a’,aa,aw, all.a’=every. a’man, I, 68,27; II, 71,16; 75,13; 193,24; IV, 46,5,6; 235,10; V,169,6;221,10;224,22;237,8; 239,36; 260 b,5. a’body, V,273a.a, abridgment ofhave, I, 315,11; III, 215,10; 440,13; 441,26; V,55,26;79,33;213,10;224,28;251,36.a=he, III, 54,3,7.a=I, in the phrasea wat(a wait, a wite, etc.), II, 159,11,16,19; 160,10-16,19; III, 299,9: I know, verily, assuredly. II, 230,6: used by a mere trick, with hardly a meaning. a’s, V,266,9: I’s, I shall, will.a=of: III, 91,2; 93,36; 298,59; 307,10; 308,12,24; 309,40(a trusti tre?); 349,37,39; 464,11; IV, 504,27.a=on. a grefe, III, 69,268. a blode (ablode), I, 244,9; V,288b, v.16. a row, III, 117,24.a=one: I, 126,4; 326,7; 327,24.a=ae, one single: V,256b,2;257,6,15;278,26. a warst, V,215,6. V,239,36: one and the same.See ae.a=to. abound, II, 109,20: to go. a dee, 110,25: to do. So, perhaps,abee.a be,abe,a bee,abee,a beene(withlet), I, 356,D b4; II, 29,5; 108,5; 159,25; 185,27; III, 455,4,8; V,229,35: be. let abee with, IV, 96 f.,D9,13. let abee of, IV, 97,E4,5; 98,15; 99,14,15.abeen,abeene,aboon,abone, etc., I, 315,8; II, 468,7; IV, 326,16,19: above. his hose abeen his sheen, V,17,35;18,14: his stockings ungartered, falling above, over his shoes.abide,abyde, III, 67,219; 73,345; V,82,24,40: stop, wait. III, 97,8; 279,13: withstand.pret.abode, III, 63,143: waited.p. p.abiden, abyden, III, 57 f.,25,30: awaited.able, II, 51,4: suitable.ablins,aiblins, III, 467,b2: perhaps.aboard, V,134,16: alongside; and so8,20,22, or,laid us aboardmay beboarded us.abode, III, 335 a: waiting, delay.abode, III, 430,1,burden: endured.aboone,aboun,abown. Seeabune.abound.ill a bound, II, 109,20: ill (prepared) to go.about, been, V,52,77: been engaged.abowthe, III, 112,52: about.abune,aboone,aboon,abon,abone,abown,aboun,abeen, II, 20,8; 22,16; 23,D7,E8; 24,F10; 25,G13; 27,21; 28,25; 29,19; 30,12; 145,20: above (above them).abyde.Seeabide.abyden.Seeabide.abye, III, 128,84; V,234b,3: pay, suffer consequences.Acaron, III, 149,32: being the oath of a Turk (36), this may be taken asAlcoran.acward,ackward stroke, III, 110,17; IV, 148,43: described as a backhanded stroke. Seeaukeward.advance, V,147,8: help on (?).aduenture, III, 359,90: hazard.aduise, II, 436,63: observe.ae=one, single: I, 310,6; 467,33; 478,1; II, 77,29; IV, 257,10; 260,10; 261,9; 262,24; 445,1; 476,3. ae best, I, 465,13,17; IV, 479,13. ae first, I, 426,7,8; 494,22. ae warst (a warst), V,214f.,1,6. the ae ... the ither, III, 500 b,7: the one ... the other.ae=mere, sole, ae licht o the moon, IV, 469,4; 470,35.ae=aye, always: I, 245,7; II, 185,40; 208,12; IV, 247,B11; 265,13.aer, I, 16,C12: ear, plough.aevery, III, 465,25: voracious, very hungry. (A. S. gífre.)afar,afore,affore, I, 438,A1; II, 21,15,16; 138,8; III, 405,15; IV, 128 f.,19,21,23,24: before.aff, I, 346,12: oft.affronted, II, 367,45; IV, 242 b: put to shame, mortified. III, 152,6: confronted, opposed.a-fit, V,115,7: on foot.aft, III, 491,8; V,299b,4: oft.after, after the way, III, 99,57: along, on. aftere brade waye, I, 333,1: along, over. after me, III, 74,367: according to me, my advice.against, III, 344,36: by way of preparation for the case.agast of him, III, 99,49: alarmed about him (the consequences to him).agaste, V,71, note †: terrified.agayn(e),ageyn, III, 98,29; 297,46: against,a-geyneuyn, III, 13,3: towards.agoe, V,83,44: gone.agree, IV, 147,32: bring to agreement.a-ȝon, comyn a-ȝon, III, 13,4: came upon, encountered.ahind,ahint,ahin, I, 299,14; II, 105,11; 315,5; III, 480,14; 481,30; IV, 246,6: behind. V,17,32: over and above.aiblins,ablins, I, 439,4: perhaps.aileth at.Seeat.air, in a drowsy air, IV, 20,11:airseems to meanatmospheresimply; possiblydisposition,condition.air,aire,ayre,by air,by ayre, II, 106,1; 270,30; III, 162,58; 164,b58; V,270,7: early, betimes.airn,ern, I, 342,33; 348,13,19; 355,42; III, 474,39; 481,35; 505,21: iron.airt,art, II, 23,E5: quarter of the heavens, point of the compass, west-airt lands, II, 73,30: western. rade the airt o, IV, 27,31: in the direction of. a’airts o wind, II, 341,Q. been at that art, III, 163,87.airted, V,99,C4: laid their course.aith, oath.a’kin,a’kin kind, II, 114,2: all kind, every.’al, that ’al, IV, 17,3: ’ull, wull, will.al, al so mote I the, III, 68,243: absolutely.al, will.alaffe, III, 34,11: aloof.alane, I, 347,2. mine alane, I, 332,E1,F1. Seelane.alang, along.albergs, II, 340 b: houses, dwells.alean, alone.alee, IV, 516 b,3: on the lea, a-field, but for the purpose of keeping guard; cf. III, 487,A15; 492,D5; 495,B b4.aleene, I, 346,4: alone.alelladay, I, 220,A1: exclamation of grief.algate, IV, 93, note *: anyway.aliment, IV, 91, a: provision for maintenance; here, apparently, alimony.alive, I loved ye best ye were born alive, IV, 521,19: corrupted; the sense appears in IV, 26,A16,I love best that’s born alive, best of all living things.all.all and, I, 56,6,7; III, 432,16,17; all as she stood, I, 117,16; all in my hand, III, 186,20; all by the roode, III, 188,2; all by his side, V,212b,8; all on, IV, 393,5; 394,B2,5; 395 f.,B b2,3,5; V,233f.,2,3,5; all at her head, feet, V,158,9; all down, V,293b,5; all oer, 302 b,2.allacing, IV, 18,21: repeating of alace (alas).allther, III, 57,9; 70,283,284, representing the ancient genitive plural ofall, allther moste, allther best: best of all, etc.along of, III, 279,8: owing to.alongst, V,267a,7,8: along.alow, III, 4,1: below.alow,aloe, George Aloe, V,133.als,alsua, I, 327,27; IV, 366D5:also.also, I, 328,46: all so, just as.althocht, III, 370,19: although.amain(e), III, 345,48; 350,51: with vigor, strength, force. blew, sound, cald, amain, III, 181,27; 341,46; 343,17; 344,36: with strength, loudly. II, 385,24; IV, 13,2: in force, in numbers. I, 398,4; III, 176 f.,11,16; 209,9: at once, quickly.amain, V,134,7,16: (Fr. amener) lower, strike.a-married, IV, 236,4: married.a-marvel, II, 386,12: marvel (Fr. émerveiller).amense, III, 465,23: amends. (Should be printed as one word, nota menseas in the MS.)American leather, I, 494,14; III, 3,13; 5,C2: has been explained as morocco made from American horsehides, for which a patent was obtained c. 1799. See The Scots Magazine, 1799, LXI, 286. But the date of the text at III, 3, is 1780.amo, V,306b,14: among.among, II, 451,89: between.amoued, II, 442,9: excited, agitated.an, II, 75,20; V,214b,4: one.