dunts, III, 491,13: dints, blows. Seedynt.dwine, IV, 303 f.,12,21,27; 304,10: pine, waste.dwrf, IV, 290,D c5:dowfseems to be intended, lethargic, inert, impotent; rather thandwarf, as being puny or incomplete.dyd him to, III, 72,328: betook himself. Seedo to.dyde adowne, III, 67,226: put down.dye, IV, 260,16: dey, dairy-woman. Seeday.dyght, III, 72,320, dedes that here be dyght: prepared, concerted.dyght(to the deth), III, 309,40: done, brought.dyghtande, III, 75,388: making ready (but seems to be intended for a past participle).dyke==wall, IV, 295,E6; 296,F6. castle-dyke, II, 410,4. garden-dyke, II, 370,5; 371,5. fail dyke, I, 253,2: turf wall. hollan dyke, II, 195,32; nettle-dyke, II, 463,22: wall on which hollies, nettles, are growing.dyke, III, 441,36: ditch.dyne, garre me ones to dyne, III, 296,24: give me my dinner, my fill, beat thoroughly. (Able to give the greatest prince in Christendome a mortall breakfast, if he had been the king’s enemie. Holinshed’s Chronicle, III, 512, ed. 1807-8. G. L. Kittredge.)dynt(e),dint, III, 309,42,45,46: stroke, hit, lunge, shot (of spear, arrow). Seedunts.dypper, V,283,5,15: deeper.dysheryte, III, 60 f.,87,95: dispossessed.dyspyse, II, 478,6: cause to be despised.dyth,deythe, I, 334,7: dight, furnished or built.EE an O me,E an O an O me, V,275a,9,10: simple exclamations, having here the character of a refrain.é, II, 217,24:ae, only.ea, V,214b,3: to be dropped; remnant of a corrected reading.eaen, V,267,4: even.eaght, the, the eighth.ealky,elky,eke a,ylk a,ilka, V,220f.,4,5,8: each (one).ean, V,165,2: eyes. Seeee.ear, I, 395,1; 480,54: early.ear, eer, ever.eare,ere,ayre, heir.eare,v., I, 15,12: plough.earn, V,115,6: curdle.eartly, II, 494,1: earthly.eased, III, 61,101(of horses): cared for, attended to.eased we, V,239,35: used (as in33), familiar with.easer, IV, 315,14; V,271,14: maple (mazer). Seeezar.easterling(born), V,54,3,4(inA, 48,3,4, stranger borne). The boy learned too fast for a native. Easterling, a native of the Hanse towns, or of the East of Germany. Halliwell.eathe, III, 408,33: easy.eather, V,224,25; 241, No 156,6: other.eay,eayn, V,238,18,28;248,18: eye(s). Seeee.edder-flowe, IV, 450 a,2: adder-morass.ee, III, 4,9; 11,K: eye.Pl.een, eeen, II, 158 f.,5,8,18; 160,4,7,17. Seeean,eay,eghne,eyen.ee(of a cup), IV, 221,9: may be eye, top, brim.ee, the table ee, II, 409,20(Motherwell, table eye): seems to be nonsense;edgedoes not suit.b, the printed copy, hasplay.ee(A. S. ege, O. Eng. eȝe, eie, etc.), IV, 3,15: awe; an unsatisfying emendation oflee,lye(eie would be better; I have not found ee). The Campbell MS. has fee, meant, I suppose, for value.ee-bree, III, 11,K; IV, 257,5: eye-brow.een, IV, 257,13: one.een,v., III, 495,23,24; IV, 517,21: even, make of the same value.eenin, IV, 169,F1: evening.eerie,eiry, I, 342,24,36; 355,46; II, 466,39; IV, 175,N5; 368,G8: dreary, gloomy, weird, exciting superstitious dread.eft, eft agayne = eftsones, III, 83,238; 87,238.eftsones, III, 68,238: hereafter, another time.eghne, I, 327,23: eyn, eyes.eh, IV, 512,11: exclamation of grief.eight, the eight, I, 55,9; 56,B10;C5,11: eighth.eihte, I, 244,11: possession, valuable thing.eild, III, 162,46: age.ein, I, 134,13: een, evening.eiry. Seeeerie.eisin, IV, 331 b,2: serve.eke, also. At I, 133,L1,eke ... ekeseems to be wrongly used foreither ... or.eke a, III, 298,57: each (one). Seeealky.elbouthe, I, 334,5: elbow (the th for g or ȝ).eldelike, I, 334,5: elderly.eldern,eldren,eldrin, I, 350,12,13; II, 20,2; 26,2; 27,2; 61,2; IV, 485,28: old.eldrige,elridge(hill, king), II, 58 f.,14,15,23,25-7,36==Scottish elric, elvish. The eldrige king has something of the character of the ellor-gást family in Beówulf (spirits who belong outside of mankind), haunts a hill, is a pagan, no one that has coped with him has come off alive. The lady who attends him, however, seems in no way extra-human. elric hour, I, 140,N(Pinkerton): hour when elves, or bad spirits, are active. In Elrick’s hill, II, 62,8,10, etc., the adjective is improperly turned into a noun. Seeelrick.element, I, 286,44: air, sky.elephant, III, 211,2: a species of scabious is so called, according to Halliwell.elfin,elphin,elphan,n.andadj., I, 15 ff.; 341,15; IV, 456,13: elf, elvish. I, 346,15(the Elfins); 350,28; IV, 456 f.,14,15,19,24: fairy-land.Elfins, the, I, 346,15: fairy-land. Seeelfin.elfish,n., I, 343,15: elf.elflyn, of the elves.Elizium, V,158,16: Elysian.elky. Seeealky.ell,ill,ull,v., will.ellish, III, 481,9: ellis, ells. (h may well be dropped.)elphan,elphin,n.andadj.Seeelfin.elrick,elritch,adj., II, 63,18; I, 357,53: elvish. Elrick’s, 62 f.,8,10,16,21: as a substantive. Seeeldrige.embowered,pret., II, 503,13: used as bower.eme, III, 296,26: uncle. emys, III, 98,38: uncle’s.-en,-n,-yn, sign of plural of verb, I, 244,9; II, 5 b,3; 54,61; 445,62; III, 13,2,3,4,8; 35,31; 63,134; 92,11; 104,7; 105,9,11; 277,15; 284,3,8,17; 285,30,32,33; 286,48,49; 404,3; 406,28; etc.end,en, end. hous(e)-end, -en, I, 254, variations of Twa Corbies,b,1,c,1; toun-end, V,267f.,10,11,24. on end, IV, 353,18: to an end.-end, termination of the present participle. sighend, I, 55 f.,B7,9.endres daye, þis, I, 326,1: the other day.eneuch,enew, I, 102,5; III, 318,6; 440,10; IV, 117,8; 384,8: enough.enlured, III, 36,45: allured (which is the word inb).enter plea att my iollye, III, 278,32: unintelligible to me. iollye should probably be iollytë. The king will have the head to serve some inscrutable purpose when he is making merry.enterprise,v., I, 411,9; III, 230,70: undertake.entertain, III, 153,18: take into service.envye, III, 296 f.,12,30: ill-will, hostility, spite.ere, V,300,3: eer, ever.ere,eare,ayre,n., heir.ere,v., heir.ere, II, 216,19; 470,44; IV, 242 a; 378,6; 433,31: till.ere syne, II, 362,34: ere then, before that.erlis, I, 329,60: should probably beernis, eagle’s (herons,yronsin other texts).erlish, I, 355,49: elrish, elvish.ermeline, ermine.ern, IV, 490,12: iron.