i-clepedlollersand londlese.
i-clepedlollersand londlese.
i-clepedlollersand londlese.
lomere (A.S.)439,morefrequently
lond-buggere (A.S.)191,a buyer of land
†lone (A.S.)493,a loan(?)
longen (A.S.)to belong
loof (A.S.)a loaf
loone (A.S.)442,a loan. lenger yeres loone,a loan of a year longer, a year's extension or renewal of the loan
loore (A.S.)79,244,teaching, lore, doctrine, science
loores-man, lores-man (A.S.)164,318,a teacher
loos (A.S.)219,honour, praise
lorel (A.N.)147,294,351,369,a bad man, a good-for-nothing fellow. Chaucer, in his translation of Boethius, uses it to represent the Latinperditissimus. Compare the description of thelorelin the Ploughman's Tale (Speght's Chaucer) fol. 91:—
For thou canst no cattell gete,But livest in lond as alorell,With glosing gettest thou thy mete.
For thou canst no cattell gete,But livest in lond as alorell,With glosing gettest thou thy mete.
For thou canst no cattell gete,
But livest in lond as alorell,
With glosing gettest thou thy mete.
losel (A.N.)5,124,176,303,a wretch, good-for-nothing fellow. It appears to be a different form of the preceding word. loselly,240,in a disgraceful, good-for-nothing manner
losengerie (A.N.)125,176,flattery, lying
lothen (A.S.)to loath
looth (A.S.)loath, hateful. lother,318,more loath. lothliche,hateful
lotebies (A.S.?)52,private companions, bed-fellows. In the romance of the Seven Sages (Weber, p. 57) it is said of a woman unfaithful to her husband:—
Sche stal a-wai, mididone,And wente to herelotebi.
Sche stal a-wai, mididone,And wente to herelotebi.
Sche stal a-wai, mididone,
And wente to herelotebi.
Chaucer uses the word (in the romance of the Rose, l. 6339), in a passage rather similar to this of Piers Ploughman:—
Now am I yong and stout and bolde,Now am I Robert, now Robin,Now frere Minor now Jacobin,Andwith me followeth my loteby,To don me solace and company.
Now am I yong and stout and bolde,Now am I Robert, now Robin,Now frere Minor now Jacobin,Andwith me followeth my loteby,To don me solace and company.
Now am I yong and stout and bolde,
Now am I Robert, now Robin,
Now frere Minor now Jacobin,
Andwith me followeth my loteby,
To don me solace and company.
In the original the word iscompaigne
lotien (A.S.)354,to lurk, lie in ambush
louke (A.S.)384,to lock
louren (A.S.)to lower
lous, lys (A.S.)pl.a louse
louten (A.S.)50,181,182,300,to make a salutation, reverence.pret. s.louted,294,470
lovyen, lovye, lovien (A.S.)to love. hym lovede,356,it pleased him
lowen (A.S.)to condescend(?)pret.lowed,8
luft (A.S.)69,fellow, person
†lullyng (A.S.)455,lolling(?)
lurdayne (A.S.)375,436,a clown, rustic, ill-bred person
lusard (A.N.)389,a lizard, crocodile
lussheburwes (A.N.)316,base or adulterated coins; which took their name and were imported from Luxemberg. See note on l. 10322
luten (A.N.)to play on the lute.pret. s.lutede,395
luther (A.S.)316,390,bad, wicked
M.
M.
M.
