Irous Cambises was eekdronkelewe,And ay delited him to ben a schrewe.
Irous Cambises was eekdronkelewe,And ay delited him to ben a schrewe.
Irous Cambises was eekdronkelewe,
And ay delited him to ben a schrewe.
Again (C. T. l. 12426):—
Seneca saith a good word douteles:He saith he can no difference find,Betwix a man that is out of his mind,And a man whiche that isdronkelew.
Seneca saith a good word douteles:He saith he can no difference find,Betwix a man that is out of his mind,And a man whiche that isdronkelew.
Seneca saith a good word douteles:
He saith he can no difference find,
Betwix a man that is out of his mind,
And a man whiche that isdronkelew.
The word used by Seneca isebrius
drury (A.N.)20,courtship, gallantry
duc (A.N.)414,a duke.pl.dukes,388
†duen (A.N.)496,to endue, or endow
E.
E.
E.
ech (A.S.)each. echone (i. e.each one)every one, each
edifie (A.N.)371,to build
edwyte (A.S.)99,to reproach, blame, upbraid
eest (A.S.)east
eft (A.S.)354,371,again
eggen (A.S.)19,386,to egg on, urge, incite
egreliche (A.N.)334,418,sourly, bitterly
†ey (A.S.)464,an egg
eighe (A.S.)180,190,306,pl.eighen,5,80,127, eighes,33,the eye
eylen (A.S.)to ail
eyr (A.N.)air
elde (A.S.)old age
elenge (A.S.)12,179,425,mournful, sorrowful. elengliche,231,sorrowfully, in trouble
eller (A.S.)19, ellere,168,an elder tree
ellis (A.S.)6,else, otherwise, at other times
enbawmen (A.N.)to embalm.pret. s.enbawmed,352
enblaunchen (A.N.)301,to whiten over
engyne (A.N.)384,to contrive, lay a plan, catch
engleymen (A.N.)298,to beslime
engreyned (A.N.)29,powdered
enselen (A.N.)to put a seal to
†entayled (A.N.)462,carved
entre-metten (A.N.)226,263,to intermeddle
envenyme (A.N.)venom, poison
er (A.S.)before, formerly
erchdekenes (A.N.)archdeacons
ere (A.S.)pl. eris, the ear
erien, erie, erye (A.S.)117,138,to plough.pret. pl.eriede,411.part. past, eryed,117
eerl.pl.erles (A.S.)an earl
ernynge (A.S.)418,running.seeyerne
ers (A.S.)87,180,191,the fundament, podex
erst (A.S.)first, most before,superl. ofer
eschaunge (A.N.)exchange
eschetes (A.N.)75,escheats
ese (A.N.)ease
eten, ete (A.S.)386,to eat.pret. s.eet,100,135,146,241, &c.pl.eten,114,248, ete,278.part. pas.eten,354.
†evelles (A.S.)465,without evil
even (A.S.)equal. even-cristen,equal christian, or equal by baptism;fellow-christian, evene,76,evenly, equally. evene forth,356,equally
†evesed (A.S.)460,furnished with eaves
evesynge (A.S.)361,the ice which hangs on the eaves of houses
ewage (A.N.)29,a kind of precious stone
expounen (A.N.)290,to expound, explain
F.
F.
F.