-an,-ane,-and,-en, etc., annexed to the definite form of the superlative of the adjective (preceded bythe,her, etc.) or to numerals, or following separately, seems to bean=one. (The history of this usage has not been made out.) The firstan, nextan, firsten, nexten,passim(the secondenonly at I, 507,3); the firstand, I, 135,O18; the nextand, II, 94,6; her firsten, thirden, etc., II, 161,9-12; her nexten, II, 164,19; the firstin, the nextin, II, 380,22; the first an, the niest an, I, 351,45; the warst in, the best in, II, 98,43,44; the third ane, the fourth ane, etc., II, 71,5,6; 78,8-11; the third one, fourth one, etc., II, 72,5-7; the first ae, IV, 490,20; the first y, III, 3,15; the firsten ane, II, 370,16. So, that samen, II, 475,17.an, I, 295,30; 468,6,9; 480,6,7; II, 21,B11: and, if.ance,anse, I, 341,9; 342,23; 344,21,22; V,9,2,4: once.anchor, did on anchor rise so high, III, 344,34(c,g, haveride): the ship is in full sail; no apparent sense.ancient,ancyent, III, 286,40; 340,37; 341,46; 406,30,31,39; 420,20; 422,65,66: ensign.and,superfluous(as in “when that I was and a tiny little boy,” and two other songs in Shakspere), see II, 57 b; II, 58,7,8; 59,22,27; 60,39; 87,31; III, 145,6; 277,16; 419,8; IV, 448 a,1,2. The same usage in German, Swedish, and especially Dutch ballads.and, if.-and,-end, termination of the present participle: whissland, singand, cumand, seekand, etc., I, 326-329; II, 268,17; IV, 195 f.,D2,7,10,14; V,192f.,35,49.ane=a, I, 327,11.ane=alone. me ane, I, 333,1.ane, II, 191,37=en, end.aneath,aneth, II, 185,29; 191,23; V,224,17: beneath. aneath the sun, III, 5,D7: sheltering the eyes with the hand. So, below the sun, III, 6,6; 8,6.anent, I, 222,8; II, 166,21; 191,24; 391,20: over against, in the face of.anew, I, 305,1; III, 495,B b3-5; IV, 249,10; 271,B4: enough, enow.angel(l), II, 444,55; 449,61; 453,32; III, 156,4; V,101,4: a gold coin, of value varying from 6s. 8d. to 10s.angerly, III, 286,55; 361,b21: angrily.ankir, III, 66,198: recluse, hermit.another, III, 138,8,12,13:corrupt, or verbiage.anse, IV, 518,3: once.answereyour quarrel, I, 411,18: be responsible for, take on me to settle, your difference.answery,v., V,283,12: answer.ant, I, 244; V,288b: and.antine(Fr. antienne), IV, 439b,6: anthem.anunder, I, 302,A9: under.aout, V,304b,7: out.apayd, euelle apayd, III, 322 a: ill satisfied, displeased.ape, lead an ape in hell, penance for old maids: I, 232,14.apparent, III, 451, note *: heir apparent. (parand, II, 447,2,4.)applyed,p. p., V,51,67: plied.appone, I, 327,14,28: upon.apurn, V,304b,3: apron.ar, I, 244,18; III, 110,18: or, before.arblast, I, 311 a: cross-bow.archborde, III, 340,23,29(in29, MS. charke-bord): may be a misspelling ofhachebord, st.36(hatch-bord, p. 342,70). Barton grappled the ship to his archborde, from which we should infer that the word meant the side of the ship, ashatch-bordwould naturally signify at p. 342,70. Butarchbordemight of itself mean the stern of the ship, a timber at the stern being still so called, and Germanhack-bordmeaning the upper part of the stern of a ship. (It is singular that none of the difficult wordsarchborde,hachebord,hall(III, 340,29) occur in the York copy, IV, 503, which, however, has difficulties of its own.)archery, III, 309,41: collected archers.arches, II, 307,29: aims, shoots.are, I, 327,23: before.armorie, I, 285,34, seems to be employed in the sense ofarmament,men at arms.armorye, III, 286,56: armor.arselins, V,124,12: backwards.art,airt, quarter of the heavens. been at that art, III, 163,87: in that quarter, at that place. Seeairt.as,pron., I, 477,6,7,13,15; II, 4,D4; 452,14; V,206a,1; b,6: that, who.as,conj., I, 477,5,18,19; II, 453,28: that.as, V,218b,D1: was.as ever, III, 281,10: as long as.asay,p. p., III, 112,48: tried. [Readasayed?]asembled, III, 164,b15: met (encountered).ask, I, 353,H11; 355,41; II, 504,32: newt, lizard. (A. S. áðexe.) Cf.ass.askd, my father he askd me an acre o land, I, 17,D9:askdseems to be an erroneous repetition from8;aucht, owned, would be expected; orleft,gave, as inK,L.asking,asken,askend,askent, II, 91,D27,28; 92,22-25; 192,7,14; 194,23; 359,7-10; V,221f.,27,29,30,32;223,5,7;418,8: boon, request.askryede, I, 326,4: described.ass, I, 349,11,15: ask, newt.assoyled, absolved.aste, I, 217,1: east.astoned,astonied, V,76,24;82,35: astonished, amazed.asurd, I, 334,5: of azure; should probably beasur.at.reade must rise at, II, 53,34,35; take councell at, III, 405,17,23; take leaue att, III, 357,42: from. ask at, beg at, spear at, I, 497,L5-8,M2-5; III, 161,32; 330,15; IV, 331,10: of, from. ails ye at, aileth thee at, II, 72,3; 78,7; 80,3; IV, 95,12; 96,4; 99,H7: with (what ail comes to you from me?). see at me, IV, 345,8: in. come atte, IV, 507,81: to, to the presence of. I was at thee, IV, 436,1: (apud) with.at, IV, 331 b,8: out (?).at, jobbing at, I, 104,A b10: jogging off, away (?).at, with ellipsis ofthe door, rappit at, clappit at, I, 105 a,29; IV, 444,16,35; V,173,1;306b,1.at,att,pron.andconj., II, 472,24; III, 488,19; IV, 348,1; 446,6; 469 b,10,12; V,79,31;118,B12;220b,5;224,28;236,114;256,8: that, (it, V,236,112, may be for thisat.)a ta, III, 464,1: at all.athort, I, 305,3: across (upon). far athort, V,164,D b13: a long way.attempt, III, 39,110: tempt.attemptattis, III, 451 b: enterprises.atteynt, I, 328,34: (here) lay hands on.attoure, III, 458 b: outowr, over and above.atweel, I, 22,2,3: I wot well, assuredly.atween, I, 466,11; II, 315,6; V,156,11,13: between. atween hands, II, 139,6: meanwhile.atwyn, V,80,57: from one another.aucht,aught. wha’s aucht?