old worn pieces of leather, to the use of which the cobblers were
restricted in mending shoes. The alutarii, or cordwainers, on the other
hand, were confined to the _making_ of shoes with _new_ leather
Trenne, _v. a._ == separate. Rel. Ant. ii. 212
Tresche, _sb._ == trench. AG. 552
Trespass, _sb._ RG. 374, 528
---- _v. n._ Pol. S. 198
Tressed, _adj._ Alys. 5409
Tressure, _sb._ == tresses. Wright’s L. P. p. 105
Treye, _sb._ == sorrow. Rel. Ant. i. 113. AS. tréga
Triacle, _sb._ == medicine, remedy. Alys. 5071. Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Trichard, _sb._ == deceiver. Pol. S. 69
Trick, _v. n._ == deceive [trichen]. Pol. S. 69
Trie, _adj._ == choice. Cok. 19, 73; Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Trifle, _sb._ RG. 417. Lit. ‘a small piece,’ from AS. trifelan, to pound
---- _v. n._ part. ‘trifling.’ St Dunstan, 74
Trinity, _sb._ RG. 532
Tripe, _sb._ Alys. 1578. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Fr. tripe. Ital. trippa
Trobles. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176; probably a corruption of Fr. ‘troblés,’
waste, spoilt leather; from Fr. ‘trobler’ == corrompre, gâter, Roq. See
Treisuses
Trod, _sb._ == tread, or track. Body and Soul, 212. AS. trod
Tromcheri, _sb._ == trumpery? Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. Fr. troncer, to break
into small pieces. Cf. Gawin Douglas’s ‘trumpis,’ fragments, which is
probably the origin of the modern form
Trome, _sb._ == a company. HD. 8. AS. truma
Trone. See Throne
Tronn (sic in MS.), _sb._ == a steelyard. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176
Trotevale, _sb._ == trifling, joke. Body and Soul, 146. Lat. titivillitia
Troth, _sb._ == betrothal. K. Horn, 694
Trouble, _adj._ == troubled, murky. Alys. 4709
Troué, _sb._ == hole. Alys. 7465. Fr. trou
Trough. See Tree
Trow, _v. a._ == believe. RG. 110
Trowe, _sb._ == trust, belief. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. treów
Trowe. See Tree
Truage, _sb._ == fealty. RG. 39, 372
Truce, _sb._ RG. 529. AS. trúwa. Fr. tréve, truwe
True, _adj._ RG. 377
Trueness, _sb._ RG. 391
Truly, _adv._ RG. 93
Trump, _sb._ == trumpet. RG. 396
Trumper, _sb._ == trumpeter. Alys. 3426
Trumping, _sb._ Alys. 925
Truncheon [tronchon], _sb._ == part of a broken spear. Alys. 3745
Trundle [trendli], _v. n._ == roll. O. and N. 135. AS. trendel
Truss, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. pp. 110, 111. Fr. torser, trusser
---- _v. a._ == pack up. HD. 2017. Alys. 990
---- == fasten. Alys. 5477
---- _v. n._ == prepare oneself. RG. 487. Alys. 7160
Trust, _v. a._ RG. 468, 469
---- _v. n._ [triste]. O. and N. 760; [traiste]. Ps. cxxiv. 1
Trusty, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 47
Truth, _sb._ RG. 388, 457; [trauthe]. Creed of St Athan. 4; [trauht].
Ibid. 87
Try, _v. a._ == refine, as gold; part. ‘ytried.’ Alys. 828
Trysthor, _sb._ == traitor. RG. 302
Trywede, _sb._ == truth, good faith. RG. 358
Tubrugge, _sb._ == townbridge. RG. 543. Pol. S. 222
Tuenge, _v. n._ == pinch. See Twinge
Tuesday. RG. 552
Tug, _v. n._ Body and Soul, 226; part. ‘ytuht.’ Pol. S. 220. AS. tcohhian
Tuke, _v. n._ == harass, punish. O. and N. 63. AS. tucian
Tumble, _v. n._ Alys. 2465. AS. tumbian
Tumbrel, _sb._ == a porpoise. HD. 757. Swed. tumlare
Turd, _sb._ == excrement [tort]. O. and N. 1684. AS. tord
Turf, _sb._ HD. 939. O. and N. 1165 AS. turf
Turn, _v. n._ == return; ‘turnde again.’ RG. 387. 53 B.
---- with ‘to’ == become; ‘turn to ill.’ RG. 375
---- == turn against a person. RG. 367
---- _v. a._ == turn one’s back on a person. RG. 525; part. ‘yturned.’ RG.
