#Buen#. _See_ Ben.
#Buerne(s)#. _See_ Borne, Burne.
#Bugge#. _See_ Bigge, _v._
#Bugles#, _n. pl._ bullocks, IX 256. [OFr. _bugle_.]
#Bur#. _See_ Bir.
#Burde#, _pa. t. subj. impers._ (it would befit) in _me burde_, I had
better, ought to, V 210, 360. [OE. _ge-byrian_.]
#Burgase#, #Buriays#, _n. pl._ burgesses, citizens, II 504, XIV _b_ 65.
[OFr. _burgeis_, sg. and pl.]
#Buriel#, #Buryel#, _n._ tomb, XIII _a_ 46. [OE. _byrgels_.]
#Burne#. _See_ Byrne.
#Burne#, _n._ warrior, knight, man, V 3, 21, 210, 247, 252, 270, 309, VI
37; _voc._ sir (knight), V 216, 254; #Buernes#, _pl._ VII 90, 91. [OE.
_béorn_.]
#Burnist#, _pp._ polished, II 368. [OFr. _burnir_, _burniss-_.]
#Burþ-tonge#, _n._ native speech, XIII _b_ 16, 43. [OE. _byrþ-_ +
_túnge_.]
#Bus#. _See_ Bihoue.
#Busk#, _v._ (to prepare oneself); make haste, V 216; _refl._ in _busk
þe_, hasten, XIV _a_ 22; _trans._ (prepare), make, V 180. [ON. _búa-sk_,
refl.] _See_ Boune.
#Busshel#, _n._ bushel (a measure of volume varying very greatly at
different times and places), VIII _a_ 64. [OFr. _buissiel_.]
#But#. _See_ Bot(e).
#Butras#, _n._ (? _pl._) buttress, II 361. [? OFr. _bouterez_, nom. sg.,
or pl., of _bouteret_.]
#Buþ#. _See_ Ben.
#Buxome#, _adj._ obedient, willing, VIII _a_ 188. [Stem of OE.
_būgan_ + _-sum_.] _See_ Boȝe.
#Caas#. _See_ Cas(e).
#Cagge(n)#, _v._ to tie up, VI 152. [Not known; only allit.]
#Cayre#, _v._ to ride, V 52. [ON. _keyra_.]
#Calabre#, _n._ calaber (a squirrel fur), VIII _a_ 265. [OFr. _Calabre_,
Calabria.]
#Calde#. _See_ Colde.
#Call(e)#, _v._ to call (cry, summon, name), I 32, IV _b_ 47, VI 182, X
70, XVI 126, XVII 432, &c.; _subj. sg._ XVI 141; #Cald#, _pp._ named,
VII 70, XVII 513. [OE. (late) _ceallian_, from ON. _kalla_.]
#Cam#. _See_ Com.
#Cammede#, _adj._ XV _h_ 5; ? snub-nosed (cf. _Reeve's Tale_, 14); ?
crooked (fits context better, but see etym.). [Cf. OFr., ME. _camus_,
snub-nosed; _cammed_, bent (from Welsh _cam_), is not else recorded till
later.]
#Can#, _v._^1 I know, know how to, can. _Pres. ind. 1, 3 sg._ #Can#, II
22, 437, XIII _b_ 38 (knows), &c.; #Con#, V 70, 215, XV _c_ 26;
#Kan(ne)#, I 45, IV _a_ 11, 90, XVI 74; _2 sg._ #Can(ne)#, XVI 100, XVII
229; #Canstow# (_see_ Þou), VIII _b_ 12; _pl._ #Can#, IX 208; #Con#, VI
21; #Conen#, know, IX 185, 208; #Conne#, VI 161; #Conneþ#, VIII _a_ 116,
XIII _a_ 17, _b_ 22, 38 (know); #Cunne#, XIV _c_ 101; #Kan(e)#, IV _b_
21, 41, 44, 86; #Konne#, VIII _a_ 70; #Kunnen#, XI _b_ 153 (know), 275;
_pres. subj._ #Conne#, VIII _a_ 143; #Kun(ne)#, XIV _b_ 90, VIII _a_
250; _pa. t._ #Couþe#, #Cowþe#, I _introd._, V 115, 205, XII _introd._,
_b_ 200, &c.; _cowþeȝ_ (2 sg.) with double constr., VI 124 (note);
_pa. t. subj._ could, might (have), #Coude#, XI _b_ 271, XVII 286;
#Couþe#, V 276, 353; #Cowth#, XVII 473. _Can no other red_, XII _b_ 102,
_see_ Red; _how I can of_, what I can do in the way of, XVII 250. It is
sometimes difficult to distinguish this verb from the next (_e.g._ at V
205, VI 139, XVII 468). [OE. _can_, _con_; _cūþe_.]