=who is it owned (owns)? whose is (are)? I, 22,4; 472,1; II, 114,11; 164,8,11; IV, 32,C6; 194,8; 199,21; 202,9; 203,17. aught a bairn, II, 494,4: had. where is the knight aught me for wedding, IV, 182,F6: who was (is) under obligation to marry me? (This is my ransome I ought to him to pay, I, 294,12.) It is not unlikely thatauchtin the phrasewha’s auchtis present in sense. Indeed we haveaughts, II, 336,Q5. Cf.who owes?whose is? IV, 205,27.aught,v., suld hae come and aught a bairn to me, II, 494,4: had (a child by).aukeward,awkwardestroke, II, 59,23; III, 93,40: backhanded. Seeacward.auld son, without regard to absolute age: I, 79,58; 184,8,9; IV, 94,A4; 97,F4. So old sister for elder sister, eldest of three: I, 175,8; auld dochter, II, 462,33. auld son, of child just born and the only one, II, 105,7; 107,3-6,17; IV, 206,15. So at II, 95,11, called young son immediately after. Of babe in the cradle, II, 325,10. Seeold.aull,auld, old. I, 359,6,9, in four nights auld: at the age of four days. II, 80,9, in twall years auld.aussy pan, I, 301,6: ash pan.austerne, I, 134,N3: austere, harsh. Seeosterne.ava, II, 189,33; 323,25; III, 7,13,14; IV, 257,12; 300,3: of all. II, 360,10; V,112,B b7: at all.avayle, II, 436,70: put down, doff.avow, IV, 240,7: seems to be used asconsentrather thanown,confess; but cf. IV, 56,A8; V,252a.avowe,n., III, 65,180,187,190; 68,240; 73,346; 297,44; 307,1: vow.avowë,avower, III, 67,232; 520 a, No 161: patron, protector.avoyd, V,53,102: begone.aw, all.await, lie at await, III, 409, note *: in wait.awaite,awayte, III, 72,330; 84,330; 88,331: lie in wait for. awayte me scathe, III, 66,202: lie in wait to do me harm.awende, I, 244,9: weened, imagined.awet, III, 112,64: know. Perhaps, await, descry.awkwardestroke, III, 93,40: a backhanded stroke. Seeaukeward.awsom, V,193,49: awful.ay, I, 333,1,2,3: a.ayenst, III, 76,420: against, towards, about.ayon,ayone,ayont, I, 301,1; 302,1; 428,20; II, 133,D4,6; IV, 412,6: beyond. IV, 330 a, appendix,1: and oddly of the man, as farther from the wall. III, 392,20,21: beyond, across. I, 220,A2; IV, 8,46: over against, in the face of.ayre,eare,ere: heir.Bba, IV, 354,1: a lullaby.baas, balls.baba, II, 339,19: baby.bace, V,104a=bash (Swed. basa): beat;pret.baist, III, 164,b26(?). Seebaist.bacheeleere, II, 58,13: young knight devoted to the service of a lady.back-spald, V,106,E4: hinder part of the shoulder.bad,bade, V,18,9;27,41;243,11: ordered, offered. (A. S. beódan.)bad,bade,baed, III, 267,15: abode, stopped, waited for. II, 115,22; III, 312,28; V,236,17: remained, staid. (A. S. bídan.)badgers, III, 477,8: pedlars.baed, II, 115,22: abode, stopped. Seebad.baffled, II, 479: thwarted (perhaps, made a fool of). IV, 146 f.,11,31: affronted, insulted, or disgraced.bail, life in, III, 10,19: in power, at disposal.bailie, III, 385,12: municipal officer, alderman. IV, 326,12: bailiff, steward, manager of an estate. Seebaylye.bairn,barn,bern, III, 437,28,36; 453,17; IV, 309,5; 310,12: child.baist,pret., III, 164,b26: beat. baste,p. p., III, 165,92: beaten. (Icel. beysta?) Seebace.baked, II, 403,2: becked, curtsied, made obeisance.bale, II, 45,30,44; 58,11; 419,51; 466,34; III, 92,11,18; 99,51: ill, trouble, mischief, harm, calamity, destruction. Seebalys.bale, I, 355,41: fire.bale-fire, II, 118,9; 119,19; 155,36; IV, 467,12,14: bonfire, large fire.ballants, IV, 129,30: ballads.ballup, III, 181,15(ballock): front or flap of breeches.balow, IV, 351,1; 352,C1: lullaby, sing a lullaby to.balys, III, 310,68: misfortunes, troubles. Seebale.ban,band, I, 69,38; 73,53; II, 376,36; III, 491,12: hinge.ban,bann,v., I, 304,E5; 305,6; III, 104,8; IV, 87,14; V,115,7: curse.ban,band,bande,bond, IV, 388,7: band. IV, 388,11: bond.ban, I, 55,12: bound (pret.).band(e), III, 430,8; 431,7: bond, compact.band-dogs,bandoggs, III, 123,16; 125,31; 126,B b31;c31: dogs that are kept chained (on account of their fierceness).banded, IV, 388,7: bound, secured with bands.bane, I, 285,33; III, 92,7: destruction, death.bane.saddle of the bane (MS. bone), I, 468,13; bouer o bane, II, 185,31: meaning probably theroyal boneof I, 466,10. Seeroelle bone.bane-fire, II, 146,23; 331,17: bonfire.bang, II, 438,4: may be any implement for banging; it is sometimes stick, here strap (inshould bewi).bang, IV, 85,5: emend tohang.bangisters, IV, 37,7; 38,9: people violent and regardless of law.banis, III, 78, 453: slayers, murderers.banished, III, 401,15: possibly with the meaning banned, but the ordinary sense does well enough.bank, sea-bank, IV, 229,3,7: shore (?).bankers, I, 334,9: carpets, tapestries for benches.banket, III, 446 b: banquet.banneret, II, 395,N1: banner-bearer (seeB1;E1;I1;K1;M1;P1).barck,bark, II, 239,1: birk, birch.barelins, II, 212,12: barely.bargain, III, 181,13: brawl, fight.barker, V,78,11;80,43,49, etc.;82,20: tanner.barking, I, 109,C10: who uses bark, as a tanner.barm, I, 243,7: lap.barn-wellthrashing, II, 322,8: the well has no sense, and has probably been caught from9, at the far well washing. To be dropped.barn,barne, II, 437,85; IV, 141,17; V,114,10;267,3: (A. S. bearn) child. III, 308,14: (A. S. beorn) man, fighting man.baron, I, 293,2; 294 f.,5,9,23,28: simply knight, and that, in all cases but the first, vaguely.barras, oer the, IV, 372,6: beyond the barriers (as 374,A b, after5).barrine, bairn.base-court, III, 470 b: lower or outer court.bassonet,basnet,basnit, III, 298,51,52; 308 f.,29,32: a light helmet, shaped like a skull-cap.bat, but.batit, baited.batts, blows, burden of, III, 465,20: all the blows (beating) he can bear.baubee,bawbee, III, 268,6; 269,D6; 270,4,5; V,242b,5: halfpenny.baube, II, 132,30: babe.baucheldsheen, IV, 380,26: shoes down at the heels (ill-bukled, wrongly, V,276,18).bay, by.bayberry kame, IV, 471 f.,2,4: a corrupt passage, yielding no sense (so of other readings here).bay dogs, III, 126 f.,e,f31: dogs that bring to bay, or that bay (?).baylleful, III, 298,58: destructive, deadly.baylye, III, 28,140: bailiff, sheriff’s officer (to execute writs, etc.). III, 332,15: chief magistrate, mayor. Seebailie.bayne, perdition.bayr, V,110,13:byre, cowhouse.be==by. be to and al be on, I, 242,11: by two[s] and all by one[s]. be, be that, III, 100,73; 482,26: by the time that. sey be, V,79,26: about. Seeby.be’s, it be’s, III, 160,9: shall be==it s’ be.be wi, IV, 261,23: tolerate, bear