28
---- == convert. St Swithin, 10
Turnay, _sb._ == tournament. Alys. 141
Turneying, _sb._ Alys. 1045
Turtle, _sb._ == dove. Ps. lxxxiii. 11. Wright’s L. P. p. 26
Tusk, _sb._ Ps. lvii. 7. AS. tux
Twege, _sb._ == doubt. M. Ode, st. 177. AS. tweogan
Twelfth, _adj._ RG. 416, 446
Twelfthnight. Alys. 6403
Twelve. RG. 18, 492
Twelvemonth, _sb._ == year. Pol. S. 71
Twentieth, _adj._ RG. 439
Twenty. RG. 440
Twere, _sb._ == doubt, subject of doubt, O. and N. 989. AS. tweo. S. Goth.
twe
Twibil, _sb._ == axe. Wright’s L. P. p. 110. AS. twý-bill
Twice, _adv._ [tuye]. RG. 222
Twifald, _v. n._ == hesitate. Ps. lxv. 14; cv. 33
Twinge, _v. a._ [tuenge] == pinch. St Dunst. 81. O. and N. 156
---- == persecute. Ps. xvi. 9. Dan. tvinge.
Twinging, _sb._ == persecution. Ps. xvii. 19
Twinkling, _sb._ == ‘in the twinkling of an eye.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 106.
AS. twinclian
---- == twangling, or tinkling (of a harp). Alys. 2572
Twinne, _v. a._ == divide. Ps. liv. 10
---- _v. n._ == separate, stand aloof from. Ps. xvi. 13. AS. twý
Two [tuo]. RG. 368; [to]. RG. 538
n. pl. ‘tweie.’ O. and N. 793
gen. pl. ‘tweire.’ O. and N. 886; ‘twam.’ O. and N. 1475; ‘twom.’ O.
and N. 989
Twom. See Two
Tyffen, _v. a._ == adorn. Alys. 4109. Manuel des Pecches, 3204, 3208. ON.
typpa.
Tyfyng, _sb._ == ornament. Manuel des Pecches, 3242
Tyrant, _sb._ RG. 389. pl. ‘tyranne.’ Alys. 7499
U.
Ughtening, _sb._ == dawn, See Uȝtening, Uȝten
Umben, _prep._ == around. Wright’s L. P. p. 35. AS. ymbe
Umbestonde, _adv._ == formerly. HD. 2297. Wright’s L. P. p. 46
Umbewhile, _adv._ == at times. Wright’s L. P. p. 49
Umbistand, _v. a._ == surround; pret. ‘umbistode.’ HD. 1875
Umbiyeden, _vb._ == surrounded. HD. 1842
Umgang, _sb._ == circuit. Ps. xi. 9
Umgive, _v. a._ == surround. Ps. vii. 8
Umgo, _v. n._ == go round; imper. ‘umga’ Ps. lviii. 7
Umgripe, _v. a._ == embrace. Ps. lxxviii. 8
Umklip, _v. a._ == embrace. Ps. xlvii. 13
Umlap, _v. a._ == encircle. Ps. xxxix. 13; lxx. 11. AS. læppa, a hem,
border
Umlock, _v. a._ Ps. lxxvii. 62
Umset, _v. a._ == surround. Ps. xxi. 13
Umshadow, _v. a._ == overshadow. Ps. xc. 4
Umstanding, _sb._ == circumstance. Ps. cxl. 3
Umtipped, _part._ == dressed. Ps. cxliii. 12. See Tyffen
Unalike, _adj._ 140 β
Unarmed, _adj._ RG. 543
Unaware, _adj._ [unwar, uniwar]. RG. 88
Unbecomely, _adj._ K. Horn, 1097
Unbegotten, _adj._ [unbeȝet]. Signa ante Jud. 31
Unbind, _v. a._ RG. 74, 318; part. ‘unbound.’ RG. 161
Unblithe, _adj._ HD. 141. Wright’s L. P. p. 30
Unbold, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 100
Unborn, _adj._ Manuel des Pecches, 4857
Unbought, _adj._ Rel. Ant. i. 114
---- == unrecompensed. M. Ode, st. 30
Unbrede, _v. a._ == open. Pol. S. 156. AS. on-bredan
Unbroad, _adj._ [unbrad]. Pol. S. 156
Unburied, _adj._ RG. 219, 416
Unbuxom, _adj._ == disobedient. Rel. S. vi. 10
Unbuxomness, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 3013
Uncle, _sb._ RG. 446
Unclean, _adj._ RG. 351
Uncleanness, _sb._ RG. 434
Unclothe, _v. a._ HD. 659
Uncomely, _adj._ Body and Soul, 59
Uncouth, _adj._ == unknown. Alys. 5993; == unknowing in an act, sense.