-ës,-is,-ys,-us, preserved ingen.sing., I, 69,52; II, 25,7; III, 40, n.; 98,21,35; 99,47f.,52; 100,64f.; 111,33,36,42, etc. In theplural, I, 72,15; III, 40, n.; 97,2,3,20; 98,25,33,37,40-2; 100,63,82; 109,1; 111,29,31-37,45f., etc.esk, I, 355,50: newt. Seeask.ettled, IV, 47,2: purposed.even cloth, I, 324,16: smooth, with the nap well shorn.even down, IV, 110,10,11: flat to the ground. V,124,B14: perpendicular.225b, No 78: straight down (of heavy rain).even forward, I, 324,3: straight forward.even up, I, 305,7: straight up.evening-mass, II, 168,A,4: a religious service at the end of the day (as in Romeo and Juliet,IV, 1).euerysyde, III, 75,398: each side of.euerych,euerichone,euerechone,euerilkon,everlke ane, I, 334,5; III, 22,4; 65,174; 67,230; 98,30: each, each one.evidents, IV, 40 b: title-deeds.evyll,adv., III, 26,93: ill. euyll go, III, 77,429: ill walk.ew-bught.Seebucht.ewer, IV, 19,8: dug, udder.exaltre, III, 90 b: axletree.examine, II, 58,15: put you to test.exite, II, 125,B22; excit, V,223a, No 65,B22: amended tosightunder the supposition thatexitmust be impossible.exoner, IV, 307,42: exonerate.ey, I, 415 b: egg.eye(cote with one eye), III, 360,117: window?eyen,eyne, I, 472,29; III, 74,359: eyes. Seeee.eylde het the, III, 112,62: yield, requite thee for it.eylyt, I, 241 f.,5,7: aileth.eyre,pl., III, 113,70: years.ezar, II, 271,17; 273,23: maple. Seeeaser,masar.Ff, in Northern Scotch, often for wh; as,fa,faa, who;fan, when;far,faer, where.fa, IV, 260,6; 261,6: who.fa, V,118,B10: fault.fa, my lady cannot fa sic servants, I, 116,11: have such fall to her, put up with. fa frae her, II, 133,D1: break off, give up.fa,fae, IV, 256,5; 337, f2,3,7: from.faa, V,275a,8: who.face, with a, III, 180,12: with effrontery, boldness.fache, fetch.fact, III, 229,32; IV, 11,11: offence, crime.fadge.fat fadge, II, 182,8: “a lusty and clumsy woman.” Jamieson. “fadgy, corpulent, unwieldy.fudge, a little, fat person.North.” Halliwell. “fodge, a fat person; evidently the same withfadge.” Jamieson. Adirty drabis the phrase corresponding to fat fadge, II, 194,10(fusom fag, IV, 469,I10,12). Seefag,fug.fadther, IV, 260,7: father.fae,fay,fey,fee,fie, I, 245,6; III, 481 f.,30,24; 489,39; 490,24; 492,26; IV, 430,2: (A. S. fǽge) destined to die.fae, II, 184,19; 196,9: foe.fae, IV, 165 f.,2,10; 337f,2,3,7: frae, from. Seefa.faein,faen,fawn, fallen.faem,fame, I, 68,1; 70,1; 86,1; II, 24,12; 25,G14: foam, sea.faer, IV, 262,15; 378 f.,6,19: where.fag, I, 304,F2,3; IV, 469,I10,12: a dirty drab. Cf. fusome fug, described as a dirty drab,B3-6; dirty slut,C4; dirty bitch,E4; filthy foul flag,G4. Seefadge,fug.faikine, III, 199,24: faith.fail,feall,fell, I, 304,F6: turf.fail-dyke, I, 253,2: turf-wall.fails, II, 365 f.,2,3,23: falls, befalls.fain(e),fayn(e), II, 444,48,57; 453,28; III, 100,66; 298,50; 309,32: glad, pleased, eager. IV, 211,13; V,115,2: fond. for faine, III, 479,40: for glad, for gladness.fainly, joyfully, blithely.fair, V,26f.,13,39: far.fairlie,farlie,ferlie, I, 324,11; 325,B9: wonder. gars me fairlie, IV, 357,2: causes me astonishment.fairly(fields), IV, 57,D1: fair, looking well.fait,faitt,fett, V,224,18,19;274,10;278,29: white.faith and troth, to be, IV, 147,34: to be in the relation of men who have taken the engagement of mutual fidelity, sworn-brethren.fald,fall,fauld,n., V,105,A3;248,21: fold.fall, III, 76,406: suit, become. well falls me, V,25,5: my luck is good.fall, V,206b,8:pret.of fall, unless there is ellipsis of did.falling, III, 470 a: sunset.fallow’s deed, I, 448,7-10: deed of a bad fellow seems unlikely. felloun’s? farlie, strange?falsh, IV, 442,1,10,12: false.falyf, III, 13,4: fallow.fame,faem, I, 68,1; 86,1: foam, sea.fa’n, IV, 6,7; V,249,7: fallen.fan,fand, found.fan, IV, 262,19; V,110,4;116,1;184,49: when.fancy, fell in her, V,272b,2: fell in love with her. faen deap in my fancy,273,12.fand, found.fang, III, 160,5: fastening. (164,b5, whang.) Perhaps North Scotch for whang.fankit, IV, 27,28: entangled, obstructed.far, III, 513 b,1-4: fair.far,fare,faur, I, 165,N1; II, 191,23; 335,N3-5; V,224,17,18;227,8;248,22: where.fare, go, I, 170,4; II, 222,21; III, 22,6; 98,24; 340,23,24; 421,43; V,183,22,32. I fare you well, II, 207,A1: I bid you fare well.pret.foor.p. p.forn.fare, go on, comport oneself: III, 188,6; 357,59.fare,n., III, 160,11,20: going on, procedure. III, 76,403: (in the modern sense) fortune, experience.fared, favored, well-fared, well-(weel-)fard, weel-fart, well-(weel-)faird, weil-faurit, weill-(weel-)faurd, well-fard, II, 268,21; 317,B a21; 408,26; 462,7,8; IV, 220,8,1,4; 223,3; 274,2; 434,2,3; V,16,1;154,10;163,12;177,14: well-favored, handsome.farei,farie,Farie(MS. farie), V,165f.,6,9,10: should be emended to Fyvie. See V,305f.farer, I, 369,51; V,91f.,4,8,12, etc.;208,9: further.ffarley,adj., ffarley thinge, III, 92,9: strange.farlies,farleys,ferlies, I, 325,B9; IV, 147,26: wonders, novelties. Seefairlie.far sought, was, V,161,6: required long to reach.fart, weel-fart, IV, 223,3: fared, favored. Seefared.fas,fase, III, 299,6; V,248,5: false.fa’s, IV, 399,46: fall,1st per. sing. pres.fash, IV, 493,21,23; V,238,22: meddle, make trouble, or, perhaps, trouble yourself. fashed himself, IV, 69,18,19: got himself into trouble by meddling.fashes, II, 238,4: troubles (emendation forfishes; possibly we should readfreshes).fast, fast they bad, III, 26,90: strenuously. stare, look, III, 62,122; V,82,35: intently. weep, II, 240,3: copiously. fast unto, III, 131,6: close down to.Fastness, IV, 103,15: originally meant forfaustness, falseness.fat,fatt, III, 281,4; IV, 