#Can#, #Con#, _v._^2 _auxil._ used with infin. as equivalent of simple
pa. t. (_con calle_ = called, V 144), and also, by confusion with prec.,
of a present (_con dresse_ = brings about, VI 135); _1, 3 sg._ #Con#, V
167, 227, VI 51, 77, 93, 181, 221, 223, &c.; _2 sg._ #Coneȝ#, VI 122;
_pl._ #Can#, X 50, 66, 108, 112; #Con#, VI 149, 191; _pa. t._ did, ? V
205 (_see_ prec.). [Due to confusion in form, and partly also in sense,
between Gan (_q.v._) and prec.; cf. _begouth_ (_s.v._ Begynne).]
#Canell#, _n._ cinnamon, IX 158. [OFr. _canelle_.]
#Caple#, _n._ horse, V 107. [Cf. ON. _kapall_; see _N.E.D._]
#Cardinales#, _n. pl._ cardinals, XIV _b_ 40, 41. [OFr. _cardinal_.]
#Care#, #Kare#, _n._ woe, misery, IV _a_ 18, 44, 60, V 316, VI 11, &c.;
_care (of)_, anxiety (concerning), V 311. [OE. _caru_.]
#Care#, _v._ to have sorrow, XIV _b_ 1. [OE. _carian_.]
#Carie#, _v._ to carry, XII _b_ 27. [ONFr. _carier_.]
#Caroigne#, #Caryon#, _n._ dead body, carrion, VIII _a_ 85, XVII 502.
[ONFr. _caroigne_; the phonology of the second form is obscure.]
#Carp#, _v._ to converse, VI 21; prate, XVII 360. [ON. _karpa_, brag.]
#Carpyng#, _n._ narration, X _introd._ [From prec.]
#Cart#, _n._ cart, VIII _b_ 13, XVII 534; _v._ to cart, VIII _b_ 66;
#Cartere#, _n._ carter (as a name), XIV _d_ 3; #Cart-mare#, _n._
draught-mare, VIII _a_ 282. [ON. _kart-r_, OE. _cræt_.]
#Cas#, #Case#, _n._ chance, general run of events, circumstances,
plight, II 175, III 20, VII 25, 73, XII _a_ 49, _b_ 194, &c.; #Caas#,
_pl._ XIII _b_ 40; _in cas_, it may be, XI 101, 105, 216; _per cas_, by
chance, XII _a_ 7, _b_ 4. [OFr. _cas_.]
#Cast(e)#, _v._; #Cast(e)#, _pa. t._ V 249, XII _b_ 70, &c.; #Kest#, V
207; #Casten#, _pp._ IV _a_ 60; #Icast#, XIV _c_ 79; #Kast#, I 143;
#Kest#, V 174; to cast, throw, put, I 143, IV _b_ 3, VIII _a_ 61, X 33,
XII _b_ 103, &c.; (in charity), VIII _a_ 16; to cast off, XVII 262;
_icast out_, abandoned, XIV _c_ 79; to offer, propose, V 174, 207; to
scheme, XI _b_ 306. [ON. _kasta_; for _e_ forms before _st_ cf.
Morsbach, _ME. Gram._ § 87, n. 2.] _See_ Kest, _n._; Vpcaste.
#Castel(l)#, _n._ castle, II 159, X 173, XVII 349, 538; a tower or
raised structure on the deck of a ship (_see_ Topcastell), XVII 272.
[OE. (late) _castel_ from ONFr. _castel_.]
#Catel#, #Catayll#, #Catall#, _n. sg. collect._, goods, property, VIII
_a_ 86, 141, 214, XIV _c_ 75, XVI 242, XVII 156 (cattle), 326. [ONFr.
_catel_.]
#Cateractes#, _n. pl._ flood-gates, XVII 343, 451 (_see_ Genesis, vii.
11, viii. 2; Vulgate _cataractæ_, sluices).
#Caue#, _n._ cave, V 114, XII _a_ 65. [OFr. _cave_.]
#Cause# (_of_), _n._ cause, reason (of), XI _a_ 17, 54, XIII _b_ 66, XIV
_c_ 9; _cause þerto_, cause for it, XVII 102; cause, side in a quarrel,
&c., IX 82, XI _a_ 50. [OFr. _cause_.]
#Cawht#. _See_ Kache.
#Cerched#. _See_ Serche.