Wright’s L. P. p. 103? AS. uncúð
Uncunning, _sb._ 1024 B.
Under, _prep._ RG. 480; ‘under that’ == until. RG. 451
---- _v. a._ == put under. Ps. xvii. 48
Under, _sb._ See Undern
Underandnes, _sb._ == harmlessness. Ps. vii. 9. AS. derian
Underdo, _v. a._ == cheat. K. Horn, 1471
Underfang, _v. a._ == take up. RG. 371; pret. ‘underfong’
---- == understand. HD. 115
---- == elect. RG. 447
---- == receive, acknowledge. RG. 461. Wright’s L. P. p. 59
Underfind, _v. a._ == discover. Wright’s L. P. p. 45
Underfoot. 2031 B.
Underganging, _sb._ == humiliation. Ps. xl. 10
Undergo, _v. a._ == make to go under. Ps. xvi. 13
Underhand, == under one’s hand, in one’s power. RG. 141
Underlay, _v. a._ == put under. Ps. viii. 8
Underlout, _v. n._ == bow to. Ps. lix. 10; xxxvi. 7. AS. underlútan
Undern, _sb._ == third hour of the day, or 9 A.M. 2482 B.; [under].
Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. undern. MG. undaurns
Undernime, _v. a._ == take up. Body and Soul, 111
Understand, _v. a._ RG. 386; ‘Thu nart understonde’ == thou dost not
understand. RG. 453
---- _v. n._ RG. 78; ‘To understonde hym’ == ‘suggest to himself or
devise.’ RG. 431
Understanding, _sb._ Ps. cx. 10; cxviii. 73
Underthewe, _v. a._ == subdue. Alys. 1406. AS. under þeowan
Underwit, _v. a._ == understand; pret. ‘underwat.’ O. and N. 1089
Underȝete, _v. a._ == understand. RG. 401; perceive, discover. RG. 165.
AS. under-gitan
Undeserved, _adj._ RG. 54
Undo, _v. a._ == destroy. RG. 384, 477
---- == open. Wright’s L. P. pp. 58, 71
Undreh, == intolerable? Wright’s L. P. p. 41. AS. dreogan
Uneasily, _adv._ 2252 B.
Uneasy, _adj._ 1482 B.
Uneaten, _adj._ [un-y-ete]. 296 β
Unelde, _sb._ == extreme old age. Ps. lxx. 18
Unele, _sb._ == sickness. RG. 377. AS. unhǽlu
---- == wickedness. RG. 384
---- _adj._ == evil. RG. 428
---- _v. n._ == become sick. RG. 349
Unfain, _adj._ Rel. Ant. i. 113
Unfast, _adj._ == insecure. Ps. xvii. 27
Unfele, _adj._ == evil. O. and N. 1379. See ‘unfæle’ in Gloss, to Laȝ.
Unfest, _adj._ == insecure. Ps. xxv. 1; xxvi. 2
Unfestand, _adj._ == insecure. Ps. ix. 4
Unfete, _adj._ == not feat, not good. Wright’s L. P. p. 43. Fr. faiteis
Unfiled, _adj._ == undefiled. Ps. xvii. 31
Unfillandlike, _adj._ == insatiable. Ps. c. 5
Unforholde, _adj._ == unrewarded. M. Ode, st. 30. AS. unforgolden
Unfree, _adj._ == niggardly, illiberal. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 191
Unfulmaking, _sb._ == imperfection. Ps. cxxxviii. 16
Ungirt, _part._ RG. 526
Unglad, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 29
Ungood, _adj._ O. and N. 129. Ps. i. 1
Ungreithe, Ungreithed, _adj._ == unready. Wright’s L. P. p. 99. 2241 B.
Ungrete, _sb._ == smallness. O. and N. 752
Unhallowed, _adj._ RG. 349
Unhealth, _sb._ M. Ode, st. 96, 8
Unhele, _v. a._ == uncover. Ps. xxviii. 9. AS. unhélan
Unhendly, _adv._ RG. 412
Unholde, _adj._ == unpleasant. Wright’s L. P. p. 24. AS. unhold
Unhonest, _adj._ == foul, indecent. Alys. 6472
Unhooded, _adj._ Ritson’s AS. xvii. 126
---- == lay, a layman. O. and N. 1176
Unhosed, _adj._ RG. 526
Unicorn, _sb._ Alys. 6710. Ps. xxviii. 6
Unisome, _adj._ == disunited. O. and N. 1520
Uniune, _sb._ == pearl. Cok. 87. Lat. unio
Unker, == of us two. See I
Unkevel, _v. a._ == uncover. HD. 601
Unkindly, _adv._ == against nature or kind. HD. 1250
---- == cruelly. 1540 B.
