buik,bouk, IV, 485,12,14: body.buik,buke, IV, 411,2; V,122,9: book.buik, II, 71,10:pret.of bake (A. S. bóc).builded,pret., III, 123,4; sheltered, hid. (A. S. byldan, Scot, bield.)buird, V,138,11,12,14: board.buirdly,buirlie(bride), II, 82,51; 130,8: portly, stately, large and well made. buirdlie men, II, 315,E6. Seebierly.buke, II, 165,14: bouk, body. The verse is suspicious; more sense could be had by reading Maist fair, etc., and making the line the beginning of the speech of the fourth brother. Seebouk,buik.buke,buik, book.bukeld, V,276,18. Seebaucheld.buld, build, built.bull-baits, I, 103,E4: represents strokes, blows (cf. other versions), and must have some such sense. Possibly a corruption of buffets, though I see not how. A compounding of Old Englishbollen, to strike, and ofbeatwould be unlikely.Bull-baits, for violent assaults, no doubt seemed good enough to the reciter.bully,billy, IV, 146 f.,5,12,18-21, etc.: brother, fellow, mate. Seebillie.bullyship, IV, 147,29,33: comradeship.bun, II, 191,26; IV, 45,6: boun(d), ready to go.bun, V,267a,9: bound, tied up.bune(how she is), II, 191,30: going on, faring.burd,bird, I, 69 f.,70,72; 71,57; II, 282,6; III, 393,14; 394,K3; IV, 418,2,3,5, etc.; 420,2,4,5, etc.; 424,1,2,4; V,228f.,12,22,34,35: damsel, maid, lady; V,229,32: perhaps offspring.burd-alone, he lay burd-alone, I, 298,2: solitary, by himself; cf. maid alone, II, 149,2.Burd Alone, II, 95,1,3,4,5: desolate, forlorn one; corruption of Burd Helen, 96,J2: cf. bird her lane.bure, I, 108,8: bore (pret.).Burgesse(?), IV, 503,4; 504,24: Bordeaux. Should probably be Burdesse.burgh, IV, 53,15-17: town.burken, II, 133,8: birken, birchen.Burlow-beanie, I, 287,60,65,70,74: =Billy Blin, which see (I, 67).burly, I, 300,4. Seebeerly.burn,bourn, I, 438,A3,4; III, 440,16; 460,27: brook.burn-brae, IV, 76,1: hillside with a brook at the bottom.burnyssht, III, 63,136: shining, made bright.burrow-town,burrows-town, IV, 288,E3; 299,d13: properly, chartered town, corporate town; perhaps nothing more than a town of some size, larger than a village. Seeborrows-town.bursen, IV, 4b6: burst, bursen day, IV, 481,20: overpoweringly fatiguing.buse, þe buse agayne, I, 328,54: it behoves thee (other texts, thou most).pret.(personal) bot, II, 94,3; beet, III, 281,2; bud, boud, I, 73,62; V,176,17.busk,buss(Icel. búask, old reflexive of búa, make ready, from the participle of which comes boun, so that busk and boun are of the same origin and equivalent).1.make ready, buske you, III, 73,340. busk and boune, II, 24,5; III, 434,22. buske yee, bowne yee, III, 91,5. the[y] buske them bowne, he buskes him bowne, III, 285,26,38. they busked and made them bowne, III, 284,2.2.dress, deck. busk and mak yow braw, II, 23,E5. busk the bride, II, 104,16,18; 105,10,11; 106,11.p. p.busket, III, 433,3. weel-busked hat, IV, 199,9: decorated. buskit wi rings, V,203a. busk on you the flowers, II, 465,3: put on as ornaments. buskit fire wi leaves, II, 411,10: set about. busk your ship roon (with feather beds), IV, 381,8, cf. 10: wrap, sheathe.3.betake oneself, go. I wol me buske ouer the salte see: III, 59,56. Seebuskit.buske, III, 97,12: bush.busker, III, 252,16: corrupt;testamentin other copies.buskit,-et, III, 433,3: dressed, buskit his bow in her hair, I, 131,15: furnished, strung. Seebusk.buss, I, 130,16; II, 133,8; III, 3,6;5,D7; 6,6: bush.buss, IV, 510,4; 513 a,1: busk, make ready, dress. Seebusk.busshement, III, 71,301: ambuscade.busting,n., V,301b,3: padding or the like used to improve the figure.but,prep., without: I, 16,6; 420,9,10; 430,3; III, 161,30; IV, 41 b; 326,16; 329,A,bafter12.but, III, 267,20; 268,17; 270,16; 272,20; 274,33: towards the outer apartment or kitchen, without, out. gae butt the house and bid her come ben, V,115,6. he wood her butt, he wood her ben, I, 56 f.,C2,14; cf. V, 219,10. but it speaks, V,306,6: out speaks.but, if ye be a maiden but, I, 72,25: corrupt; read, binna maiden yet?but and,bot and,but an,bat an==and also: I, 18,F7; 69,49; 72,5; 345,C8,9,10; 464,8; 474,36; IV, 418,5; V,246b,4,6,8.but nor hed, II, 191,27: but and had not.but than==but and, IV, 465,23.by(cf. alsobe), II, 56 a; 433,2; III, 22,2; 91,2; IV, 420,2,4; 422,2: about, concerning (as, by a knight I say my song). V,272b,3,7,11;277,4; 278,20(spelledbay),31: in comparison with, on comparing (by272 b,34, should perhaps bebut; cf.114). kend thy freind by thy foe, III, 420,18: in distinction from. by than, III, 77,435: by the time that. by weeke, spend forty pounds by weeke, II, 442,7: distributively, a week. So, by yere, III, 61,92. he maun do them by, V,169,12: do without. no far by, V,123,10: not far off. called young Brichen by, I, 465,5: called on, to. ca’d by Andrew Lammie, IV, 302,1: called by the name of.by and bye, the keys hang at that lady by and bye, I, 471,4: one next to the other (?).by and by, IV, 196 f.,1,14: nigh.by and by, I, 287 f.,60,71,75,77; V,122,1;123,1: directly, immediately.by== aby, pay for, atone for: III, 97,15.byckarte,pret.of bicker, III, 307,5: (fought) attacked (the deer).byd, must, am under necessity.byddys, III, 308,26: abides.byde, III, 297,37: wait.p. p.byddin, V,202a: staid.pret.byde, there was naething byde him wi, IV, 428,11: nothing which did remain.bydene.Seebidene.bye fell, III, 440,8: a rocky hill or piece of high land lying off or aside of the way.bye-yett, IV, 21,10: side-gate (subsidiary, not principal).bygane, gone by.byggande,ptc., I, 327,33: building.byrde, I, 327,22: woman (wife or maid). Seeburd.byre, II, 182,8; 184,13; 188,13; IV, 293,9; 297,9: cow-house.bystode, hard bystode, III, 98,33: hard pressed.bytecke, commit to: I, 327,29.Cca,caw,call==drive, strike. ca a nail, I, 403,13; III, 495,B b, after7. ca a pin, IV, 381,9,11. ca in the stake, II, 123,14,27. caw shoon on a steed, IV, 470,18. ca up a gallows, II, 253,8. ca’d holes, V,141b,8. ca hogs, II, 258,32. ca the mare, IV, 17 f.,5,13. ca horse, IV, 109,1. call sheep, II, 255,17. caw ky, IV, 193,13; 194,17. ca the pleugh, V,105,A10. waft (emend fromwraft) was neer ca’d throw, I, 424 a,12,13; 425,12,13. ca’d the table wi her foot, II, 313,20. ca’d out the sheriff’s