260,2; 357,C5,7,9, etc.; V,111,18;214b,5: what.fate they coud na fa, II, 1301: from it (fae it, frae it) they could not desist.fatten a, V,221,22;247,2: what, what sort of.faue, V,260,7: fie!fauld-dyke, IV, 199,11: fold-wall,faun, fallen.faur, V,124,2: where. Seefar.faurit,faurd. Seefared.fause, false.fause fa thee, III, 435,F5: may treachery befall thee, be thy lot!fave, V,275b,8: five.fawe, IV, 505,54: fall.fawn, IV, 277,13: fallen.fay,adj.Seefae.fay, III, 74,362; 110,13; V,85,16: faith.ffayne, III, 297 f.,48,50: glad. III, 100,66: fond of, pleased with. Seefain.fe,feea, wage, etc. Seefee.feall,feale,fail,fell, IV, 262,29: turf.Feansell,feanser, V,55,30: emended tole and fell.fear, II, 470,51: frighten (us from dancing).fearder,feardest. Seefeart.feare, in, V,15,18: together. Seefere.fearsome, II, 394,18: fearful.feart,feert, III, 262 f.,11,13,15,17; IV, 456,15; 498,12,14,16: frightened. fearder, III, 267,13: more frightened. feardest, III, 162,55: most frightened.feather, IV, 512 b,2,9: father.feathern, IV, 482 f.,4,9,13: feathers.fecht,feght,v., II, 319,16; 391,16,17; III, 370,15; IV, 224,14,15: fight. Seeficht.feckless, I, 429,28(dress): weak, feeble, effectless, miserable, silly. (here==inefficacious, of no account.)fedred,ifedred fre, III, 69,275; 70,288: feathered liberally, handsomely.fee(A. S. feoh), I, 327,16(wylde fee): animals. I, 58,2; 434,31; II, 25,7; 172 f.,40,42,45; 442,8; 447,8; III, 94,51; IV, 18,17: wealth, possessions, property, having. I, 182,2; II, 31,N4; 114,17; 123,15; 379,1; 403,9; III, 433,12; 435,F6; 436,14; IV, 514,21: pay, wages. II, 117,5,6; III, 163,72; 299,5: reward. I, 328,57: tribute. gentylman of clothynge and of fee, III, 30,165: entitled to a regular stipend. knights fee, III, 94,51: land of the value of £20 per annum (under Edward I., II.). Seefoster of the fe, III, 28,140. penny-fee(-fie), I, 491,10; IV, 444,10: gift.fee,v., I, 211,3,4: hire. (gae fee, go hire yourself.) Seefeet,pret.fee,fey, doomed. Seefae.feed,feid, III, 436,2; 464,2; 468,c2; IV, 2,9; 36,3; 37 f.,3,10: feud.feed,fode,food, I, 309,B1: child, man.feedabout your fire, II, 184,13: the senseeatseems unlikely. Possibly, to move about, to sit or move restlessly (like feik).feed,pret.of feed, V,236,18: fed.feel,fiel, II, 175,1; 176,C3; IV, 262,29: fool.feel daft, II, 410,8: foolishly fond.feel==fell: very.feere,fere,feire,feer, mate, consort (fere): I, 295,43; II, 58,2. V,15,13: fellow (contemptuously). Seefeires.feert.Seefeart.feet,pret., IV, 355 b,D: hired. Seefee.feeties, V,209b,4: feet.feght, fight. Seefecht.feid: feud. Seefeed.feires,feiries, I, 295,43; IV, 2f.,7,20,22: comrades, consorts. Seefeere.felaushyp, III, 67,229: abstract for concrete, our fellows.felischepe, fellowship.fell,fail,feale,feall, IV, 266,E29: turf.fell, III, 300,9; IV, 500,10: skin, hide.fell, III, 439 f.,4,8,11; IV, 455,15; V,55,30: high land, fit only for pastures, a wild hill. fells, III, 299 f.,C3,6; IV, 26,6; 500,3: chain of hills.fell(yard), I, 287,63: severe, cutting. (spice), III,388,3: hot, biting. IV, 258,20: strange, prodigious. fell thing to see, II, 132,27: strange. freezes fell, IV, 93,7; 105,7; 514,17: sharply, severely.fell,v., II, 419,46: kill.fell,feel, I, 478,14; II, 344,15; V,183,20: very.fellen,p. p.of fell, III, 483,7: felled (a tree).fells, befalls. well fells me, IV, 437,25: good for me!felon(the kynggis), III, 98,21,22: traitor, rebel.felt, III, 146,14: should be emendeddelt.fences, cock shall crow fences three, II, 8,10,11: evidently bouts,coups; but I have not found this usage elsewhere.fend,fende, V,283,2;284,22: fiend.fend,v., III, 300,12; IV, 500,13: provision.fend, III, 440,12: defence.ffend.that ffend I Godys fforbod, III, 113,72: seems to be a double expression for deprecation,—I inhibit, protest, God forbid (seeforbode). “I fende to Goddes forbode it should be so: a Dieu ne playse qu’aynsi il aduiengne. Palsgrave, p. 548, col. 1.” Hales and Furnivall, Percy MS., III, 554.fende, III, 61,106; 117,8: defend.fer dayes, III, 57,16: far on in the day.ferd, III, 99,52: fear.fere, fere love, IV, 219,B3,5: fair. (fair love, V,260,E5.)fere,feere, II, 58,2; III, 22,5: mate, consort.fere, in, on, III, 57,27; 59,61; 67,231; 77,423; 98,38: in company, together. Seefeare.fferli, I, 334,7: fairly, civilly.ferlicke, I, 334,8: strange. Seeferly.ferly,ferlie,ferley,farlie, I, 325,C1,10; 329,4; 333,2; 424,d11; III, 440,20; IV, 455,1,13; 524,10; V,244,8,12: marvel, wonder, news.ferly,adj., ferly strife, III, 97,13: strange, extraordinary. Seeffarley.ferra-cow,farrow-cow, I, 224,I9,11; II, 261,8: a cow not producing a calf for the current year.fesh,fess, III, 319,15; IV, 94,14; 257,1,2: fetch.fet.Seefett.fetchie, III, 520 b (note to II, 272,22): tricky, practising fetches? Cf. wylie, st.21.fetcht a race, II, 454 f.,54,58: took a swift preliminary run.fett, I, 432,5: fetch,pret.fet, fette, III, 31,14; 63,145; 64,172; 298,67.fett, V,224,18: white.ffettle, III, 92 ff.,15,37,56: make ready.feud, II, 279 a,16: contest of feeling?feughten,p. p.of fecht, ficht, fight, I, 109,15.feume, IV, 473,44: foam.fey, I, 245,6; IV, 44,4; 430,2: destined to death. Seefae.ffeyt, faith.feyther, V,296a: father.ficht,fecht,feght,v., IV, 84 f.,16,26,27, etc.: fight.pret.focht, foucht.p. p.foughten, feughten.fie.Seefee.fie, doomed. Seefae.fiel,feel, II, 176,C3: fool.fieldert, V,126,1: fieldward, away (from where they were).fiend thing, IV, 23,A c18: devil of a thing.fift, II, 75,6: fifth.file,v., I, 135,4: defile.file, IV, 494,33: while, till.fileshap, V,260,16: fellowship.fill, full.fill, I, 403,10: follow, pursue.filtt,p. p., III, 490,20: filed.fin, find.fin, craig and fin, II, 28,27: whin, whin-stone, synonymous with greenstone, but applied to any hard rock.finikin, III, 174,18: fine, handsomely dressed.fire-beams, IV, 96,3: should be fire-boams (bombs), as at 99,G8,H6.fire-boams, bombs. Seefire-beams.firlot, IV, 46,3; 379,13: the fourth part of a fou, which is a dry measure varying from two to six Winchester bushels (a Winchester bushel being of a slightly less capacity than the present imperial bushel).firmaty, V,114,3: frumenty; in old cookery, wheat pottage, with flesh in it; hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with cinnamon, sugar, etc.fit,fitt,fyt,fytte, II, 54,60: song. I, 329,62; III, 25,51; 27,97; 308,24: division of a song. (A. S. fitt.)fit, I, 131,G4,5; 164,J6; 302,A7; 472,28; 491,26; IV, 119,6: foot, feet.fit, III, 142,32; V,240,5: ready.fitches(of deer), II, 132,19: flitches, sides.fite(bread), V,220,6: (probably) wheat. Seewhite bread.fitt, III, 465,21: it is better to read sitt, as in Caw’s text.fitted, IV, 18,9: footed.fitted, II, 485,18,31; V,103a: suitably treated or served. V,132,2: ready, disposed.fittie, IV, 450 a,4: foot.fivesome, III, 472,3: five together.flaff, IV, 470,20: flap, fan.flag, I, 305,3,4; V,213,3,4: corruption offag, drab, slut. Seefag.flain in, IV, 224,23: correct toflaorflai(flew)in?flamboy, V,298,7: flambeau, torch.flat, II, 258,45,46: highest and lowest layer of a grave.flatte, IV, 504,32: positively determined on.flattered,flottered(on the faem), II, 25G14; 27,22: flitted, floated (O. Eng. floteren, Germ. flattern).flattering(toung), II, 144,8: fluttering, waggling. flattering tongue that flutters, II, 154,21.flaugh,flaw,pret.of fly, I, 286,56; 397,E8; II, 314,9.flaw, tell me without a flaw, V,41,28: lie.flay, frighten. Seefley.flay(A. S. fléon), fly.pret.flaw, flaugh.fleachy, II, 470,53: infested with fleas.flear,fleer, I, 454,11; IV, 392,7; 410,26: floor.flee,v., V,304b,4: flay.pret.fleed.flee, not a, IV, 53,12: not a whit (fly, for a smallthing). I count him lighter than a flee, etc., III, 480,23; 482,19; 488,26(flea); 490,15. left him not a flee, IV, 53,12.fleechin, I, 424, d11; II, 32,Q2: wheedling, cajoling.fleed,pret., V,304b,4: flayed.fleed,flied, V,257,7,17: frightened. Seefleg.fleed, IV, 348,14; 349,9: flood.fleer, I, 69,39; 298,4; 452,14: floor. Seeflear.fleet, flute.fleg,fley,flay(A. S. flégan, Old Eng. fleyen), V,253b, No 203,3: frighten.flesse, V,283,18: flesh.flex, V,283,11,21: flax.fley,flay, III, 457,A2; 474,36: frighten.pret.fleed, flied. Seefleg.flight, I, 21, note *: dispute and scold.flink, care a flink, V,259,3: care a whit.flirry, I, 424, d10: blossom.flo,flon(e)(A. S. flá, flán), I, 327,10; III, 13,5,15: arrow.flotterd.Seeflattered.flourishd, I, 398,13: adorned.flow, IV, 79,14: moss with a spring in it, morass.flower, I, 352,3,4: get flowers for, or deck with flowers.flutters, II, 154,21: waggles,flyte,flight, III, 414 b: dispute, debate, scold (here Percy’s word, replacingfloutandmock).forward, V,283,4: compact.focht,pret.of fecht, ficht, fight, IV, 167,C10.p. p. feughten, foughten.fode.Seefeed.folde,pret., III, 76,407: folded.folle, foal.folye, I, 327,17: a very unlikely word (unless we may understand it to have the meaning of Old Fr. foler, errer çà et là). Another text has balye (Fr. baillie), which gives a good sense, under thine own control, in thine own custody. (folye, in17, may be caught from18.)fone, II, 196 b,2,8: foes.fond, fond to see him sleep, II, 269,26: doted, was foolishly happy? (But probably corrupt: cf. fondly seen thee sleep, 271,30.)food, III, 287,61: man. Seefeed.ffooder, II, 46,41: (cf. Ger. fuder, cart-load, the largest or one of the largest measures for corn, liquids, and other things), here, tun, as is clear fromauger,41.foonshief, V,206a,8: foundation, bottom sheaf of a stack.foor, V,99,C4: fared, went.foote, goe two foote, III, 188,6: corrupt for fold; cf. 267,9.for,ffor. ye (yes), for God, nay, for God, III, 61,105,107; 69,259,267,269,271; 76,413,414: by.for, II, 124,38: before.for, IV, 21,6; 438,9; V,16f.,2,5,29: where.forwhenbutwould be expected, II, 58,11,13; 59,22(see II, 57 b). for and, V,76,25; 144,9.for no, I, 183,25; II, 256,K3: phrase of refusal, obscurely elliptical, after the manner ofwhy, no; or corruptly forfye, no(cf. II, 158,2).forbears, I, 206,2; II, 63,19: forefathers.forbode,forbott, ouer Goddes, III, 29,162; 123,18; V,199a,64: God forbid, against God’s prohibition; so A. S. ofer cinges bebod, against the king’s order; ofer dryhtnes word, against the word of the Lord, etc. Elliptically, God’s forbod, as III, 37,79; 180,16. III, 113,72: seeffend.forbye,forebye, I, 402,1; II, 154,8,9; IV, 224,17; 433,16: near by. I, 86,33; II, 70,22: apart, aside. IV, 203,2: further.forbye,forebye,forby, I, 305,1; IV, 203,2; V,17,32;213a,1: besides.force, no, III, 57,13; 67,227: no matter.forces.for (thro, V,306,8) a’ her father’s forces, V,166,11: in spite of all her father could do?fordoo, destroy.fore, first fore love, II, 191,22,25,28,29: earlier.forebye.Seeforbye.fforefend, III, 340,26; 407,5: avert, forbid.forehammer, I, 21 b,12; III, 474,34: sledge-hammer, the large hammer, which strikes before the smaller.foremost man, 1, 146,12; IV, 412,19: apparently the bridegroom’s “best man.”forenent,fornent, I, 221 f.,E7,17; 504,7; IV, 77,3; 288,F2; 451 a,3,5: over against, in the face of.foresteed, V,237,28: protection, protector.foret, I, 244,10: forth.forfaulted, V,194,68,73: forfeited.forfouchald, IV, 4 b,28: very much tired. (Scottish wauchle, forwauchld, forfaughlit.)
dunts, III, 491,13: dints, blows. Seedynt.
dwine, IV, 303 f.,12,21,27; 304,10: pine, waste.
dwrf, IV, 290,D c5:dowfseems to be intended, lethargic, inert, impotent; rather thandwarf, as being puny or incomplete.
dyd him to, III, 72,328: betook himself. Seedo to.
dyde adowne, III, 67,226: put down.
dye, IV, 260,16: dey, dairy-woman. Seeday.