with.beager, beggar.beagly, V,224,10. Seebigly.beam, beam gold, II, 402,10: forbeaming? Probably corrupt.beame, of the utuer beame, IV, 506,59: utuer is perhaps utter, outer; but what outer beam would Horsley come to in climbing the mast? Probably corrupt. If we read, of (==on) the utter (outer) bane (bone), which rhymes, we have to explain the outer bone of the buttocke.bean, bone.bear, I, 149,6: move on, proceed.bear, bier.bear, beer.bear, IV, 324,C1: barley.bear-seed, IV, 323,6: barley; bear-seed time seems to refer to barley-harvest.beare mercy, as the lawes will thee beare, V,53,98: have for (as in, bear malice, etc.).beare,pret., II, 266,30: bare.beared, buried.bearing arrow, III, 29,150; 202,33; 341,53: “an arrow that carries well,” Percy; “an arrow made to carry especially straight,” Nares; but on the first occasion a broad arrow is used when “an arrow that carries well” (straight) is equally, or even more, necessary, and on the third a bearing and a broad arrow are used indifferently, III, 29,153,159; 341,56. Perhaps a very long arrow, such as required to be carried in the hand. “Longe arrowes like standartswith socetts of stell for my Lord’s foutemen to bere in their hands, when they ryn with my Lorde” are noted asberryingarrows in the preparations for the Earl of Northumberland’s expedition to Terouenne, 5 Henry VIII. Dillon’s Fairholt’s Costume in England, II, 8, 1885. Mr C. J. Longman, himself an archer, remarking that a bearing arrow is used for a range of 20 score paces, III, 29,148,150, and a broad arrow for 6 score,153, suggests that a bearing arrow was probably what is now called a flight-arrow,—a thin, light arrow with a tapering point for long shooting.bearly, V,219,17: buirdly.beat, IV, 379,15: boot, recompense.became, II, 422,2: came.became his courtisie, III, 464,18: that is, his courtesy became him (as in Shakspere’s “youth becomes the livery that it wears”). Seebecome.because, III, 29,157: in order that.beck, made a beck on her knee, II, 359,7,9: curtsy.becke(A. S. bec), I, 334,8: stream, brook.becomethem well, IV, 147,22: look well in them (i.e., they became him well); so III, 464,18; cf. set, IV, 331,18. place, part, does well become me, IV, 152,D2; 153,1: suit. Seebecame.becomed,pret.of become, IV, 505,53.bed, I, 272,9: offered. Seebede.bed-head, I, 184,44,46: the top of the box or case of a Scottish bed. I, 116,C5: should be bed-stock, as the rhyme shows.bed-stock, I, 115,3; IV, 94,7; V,208,4: the outer side of a bed, that farther from the wall.bede,v., II, 499 b: offer. Seebed.bedone, I, 271,2; II, 183,20: worked, ornamented.bedyls, III, 28,140: under-bailiffs, summoners.bee-ba, II, 330,11,12: sounds to lull a child.beeds.that beeds, I, 69,67: string of beads.beek,biek, IV, 69,22; 77,3,c3: bask.beenits, IV, 381,12: bayonets.beere, II, 445,73: bare, bore.beerly(bride), II, 132,24: large and well made; stately. Seebierly. beerly, burly cheer, I, 298,4; 300,4: great, huge.beet,bete,beik, III, 495 a; IV, 517,15: better, help. Of fire, II, 120,16,17; IV, 467,13: kindle, keep up.p. p.bett, II, 44,14. Seebete.beet, II, 475,7; III, 281,2: behooved.beet,v.,inf., II, 151,H2: boot, furnish with boots.pret.bet,4.beets,n. pl., IV, 187,10: boots.beette, III, 298,54:pret.of beat.befa, IV, 357,C4: may befall (he does not care what name he gets). IV, 357 f.,6,8,12,14: belong to, suit.befalle, I, 241,2: may it befall!before, taen your God before, II, 62 b,15, representing ‘minged not Christ before,’ II, 59,21: an artificial-sounding expression, which may mean, previously taken God for your helper.beforne, II, 58,15; III, 13,12,14: before. II, 58,15, before (morning).beft, III, 161,26: beat. 164,92: beaten.begane,bigane, IV, 366,D4: overlaid, covered.begeck,begack, give a, III, 162,63; 164,b63: play a trick on, make a fool of. (A. S. geác, cuckoo, simpleton.)begoud,begood,begud, I, 473,11; II, 99,B b9; IV, 167,C10; 194,B5; 195,14; 201,21; 203,15; 224,13: began.beguile,p. p., III, 36,41: beguiled.begule, beguile.behad, II, 160,3: behold.behear, II, 240 f.,7,9; III, 93,46; 131,3: hear, beheard him, III, 421,58: heard.beheld, II, 61,12: tarried.behestë, III, 90 b: promise.behind his hand, a stroke behind his hand, II, 63,24: seems==backhanded stroke.behote, III, 71,315;pres., promise, thou behotë, III, 71,297: didst promise.beik,beet,bete, on, II, 121,20: put on fuel.being, II, 410,26: means of living.belinger, IV, 74,G b3: corruption or misprint for (best?) ginger.beliue,belyfe,b(e)lyue, III, 4,18; 28,125; 29,144; 35,18; 84, 87,300; 94,53; 117,13: soon, immediately.bell, silken, III, 261,D7: conical canopy? corrupted from beild, shelter (screen)? Aytoun, with great probability, conjectures pall. Cf.A10;E10;F14, which support the emendation.Bell(Archie), III, 491,3,7: billie (comrade, brother), as inD, III, 492,2.belle, bere the, I, 328,42; II, 58,1; V,202b: stand foremost, take the lead.bell-groat, I, 251,A3,5. Same as next word.belling-great, I, 252,3,5: groat for ringing bell.belly-,billie-blind. SeeBillie Blin.below the sun, lookit below the sun, II, 78,15; III, 6,6; in below the sun, 8,6. Seeaneath the sun.belted plaids, IV, 84,11; 85,3; 87,2; V,253, No 203,D2: “properly twelve yards of tartan cloth worn round the waist, obliquely across the breast and left shoulder, and partly depending backwards, ut in bello gestatur.”belyfe, straightway. Seebeliue.belyue.Seebeliue.bemean, V,163,4: bemoan, compassionate.ben.Good ben be here, III, 267,10: God’s (or good) benison? Probably corrupt.ben(shoes o, sheen o), IV, 378,7; 380,14: bend, bend-leather, strong ox-leather, thickened by tanning.ben, I, 56 f.,C2,14; III, 267,20; 268,17; 270,16; 272,20; 274,33: towards the inner apartment of the house, or parlor, in, within. come farer ben, I, 369,51; he was ben, II, 313,16; he wood her butt, he wood her ben, I, 56,2. V,216,B a7;219,10;242b,8.
a’,aa,aw, all.
a’=every. a’man, I, 68,27; II, 71,16; 75,13; 193,24; IV, 46,5,6; 235,10; V,169,6;221,10;224,22;237,8; 239,36; 260 b,5. a’body, V,273a.
a, abridgment ofhave, I, 315,11; III, 215,10; 440,13; 441,26; V,55,26;79,33;213,10;224,28;251,36.