een, IV, 392,19.ca’d by, ca’d by Andrew Lammie, IV, 302,1: called by the name of.caddie.Seecadie.cadger,cauger, an itinerant huckster. corn-caugers, III, 479,8(== corn-buyers, 491,6; corn-dealers, 492,4).cadgily, V,115,1: merrily.cadie,caddie, IV, 351,4,5; 353,6,7,9,10, etc.: a young fellow who does errands, or any inferior kind of work.caft, IV, 330 a, appendix, 2: calved.cairdman, II, 474,9,10: tinker, beggar.cald, III, 455,10: could.cale,call,calle, V,221,20;228,19;247,1(MS. calld); 248,21; 257,15: cold.call, a call opon, V,221,14,19: a call out, (simply) call.call,v., III, 62,113; 111,38: address.calland, II, 267,9: lad.called their grandmother over, IV, 70,G2: corrupted from cast their glamour oer her.caller,cauler, IV, 484, after23; 485,19: (of air), fresh.cam,pret.of come: III, 61,91; 69,259.came home,hame, of child-birth, IV, 405,54; 420,5. Seebring hame.cammer, II, 131,6: (conjecture forcannell) cambric (Scottish cammeraige, camroche).camovine, IV, 212,4; 213,12: camomile.campioun, II, 386,18: champion.campy, I, 304,1: having the quality or make of a champion, or (name) champion (likekempy).camric, cambric.can, II, 445,62; 450,67; III, 66,210; 67,227; 162,55: knows.can,inf., will never can steer ye, IV, 69,15.can,cann, an auxiliary of the present tense, can bee==is: II, 442,14; 443,30; 444,51; 446,93. Cf. do be (are), I, 184,47. (may be, II, 448,33; 451,100; might be, III, 452,10, show a misunderstanding of this.) auxiliary of the past tense,==did: II, 446,81,84; III, 65,184; 67,223; 298,56. (Probably a corruption of gan.) cold, colde, could, cowde,==did: I, 294,23,24; III, 298,56,59; 440,10; IV, 3,19; V,278,37. cold be, II, 443,34; III, 413,34: were, was. cold see, III, 413,32: saw, have seen. (An extension of the use of can==gan.)cankerdly, III, 160,13; 267,10: crossly.cankred, III, 189,A9: ill-humored, complaining, crabbed (Scottish canker, to fret), with reference to the behavior in6. But as John shows no crookedtemper to the palmers, possibly cankred is to be taken literally as crooked (seeB10), having in mind Icel. kengr, a crook of metal, English kink, etc.cannas,cannis,canies, V,239,35;276,14,15:canvas, coarse cloth.cannel, II, 147,3,4: candle.canny,adj., IV, 303,16; 304,4: gentle. IV, 305,25: cautious. IV, 306,17: clever, expert. V,121a: wily. IV, 132,G4: canny (Cannygate) seems to be for jingle, but may be a term of general commendation.canny,cannie,cannilie,adv., IV, 154,4; 304,14; 306,29: cautiously. IV, 133,3,4; 306,18; 354,2,3: attentively. I, 245 f.,11-14: carefully, expertly. I, 245,8,9: expertly, or gently. II, 161,18: slowly, or softly.cantie,canty, IV, 261,3; 317,F6; V,115,2: merry.cap,caup, II, 344,1: cup.cap,cape, V,230a,10,11: catch,pret.,p. p.caped, II, 317,B b20; V,219,23;271,14: struck. Seekep.cape, V,79,32: cloak.capull-hyde, III, 92,7; 93,44; 94,48: horse-hide.care, car, cart.care,v., II, 370,16: mind, object.care-bed, II, 58,4; 433,3; 434,28; 435,47; 436 f.,58,79(of a hopeless lover): almost, or quite, sick-bed; (of a mother) III, 3,2; so, bed of care, V,227,11. “care-bed lair, a disconsolate situation; a sick-bed.” Jamieson.carefull, III, 57,28; 343,18: full of care, sorrowful.carket,carknet, I, 69,56; 71,46: necklace.carl,carle,carel,carril,cerl, II, 466 f.,35,36,45,46; III, 189,B10,11; IV, 493 f.,7,11,30; V,237,6,7;238,12,13, etc.: fellow, man of low condition, peasant.carlin,carline, old woman, V,26,24; of a gentleman’s mother, I, 71,31; of a wealthy woman, II, 238,1,2, low-born woman, peasant woman: II, 467,40,47; 469 f.,42,51,56-58; V,26,24.carlish, churlish, uncivilized.carrlis, careless.carnal, II, 8,1,2,4: (cornicula, corneille) crow.carp,carpe, III, 127, play,31; 310,58: talk. In, harp and (or) carp, I, 324,5; 325,5; 329,2; IV, 18,9,10; 19,B5,6,12; 20 f.,C7,D7,8; 21,E8; 23,A c22; 454 b; 455,8, carp seems to mean tell tales, probably sing or chant tales (ballads) to the harp. See I, 329,2,3.carping, III, 13,1; IV, 21,17: talk, tale.carry, IV, 247,C11; 253,15: pass, allow to pass, make effective, hold good.case,in case that, I, 351,38; II, 103,1,8; 171,22; IV, 205,17: against the chance that, lest.case,cassed, V,274,4,5: cause, caused.casey,cassie, IV, 354,4; V,16,2,3,5,6: causeway.cast,n., III, 68,248: venture. (Possibly cost, outlay.)cast:pret., coost, koost, cust, cuist, keist, kiest, kyst, kest.p. p.casten, castin, coosten, custan, cuisten.cast, III, 308,17: project, intend. cast on sleepe, III, 401,10: thrown into a sleep, fallen asleep.cast,pret., III, 344,34: struck, (upcast, III, 349,34.)casten,castin,p. p.of cast, I, 245,7; 463,3; II, 115,29; V,300,2;306,14.cat o clay, III, 11,L: a roll of straw and clay wrought together, used in building mud walls. Perhaps only a bit of clay.caterans, V,253b,1: robbers, Highland or Irish irregular soldiers. (Gaelic ceatharnach, soldier.)cauger.Seecadger.caul,kell, IV, 483,20: a woman’s cap.cauler, IV, 26,6; 485,19: cool, fresh. Seecaller.caup, II, 472,27: cup. Seecap.cause, in that cause to flee, II, 421,34: exigency (such exigency that you had to flee).caution, III, 447 b; 451, note *: surety.cavil,kavil,kaivle,kevel(Dutch kavel), I, 69,46,48: lot.caw,cawd. Seeca’.cawte, III, 296,26: wary.ceppet,kepit, II, 410,6; 407,13: received, caught, when falling. Seecap,cape.cerl.Seecarl.cerstyn, III, 111,44: Christian.certyl, III, 14,15: kirtle (man’s garment).césererá,sassaray, II, 207,A5; 209,E5: intended for an imitation of the sound of bells.chaffare, III, 111,33; 113,68; V,79,21,25: ware, merchandise.chaffe, III, 34,11: chuff, clown, loon, simpleton.chaft-blade, III, 269,9; V,243,12: jaw-bone.chafts, III, 267,16: chaps, jaws.chalmer,chamer,chaumer, chamber.chamber thy words, II, 435,45: restrain, suppress, be chary of.changehouse, IV, 153,E3: tavern, ale-house.channerin, II, 239,11: fretting, petulant.chap, knock, rap, tap: I, 107,3,4; 465,11; 481,29; II, 140,15; 177,14,16; 272,14; 313,14; IV, 445 f.,3,4; V,228,16;306b,1: of the striking of the hour, II, 371,7.chaperine, III, 514,10, would make some sense as chapel, but the form is unaccountable except as a popular diminutive.chare, III, 250,J7,8: turn.charge, IV, 457,1, must be understood