#Certayn(e)#, #Certeyn(e)#, #Sarteyn(e)# (XVI), _adj._ certain, sure;
fixed, definite, XI _b_ 113, XVI 225; some particular, IX 268; _come to
no certeyn_, came to nothing, I 179; _nouȝt of certeyne_, no definite
rule, VIII _a_ 145; _adv._ assuredly, indeed, I 231, XVI 94, XVII 176,
&c. [OFr. _certain_.]
#Certes#, #Certis#, _adv._ certainly, truly, VIII _b_ 22, X 134, XI _b_
42, 293. [OFr. _certes_.]
#Cesse#, #Sesse#, _v._ to cease, leave off, come to an end, VIII _a_
172, XI _b_ 205, XVI 44, 294; #Cest#, _pp._ XVII 451; #Cessynge#, _n._
ceasing, XI _b_ 85. [OFr. _cesser_.]
#Chace#, _n._ quarry (in hunting), XII _b_ 7. [OFr. _chace_.]
#Chace(n)#, to pursue, drive, IX 167, 229; _chace of_, drive, oust from,
VI 83. [OFr. _chacier_.]
#Chaffare#, _v._ to engage in trade, VIII _a_ 235, _b_ 98. [From ME.
_chapfare_, _chaffare_, n.; _see_ Chapuare.]
#Chayngede#. _See_ Chaunge.
#Chambre(s)#. _See_ Chaumber.
#Chanel#, _n._ channel, river-bed, XIII _a_ 57. [OFr. _chanel_.] _Cf._
Kanel.
#Chapel(le)#, _n._ chapel, private oratory (attached to a castle, &c.),
V 35, 118, &c.; #Schapellis#, _pl._ XI _b_ 234. [OFr. _chapelle_.]
#Chapelleyn#, #Chaplayn#, _n._ chaplain (a priest serving a 'chapel';
_see_ prec.), VIII _a_ 12, V 39. [OFr. _chapelain_.]
#Chapman#, _n._ merchant, XII _b_ 179. [OE. _cēap-man_.]
#Chapuare#, _n._ trading, bargain, III 60. [OE. _cēap_ + _faru_; cf.
ON. _kaup-för_.] _See_ Chaffare, _v._
#Charde#, _pa. t. sg._ turned back, ceased to flow, VI 248. [OE.
_cerran_.]
#Charge#, _n._ burden; weight, IV _b_ 48; _a þing of charge_, a weighty,
important matter, XIV _c_ 52. [OFr. _charge_.] _See_ next.
#Charge(n)#, _v._ to burden, IV _b_ 51; _charge(n) with_, to burden
with, to impose as an obligation, XI _b_ 150, 198, 199, &c.; to enjoin,
order (a person), XI _b_ 15, 31, 71, 120, 193; to attach weight,
importance, to, XI _b_ 104, 106, 184, 188, 225. [OFr. _charger_.]
#Charious#, _adj._ burdensome, XI _b_ 204. [OFr. _chargeous_,
_charjous_.]
#Charité#, #Charyté#, _n._ charity, christian love (for God or one's
fellows), IV _b_ 15, VI 110, XI _b_ 25, &c.; _out of ch._, not in a
state of ch., XI _b_ 26, 89; _I will kepe ch._, I will not lose my
temper, XVII 235; _par charité_, _for ch._, _for of saynte ch._,
(formulæ used in prayers, or requests), in the name of (holy) charity,
VIII _a_ 250, XV _d_ 5, XVII 165, 174; _amen for ch._, a formula of
conclusion, XVII 558. [OFr. _charité_; _(de) par (sainte) charité_.]
#Charke#, _v._ to creak, XII _a_ 70. [OE. _cearcian_.]
#Charnel#, _n._ cemetery, VIII _a_ 50. [OFr. _charnel_.]
#Chaste#, _v._ to rebuke, punish, VIII _a_ 53, 318. [OFr. _chastier_.]
#Chastice#, #Chastis(e)#, #Chastyse#, _v._ to punish, chastise, curb,
XIV _c_ 70, _d_ 5, XVII 398, 403. [OFr. (rare) _chastiser_.]
#Chaud(e)#, _adj._ hot, VIII _a_ 306; (Fr. word indicating affectation
of manners above labourers' station.)
#Chaumber#, #Chambre# (XVII), _n._ room (usually a smaller private room
or bedroom), II 100, 196, 584, XVII 129, 281 (_see_ Ches, and note), &c.
[OFr. _chambre_.]
#Chaunce#, #Chance#, _n._ chance, fortune, adventure, event, I 22, 25,
28, 135, 221, V 331, VII 16; _for ch. þat may falle_, whatever may
happen, V 64; _he cheueȝ þat chaunce_, he contrives that event,
brings it to pass, V 35; _per chance_, XII _b_ 18, 57. [OFr.