dyght, III, 72,320, dedes that here be dyght: prepared, concerted.
dyght(to the deth), III, 309,40: done, brought.
dyghtande, III, 75,388: making ready (but seems to be intended for a past participle).
dyke==wall, IV, 295,E6; 296,F6. castle-dyke, II, 410,4. garden-dyke, II, 370,5; 371,5. fail dyke, I, 253,2: turf wall. hollan dyke, II, 195,32; nettle-dyke, II, 463,22: wall on which hollies, nettles, are growing.
dyke, III, 441,36: ditch.
dyne, garre me ones to dyne, III, 296,24: give me my dinner, my fill, beat thoroughly. (Able to give the greatest prince in Christendome a mortall breakfast, if he had been the king’s enemie. Holinshed’s Chronicle, III, 512, ed. 1807-8. G. L. Kittredge.)
dynt(e),dint, III, 309,42,45,46: stroke, hit, lunge, shot (of spear, arrow). Seedunts.
dypper, V,283,5,15: deeper.
dysheryte, III, 60 f.,87,95: dispossessed.
dyspyse, II, 478,6: cause to be despised.
dyth,deythe, I, 334,7: dight, furnished or built.
E an O me,E an O an O me, V,275a,9,10: simple exclamations, having here the character of a refrain.
é, II, 217,24:ae, only.
ea, V,214b,3: to be dropped; remnant of a corrected reading.
eaen, V,267,4: even.
eaght, the, the eighth.
ealky,elky,eke a,ylk a,ilka, V,220f.,4,5,8: each (one).
ean, V,165,2: eyes. Seeee.
ear, I, 395,1; 480,54: early.
ear, eer, ever.
eare,ere,ayre, heir.
eare,v., I, 15,12: plough.
earn, V,115,6: curdle.
eartly, II, 494,1: earthly.
eased, III, 61,101(of horses): cared for, attended to.
eased we, V,239,35: used (as in33), familiar with.
easer, IV, 315,14; V,271,14: maple (mazer). Seeezar.
easterling(born), V,54,3,4(inA, 48,3,4, stranger borne). The boy learned too fast for a native. Easterling, a native of the Hanse towns, or of the East of Germany. Halliwell.
eathe, III, 408,33: easy.
eather, V,224,25; 241, No 156,6: other.
eay,eayn, V,238,18,28;248,18: eye(s). Seeee.
edder-flowe, IV, 450 a,2: adder-morass.
ee, III, 4,9; 11,K: eye.Pl.een, eeen, II, 158 f.,5,8,18; 160,4,7,17. Seeean,eay,eghne,eyen.
ee(of a cup), IV, 221,9: may be eye, top, brim.
ee, the table ee, II, 409,20(Motherwell, table eye): seems to be nonsense;edgedoes not suit.b, the printed copy, hasplay.
ee(A. S. ege, O. Eng. eȝe, eie, etc.), IV, 3,15: awe; an unsatisfying emendation oflee,lye(eie would be better; I have not found ee). The Campbell MS. has fee, meant, I suppose, for value.
ee-bree, III, 11,K; IV, 257,5: eye-brow.
een, IV, 257,13: one.
een,v., III, 495,23,24; IV, 517,21: even, make of the same value.
eenin, IV, 169,F1: evening.
eerie,eiry, I, 342,24,36; 355,46; II, 466,39; IV, 175,N5; 368,G8: dreary, gloomy, weird, exciting superstitious dread.
eft, eft agayne = eftsones, III, 83,238; 87,238.
eftsones, III, 68,238: hereafter, another time.
eghne, I, 327,23: eyn, eyes.
eh, IV, 512,11: exclamation of grief.
eight, the eight, I, 55,9; 56,B10;C5,11: eighth.
eihte, I, 244,11: possession, valuable thing.
eild, III, 162,46: age.
ein, I, 134,13: een, evening.
eiry. Seeeerie.
eisin, IV, 331 b,2: serve.
eke, also. At I, 133,L1,eke ... ekeseems to be wrongly used foreither ... or.
eke a, III, 298,57: each (one). Seeealky.
elbouthe, I, 334,5: elbow (the th for g or ȝ).
eldelike, I, 334,5: elderly.
eldern,eldren,eldrin, I, 350,12,13; II, 20,2; 26,2; 27,2; 61,2; IV, 485,28: old.
eldrige,elridge(hill, king), II, 58 f.,14,15,23,25-7,36==Scottish elric, elvish. The eldrige king has something of the character of the ellor-gást family in Beówulf (spirits who belong outside of mankind), haunts a hill, is a pagan, no one that has coped with him has come off alive. The lady who attends him, however, seems in no way extra-human. elric hour, I, 140,N(Pinkerton): hour when elves, or bad spirits, are active. In Elrick’s hill, II, 62,8,10, etc., the adjective is improperly turned into a noun. Seeelrick.
element, I, 286,44: air, sky.
elephant, III, 211,2: a species of scabious is so called, according to Halliwell.
elfin,elphin,elphan,n.andadj., I, 15 ff.; 341,15; IV, 456,13: elf, elvish. I, 346,15(the Elfins); 350,28; IV, 456 f.,14,15,19,24: fairy-land.
Elfins, the, I, 346,15: fairy-land. Seeelfin.
elfish,n., I, 343,15: elf.
elflyn, of the elves.
Elizium, V,158,16: Elysian.
elky. Seeealky.
ell,ill,ull,v., will.
ellish, III, 481,9: ellis, ells. (h may well be dropped.)
elphan,elphin,n.andadj.Seeelfin.
elrick,elritch,adj., II, 63,18; I, 357,53: elvish. Elrick’s, 62 f.,8,10,16,21: as a substantive. Seeeldrige.
embowered,pret., II, 503,13: used as bower.
eme, III, 296,26: uncle. emys, III, 98,38: uncle’s.
-en,-n,-yn, sign of plural of verb, I, 244,9; II, 5 b,3; 54,61; 445,62; III, 13,2,3,4,8; 35,31; 63,134; 92,11; 104,7; 105,9,11; 277,15; 284,3,8,17; 285,30,32,33; 286,48,49; 404,3; 406,28; etc.
end,en, end. hous(e)-end, -en, I, 254, variations of Twa Corbies,b,1,c,1; toun-end, V,267f.,10,11,24. on end, IV, 353,18: to an end.
-end, termination of the present participle. sighend, I, 55 f.,B7,9.
endres daye, þis, I, 326,1: the other day.
eneuch,enew, I, 102,5; III, 318,6; 440,10; IV, 117,8; 384,8: enough.
enlured, III, 36,45: allured (which is the word inb).
enter plea att my iollye, III, 278,32: unintelligible to me. iollye should probably be iollytë. The king will have the head to serve some inscrutable purpose when he is making merry.
enterprise,v., I, 411,9; III, 230,70: undertake.
entertain, III, 153,18: take into service.
envye, III, 296 f.,12,30: ill-will, hostility, spite.
ere, V,300,3: eer, ever.
ere,eare,ayre,n., heir.
ere,v., heir.
ere, II, 216,19; 470,44; IV, 242 a; 378,6; 433,31: till.
ere syne, II, 362,34: ere then, before that.
erlis, I, 329,60: should probably beernis, eagle’s (herons,yronsin other texts).
erlish, I, 355,49: elrish, elvish.
ermeline, ermine.
ern, IV, 490,12: iron.
