knobbles, n. pl., knobs, large loan, n., a lane, path, a private pimples. knowes, n. pl., knees. laas, n., thick string. hore, hair; her; hoar; ore; ladde, pp., lead. whore. hote, pp., called. hote, v., to command, promise. houghmagandie, cation. houlet, n., owl. n., forni houped, pp., whooped. hye, n., hedge. hyne, n., servant, peasant. hyred, pp., hired. iangleth, chatter, prate (v. Ilioun, Ilion, the citadel ilk or ilka, each, every. ingle, n., the fire, fireplace. inspired, pp., quickened. lafte, pp., left. lakkede, pp., lacked. latoun, n., latten, a compound spurge - laurel, Daphne Laureola. lav'rocks, n. pl., the larks. lear, n., lore, learning. road to a farmhouse. lodemenage, n., pilotage, the hire of a pilot for conducting a ship. loken, pp., enlocked, locked up. lokkes, n. pl., locks of hair. lorne, pp., lost, deserted. lowpin, leaping (v. pres. part.). leef, you so leef, so desired by lowsed, pp., set loose. luce, n., luce, a pike. leeze-me-on, commend me to. luntin, adj., smoking. of lemes, n. pl., limbs. intendiment, n., attention, consideration. iolitee, n., sport, amusement. ire, n., anger. iren, n., iron. lesinges, n. pl., losses. leste, pp., pleased. letuaries, n. pl., electuaries. ither, adj., other, each other, leuk, n., look. one another. leve, n., dear one. lusty-hed, n., pleasure, enjoyment, gay living. lyart, adj., gray. lyte, adj., small, little. mace, n., a heavy staff wholly maist, adv., most, almost. maistow, for, mayest thou. maistres, n. pl., masters. male, n., bag, wallet. maner, n., manner, kind, sort, un- maner, n., manor, place to dwell in. leyd, pp., laid. limitour, n., limitor, a friar kirn, n., the churn; also a lint, n., flax. kirtle, n., a man's tunic or list, is, are, was, were pleased; mantelees, n. pl., mantles. marres, mars (v. present). mary-bones, n. pl., marrow bones. mase, n., bewildering position, maugree, prep., in spite of. maun, must (v. present). maunciple, n., manciple, an officer who purchases victuals for an inn or college. mavis, n., a song thrush. maystou, mayest thou. mede, n., mead, meadow. medlee, adj., of a mixed color. meikle, adj., much. melder, n., the quantity of corn sent to be ground. melvie, v., to dust with meal. mene, v., to mean, intend. ment, pp., mixed, mingled. mervaille, n., wonder. messin, n., a little dog, a cur. nouthe, just now, at present. mete, n., meat, food. mete, v., to meet. mette, dreamt (v. preterit). mewe, n., mew, a coop mochel, adv., much. morwe (by the), early in the mote, must (v. present). motlelee, adj., motley. moudieworts, n. pl., moles. mountance, n., amount, value, quantity. muchell, adj., great, much. Mulla, the Awbeg, a stream in the Ballahoura mountains. The Awbeg empties into the Blackwater, in Spenser's day commonly called Broadwater. na or nae, not. namo, adv., no more. nane, none. nappy, n., strong ale. nayles, n. pl., nails, claws. needed, necessary luggage. nere, were not. never-a-del, adv., not a bit. niest, adi., next. nieve, n., fist. niffer, v., to exchange. nowt, n., cattle. o, oo, or oon, one. offring, n., offering. the act of ones, adv., once. ounces, n. pl., small portions. out-rydere, n., rider abroad, paas (goon a paas), n., pace, (v. painch, n., paunch. pardoner, n., pardoner, seller peacock-arwes, n. pl., arrows nightertale, in the night time, perced, pp., pierced. night after night. pers, n., stuff of a sky-blue perced, pp., pierced. pight, pp., pitched, placed, piled, pp., deprived of hair, pilwe-beer, n., pillow-case. Pirrus, n., Pyrrhus. poind, v., to seize, to impound. N., the name of a kind of a spice. Pouke, Robin Goodfellow, Puck. pouped, pp., blew hard, puffed. sermon. prees, n., the press, the crowd. priketh, incites, excites (v. privee, adj., secret. quad, adj., bad. recche, interpret, expound (v. present). recure, v., to repair. reft, took away (v. preterit). reherce, v., to rehearse, repeat. rekke, n., care. remenant, n., remainder, rest. remes, n. pl., realms. rennen, v., to run. rent, v., to rend, hurl. rente, n., revenue, income. repleccioun, n., repletion. repleet, adj., repleet, full. repreve, n., shame. resoun, n., reason, right. rethor, n., orator. reule, n., rule. reve, n., reeve, steward, bailiff. revers, n., reverse, contrary. reweth, makes me sorry, I am sorry (v. present). reyn, n., rain. reysed, pp., gone on a military expedition. rigwoodie, adj., ancient, lean. rin, v., to