Unkindness, _sb._ RG. 31
Unkunde, _adj._ == not legitimate (of a king). RG. 423
Unkundede, _sb._ == unkindness. RG. 479
Unlast, _v. n._ == not to last. Ps. lxxxix. 6
Unlaw, _v. a._ == outlaw. RG. 473. 602 B.
Unlawfully, _adv._ Wright’s L. P. p. 53
Unlede, _adj._ == wicked. O. and N. 974. AS. unlǽd
Unlength, _sb._ == want of length. O. and N. 752
Unliche, _adv._ == only. Alys. 69
Unlike, _adj._ O. and N. 804
Unlovesome, _adj._ Alys. 6423
Unlust, _sb._ == misery, want of pleasure. Body and Soul, 95
Unmade, _adj._ Creed of St Athan. 31
Unmarried, _adj._ RG. 31
Unmeek, _adj._ Ps. iv. 3
Unmeet, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 23
Unmerry, _adj._ [unmurie]. O. and N. 346
Unmethe, _sb._ == want of moderation. O. and N. 352. AS. unmæte
Unmight, _sb._ == weakness. 1443 B.
Unmighty, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 22
Unmild, _adj._ O. and N. 61; 1497 B.
Unnait, _adj._ == vain, useless. Ps. ii. 1. AS. unnet
Unnaitlike, _adv._ == vainly. Ps. xxxviii. 12
Unnaitnes, _sb._ == vanity. Ps. xl. 7
Unne, _v. a._ == love. Wright’s L. P. p. 40. ON. unna
Unne, _v. n._ == grant, allow. M. Ode, 158; 1 s. pres. ‘an.’ O. and N.
1737. AS. unnan
Unnethe, _adv._ == scarcely. RG. 377, 491
Unnoteful, _adj._ == useless. Ps. lii. 4
Unorn, _adj._ == rude. K. Horn, 328. AS. unórne, unórnlíc
Unornelske, _adv._ == rudely. HD. 1941
Unpared, _adj._ Pilate, 232
Unplye, _v. a._ == unfold. Alys. 3000
Unquert, _sb._ == sorrow. Ps. xxx. 13. See Quert
---- _adj._ == sorrowful. Ps. x. 3
Unred, _sb._ == want of wisdom. O. and N. 161. AS. unrǽd
Unreken, _adj._ == disorderly, bad. Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS. ungerec
Unride, _adj._ == large. HD. 964; unwieldy. HD. 1795; deep, or wide (of a
wound). HD. 1981, 2673; numerous. HD. 2947. AS. ungerýdu
Unright, _sb._ RG. 375, 417
---- _adj._ 330 B.
Unrighteous, _adj._ Ps. v. 6
Unrighteousness, _sb._ Ps. xxxvi. 7
Unrightfulness, _sb._ O. and N. 1740
Unripe, _adj._ O. and N. 320
Unroned, _adj._ == desolate. Ps. lxxviii. 7. See Rone
Unroningness, _sb._ == desolation. Ps. lxxii. 18
Unryde, _v. n._ == make incursion, attack. Manuel des Pecches, v. 904. AS.
onrídan
Unsaht, _adj._ == unreconciled. Wright’s L. P. p. 42. AS. unsæht
Unseemly, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 31
Unsele, _adj._ == miserable, bad. O. and N. 1002. AS. unsǽl
Unselines, _sb._ == misery. Ps. xiii. 3
Unselthe, _sb._ == misfortune. M. Ode, st. 96. O. and N. 1261
Unsete, _adj._ == not good, or right. Wright’s L. P. pp. 23, 31. AS.
unsidu
Unsewed, _part._ Pilate, 169
Unshapen, _adj._ == uncreated. Creed of St Athan. 23
Unshent, _adj._ == unpunished. Manuel des Pecches, 2733
Unshrined, _adj._ RG. 518
Unshut, _adj._ Alys. 2767
Unsithe, _sb._ == misfortune. O. and N. 1162. AS. unsið
Unsode, _adj._ == unsodden, unboiled. O. and N. 1005
Unspeedy, _adj._ Ps. lxxxviii. 35
Unspring, _v. n._ == open? Alys. 2902
Unspurn, _v. a._ == kick open. K. Horn, 1106
Unstable, _adj._ RG. 510
Unsteadfast, _adj._ Moral Ode, st. 122
Unstoken, _part._ == unfastened. Alys. 2682
Unstrength, _sb._ == weakness. O. and N. 151
Unstrong, _adj._ O. and N. 561
Unswere, _v. a._ == free from oppression. Fragm. in Warton, H. E. P. vol.