-ës,-is,-ys,-us, preserved ingen.sing., I, 69,52; II, 25,7; III, 40, n.; 98,21,35; 99,47f.,52; 100,64f.; 111,33,36,42, etc. In theplural, I, 72,15; III, 40, n.; 97,2,3,20; 98,25,33,37,40-2; 100,63,82; 109,1; 111,29,31-37,45f., etc.
esk, I, 355,50: newt. Seeask.
ettled, IV, 47,2: purposed.
even cloth, I, 324,16: smooth, with the nap well shorn.
even down, IV, 110,10,11: flat to the ground. V,124,B14: perpendicular.225b, No 78: straight down (of heavy rain).
even forward, I, 324,3: straight forward.
even up, I, 305,7: straight up.
evening-mass, II, 168,A,4: a religious service at the end of the day (as in Romeo and Juliet,IV, 1).
euerysyde, III, 75,398: each side of.
euerych,euerichone,euerechone,euerilkon,everlke ane, I, 334,5; III, 22,4; 65,174; 67,230; 98,30: each, each one.
evidents, IV, 40 b: title-deeds.
evyll,adv., III, 26,93: ill. euyll go, III, 77,429: ill walk.
ew-bught.Seebucht.
ewer, IV, 19,8: dug, udder.
exaltre, III, 90 b: axletree.
examine, II, 58,15: put you to test.
exite, II, 125,B22; excit, V,223a, No 65,B22: amended tosightunder the supposition thatexitmust be impossible.
exoner, IV, 307,42: exonerate.
ey, I, 415 b: egg.
eye(cote with one eye), III, 360,117: window?
eyen,eyne, I, 472,29; III, 74,359: eyes. Seeee.
eylde het the, III, 112,62: yield, requite thee for it.
eylyt, I, 241 f.,5,7: aileth.
eyre,pl., III, 113,70: years.
ezar, II, 271,17; 273,23: maple. Seeeaser,masar.
f, in Northern Scotch, often for wh; as,fa,faa, who;fan, when;far,faer, where.
fa, IV, 260,6; 261,6: who.
fa, V,118,B10: fault.
fa, my lady cannot fa sic servants, I, 116,11: have such fall to her, put up with. fa frae her, II, 133,D1: break off, give up.
fa,fae, IV, 256,5; 337, f2,3,7: from.
faa, V,275a,8: who.
face, with a, III, 180,12: with effrontery, boldness.
fache, fetch.
fact, III, 229,32; IV, 11,11: offence, crime.
fadge.fat fadge, II, 182,8: “a lusty and clumsy woman.” Jamieson. “fadgy, corpulent, unwieldy.fudge, a little, fat person.North.” Halliwell. “fodge, a fat person; evidently the same withfadge.” Jamieson. Adirty drabis the phrase corresponding to fat fadge, II, 194,10(fusom fag, IV, 469,I10,12). Seefag,fug.
fadther, IV, 260,7: father.
fae,fay,fey,fee,fie, I, 245,6; III, 481 f.,30,24; 489,39; 490,24; 492,26; IV, 430,2: (A. S. fǽge) destined to die.
fae, II, 184,19; 196,9: foe.
fae, IV, 165 f.,2,10; 337f,2,3,7: frae, from. Seefa.
faein,faen,fawn, fallen.
faem,fame, I, 68,1; 70,1; 86,1; II, 24,12; 25,G14: foam, sea.
faer, IV, 262,15; 378 f.,6,19: where.
fag, I, 304,F2,3; IV, 469,I10,12: a dirty drab. Cf. fusome fug, described as a dirty drab,B3-6; dirty slut,C4; dirty bitch,E4; filthy foul flag,G4. Seefadge,fug.
faikine, III, 199,24: faith.
fail,feall,fell, I, 304,F6: turf.
fail-dyke, I, 253,2: turf-wall.
fails, II, 365 f.,2,3,23: falls, befalls.
fain(e),fayn(e), II, 444,48,57; 453,28; III, 100,66; 298,50; 309,32: glad, pleased, eager. IV, 211,13; V,115,2: fond. for faine, III, 479,40: for glad, for gladness.
fainly, joyfully, blithely.
fair, V,26f.,13,39: far.
fairlie,farlie,ferlie, I, 324,11; 325,B9: wonder. gars me fairlie, IV, 357,2: causes me astonishment.
fairly(fields), IV, 57,D1: fair, looking well.
fait,faitt,fett, V,224,18,19;274,10;278,29: white.
faith and troth, to be, IV, 147,34: to be in the relation of men who have taken the engagement of mutual fidelity, sworn-brethren.
fald,fall,fauld,n., V,105,A3;248,21: fold.
fall, III, 76,406: suit, become. well falls me, V,25,5: my luck is good.
fall, V,206b,8:pret.of fall, unless there is ellipsis of did.
falling, III, 470 a: sunset.
fallow’s deed, I, 448,7-10: deed of a bad fellow seems unlikely. felloun’s? farlie, strange?
falsh, IV, 442,1,10,12: false.
falyf, III, 13,4: fallow.
fame,faem, I, 68,1; 86,1: foam, sea.
fa’n, IV, 6,7; V,249,7: fallen.
fan,fand, found.
fan, IV, 262,19; V,110,4;116,1;184,49: when.
fancy, fell in her, V,272b,2: fell in love with her. faen deap in my fancy,273,12.
fand, found.
fang, III, 160,5: fastening. (164,b5, whang.) Perhaps North Scotch for whang.
fankit, IV, 27,28: entangled, obstructed.
far, III, 513 b,1-4: fair.
far,fare,faur, I, 165,N1; II, 191,23; 335,N3-5; V,224,17,18;227,8;248,22: where.
fare, go, I, 170,4; II, 222,21; III, 22,6; 98,24; 340,23,24; 421,43; V,183,22,32. I fare you well, II, 207,A1: I bid you fare well.pret.foor.p. p.forn.
fare, go on, comport oneself: III, 188,6; 357,59.
fare,n., III, 160,11,20: going on, procedure. III, 76,403: (in the modern sense) fortune, experience.
fared, favored, well-fared, well-(weel-)fard, weel-fart, well-(weel-)faird, weil-faurit, weill-(weel-)faurd, well-fard, II, 268,21; 317,B a21; 408,26; 462,7,8; IV, 220,8,1,4; 223,3; 274,2; 434,2,3; V,16,1;154,10;163,12;177,14: well-favored, handsome.
farei,farie,Farie(MS. farie), V,165f.,6,9,10: should be emended to Fyvie. See V,305f.
farer, I, 369,51; V,91f.,4,8,12, etc.;208,9: further.
ffarley,adj., ffarley thinge, III, 92,9: strange.
farlies,farleys,ferlies, I, 325,B9; IV, 147,26: wonders, novelties. Seefairlie.
far sought, was, V,161,6: required long to reach.
fart, weel-fart, IV, 223,3: fared, favored. Seefared.
fas,fase, III, 299,6; V,248,5: false.
fa’s, IV, 399,46: fall,1st per. sing. pres.
fash, IV, 493,21,23; V,238,22: meddle, make trouble, or, perhaps, trouble yourself. fashed himself, IV, 69,18,19: got himself into trouble by meddling.
fashes, II, 238,4: troubles (emendation forfishes; possibly we should readfreshes).
fast, fast they bad, III, 26,90: strenuously. stare, look, III, 62,122; V,82,35: intently. weep, II, 240,3: copiously. fast unto, III, 131,6: close down to.
