Laugh, _v. n._ [lihe], RG. 93; [lyȝhe], RG. 101; pret. ‘louȝ’ 710 B.;
‘low.’ HD. 903
Launch, _v. n._ == shoot into water. Alys. 3746
Laute, Lauthe, == received. See under Lahte
Lave, _vb. a._ == pour out upon. Wright’s L. P. p. 72. Rel. Ant. i. 144.
AS. lafian
Lavender, _sb._ == launder, washer. Wright’s L. P. p. 49
Laveroc, _sb._ == lark. Wright’s L. P. pp. 26, 40. AS. lawerc
Law, _sb._ RG. 381; [lay]. 346 B.
Lawfulness, _sb._ == sense of justice. O. and N. 1739
Lax, _sb._ == salmon. HD. 754. AS. leax. ON. lax
Lay, _adj._ == pertaining to the laity, ‘lay fee.’ RG. 470
Lay, _v. a._ pret. ‘leyde.’ RG. 393
---- == lay aside. Body and Soul, 166
---- == lay on, attack. Alys. 5832
---- == allay. Ps. lxxxiv. 4
Lay, _sb._ == song. Alys. 5211. Fr. lai. AS. leoð
Lay, _sb._ == religious observance. Alys. 4690. AS. lagu
---- == faith, belief [laȝe]. K. Horn, 69
Layk. See Leyk
Lea, _sb._ == meadow; pl. ‘lesen.’ RG. 1; ‘lese.’ RG. 375; AS. lǽsu
Leach, _sb._ == physician. RG. 380. AS. lǽce
Leachcraft, _sb._ RG. 141, 150
Lead, _v. a._ RG. 376; pret. ‘ladde.’ RG. 380
Lead, _sb._ RG. 1
Leader, _sb._ Ps. liv. 14
Leaf, _sb._ 180 B.
Leafworm, _sb._ Ps. lxxvii. 46
Lealté, _sb._ == loyalty. Wright’s L. P. p. 53
Lean, _v. n._ RG. 308. AS. hlinian
Lean, _adj._ Pol. S. 150. AS. lǽne
Leap, _v. n._ pret. ‘lepte.’ RG. 396; 3 pl. ‘lopon.’ Alys. 861
---- _v. a._ == forsake (an oath). HD. 2009
Learn, _v. a._ RG. 519; pret. ‘lernede.’ RG. 434; part, ‘ylerned.’ RG. 29;
‘ylere.’ HD. 12
Leasing, == falsehood. See Lesing
Least, _adj._ RG. 37
Leave, _v. a._ 39 B.; [lef]. 136 B.; part. ‘ileved.’ 616 B.
Leave, _sb._ == permission. 569 B.
Lecche, _v. a._ == comprehend. HD. 252. AS. læccan
Leche, _sb._ == look. O. and N. 1138. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ. iii. 454
Lecher, _sb._ == lecherous person. RG. 351. Fr. lecher. AS. liccera
---- == blockhead. Alys. 3916
Lechery, _sb._ RG. 405, 334
Lechure, _sb._ Alys. 6306
Led, _sb._ == song. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22. AS. leoð
Led, _sb._ == a cauldron. HD. 924. Rel. S. v. 242. AS. líð, a cup, hollow
vessel; or possibly it may be contracted from ‘lebet.’ Lat. lebes
Ledandlike, _adj._ == ductile. Ps. xcvii. 6
Lede, _sb._ == speech. Body and Soul, 11. AS. leden
Ledron, _sb._ == thief, robber. Alys. 3210. Fr. larron. Lat. latro. Or
possibly == leper. Fr. ladre. See Roq. _s. v._ ladrerie, and the Prompt.
Parv. _s. v._ Lydron
Leek, _sb._ RG. 341
Lees, _adj._ == bad, wicked. Wright’s L. P. pp. 42, 49
---- == false [les]. Pol. S. 214; pl. ‘leses,’ false persons. Ps. lxxxi.
4. AS. leas
---- _sb._ == falsehood. Alys. 5790
Left, _adj._ (sinister) [lift]. RG. 22
Leg, _sb._ RG. 338
Legate, _sb._ RG. 499, 506
Legh, _sb._ == lying. Ps. lviii. 13
Leik, _sb._ == a body. HD. 2793. AS. líc
Leisure, _sb._ Alys. 234
Leman, _sb._ RG. 496; applied to a man. HD. 1322
Leme, _sb._ == flame. RG. 416, 151, 548. AS. leoma
---- _v. n._ == shine. Wright’s L. P. pp. 25, 31
Lenche, _v. n._ == stoop. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211. In Dutch ‘loncken’ means
to distort the eyes, squint
Lend, _v. a._ 775 B.; [lene]. Wright’s L. P. p. 51
Lende, _sb._ == the loins. RG. 377. AS. lendenu
Lene. See Lend
Length, _sb._ RG. 385; [leinþ]. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 217
---- _v. n._ == go a long way off. Ps. liv. 8
Lent, _part._ == gone, departed? Wright’s L. P. p. 28. See Gloss. to Orm.