macche (A.S.)248,249,companion, match-fellow
macche (A.S.)360,a match
macer (A.N.)47,one who carries a mace
mayen (A.S.)to be able(it is seldom or never used in the infinitive mood).pres. s.may,pl.mowen, mowe.pret. s.myghte,pl.mighte
y-maymed (A.S.)359,maimed
mayn-pernour, (A.N.)71,380.Seethe next word
mayn-prise (A.N.)70,346,a kind of bail, a law term. "It signifieth in our Common Law the taking or receiving a man in friendly custodie, that otherwise is or might be committed to prison, and so upon securitie given for his forth coming at a day assigned: and they that doe thus undertake for any, are calledmainpernours, because they do receive him into their hands."Minsheu. The persons thus received were allowed to go at large
mayn-prise (A.N.)75,426, meynprise,39,to bail in the manner described under the foregoing word
mair (A.N.)290,pl.meires,150,a mayor
maistrie (A.N.)66,a mastery, a feat of science
make (A.S.)50,222,230,a companion, consort
maken, make (A.S.)to make.pret. s.made.part. pas.y-maked,2. maad,71,248
make (A.S.)229,to compose poetry.Seenote
makynge (A.S.)229,writing poetry
male (A.N.)91,a box, pack
†malisones (A.N.)493,curses
mamelen (A.S.)78,226,to chatter, mumble
menacen (A.N.)to menace, threaten
manere (A.N.)manner
mange (A.N.)132,to eat
mangerie (A.N.)209,328,an eating, a feast
manlich (A.S.)92.humane. manliche,manfully, humanely
mansed (A.N.)30,74,190,233,438,cursed, excommunicated
marc (A.N.)161,a mark (a coin)
marche (A.S.)159,321,a border. The word is preserved in the term "Marches of Wales," "Marches of Scotland"
marchen (A.N.)to march, go
mareys (A.N.)a marsh
†masedere (A.N.)499,more amazed
maugree (A.N.)131,ill thanks, in spite of
maundee (A.S.)339,maunday
maundement (A.N.)348,a commandment
mawe (A.S.)298,mouth, maw
maze (A.N.)12,doubt, amazement, a labyrinth
meden (A.S.)56,to reward, bribe
mede (A.S.)meed, reward
medlen (A.N.)to mix with
meel (A.S.)meal
meene (A.N.)poor, moderate, middle
mees (A.S.)249,313,a messorportion of meat
megre (A.N.)meagre, thin
meynee (A.N.)178,household, household retinue
meken (A.S.)to make meek, humiliate
mele (A.S.)262,meal, flour
mendinaunt,pl.mendinauntz (A.N.)a beggar; friars of the begging orders
mene, meene (A.N.)mean, middle
mene (A.N.)326,a mean
menen (A.S.)to mean. to meene,15,18. that is Crist to mene,399,that means Christ
menen (A.S.)to moan, lament.pret.mened
†menemong (A.S.)497,of an ordinary quality
menever (A.N.)433,a kind of fur; the fur of the ermine and small weasel mixed
mengen (A.S.)to mix, meddle
menyson (A.N.)337,a flux, dysentery
menour (A.N.)a Minorite
menske (A.S.)54,455,decency, honour, manliness
mercien (A.N.)to thank
mercy (A.N.)17,353,thanks
mercy (A.N.)360,361,mercy
mercyment (A.N.)amercement
merk (A.S.)316,a mark
merke (A.S.)15,dark. merknesse (A.S.)377,379,darkness
merveillous (A.N.)marvellous, wonderful
meschief (A.N.)197,mishap, evil, mischief
mesel (A.S.)pl.meseles,51,144,337,a leper
meson-Dieux (A.N.)139,hospitals
messe (A.S.)mass, the Romish ceremony
mestier (A.N.)138,occupation
mesurable (A.N.)moderate
met (A.S.)267,measure
mete (A.S.)meat. mete-less, (A.S.)without meat
metels (A.S.)13,31,147,149,155,202,207,a dream
meten, meete (A.S.)310,to meet.pret. s.mette,351.part. pas.met,216
meten (A.S.)to dream.pret. s.mette,148,155,396.part. s.metynge,221
metyng (A.S.)246,a dream
†meter (A.S.)476,fitter(?)
