GLOSSARY.Commas at the end of some entries are not errors. The letters I and J are alphabetized together. Initial U is written and alphabetized as V.Asterisks* are not explained. They seem to indicate words that did not appear in the original MS but are the result of editorial emendation. They may or may not occur elsewhere in the text.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVWYabydde, 2/41,vb.to endure.a-bye, 21/569,vb.to pay for.actone, 79/2276,sb.a jacket of quilted cotton. Cf. Skeat’s Glossary toWars of Al., s.v.ago, 3/65,pp.gone.a-right, 48/1364,pt. s.prepared, served up.assent, 48/1357,sb.proposal.assttyt, 23/640,adv.at once.auter, 68/1952,sb.altar.avented, 54/1554,pt. s. refl.recovered his breath.aventorres, 2/39,sb. pl.adventures.aventurly, 44/1229,adv.boldly.axithe, 10/260,pr. 3 sg.asks.balle, 15/400,sb.bale.bane,* 29/794,sb.bone;52/1478,sb.destruction, death;59/1678,sb.over-comer.bare, 53/1502,pr. s.stabbed.barys, 35/978,sb. pl.bars.bayte, 54/1553,vb.to pasture.bed, 29/793,pp.offered.bent, 25/701, 86/2487,sb.battle-field.berdles, 36/1015,adj.beardless.bere, 37/1045,vb.to stab.be-stad, 29/808,pp.sore bestad = distressed.bet, 57/1622,pt. s.beat.be-taught, 58/1651,pp.surrendered, delivered.bett, 55/1585,pp.beaten;40/1123,pp.ornamented.be-tyde, 45/1270,vb.to befall;cf. thenote to this line.beytyng, 36/1008,vb. sb., baiting.?bla,* 9/237,adj.pale, wan;cf.the note.blo,* 13/351,adj.blue.blynd, 4/87,pr. s. conj.blind.bode, 18/498,pr. s.ordered.boffettes, 85/2472;buffettes, 56/1596,sb. pl.blow, dint.bone, 55/1565,sb.prayer.bord, 29/819, 42/1194,sb.table.bowes, 51/1451,sb. pl.bough, branch.bowght, 21/556,sb.bend.brayd, 56/1598,sb.sudden attack.broke, 30/833, 48/1354,vb.to enjoy.browȝ, 24/654,sb.rising ground, hill.byddythe, 18/500,pr. s.waited, remained.byght, 22/605,vb.to bite.byne, 2/46,vb.to be.byrlyd, 11/292, 12/329,pr. s.to pour out.castell toure, 90/2597,sb.castle tower.chaffare, 35/986,sb.bargain.chalenge, 41/1150;pr. s.41/1163;pr. s. conj.challenge.cheff-foster, 21/574,sb.chief-foster.ches, 26/718,pr. s.chose.chyrge, 29/814,sb.church.clarkys, 1/12,sb. pl.clerks.clere, 3/62,adj.clere of, renowned for.clow,* 20/542,sb.clough.cobled, 46/1298,adj.cobled stones = cobblestones.comely, 26/722,adv.in a comely manner;cf.the note.contenance,* 3/75,sb.countenance, presence of mind.cord, 48/1357,pr. s.accord.coueryd, 87/2506,pr. pl.Vp they coueryd= They recovered.?countenance, 39/1105,sb.countenance.couped, 42/1193,pp.;cf.the note.coupled, 87/2520,pp.coupled;cf.the note.coursus, 41/1150, 42/1177,sb. pl.courses.couth, 46/1295, 91/2636,pr. s.knew.craftely, 54/1527,adv.skilfully.crest, 40/1128;creste, 83/2407,sb.crest.croke, 36/1018, 37/1042, 55/1577, 56/1607, 58/1652,sb.crook.dalle, 21/562,sb.valley.delyuer, 41/1154,vb.;41/1151,imp.to deliver up;delyuerd, 63/1806, 1808,pp.delivered of a child;delyuerd, 82/2372,pp.released?dent, 2/41,sb.blow.departid, 47/1329,pr. pl.divorced.dewe, 4/88,sb.dieu.deyr, 2/37,adj.dear.deyse, 38/1067, 42/1192,sb.dais.dight, 39/1081,pr. s.built.disparplid,* 70/2010,pp.dispersed;cf.the note.dong, 61/1754,pr. pl.dung, beat.dourst, 3/81,prs. sg.darest.draught, 58/1654,sb.draught.dryee, 36/994,vb.endure.duchyes, 33/933,sb. pl.duchies.dulful, 19/519,adj.troublesome.dynnyng, 52/1487,sb.roaring.dyspisyst, 2/47,prs. 2 sg.despisest.eb, 64/1846,sb.ebb;cf.the note.ebbyd, 8/223,pp.ebbing.ech, 92/2657,pron.each.eche, 24/649,sb.oak.endentyd, 9/227,pp.indented, adorned.erber, 65/1868,sb.garden of pleasure.ermyght, 36/1008,sb.?eyllythe, 34/958,prs. 3 sg.ails.fall, 47/1331,vb.to fell, kill.fame, 2/31,sb.foam.fare, 44/1234,sb.at that fare = under these circumstances.farly, 2/44;ferly, 69/1974, 71/2035,sb.wonder.fawe,* 16/431,adj.destined to death.fede,* 2/30,sb.feed, pasture ground;cf.the note.ffede, 51/1444,sb.;cf.the note.fell, 85/2444,adj.strong, able.fell, 1/21, 4/90,vb.to fell, kill;fellythe, 3/82,pr. 3 sg.fells.fere, 3/69, 4/98, 4/102, 33/931, 85/2466,sb.companion.fesomnyd, 2/28,pr. s.;cf.the note.fet, 12/309,pp.fetched.ffettouris, 81/2333,sb. pl.fetters.flyng, 67/1927,vb.to hasten.flyngyng, 14/378,p. prs.hastening.fode, 36/1012,sb.food;ffode, 64/1823,sb.child, wight.ffont, 69/1993,sb.font.forsake, 26/724,vb.to leave behind.fforward, 41/1743,sb.agreement.fraye, 23/638,sb.attack.freke, 58/1661,sb.warrior.frethe, 6/161,sb.forest.fyle, 33/911,sb.fill.ffyne, 39/1086,sb.fine.fytte, 