fader (A.S.)361,a father
fayn (A.S.)fain, glad
faiten (A.N.)144,308,to beg, idle, to flatter.pret. pl.faiteden,3. faityng,175,deceiving
faiterie (A.N.)207,flattery, deception
faitour (A.N.)a deceiver, an idle lazy fellow, a flatterer
faithly (A.N.)400,truly, properly
fallen (A.S.)to fall.pres. s.he falleth.pret. s.fel,280,297, fil,278,312,374, fille,285,336,pl.fellen, felle,336,388.part. pas.fallen,375
fals (A.N.)false, falseness. falshede,falsehood. falsliche,390,falsely
fangen (A.S.)111, fonge,282,336,to take, take hold of.pret. s.under-feng,19,under-fonged,209.part. past,under-fongen,115,211
faren, fare (A.S.)197,to go, fare.pret. s.ferde,443,pl.ferden,168part. past, faren77,123,228
fare (A.S.)376,proceeding, manner of going on, fare
fasten (A.S.)to fast
fauchon (A.N.)295,a sword, falchion
faunt (A.N.)134,144,336,403,a child, infant
fauntekyn (A.N.)259,a young child
faunteltee, fauntelté (A.N.)204,304,childishness
faute,pl.fautes (A.N.)179,a fault
fauten (A.N.)to want.pret.fauted,163
favel (A.N.)28,30,deception by flattery, cajolery
feble (A.N.)355,feeble, weak
fecchen (A.S.)39,385,410,to fetch.pres. s.I fecche, thow fettest,390.pret. s.fet, fette,36,104,202,385.pl.fetten,134.part. pas.fet,444, fette water at hise eighen,threw water at his eyes; to fetch a thing at another, for, to throw, is an expression still in use
feden (A.S.)to feed
fee (A.S.)property, money, fee
feere (A.S.)367,pl.feeres, feeris,companion
feere (A.S.)256,367,376,fear
feet (A.N.)26,a deed, fact
feffement (A.N.)32,enfeofment
feffen (A.N.)33,37,to infeof, to fee, present
feynen (A.N.)to feign, dissemble
feyntise (A.S.)77,faintness, weakness
feire (A.N.)a fair
fel (A.S.)the skin
fele (A.S.)many. fele fold,manyfold
fellen (A.S.)to fell, kill
felonliche (A.N.)390,like a felon, in manner of a felon
†fen (A.S.)476,mud, mire
fend (A.S.)pl.fendes,a fiend, devil. fyndekynes,391,little fiends
fennel-seed (A.S.)95,the seed of sweet-fennel was formerly used as a spice
fenestre (A.N.)285,370,a window
fer (A.S.)far
fere (A.S.)140,to frighten
ferly (A.S.)pl.ferlies,a wonder,196,253,376
ferie (A.N.)270,a week-day
ferme (A.N.)403,adv.firmly
fermed (A.N.)177,strengthened
fernyere (A.S.)103,228,in former times
fernmerye (A.N.)253,the infirmary
†ferrer (A.S.)463,further
ferthe (A.S.)413,fourth
festnen (A.S.)to fasten.part. pas.fest,35
festynge (A.N.)feasting
festu (A.N.)190,a mote in the eye. (festuca,Lat.)
fetisliche,28, fetisly,38(A.N.)elegantly, neatly, featously
fibicches (A.N.?)186(?)
†fichewes (A.S.)468,a kind of weasel, called afitchetin Shropshire
†fyen (A.N.)487,to say, fy!The exclamation,fy!was originally one of disgust, occasioned by anything that stunk, according to the old distich (MS. Cotton, Cleop. B. ix, fol. 11, vo. of the thirteenth cent.):—
Phi, notafœtoris, lippus gravis omnibus horis,Sitphi, sit lippus semper procul, ergo Philippus!
Phi, notafœtoris, lippus gravis omnibus horis,Sitphi, sit lippus semper procul, ergo Philippus!
Phi, notafœtoris, lippus gravis omnibus horis,
Sitphi, sit lippus semper procul, ergo Philippus!
fiers (A.N.)proud, fierce
fighten (A.S.)to fight.pret. s.faught,391,402.pl.foughten.part. pas.y-foughte,126,336
fyle (A.N.)86,a daughter, girl, apparently used here in the sense of acommon woman; as they say now in French,elle n'est qu'une fille, she is no better than a strumpet
fyn (A.N.)403,fine, clever
fynden (A.S.)to find, to furnish.pres. s.he fynt,73,146,305,367.pret. s.fond, foond,219,304,312
fir (A.S.)360,fire. fuyr,fire
fithele (A.N.)272,to fiddle. fithele,165,a fiddle
flappen (A.S.)to strike with a flail or with any flat loose weapon.pret. pl.flapten,128
flatten (A.N.)to slap.pret. s.flatte,104
flawmbe, flaumbe (A.N.)360,362,a flame
flawme (A.S.)243,to emit a fetid exhalation(?)
flawmen (A.N.)361,to flame. flawmynge,360,flaming
fle,40, fleen,168,366(A.S.)to fly.pret. s.fleigh,40,351,353,402,435.pl.flowen,42,128. fledden,42
fleckede (A.S.)222,spotted
flesshe (A.S.)flesh
fleten (A.S.)237,to float, swim involuntarily
flittynge (A.S.)206,disputing, flyting
flobre (A.S.?)274,to slobber(?)