_s. v._ ‘lendenn’
Lent, _sb._ RG. 495
Leode, _sb._ == people. Wright’s L. P. p. 42. AS. leóde
Leofmon, _sb._ == lover. O. and N. 1428
Leopard, _sb._ Ritson’s AS. viii. 170
Lepe, _sb._ == basket. RG. 265. O. and N. 359. AS. leap. ON. laupr
Ler, _sb._ == countenance. HD. 2918; [leor]. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. AS.
hleor
Lere, _v. a._ == teach. Wright’s L. P. p. 92. AS. lǽran
Lere, _adj._ == empty. O. and N. 1526; [ilere]. RG. 541. AS. lær, lærnes.
Germ, ‘leer’
Lere, _sb._ == loss. RG. 526; [leore]. Alys. 1122. AS. lyre
Lered, _sb._ == the learned, i. e. the clergy. Pol. S. 155
Les, _v. a._ == loose. Wright’s L. P. p. 29
Lese. See Lose
Leser, _sb._ == looser, liberator. Ps. cxliii. 2
Lesing, _sb._ == falsehood. O. and N. 846. Ps. xvi. 13. AS. leas
Lesing, _sb._ == gleaning. Pol. S. 149. AS. lesan, to gather
Lesness, _sb._ == absolution. RG. 173
Less, _adj._ RG. 379, 558
---- _v. a._ == lessen. Ps. lxxxviii. 46; xi. 2
---- _v. n._ [lasse] == become less. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Lesson, _sb._ Alys. 4823
Lest, _conj._ RG. 506, 563
Lest, _v. a._ == listen to. Alys. 38
Let, _v. a._ == hinder. RG. 380. AS. lettan
Let, _v. a._ == permit, cause a thing to be done. RG. 383; [late]. RG.
445; ‘to let blood’ == cause blood to flow; part. ‘ilate.’ RG. 565
---- == let alone. Wright’s L. P. p. 49
---- == consider, think. 757 B. Body and Soul, 57. AS. lǽtan
---- _v. n._ == cease. Wright’s L. P. p. 29. Pol. S. 201. ON. letta. AS.
latian
Let, _adj._ == disturbed, troubled. Ps. vi. 8; xlv. 3 Lit. ‘hindered,’
from AS. lǽtan, lettan
Lete, _sb._ == countenance. O. and N. 35; [i-lete]. O. and N. 403. AS.
wlite. ON. læti. See Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ, iii. 449
Letter, _sb._ == epistle, in pl. RG. 494, 552
Lettrure, _sb._ == book, literature. Alys. 3516
Leve, _v. a._ == grant, allow. HD. 334. AS. lefan
---- == believe [ileove]. 2357 B.; pret. ‘levede.’ RG. 334; ‘ilefde.’ O.
and N. 123; ‘leovede.’ 687 B.
Leven, _v. a._ == flash out. Ps. cxliii. 6
Levening, _sb._ == lightning. Ps. xvii. 15
Levin, _sb._ == lightning. HD. 2690. W. llafn, a blade, or flake, from the
sword-like shape of a flash. Gael, lann, a blade, whence ‘lannair,’
glitter, or gleaming
Lew, _adj._ == warm. HD. 498. AS. hleow
Lewd, _adj._ == lay. RG. 471. Pol. S. 155. From AS. leóde, leúd, the
people
Leyk, _sb._ == play. HD. 1021; [layk], Ritson’s AS. viii. 121. AS. lác
Leyken, _v. n._ == to play. HD. 950. AS. lǽcan
Liar, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 49
Liard, _sb._ == a grey horse. Pol. S. 71. Fr. liard, from W. llai, raven
gray
Libel, _sb._ == a writ of accusation. RG. 498
Lich, _sb._ == body. 259 B. AS. líc
Lichamlic, _adj._ == bodily. M. Ode, st. 190
Lick, _v. a._ Rel. Ant. i. 114. Ps. lxxi. 9
Licome, _sb._ == body. O. and N. 1052; countenance. Ps. xx. 10. AS.
lichama
Licoris, _sb._ == liquorice. Alys. 428. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Lat.
glycyrrhiza
Licorous, _adj._ == sweet. Wright’s L. P. p. 68
Lie, _sb._ == flame. 512 β. AS. lig
Lie, _v. n._ 2s. pres. ‘list.’ O. and N. 150; 3 s. pres. ‘leth.’ O. and N.