Fastness, IV, 103,15: originally meant forfaustness, falseness.
fat,fatt, III, 281,4; IV, 260,2; 357,C5,7,9, etc.; V,111,18;214b,5: what.
fate they coud na fa, II, 1301: from it (fae it, frae it) they could not desist.
fatten a, V,221,22;247,2: what, what sort of.
faue, V,260,7: fie!
fauld-dyke, IV, 199,11: fold-wall,
faun, fallen.
faur, V,124,2: where. Seefar.
faurit,faurd. Seefared.
fause, false.
fause fa thee, III, 435,F5: may treachery befall thee, be thy lot!
fave, V,275b,8: five.
fawe, IV, 505,54: fall.
fawn, IV, 277,13: fallen.
fay,adj.Seefae.
fay, III, 74,362; 110,13; V,85,16: faith.
ffayne, III, 297 f.,48,50: glad. III, 100,66: fond of, pleased with. Seefain.
fe,feea, wage, etc. Seefee.
feall,feale,fail,fell, IV, 262,29: turf.
Feansell,feanser, V,55,30: emended tole and fell.
fear, II, 470,51: frighten (us from dancing).
fearder,feardest. Seefeart.
feare, in, V,15,18: together. Seefere.
fearsome, II, 394,18: fearful.
feart,feert, III, 262 f.,11,13,15,17; IV, 456,15; 498,12,14,16: frightened. fearder, III, 267,13: more frightened. feardest, III, 162,55: most frightened.
feather, IV, 512 b,2,9: father.
feathern, IV, 482 f.,4,9,13: feathers.
fecht,feght,v., II, 319,16; 391,16,17; III, 370,15; IV, 224,14,15: fight. Seeficht.
feckless, I, 429,28(dress): weak, feeble, effectless, miserable, silly. (here==inefficacious, of no account.)
fedred,ifedred fre, III, 69,275; 70,288: feathered liberally, handsomely.
fee(A. S. feoh), I, 327,16(wylde fee): animals. I, 58,2; 434,31; II, 25,7; 172 f.,40,42,45; 442,8; 447,8; III, 94,51; IV, 18,17: wealth, possessions, property, having. I, 182,2; II, 31,N4; 114,17; 123,15; 379,1; 403,9; III, 433,12; 435,F6; 436,14; IV, 514,21: pay, wages. II, 117,5,6; III, 163,72; 299,5: reward. I, 328,57: tribute. gentylman of clothynge and of fee, III, 30,165: entitled to a regular stipend. knights fee, III, 94,51: land of the value of £20 per annum (under Edward I., II.). Seefoster of the fe, III, 28,140. penny-fee(-fie), I, 491,10; IV, 444,10: gift.
fee,v., I, 211,3,4: hire. (gae fee, go hire yourself.) Seefeet,pret.
fee,fey, doomed. Seefae.
feed,feid, III, 436,2; 464,2; 468,c2; IV, 2,9; 36,3; 37 f.,3,10: feud.
feed,fode,food, I, 309,B1: child, man.
feedabout your fire, II, 184,13: the senseeatseems unlikely. Possibly, to move about, to sit or move restlessly (like feik).
feed,pret.of feed, V,236,18: fed.
feel,fiel, II, 175,1; 176,C3; IV, 262,29: fool.
feel daft, II, 410,8: foolishly fond.
feel==fell: very.
feere,fere,feire,feer, mate, consort (fere): I, 295,43; II, 58,2. V,15,13: fellow (contemptuously). Seefeires.
feert.Seefeart.
feet,pret., IV, 355 b,D: hired. Seefee.
feeties, V,209b,4: feet.
feght, fight. Seefecht.
feid: feud. Seefeed.
feires,feiries, I, 295,43; IV, 2f.,7,20,22: comrades, consorts. Seefeere.
felaushyp, III, 67,229: abstract for concrete, our fellows.
felischepe, fellowship.
fell,fail,feale,feall, IV, 266,E29: turf.
fell, III, 300,9; IV, 500,10: skin, hide.
fell, III, 439 f.,4,8,11; IV, 455,15; V,55,30: high land, fit only for pastures, a wild hill. fells, III, 299 f.,C3,6; IV, 26,6; 500,3: chain of hills.
fell(yard), I, 287,63: severe, cutting. (spice), III,388,3: hot, biting. IV, 258,20: strange, prodigious. fell thing to see, II, 132,27: strange. freezes fell, IV, 93,7; 105,7; 514,17: sharply, severely.
fell,v., II, 419,46: kill.
fell,feel, I, 478,14; II, 344,15; V,183,20: very.
fellen,p. p.of fell, III, 483,7: felled (a tree).
fells, befalls. well fells me, IV, 437,25: good for me!
felon(the kynggis), III, 98,21,22: traitor, rebel.
felt, III, 146,14: should be emendeddelt.
fences, cock shall crow fences three, II, 8,10,11: evidently bouts,coups; but I have not found this usage elsewhere.
fend,fende, V,283,2;284,22: fiend.
fend,v., III, 300,12; IV, 500,13: provision.
fend, III, 440,12: defence.
ffend.that ffend I Godys fforbod, III, 113,72: seems to be a double expression for deprecation,—I inhibit, protest, God forbid (seeforbode). “I fende to Goddes forbode it should be so: a Dieu ne playse qu’aynsi il aduiengne. Palsgrave, p. 548, col. 1.” Hales and Furnivall, Percy MS., III, 554.
fende, III, 61,106; 117,8: defend.
fer dayes, III, 57,16: far on in the day.
ferd, III, 99,52: fear.
fere, fere love, IV, 219,B3,5: fair. (fair love, V,260,E5.)
fere,feere, II, 58,2; III, 22,5: mate, consort.
fere, in, on, III, 57,27; 59,61; 67,231; 77,423; 98,38: in company, together. Seefeare.
fferli, I, 334,7: fairly, civilly.
ferlicke, I, 334,8: strange. Seeferly.
ferly,ferlie,ferley,farlie, I, 325,C1,10; 329,4; 333,2; 424,d11; III, 440,20; IV, 455,1,13; 524,10; V,244,8,12: marvel, wonder, news.
ferly,adj., ferly strife, III, 97,13: strange, extraordinary. Seeffarley.
ferra-cow,farrow-cow, I, 224,I9,11; II, 261,8: a cow not producing a calf for the current year.
fesh,fess, III, 319,15; IV, 94,14; 257,1,2: fetch.
fet.Seefett.
fetchie, III, 520 b (note to II, 272,22): tricky, practising fetches? Cf. wylie, st.21.
fetcht a race, II, 454 f.,54,58: took a swift preliminary run.
fett, I, 432,5: fetch,pret.fet, fette, III, 31,14; 63,145; 64,172; 298,67.
fett, V,224,18: white.
ffettle, III, 92 ff.,15,37,56: make ready.
feud, II, 279 a,16: contest of feeling?
feughten,p. p.of fecht, ficht, fight, I, 109,15.
feume, IV, 473,44: foam.
fey, I, 245,6; IV, 44,4; 430,2: destined to death. Seefae.
ffeyt, faith.
feyther, V,296a: father.
ficht,fecht,feght,v., IV, 84 f.,16,26,27, etc.: fight.pret.focht, foucht.p. p.foughten, feughten.
fie.Seefee.
fie, doomed. Seefae.
fiel,feel, II, 176,C3: fool.
fieldert, V,126,1: fieldward, away (from where they were).