a=he, III, 54,3,7.
a=I, in the phrasea wat(a wait, a wite, etc.), II, 159,11,16,19; 160,10-16,19; III, 299,9: I know, verily, assuredly. II, 230,6: used by a mere trick, with hardly a meaning. a’s, V,266,9: I’s, I shall, will.
a=of: III, 91,2; 93,36; 298,59; 307,10; 308,12,24; 309,40(a trusti tre?); 349,37,39; 464,11; IV, 504,27.
a=on. a grefe, III, 69,268. a blode (ablode), I, 244,9; V,288b, v.16. a row, III, 117,24.
a=one: I, 126,4; 326,7; 327,24.
a=ae, one single: V,256b,2;257,6,15;278,26. a warst, V,215,6. V,239,36: one and the same.See ae.
a=to. abound, II, 109,20: to go. a dee, 110,25: to do. So, perhaps,abee.
a be,abe,a bee,abee,a beene(withlet), I, 356,D b4; II, 29,5; 108,5; 159,25; 185,27; III, 455,4,8; V,229,35: be. let abee with, IV, 96 f.,D9,13. let abee of, IV, 97,E4,5; 98,15; 99,14,15.
abeen,abeene,aboon,abone, etc., I, 315,8; II, 468,7; IV, 326,16,19: above. his hose abeen his sheen, V,17,35;18,14: his stockings ungartered, falling above, over his shoes.
abide,abyde, III, 67,219; 73,345; V,82,24,40: stop, wait. III, 97,8; 279,13: withstand.pret.abode, III, 63,143: waited.p. p.abiden, abyden, III, 57 f.,25,30: awaited.
able, II, 51,4: suitable.
ablins,aiblins, III, 467,b2: perhaps.
aboard, V,134,16: alongside; and so8,20,22, or,laid us aboardmay beboarded us.
abode, III, 335 a: waiting, delay.
abode, III, 430,1,burden: endured.
aboone,aboun,abown. Seeabune.
abound.ill a bound, II, 109,20: ill (prepared) to go.
about, been, V,52,77: been engaged.
abowthe, III, 112,52: about.
abune,aboone,aboon,abon,abone,abown,aboun,abeen, II, 20,8; 22,16; 23,D7,E8; 24,F10; 25,G13; 27,21; 28,25; 29,19; 30,12; 145,20: above (above them).
abyde.Seeabide.
abyden.Seeabide.
abye, III, 128,84; V,234b,3: pay, suffer consequences.
Acaron, III, 149,32: being the oath of a Turk (36), this may be taken asAlcoran.
acward,ackward stroke, III, 110,17; IV, 148,43: described as a backhanded stroke. Seeaukeward.
advance, V,147,8: help on (?).
aduenture, III, 359,90: hazard.
aduise, II, 436,63: observe.
ae=one, single: I, 310,6; 467,33; 478,1; II, 77,29; IV, 257,10; 260,10; 261,9; 262,24; 445,1; 476,3. ae best, I, 465,13,17; IV, 479,13. ae first, I, 426,7,8; 494,22. ae warst (a warst), V,214f.,1,6. the ae ... the ither, III, 500 b,7: the one ... the other.
ae=mere, sole, ae licht o the moon, IV, 469,4; 470,35.
ae=aye, always: I, 245,7; II, 185,40; 208,12; IV, 247,B11; 265,13.
aer, I, 16,C12: ear, plough.
aevery, III, 465,25: voracious, very hungry. (A. S. gífre.)
afar,afore,affore, I, 438,A1; II, 21,15,16; 138,8; III, 405,15; IV, 128 f.,19,21,23,24: before.
aff, I, 346,12: oft.
affronted, II, 367,45; IV, 242 b: put to shame, mortified. III, 152,6: confronted, opposed.
a-fit, V,115,7: on foot.
aft, III, 491,8; V,299b,4: oft.
after, after the way, III, 99,57: along, on. aftere brade waye, I, 333,1: along, over. after me, III, 74,367: according to me, my advice.
against, III, 344,36: by way of preparation for the case.
agast of him, III, 99,49: alarmed about him (the consequences to him).
agaste, V,71, note †: terrified.
agayn(e),ageyn, III, 98,29; 297,46: against,a-geyneuyn, III, 13,3: towards.
agoe, V,83,44: gone.
agree, IV, 147,32: bring to agreement.
a-ȝon, comyn a-ȝon, III, 13,4: came upon, encountered.
ahind,ahint,ahin, I, 299,14; II, 105,11; 315,5; III, 480,14; 481,30; IV, 246,6: behind. V,17,32: over and above.
aiblins,ablins, I, 439,4: perhaps.
aileth at.Seeat.
air, in a drowsy air, IV, 20,11:airseems to meanatmospheresimply; possiblydisposition,condition.
air,aire,ayre,by air,by ayre, II, 106,1; 270,30; III, 162,58; 164,b58; V,270,7: early, betimes.
airn,ern, I, 342,33; 348,13,19; 355,42; III, 474,39; 481,35; 505,21: iron.
airt,art, II, 23,E5: quarter of the heavens, point of the compass, west-airt lands, II, 73,30: western. rade the airt o, IV, 27,31: in the direction of. a’airts o wind, II, 341,Q. been at that art, III, 163,87.
airted, V,99,C4: laid their course.
aith, oath.
a’kin,a’kin kind, II, 114,2: all kind, every.
’al, that ’al, IV, 17,3: ’ull, wull, will.
al, al so mote I the, III, 68,243: absolutely.
al, will.
alaffe, III, 34,11: aloof.
alane, I, 347,2. mine alane, I, 332,E1,F1. Seelane.
alang, along.
albergs, II, 340 b: houses, dwells.
alean, alone.
alee, IV, 516 b,3: on the lea, a-field, but for the purpose of keeping guard; cf. III, 487,A15; 492,D5; 495,B b4.
aleene, I, 346,4: alone.
alelladay, I, 220,A1: exclamation of grief.
algate, IV, 93, note *: anyway.
aliment, IV, 91, a: provision for maintenance; here, apparently, alimony.
alive, I loved ye best ye were born alive, IV, 521,19: corrupted; the sense appears in IV, 26,A16,I love best that’s born alive, best of all living things.
all.all and, I, 56,6,7; III, 432,16,17; all as she stood, I, 117,16; all in my hand, III, 186,20; all by the roode, III, 188,2; all by his side, V,212b,8; all on, IV, 393,5; 394,B2,5; 395 f.,B b2,3,5; V,233f.,2,3,5; all at her head, feet, V,158,9; all down, V,293b,5; all oer, 302 b,2.
allacing, IV, 18,21: repeating of alace (alas).
allther, III, 57,9; 70,283,284, representing the ancient genitive plural ofall, allther moste, allther best: best of all, etc.
along of, III, 279,8: owing to.
alongst, V,267a,7,8: along.
alow, III, 4,1: below.
alow,aloe, George Aloe, V,133.
als,alsua, I, 327,27; IV, 366D5:also.
also, I, 328,46: all so, just as.
althocht, III, 370,19: although.
amain(e), III, 345,48; 350,51: with vigor, strength, force. blew, sound, cald, amain, III, 181,27; 341,46; 343,17; 344,36: with strength, loudly. II, 385,24; IV, 13,2: in force, in numbers. I, 398,4; III, 176 f.,11,16; 209,9: at once, quickly.
amain, V,134,7,16: (Fr. amener) lower, strike.
a-married, IV, 236,4: married.
a-marvel, II, 386,12: marvel (Fr. émerveiller).
amense, III, 465,23: amends. (Should be printed as one word, nota menseas in the MS.)