1492; 2 pl. pres. ‘liggeth.’ RG. 7; 3 pl. pres. ‘leyȝen.’ Pol. S. 190;
pret. ‘lay.’ RG. 11, 13. AS. licgan
---- == wait, expect. Pol. S. 222
Lie, _v. n._ == speak falsely; part. ‘ylow.’ RG. 160; ‘i-loȝe.’ O. and N.
845
---- _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 100
Lief, _adj._ == dear [leof]. 37 B.; pl. ‘leove.’ 463 B.; ‘lef or loth.’
HD. 2379; ‘The lef the’ == may the right or truth flourish. HD. 2606;
comp. ‘levere.’ RG. 263, 382. AS. leóf
Liefer, _adv._ == rather. RG. 263
Liege, _adj._ RG. 457
Life, _sb._ RG. 301, 376; gen. abs. ‘lives’ == alive. HD. 1307. O. and N.
1632
---- == position in life. Pol. S. 195
Liflode, _sb._ == sustenance in life. RG. 41, 404. AS. lif-láde, from lád,
a way
Lift, _sb._ == air. Fragm. Sci. 204; sky, 200 β, AS. lyft
Light, _sb._ RG. 379, 380
---- _v. a._ == enlighten. Ps. xxxiii. 6
---- == kindle. HD. 585
Light, _adj._ == active. RG. 452
Light, _v. n._ == alight. Cok. 128; part. ‘liht.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 30
Lightly, == easily [liȝtliche]. RG. 515; actively [lyȝtlyche]. RG. 377
Lightness, _sb._ == light. Wright’s L. P. p. 96. Ps. cxxxv. 7
Lightning, _sb._ [lyȝtyng]. RG. 378, 415; [leyȝt]. RG. 308
Likand, == similarly, Creed of St Athan. 36
Like, _adj._ [i-liche]. O. and N. 1458; [ilek]. Pilate, 111
Like, _v. a._ == approve of. RG. 92
Like, _v. n._ == take delight in. Ps. xxxvi. 4; please, be pleasing. O.
and N. 342; _impers._ ‘hym likede.’ RG. 21
Likeful, _adj._ == pleasant. Cok. 70
Likeness, _sb._ == similitude. RG. 463
Liking, _sb._ == pleasure. Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Lily, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 44
Lilywhite, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 30
Limb, _sb._ [lyme]. RG. 278, 411
Limbmeal, _adv._ 1815 B.
Lime, _sb._ == calx. St Swithin, 54
Lime, _sb._ == birdlime. O. and N. 1054
Limed, _part._ == caught. Alys. 5701
Lin, _sb._ == linen. Wright’s L. P. p. 46. AS. lín
---- _v. n._ == cease, for ‘blin.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 103. AS. linnan
Linde, _sb._ == tree. Wright’s L. P. p. 45. Alys. 2489. AS. lind
Line, _sb._ == cord. HD. 539; net. K. Horn, 701. AS. líne
---- == course of proceeding. Alys. 7266
Linen, _sb._ RG. 405
Ling, _sb._ == a fish. HD. 833
Lion, _sb._ RG. 457
Lip, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 34
Lisse, _sb._ == comfort. Wright’s L. P. p. 57. M. Ode, 119. AS. liss
List, _sb._ == craft. O. and N. 172. AS. list
List, _v. a._ == listen to [lest]. Alys. 38; imper. ‘lust.’ O. and N. 263
Listen, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 24
Listening, _sb._ == attention. Alys. 4798
Litany, _sb._ 1084 B.