florisshe (A.N.)291,to adorn
floryn (A.N.)74,a florin(a gold coin)
†flurichen (A.N.)479,to flourish
fode (A.S.)food
†foynes (A.N.)468,a kind of marten, of which the fur was used for dresses
fold, foold (A.S.)24,141,243,the world, the earth
fole (A.S.)a foal
follede,321,baptized. seefullen
†folloke (A.S.)489(?)
folvyle (A.N.)410(?)
folwe, folwen (A.S.)355,to follow.pres. pl.folwen.pret. s.folwed, folwede,353.pl.folwede,301.part. past, folwed
folwere (A.S.)a follower
fonden (A.S.)238,to try, tempt, inquire.pret. s.fonded, fondede,315,344,353
fondynge(A.S.)291,a temptation, undertaking
fongen,seefangen
foot (A.S.)a foot. foote,354,on foot
for (A.S.)for, for that, because; for-thi,because, therefore
for-, in composition in verbs derived from the Anglo-Saxon, conveys the idea of privation or deterioration, and answers to the modern German ver-. It is preserved in a few words in our language, such asforbid,forbear,forlorn, &c. The following instances occur in Piers Ploughman:—
for-bete (A.S.)to beat down, beat to pieces, or to death, beat entirely.part. past, for-beten,436
for-bode (A.S.)denial, forbidding
for-biten (A.S.)332,to bite to pieces
for-doon, for-do (A.S.)78,163,371,to undo, ruin.pret. s.for-dide,340,390.part. past, for-do,262, for-doon,371
for-faren (A.S.)303,to go to ruin, perish, to fare ill
for-freten (A.S.)332,to eat to pieces
†for-gabben (A.N.)488,to mock
for-yeten (A.S.)362,to forget.pret. s.for-yat,205
for-gyven (A.S.)to forgive.pret. s.374.part. pas.for-gyve,365
for-glutten (A.S.)178,to devour, swallow up
for-pynede (A.S.)126,pined or starved to death, wasted away, niggardly. Chaucer, C. T. l. 1453:—
In derknes and orrible and strong prisounThis seven yeer hath seten Palamon,For-pyned, what for woo and for destresse.
In derknes and orrible and strong prisounThis seven yeer hath seten Palamon,For-pyned, what for woo and for destresse.
In derknes and orrible and strong prisoun
This seven yeer hath seten Palamon,
For-pyned, what for woo and for destresse.
And C. T. l. 205:—
He was not pale as afor-pynedgoost.
He was not pale as afor-pynedgoost.
He was not pale as afor-pynedgoost.
In this latter place Tyrwhit seems to interpret it as meaningtormented
for-shapen (A.S.)to unmake.pret. s.for-shapte,365
for-sleuthen (A.S.)103,to be spoilt from lying idle
for-stallen (A.S.)68,to hinder, forestall, stop
for-sweren (A.S.)170,to perjure, swear falsely.part. pas.for-sworen,418, forsworn
for-thynken (A.S.)167,to repent, beg pardon
for-wandred (A.S.)1,worn out with wandering about
for-wanye (A.S.)79,to spoil
†for-werd (A.S.)476,494,worn out
for-yelden (A.S.)133,257,to make a return for a thing, repay
forbisne (A.S.)152,an example, similitude, parable
forceres (A.N.)186,coffers
fore-ward, for-ward, for-warde (A.S.)65,119,206,a bargain, promise
for-goer (A.S.)39,a goer before
for-goers (A.S.)31,people whose business it was to go before the great lords in their progresses, and buy up provisions for them
formest (A.S.)186,403,first, foremost
†formfaderes (A.S.)498,first fathers
formour (A.N.)160,358,a creator, maker
forreyour (A.N.)430,a scout, forager
forster (A.N.)354,a forester
†forytoures,465, perhaps an error of the press in the old edition forfautoures
forwit (A.S.)87,prescience, forethought, anticipation
fostren (A.S.)360,to foster
foulen (A.S.)414,to defoul
fowel (A.S.)a fowl, bird
fraynen (A.S.)to ask, inquire, question.pret. s.frayned,18,109,151,341,370
†fraynyng (A.S.)452,questioning
frankeleyn (A.N.)398,a large freeholder, in rank in society classed with, but after, themilesandarmiger. See Tyrwhit's note on the Canterbury Tales, l. 333
frayel (A.N.)252,a wicker basket. See note. In the romance of Richard Cœur de Lion, l. 1547, King Richard says:—