17/458,sb. pl.feet.fytyng, 7/1731,p. prs.fighting.gadlyng, 36/1015,sb.vagabond.gale, 46/1313,sb.galley.gas, 4/103,prs. 3 sg.goes.gestonye, 82/2374, 91/2625, 91/2627,sb.banquet, feast.gethe, 71/2042,prs. 3 sg.goes.glemyrryng, 16/426,p. prs.glimmering.governe, 28/779,vb. refl.to behave.greme,* 67/1929,sb.grief, sorrow.grennyng, 40/1126,p. prs.distorting, gaping.gryffon, 69/1971;greffon, 69/1981,sb.griffin.grype, 68/1961,sb.griffin.harood, 60/1711,sb.herald;82/2365,harroldys,sb. pl.heralds.harood, 63/1799,pr. s.distracted.hed, 17/444,sb.heed.hede, 74/2126,vb.to behead.hede-vale, 74/2135, 91/2621,sb.principal value;cf. thenote to l. 2135.hedles, 25/702,adj.headless.hende, 4/106,adj.courteous.herne,* 37/1030,sb.brains.heved,* 14/371,sb.head.hight, 65/1860,sb.height.housell, 45/1272;howsell, 74/2139,sb.housel.howge, 20/548,adj.huge, enormous.howt, 25/703,adv.out.hurt, 57/1625,sb.hurt.i-bye, 43/1222,vb.to pay for.i-wysse, 15/391,adv.surely.juster, 84/2420,sb.jousting knight.kene, 2/47,adj.brave.kerpyng, 92/2662,vb. sb.talking.lade, 58/1663,sb.load, i.e. a lot of blows.lay, 6/165, 52/1492,sb.grass land, bank.lede, 2/36,sb.country.lemyred, 11/291,pr. s.glimmered.lenage, 18/491,sb.lineage, family.lende, 1/9,prs. pl.go.leng, 32/899,vb.to stay.lent, 85/2461,sb.lent?leryd, 40/1110,pp.informed.lifte, 45/1273,vb.to lift.lothly, 34/964, 35/991;lothely, 53/1508, 54/1534,adj.loathsome.love, 59/1692,sb.love, sweet-heart.lyst, 1/7,vb.to listen.lythe, 13/337,vb.to listen.lyvelode, 83/2384,sb.livelihood.maistershipmon, 50/1425,sb.captain.mall, 12/322,sb.hammer, club.markyd, 90/2592,pr. s.directed.mate, 25/678,adj.faint, exhausted.maynerey, 16/435,sb.banquet, feast.maystry, 8/212,sb.mastery;maystres, 28/789,sb. pl.=maystries, exploits?meche, 10/270, 20/531, 26/713, 37/1040,adj.much, great.met, 25/700,pr. s.measured.moche, 49/1399, 76/2195,adj.much, great.myd mete, 41/1141, 42/1189,sb.the middle of the dinner.mylle, 3/79,sb.mile.myrre, 11/293, 34/943,adj.merry.myster, 21/581,sb.need, want.nonys, 46/1299,in phr. for þe nones, for the once, for the occasion.noryse, 67/1928,sb.nurse.not,* 54/1535,prs.ne wot, don’t know.nowyd, 6/153,pp.annoyed? cf.the note.of-smyght, 25/691,vb.to cut off.omage, 39/1086,sb.homage.onfre,* 53/1499,adj.unnoble.on-harnes, 11/302,vb.to unharness.ordor, 2/51,sb.order.ordurres, 2/48,sb. pl.knighthood, dub.ovyr-ryde, 2/40,vb.to ride over, to overcome?payn, 44/1252,sb.fine, mulct.persewyd,* 17/462,pp.pursued.pertely, 53/1501,adv.openly, plainly.pluckys, 56/1611,sb.strokes;cf. Halliwell, Dict., p. 633.pomell, 26/714,sb.pommel.poynt, 17/445, 88/2540, =poynt of armys, 3/68, 30/832, 49/1383,sb.exploit.prekand, 45/1263,prs. p.pricking.preste, 50/1418,adj.ready.preve, 10/275,adj.privy.pyll, 21/573,sb.rock?ragyd, 7/194,adj.ragged.rawght, 24/645,pr. s.gave.red, 7/178,sb.counsel.reioyse, 75/2151, 80/2309, 91/2640,vb.to enjoy.rerid, 55/1561,pr. pl.reared, tried to bring on.reue, 35/986,vb.to bereave, to rob.reuelid, 85/2467,pr. pl.revelled, feasted.revid, 88/2546,pp.robbed.rewe, 31/860,vb.to rue, to pity.reysed, 46/1313,pr. pl.raised, made ready;reysing, 51/1454,prs. p.rising, starting up.rially, 87/2516,adv.royally.rialte, 85/2455,sb.royal state.rightfull, 64/1834,adj.rightfull.roall, 85/2450,adj.royal.rome, 19/516,sb.cross-way?rore, 37/132,vb.to roar.rough, 66/1879,sb.wood, copse.rowe, 50/1426,prs. pl.row.rowght, 24/645,sb.stroke, blow?rude, 58/1666,adj.rude.ryd, 2/44,pr. s.rode.ryde-wey, 22/598,sb.spur-way, horse-way.ryngis, 82/2354,sb.ring, arena.ryved, 73/2090,pr. s.ryved up, landed, disembarked;ryven, 50/1435,pr. p.landed.sare, 4/97,adv.sorely.sarten, 26/717,adj. sb.the sarten = the truth.sayment, 2/50,sb.trial, exploit.scape, 81/2327,prs. subj.escape.schedyng, 19/516,sb.separation.scheff-chambyr, 26/718,sb.chief-chamber, first rank-chamber.scheld, 21/578,vb.to shelter.schere, 21/556,vb.to shear, to cut.schope, 21/567,pr. s.created.schowt, 21/570,schoute, 61/1751, 65/1877,s.;schuot, 22/594,vb.to shout.season, 75/2157,sb.court.see-fome, 75/2165,sb.sea-foam.sege, 77/2204,sb.siege.sekyrnes, 30/835,sb.surety.semled, 85/2445,pr. pl.assembled.sete, 33/922,sb.city.seth, 74/2141,conj.since.sett, 41/1152,pr. s.sat.sewe, 4/89,vb.to look at.shipped, 45/1260,pr. s.46/1318,pr. pl.shypped,pp.embarked.shone, 40/1117,sb. pl.shoes.side lokyng, 57/1637,sb.side-glance.siȝed, 79/2288,pr. s.sighed.simarr,* 