Lited, _part._ == stained. Ps. lxvii. 17. ON. lita
Litelhede, _sb._ == smallness. Ps. lvii. 4
Lith, _sb._ == body. Body and Soul, 39 AS. líð
Lith, _sb._ == people, possessions. HD. 2515. AS. leode. Germ. leute
Lith, _sb._ == comfort. HD. 1338; [lythe]. Ib. 147. AS. liðs
---- _v. a._ == to comfort, give ease. Alys. 433
Lith, _v. n._ == listen. Ps. xxx. 3. Ritson’s AS. viii. 187. ON. hlyða
---- _adj._ == fallow. Pol. S. 152. Probably from AS. liðs, rest
Lithe, _adj._ == gentle. Ps. cvi. 29. AS. líðe
Lither, _v. n._ == do harm. Ps. civ. 15. See Luther
---- == act wickedly. Ps. xxxvi. 9
Litherand, _adj._ == wicked. Ps. xxv. 5
Littene, _part._ == cut up? HD. 2701
Little, _adj._ [lytul], RG. 19; [lute]. RG. 378; [lutel]. RG. 376
---- _v. a._ == make little. Ps. viii. 6; lxxiv. 9; [lutli]. O. and N. 540
---- _v. n._ == become little. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 211
Littleless, == almost. Ps. xciii. 17
Live, _v. n._ RG. 381
Liver, _sb._ (part of the body). Alys. 2156
Liver, _v. a._ == deliver. RG. 39
Liverede, _adj._ == red. RG. 39
Livering, _sb._ == delivering of provisions. Alys. 7171
Liversoon, _sb._ == sustenance. Alys. 1011. Fr. livraison
Lo! 1769 B. AS. lá
Load, _sb._ Body and Soul, 238
Loaf, _sb._ 278 β; pl. ‘loves.’ 293 β; ‘laves.’ Ps. xli. 4
Loath, _adj._ == hateful. RG. 40; [yladh]. O. and N. 1605; [lath], Ps.
xvii. 8
---- _v. n._ == be angry, displeased. RG. 32
Loathly, _adj._ Body and Soul, 56; [lolich]. Pol. S. 203
Loc, _sb._ == gift. M. Ode, 37. AS. lác
Lock, _v. a._ == enclose. O. and N. 56. AS. lúcan
---- == lock, fasten, as a door. RG. 495; pret. ‘lek.’ Body and Soul, 236;
part. ‘iloke.’ 824 B.
---- _sb._ == lock of a door. Ps. cxlvii. 13. O. and N. 1555
Lock, _sb._ == a tress of hair. Wright’s L. P. p. 34. AS. locc
Locket, _sb._ Pol. S. 154
Lodge, _v. a._ Alys. 3132. AS. logian
---- _v. n._ Alys. 4098
---- _sb._ Alys. 4295
Lofe, _sb._ == praise. Ps. xxi. 26; [loof]. Ib. 4
Loft, _sb._ == air. RG. 7; ‘upo lofte’ == aloft. Pol. S. 154
Loftsang, _sb._ == song of praise. Ps. lxiv. 2. Germ. lob-gesang
Logede, == lewd, lay? Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21
Loin, _sb._ Pol. S. 191
Loke, _v. a._ == decide. RG. 53; part. ‘iloked.’ RG. 534
---- == guard. Pilate, 69; [loki], O. and N. 604
Loking, _sb._ == decision. RG. 506
Loking, _sb._ == care. K. Horn, 350
Lome, _adv._ == frequently. Pol. S. 197
Lome, _sb._ == spade, or mattock. Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. lóma, gelóma
---- == instrument, tool. Ps. vii. 14
---- == vessel. Ps. xxxii. 7
Londisse, _adj._ == of the country. K. Horn 648
Lone ? Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Long, _adj._ RG. 376, 410; ‘longer.’ RG. 377
---- _adv._ == for a long time. O. and N. 466
---- _v. n._ == become long. Alys. 139
Long, _v. n._ == desire. RG. 176. AS. langian
Longing, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 29
Look, _v. n._ RG. 14
Loose, _v. a._ [louse]. Pol. S. 239; part. ‘losed.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 99
Lopered, == coagulated, clotted. Ps. cxviii. 70; lxvii. 17. Dan. löbe,
runnet, from löbe, to run, run together, hence to coagulate. Sw. löpa i
hop, to curdle
Lord, _sb._ RG. 432
Lording, _sb._ RG. 431, 524
Lordless, _adj._ RG. 142
Lordswike, == traitor. Pol. S. 220. RG. 313. See ‘laverdswike’ in Laȝ, ii.
506
Lore, _sb._ ‘a lore.’ M. Ode, st. 1, either means ‘in learning,’ or should
be written ‘alore,’ otherwise, in other respects. Fr. allors
---- _sb._ == learning, teaching. 2065 B.
Lore, _sb._ == loss. Alys. 7247
Loreless, _adj._ == without learning. Cok. fin.
Loren, _part._ == lost. See Lose
Loreyns, _sb._ == reins. 190 B. Fr. lorain. Lat. lorum
Los, _sb._ == fame. RG. 180, 330, 137. Fr. los
Lose, _v. a._ [lese]. RG. 436; 2 s. pres. ‘lust.’ 859 B.; pret. ‘las.’