ascharge not, forbid.charter(simply): III, 358,82. See next word.chartre of peace, III, 27,108: grant of pardon, paper condoning past offences.chase, III, 26,74: follow up, hunt down, chase the wine, III, 169,24: follow, keep up, likefollow strong drink. (But a rhyme-end.)chaunler-chaftit, I, 303,6: having chafts (chops) like a chandler (candlestick, lantern), lantern-jawed, with a long, thin face.chaunter, I, 438,B6: usually, tube of the bagpipe, which would not be expected here. A book of chants would suit. Cf. Sir Hugh, III, 247,20; 248,14; 249,H7,I5, etc.chays, hunting-ground.che, I, 415 b: she.chear, II, 193,27: sounds expressing a state of feeling (here sad). IV, 18,19: referring to the evening’s entertainment, or, simply doing and saying. Seechere.chear well to, III, 160,11: have good cheer at.check, tether’s check, V,213,10: spike of a tether.cheel, IV, 69,12: child, fellow.cheepe, better cheepe, V,15,26: (price) cheaper.cheeped, IV, 516,15: chipped, broken.cheik, II, 336,P2, close to the cheik and chin: cheik is door-post, chin often=gin, the contrivance for fastening, but gin would not come in well here, and it is likely that chin is meaningless, coming in because of its frequent association with cheek (kissed her cheek and chin, etc.), see door-cheik.chelvellrye, IV, 503,1: corrupt. Read,chevauchie, excursion on horseback? (would a progress ride, III, 343,2.)chepe,cheepe,n., bargain. better chepe, III, 69,259: more cheaply. gret chepe! III, 111,34: great bargain!chepe,v., III, 110,26; 111,33: cheapen, bargain for, or buy.chere,cheer,cheir,chier,chear. carefull, sorry chere, III, 57,28; 68,239: face, countenance. I, 109,14; 117,6; 330,B7; II, 189,37; III, 441,37; IV, 20,15: of state of mind, bearing, or behavior. III, 66,197; 67,215; 75,394; IV, 18,19: entertainment, merry-making. here is a symple chere, III, 59,61. made gode chere, III, 100,67: repast.cherish,v., I, 76,19; IV, 96,C11; 437,25: cheer.cherry, V,264,4: sherry.chess, I, 86,15: jess, strap; properly, leather strap for a hawk’s leg (explained by R. Jamieson, hawk’s bell).chess, IV, 457,L8, dancin in a chess: chace? forest? Probably corrupt, sinceA10,B10, I, 341, 343, have playing at the chess.chess,chissof farie, V,165f.,6,9,10: corrupt; read, cheese o Fyvie (see V,305f.).chest,kist, IV, 342,12: coffin.cheue,v., III, 73,349: end. Seechewys.cheverons, III, 374,8: gloves.chewys, I, 327,20: endest, comest off. (French chevir.) Seecheue.cheys, III, 112,48: choose.child,chiel,chil,cheel, child, young fellow: I, 72,8; 367,3; IV, 69,12; 432,15; V,278,33. as an appellation, II, 85 f.,1,2,6, etc.; 128 f.,1,5,8, etc.; 264 f.,1,7, etc.; V,157,1,6, etc. auld chiel, V,125,6,8: devil,pl.chylderin, III, 13,2,3.childer, III, 478,24; IV, 99,11: children.chill, V,287,16: child.chimly, II, 71,9; IV, 481,22; V,122,5: chimney.chin, chappit at the chin, II, 140,15,24; stecked doors close to the chin, II, 336,P2: gin, that is, pin. Seegin,pin.chine, IV, 188,18: chin.chip-hole, I, 305,3: a hole chipped or cracked, a chink.chiss,chess, V,165f.,6,9,10: cheese. See V,305f.chive, II, 362,34=schive, slice.chiven, play the, III, 145,8: “run away precipitately,” Nares; chiven, chivin=chub, or any shy fish. chivie=fearful.choice,choise, II, 463,17; 469,34; 473,12; V,269,15: choose.choised, chosen.choose,chose, I, 103,7; 329,2; IV, 211, notes,6: choice.choosed,p. p., III, 440,23.chossen,p. p., chosen.christendom,christendame,christendoun,-doom, I, 341,21; 344,20; 346,11; 350,24; 369,48; 370,15,19: christening (as in Old English).christentie,cristendie, I, 286,46; II, 53,41; V,192,22,33;194,65: Christendom.chrystall, II, 52,17: rock-crystal, a variety of quartz.church-style, IV, 412,14: the gate of the enclosure round a church.churlish, I, 102,2: of vulgar derivation.chylderin.Seechild.cirsned,p. p., V,224,19: christened.clade,clead,cleed, clad.claes,claise, I, 488,17; II, 90,25; IV, 18,16; 262,22; V,118,6,7,14: clothes.claiding,cleadin, etc., IV, 424,12: clothing.claith, II, 131,8: garment.clam,pret.of climb, II, 166,35; V,249,4.clap, in a clap, IV, 41 b: moment.clap, II, 269,25; IV, 278,4; 303,18; 403,12; 414,25,14; V,125,4;277,7: pat, fondle, embrace.clappit at, V,173,1: knocked at (with ellipsis ofthe door).clarry, claret.clatter, IV, 21,14: to be loquacious.clead,cleed,cleid,clied, I, 220,B6; 224,J6,7; 225,L2,4; 504 b,2; IV, 451 a,2; V,211b,4: clothe.pret.cled, IV, 492 a,1.p. p.clead, IV, 456,1.cleadin,cleeding,cleiding,clieden,cliding,n., II, 92,7; 108,6; 183,19; 273,24; IV, 445,12; 457,2,7; 515,4: clothing. one of thy cleeding, II, 271,18: dresses.cleare, III, 307,5; IV, 166,C7; 477,21; 506,22: bright.cleathe, I, 222,F11,12; V,128,27,28: clothe.clecked,clekit,pret.,p. p., I, 254 a; II, 261,7: hatched.cleek,n.andv., I, 494,13; V,106E4;122,5: hook.clef,pret.of cleave, III, 13 f.,5,15.cleffe, III, 109,6; 112,52: cleave.cleiding,clieden, clothing. Seecleadin.clekit,clecked, I, 254 a: hatched.cleugh,clough, III, 22,1; IV, 6,13; 7,26; V,182,1;250,12: a hollow between steep banks, narrow glen or valley, high rocky bank.cleynt,pret., V,80,43: clung.clied.Seeclead.clift, I, 137,Ac6: cliff.clifting, IV, 179,4: clift, cleft, fissure.cliitt, III, 179,5: readclutt, clouted, patched.cling, V,154,15: shrink.clintin, IV, 179,B1: crevice, fissure,==clifting,A4.cloathe, III, 93,43; 174,24: garment.clock, IV, 3,20,22: limper, hobbler (Fr. clocher, Picard cloquer).clocken-hen, V,92,15,16: sitting hen.clod, got the clod that winna cling, V,154,15: the loaf of bread (?) that will not shrink (but will rise?), referring to the impending increase of her size.cloks, II, 166,36: beetles.Clootie, I, 5,18: a name for the Devil, from cloot, the half-hoof of a cloven-footed beast.close,closs, enclosure, yard, and, before a house, court-yard: I, 145,15; 146,10,19,21; 147,14; 148,G10; 149,I7; V,173,1;279, No 257,11;306b,2. castle-yard: IV, 84,22; 86,C10; 87,7; 89,10. lady standing in the close pinning her gown, III, 436,3. close parler, III, 431,22: securely enclosed, or fastened?23, you are in close: one (not trustworthy) transcript hasto chose, which would make easier sense. Saint Evron’s closs, I, 146,19,21: cloister?closely, III, 470 a: covertly, without attracting observation.closs.Seeclose.cloth and fee, III, 433,7: clothing and wage. holde with cloth and fee, III, 61,107: retained by presents of clothes and money.clot-,clout-lether, V,79,27: mending-leather.cloudy, II, 31,N1, cloudy stone: (A. S. clúdig) rocky. (Read, cloud and stone==reef and rock?)clout,n., V,116,10: patch. Seeclouts.clout-leather,clouting-leather, V,77,39;b39;83,55: leather for mending, patching.clouts, II, 463,24; 470,54: pieces of cloth for bed-coverings, or sheets (linsey clouts, canvas clouts). II, 470,53: duds, clothes. Seeclout.clouty, I, 206,35; 207,33; V,110,2;116,4, 5: patched.clud, IV, 174,12, clud o night: cloud.clunkers,clunkerts, I, 305,13; V,213,9: clots of dirt.clutt, III, 179,5: clouted (given wrongly cliitt).clyffe, III, 91 a (play): rive, sunder, be split.co, V,250,17,19: quo, quoth.coad, II, 132,27. Seecod.coardie, V,244,7: cowardice.coat-neuk, II, 107,3,5: corner of his coat.coate-armor, III, 284,11,13: surcoat or tabard, embroidered with armorial bearings, worn over the armor as a personal distinction, and for identification, the face being concealed.coble, IV, 128,7; 359,2,5, etc.: boat (yawl, flat-bottomed boat).cock, II, 472,20,28; V,269,14: knots, or other arrangements, of ribbon for the hair. (French coque.)cockward, I, 285,24,26: old cock, fool (French coquard).cod,coad, I, 68,29; II, 132,27; 270,27: pillow.coffer, trunk or box, for clothes and valuables: I, 69,60; 71,49; II, 375 f.,23,26,29; IV, 258,19. In a commonplace with mantle: I, 350,16; III, 244,11; IV, 385,26; V,175,2; absurdly introduced in the first two instances; ridiculously corrupted, I, 348 f.,F1,3,13; II, 475,5.coft, I, 356,56; 394,9; 397,D8,10,12; III, 11,6; V,118,9;162,C7;163,13: bought.cog,coug, II, 30,6; IV, 378 f.,2,3,20; 379 f., 2,4,17-19; V,275,2,3,9: boat, vessel.cog,cogie, II, 273 a; IV, 199,15; 200,17; 206,9; V,273a: milk-pail.coif,quoif, II, 280,B3; III, 514b,3; 515 a,1,4: cap.coil(of hay), II, 233,7: cock.coilyear, V,70b: collier, charcoal-burner.cold,could,coud, understood. cold of wisdome, of curtesye, I, 271,1,3. cold of his curtesie, I, 286,49; V,132,3. cold, could, coud his curtesye, II, 433,10; 435,35; III, 75,385; V,132,3.cold,could,coud, did. Seecan.cole, III, 74,372; 76,421: cowl, monk’s hood, also frock, which last is intended here, for the king wears a broad hat and puts on a green garment when he casts off his cowl.coled(high coled). Seecolld.coll,v.Seecow.coll, cold.collaine,collayne,collen, swords of, III, 298,50: of Cologne steel. collaine, collen brand, I, 286,42,43,45.colld,coled, cut, shaped, fashioned. high-colld hose, I, 69,52; 71,42. high coled stockings, I, 72,9: made to go to the knee or above (perhaps in contradistinction to short hose, worn by common people). high-coled shoon, I, 73,64. laigh-colld shoon, I, 69,52; 71,42; 72,9: low-cut shoes. high-colld hat, IV, 204,12: hat peaked before and behind.colleen, II, 497 f.,4,13,16: (Ir. and Sc. Gaelic cailin, diminutive of caile, simple country maid) girl.collen, of Cologne. Seecollaine.com,come,pret.of come, I, 244,10,13; 328,46.comand, V,80,56: commanded. (Read, comanded?)comd,pret.of come, III, 430,6; 467,61.p. p., I, 324,4; III, 464,3,7.come,pret.cam, com, come, coom, comd.pret. pl.come.ptc. pres.coomin.p. p.comen, commen, coom, comd.come,pret. pl.of come, III, 216,34.come by(life), IV, 515,7: get, obtain, gain.comen,commen,p. p.of come, II, 52,19; 54,46; III, 35,32.comentye,comyntie, III, 361,b,c58: commonalty.comfort,p. p.of comfort, II, 370,22.commant,p. p.of command, III, 9,1.commaunded theym agayne, III, 77,430:comehas perhaps dropped out; later editions, them to come.compare, made him no compare, V,260, No 221,1: made no comparison (of others) with him.compass, I, 346 f.,17,25; 351,32,44: circle.compear,compeir, III, 364 b; IV, 81 b; 164 a: appear.comt, count.complete, sang sae sweet and sae complete, V,301, No 200: excellently, skilfully.compted, III, 77,437: emendation forcommyttedof 80 and 81,437. (85, 88, commended for.)comunye, I, 285,31: communing.comyn-bell, III, 100,73: town bell, a clerc the commun belle rong. Robert of Gloucester, p. 541, Hearne.condescend upon, IV, 41 b, note §: particularize.conduction, III, 403 a: direction, charge.cone, liftet up the cone, IV, 484, a, last stanza: apparently the face-cloth, which may have been gathered into a conical form the better to fit the face. J. Aiken.conferred, III, 336, note †: made the subject of conference.conform, IV, 63 b: conformably.confound, II, 443,38; 449,44: be the destruction of.conquess, V,191f.,9,13,23,35: conquer.convay.Seeconvoy.convë, V,117,13;268,27,28: convoy, escort.convened, III, 409 a, note: agreed.convenient, IV, 78,4: suitable.convention, made a, III, 364 a: had a meeting.convey.Seeconvoy.convoy,convay,n., I, 252,16; IV, 37,15; 38,15; 267,14: escort. IV, 453,6: of attendance upon the dead.convoy,convey,v., II, 27,4: convey. IV, 267,3,10; 269 f.,f2,3,g3; 317,7; 318,12; V,119,12: escort, accompany part of the way homeward, or on a journey, see a friend off, a young woman home.coom,p. p., V,296a: come.coomin,ptc., V,296a: coming.coops, IV, 461,4: carts (tip-carts).coost,koost,pret.of cast, I, 73,59; 102,18; IV, 477,6; V,173,3,4. I, 74,70; 78,48: threw things about.p. p.coosten, I, 77,5; 324,B6; 371,3.coot,queet, IV, 212,5: ankle.cop,coppe, I, 244,9; III, 123,6: head.coped, overset. Seecouped.cor,Corehead,Corhead, V,192,37;195f.,35(MS., Carhead);196,52: (Gaelic coire, cauldron, dell) corrie, a hollow in a hill. Jamieson. Penman’s Core,193,51,55,58, described as a hollow on the top of a high ridge of hills, might possibly be Penman score (score, a deep, narrow, ragged indentation on the side of a hill, South of Scotland. Jamieson). poor man’s core, V,196,52, corruption.
buik,bouk, IV, 485,12,14: body.
buik,buke, IV, 411,2; V,122,9: book.
buik, II, 71,10:pret.of bake (A. S. bóc).
builded,pret., III, 123,4; sheltered, hid. (A. S. byldan, Scot, bield.)
buird, V,138,11,12,14: board.
buirdly,buirlie(bride), II, 82,51; 130,8: portly, stately, large and well made. buirdlie men, II, 315,E6. Seebierly.