47/1338,sb.cloak;seethe note.slade, 58/1660,sb.slade.slon,* 16/458,sb.sloe.smote, 76/2185;smote adown, 77/2203,pr. s.cast anchor.solasyd, 24/657,pr. s.solaced, comforted.solemnite, 56/1591,sb.pride.sotell, 61/1761,adj.subtle, sly.sownyng, 49/1400, 62/1782, 90/2615,sb.swooning.sparid, 73/2096,pr. pl.barred, blocked up.sped, 3/70,prs. conj.speed.spent, 67/1910,pp.lost.sperryd, 14/364,pr. s.barred, shut up.sperrys, 5/127,sb.spire, tree.spousage, 62/1791,sb.spousage.sprent, 7/181,pr. s.lept.spryt, 7/181,sb.pole.stad,* 55/1566,sb.stead.state, 60/1729,sb.chair of state.stere,* 24/662,vb. refl.move.steryng, 62/1785,p. prs.stirring, moving.stomlyng, 24/660,p. prs.stumbling.storrope, 35/987,sb.stirrup.strake, 2/42,pr. s.struck.styll, 18/477,sb.steel.swathing band, 67/1917,sb.swath.swowe,* 20/548,sb.noise;cf.the note.sybbe,* 27/739,sb.kinsman.takyll, 49/1402,sb.tackling.tall, 26/734,sb.tale.tene, 3/73,sb.grief, sorrow.the, 2/49,vb.to thrive.thede,* 60/1728,sb.people.thefe, 46/1292;theffe, 58/1659,sb.villain.theves, 61/1760,sb. pl.villains.thole,* 17/460,vb.to suffer.throng, 38/1057,sb.crowd, troop.thronge, 79/2283,pr. pl.thronged, pressed.tombelyd, 42/1173,pr. pl.tumbled.to-sheverd, 42/1172,pr. s.shivered in pieces.trast,* 17/455,?vb.to trust.trayll, 46/1314,vb.to trail.trayn, 29/803, 51/1455,sb.treachery, deceit.trompettys, 29/816, 34/443,trumpettes, 41/1164,sb. pl.trumpets.trovylld, 17/452,pr. s.travailed, exerted himself.trow, 21/572,pr. s.believe.trusse, 13/354,vb.to truss.trussyd, 14/371,pr. pl.trussed.tyed, 92/2658,pp.;cf.the note.tyght, 22/589,adj.tight.tyght, 25/690,adv.in phr.ase tyght, at once.tymbyr, 2/40, 81/2349, 86/2483,sb.lance.tynding, 42/1181,sb.beating;cf.the note.vale, s.hede.venturus, 55/1566,adj.adventurous, dangerous.vetelid, 76/2188,pp.supplied with provisions.victoure, 83/2411,sb.victor.vnbrydeled, 54/1552,pr. s.unbridled.vnder, 71/2029,sb.noon.vndyr-nethe, 20/542,prep.underneath.vndertane, 61/1733,vb.to undertake.walloyng, 7/189,prs. p.wallowing.wanne, 62/1767,adj.wan, dark.ward, 48/1351,sb.warden.waried, 43/1211, 88/2544,pr. pl.cursed;
GLOSSARY.Commas at the end of some entries are not errors. The letters I and J are alphabetized together. Initial U is written and alphabetized as V.Asterisks* are not explained. They seem to indicate words that did not appear in the original MS but are the result of editorial emendation. They may or may not occur elsewhere in the text.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVWYabydde, 2/41,vb.to endure.a-bye, 21/569,vb.to pay for.actone, 79/2276,sb.a jacket of quilted cotton. Cf. Skeat’s Glossary toWars of Al., s.v.ago, 3/65,pp.gone.a-right, 48/1364,pt. s.prepared, served up.assent, 48/1357,sb.proposal.assttyt, 23/640,adv.at once.auter, 68/1952,sb.altar.avented, 54/1554,pt. s. refl.recovered his breath.aventorres, 2/39,sb. pl.adventures.aventurly, 44/1229,adv.boldly.axithe, 10/260,pr. 3 sg.asks.balle, 15/400,sb.bale.bane,* 29/794,sb.bone;52/1478,sb.destruction, death;59/1678,sb.over-comer.bare, 53/1502,pr. s.stabbed.barys, 35/978,sb. pl.bars.bayte, 54/1553,vb.to pasture.bed, 29/793,pp.offered.bent, 25/701, 86/2487,sb.battle-field.berdles, 36/1015,adj.beardless.bere, 37/1045,vb.to stab.be-stad, 29/808,pp.sore bestad = distressed.bet, 57/1622,pt. s.beat.be-taught, 58/1651,pp.surrendered, delivered.bett, 55/1585,pp.beaten;40/1123,pp.ornamented.be-tyde, 45/1270,vb.to befall;cf. thenote to this line.beytyng, 36/1008,vb. sb., baiting.?bla,* 9/237,adj.pale, wan;cf.the note.blo,* 13/351,adj.blue.blynd, 4/87,pr. s. conj.blind.bode, 18/498,pr. s.ordered.boffettes, 85/2472;buffettes, 56/1596,sb. pl.blow, dint.bone, 55/1565,sb.prayer.bord, 29/819, 42/1194,sb.table.bowes, 51/1451,sb. pl.bough, branch.bowght, 21/556,sb.bend.brayd, 56/1598,sb.sudden attack.broke, 30/833, 48/1354,vb.to enjoy.browȝ, 24/654,sb.rising ground, hill.byddythe, 18/500,pr. s.waited, remained.byght, 22/605,vb.to bite.byne, 2/46,vb.to be.byrlyd, 11/292, 12/329,pr. s.to pour out.castell toure, 90/2597,sb.castle tower.chaffare, 35/986,sb.bargain.chalenge, 41/1150;pr. s.41/1163;pr. s. conj.challenge.cheff-foster, 21/574,sb.chief-foster.ches, 26/718,pr. s.chose.chyrge, 29/814,sb.church.clarkys, 1/12,sb. pl.clerks.clere, 3/62,adj.clere of, renowned for.clow,* 20/542,sb.clough.cobled, 46/1298,adj.cobled stones = cobblestones.comely, 26/722,adv.in a comely manner;cf.the