Body and Soul, 123; part. ‘y-lore.’ RG. 160; ‘loren.’ RG. 39
Lot, _sb._ RG. 111. Ps. xxi. 18
---- == deceit? Wright’s L. P. p. 31. AS. lot
Lote, _sb._ == play, sport. Wright’s L. P. p. 49. ON. lota
Loting, _part._ == struggling? Alys. 6203. Fr. lutter
Loud, _adj._ RG. 140. HD. 2079; comp. ‘louder.’ 450 β
Lour, _v. n._ [lure]. K. Horn, 276; part. ‘luring.’ O. and N. 423. Lat.
luror
Louring, _adj._ Alys. 526
Louse, _sb._ Pol. S. 238
Lout, _v. n._ == go low. Body and Soul, 80; crouch, lie hid. O. and N.
373. AS. lútan
Love, _v. a._ [luvie]. Rel. S. v. 262; pret. ‘lovede.’ RG. 370, 375. AS.
lufian
---- _sb._ RG. 18. 39 B.
Love, _v. a._ == praise. Ps. cl. 2, sing. Ps. cv. 12; [loove]. AS. lófian
---- _adj._ == agreeable. O. and N. 1033
Loveing, _sb._ == praise. Ps. ix. 15
Lovely, _adj._ K. Horn, 464
Lovesome, _adj._ [lossom], Wright’s L. P. p. 26; comp. ‘lussomore.’ Ib. p.
51
Lovesong, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 74
Low, _adj._ == humble, ‘high and low.’ RG. 514; [loȝe]. Wright’s L. P. p.
73; sup. ‘lowest.’ 1187 B.
---- == soft (of sound). HD. 2079
---- _v. n._ == become low, sink. Alys. 5746
Lowe, _sb._ == flame. Body and Soul, 216. ON. log
Lowe, _sb._ == hill. Alys. 4348. AS. hlǽw
Lud, _sb._ == voice. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. ON. hljoð
Lugge, _sb._ == log, rod. O. and N. 1607. Dut. blok. Cf. ‘lin’ and ‘blin,’
‘liss’ and ‘bliss’
Lugre, _sb._ == a precious stone. Cok. 89. The ligure of our version of
the Bible. Ex. xxviii. 19. Gr. λυγκουρίον
Lumbar, _sb._ == a ship of burthen. Alys. 6063
Lung, _sb._ Alys. 2156
Lure, _sb._ == loss. RG. 181. O. and N. 1151. AS. lor, lyre
Lurk, _v. n._ HD. 68. Sw. lura
Lust, _sb._ == sensuality. Wright’s L. P. p. 25
---- _vb. impers._ ‘him luste.’ RG. 472; ‘me lust.’ O. and N. 39, 287
Luther, _adj._ == wicked. RG. 389, 524. AS. lýðer
Luther, _sb._ == leather, a sling. RG. 394
Lutherhood, _sb._ == wickedness. RG. 454
Lutherness, _sb._ == wickedness. RG. 389, 465
Ly, _sb._ == voice. St Andrew, 84. AS. hlýd
Lye, _sb._ == moisture, [leȝe]. Pol. S. 154. AS. leah
Lyen, _sb._ == reward. M. Ode, 32. AS. leán
Lying, _sb._ Ps. iv. 3
M.
Ma, == more. Ritson’s AS. viii. 246
Ma, == make. Ps. liii. 5
---- == made. Ps. xxxii. 6
In the majority of passages where this word occurs in the Surtees
Psalter, it seems to be a mere expletive, introduced for the sake of
the rhyme. Cf. Ps. xv. 3; xvii. 34; xxi. 2; xxvii. 4; lxxxviii. 6;
xcv. 5; xcviii. 7; &c. &c.
Ma, == May? Ritson’s AS. viii. 146
Mace, _sb._ == club. RG. 207. Fr. massue
Mace, _sb._ == spice. Cok. 73. Fr. macis
Mace, _sb._ == masonry. Alys. 6258. Fr. maçonnerie
Mackarel, _sb._ HD. 758. Fr. maquereau
Mad, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 29
Maid, _sb._ RG. 431
Maiden, _sb._ RG. 435
Maidenclean, _adj._ HD. 995; and see Wright’s L. P. p. 82
Maidenhead, _sb._ == virginity. RG. 95
Maim, _v. a._ part. ‘ymaimed.’ RG. 288. Fr. mahaigner, mahain
Main, _sb._ == power. RG. 564
---- == host or army. RG. 436. AS. mægen
Mainhede, _sb._ == multitude. Ps. xxx. 20
Maintain, _v. a._ RG. 407
Maintenant, _adv._ == at once, immediately. Alys. 5302
Maistrie, _sb._ == craft, science. Alys. 43, 5591. Fr. maistrie. Lat.
magister
---- == mastery, _q. v._
Make, _v. a._ RG. 376; 3s. pres. ‘mas.’ Ps. xxviii. 10; pret. ‘made.’ RG.