_ch(e)ance_.]
#Chaunge#, #Change#, _v._ to alter, change, _trans._ and _intr._, IV _a_
2, 42, XII _a_ 125, XIII _a_ 4, 56, XV _a_ 22, &c.; #Chayngede#, _pa.
t._ XIII _b_ 28; #Ychaunged#, _pp._ VIII _b_ 85, XIII _b_ 27. _Chaunged
his cher_, V 101, _see_ Chere. [OFr. _changier_; _chaingier_.]
#Chaungyng#, _n._ vicissitudes, VII 16; _ch. of wit_, alteration of
sense, mistranslation, XI _a_ 47.
#Chees#. _See_ Chese, _v._
#Cheyne#, _n._ chain, X 31. [OFr. _chaine_.]
#Chekes#, _n. pl._ cheeks, VIII _a_ 169; _maugré Medes (thi) chekes_, in
Meed's (thy) despite, VIII _a_ 41, 151; _see_ Maugré. [OE. _cēace_,
_cēce_.]
#Chekke#, _n._ ill-luck, V 127. [OFr. _eschec_, checkmate.]
#Chelde#, _adj._ cold, XV _e_ 16. [OE. (WS.) _céald_.] _See_ Colde.
#Chenes#, _n. pl._ fissures, XIII _a_ 8. [OE. _cine_, _cion-_.]
#Chepynge#, _n._ market, VIII _a_ 294. [OE. _cēping_.]
#Cher(e)#, #Chiere# (XII), _n._ face, XV _c_ 15; looks, XII _a_ 120;
demeanour, VI 47; _mery chere_, gladness, XVII 463. _Chaunged his cher_,
V 101; ? altered the direction in which he faced, turned this way and
that (cf. _Sir Gaw._, 711); but the phrase elsewhere always refers to
colour or expression of face. [OFr. _chiere_, _chere_.]
#Cherche#, #Chirche#, #Churche#, _n._ church, Church, I 3, 21, VIII _a_
12, 50, _b_ 12, 63 (note), XI _a_ 62, _b_ 178, &c. [OE. _cirice_,
_circe_.] _See_ Kirke.
#Chercheȝerd#, _n._ churchyard, I 3, 66, 263; #Cherche porche#,
church porch, I 77. [Prec. + OE. _géard_; OFr. _porche_.]
#Cherles#. _See_ Chorle.
#Cheruelles#, _n. pl._ chervils (a garden pot-herb), VIII _a_ 289. [OE.
_cerfille_.]
#Ches#, #Chese# (MS. chefe), _n._ in _thre ches(e)_, three tiers or rows
of, XVII 129, 281 (followed by sg. noun). [Perhaps a use of ME. _ches_,
chess, as 'rows of squares' (OFr. _eschez_, pl. of _eschec_, _see_
Chekke).]
#Chese#, _v._ to choose; _chese ȝou_, choose (for) yourselves, II
217; #Chees#, #Ches#, _pa. t. sg._ XI _b_ 56, XII _a_ 110; for past
pple. _see_ Ycore. [OE. _cēosan_.]
#Cheses#, _n. pl._ cheeses, VIII _a_ 276. [OE. _cēse_.]
#Chesible#, _n._ chasuble (the outer vestment of a priest when
celebrating Mass), VIII _a_ 12. [OFr. _chesible_.]
#Chesouns#, _n. pl._ reasons, XI _a_ 50. [Shortened from OFr.
_ache(i)son_; _see_ Enchesone.]
#Cheualrous#, _adj._ chivalrous, V 331. [OFr. _chevalerous_.] _See_
Chiualrye.
#Cheue#, _v._ (to acquire), control, bring about; _cheueȝ þat
chaunce_, brings that event to pass, V 35; #Cheuyt#, _pp._ brought
about, VII 16. [OFr. _chever_ and _achever_.] _See_ Acheue.
#Cheuentayn#, _n._ chieftain, Lord, VI 245. [OFr. _chevetaine_.]
#Chibolles#, _n. pl._ chibols, a variety of small onion, VIII _a_ 289.
[ONFr. _*chiboule_, OFr. _ciboule_.]
#Chyche#, _n._ niggard, VI 245. [OFr. _chiche_, adj.]
#Chyde#, _v. intr._ to complain, find fault, VI 43, VIII _a_ 307, 314.
[OE. _cīdan_.]
#Chiere#. _See_ Cher(e).