note.contenance,* 3/75,sb.countenance, presence of mind.cord, 48/1357,pr. s.accord.coueryd, 87/2506,pr. pl.Vp they coueryd= They recovered.?countenance, 39/1105,sb.countenance.couped, 42/1193,pp.;cf.the note.coupled, 87/2520,pp.coupled;cf.the note.coursus, 41/1150, 42/1177,sb. pl.courses.couth, 46/1295, 91/2636,pr. s.knew.craftely, 54/1527,adv.skilfully.crest, 40/1128;creste, 83/2407,sb.crest.croke, 36/1018, 37/1042, 55/1577, 56/1607, 58/1652,sb.crook.dalle, 21/562,sb.valley.delyuer, 41/1154,vb.;41/1151,imp.to deliver up;delyuerd, 63/1806, 1808,pp.delivered of a child;delyuerd, 82/2372,pp.released?dent, 2/41,sb.blow.departid, 47/1329,pr. pl.divorced.dewe, 4/88,sb.dieu.deyr, 2/37,adj.dear.deyse, 38/1067, 42/1192,sb.dais.dight, 39/1081,pr. s.built.disparplid,* 70/2010,pp.dispersed;cf.the note.dong, 61/1754,pr. pl.dung, beat.dourst, 3/81,prs. sg.darest.draught, 58/1654,sb.draught.dryee, 36/994,vb.endure.duchyes, 33/933,sb. pl.duchies.dulful, 19/519,adj.troublesome.dynnyng, 52/1487,sb.roaring.dyspisyst, 2/47,prs. 2 sg.despisest.eb, 64/1846,sb.ebb;cf.the note.ebbyd, 8/223,pp.ebbing.ech, 92/2657,pron.each.eche, 24/649,sb.oak.endentyd, 9/227,pp.indented, adorned.erber, 65/1868,sb.garden of pleasure.ermyght, 36/1008,sb.?eyllythe, 34/958,prs. 3 sg.ails.fall, 47/1331,vb.to fell, kill.fame, 2/31,sb.foam.fare, 44/1234,sb.at that fare = under these circumstances.farly, 2/44;ferly, 69/1974, 71/2035,sb.wonder.fawe,* 16/431,adj.destined to death.fede,* 2/30,sb.feed, pasture ground;cf.the note.ffede, 51/1444,sb.;cf.the note.fell, 85/2444,adj.strong, able.fell, 1/21, 4/90,vb.to fell, kill;fellythe, 3/82,pr. 3 sg.fells.fere, 3/69, 4/98, 4/102, 33/931, 85/2466,sb.companion.fesomnyd, 2/28,pr. s.;cf.the note.fet, 12/309,pp.fetched.ffettouris, 81/2333,sb. pl.fetters.flyng, 67/1927,vb.to hasten.flyngyng, 14/378,p. prs.hastening.fode, 36/1012,sb.food;ffode, 64/1823,sb.child, wight.ffont, 69/1993,sb.font.forsake, 26/724,vb.to leave behind.fforward, 41/1743,sb.agreement.fraye, 23/638,sb.attack.freke, 58/1661,sb.warrior.frethe, 6/161,sb.forest.fyle, 33/911,sb.fill.ffyne, 39/1086,sb.fine.fytte, 17/458,sb. pl.feet.fytyng, 7/1731,p. prs.fighting.gadlyng, 36/1015,sb.vagabond.gale, 46/1313,sb.galley.gas, 4/103,prs. 3 sg.goes.gestonye, 82/2374, 91/2625, 91/2627,sb.banquet, feast.gethe, 71/2042,prs. 3 sg.goes.glemyrryng, 16/426,p. prs.glimmering.governe, 28/779,vb. refl.to behave.greme,* 67/1929,sb.grief, sorrow.grennyng, 40/1126,p. prs.distorting, gaping.gryffon, 69/1971;greffon, 69/1981,sb.griffin.grype, 68/1961,sb.griffin.harood, 60/1711,sb.herald;82/2365,harroldys,sb. pl.heralds.harood, 63/1799,pr. s.distracted.hed, 17/444,sb.heed.hede, 74/2126,vb.to behead.hede-vale, 74/2135, 91/2621,sb.principal value;cf. thenote to l. 2135.hedles, 25/702,adj.headless.hende, 4/106,adj.courteous.herne,* 37/1030,sb.brains.heved,* 14/371,sb.head.hight, 65/1860,sb.height.housell, 45/1272;howsell, 74/2139,sb.housel.howge, 20/548,adj.huge, enormous.howt, 25/703,adv.out.hurt, 57/1625,sb.hurt.i-bye, 43/1222,vb.to pay for.i-wysse, 15/391,adv.surely.juster, 84/2420,sb.jousting knight.kene, 2/47,adj.brave.kerpyng, 92/2662,vb. sb.talking.lade, 58/1663,sb.load, i.e. a lot of blows.lay, 6/165, 52/1492,sb.grass land, bank.lede, 2/36,sb.country.lemyred, 11/291,pr. s.glimmered.lenage, 18/491,sb.lineage, family.lende, 1/9,prs. pl.go.leng, 32/899,vb.to stay.lent, 85/2461,sb.lent?leryd, 40/1110,pp.informed.lifte, 45/1273,vb.to lift.lothly, 34/964, 35/991;lothely, 53/1508, 54/1534,adj.loathsome.love, 59/1692,sb.love, sweet-heart.lyst, 1/7,vb.to listen.lythe, 13/337,vb.to listen.lyvelode, 83/2384,sb.livelihood.maistershipmon, 50/1425,sb.captain.mall, 12/322,sb.hammer, club.markyd, 90/2592,pr. s.directed.mate, 25/678,adj.faint, exhausted.maynerey, 16/435,sb.banquet, feast.maystry, 8/212,sb.mastery;maystres, 28/789,sb. pl.