i. p. 22
Unthank, _sb._ gen. abs. ‘unthank his’ == against his will. Body and Soul,
215. Cf. ‘his thonkes,’ &c. _s. v._ Thonk. AS. unþanc; and see the Gloss.
to Laȝamon and the Ormulum, _s. v._ Unthanc
Untheand, _adj._ == disobedient. Rel. S. vi. 9. AS. þewian
Unthenfol, _adj._ == unthankful. Pol. S. 159
Unthewe, _sb._ == bad manners, vice. Wright’s L. P. p. 73. O. and N. 194.
AS. unþeáw
Untholandlik, _adj._ == unendurable. Ps. cxxiii. 5. AS. þólian
Untid, _sb._ == unfitness, that which is unseasonable, or wrong. Body and
Soul, 43. AS. untíd
Untie, _v. n._ == become untied [untuen]. Wright’s L. P. p. 101
Untilled, _adj._ RG. 372
Untime, _sb._ == wrong time. Manuel des Pecches, 2965
Untiȝth, _sb._ == lit. want of discipline; hence wrong, wickedness. Body
and Soul, 107. AS. tyht
Untoun, _adj._ == lit. ‘not suited to the town;’ hence, rude, uncivil.
Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Untrue, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 32
Untrueness, _sb._ == wickedness. M. Ode, 135
Unused, _adj._ RG. 214
Unwarned, _adj._ == undefended. RG. 51
Unwate, _sb._ == misfortune. O. and N. 1265, 1196. AS. hwatu, auguries;
hence, unhwatu, bad auguries, misfortune
Unwater, _v. a._ == give out water. Ps. lxxvii. 20
Unwatery, _adj._ Ps. lxii. 3
Unwelde, _sb._ == weakness. Ps. lxx. 9
Unwemmed, _adj._ == unspotted, undefiled. Ps. xviii. 8
Unwight, _sb._ == wretch. O. and N. 33, 218
Unwill, _adj._ == desirable. O. and N. 347. AS. onwill
Unwill, _adj._ == unpleasant. O. and N. 422. AS. unwilla
Unwisdom, _sb._ Ps. xxi. 3; lxviii. 6
Unwise, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. p. 101. Pol. S. 153
Unwitandnes, _sb._ == ignorance. Ps. xxiv. 7
Unworshiply, _adv._ Manuel des Pecches, 980
Unworth, _sb._ 654 B.
---- _adj._ 653 B.
Unworthy, _adj._ RG. 412. O. and N. 339
Unwraste, _adj._ == weak, wicked. Wright’s L. P. p. 37. Alys. 878;
[unwerste]. O. and N. 178. AS. unwrest. ON. hres, spirited; óhres,
languid, weak. See the Gloss. to Laȝamon and the Ormulum, _s. v._
Unwre, _v. a._ == discover. RG. 508. See Unwreon
Unwrench, _sb._ == trick, evil design. O. and N. 169. Rel. S. v. 94. AS.
unwrenc
Unwreon, _v. a._ == unfold. Alys. 336; part. ‘unwreȝe.’ O. and N. 846
Unwrought [unwroȝten], _adj._ == undone, destroyed. O. and N. 162
Unwunne, _sb._ == sorrow. Wright’s L. P. p. 47
Up, == upon; prep. RG. 321, 437
---- _adv._ RG. 143
Upbear, _v. a._ Alys. 5163; part. ‘upborn.’ Ps. cxxx. 1
Upbraid, _v. a._ 1784 B.
Upbraiding, _sb._ Ps. xxxviii. 9
Updraw, _v. a._ Alys. 2633
Upe. See Upon
Upfeng, _v. a._ == take up; pret. ‘upfang.’ Ps. cxvii. 13
Upheave, _v. a._ == lift up. Ps. iii. 4; part. ‘uphoven.’ Ps. lxxiv. 11
---- _v. n._ == rise. Ps. vii. 7
Upland, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 1318
Uplift, _v. a._ Ps. lxxxvii. 16
Upon, _prep._ Wright’s L. P. p. 26; [upe]. RG. 505, 506
Upperest, _adj._ Alys. 7068
Uprear, _v. a._ Ps. cxliv. 14
Uprise, _v. n._ Ps. vii. 7; pret. ‘upras.’ Ps. cxxxviii. 18; part.