American leather, I, 494,14; III, 3,13; 5,C2: has been explained as morocco made from American horsehides, for which a patent was obtained c. 1799. See The Scots Magazine, 1799, LXI, 286. But the date of the text at III, 3, is 1780.
amo, V,306b,14: among.
among, II, 451,89: between.
amoued, II, 442,9: excited, agitated.
an, II, 75,20; V,214b,4: one.
-an,-ane,-and,-en, etc., annexed to the definite form of the superlative of the adjective (preceded bythe,her, etc.) or to numerals, or following separately, seems to bean=one. (The history of this usage has not been made out.) The firstan, nextan, firsten, nexten,passim(the secondenonly at I, 507,3); the firstand, I, 135,O18; the nextand, II, 94,6; her firsten, thirden, etc., II, 161,9-12; her nexten, II, 164,19; the firstin, the nextin, II, 380,22; the first an, the niest an, I, 351,45; the warst in, the best in, II, 98,43,44; the third ane, the fourth ane, etc., II, 71,5,6; 78,8-11; the third one, fourth one, etc., II, 72,5-7; the first ae, IV, 490,20; the first y, III, 3,15; the firsten ane, II, 370,16. So, that samen, II, 475,17.
an, I, 295,30; 468,6,9; 480,6,7; II, 21,B11: and, if.
ance,anse, I, 341,9; 342,23; 344,21,22; V,9,2,4: once.
anchor, did on anchor rise so high, III, 344,34(c,g, haveride): the ship is in full sail; no apparent sense.
ancient,ancyent, III, 286,40; 340,37; 341,46; 406,30,31,39; 420,20; 422,65,66: ensign.
and,superfluous(as in “when that I was and a tiny little boy,” and two other songs in Shakspere), see II, 57 b; II, 58,7,8; 59,22,27; 60,39; 87,31; III, 145,6; 277,16; 419,8; IV, 448 a,1,2. The same usage in German, Swedish, and especially Dutch ballads.
and, if.
-and,-end, termination of the present participle: whissland, singand, cumand, seekand, etc., I, 326-329; II, 268,17; IV, 195 f.,D2,7,10,14; V,192f.,35,49.
ane=a, I, 327,11.
ane=alone. me ane, I, 333,1.
ane, II, 191,37=en, end.
aneath,aneth, II, 185,29; 191,23; V,224,17: beneath. aneath the sun, III, 5,D7: sheltering the eyes with the hand. So, below the sun, III, 6,6; 8,6.
anent, I, 222,8; II, 166,21; 191,24; 391,20: over against, in the face of.
anew, I, 305,1; III, 495,B b3-5; IV, 249,10; 271,B4: enough, enow.
angel(l), II, 444,55; 449,61; 453,32; III, 156,4; V,101,4: a gold coin, of value varying from 6s. 8d. to 10s.
angerly, III, 286,55; 361,b21: angrily.
ankir, III, 66,198: recluse, hermit.
another, III, 138,8,12,13:corrupt, or verbiage.
anse, IV, 518,3: once.
answereyour quarrel, I, 411,18: be responsible for, take on me to settle, your difference.
answery,v., V,283,12: answer.
ant, I, 244; V,288b: and.
antine(Fr. antienne), IV, 439b,6: anthem.
anunder, I, 302,A9: under.
aout, V,304b,7: out.
apayd, euelle apayd, III, 322 a: ill satisfied, displeased.
ape, lead an ape in hell, penance for old maids: I, 232,14.
apparent, III, 451, note *: heir apparent. (parand, II, 447,2,4.)
applyed,p. p., V,51,67: plied.
appone, I, 327,14,28: upon.
apurn, V,304b,3: apron.
ar, I, 244,18; III, 110,18: or, before.
arblast, I, 311 a: cross-bow.
archborde, III, 340,23,29(in29, MS. charke-bord): may be a misspelling ofhachebord, st.36(hatch-bord, p. 342,70). Barton grappled the ship to his archborde, from which we should infer that the word meant the side of the ship, ashatch-bordwould naturally signify at p. 342,70. Butarchbordemight of itself mean the stern of the ship, a timber at the stern being still so called, and Germanhack-bordmeaning the upper part of the stern of a ship. (It is singular that none of the difficult wordsarchborde,hachebord,hall(III, 340,29) occur in the York copy, IV, 503, which, however, has difficulties of its own.)
archery, III, 309,41: collected archers.
arches, II, 307,29: aims, shoots.
are, I, 327,23: before.
armorie, I, 285,34, seems to be employed in the sense ofarmament,men at arms.
armorye, III, 286,56: armor.
arselins, V,124,12: backwards.
art,airt, quarter of the heavens. been at that art, III, 163,87: in that quarter, at that place. Seeairt.
as,pron., I, 477,6,7,13,15; II, 4,D4; 452,14; V,206a,1; b,6: that, who.
as,conj., I, 477,5,18,19; II, 453,28: that.
as, V,218b,D1: was.
as ever, III, 281,10: as long as.
asay,p. p., III, 112,48: tried. [Readasayed?]
asembled, III, 164,b15: met (encountered).
ask, I, 353,H11; 355,41; II, 504,32: newt, lizard. (A. S. áðexe.) Cf.ass.
askd, my father he askd me an acre o land, I, 17,D9:askdseems to be an erroneous repetition from8;aucht, owned, would be expected; orleft,gave, as inK,L.
asking,asken,askend,askent, II, 91,D27,28; 92,22-25; 192,7,14; 194,23; 359,7-10; V,221f.,27,29,30,32;223,5,7;418,8: boon, request.
askryede, I, 326,4: described.
ass, I, 349,11,15: ask, newt.
assoyled, absolved.
aste, I, 217,1: east.
astoned,astonied, V,76,24;82,35: astonished, amazed.
asurd, I, 334,5: of azure; should probably beasur.
at.reade must rise at, II, 53,34,35; take councell at, III, 405,17,23; take leaue att, III, 357,42: from. ask at, beg at, spear at, I, 497,L5-8,M2-5; III, 161,32; 330,15; IV, 331,10: of, from. ails ye at, aileth thee at, II, 72,3; 78,7; 80,3; IV, 95,12; 96,4; 99,H7: with (what ail comes to you from me?). see at me, IV, 345,8: in. come atte, IV, 507,81: to, to the presence of. I was at thee, IV, 436,1: (apud) with.
at, IV, 331 b,8: out (?).
at, jobbing at, I, 104,A b10: jogging off, away (?).
at, with ellipsis ofthe door, rappit at, clappit at, I, 105 a,29; IV, 444,16,35; V,173,1;306b,1.
at,att,pron.andconj., II, 472,24; III, 488,19; IV, 348,1; 446,6; 469 b,10,12; V,79,31;118,B12;220b,5;224,28;236,114;256,8: that, (it, V,236,112, may be for thisat.)
a ta, III, 464,1: at all.
athort, I, 305,3: across (upon). far athort, V,164,D b13: a long way.
attempt, III, 39,110: tempt.
attemptattis, III, 451 b: enterprises.
atteynt, I, 328,34: (here) lay hands on.
attoure, III, 458 b: outowr, over and above.
atweel, I, 22,2,3: I wot well, assuredly.
atween, I, 466,11; II, 315,6; V,156,11,13: between. atween hands, II, 139,6: meanwhile.
atwyn, V,80,57: from one another.