buke, II, 165,14: bouk, body. The verse is suspicious; more sense could be had by reading Maist fair, etc., and making the line the beginning of the speech of the fourth brother. Seebouk,buik.
buke,buik, book.
bukeld, V,276,18. Seebaucheld.
buld, build, built.
bull-baits, I, 103,E4: represents strokes, blows (cf. other versions), and must have some such sense. Possibly a corruption of buffets, though I see not how. A compounding of Old Englishbollen, to strike, and ofbeatwould be unlikely.Bull-baits, for violent assaults, no doubt seemed good enough to the reciter.
bully,billy, IV, 146 f.,5,12,18-21, etc.: brother, fellow, mate. Seebillie.
bullyship, IV, 147,29,33: comradeship.
bun, II, 191,26; IV, 45,6: boun(d), ready to go.
bun, V,267a,9: bound, tied up.
bune(how she is), II, 191,30: going on, faring.
burd,bird, I, 69 f.,70,72; 71,57; II, 282,6; III, 393,14; 394,K3; IV, 418,2,3,5, etc.; 420,2,4,5, etc.; 424,1,2,4; V,228f.,12,22,34,35: damsel, maid, lady; V,229,32: perhaps offspring.
burd-alone, he lay burd-alone, I, 298,2: solitary, by himself; cf. maid alone, II, 149,2.
Burd Alone, II, 95,1,3,4,5: desolate, forlorn one; corruption of Burd Helen, 96,J2: cf. bird her lane.
bure, I, 108,8: bore (pret.).
Burgesse(?), IV, 503,4; 504,24: Bordeaux. Should probably be Burdesse.
burgh, IV, 53,15-17: town.
burken, II, 133,8: birken, birchen.
Burlow-beanie, I, 287,60,65,70,74: =Billy Blin, which see (I, 67).
burly, I, 300,4. Seebeerly.
burn,bourn, I, 438,A3,4; III, 440,16; 460,27: brook.
burn-brae, IV, 76,1: hillside with a brook at the bottom.
burnyssht, III, 63,136: shining, made bright.
burrow-town,burrows-town, IV, 288,E3; 299,d13: properly, chartered town, corporate town; perhaps nothing more than a town of some size, larger than a village. Seeborrows-town.
bursen, IV, 4b6: burst, bursen day, IV, 481,20: overpoweringly fatiguing.
buse, þe buse agayne, I, 328,54: it behoves thee (other texts, thou most).pret.(personal) bot, II, 94,3; beet, III, 281,2; bud, boud, I, 73,62; V,176,17.
busk,buss(Icel. búask, old reflexive of búa, make ready, from the participle of which comes boun, so that busk and boun are of the same origin and equivalent).1.make ready, buske you, III, 73,340. busk and boune, II, 24,5; III, 434,22. buske yee, bowne yee, III, 91,5. the[y] buske them bowne, he buskes him bowne, III, 285,26,38. they busked and made them bowne, III, 284,2.2.dress, deck. busk and mak yow braw, II, 23,E5. busk the bride, II, 104,16,18; 105,10,11; 106,11.p. p.busket, III, 433,3. weel-busked hat, IV, 199,9: decorated. buskit wi rings, V,203a. busk on you the flowers, II, 465,3: put on as ornaments. buskit fire wi leaves, II, 411,10: set about. busk your ship roon (with feather beds), IV, 381,8, cf. 10: wrap, sheathe.3.betake oneself, go. I wol me buske ouer the salte see: III, 59,56. Seebuskit.
buske, III, 97,12: bush.
busker, III, 252,16: corrupt;testamentin other copies.
buskit,-et, III, 433,3: dressed, buskit his bow in her hair, I, 131,15: furnished, strung. Seebusk.
buss, I, 130,16; II, 133,8; III, 3,6;5,D7; 6,6: bush.
buss, IV, 510,4; 513 a,1: busk, make ready, dress. Seebusk.
busshement, III, 71,301: ambuscade.
busting,n., V,301b,3: padding or the like used to improve the figure.
but,prep., without: I, 16,6; 420,9,10; 430,3; III, 161,30; IV, 41 b; 326,16; 329,A,bafter12.
but, III, 267,20; 268,17; 270,16; 272,20; 274,33: towards the outer apartment or kitchen, without, out. gae butt the house and bid her come ben, V,115,6. he wood her butt, he wood her ben, I, 56 f.,C2,14; cf. V, 219,10. but it speaks, V,306,6: out speaks.
but, if ye be a maiden but, I, 72,25: corrupt; read, binna maiden yet?
but and,bot and,but an,bat an==and also: I, 18,F7; 69,49; 72,5; 345,C8,9,10; 464,8; 474,36; IV, 418,5; V,246b,4,6,8.
but nor hed, II, 191,27: but and had not.
but than==but and, IV, 465,23.
by(cf. alsobe), II, 56 a; 433,2; III, 22,2; 91,2; IV, 420,2,4; 422,2: about, concerning (as, by a knight I say my song). V,272b,3,7,11;277,4; 278,20(spelledbay),31: in comparison with, on comparing (by272 b,34, should perhaps bebut; cf.114). kend thy freind by thy foe, III, 420,18: in distinction from. by than, III, 77,435: by the time that. by weeke, spend forty pounds by weeke, II, 442,7: distributively, a week. So, by yere, III, 61,92. he maun do them by, V,169,12: do without. no far by, V,123,10: not far off. called young Brichen by, I, 465,5: called on, to. ca’d by Andrew Lammie, IV, 302,1: called by the name of.
by and bye, the keys hang at that lady by and bye, I, 471,4: one next to the other (?).
by and by, IV, 196 f.,1,14: nigh.
by and by, I, 287 f.,60,71,75,77; V,122,1;123,1: directly, immediately.
by== aby, pay for, atone for: III, 97,15.
byckarte,pret.of bicker, III, 307,5: (fought) attacked (the deer).
byd, must, am under necessity.
byddys, III, 308,26: abides.
byde, III, 297,37: wait.p. p.byddin, V,202a: staid.pret.byde, there was naething byde him wi, IV, 428,11: nothing which did remain.
bydene.Seebidene.
bye fell, III, 440,8: a rocky hill or piece of high land lying off or aside of the way.
bye-yett, IV, 21,10: side-gate (subsidiary, not principal).
bygane, gone by.
byggande,ptc., I, 327,33: building.
byrde, I, 327,22: woman (wife or maid). Seeburd.
byre, II, 182,8; 184,13; 188,13; IV, 293,9; 297,9: cow-house.
bystode, hard bystode, III, 98,33: hard pressed.
bytecke, commit to: I, 327,29.
ca,caw,call==drive, strike. ca a nail, I, 403,13; III, 495,B b, after7. ca a pin, IV, 381,9,11. ca in the stake, II, 123,14,27. caw shoon on a steed, IV, 470,18. ca up a gallows, II, 253,8. ca’d holes, V,141b,8. ca hogs, II, 258,32. ca the mare, IV, 17 f.,5,13. ca horse, IV, 109,1. call sheep, II, 255,17. caw ky, IV, 193,13; 194,17. ca the pleugh, V,105,A10. waft (emend fromwraft) was neer ca’d throw, I, 424 a,12,13; 425,12,13. ca’d the table wi her foot, II, 313,20. ca’d out the sheriff’s een, IV, 392,19.
ca’d by, ca’d by Andrew Lammie, IV, 302,1: called by the name of.
caddie.Seecadie.
cadger,cauger, an itinerant huckster. corn-caugers, III, 479,8(== corn-buyers, 491,6; corn-dealers, 492,4).