=maystries, exploits?meche, 10/270, 20/531, 26/713, 37/1040,adj.much, great.met, 25/700,pr. s.measured.moche, 49/1399, 76/2195,adj.much, great.myd mete, 41/1141, 42/1189,sb.the middle of the dinner.mylle, 3/79,sb.mile.myrre, 11/293, 34/943,adj.merry.myster, 21/581,sb.need, want.nonys, 46/1299,in phr. for þe nones, for the once, for the occasion.noryse, 67/1928,sb.nurse.not,* 54/1535,prs.ne wot, don’t know.nowyd, 6/153,pp.annoyed? cf.the note.of-smyght, 25/691,vb.to cut off.omage, 39/1086,sb.homage.onfre,* 53/1499,adj.unnoble.on-harnes, 11/302,vb.to unharness.ordor, 2/51,sb.order.ordurres, 2/48,sb. pl.knighthood, dub.ovyr-ryde, 2/40,vb.to ride over, to overcome?payn, 44/1252,sb.fine, mulct.persewyd,* 17/462,pp.pursued.pertely, 53/1501,adv.openly, plainly.pluckys, 56/1611,sb.strokes;cf. Halliwell, Dict., p. 633.pomell, 26/714,sb.pommel.poynt, 17/445, 88/2540, =poynt of armys, 3/68, 30/832, 49/1383,sb.exploit.prekand, 45/1263,prs. p.pricking.preste, 50/1418,adj.ready.preve, 10/275,adj.privy.pyll, 21/573,sb.rock?ragyd, 7/194,adj.ragged.rawght, 24/645,pr. s.gave.red, 7/178,sb.counsel.reioyse, 75/2151, 80/2309, 91/2640,vb.to enjoy.rerid, 55/1561,pr. pl.reared, tried to bring on.reue, 35/986,vb.to bereave, to rob.reuelid, 85/2467,pr. pl.revelled, feasted.revid, 88/2546,pp.robbed.rewe, 31/860,vb.to rue, to pity.reysed, 46/1313,pr. pl.raised, made ready;reysing, 51/1454,prs. p.rising, starting up.rially, 87/2516,adv.royally.rialte, 85/2455,sb.royal state.rightfull, 64/1834,adj.rightfull.roall, 85/2450,adj.royal.rome, 19/516,sb.cross-way?rore, 37/132,vb.to roar.rough, 66/1879,sb.wood, copse.rowe, 50/1426,prs. pl.row.rowght, 24/645,sb.stroke, blow?rude, 58/1666,adj.rude.ryd, 2/44,pr. s.rode.ryde-wey, 22/598,sb.spur-way, horse-way.ryngis, 82/2354,sb.ring, arena.ryved, 73/2090,pr. s.ryved up, landed, disembarked;ryven, 50/1435,pr. p.landed.sare, 4/97,adv.sorely.sarten, 26/717,adj. sb.the sarten = the truth.sayment, 2/50,sb.trial, exploit.scape, 81/2327,prs. subj.escape.schedyng, 19/516,sb.separation.scheff-chambyr, 26/718,sb.chief-chamber, first rank-chamber.scheld, 21/578,vb.to shelter.schere, 21/556,vb.to shear, to cut.schope, 21/567,pr. s.created.schowt, 21/570,schoute, 61/1751, 65/1877,s.;schuot, 22/594,vb.to shout.season, 75/2157,sb.court.see-fome, 75/2165,sb.sea-foam.sege, 77/2204,sb.siege.sekyrnes, 30/835,sb.surety.semled, 85/2445,pr. pl.assembled.sete, 33/922,sb.city.seth, 74/2141,conj.since.sett, 41/1152,pr. s.sat.sewe, 4/89,vb.to look at.shipped, 45/1260,pr. s.46/1318,pr. pl.shypped,pp.embarked.shone, 40/1117,sb. pl.shoes.side lokyng, 57/1637,sb.side-glance.siȝed, 79/2288,pr. s.sighed.simarr,* 47/1338,sb.cloak;seethe note.slade, 58/1660,sb.slade.slon,* 16/458,sb.sloe.smote, 76/2185;smote adown, 77/2203,pr. s.cast anchor.solasyd, 24/657,pr. s.solaced, comforted.solemnite, 56/1591,sb.pride.sotell, 61/1761,adj.subtle, sly.sownyng, 49/1400, 62/1782, 90/2615,sb.swooning.sparid, 73/2096,pr. pl.barred, blocked up.sped, 3/70,prs. conj.speed.spent, 67/1910,pp.lost.sperryd, 14/364,pr. s.barred, shut up.sperrys, 5/127,sb.spire, tree.spousage, 62/1791,sb.spousage.sprent, 7/181,pr. s.lept.spryt, 7/181,sb.pole.stad,* 55/1566,sb.stead.state, 60/1729,sb.chair of state.stere,* 24/662,vb. refl.move.steryng, 62/1785,p. prs.stirring, moving.stomlyng, 24/660,p. prs.stumbling.storrope, 35/987,sb.stirrup.strake, 2/42,pr. s.struck.styll, 18/477,sb.steel.swathing band, 67/1917,sb.swath.swowe,* 20/548,sb.noise;cf.the note.sybbe,* 27/739,sb.kinsman.takyll, 49/1402,sb.tackling.tall, 26/734,sb.tale.tene, 3/73,sb.grief, sorrow.the, 2/49,vb.to thrive.thede,* 60/1728,sb.people.thefe, 46/1292;theffe, 58/1659,sb.villain.theves, 61/1760,sb. pl.villains.thole,* 17/460,vb.to suffer.throng, 38/1057,sb.crowd, troop.thronge, 79/2283,pr. pl.thronged, pressed.tombelyd, 42/1173,pr. pl.tumbled.to-sheverd, 42/1172,pr. s.shivered in pieces.trast,* 17/455,?vb.to trust.trayll, 46/1314,vb.to trail.trayn, 29/803, 51/1455,sb.treachery, deceit.trompettys, 29/816, 34/443,trumpettes, 41/1164,sb. pl.trumpets.trovylld, 17/452,pr. s.travailed, exerted himself.trow, 21/572,pr. s.believe.trusse, 13/354,vb.to truss.trussyd, 14/371,pr. pl.trussed.tyed, 92/2658,pp.;cf.the note.tyght, 22/589,adj.tight.tyght, 25/690,adv.in phr.ase tyght, at once.tymbyr, 2/40, 81/2349, 86/2483,sb.lance.tynding, 42/1181,sb.beating;cf.the note.vale, s.hede.venturus, 55/1566,adj.adventurous, dangerous.vetelid, 76/2188,pp.supplied with provisions.victoure, 83/2411,sb.victor.vnbrydeled, 54/1552,pr. s.unbridled.vnder, 71/2029,sb.noon.vndyr-nethe, 20/542,prep.underneath.vndertane, 61/1733,vb.to undertake.walloyng, 7/189,prs. p.wallowing.wanne, 62/1767,adj.wan, dark.ward, 48/1351,sb.warden.waried, 43/1211, 88/2544,pr. pl.cursed;
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Commas at the end of some entries are not errors. The letters I and J are alphabetized together. Initial U is written and alphabetized as V.