#Child#, #Chylde#, _n._ child, III 39, IV _a_ 73, &c., _child hys_,
child's, XIII _b_ 23; #Childer#, #Chylder#, _pl._ XVII 327, 527;
#Childern#, #Chyldern#, XIII _b_ 16, 33, 37, &c.; #Children#, VIII _a_
91, &c. [OE. _cíld_; _cildru_, pl.]
#Child-bedde#, _n._; _on child-bedde_, in travail, II 399. [OE. _cíld_ +
_bedd_.]
#Chillyng#, _n._ becoming cold, in _for chillyng of here mawe_, to
prevent their stomachs getting cold, VIII _a_ 306. [OE. _cilian_; but
see _N.E.D._]
#Chirche#. _See_ Cherche.
#Chiries#, _n. pl._ cherries, VIII _a_ 289. [ONFr. _cherise_, sg.; cf.
OE. _cires-bēam_.]
#Chyteryng#, _n._ chattering, XIII _b_ 14. [Echoic.]
#Chiualrye#, _n._ knighthood, the knights as a body, XIV _c_ 42. [OFr.
_chev-_, _chivalerie_.] _See_ Cheualrous.
#Chorle#, _n._ common man, V 39; #Cherles#, _pl._ VIII _a_ 50. [OE.
_céorl_.]
#Cité#, #Cyté#, #Cytee#, #Citie#, #Sité#, _n._ city, II 48, 479, VII 66,
85, VIII _b_ 94, IX 23, XIII _b_ 67, &c. [OFr. _cité_.]
#Cytryne#, _adj._ lemon-yellow, IX 115. [OFr. _citrin_.]
#Clanly#, _adv._ elegantly, VII 53. [OE. _clǣ̆n-līce_.] _See_
Clene.
#Clatere#, _v._ to clatter, resound, V 133, VII 137. [OE. _clatrian_.]
#Clateryng#, _n._ clattering, XV _h_ 4. [OE. _clatrung_.]
#Clause#, _n._ clause (in grammar), XIV _c_ 11 (_see_ Construwe).
[Med.L. _clausa_, OFr. _clause_.]
#Cled#, _pp._ clad; _cled in Stafford blew_, beaten black and blue, XVII
200; _see_ Blew. [OE. _clǣþan_ (rare).]
#Cleket#, _n._ trigger, X 82. [OFr. _cliquet_.]
#Clene#, _adj._ clean, IV _b_ 6, V 323, 325; unmixed, VIII _a_ 299;
pure, VII 179, XI _b_ 295, XV _i_ 7; elegant, VII 77; splendid, VII 150
(or _adv._). [OE. _clǣne_.] _See_ Clanly, Clense.
#Clen(e)#, #Cleane#, _adv._ entirely, VII 150 (or _adj._), XIV _b_ 77,
_c_ 56, 80. [OE. _clǣne_.]
#Clengeȝ#, _3 sg. pres._ clings, V 10. [OE. _*cléngan_.] _See_
Clingge.
#Clense#, _v._ to cleanse, clear out, IV _a_ 7, VIII _a_ 98. [OE.
_clǣ̆nsian_.]
#Clepe(n)#, #Clepyn#, _v._ to call (cry, summon, name), I _introd._, II
201, III 12, 24, IX 27, XII _a_ 76, _b_ 16; #Cleped#, #Clept#, _pp._ II
49, IX 3, XII _a_ 6, &c.; #Ycleped#, II 52, III 17, 32. [OE.
_cleopian_.]
#Clere#, _adj._ clear, bright, glorious, fair, II 269, 358, V 283, VII
107, 123, XVI 128, 389; free (from guilt), *XVI 356 (MS. clene); _adv._
clearly, VII 77; #Clerlych#, _adv._ clearly, XIII _a_ 12. [OFr. _cler_.]
#Clerematyn#, _n._ (? _lit._ 'fine morning') appar. name of a fine
flour, or bread made from it, VIII _a_ 299. [? OFr. _cler matin_.]
#Clerk(e)#, _n._ one in holy orders, ecclesiastic (opp. to 'lay'),
scholar, writer, II 2, VII 53, VIII _b_ 56, 58, XI _a_ 36, 59, _b_ 55,
177, XVI 283, &c.; #Clerkus#, _pl._ VIII _b_ 65. [OE. _cler(i)c_; OFr.
_clerc_.]
#Clete#, _n._ cleat, small (wedge-shaped) piece of wood; _ȝaf
nouȝt a cl. of_ = cared not a rap for, XIV _c_ 54. [OE. _*clēat_;
cf. OHG. _chlōȥ_, MDu. _cloot_.]
#Cleue#, _v._ to split, V 133. [OE. _clēofan_.]