cadgily, V,115,1: merrily.
cadie,caddie, IV, 351,4,5; 353,6,7,9,10, etc.: a young fellow who does errands, or any inferior kind of work.
caft, IV, 330 a, appendix, 2: calved.
cairdman, II, 474,9,10: tinker, beggar.
cald, III, 455,10: could.
cale,call,calle, V,221,20;228,19;247,1(MS. calld); 248,21; 257,15: cold.
call, a call opon, V,221,14,19: a call out, (simply) call.
call,v., III, 62,113; 111,38: address.
calland, II, 267,9: lad.
called their grandmother over, IV, 70,G2: corrupted from cast their glamour oer her.
caller,cauler, IV, 484, after23; 485,19: (of air), fresh.
cam,pret.of come: III, 61,91; 69,259.
came home,hame, of child-birth, IV, 405,54; 420,5. Seebring hame.
cammer, II, 131,6: (conjecture forcannell) cambric (Scottish cammeraige, camroche).
camovine, IV, 212,4; 213,12: camomile.
campioun, II, 386,18: champion.
campy, I, 304,1: having the quality or make of a champion, or (name) champion (likekempy).
camric, cambric.
can, II, 445,62; 450,67; III, 66,210; 67,227; 162,55: knows.
can,inf., will never can steer ye, IV, 69,15.
can,cann, an auxiliary of the present tense, can bee==is: II, 442,14; 443,30; 444,51; 446,93. Cf. do be (are), I, 184,47. (may be, II, 448,33; 451,100; might be, III, 452,10, show a misunderstanding of this.) auxiliary of the past tense,==did: II, 446,81,84; III, 65,184; 67,223; 298,56. (Probably a corruption of gan.) cold, colde, could, cowde,==did: I, 294,23,24; III, 298,56,59; 440,10; IV, 3,19; V,278,37. cold be, II, 443,34; III, 413,34: were, was. cold see, III, 413,32: saw, have seen. (An extension of the use of can==gan.)
cankerdly, III, 160,13; 267,10: crossly.
cankred, III, 189,A9: ill-humored, complaining, crabbed (Scottish canker, to fret), with reference to the behavior in6. But as John shows no crookedtemper to the palmers, possibly cankred is to be taken literally as crooked (seeB10), having in mind Icel. kengr, a crook of metal, English kink, etc.
cannas,cannis,canies, V,239,35;276,14,15:canvas, coarse cloth.
cannel, II, 147,3,4: candle.
canny,adj., IV, 303,16; 304,4: gentle. IV, 305,25: cautious. IV, 306,17: clever, expert. V,121a: wily. IV, 132,G4: canny (Cannygate) seems to be for jingle, but may be a term of general commendation.
canny,cannie,cannilie,adv., IV, 154,4; 304,14; 306,29: cautiously. IV, 133,3,4; 306,18; 354,2,3: attentively. I, 245 f.,11-14: carefully, expertly. I, 245,8,9: expertly, or gently. II, 161,18: slowly, or softly.
cantie,canty, IV, 261,3; 317,F6; V,115,2: merry.
cap,caup, II, 344,1: cup.
cap,cape, V,230a,10,11: catch,pret.,p. p.caped, II, 317,B b20; V,219,23;271,14: struck. Seekep.
cape, V,79,32: cloak.
capull-hyde, III, 92,7; 93,44; 94,48: horse-hide.
care, car, cart.
care,v., II, 370,16: mind, object.
care-bed, II, 58,4; 433,3; 434,28; 435,47; 436 f.,58,79(of a hopeless lover): almost, or quite, sick-bed; (of a mother) III, 3,2; so, bed of care, V,227,11. “care-bed lair, a disconsolate situation; a sick-bed.” Jamieson.
carefull, III, 57,28; 343,18: full of care, sorrowful.
carket,carknet, I, 69,56; 71,46: necklace.
carl,carle,carel,carril,cerl, II, 466 f.,35,36,45,46; III, 189,B10,11; IV, 493 f.,7,11,30; V,237,6,7;238,12,13, etc.: fellow, man of low condition, peasant.
carlin,carline, old woman, V,26,24; of a gentleman’s mother, I, 71,31; of a wealthy woman, II, 238,1,2, low-born woman, peasant woman: II, 467,40,47; 469 f.,42,51,56-58; V,26,24.
carlish, churlish, uncivilized.
carrlis, careless.
carnal, II, 8,1,2,4: (cornicula, corneille) crow.
carp,carpe, III, 127, play,31; 310,58: talk. In, harp and (or) carp, I, 324,5; 325,5; 329,2; IV, 18,9,10; 19,B5,6,12; 20 f.,C7,D7,8; 21,E8; 23,A c22; 454 b; 455,8, carp seems to mean tell tales, probably sing or chant tales (ballads) to the harp. See I, 329,2,3.
carping, III, 13,1; IV, 21,17: talk, tale.
carry, IV, 247,C11; 253,15: pass, allow to pass, make effective, hold good.
case,in case that, I, 351,38; II, 103,1,8; 171,22; IV, 205,17: against the chance that, lest.
case,cassed, V,274,4,5: cause, caused.
casey,cassie, IV, 354,4; V,16,2,3,5,6: causeway.
cast,n., III, 68,248: venture. (Possibly cost, outlay.)
cast:pret., coost, koost, cust, cuist, keist, kiest, kyst, kest.p. p.casten, castin, coosten, custan, cuisten.
cast, III, 308,17: project, intend. cast on sleepe, III, 401,10: thrown into a sleep, fallen asleep.
cast,pret., III, 344,34: struck, (upcast, III, 349,34.)
casten,castin,p. p.of cast, I, 245,7; 463,3; II, 115,29; V,300,2;306,14.
cat o clay, III, 11,L: a roll of straw and clay wrought together, used in building mud walls. Perhaps only a bit of clay.
caterans, V,253b,1: robbers, Highland or Irish irregular soldiers. (Gaelic ceatharnach, soldier.)
cauger.Seecadger.
caul,kell, IV, 483,20: a woman’s cap.
cauler, IV, 26,6; 485,19: cool, fresh. Seecaller.
caup, II, 472,27: cup. Seecap.
cause, in that cause to flee, II, 421,34: exigency (such exigency that you had to flee).
caution, III, 447 b; 451, note *: surety.
cavil,kavil,kaivle,kevel(Dutch kavel), I, 69,46,48: lot.
caw,cawd. Seeca’.
cawte, III, 296,26: wary.
ceppet,kepit, II, 410,6; 407,13: received, caught, when falling. Seecap,cape.
cerl.Seecarl.
cerstyn, III, 111,44: Christian.
certyl, III, 14,15: kirtle (man’s garment).
césererá,sassaray, II, 207,A5; 209,E5: intended for an imitation of the sound of bells.
chaffare, III, 111,33; 113,68; V,79,21,25: ware, merchandise.
chaffe, III, 34,11: chuff, clown, loon, simpleton.
chaft-blade, III, 269,9; V,243,12: jaw-bone.
chafts, III, 267,16: chaps, jaws.
chalmer,chamer,chaumer, chamber.
chamber thy words, II, 435,45: restrain, suppress, be chary of.
changehouse, IV, 153,E3: tavern, ale-house.
channerin, II, 239,11: fretting, petulant.
chap, knock, rap, tap: I, 107,3,4; 465,11; 481,29; II, 140,15; 177,14,16; 272,14; 313,14; IV, 445 f.,3,4; V,228,16;306b,1: of the striking of the hour, II, 371,7.
chaperine, III, 514,10, would make some sense as chapel, but the form is unaccountable except as a popular diminutive.