279, 372; part, ‘ymaked.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 111
Make, _sb._ == mate. Wright’s L. P. p. 28
Making, _sb._ == creation. Ps. cxlii. 5
Malapert, _adj._ Alys. 3259
Male, _sb._ == bag, satchel. HD. 48. Fr. malle. OHG. malaha
Malese, _sb._ == discomfort. Alys. 7366; written ‘male ese.’ Alys. 1351
Malison, _sb._ == curse. HD. 426
Mallock, _sb._ == cursing. Ps. ix. 28; xiii. 3
Maltalent, _sb._ == ill-will. Alys. 906
Man, _sb._ RG. 89, 377, 454
Manacle, _v. a._ part. ‘mankled.’ Pol. S. 218
Mandeflanc, _sb._ 893 B. probably a mistake for ‘mau-de-flanc,’ a pain in
the side
Mandment, _sb._ == commandment. RG. 194, 201
Mandrake, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Manging, _sb._ == mongering, changing. Ps. xliii. 13. AS. mangian
Mangle, _sb._ == confusion; ‘in mangle’ == entangled. Alys. 7412
Mangonel, _sb._ [magnale]. RG. 394, 549. Fr. mangonne. Gr. μάγγανον
Manhood, _sb._ == humanity, as opposed to Godhead or Divinity. RG. 131
---- == manliness. RG. 101
---- == homage. RG. 421, 259
Manifold, _adj._ RG. 378
Manihede, _sb._ == multitude, number. Ps. cl. 2
Manke, _sb._ == plenty. M. Ode, 35. AS. menigeo
Mankind, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 70
Manliched, _sb._ == mercy. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 22
Manlike, _adv._ == manlily. Ps. xxx. 25
Manly, _adj._ 149 B.
Manna, _sb._ Ps. lxxvii. 24
Manner, _sb._ RG. 381
Manor, _sb._ RG. 497
Manqualm, _sb._ == slaughter of men. RG. 416
Manqueller, _sb._ RG. 455. Judas, 140
Manrede, _sb._ == homage. HD. 484. AS. man-rǽden
Mansing, _sb._ == cursing. RG. 472, 504. AS. a-mánsumian
Manslaughter, _sb._ [manslaȝt.] RG. 394
Manslayer, _sb._ Ps. lviii. 3
Manticore, _sb._ == a kind of serpent. Alys. 7094; the ‘mantichora’ of
Pliny, H. N. viii. 30, 45. See also the Anturs of Arthur, st. 43, and
Skelton’s Phyllyp Sparowe, v. 294
Mantle, _sb._ RG. 539, 435
Mantleless, _adj._ Alys. 204
Many, _adj._ RG. 370, 504
---- == much or very, as ‘many wroth.’ RG. 496
---- _sb._ See Meyné
Mar, _v. a._ Wright’s L. P. p. 29. AS. myrran, to hinder
Marblestone, _sb._ RG. 476
March, _sb._ == kingdom, territory. Alys. 3019. AS. meare
---- == The Marches (in England). RG. 537, 538
Mare, _sb._ HD. 2449; [mere], Ps. cxlvi. 9; [more ?] Wright’s L. P. p. 36.
AS. mære
Margarite, _sb._ == pearl. Alys. 5683. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. Gr.
μαργαρίτης
Mark, _sb._ == the coin so called. RG. 390. AS. marc, manca
Mark, _v. a._ RG. 116.
Marreys, == marsh, _q. v._
Marriage, _sb._ RG. 532.
Marrowed, _adj._ [merghed], Ps. lxv. 15. AS. mearh
Marry, _v. a._ RG. 434
Marsh, _sb._ O. and N. 304; [marreys]. Alys. 6540. AS. mersc
Marshal, _sb._ RG. 491, 510
Martinape, _sb._ Alys. 6464
Martre, _sb._ == a martin. M. Ode, 182
Martyr, _sb._ 651 B.
---- _v. a._ part. ‘ymartred.’ RG. 441, 476
Martyrdom, _sb._ RG. 81, 407, 477
Marvel, _sb._ Alys. 5268
Marvelling, _sb._ == marvel. Alys. 5572
Marvellous, _adj._ Alys. 7152
Mas, == makes. See Make
Mash, _v. a._ == beat, tear to pieces. O. and N. 84. Connected with
‘smash.’ Fr. macher. Sw. mäska
Mask, _v. a._ == bewilder; part. ‘maskede.’ 115 β. Fr. masque. Lat. masca.