aucht,aught. wha’s aucht?=who is it owned (owns)? whose is (are)? I, 22,4; 472,1; II, 114,11; 164,8,11; IV, 32,C6; 194,8; 199,21; 202,9; 203,17. aught a bairn, II, 494,4: had. where is the knight aught me for wedding, IV, 182,F6: who was (is) under obligation to marry me? (This is my ransome I ought to him to pay, I, 294,12.) It is not unlikely thatauchtin the phrasewha’s auchtis present in sense. Indeed we haveaughts, II, 336,Q5. Cf.who owes?whose is? IV, 205,27.
aught,v., suld hae come and aught a bairn to me, II, 494,4: had (a child by).
aukeward,awkwardestroke, II, 59,23; III, 93,40: backhanded. Seeacward.
auld son, without regard to absolute age: I, 79,58; 184,8,9; IV, 94,A4; 97,F4. So old sister for elder sister, eldest of three: I, 175,8; auld dochter, II, 462,33. auld son, of child just born and the only one, II, 105,7; 107,3-6,17; IV, 206,15. So at II, 95,11, called young son immediately after. Of babe in the cradle, II, 325,10. Seeold.
aull,auld, old. I, 359,6,9, in four nights auld: at the age of four days. II, 80,9, in twall years auld.
aussy pan, I, 301,6: ash pan.
austerne, I, 134,N3: austere, harsh. Seeosterne.
ava, II, 189,33; 323,25; III, 7,13,14; IV, 257,12; 300,3: of all. II, 360,10; V,112,B b7: at all.
avayle, II, 436,70: put down, doff.
avow, IV, 240,7: seems to be used asconsentrather thanown,confess; but cf. IV, 56,A8; V,252a.
avowe,n., III, 65,180,187,190; 68,240; 73,346; 297,44; 307,1: vow.
avowë,avower, III, 67,232; 520 a, No 161: patron, protector.
avoyd, V,53,102: begone.
aw, all.
await, lie at await, III, 409, note *: in wait.
awaite,awayte, III, 72,330; 84,330; 88,331: lie in wait for. awayte me scathe, III, 66,202: lie in wait to do me harm.
awende, I, 244,9: weened, imagined.
awet, III, 112,64: know. Perhaps, await, descry.
awkwardestroke, III, 93,40: a backhanded stroke. Seeaukeward.
awsom, V,193,49: awful.
ay, I, 333,1,2,3: a.
ayenst, III, 76,420: against, towards, about.
ayon,ayone,ayont, I, 301,1; 302,1; 428,20; II, 133,D4,6; IV, 412,6: beyond. IV, 330 a, appendix,1: and oddly of the man, as farther from the wall. III, 392,20,21: beyond, across. I, 220,A2; IV, 8,46: over against, in the face of.
ayre,eare,ere: heir.
ba, IV, 354,1: a lullaby.
baas, balls.
baba, II, 339,19: baby.
bace, V,104a=bash (Swed. basa): beat;pret.baist, III, 164,b26(?). Seebaist.
bacheeleere, II, 58,13: young knight devoted to the service of a lady.
back-spald, V,106,E4: hinder part of the shoulder.
bad,bade, V,18,9;27,41;243,11: ordered, offered. (A. S. beódan.)
bad,bade,baed, III, 267,15: abode, stopped, waited for. II, 115,22; III, 312,28; V,236,17: remained, staid. (A. S. bídan.)
badgers, III, 477,8: pedlars.
baed, II, 115,22: abode, stopped. Seebad.
baffled, II, 479: thwarted (perhaps, made a fool of). IV, 146 f.,11,31: affronted, insulted, or disgraced.
bail, life in, III, 10,19: in power, at disposal.
bailie, III, 385,12: municipal officer, alderman. IV, 326,12: bailiff, steward, manager of an estate. Seebaylye.
bairn,barn,bern, III, 437,28,36; 453,17; IV, 309,5; 310,12: child.
baist,pret., III, 164,b26: beat. baste,p. p., III, 165,92: beaten. (Icel. beysta?) Seebace.
baked, II, 403,2: becked, curtsied, made obeisance.
bale, II, 45,30,44; 58,11; 419,51; 466,34; III, 92,11,18; 99,51: ill, trouble, mischief, harm, calamity, destruction. Seebalys.
bale, I, 355,41: fire.
bale-fire, II, 118,9; 119,19; 155,36; IV, 467,12,14: bonfire, large fire.
ballants, IV, 129,30: ballads.
ballup, III, 181,15(ballock): front or flap of breeches.
balow, IV, 351,1; 352,C1: lullaby, sing a lullaby to.
balys, III, 310,68: misfortunes, troubles. Seebale.
ban,band, I, 69,38; 73,53; II, 376,36; III, 491,12: hinge.
ban,bann,v., I, 304,E5; 305,6; III, 104,8; IV, 87,14; V,115,7: curse.
ban,band,bande,bond, IV, 388,7: band. IV, 388,11: bond.
ban, I, 55,12: bound (pret.).
band(e), III, 430,8; 431,7: bond, compact.
band-dogs,bandoggs, III, 123,16; 125,31; 126,B b31;c31: dogs that are kept chained (on account of their fierceness).
banded, IV, 388,7: bound, secured with bands.
bane, I, 285,33; III, 92,7: destruction, death.
bane.saddle of the bane (MS. bone), I, 468,13; bouer o bane, II, 185,31: meaning probably theroyal boneof I, 466,10. Seeroelle bone.
bane-fire, II, 146,23; 331,17: bonfire.
bang, II, 438,4: may be any implement for banging; it is sometimes stick, here strap (inshould bewi).
bang, IV, 85,5: emend tohang.
bangisters, IV, 37,7; 38,9: people violent and regardless of law.
banis, III, 78, 453: slayers, murderers.
banished, III, 401,15: possibly with the meaning banned, but the ordinary sense does well enough.
bank, sea-bank, IV, 229,3,7: shore (?).
bankers, I, 334,9: carpets, tapestries for benches.
banket, III, 446 b: banquet.
banneret, II, 395,N1: banner-bearer (seeB1;E1;I1;K1;M1;P1).
barck,bark, II, 239,1: birk, birch.
barelins, II, 212,12: barely.
bargain, III, 181,13: brawl, fight.
barker, V,78,11;80,43,49, etc.;82,20: tanner.
barking, I, 109,C10: who uses bark, as a tanner.
barm, I, 243,7: lap.
barn-wellthrashing, II, 322,8: the well has no sense, and has probably been caught from9, at the far well washing. To be dropped.
barn,barne, II, 437,85; IV, 141,17; V,114,10;267,3: (A. S. bearn) child. III, 308,14: (A. S. beorn) man, fighting man.
baron, I, 293,2; 294 f.,5,9,23,28: simply knight, and that, in all cases but the first, vaguely.
barras, oer the, IV, 372,6: beyond the barriers (as 374,A b, after5).
barrine, bairn.
base-court, III, 470 b: lower or outer court.
bassonet,basnet,basnit, III, 298,51,52; 308 f.,29,32: a light helmet, shaped like a skull-cap.
bat, but.
batit, baited.
batts, blows, burden of, III, 465,20: all the blows (beating) he can bear.
baubee,bawbee, III, 268,6; 269,D6; 270,4,5; V,242b,5: halfpenny.
baube, II, 132,30: babe.
baucheldsheen, IV, 380,26: shoes down at the heels (ill-bukled, wrongly, V,276,18).
bay, by.
bayberry kame, IV, 471 f.,2,4: a corrupt passage, yielding no sense (so of other readings here).
bay dogs, III, 126 f.,e,f31: dogs that bring to bay, or that bay (?).