‘uprisynde.’ Alys. 2270
Uprising, _sb._ RG. 379. F. and P. 6
Upstand, _v. n._ == stand up. Ps. ii. 2
Upsteghing, _sb._ Ps. ciii. 3
Upstie, _v. n._ == go up. pret. ‘upstegh.’ Creed of St Athan. 75
Uptake, _v. a._ RG. 387; pret. ‘uptoke.’ Ps. xxvi. 10
Upward, _adv._ RG. 321
Urling, _sb._ == edge. Ps. cxxxii. 2. Fr. orle. Ital. orlo
Urne, _v. n._ == run. O. and N. 638; pret. ‘ourne.’ RG. 405; ‘orn.’
Wright’s L. P. p. 58; part. ‘urmynde,’ a mistake for ‘urnynge.’ RG. 402;
‘y-eornd.’ Alys. 4357. AS. yrnan
Usage, _sb._ == custom. Alys. 4211. RG. 191
Use, _v. a._ Alys. 5256; part. ‘y-used.’ 476 B.
Usurer, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 2453
Ute, _adv._ == let us; used with verbs. M. Ode, st. 168. AS. ute
Utenlad, _sb._ == a foreigner. HD. 2153. AS. utlænd
Uthalve, _adv._ == on the outer part. O. and N. 110
Uthest, _sb._ == outcry. O. and N. 1696
Utschute, _sb._ == outbreak, excess. O. and N. 1466. AS. útscyte
Utterest, _adj._ == uttermost. Ps. cxxxiv. 7
Uvel. See Evil
Uȝten, _sb._ == morning, the dawn. K. Horn, 1424. AS. uhta
Uȝtening, _sb._ == the dawn. Ps. c. 8; lxxii. 14
V
Vacant, _adj._ RG. 472
Vad, _adj._ == dirty, faded. Fragm. Sci. 273
Valley, _sb._ RG. 55
Vault, _sb._ == cellar. Alys. 7210. Fr. volte, from Lat. volutus, volvere
Vauntward, _sb._ RG. 457
Vavassor, _sb._ == a subtenant of a fief, or tenant paravail, who held of
a mesne lord. Alys. 3827. Ducange derives it from vassus vassorum
Vawe, == fain, _q. v._
Vaȝt, ‘vor vaȝt;’ probably a mistake for ‘vor naȝt,’ or ‘vor noȝt.’ RG.
253
Vein, _sb._ RG. 28. Alys. 2414
Veir, _adv._ == truly. Alys. 1001, 5676; ‘in veire.’ Alys. 5679
Velasour, _sb._ A corruption of ‘valvassor,’ another form of ‘vavassor.’
Alys. 3305
Vengeance, _sb._ RG. 333, 429
Venison, _sb._ RG. 243. Alys. 6353
Venom, _sb._ RG. 43, 106. Fr. venin. Lat. venenum
---- _adj._ == envenomed. Alys. 2860
Venomed, _part._ [i-wenemyd], Legend of St Patrick, in Warton, H. E. P.
vol. i. p. 17
Venomous, _adj._ 440 B.
Veolthe, == filth, _q. v._
Verade, _sb._ == a multitude. K. Horn, 172. AS. werod
Verament, _adv._ == truly. Alys. 1346
Verdict, _sb._ RG. 141
Verger, _sb._ == orchard. Alys. 1938. Fr. vergier, from ‘vert’
Vermin, _sb._ Alys. 6128
Verse, _sb._ 219 β
Verss, == fresh, _q. v._
Vert, _v. n._ == go to harbour among fern, said of a buck. Ritson’s AS.
iii. 8. Fr. vert?
Vestment, _sb._ 954 B.
Vetuse, _adj._ == old. Alys. 7948. Lat. vetus
Vice, _sb._ RG. 195
Victual, _sb._ [vitaile]. Alys. 5817
Vie, _sb._ == life. Marg. 1
Vie, _v. n._ == succeed, do well. Fr. Sci. 319; 658 B. Fr. voie, avoier,
to excite, irritate; hence, challenge; and lastly, to succeed in a
contest. See Burguy, _s. v._ Voie
Vigorous, _adj._ Alys. 6923
Vigour, _sb._ == strength. Alys. 1431. Lat. vigor
Vigour, _sb._ == idol. See Figure
Vile, _adj._ RG. 435, 506; comp. ‘vylloker’ == viler. 2500 B.
---- _v. a._ == make vile. part. ‘yviled.’ RG. 435
Vilely, _adv._ RG. 435, 519
Villany, _sb._ RG. 536, 547
Vilte, _sb._ == vileness. RG. 519
Vine, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 884
Vintner, _sb._ RG. 542
Vintry, _sb._ RG. 542
Violence, _sb._ 924 B.