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abydde, 2/41,vb.to endure.
a-bye, 21/569,vb.to pay for.
actone, 79/2276,sb.a jacket of quilted cotton. Cf. Skeat’s Glossary toWars of Al., s.v.
ago, 3/65,pp.gone.
a-right, 48/1364,pt. s.prepared, served up.
assent, 48/1357,sb.proposal.
assttyt, 23/640,adv.at once.
auter, 68/1952,sb.altar.
avented, 54/1554,pt. s. refl.recovered his breath.
aventorres, 2/39,sb. pl.adventures.
aventurly, 44/1229,adv.boldly.
axithe, 10/260,pr. 3 sg.asks.
balle, 15/400,sb.bale.
bane,* 29/794,sb.bone;
52/1478,sb.destruction, death;
59/1678,sb.over-comer.
bare, 53/1502,pr. s.stabbed.
barys, 35/978,sb. pl.bars.
bayte, 54/1553,vb.to pasture.
bed, 29/793,pp.offered.
bent, 25/701, 86/2487,sb.battle-field.
berdles, 36/1015,adj.beardless.
bere, 37/1045,vb.to stab.
be-stad, 29/808,pp.sore bestad = distressed.
bet, 57/1622,pt. s.beat.
be-taught, 58/1651,pp.surrendered, delivered.
bett, 55/1585,pp.beaten;
40/1123,pp.ornamented.
be-tyde, 45/1270,vb.to befall;
cf. thenote to this line.
beytyng, 36/1008,vb. sb., baiting.?
bla,* 9/237,adj.pale, wan;
cf.the note.
blo,* 13/351,adj.blue.
blynd, 4/87,pr. s. conj.blind.
bode, 18/498,pr. s.ordered.
boffettes, 85/2472;
buffettes, 56/1596,sb. pl.blow, dint.
bone, 55/1565,sb.prayer.
bord, 29/819, 42/1194,sb.table.
bowes, 51/1451,sb. pl.bough, branch.
bowght, 21/556,sb.bend.
brayd, 56/1598,sb.sudden attack.
broke, 30/833, 48/1354,vb.to enjoy.
browȝ, 24/654,sb.rising ground, hill.
byddythe, 18/500,pr. s.waited, remained.
byght, 22/605,vb.to bite.
byne, 2/46,vb.to be.
byrlyd, 11/292, 12/329,pr. s.to pour out.
castell toure, 90/2597,sb.castle tower.
chaffare, 35/986,sb.bargain.
chalenge, 41/1150;
pr. s.41/1163;
pr. s. conj.challenge.
cheff-foster, 21/574,sb.chief-foster.
ches, 26/718,pr. s.chose.
chyrge, 29/814,sb.church.
clarkys, 1/12,sb. pl.clerks.
clere, 3/62,adj.clere of, renowned for.
clow,* 20/542,sb.clough.
cobled, 46/1298,adj.cobled stones = cobblestones.
comely, 26/722,adv.in a comely manner;
cf.the note.
contenance,* 3/75,sb.countenance, presence of mind.
cord, 48/1357,pr. s.accord.
coueryd, 87/2506,pr. pl.Vp they coueryd= They recovered.?
countenance, 39/1105,sb.countenance.
couped, 42/1193,pp.;
cf.the note.
coupled, 87/2520,pp.coupled;
cf.the note.
coursus, 41/1150, 42/1177,sb. pl.courses.
couth, 46/1295, 91/2636,pr. s.knew.
craftely, 54/1527,adv.skilfully.
crest, 40/1128;
creste, 83/2407,sb.crest.
croke, 36/1018, 37/1042, 55/1577, 56/1607, 58/1652,sb.crook.
dalle, 21/562,sb.valley.
delyuer, 41/1154,vb.;
41/1151,imp.to deliver up;
delyuerd, 63/1806, 1808,pp.delivered of a child;
delyuerd, 82/2372,pp.released?
dent, 2/41,sb.blow.
departid, 47/1329,pr. pl.divorced.
dewe, 4/88,sb.dieu.
deyr, 2/37,adj.dear.
deyse, 38/1067, 42/1192,sb.dais.
dight, 39/1081,pr. s.built.
disparplid,* 70/2010,pp.dispersed;
cf.the note.
dong, 61/1754,pr. pl.dung, beat.
dourst, 3/81,prs. sg.darest.
draught, 58/1654,sb.draught.
dryee, 36/994,vb.endure.