run. rives, splits, cleaves, rends, tears (v. present). robuckes, the male or any roe deer. roghte, recked, cared, re garded (v. preterit). rood, rode (v. preterit). roos, pp., rose. rote, n., root. rote, by heart. rote, n., a kind of fiddle, of Celtic origin. rouncy, n., a hackney, a nag. rowme, n., room. rowtin, adj., bellowing. royalliche, adv., royally. rozet, n., rosin. ruddock, n., redbreast. runkl'd, pp., wrinkled. sae, adv., so. saffron with, to tinge (colour) saffron. sair, adj., sore. salue, v., (Ger.) to greet. sam, adv., together. sang, n., song. say, n., proof, quality. sayle, v., to sail. scalled, pp., scaly, scabby. scathe, n., scathe, harm, pity." scaul, v., to scold. scaur, adj., scary, timid. scole, n., school. scoleye, v., (Ger.) to attend school, to study. scowre, v., to scour. screed, n., a rip, rent. secree, adj., secret. seely, adj., simple, harmless, helpless, poor. seigh, saw (v. preterit). seith, says (v. present). seke, v., to search, seek. seke, adj., sick, ill. sely, adj., good, happy. seminge, as it appears to me. seson, n., season. sheugh, n., a ditch, furrow. shiten, adj., dirty, defiled. shog, n., a shake. skelpin, adj., hastening, mov ing quickly. skirl, v., to cry out shrilly. sklentin, adj., slanting, squinting. slaes, n., sloes. slaps, n., a breach in the fence, an opening. slee or sleen, v., to slay. sleekit, adj., sleek. sleeth, slays (v. present). sleighte, n., cunning. slough, n., slough, mire. smeddum, n., powder. smerte, ado., smartly, sharply. smiddie, n., smithy. smoored, pp., smothered. smyrtie, n., litter. snash, n., abuse. sneeshin-mill, n., snuffbox. snell, adj., bitter, biting. snewed, abounded (v. preterit). snibben, pp., snubbed, reproved. snowkit, pp., snuffed. somnour, n., summoner, an officer who summoned delin quents before the ecclesiastical courts. sond, n., sand. sonsie, adj., pleasant, goodnatured, jolly. sooth, n., truth, adj., true, as adv., truly. soothly, adv., truly. sooty, adj., begrimed with soot. sop, n., sop (of toasted bread), sop in wyn. shoulder soper, n., supper. sore, adv., sorely. blade bone. sote, adv., sweetly. soule, n., soul. souninge in, tending to. sowne, v., to sound. sowther, v., to solder. spairges, n. pl., splashes. sparwe, n., sparrow. spean, v., to wean (by disgust). sped, v., to prosper. spiers, asks (v. present). splore, n., frolic, a carousal. spones, n. pl., spoons. spores, n. pl., spurs. sporne, v., to spurn. sprattle, v., to sprawl, scramble. spright, n., the mind, breath, spirit. spunkies, n. pl., spirits, will o' wisps. spyced, pp., scrupulous. stacher, v., to stagger, totter. stal, pp., secretly retreated; also stole, stolen. stampe, stamp, bray in a mortar (v. present). stane, n., stone. staw, stole (v. preterit). stechin, cramming, filling swowning, swooning (v. pres. tipet, n., tippet, cape. partc.). swythe, adv., quickly. syne, adv. and conj., since, then, ago. sythes, n. pl., times. tabard, n., a ploughman's scored with notched sticks. takel, n., tackle, gear, arrows. (v. talants, n. pl., talons. pres. partc.). steeks, n. pl., stitches. stemed, shone, glowed (v. preterit). stents, n. pl., assessments, dues, taxes. stepe, adj., glittering, bright. sterlinges, n. pl., sterling coins. sterres, n., stars. sterve, v., to die. talen, v. (Ger.) to tell tales. targe, n., target, shield. tawted, pp, matted, with matted hair. stevene, n., voice, sound, tead, n., a torch. language. stibble, n., stubble. stiked (swyn), a stuck pig. stones, n. pl., precious stones. stoor, n., store stock (of a farm). stope, pp., advanced. stot, n., stallion, horse, cob. stoure, n., dust, conflict, strife. stownd, pp., stunned. stowre, n., turmoil, strife; a combat; distress, misfortune. streit, adj., narrow. streyneth, constrains (v. present). strike, n., hank (of flax), a handful that may be heckled at once. strondes, n. pl., shores. strowd, pp., strewn. sturre, v., to steer, guide. sturt, n., worry, trouble. substilly, adv., craftily. suffisaunce, n., sufficiency. sugh, n., a sigh; a moan of the wind. superfluitee, n., superfluity, excess. surcote, n., topcoat, overcoat. sustres, n. pl., sisters. swal, was puffed up with anger. swankies, n. pl., strapping fellows. swatch, n., a sample. swats, n., new ale. swevene, n., dream. swich, adj., such. swinken, v., (Ger.) to toil, labour. swote, adj., sweet. tempest thee noght, do not violently distress