See Burguy, _s. v._ ‘masquer’
Mason, _sb._ Alys. 2370. Fr. maçon
Mass, _sb._ == church service. RG. 369, 405; pl. ‘masson.’ RG. 545
Massbook, _sb._ HD. 186
Massday, _sb._ Ps. lxxv. 11; lxxiii. 8
Massecos, _sb._ == masskiss. 1771 B.
Massgear, _sb._ == apparatus of the mass; [messe-gere], HD. 188
Mast, _sb._ (of a ship). HD. 709
Master, _sb._ RG. 397; [mesteir]. Alys. 7480
---- == master town, or metropolis. Alys. 6112
---- _adj._ == crafty. RG. 454
Masterling, _sb._ Alys. 400
Mastery, _sb._ == superiority; [maistrie]. RG. 395, 558
Masthede, _sb._ == might. Ps. xxviii. 3
Mastlyng, _sb._ == a kind of brass. RG. 87. AS. mæslen. See Hearne’s
Gloss, to RG. _s. v._
Mate, _sb._ == companion. RG. 536
Matins, _sb._ RG. 369
Matresche, _sb._ == elegant, well-dressed. RG. 344. Fr. maistrie
Matyng, _sb._ == a dream. See Meting
Maugre, _adj._ == in spite of; ‘magrei ys nose.’ RG. 94
Maundy, _sb._ == duty, commandment; [mandé]. 359 β. Lat. mandatum
Maveis, _adj._ == bad. RG. 537. Fr. mauvais
Maw, _sb._ == stomach. RG. 311; [mahe]. Rel. S. v. 171
Mawmet, _sb._ == idol. RG. 14. Probably the word originally meant a
scare-crow, a bundle of clouts or rags, from the verb ‘maim.’ See Prof.
Key’s remarks on this word, Phil. Soc. Trans. 1856, p. 245.
May, _sb._ == maiden. Wright’s L. P. p. 26, 28. AS. mæg.
May, _vb._ O. and N. 1622; [mowe]. RG. 454; [muhe]. O. and N. 1579;
[muȝe]. O. and N. 62. 3 pl. pres. ‘mahen.’ Rel. S. iv. 74. pret. ‘myȝte.’
RG. 377
May, _sb._ (the month) [ma ?] Ritson’s AS. viii. 146; [me ?] Wright’s L.
P. p. 61
Maynage, _sb._ == suite, attendants. RG. 183
Mayor, _sb._ [mor]. RG. 542
Maze, _sb._ == folly. RG. 322, 498
Mazed, _adj._ == drunk. Ps. lxxxvii. 65
Me, == May? Wright’s L. P. p. 61
Me, with verbs,--as ‘me ne dorste,’ they did not dare. RG. 367, et passim
Me. See I
Mead, _sb._ == meadow. RG. 496; [maied]. Alys. 7323. AS. mǽd
Meal, _sb._ == ground corn. HD. 780. AS. melu
Meal, _sb._ == repast. RG. 496; pl. ‘meals.’ Rel. Ant. i. p. 111. AS. mǽl
Mean, _v. a._ == signify. HD. 597. AS. mænan
---- _v. n._ == intend, part. ‘yment.’ Alys. 4570
Measurable, _adj._ == just. Alys. 7050
Meat, _sb._ RG. 389. AS. mete
Meatless, _adj._ RG. 252
Medicine, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 88
Meding, _sb._ == reward, meed. Alys. 5533
Medlay, _sb._ == tumult, conflict. Alys. 4612. Fr. medlée; from medler, to
mix
Meed, _sb._ RG. 437, 503. AS. méd
Meek, _adj._ RG. 435
---- _v. a._ == make meek. Ps. ix. 31
Meekhede, _sb._ RG. 389
Meekly, _adj._ Cok. 142. Ps. cxxx. 2
Meekness. Ps. ix. 14
Meet, _adj._ == fit, proper. Wright’s L. P. p. 36. AS. gemét
Meet, _v. a._ == HD. 1810; [imete]. Rel. S. v. 205. AS. métan
---- _v. n._ == with reflexive dat. of pron. ‘to gadere hem sone mette.’
RG. 400
Meeting, _sb._ == encounter. Alys. 2697, 6747
Mei, _sb._ == male relation. Rel. S. v. 162. M. Ode, st. 15. AS. mæg. See
Gloss. Rem. to Laȝ, iii. 441
Mein, _v. a._ == mingle. O. and N. 943. part. ‘meind.’ O. and N. 131.