baylleful, III, 298,58: destructive, deadly.
baylye, III, 28,140: bailiff, sheriff’s officer (to execute writs, etc.). III, 332,15: chief magistrate, mayor. Seebailie.
bayne, perdition.
bayr, V,110,13:byre, cowhouse.
be==by. be to and al be on, I, 242,11: by two[s] and all by one[s]. be, be that, III, 100,73; 482,26: by the time that. sey be, V,79,26: about. Seeby.
be’s, it be’s, III, 160,9: shall be==it s’ be.
be wi, IV, 261,23: tolerate, bear with.
beager, beggar.
beagly, V,224,10. Seebigly.
beam, beam gold, II, 402,10: forbeaming? Probably corrupt.
beame, of the utuer beame, IV, 506,59: utuer is perhaps utter, outer; but what outer beam would Horsley come to in climbing the mast? Probably corrupt. If we read, of (==on) the utter (outer) bane (bone), which rhymes, we have to explain the outer bone of the buttocke.
bean, bone.
bear, I, 149,6: move on, proceed.
bear, bier.
bear, beer.
bear, IV, 324,C1: barley.
bear-seed, IV, 323,6: barley; bear-seed time seems to refer to barley-harvest.
beare mercy, as the lawes will thee beare, V,53,98: have for (as in, bear malice, etc.).
beare,pret., II, 266,30: bare.
beared, buried.
bearing arrow, III, 29,150; 202,33; 341,53: “an arrow that carries well,” Percy; “an arrow made to carry especially straight,” Nares; but on the first occasion a broad arrow is used when “an arrow that carries well” (straight) is equally, or even more, necessary, and on the third a bearing and a broad arrow are used indifferently, III, 29,153,159; 341,56. Perhaps a very long arrow, such as required to be carried in the hand. “Longe arrowes like standartswith socetts of stell for my Lord’s foutemen to bere in their hands, when they ryn with my Lorde” are noted asberryingarrows in the preparations for the Earl of Northumberland’s expedition to Terouenne, 5 Henry VIII. Dillon’s Fairholt’s Costume in England, II, 8, 1885. Mr C. J. Longman, himself an archer, remarking that a bearing arrow is used for a range of 20 score paces, III, 29,148,150, and a broad arrow for 6 score,153, suggests that a bearing arrow was probably what is now called a flight-arrow,—a thin, light arrow with a tapering point for long shooting.
bearly, V,219,17: buirdly.
beat, IV, 379,15: boot, recompense.
became, II, 422,2: came.
became his courtisie, III, 464,18: that is, his courtesy became him (as in Shakspere’s “youth becomes the livery that it wears”). Seebecome.
because, III, 29,157: in order that.
beck, made a beck on her knee, II, 359,7,9: curtsy.
becke(A. S. bec), I, 334,8: stream, brook.
becomethem well, IV, 147,22: look well in them (i.e., they became him well); so III, 464,18; cf. set, IV, 331,18. place, part, does well become me, IV, 152,D2; 153,1: suit. Seebecame.
becomed,pret.of become, IV, 505,53.
bed, I, 272,9: offered. Seebede.
bed-head, I, 184,44,46: the top of the box or case of a Scottish bed. I, 116,C5: should be bed-stock, as the rhyme shows.
bed-stock, I, 115,3; IV, 94,7; V,208,4: the outer side of a bed, that farther from the wall.
bede,v., II, 499 b: offer. Seebed.
bedone, I, 271,2; II, 183,20: worked, ornamented.
bedyls, III, 28,140: under-bailiffs, summoners.
bee-ba, II, 330,11,12: sounds to lull a child.
beeds.that beeds, I, 69,67: string of beads.
beek,biek, IV, 69,22; 77,3,c3: bask.
beenits, IV, 381,12: bayonets.
beere, II, 445,73: bare, bore.
beerly(bride), II, 132,24: large and well made; stately. Seebierly. beerly, burly cheer, I, 298,4; 300,4: great, huge.
beet,bete,beik, III, 495 a; IV, 517,15: better, help. Of fire, II, 120,16,17; IV, 467,13: kindle, keep up.p. p.bett, II, 44,14. Seebete.
beet, II, 475,7; III, 281,2: behooved.
beet,v.,inf., II, 151,H2: boot, furnish with boots.pret.bet,4.
beets,n. pl., IV, 187,10: boots.
beette, III, 298,54:pret.of beat.
befa, IV, 357,C4: may befall (he does not care what name he gets). IV, 357 f.,6,8,12,14: belong to, suit.
befalle, I, 241,2: may it befall!
before, taen your God before, II, 62 b,15, representing ‘minged not Christ before,’ II, 59,21: an artificial-sounding expression, which may mean, previously taken God for your helper.
beforne, II, 58,15; III, 13,12,14: before. II, 58,15, before (morning).
beft, III, 161,26: beat. 164,92: beaten.
begane,bigane, IV, 366,D4: overlaid, covered.
begeck,begack, give a, III, 162,63; 164,b63: play a trick on, make a fool of. (A. S. geác, cuckoo, simpleton.)
begoud,begood,begud, I, 473,11; II, 99,B b9; IV, 167,C10; 194,B5; 195,14; 201,21; 203,15; 224,13: began.
beguile,p. p., III, 36,41: beguiled.
begule, beguile.
behad, II, 160,3: behold.
behear, II, 240 f.,7,9; III, 93,46; 131,3: hear, beheard him, III, 421,58: heard.
beheld, II, 61,12: tarried.
behestë, III, 90 b: promise.
behind his hand, a stroke behind his hand, II, 63,24: seems==backhanded stroke.
behote, III, 71,315;pres., promise, thou behotë, III, 71,297: didst promise.
beik,beet,bete, on, II, 121,20: put on fuel.
being, II, 410,26: means of living.
belinger, IV, 74,G b3: corruption or misprint for (best?) ginger.
beliue,belyfe,b(e)lyue, III, 4,18; 28,125; 29,144; 35,18; 84, 87,300; 94,53; 117,13: soon, immediately.
bell, silken, III, 261,D7: conical canopy? corrupted from beild, shelter (screen)? Aytoun, with great probability, conjectures pall. Cf.A10;E10;F14, which support the emendation.
Bell(Archie), III, 491,3,7: billie (comrade, brother), as inD, III, 492,2.
belle, bere the, I, 328,42; II, 58,1; V,202b: stand foremost, take the lead.
bell-groat, I, 251,A3,5. Same as next word.
belling-great, I, 252,3,5: groat for ringing bell.
belly-,billie-blind. SeeBillie Blin.
below the sun, lookit below the sun, II, 78,15; III, 6,6; in below the sun, 8,6. Seeaneath the sun.
belted plaids, IV, 84,11; 85,3; 87,2; V,253, No 203,D2: “properly twelve yards of tartan cloth worn round the waist, obliquely across the breast and left shoulder, and partly depending backwards, ut in bello gestatur.”
belyfe, straightway. Seebeliue.
belyue.Seebeliue.
bemean, V,163,4: bemoan, compassionate.
ben.Good ben be here, III, 267,10: God’s (or good) benison? Probably corrupt.
ben(shoes o, sheen o), IV, 378,7; 380,14: bend, bend-leather, strong ox-leather, thickened by tanning.
ben, I, 56 f.,C2,14; III, 267,20; 268,17; 270,16; 272,20; 274,33: towards the inner apartment of the house, or parlor, in, within. come farer ben, I, 369,51; he was ben, II, 313,16; he wood her butt, he wood her ben, I, 56,2. V,216,B a7;219,10;242b,8.