duchyes, 33/933,sb. pl.duchies.
dulful, 19/519,adj.troublesome.
dynnyng, 52/1487,sb.roaring.
dyspisyst, 2/47,prs. 2 sg.despisest.
eb, 64/1846,sb.ebb;
cf.the note.
ebbyd, 8/223,pp.ebbing.
ech, 92/2657,pron.each.
eche, 24/649,sb.oak.
endentyd, 9/227,pp.indented, adorned.
erber, 65/1868,sb.garden of pleasure.
ermyght, 36/1008,sb.?
eyllythe, 34/958,prs. 3 sg.ails.
fall, 47/1331,vb.to fell, kill.
fame, 2/31,sb.foam.
fare, 44/1234,sb.at that fare = under these circumstances.
farly, 2/44;
ferly, 69/1974, 71/2035,sb.wonder.
fawe,* 16/431,adj.destined to death.
fede,* 2/30,sb.feed, pasture ground;
cf.the note.
ffede, 51/1444,sb.;
cf.the note.
fell, 85/2444,adj.strong, able.
fell, 1/21, 4/90,vb.to fell, kill;
fellythe, 3/82,pr. 3 sg.fells.
fere, 3/69, 4/98, 4/102, 33/931, 85/2466,sb.companion.
fesomnyd, 2/28,pr. s.;
cf.the note.
fet, 12/309,pp.fetched.
ffettouris, 81/2333,sb. pl.fetters.
flyng, 67/1927,vb.to hasten.
flyngyng, 14/378,p. prs.hastening.
fode, 36/1012,sb.food;
ffode, 64/1823,sb.child, wight.
ffont, 69/1993,sb.font.
forsake, 26/724,vb.to leave behind.
fforward, 41/1743,sb.agreement.
fraye, 23/638,sb.attack.
freke, 58/1661,sb.warrior.
frethe, 6/161,sb.forest.
fyle, 33/911,sb.fill.
ffyne, 39/1086,sb.fine.
fytte, 17/458,sb. pl.feet.
fytyng, 7/1731,p. prs.fighting.
gadlyng, 36/1015,sb.vagabond.
gale, 46/1313,sb.galley.
gas, 4/103,prs. 3 sg.goes.
gestonye, 82/2374, 91/2625, 91/2627,sb.banquet, feast.
gethe, 71/2042,prs. 3 sg.goes.
glemyrryng, 16/426,p. prs.glimmering.
governe, 28/779,vb. refl.to behave.
greme,* 67/1929,sb.grief, sorrow.
grennyng, 40/1126,p. prs.distorting, gaping.
gryffon, 69/1971;
greffon, 69/1981,sb.griffin.
grype, 68/1961,sb.griffin.
harood, 60/1711,sb.herald;
82/2365,harroldys,sb. pl.heralds.
harood, 63/1799,pr. s.distracted.
hed, 17/444,sb.heed.
hede, 74/2126,vb.to behead.
hede-vale, 74/2135, 91/2621,sb.principal value;
cf. thenote to l. 2135.
hedles, 25/702,adj.headless.
hende, 4/106,adj.courteous.
herne,* 37/1030,sb.brains.
heved,* 14/371,sb.head.
hight, 65/1860,sb.height.
housell, 45/1272;
howsell, 74/2139,sb.housel.
howge, 20/548,adj.huge, enormous.
howt, 25/703,adv.out.
hurt, 57/1625,sb.hurt.
i-bye, 43/1222,vb.to pay for.
i-wysse, 15/391,adv.surely.
juster, 84/2420,sb.jousting knight.
kene, 2/47,adj.brave.
kerpyng, 92/2662,vb. sb.talking.
lade, 58/1663,sb.load, i.e. a lot of blows.
lay, 6/165, 52/1492,sb.grass land, bank.
lede, 2/36,sb.country.
lemyred, 11/291,pr. s.glimmered.
lenage, 18/491,sb.lineage, family.
lende, 1/9,prs. pl.go.
leng, 32/899,vb.to stay.
lent, 85/2461,sb.lent?
leryd, 40/1110,pp.informed.
lifte, 45/1273,vb.to lift.
lothly, 34/964, 35/991;
lothely, 53/1508, 54/1534,adj.loathsome.
love, 59/1692,sb.love, sweet-heart.
lyst, 1/7,vb.to listen.
lythe, 13/337,vb.to listen.
lyvelode, 83/2384,sb.livelihood.
maistershipmon, 50/1425,sb.captain.
mall, 12/322,sb.hammer, club.
markyd, 90/2592,pr. s.directed.
mate, 25/678,adj.faint, exhausted.
maynerey, 16/435,sb.banquet, feast.
maystry, 8/212,sb.mastery;
maystres, 28/789,sb. pl.=maystries, exploits?
meche, 10/270, 20/531, 26/713, 37/1040,adj.much, great.
met, 25/700,pr. s.measured.
moche, 49/1399, 76/2195,adj.much, great.
myd mete, 41/1141, 42/1189,sb.the middle of the dinner.
mylle, 3/79,sb.mile.
myrre, 11/293, 34/943,adj.merry.
myster, 21/581,sb.need, want.
nonys, 46/1299,in phr. for þe nones, for the once, for the occasion.
noryse, 67/1928,sb.nurse.
not,* 54/1535,prs.ne wot, don’t know.
nowyd, 6/153,pp.annoyed? cf.the note.
of-smyght, 25/691,vb.to cut off.
omage, 39/1086,sb.homage.
onfre,* 53/1499,adj.unnoble.
on-harnes, 11/302,vb.to unharness.
ordor, 2/51,sb.order.
ordurres, 2/48,sb. pl.knighthood, dub.
ovyr-ryde, 2/40,vb.to ride over, to overcome?
payn, 44/1252,sb.fine, mulct.
persewyd,* 17/462,pp.pursued.
pertely, 53/1501,adv.openly, plainly.
pluckys, 56/1611,sb.strokes;
cf. Halliwell, Dict., p. 633.
pomell, 26/714,sb.pommel.
poynt, 17/445, 88/2540, =poynt of armys, 3/68, 30/832, 49/1383,sb.exploit.