chare, III, 250,J7,8: turn.
charge, IV, 457,1, must be understood ascharge not, forbid.
charter(simply): III, 358,82. See next word.
chartre of peace, III, 27,108: grant of pardon, paper condoning past offences.
chase, III, 26,74: follow up, hunt down, chase the wine, III, 169,24: follow, keep up, likefollow strong drink. (But a rhyme-end.)
chaunler-chaftit, I, 303,6: having chafts (chops) like a chandler (candlestick, lantern), lantern-jawed, with a long, thin face.
chaunter, I, 438,B6: usually, tube of the bagpipe, which would not be expected here. A book of chants would suit. Cf. Sir Hugh, III, 247,20; 248,14; 249,H7,I5, etc.
chays, hunting-ground.
che, I, 415 b: she.
chear, II, 193,27: sounds expressing a state of feeling (here sad). IV, 18,19: referring to the evening’s entertainment, or, simply doing and saying. Seechere.
chear well to, III, 160,11: have good cheer at.
check, tether’s check, V,213,10: spike of a tether.
cheel, IV, 69,12: child, fellow.
cheepe, better cheepe, V,15,26: (price) cheaper.
cheeped, IV, 516,15: chipped, broken.
cheik, II, 336,P2, close to the cheik and chin: cheik is door-post, chin often=gin, the contrivance for fastening, but gin would not come in well here, and it is likely that chin is meaningless, coming in because of its frequent association with cheek (kissed her cheek and chin, etc.), see door-cheik.
chelvellrye, IV, 503,1: corrupt. Read,chevauchie, excursion on horseback? (would a progress ride, III, 343,2.)
chepe,cheepe,n., bargain. better chepe, III, 69,259: more cheaply. gret chepe! III, 111,34: great bargain!
chepe,v., III, 110,26; 111,33: cheapen, bargain for, or buy.
chere,cheer,cheir,chier,chear. carefull, sorry chere, III, 57,28; 68,239: face, countenance. I, 109,14; 117,6; 330,B7; II, 189,37; III, 441,37; IV, 20,15: of state of mind, bearing, or behavior. III, 66,197; 67,215; 75,394; IV, 18,19: entertainment, merry-making. here is a symple chere, III, 59,61. made gode chere, III, 100,67: repast.
cherish,v., I, 76,19; IV, 96,C11; 437,25: cheer.
cherry, V,264,4: sherry.
chess, I, 86,15: jess, strap; properly, leather strap for a hawk’s leg (explained by R. Jamieson, hawk’s bell).
chess, IV, 457,L8, dancin in a chess: chace? forest? Probably corrupt, sinceA10,B10, I, 341, 343, have playing at the chess.
chess,chissof farie, V,165f.,6,9,10: corrupt; read, cheese o Fyvie (see V,305f.).
chest,kist, IV, 342,12: coffin.
cheue,v., III, 73,349: end. Seechewys.
cheverons, III, 374,8: gloves.
chewys, I, 327,20: endest, comest off. (French chevir.) Seecheue.
cheys, III, 112,48: choose.
child,chiel,chil,cheel, child, young fellow: I, 72,8; 367,3; IV, 69,12; 432,15; V,278,33. as an appellation, II, 85 f.,1,2,6, etc.; 128 f.,1,5,8, etc.; 264 f.,1,7, etc.; V,157,1,6, etc. auld chiel, V,125,6,8: devil,pl.chylderin, III, 13,2,3.
childer, III, 478,24; IV, 99,11: children.
chill, V,287,16: child.
chimly, II, 71,9; IV, 481,22; V,122,5: chimney.
chin, chappit at the chin, II, 140,15,24; stecked doors close to the chin, II, 336,P2: gin, that is, pin. Seegin,pin.
chine, IV, 188,18: chin.
chip-hole, I, 305,3: a hole chipped or cracked, a chink.
chiss,chess, V,165f.,6,9,10: cheese. See V,305f.
chive, II, 362,34=schive, slice.
chiven, play the, III, 145,8: “run away precipitately,” Nares; chiven, chivin=chub, or any shy fish. chivie=fearful.
choice,choise, II, 463,17; 469,34; 473,12; V,269,15: choose.
choised, chosen.
choose,chose, I, 103,7; 329,2; IV, 211, notes,6: choice.
choosed,p. p., III, 440,23.
chossen,p. p., chosen.
christendom,christendame,christendoun,-doom, I, 341,21; 344,20; 346,11; 350,24; 369,48; 370,15,19: christening (as in Old English).
christentie,cristendie, I, 286,46; II, 53,41; V,192,22,33;194,65: Christendom.
chrystall, II, 52,17: rock-crystal, a variety of quartz.
church-style, IV, 412,14: the gate of the enclosure round a church.
churlish, I, 102,2: of vulgar derivation.
chylderin.Seechild.
cirsned,p. p., V,224,19: christened.
clade,clead,cleed, clad.
claes,claise, I, 488,17; II, 90,25; IV, 18,16; 262,22; V,118,6,7,14: clothes.
claiding,cleadin, etc., IV, 424,12: clothing.
claith, II, 131,8: garment.
clam,pret.of climb, II, 166,35; V,249,4.
clap, in a clap, IV, 41 b: moment.
clap, II, 269,25; IV, 278,4; 303,18; 403,12; 414,25,14; V,125,4;277,7: pat, fondle, embrace.
clappit at, V,173,1: knocked at (with ellipsis ofthe door).
clarry, claret.
clatter, IV, 21,14: to be loquacious.
clead,cleed,cleid,clied, I, 220,B6; 224,J6,7; 225,L2,4; 504 b,2; IV, 451 a,2; V,211b,4: clothe.pret.cled, IV, 492 a,1.p. p.clead, IV, 456,1.
cleadin,cleeding,cleiding,clieden,cliding,n., II, 92,7; 108,6; 183,19; 273,24; IV, 445,12; 457,2,7; 515,4: clothing. one of thy cleeding, II, 271,18: dresses.
cleare, III, 307,5; IV, 166,C7; 477,21; 506,22: bright.
cleathe, I, 222,F11,12; V,128,27,28: clothe.
clecked,clekit,pret.,p. p., I, 254 a; II, 261,7: hatched.
cleek,n.andv., I, 494,13; V,106E4;122,5: hook.
clef,pret.of cleave, III, 13 f.,5,15.
cleffe, III, 109,6; 112,52: cleave.
cleiding,clieden, clothing. Seecleadin.
clekit,clecked, I, 254 a: hatched.
cleugh,clough, III, 22,1; IV, 6,13; 7,26; V,182,1;250,12: a hollow between steep banks, narrow glen or valley, high rocky bank.
cleynt,pret., V,80,43: clung.
clied.Seeclead.
clift, I, 137,Ac6: cliff.
clifting, IV, 179,4: clift, cleft, fissure.
cliitt, III, 179,5: readclutt, clouted, patched.
cling, V,154,15: shrink.
clintin, IV, 179,B1: crevice, fissure,==clifting,A4.
cloathe, III, 93,43; 174,24: garment.
clock, IV, 3,20,22: limper, hobbler (Fr. clocher, Picard cloquer).
clocken-hen, V,92,15,16: sitting hen.
clod, got the clod that winna cling, V,154,15: the loaf of bread (?) that will not shrink (but will rise?), referring to the impending increase of her size.
cloks, II, 166,36: beetles.