fiend thing, IV, 23,A c18: devil of a thing.
fift, II, 75,6: fifth.
file,v., I, 135,4: defile.
file, IV, 494,33: while, till.
fileshap, V,260,16: fellowship.
fill, full.
fill, I, 403,10: follow, pursue.
filtt,p. p., III, 490,20: filed.
fin, find.
fin, craig and fin, II, 28,27: whin, whin-stone, synonymous with greenstone, but applied to any hard rock.
finikin, III, 174,18: fine, handsomely dressed.
fire-beams, IV, 96,3: should be fire-boams (bombs), as at 99,G8,H6.
fire-boams, bombs. Seefire-beams.
firlot, IV, 46,3; 379,13: the fourth part of a fou, which is a dry measure varying from two to six Winchester bushels (a Winchester bushel being of a slightly less capacity than the present imperial bushel).
firmaty, V,114,3: frumenty; in old cookery, wheat pottage, with flesh in it; hulled wheat boiled in milk and seasoned with cinnamon, sugar, etc.
fit,fitt,fyt,fytte, II, 54,60: song. I, 329,62; III, 25,51; 27,97; 308,24: division of a song. (A. S. fitt.)
fit, I, 131,G4,5; 164,J6; 302,A7; 472,28; 491,26; IV, 119,6: foot, feet.
fit, III, 142,32; V,240,5: ready.
fitches(of deer), II, 132,19: flitches, sides.
fite(bread), V,220,6: (probably) wheat. Seewhite bread.
fitt, III, 465,21: it is better to read sitt, as in Caw’s text.
fitted, IV, 18,9: footed.
fitted, II, 485,18,31; V,103a: suitably treated or served. V,132,2: ready, disposed.
fittie, IV, 450 a,4: foot.
fivesome, III, 472,3: five together.
flaff, IV, 470,20: flap, fan.
flag, I, 305,3,4; V,213,3,4: corruption offag, drab, slut. Seefag.
flain in, IV, 224,23: correct toflaorflai(flew)in?
flamboy, V,298,7: flambeau, torch.
flat, II, 258,45,46: highest and lowest layer of a grave.
flatte, IV, 504,32: positively determined on.
flattered,flottered(on the faem), II, 25G14; 27,22: flitted, floated (O. Eng. floteren, Germ. flattern).
flattering(toung), II, 144,8: fluttering, waggling. flattering tongue that flutters, II, 154,21.
flaugh,flaw,pret.of fly, I, 286,56; 397,E8; II, 314,9.
flaw, tell me without a flaw, V,41,28: lie.
flay, frighten. Seefley.
flay(A. S. fléon), fly.pret.flaw, flaugh.
fleachy, II, 470,53: infested with fleas.
flear,fleer, I, 454,11; IV, 392,7; 410,26: floor.
flee,v., V,304b,4: flay.pret.fleed.
flee, not a, IV, 53,12: not a whit (fly, for a smallthing). I count him lighter than a flee, etc., III, 480,23; 482,19; 488,26(flea); 490,15. left him not a flee, IV, 53,12.
fleechin, I, 424, d11; II, 32,Q2: wheedling, cajoling.
fleed,pret., V,304b,4: flayed.
fleed,flied, V,257,7,17: frightened. Seefleg.
fleed, IV, 348,14; 349,9: flood.
fleer, I, 69,39; 298,4; 452,14: floor. Seeflear.
fleet, flute.
fleg,fley,flay(A. S. flégan, Old Eng. fleyen), V,253b, No 203,3: frighten.
flesse, V,283,18: flesh.
flex, V,283,11,21: flax.
fley,flay, III, 457,A2; 474,36: frighten.pret.fleed, flied. Seefleg.
flight, I, 21, note *: dispute and scold.
flink, care a flink, V,259,3: care a whit.
flirry, I, 424, d10: blossom.
flo,flon(e)(A. S. flá, flán), I, 327,10; III, 13,5,15: arrow.
flotterd.Seeflattered.
flourishd, I, 398,13: adorned.
flow, IV, 79,14: moss with a spring in it, morass.
flower, I, 352,3,4: get flowers for, or deck with flowers.
flutters, II, 154,21: waggles,
flyte,flight, III, 414 b: dispute, debate, scold (here Percy’s word, replacingfloutandmock).
forward, V,283,4: compact.
focht,pret.of fecht, ficht, fight, IV, 167,C10.p. p. feughten, foughten.
fode.Seefeed.
folde,pret., III, 76,407: folded.
folle, foal.
folye, I, 327,17: a very unlikely word (unless we may understand it to have the meaning of Old Fr. foler, errer çà et là). Another text has balye (Fr. baillie), which gives a good sense, under thine own control, in thine own custody. (folye, in17, may be caught from18.)
fone, II, 196 b,2,8: foes.
fond, fond to see him sleep, II, 269,26: doted, was foolishly happy? (But probably corrupt: cf. fondly seen thee sleep, 271,30.)
food, III, 287,61: man. Seefeed.
ffooder, II, 46,41: (cf. Ger. fuder, cart-load, the largest or one of the largest measures for corn, liquids, and other things), here, tun, as is clear fromauger,41.
foonshief, V,206a,8: foundation, bottom sheaf of a stack.
foor, V,99,C4: fared, went.
foote, goe two foote, III, 188,6: corrupt for fold; cf. 267,9.
for,ffor. ye (yes), for God, nay, for God, III, 61,105,107; 69,259,267,269,271; 76,413,414: by.
for, II, 124,38: before.
for, IV, 21,6; 438,9; V,16f.,2,5,29: where.
forwhenbutwould be expected, II, 58,11,13; 59,22(see II, 57 b). for and, V,76,25; 144,9.
for no, I, 183,25; II, 256,K3: phrase of refusal, obscurely elliptical, after the manner ofwhy, no; or corruptly forfye, no(cf. II, 158,2).
forbears, I, 206,2; II, 63,19: forefathers.
forbode,forbott, ouer Goddes, III, 29,162; 123,18; V,199a,64: God forbid, against God’s prohibition; so A. S. ofer cinges bebod, against the king’s order; ofer dryhtnes word, against the word of the Lord, etc. Elliptically, God’s forbod, as III, 37,79; 180,16. III, 113,72: seeffend.
forbye,forebye, I, 402,1; II, 154,8,9; IV, 224,17; 433,16: near by. I, 86,33; II, 70,22: apart, aside. IV, 203,2: further.
forbye,forebye,forby, I, 305,1; IV, 203,2; V,17,32;213a,1: besides.
force, no, III, 57,13; 67,227: no matter.
forces.for (thro, V,306,8) a’ her father’s forces, V,166,11: in spite of all her father could do?
fordoo, destroy.
fore, first fore love, II, 191,22,25,28,29: earlier.
forebye.Seeforbye.
fforefend, III, 340,26; 407,5: avert, forbid.
forehammer, I, 21 b,12; III, 474,34: sledge-hammer, the large hammer, which strikes before the smaller.
foremost man, 1, 146,12; IV, 412,19: apparently the bridegroom’s “best man.”
forenent,fornent, I, 221 f.,E7,17; 504,7; IV, 77,3; 288,F2; 451 a,3,5: over against, in the face of.
foresteed, V,237,28: protection, protector.
foret, I, 244,10: forth.
forfaulted, V,194,68,73: forfeited.
forfouchald, IV, 4 b,28: very much tired. (Scottish wauchle, forwauchld, forfaughlit.)