Virgin, _sb._ 2342 B.
Virgin, _adj._ == pure. Alys. 334
Virst. See Thirst
Virtue, _sb._ RG. 86
Virtuous, _adj._ == valorous. Alys. 2408; great, powerful. Ibid. 5244
Vis, _sb._ == visage. Alys. 267, 5954
Visage, _sb._ Alys. 6425
Vision, _sb._ RG. 363, 428
Visitation, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 2103
Voice, _sb._ RG. 283
Void, _v. a._ == empty. Alys. 373
Vorsuolwe, == swallow. See Forswallow
Vouchsafe, _v. a._ == vouch a person safe. Pol. S. 199
Vow, _v. n._ Manuel des Pecches, 2806
Vow, _sb._ RG. 477
Vowel, _sb._ Rel. Ant. ii. 174
Vowson. See Advowson
Voyage, _sb._ RG. 392
Vyen, _part._ == fixed. Fragm. apud Warton, H. E. P. vol. i. p. 21. AS.
fégan
Vygour. See Figure
Vyssare, == fisher, _q. v._
Vysseth, _sb._ == fishing. RG. 264
W.
Wade, _v. n._ == go. RG. 99. HD. 2654; [wede]. HD. 2641. AS. wádan
Wag, _v. a._ == move. HD. 89. AS. wágian
---- _v. n._ [wawen]. Alys. 1164. Fr. Sci. 342
Wager, _sb._ Pol. S. 218
Wagh, _sb._ == a wall. Ps. lxi. 4. AS. wáh
Wail, _v. n._ pret. ‘waile.’ Alys. 4653
Wailing, _sb._ Alys. 7883, 2365
Wain, _sb._ RG. 416. AS. wǽgen
Wait, _sb._ == musician. Alys. 4312, 7769
---- == sentinel. Ritson’s AS. viii. 143
Wait, _v. a._ == watch. Wright’s L. P. p. 91
Waiten, _v. n._ == keep watch. HD. 1754
Wake, _v. a._ == awaken, pret, ‘weiȝte.’ 446 β; ‘wight.’ Alys. 2925
---- _v. n._ == be awake. 681 B. AS. wacan
Wake, _v. a._ == watch. 2215 B. AS. wæccan
Waken, _v. n._ == awake. HD. 2164
Waker, _sb._ == a person apt to wake. Fr. Sci. 286
Wale, _v. a._ == choose. Wright’s L. P. p. 33. Germ. wahlen
Walk, _v. n._ K. Horn, 981; pret. ‘welk.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 100. AS.
weallian. Germ. wallen, to go
---- == travel; part. ‘iwalken.’ Marg 49
Walken, == welkin, _q. v._
Walker, _sb._ == a fuller, or whitener of cloth. 1135 B. AS. wealcere.
Ital. gualcare, to full
Wall, _sb._ RG. 549, 555
---- _v. a._ Alys. 2658
Walled, _adj._ Alys. 6068
Wallyng, == boiling. See Well, _vb._
Wan, _adj._ == pale. Wright’s L. P. p. 93; [won]. Ibid. p. 28. AS. wonn,
wan
Wand, _sb._ RG. 290. ON. vöndr
Wander, _v. n._ Pol. S. 240
Wandreth, _sb._ [wondred] == sorrow. Pol. S. 150. ON. vandrædi
Wane, _v. n._ Ps. ix. 7. AS. wanian
Wane, _sb._ == want. M. Ode, 179; [wone]. Wright’s L. P. p. 30. AS. wana
Wanene. See When and Whence
Wanhope, _sb._ == despair, want of hope. RG. 323
Want, _v. n._ == wish? RG. 468
Want, _v. n._ == be wanting. pret. ‘wondede.’ Ps. xxii. 1
Want, _v. a._ == be without, lack. Wright’s L. P. p. 44. AS. wana, a
deficiency
War, _sb._ RG. 374
---- _v. n._ == [worry], make war. RG. 370; pret. ‘werrede.’ RG. 77
---- _v. a._ == war against a person or thing. pret. ‘worrede.’ RG. 371,
70; part. ‘ywerred.’ RG. 3; ‘iworred.’ Ibid.