Clootie, I, 5,18: a name for the Devil, from cloot, the half-hoof of a cloven-footed beast.
close,closs, enclosure, yard, and, before a house, court-yard: I, 145,15; 146,10,19,21; 147,14; 148,G10; 149,I7; V,173,1;279, No 257,11;306b,2. castle-yard: IV, 84,22; 86,C10; 87,7; 89,10. lady standing in the close pinning her gown, III, 436,3. close parler, III, 431,22: securely enclosed, or fastened?23, you are in close: one (not trustworthy) transcript hasto chose, which would make easier sense. Saint Evron’s closs, I, 146,19,21: cloister?
closely, III, 470 a: covertly, without attracting observation.
closs.Seeclose.
cloth and fee, III, 433,7: clothing and wage. holde with cloth and fee, III, 61,107: retained by presents of clothes and money.
clot-,clout-lether, V,79,27: mending-leather.
cloudy, II, 31,N1, cloudy stone: (A. S. clúdig) rocky. (Read, cloud and stone==reef and rock?)
clout,n., V,116,10: patch. Seeclouts.
clout-leather,clouting-leather, V,77,39;b39;83,55: leather for mending, patching.
clouts, II, 463,24; 470,54: pieces of cloth for bed-coverings, or sheets (linsey clouts, canvas clouts). II, 470,53: duds, clothes. Seeclout.
clouty, I, 206,35; 207,33; V,110,2;116,4, 5: patched.
clud, IV, 174,12, clud o night: cloud.
clunkers,clunkerts, I, 305,13; V,213,9: clots of dirt.
clutt, III, 179,5: clouted (given wrongly cliitt).
clyffe, III, 91 a (play): rive, sunder, be split.
co, V,250,17,19: quo, quoth.
coad, II, 132,27. Seecod.
coardie, V,244,7: cowardice.
coat-neuk, II, 107,3,5: corner of his coat.
coate-armor, III, 284,11,13: surcoat or tabard, embroidered with armorial bearings, worn over the armor as a personal distinction, and for identification, the face being concealed.
coble, IV, 128,7; 359,2,5, etc.: boat (yawl, flat-bottomed boat).
cock, II, 472,20,28; V,269,14: knots, or other arrangements, of ribbon for the hair. (French coque.)
cockward, I, 285,24,26: old cock, fool (French coquard).
cod,coad, I, 68,29; II, 132,27; 270,27: pillow.
coffer, trunk or box, for clothes and valuables: I, 69,60; 71,49; II, 375 f.,23,26,29; IV, 258,19. In a commonplace with mantle: I, 350,16; III, 244,11; IV, 385,26; V,175,2; absurdly introduced in the first two instances; ridiculously corrupted, I, 348 f.,F1,3,13; II, 475,5.
coft, I, 356,56; 394,9; 397,D8,10,12; III, 11,6; V,118,9;162,C7;163,13: bought.
cog,coug, II, 30,6; IV, 378 f.,2,3,20; 379 f., 2,4,17-19; V,275,2,3,9: boat, vessel.
cog,cogie, II, 273 a; IV, 199,15; 200,17; 206,9; V,273a: milk-pail.
coif,quoif, II, 280,B3; III, 514b,3; 515 a,1,4: cap.
coil(of hay), II, 233,7: cock.
coilyear, V,70b: collier, charcoal-burner.
cold,could,coud, understood. cold of wisdome, of curtesye, I, 271,1,3. cold of his curtesie, I, 286,49; V,132,3. cold, could, coud his curtesye, II, 433,10; 435,35; III, 75,385; V,132,3.
cold,could,coud, did. Seecan.
cole, III, 74,372; 76,421: cowl, monk’s hood, also frock, which last is intended here, for the king wears a broad hat and puts on a green garment when he casts off his cowl.
coled(high coled). Seecolld.
coll,v.Seecow.
coll, cold.
collaine,collayne,collen, swords of, III, 298,50: of Cologne steel. collaine, collen brand, I, 286,42,43,45.
colld,coled, cut, shaped, fashioned. high-colld hose, I, 69,52; 71,42. high coled stockings, I, 72,9: made to go to the knee or above (perhaps in contradistinction to short hose, worn by common people). high-coled shoon, I, 73,64. laigh-colld shoon, I, 69,52; 71,42; 72,9: low-cut shoes. high-colld hat, IV, 204,12: hat peaked before and behind.
colleen, II, 497 f.,4,13,16: (Ir. and Sc. Gaelic cailin, diminutive of caile, simple country maid) girl.
collen, of Cologne. Seecollaine.
com,come,pret.of come, I, 244,10,13; 328,46.
comand, V,80,56: commanded. (Read, comanded?)
comd,pret.of come, III, 430,6; 467,61.p. p., I, 324,4; III, 464,3,7.
come,pret.cam, com, come, coom, comd.pret. pl.come.ptc. pres.coomin.p. p.comen, commen, coom, comd.
come,pret. pl.of come, III, 216,34.
come by(life), IV, 515,7: get, obtain, gain.
comen,commen,p. p.of come, II, 52,19; 54,46; III, 35,32.
comentye,comyntie, III, 361,b,c58: commonalty.
comfort,p. p.of comfort, II, 370,22.
commant,p. p.of command, III, 9,1.
commaunded theym agayne, III, 77,430:comehas perhaps dropped out; later editions, them to come.
compare, made him no compare, V,260, No 221,1: made no comparison (of others) with him.
compass, I, 346 f.,17,25; 351,32,44: circle.
compear,compeir, III, 364 b; IV, 81 b; 164 a: appear.
comt, count.
complete, sang sae sweet and sae complete, V,301, No 200: excellently, skilfully.
compted, III, 77,437: emendation forcommyttedof 80 and 81,437. (85, 88, commended for.)
comunye, I, 285,31: communing.
comyn-bell, III, 100,73: town bell, a clerc the commun belle rong. Robert of Gloucester, p. 541, Hearne.
condescend upon, IV, 41 b, note §: particularize.
conduction, III, 403 a: direction, charge.
cone, liftet up the cone, IV, 484, a, last stanza: apparently the face-cloth, which may have been gathered into a conical form the better to fit the face. J. Aiken.
conferred, III, 336, note †: made the subject of conference.
conform, IV, 63 b: conformably.
confound, II, 443,38; 449,44: be the destruction of.
conquess, V,191f.,9,13,23,35: conquer.
convay.Seeconvoy.
convë, V,117,13;268,27,28: convoy, escort.
convened, III, 409 a, note: agreed.
convenient, IV, 78,4: suitable.
convention, made a, III, 364 a: had a meeting.
convey.Seeconvoy.
convoy,convay,n., I, 252,16; IV, 37,15; 38,15; 267,14: escort. IV, 453,6: of attendance upon the dead.
convoy,convey,v., II, 27,4: convey. IV, 267,3,10; 269 f.,f2,3,g3; 317,7; 318,12; V,119,12: escort, accompany part of the way homeward, or on a journey, see a friend off, a young woman home.
coom,p. p., V,296a: come.
coomin,ptc., V,296a: coming.
coops, IV, 461,4: carts (tip-carts).
coost,koost,pret.of cast, I, 73,59; 102,18; IV, 477,6; V,173,3,4. I, 74,70; 78,48: threw things about.p. p.coosten, I, 77,5; 324,B6; 371,3.
coot,queet, IV, 212,5: ankle.
cop,coppe, I, 244,9; III, 123,6: head.
coped, overset. Seecouped.
cor,Corehead,Corhead, V,192,37;195f.,35(MS., Carhead);196,52: (Gaelic coire, cauldron, dell) corrie, a hollow in a hill. Jamieson. Penman’s Core,193,51,55,58, described as a hollow on the top of a high ridge of hills, might possibly be Penman score (score, a deep, narrow, ragged indentation on the side of a hill, South of Scotland. Jamieson). poor man’s core, V,196,52, corruption.