#Clyff#, _n._ cliff, rock, V 10, 133. [OE. _clif_.]
#Clingge#, _v._ XV _a_ 8; _the clot him clingge_, may the earth of the
grave cling to him (_or_ waste him; cf. _alþaȝ oure corses in
clotteȝ clynge_, Pearl 857); #Yclongen#, _pp._ withered, II 508. [OE.
_clíngan_, shrivel, shrink.] _See_ Clengeȝ.
#Clipte#, _pa. t. sg._ clasped, XII _b_ 62. [OE. _clyppan_.]
#Cloise#. _See_ Clos.
#Cloistre#, _n._ monastery, III _introd._, VIII _a_ 141. [OFr.
_cloistre_.]
#Cloke#, _n._ cloak, VIII _a_ 265. [OFr. _cloque_.]
#Clomben#, _pa. t. pl._ climbed, V 10. [OE. _clímban_; pa. t. pl.
_clúmbon_.]
#Cloos#, _n._ enclosure; _in cloos_, enclosed, IX 191. [OFr. _clos_.]
#Clos#, #Cloise# (oi = ō, _cf._ Coyll), _adj._ closed; secluded,
forbidden, VII 179; close, VI 152 (_man hit cl._, make it secure);
_adv._ (or _predic. adj._) close, near, VII 137. [OFr. _clos_.]
#Close#, _v._ to close, enclose, IX 172, XI _b_ 39; #Yclosed#, _pp._
XIII _a_ 24, 40. [From prec.] _See_ Enclose.
#Clot#, _n._ clod, XV _a_ 8 (_see_ Clingge); #Clottes#, _pl._ lumps,
XIII _a_ 5. [OE. _clott_.]
#Cloþ#, _n._ a cloth, XV _f_ 8; cloth, VIII _a_ 14; #Cloþes#, &c., _pl._
clothes, I 165, 236, II 408, VII 175, VIII _b_ 18, XI _b_ 257, XIII _a_
9, &c. [OE _clāþ_.]
#Cloþed#, _pp._ clothed, VIII _b_ 2. [OE. (late) _clāþian_.]
#Cloþe-merys#, _n. pl._ ? mare-clothers (? contemptuous reference to
blacksmiths as fashioning pieces of horse-armour; for similar compound
_see_ Brenwaterys), XV _h_ 21. [Prec. + OE. _mēre_.]
#Cloude#, _n._^1 clod of earth; _under cloude_, in the ground, XV _b_
31. [OE. _clūd_, mass of earth, or rock.]
#Cloud(e)#, #Clowde#, _n._^2 cloud, VII 107, 137, XII _a_ 137. [Prob.
same as prec.]
#Clout#, _n._ piece of cloth, XV _f_ 8, 11. [OE. _clūt_.]
#Cloute#, _v._ to patch; _cloute more to_, stick more on to it, XI _b_
200; _go cloute thi shone_, go and cobble your shoes, 'run away and
play', XVII 353; #Yclouted#, _pp._ patched, VIII _a_ 61. [OE.
_clūtian_.]
#Clowe#; _clowe gylofres_, cloves, IX 157. [OFr. _clou_ (nail) _de
girofle_ (_gilofre_).]
#Clustre#, _n._ bunch, IX 153, 160. [OE. _cluster_.]
#Cnistes#. _See_ Knyght(e).
#Cnowe#. _See_ Knowe.
#Coc#, #Cok#, _n._ cock, XII _a_ 77, XV _g_ 33. [OE. _cocc_.]
#Coffes#, _n. pl._ mittens, gloves, VIII _a_ 62. [Unknown; _cf._ Prompt.
Parv., '_cuffe_, glove or meteyne'.]
#Coyll#, _n._ _lit._ cabbage; pottage, cabbage or vegetable soup, XVII
389. [OE. _cāl_; _oy_ = _ō_ (see the rimes).] _See_ Koleplantes.
#Coke#, _v._ to put hay into cocks, VIII _b_ 13. [From (obscure) ME.
_cocke_, hay-cock; see _N.E.D._]
#Coker#, _n._ a labourer (at haymaking or harvest), VIII _b_ 13. [From
prec.; _cf._ Cath. Angl., '_coker_, autumnarius'.]
#Cokeres#, _n. pl._ leggings, VIII _a_ 62. [OE. _cocor_, quiver; _cf._
Prompt. Parv., '_cocur_, cothurnus'.]
#Coket#, _n._ very fine flour next in grade to the finest (_wastell_),
VIII _a_ 299. [_Panis de coket_ occurs in 14th c. legal Latin; connexion
between this and AFr. _cokkette_, Anglo-L. _coketa_, cocket, seal of
King's Customhouse, has been suggested, but not proved.]