Ward, _sb._ == guard. RG. 461
---- == division of an army. Alys. 1996
---- _v. a._ RG. 41, 491
Warden, _sb._ RG. 314, 436
Ware, _sb._ == wares. HD. 52; reward. Pol. S. 192. AS. wáru
Ware, _sb._ == thing, affair. Moral Ode, st. 32 (Hickes); but the Egerton
MS. st. 34, reads ‘gare,’ i. e. gear
Ware, a collective term, ‘watres ware.’ Ps. xvii. 16; ‘windes ware.’ Ibid.
v. 11; probably the AS. ware
Ware, _sb._ == spring. Ps. lxxiii. 17. Lat. ver. O. Engl. veer
Ware, _adj._ Wright’s L. P. pp. 30, 103; [yware]. RG. 388; [iwarte]. O.
and N. 1219. AS. wǽr
Warentment, _sb._ == military apparel. Alys. 7943. Fr. garnement
Wariness, _sb._ [iwarness]. O. and N. 1226
Waring, _sb._ == price. Ps. xliii. 13
Warison, _sb._ == reward. Alys. 2512. Fr. guérison
Warn, _v. a._ == advise a person. HD. 2834. AS. warnian
Warn, _v. a._ == refuse a thing to a person. RG. 367, 550
---- == hinder. 1274 B.
Warned, _adj._ == defended, said of a city. Ps. xxx. 22; fortified. Ps.
cvii. 11
Warnesture, _sb._ == garrison. RG. 94
Warrant, _v. a._ == insure safety to a person, keep harmless. Alys. 2132
Warp, _v. a._ == throw. HD. 1061; 3 s. pres. ‘werth.’ HD. 1176; place
[worp]. O. and N. 596; pret. ‘warp.’ O. and N. 45
---- == strike. part. ‘iworpe.’ O. and N. 1119. AS. weorpan
Warring, _sb._ == fighting. Alys. 6095
Warring, _sb._ == cursing. Manuel des Pecches, 1289
Warrior, _sb._ Alys. 1461
Warye, _v. a._ == curse. See Werien
Warȝtreo, _sb._ == cursed tree, gibbet. 2233 B. AS. werg, accursed
Was. See Be
Was, == whose. See Who
Wash, _v. a._ RG. 435; [whosshe]. Wright’s L. P. p. 70; pret. ‘wosh.’ 273
β; ‘wesche.’ Ps. lxxii. 13
Wassail, _sb._ RG. 117
---- _v. n._ HD. 2098
Waste, _sb._ == reckless spending. RG. 376
---- == wilderness. Alys. 7121
---- _v. a._ RG. 136
Wastel, _sb._ == cake of fine flour. HD. 779
Wasteyn, _sb._ == wilderness. Manuel des Pecches, 1767
Wate, _sb._ == luck, hap, that which is foretold. RG. 31, 411. AS. hwatu,
divination
Water, _sb._ RG. 371, 402
---- _v. a._ Ps. lxxvii. 15
Watercress, _sb._ Alys. 5767
Waterdog, _sb._ Alys. 5771
Waterless, _adj._ Ps. cvi. 25
Wathe, _sb._ == torment. Ps. cxiv. 3. AS. wíte
Watloker, == much rather. See Whatloker.
Wave, _sb._ 525 β; [wawe]. Alys. 5018. AS. wǽg, wáðuma
Wawe, _v. a._ == move. RG. 207. Alys. 2634. AS. wegan, wágian
Wawe, _v. n._ == wag, _q. v._
Wawing, _sb._ == motion. Fr. Sci. 385
Wax, _sb._ Pol. S. 151. AS. weax
Wax, _v. n._ RG. 9, 442; part. ‘ywox.’ RG. 412. AS. weaxan
Waxing, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 335
Way, _sb._ == road. RG. 7, 391; ‘to fly his way.’ O. and N. 308. ‘Do
way,’ an expression like our ‘Get along with you.’ Alys. 7646; pl.
‘weyre.’ Body and Soul, 63
Way, _sb._ == mass? Ritson’s AS. viii. 31. AS. wæcg
Wayle, _sb._ == a girl. Wright’s L. P. p. 38. AS. wylen
Waynoun, a proper name? Wright’s L. P. p. 47
Wayte, _sb._ See Wait
Wayteglede, == watch-the-fire, i. e. one who sits in the chimney corner,
poking over the fire? Wright’s L. P. p. 47. Cf. the Norse phrase Kólbitr;
and see the Introduction to Dasent’s Popular Tales from the Norse, pp.
lxxx-lxxxii. 1st Edit.
We. See Woe
We. See I
We. See With
Weak, _adj._ HD. 1012
Weal, _sb._ 1277 B.
Wealth, _sb._ Ps. lxxii. 12
Weapon, _sb._ HD. 1436. O. and N. 1367
Wear, _v. a._ RG. 390; pret, ‘werede.’ RG. 434
Weariness, _sb._ RG. 240
Weary, _adj._ RG. 19
Weather, _sb._ RG. 560
Web, _sb._ Fr. Sci. 315