‘imeind.’ O. and N. 18. AS. mengian, pret. ‘meinde’
Meld, _v. a._ == make mild. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210
Mele, _v. n._ == speak. HD. 2059. AS. mǽlan. ON. mæla
Mell, _v. a._ == mix, mingle, part. ‘imelled.’ 276 β Fr. medler
Melody, _sb._ 381 β
Member, _sb._ RG. 560
Menage, _sb._ == family. Alys. 2087. Fr. manage, from ‘manoir,’ to remain
Mend, _v. a._ == amend. Marg. 24; [mand]. Wright’s L. P. p. 44
Mending, _sb._ == remedy. Alys. 5206
Menge. See Ming
Menison, _sb._ == dysentery. RG. 568. Fr. menison, menoison
Menske, _adj._ == gracious. RG. 33. From AS. mennisc, human; cf. our
double sense of ‘humanity’
---- _sb._ == grace, civility. Wright’s L. P. p. 37
---- _v. a._ == treat graciously. Ritson’s AS. viii. 83
Menskful, _adj._ == gracious. Wright’s L. P. p. 51
Merchandise, _sb._ RG. 99
Merchant, _sb._ Alys. 704
Merciful, _adj._ Ps. cxliv. 8
Mercy, _sb._ RG. 370; to ‘do into mercy’ == force a man to beg his life.
RG. 539
Mere, _adj._ [mire]. O. and N. 1739
---- _adv._ == merely, entirely. O. and N. 496
Mere, _sb._ == a boundary. Ps. ii. 8. AS. ge-mǽre
Mere, _adj._ == famous, beautiful, noble. Wright’s L. P. p. 26. M. Ode,
196. AS. mǽra
Merksoot, _sb._ == distance between two limits. Ritson’s AS. viii. 31. See
Wyntoun, ix. 47
Merrily, _adv._ [murdly]. Body and Soul, 17
Merry, _adj._ 141 β; [miri]. Ritson’s AS. viii. 118; comp. ‘murgore.’ RG.
190, 281; sup. ‘murgost.’ RG. 349. AS. mergð
---- _v. n._ == to be merry, 3 s. pres. ‘murgeth.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 45
---- _v. a._ == make merry. Wright’s L. P. p. 44
Mes, _sb._ == meal, mess. Body and Soul, 137, Sermon 6. AS. mesan, to eat
Message, _sb._ 2020 B.
Messegere, _sb._ == apparatus of the Mass. See Massgear
Messenger, _sb._ RG. 475, 505
Mestere, _sb._ == craft. K. Horn, 235. Fr. maistrie. Lat. magister
Mestere, _sb._ == trade, profession. Alys. 6719. Fr. métier. Lat.
ministerium. ‘Of all mestere men’ == of all sorts of men. Rel. Ant. i.
115.
Mestre--‘with the mestre’ == with need, or with craft. Alys. 5466
Metal, _sb._ RG. 6; [matel]. Alys. 6242
Mete, _v. n._ == dream. K. Horn, 1458. pret. ‘mette.’ Judas 8. AS. mætan
Meth, _sb._ == respect. Wright’s L. P. p. 103. AS. mæð
Meth, _sb._ == measure. Ps. lxxix. 6. AS. ge-mete
Methful, _adj._ == kind. Wright’s L. P. p. 32. AS. mǽd-full
Methful, _adj._ == weary. Ps. iii. 6. AS. méðe
Methfullike, _adj._ == moderate, short? Ps. xxxviii. 6. AS. mǽte. The V.
L. has ‘metlic’
Meting, _sb._ == a dream. 1576 B. Alys. 327; [matyng]. Alys. 261. AS.
mætan
Meyné, _sb._ == company. 144, 1582 B.; [maigné]. Alys. 1119. Fr. maignée,
from manoir. See Burguy, _s. v._ ‘manoir’
Mid, _prep._ == with. RG. 371. AS. mid.
---- _adv._ == together. O. and N. 136
Midday, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 41
Middelerd, _sb._ == the world. RG. 560. AS. middan-geard
Middle, _sb._ == waist. RG. 435
---- _adj._ [myldel]. RG. 437
Midmost, _adj._ == middle. RG. 29
Midnight, _sb._ RG. 202
Midovernoon, == 3 P. M. Alys. 5216. Ps. xxxvi. 6
Midst, [myddes]--‘in the myddes.’ RG. 61
Midsummer, _sb._ RG. 499
Midwinter, _sb._ RG. 367, 408
Might, _sb._ See May
---- _sb._ RG. 23. HD. 35. AS. miht