#Cold(e)#, _adj._ cold, I 119, VII 115, &c.; #Calde#, IV _a_ 82. [OE.
_cáld_.]
#Cold(e)#, _n._ cold, I 163, IX 31, XV _f_ 13; _for colde of_, to keep
the cold from (_see_ For, _prep._), VIII _a_ 62. [OE. _cáld_.] _See_
Chelde.
#Col(e)#, _n._ live coal, IV _a_ 13; coal, XV _h_ 5. [OE. _col_, live
coal.]
#Coloppes#, _n. pl._ 'collops', eggs fried on bacon, VIII _a_ 280. [See
_N.E.D._, s.v. _Collop_, and _Cockney_.]
#Colour#, _n._ colour, IX 34, XII _a_ 55, &c.; outward appearance, XI
_b_ 217. [OFr. _colour_.]
#Com#, #Come(n)#, #Cum# (X), _v._ to come, I 80, 176, II 137, V 43, X
45, 173, XVII 241, &c.; #Comest#, _2 sg._ wilt come, XV _g_ 5; #Commys#,
_3 sg._ XVII 507; #Cam#, _pa. t._ I 77, II 153, VIII _a_ 294, &c.;
#Com(e)#, I 32, II 91, III 3, V 107, VI 222, VII 83, &c.; _pa. t. subj._
(should come, &c.), VI 214, 238, VIII _a_ 108, X 29, XV _g_ 30;
#Come(n)#, _pp._ I 161, II 29, 181, IX 314, &c.; #Comyn#, VII 40, 102;
#Comne#, IV _a_ 23; #Cumen#, XIV _b_ 8, 87; #Ycome(n)#, II 203, 319,
404, 422, 478, 592. With _dat. refl. pron._ in: _foret hym com_, forth
came, XV _g_ 18; _in him com ... gon_, came (walking) in (cf. OE.
_cōm inn gān_), XV _g_ 24; _him com_, III 19. _Comen of_,
descended from, II 29. [OE. _cuman_, _cōm_, _cumen_.]
#Coma(u)nde#, #Comawnde#, #Commaund#, _v._ to command, I 105, VIII _a_
16, XI _b_ 66, XV _i_ 1, XVI 341, XVII 118, &c.; with _to_, XI _b_ 40;
to commend, V 343; to entrust, give, XI _b_ 222. [OFr. _comander_.]
#Com(m)aundement#, &c., _n._ commandment, IV _b_ 15, XI _b_ 63, 86, 226;
_gaf in comm._, commanded, XVII 32. [OFr. _comandement_.] _See_
Maundement.
#Comenci# (II), #Comse# (VIII), _v._ to begin, VIII _a_ 34, 309; _pres.
subj._ II 247 (note to l. 57). [OFr. _comencer_.] _See_ Comessing.
#Comendacion#, _n._ 'Commendation of Souls', an office for the dead
(made a part of daily office) which originally ended with the prayer
_Tibi, Domine, commendamus_, XI _b_ 132.
#Comessing#, _n._ beginning, II 57. _See_ Comenci.
#Comford#, &c. _See_ Conforte, _v._
#Comyng(e)#, _n._ coming, advent, XII _a_ 35, XVI 315, 363, &c.; _hom
comynge_, homecoming, IX 285. _See_ Com.
#Comyn(s)#. _See_ Com, Comun.
#Comly(ch)#, _adj._ fair, beautiful, V 343, XVII 71. [OE. _cȳmlic_,
influ. in ME. by assoc. with _becomen_.]
#Comlyng#, _n._ stranger, foreigner, XIII _b_ 45. [OE. _cuma_ +
_-ling_.]
#Commys#. _See_ Com.
#Commyxstion#, _n._ intermingling, XIII _b_ 12. [L. _commixtiōnem_.]
#Comne#. _See_ Com.
#Comounly#, _adv._ usually, IX 51; in common, IX 60. _See_ Comun.
#Compayni#, _n._ company, II 462; #Company(e)#, VII 150, IX 312, &c.;
#Cumpany(e)#, X 147, &c.; _in cumpanye_, in the society of men, I
_introd._, IX 288. [OFr. _compai(g)nie_.]
#Comparison#, _n._ comparison; _wiþoute comparison_, XI _b_ 237. [OFr.
_comparaison_, _-eson_.]
#Compelle#, _v._ to compel, XI _b_ 51, XIII _b_ 18. [OFr. _compeller_.]
