods.Shear, i. 24,entirely.Sheede, iii.12,shed.Sheel, ii. 98;sheele, i. 88, 294,she'll,she will.Sheene, i. 87, 106;iii.236,bright,brightness,beauty. Germ.schön.Shees, ii. 70,she is.Sheeve, ii. 256,shive,a great slice of bread.Sheip, ii. 82,sheep;sheips heid, ii. 132,sheep's head.Sheits, i. 145,sheets.Sheid, ii. 70,she would.Shent, i. 72, 171,disgraced;abashed, ii. 49;confounded, ii. 84.Shepenes, iii.208,cowhouses,sheep pens. A.-S. scypen.Shield bone,the blade bone, a common phrase in the north.Shill, ii. 111,shrill.Shimmer'd, iii.237,glittered;shimmering, ii. 142,shining by glances,glittering.Sho, ii. 49,she.Shoen, ii. 100,shoes.Shold, sholde,should.Shoone, i. 243, 320;iii.47,shoes.Shope, iii.54,shaped.Shorte, ii. 43,shorten.Shote, ii. 40,shoot.Shott, ii. 149,reckoning.Shoul, ii. 360,soul.Shradds, i. 106,twigs.Shreeven, iii.10,shriven,confessed.Shreward, ii. 9,a male shrew.Shrive, ii. 60,confess;hear confession,  ii. 166.Shroggs, i. 111,shrubs,thorns,briars.Shuld, iii.147;shulde, i. 32,should.Shullen,shall.Shunted, ii. 137,shunned.Shuntyng, ii. 19,recreation,diversion,sport.Shyars, i. 24,shires.Shynand, ii. 113,shining.Sib,kin,akin.Sic, i. 84;sich, i. 327,such.Sich, ii. 84,sigh;sichit, ii. 81, sicht, ii. 86,sighed.Sicht, ii. 114,sight.Sick-like, iii.123,such like.Side, i. 375,long.Sied, i. 147,saw.Sigh clout, i. 197,a cloth to strain milk through.Sighan, iii.134,sighing.Sik, i. 144;sike, i. 320,such.Siker, i. 323,secure,surely,certainly.Silk, iii.100,such.Siller, ii. 230;iii.97,silver.Silly, i. 192;ii. 68,simple.Silven, iii.100,silver.Sindle, ii. 115,seldom.Sist, iii.55,sighed.Sith, i. 68, 133,since.Sitten, iii.99,sat.Sitteth, ii. 7,sit ye.Skaith, ii. 115,scath,harm,mischief.Skinker,one that serves drink.Skinkled, iii.237,glittered.Skore, i. 28,score.Slade, i. 108,a breadth of greensward between ploughlands or woods.Slaited, iii.98,wiped.Slatred, ii. 25,broke into splinters.Slaw, i. 308,slew.Slaw, ii. 107,slow.Sle, i. 15,slay;sleest,slayest, i. 123.Slee, ii. 69,sly.Slean, i. 31, 33, 34,slain.Sleath, iii.108,slayeth.Slein, ii. 70,slain.Sleip, i. 60;sleipe, ii. 211,sleep.Sleive, iii.95,sleeve.Slo, i. 120;sloe, i. 69,slay.Slode, i. 66, 79, slit,split.Slone, i. 49, 67,slain.Sloughe, i. 28,slew.Sma', i. 145,small;little, iii.95.Smire, iii.327(? for swire = neck).Smithers, i. 145,smothers.Snae, iii.97;snaw, ii. 69,snow.Soar, i. 31,sore.Sodenly, ii. 15,suddenly.Solacious, i. 130;affording solace.Soldan, i. 73, 74, 80;sowdan, i. 96,sultan.Soll, i. 34,soul.Son, ii. 23,soon;sone, ii. 44,soon.Sond, ii. 26, sending,present.Sone, ii. 41,soon.Soothe, ii. 55,truth,true.Sort, i. 122, 126,set,company.Soth, i. 43, 49, 50, 51;ii. 16;iii.30,truth,true.Sothe, i. 27,south.Sould, ii. 69,should.Souldan, iii.110,sultan.Souling, ii. 257,victualling.


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