prekand, 45/1263,prs. p.pricking.
preste, 50/1418,adj.ready.
preve, 10/275,adj.privy.
pyll, 21/573,sb.rock?
ragyd, 7/194,adj.ragged.
rawght, 24/645,pr. s.gave.
red, 7/178,sb.counsel.
reioyse, 75/2151, 80/2309, 91/2640,vb.to enjoy.
rerid, 55/1561,pr. pl.reared, tried to bring on.
reue, 35/986,vb.to bereave, to rob.
reuelid, 85/2467,pr. pl.revelled, feasted.
revid, 88/2546,pp.robbed.
rewe, 31/860,vb.to rue, to pity.
reysed, 46/1313,pr. pl.raised, made ready;
reysing, 51/1454,prs. p.rising, starting up.
rially, 87/2516,adv.royally.
rialte, 85/2455,sb.royal state.
rightfull, 64/1834,adj.rightfull.
roall, 85/2450,adj.royal.
rome, 19/516,sb.cross-way?
rore, 37/132,vb.to roar.
rough, 66/1879,sb.wood, copse.
rowe, 50/1426,prs. pl.row.
rowght, 24/645,sb.stroke, blow?
rude, 58/1666,adj.rude.
ryd, 2/44,pr. s.rode.
ryde-wey, 22/598,sb.spur-way, horse-way.
ryngis, 82/2354,sb.ring, arena.
ryved, 73/2090,pr. s.ryved up, landed, disembarked;
ryven, 50/1435,pr. p.landed.
sare, 4/97,adv.sorely.
sarten, 26/717,adj. sb.the sarten = the truth.
sayment, 2/50,sb.trial, exploit.
scape, 81/2327,prs. subj.escape.
schedyng, 19/516,sb.separation.
scheff-chambyr, 26/718,sb.chief-chamber, first rank-chamber.
scheld, 21/578,vb.to shelter.
schere, 21/556,vb.to shear, to cut.
schope, 21/567,pr. s.created.
schowt, 21/570,
schoute, 61/1751, 65/1877,s.;
schuot, 22/594,vb.to shout.
season, 75/2157,sb.court.
see-fome, 75/2165,sb.sea-foam.
sege, 77/2204,sb.siege.
sekyrnes, 30/835,sb.surety.
semled, 85/2445,pr. pl.assembled.
sete, 33/922,sb.city.
seth, 74/2141,conj.since.
sett, 41/1152,pr. s.sat.
sewe, 4/89,vb.to look at.
shipped, 45/1260,pr. s.46/1318,pr. pl.shypped,pp.embarked.
shone, 40/1117,sb. pl.shoes.
side lokyng, 57/1637,sb.side-glance.
siȝed, 79/2288,pr. s.sighed.
simarr,* 47/1338,sb.cloak;
seethe note.
slade, 58/1660,sb.slade.
slon,* 16/458,sb.sloe.
smote, 76/2185;
smote adown, 77/2203,pr. s.cast anchor.
solasyd, 24/657,pr. s.solaced, comforted.
solemnite, 56/1591,sb.pride.
sotell, 61/1761,adj.subtle, sly.
sownyng, 49/1400, 62/1782, 90/2615,sb.swooning.
sparid, 73/2096,pr. pl.barred, blocked up.
sped, 3/70,prs. conj.speed.
spent, 67/1910,pp.lost.
sperryd, 14/364,pr. s.barred, shut up.
sperrys, 5/127,sb.spire, tree.
spousage, 62/1791,sb.spousage.
sprent, 7/181,pr. s.lept.
spryt, 7/181,sb.pole.
stad,* 55/1566,sb.stead.
state, 60/1729,sb.chair of state.
stere,* 24/662,vb. refl.move.
steryng, 62/1785,p. prs.stirring, moving.
stomlyng, 24/660,p. prs.stumbling.
storrope, 35/987,sb.stirrup.
strake, 2/42,pr. s.struck.
styll, 18/477,sb.steel.
swathing band, 67/1917,sb.swath.
swowe,* 20/548,sb.noise;
cf.the note.
sybbe,* 27/739,sb.kinsman.
takyll, 49/1402,sb.tackling.
tall, 26/734,sb.tale.
tene, 3/73,sb.grief, sorrow.
the, 2/49,vb.to thrive.
thede,* 60/1728,sb.people.
thefe, 46/1292;
theffe, 58/1659,sb.villain.
theves, 61/1760,sb. pl.villains.
thole,* 17/460,vb.to suffer.
throng, 38/1057,sb.crowd, troop.
thronge, 79/2283,pr. pl.thronged, pressed.
tombelyd, 42/1173,pr. pl.tumbled.
to-sheverd, 42/1172,pr. s.shivered in pieces.
trast,* 17/455,?vb.to trust.
trayll, 46/1314,vb.to trail.
trayn, 29/803, 51/1455,sb.treachery, deceit.
trompettys, 29/816, 34/443,
trumpettes, 41/1164,sb. pl.trumpets.
trovylld, 17/452,pr. s.travailed, exerted himself.
trow, 21/572,pr. s.believe.
trusse, 13/354,vb.to truss.
trussyd, 14/371,pr. pl.trussed.
tyed, 92/2658,pp.;
cf.the note.
tyght, 22/589,adj.tight.
tyght, 25/690,adv.in phr.ase tyght, at once.
tymbyr, 2/40, 81/2349, 86/2483,sb.lance.
tynding, 42/1181,sb.beating;
cf.the note.
vale, s.hede.
venturus, 55/1566,adj.adventurous, dangerous.
vetelid, 76/2188,pp.supplied with provisions.
victoure, 83/2411,sb.victor.
vnbrydeled, 54/1552,pr. s.unbridled.
vnder, 71/2029,sb.noon.
vndyr-nethe, 20/542,prep.underneath.
vndertane, 61/1733,vb.to undertake.
walloyng, 7/189,prs. p.wallowing.
wanne, 62/1767,adj.wan, dark.
ward, 48/1351,sb.warden.
waried, 43/1211, 88/2544,pr. pl.cursed;