#Compilet#, _pp._ compiled, put together, VII 53. [OFr. _compiler_.]
#Comprehended#, _pa. t. sg._ comprised, embraced, IX 300. [L.
_comprehendere_.]
#Compunccion#, _n._ repentance, XI _b_ 180. [OFr. _compunction_.]
#Comse#. _See_ Comenci.
#Comun(e)#, _adj._ common (people), XIV _b_ 67; as _sb._, the community,
VIII _b_ 20, 79; #Comunes#, #Comyns#, _pl._ the common people; the
Commons (as an estate of the realm), XIV _b_ 67, _c_ 73; lay men, XI _a_
39, 59. [OFr. _comun_; and direct from L. _commūnis_.]
#Con(en)#, #Coneȝ#. _See_ Can, _v._^1 and _v._^2
#Concyens#, #Conscience#, _n._ conscience, IV _b_ 15, VIII _b_ 87, &c.;
(personified) VIII _b_ 6, &c. [OFr. _conscience_.]
#Condicioun#, _n._ nature, quality, XII _a_ 120. [OFr. _condicion_.]
#Confederat#, _adj._ allied, XIII _b_ 5. [L. _con-fœderātus_.]
#Confesse#, _v._ to confess, XI _b_ 143; _confessed clene_, made clean
by confession, V 323. [OFr. _confesser_.]
#Conforme#, _v._ (_refl._), to suit (oneself), make (oneself) suitable,
XII _a_ 184. [OFr. _conformer_.]
#Confort#, #Coumforde#, _n._ support, comfort, consolation, VI 9, VIII
_b_ 79, XII _a_ 151. [OFr. _con-_, _cunfort_.]
#Conforte#, #Com-#, _v._ to comfort, succour, support, IV _a_ 15, VIII
_a_ 214; #Comford#, _pa. t. pl._ VII 173. [OFr. _conforter_.]
#Confusyun#, _n._ putting to shame, I 203. [OFr. _confusion_.]
#Congele#, _v._ to congeal, IX 64. [OFr. _congeler_.]
#Conig#, _n._ rabbit, XIV _b_ 75. [OFr. _conin_, _coning_.]
#Conne#, #Conneþ#, &c. _See_ Can, _v._^1
#Connynge#, _n._ intelligence, IV _b_ 56, 79. [From _cunn-_, old infin.
stem of Can, _v._^1]
#Conquerour#, _n._ conqueror, XIV _c_ 92. [OFr. _conquerour_.]
#Conquest#, _n._ the (Norman) Conquest, XIII _b_ 32. [OFr. _conqueste_.]
#Consaile# (#-sale#, #-seyl#, #-seille#), #Counsail(le)#, (#-sayle#,
#-sayll#), _n._ counsel, deliberation, advice, II 179, VIII _a_ 309, X
15, XIV _b_ 40, 43, XVI 114, 163, XVII 157; prudence, IV _b_ 56, 57, 61;
council, VIII _a_ 312, IX 296, 298. [OFr. _conseil_, _c(o)unseil_,
counsel, council.]
#Conseille#, _v._ to advise, VIII _a_ 14; #Counsell#, _imper. sg._ XVII
472. [OFr. _conseillier_.]
#Consente#, _v._ to agree; _consented to o wyl_, was agreed, I 49. [OFr.
_consentir_.]
#Consider#, _v._ to reflect, XVII 291. [OFr. _considerer_.]
#Constreyne#, _v._ to force, VIII _b_ 56, XI _b_ 248. [OFr.
_constreign-_, stem of _constreindre_.]
#Construccion#, _n._ construing, XIII _b_ 28. [L. _constructiōnem_;
_see_ next.]
#Constru(w)e#, _v._ to construe, interpret, XIII _b_ 18, 34; _pres.
subj. pl._ in _ȝif ȝe c. wel þis clause_, if you see the point of
what I say, XIV _c_ 11. [L. _construere_.]
#Conteyne#, _v._ to contain, IX 337, XIII _a_ 20. [OFr. _contenir_,
_conteign-_, stem of subj.]
#Contemplacio(u)n#, #Contemplacyone#, _n._ contemplation (of God), IV
_b_ 51, XI _b_ 11, 308. [OFr. _contemplacion_.]
#Contemplatyf#, #-if#, _adj._ contemplative, devoted to prayer and
contemplation of God, VIII _a_ 245, XI _b_ 1, 8, &c. [OFr.
_contemplatif_.]
#Continue#, _v._ to persevere, VIII _b_ 40, 110. [OFr. _continuer_.]
#Contynuell#, _adj._ continual, IX 32. [OFr. _continuel_.]