thyself. tentie, adj., watchful, careful, heedful. terciane, adj., tertian. texpounden, v., to expound, explain. thack, n., thatch. thack and rape, the covering of a house; hence, the "home necessities." thae, pron., those. thalighte, for thee alighte (in thee alighte) alighted in thee. thanne, adv., then. tharray, for, the array. theech (so), for, so thee ich, as I may thrive, as I hope to prosper. thegither, adv., together. thencrees, for, the increase. thestat, for, the state (or condition). thewes, n. pl., manners, behavior, mental and moral qualities. thole, v., to endure, suffer. thrang, n., throng. thrave, 24 sheaves of corn. thilke, that. tho, pron., those. thowes, n. pl., thaws. thrall, n., slave, slavery. thridle, n., third. thrillant, adj., piercing, keen. thritty, adj., thirty. thryes, adv., thrice. thurgh, prep., by means of. tikelnesse, n., instability, lack of steadiness. timmer, n., timber. tint, adj., lost. tiptoon, n. pl. tiptoes. tirlin, adj., stripping, uncovering, unroofing. tither, the other. Tithones, son of Laomedon, the king of Troy, mortal favorite of Aurora. togidre, adv., together. tombesteres, n. pl., female dancers, literally female tumblers. toon, n. pl., toes. tord, n., piece of dung. torn, n., turn. toste, n., toast. to-tere, v., to rend in pieces. totten, v., to take toll. tousie, adj., shaggy. tow, n., flax, rope. towmond, n., a twelvemonth. towre, a term of falconry; to soar in a spiral; here applied to deer far up on the mountain. towres (those bricky towres), trompe, n., trumpet. unbrent, pp., unburnt. unco guid, the rigidly right eous. uncrudded, pp., uncurdled. undern, n., a particular time in the morning is here implied, about 9 A.M. or later. unkend, pp., unknown. unlich, adv., unlike. unnethes, adv., scarcely, hardly, with difficulty. unweeting, adj., ignorant, un- weneth, imagines (v. present). woodnesse, n., madness, rage. conscious, by accident. usquabae, n., whisky. vache, n., cow, beast. variable, adj., various. vavasour, n., a subvassal (next in dignity to a baron). vernicle, n., vernicle. veyl, n., veil. vigilgës, n., vigils, evening meetings. vitaille, n., victuals. voys, n., voice. wabster, n., weaver. wad, would, would have (v. present). wae, adj., woeful, sorrowful (sometimes used sarcastically). Waesucks, interj., Alas! wal, n., wall. walet, n., wallet. wan, won, gained (v. preterit). war or ware, adj., prudent, discreet. wark, n., work. wark-lume, n., a tool, a loom. warlocks, n. pl., wizards. waryce, v., to heal, cure. wa's, n. pl., walls. wast, n., waste. wastel-breed, n., cake, bread, bread of the best quality. waught, n., deep draught. wawlie, adj., ample, large, robust. wayk, adj., weak. wayne, a., wain; n., vein. weans, n., a child. webbe, n., a weaver. weel-gaun, adj., well-going. weel-hained, adj., well saved. weet, v., to wet. wele, n., happiness, fortune. welke, v., to fade. welked, pp., withered. welle, n., well, source, spring. wende, would have thought. wenen, v., to ween, suppose. werre, n., war. werte, n., wart. weyeden, pp., weighed. weyes, n. pl., ways. Weylaway, interj., Alas! wha, pron., who. woot, (I), I know (v. present). wortes, n. pl., herbs. wrack, n., violence; v., to wreck. wreke, v., to wreak, avenge. wyf, n., wife. wyn, n., wine. whally, adj., discolored (as in wyliecoat, n., undervest. whelpe, n., puppy, cub. or whyt, adj., white. wimpel, n., wimpel, covering for the head, gathered around it, and pleated under the chin. widwe, n., widow. yaf, gavest (v. present). y-bore, pp., borne, carried. y-boren, pp., born. y-chaped, pp., furnished with chapes or metal caps (placed at the end of the sheath). y-corven, pp., cut. ydel, adj., idle. ydrad, pp., dreaded. y-drawe, pp., drawn. yeddinges, n. pl., songs. yede, v., to go. yeldhalle, n., guild-hall. yell's, adj., dry, milkless. yelwe, adj., yellow. yeman, n., yeoman. yemanly, adv., in a yeomanlike manner. wight, n., person, creature, yën, n. pl., eyes. man. yerde, n., switch. yerne, error for erme, v., to feel sad, grieve. yfed, pp., fed. yill-caup, n., a wooden drinking vessel. y-knowe, pp., known. y-led, pp., guided, conducted. y-logged, pp., lodged. y-nogh, enough. yod, pp., gone. yont, adv., beyond. yplaste, pp., placed. y-preved, pp., proved (to be). y-sprad, pp., spread. yts, pron., its. yve, n., ivy. yvel, adj., evil. y-wis, adv., certainly, truly, verily. y-write, pp., written. |