meve (A.N.)153,228,to move.pres. pl.ye moeven,298
myd (A.S.)with
myddel-erthe (A.S.)221,the world
middes (A.S.)middle, midst
mynistren (A.N.)231,to administer
mynnen (A.S.)322,to mind, to recollect
mynours (A.N.)miners, diggers of mines
mys-beden (A.S.)119,to injure
mysese (A.N.)16,ill ease
mys-eise (A.N.)139,ill at ease
mysfeet (A.N.)224,ill deed, wrong
†myster (A.N.)484,kind species
mystier (A.S.)more misty, more dark
†myteynes (A.N.)476,mittens, gloves
mnam,131,a Hebrew coin
mo (A.S.)more
mody (A.S.)moody. modiliche,moodily
moeble, meble (A.N.)364,goods
molde, moolde (A.S.)earth, mould
moled (A.N.)262,264,spotted, stained
mom (A.S.)13,a mum, sound
mone (A.S.)295,lamentation
†monelich (A.N.)457,meanly
monials (A.N.)192,nuns(Lat.moniales)
moore (A.S.)403,greater
moost (A.S.)greatest
moot (A.N.)113,417,a moat
moot-halle (A.S.)73,74,hall of meeting, of justice
more (A.S.)300,330,331,334,pl.mores,416,a root
mornen (A.S.)to mourn.pret. s.mornede
mortrews (A.N.)248,250,252,a kind of soup
morwe (A.S.)morning, morrow
morwenynge (A.S.)morning
mote (A.S.)25,to hold courts of justice
motyng (A.S.)141,judging, meeting for justice
moton (A.N.)44,the name of a coin.Seenote on l. 1404
mous (A.S.)pl.mees,a mouse
mouster (A.N.)267,muster, arrangement
muche (A.S.)155,417,great
muchel (A.S.)401,great, much
muliere, mulliere (A.N.)343,344,a wife, woman
murie (A.S.)pleasant, merry, joyful. murye,1,pleasantly, murier,more pleasant
murthe (A.S.)382,pleasure, joy, mirth
murthen (A.S.)362,to make merry or joyful
muson (A.N.)183,measures(?)
must (A.S.)391,a liquor made of honey
N.
N.
N.
nale (A.S.)124,the ale.seeatte
namoore (A.S.)no more
naught (A.S.)not, nought
ne (A.S.)not. The negativeneis combined with the verbto will, to be, &c.; asnelle, forne wille,nel, nyl, forne wil,nere, forne were,nolde, forne wolde,nyste, forne wiste. It is sometimes combined with other verbs, asnaroos,399, forne aroos. So we have such expressions as, wol he nele he,427, i. e.whether he will or he will not
nede (A.S.)need
neddre (A.S.)82,an adder, venomous serpent
nedlere (A.S.)96,maker of, or dealer in, needles
neet (A.S.)411,cattle. Farmers still talk ofneat cattle
neghen (A.S.)to approach, to near.pret. s.neghed,425, neghede,438
neigh (A.S.)near, nigh
nempne (A.S.)397,to name, call.pret. s.nempned,397,404.part. pas.y-nempned, nempned
nevelynge (A.S.)85,sniveling
nygard (A.S.)niggard
nymen, nyme (A.S.)268,304426,to take.part. pas.y-nome,427
nyppe (A.S.)379,a point(?)
noble (A.N.)191,a gold coin of the value of six shillings and eightpence
noght (A.S.)nought, nothing
noyen (A.N.)to injure, annoy, plague
nones (A.N.)125,the hour of two or three in the afternoon
nonne (A.S.)86,a nun
noon (A.S.)none
nounpere (A.N.)97,an umpire, an arbitrator
noughty (A.S.)130,possessed of nothing
noun (A.N.)366,no
nouthe (A.S.)now
O.
O.
O.
o (A.S.)349,one
of-gon (A.S.)166,to derive(?)
of-walked (A.S.)258,fatigued with walking
o-lofte (A.S.)aloft, on high
one, oone (A.S.)singly, alone, only. myn one,154,myself singly
†onethe (A.S.)scarcely.Seeunnethe
oon (A.S.)one
oost (A.N.)416,a host, army
openen, opene (A.S.)to open.pret. pl.opned,388
ordeigne, ordeyne (A.N.)415,to ordain
organye (A.N.)369,a musical instrument. by organye,as an accompaniment to music
ote (A.S.)an oat
oughen (A.S.)to own, possess, owe.pret. s.oughte,47
outher (A.S.)other, either, or
over-come (A.S.)to overcome.pret. s.over-coom,405
over-hoven (A.S.)55,379,to hover or dwell over, hang over
over-hippen (A.S.)to hop over, skip over.pret. pl.thei over-huppen,250,318
over-leden (A.S.)62,to overlead, tyrannize over
over-spreden (A.S.)to spread over.pret. s.over-spradde,408
over-tilten (A.S.)to tilt or throw over.pret. s.over-tilte,428,433,threw over, dug up
owene (A.S.)366,own