67, XIII _a_ 28, XVII 317, &c.; #Nones#, _pl._ mid-day meal, VIII _a_
139. [OE. _nōn_, L. _nōna (hōra)_.]
#Nonetide#, _n._ noontide, II 497. [OE. _nōn-tīd_.]
#Nones#; _for þe nones_, for the nonce (practically meaningless tag), II
53, XII _a_ 83. [For _for þen ones_ (OE. _*for þam ānum_ + adv.
_-es_) as regards that particular thing, occasion, &c.]
#Norysscht#, _pp._ nourished, IX 59. [OFr. _norrir_, _norriss-_.]
#Normans#, _n. pl._ Normans, XIII _b_ 13, 20. [OFr. _Normant_, pl.
_Normans_.]
#Norþ#, _n._ and _adj._ north, XIII _b_ 53, 64, XVII 477, &c. [OE.
_norþ_, adv.; _norþ-_.]
#Norþeron#, _adj._ northern, XIII _b_ 10, 56. [OE. _norþerne_.]
#Northumbres#, _n. pl._ Northumbrians, XIII _b_ 58. [Cf. OE.
_Norþ-hymbre_.]
#Not#, _1 sg. pres. ind._ know not, XII _b_ 164, XIV _c_ 110; #Nist#,
_pa. t._ (with neg.) knew not, II 288, 296, 494. [OE. _nāt_,
_nyste_.] _See_ Ne, Wite(n).
#Note#, _adj._ ? useful, required; desired, V 24. [? Rel. to next.]
#Note#, _n._^1 affair, business, XVI 268 (with pl. vb.), XVII 264; ado,
XVII 368. [OE. _notu_.]
#Note#, _n._^2 (musical) note, II 438, XI _b_ 162, &c.; tune, II 602, XV
_a_ 11. [OFr. _note_, L. _nota_.] _See_ Countre note.
#Note#, _n._^3 nut, IX 157 (note). [OE. _hnutu_.]
#Notemuges#, _n. pl._ nutmegs, IX 157. [Prec. + OFr. #mug(u)e#, musk;
_cf._ OFr. _nois mug(u)ede_, &c.]
#Noth#. _See_ Noȝt, _adv._
#Notwiþstondinge#, _prep._ in spite of, XI _a_ 25. [Noȝt + _pres. p._
of ME. _wiþstonden_, OE. _wiþstándan_.]
#Noþeles#, _adv._ all the same, nevertheless, XIII _a_ 6, _b_ 3, &c.;
#Natheles#, IX 51, XII #a# 130, &c. [OE _nā-þe-lǣs_.]
#Noþer#, _adj._ no other; _<no> no noþer_, nor any other, II 230. [OE.
_nān_ + _ōþer_.]
#Noþer#; #Noþynk#. _See_ Nauþer; Þing(e).
#Nouelrie#, _n._ newfangledness, new invention, XI _b_ 124, 164, 169,
200, 206, 210, 215. [OFr. _novelrie_.]
#Novels#, _n. pl._ news, something new, XVII 508. [OFr. _novel(l)e_.]
#Nouȝt(e)#, #Nou(h)t#. _See_ Noȝt.
#Nouþe#, #Nouthe#, _adv._ just now, II 466; at present, VIII _a_ 199.
[OE. _nū-þā_.] _See_ Now(e).
#Nouþer#, #-ur#. _See_ Nauþer.
#Now(e)#, #Nou#, _adv._ now, I 128, IV _b_ 43, XI _a_ 21, &c.; _oþer now
oþer neuer_, now or never, V 148; _see_ Late, New(e); _conj._ since, now
that, V 352, VI 29; _now ... now_, now that, VI 17. [OE. _nū_.]
#Nowder#. _See_ Nauþer.
#Nowhar(e)#, #-where#, #Nawhere# (VI), _adv._ nowhere, V 96, VI 174,
XIII _a_ 17; in no case, not at all, V 186. [OE. _nā-hwǣr_.] _See_
Whar(e).
#Nowmber#; #Nowþer#, &c. _See_ Nombre; Nauþer.
#Nudeþ#; #Nuy#; #Nul(e)#; #Nw(e)#. _See_ Nedeth; Noy(e); Nil; New(e).
#O#. _See_ Of, On, On(e).
#Obediand#, _adj._ obedient, XVII 121. [OFr. _obedient_ with
substitution of pres. p. _-and_.]
#Obediencer#, _n._ an obedientiary, one owning obedience (to a
monastery, &c.); an administrative officer of a religious house, VIII
_b_ 95. [OFr. _obediencier_.]
#Obitte#, _adj._ dead, XVI 269. [Nonce-use of L. _obitus_, deceased.]
#Obout#. _See_ Aboute(n).
#Occean#, _n._ Ocean (as name of Indian Ocean), IX 9. [OFr. _occean_.]
#Occupacio(u)n#, _n._ occupation, employment, XI _b_ 156, 251, 288, &c.
[OFr. _occupacion_.]
#Occupied# (_aboute_, _in_), _pp._ occupied (with, in), XI _b_ 114, 218,
242, 262. [OFr. _occuper_, altered on anal. of verbs in _-fier_,
_-plier_, &c.]
#Od#, _adj._ odd, (some) over, XVII 57. [ON. _odda-_, in _odda-maðr_;
see _N.E.D._, s.v. _Odd_.]
#Oder#. _See_ Oþer(e), _adj._
#Of#, #Offe#, _adv._ off, V 181, 340; of, out of, from (after _þat_
relative), VI 65, IX 135, 282, &c.; (with infin.) IX 257, 282, &c.; _of
the whiche ... offe_, _see_ next. [OE. _of_.] _See_ Her(e), Þar(e),
Þer(e).
#Of#, #Off#, VII 5; #O#, II 12, 283, VI 69, VII 18; _prep._ of. (i)
From, off, out of, II 29, III 4, 36, V 131, 153, 179, VI 247, VII 169,
VIII _a_ 204, &c.; out of, (made) of, in, II 4, 362, IX 115, XVII 119,
&c. (ii) By, III 18, IV _b_ 5, V 99, IX 55, XI _b_ 31, 204, &c.; by
(means of), with, II 364, IX 65, &c. (iii) Of, about, concerning, I 160,
II 5, 12, III 3, VIII _a_ 197, IX 147, XI _b_ 1, 295, &c. (iv) _Forming
equiv. of gen._: as _possess._, I 34, 216, &c.; _adjectival_, II 3, IV
_b_ 34, &c. (_see_ the nouns); in, as regards, &c., V 170, VI 71, VII
18, 38, 164 (first), VIII _a_ 52, XII _a_ 9, XVI 129, XVII 543, &c.; _of
breed_, &c., in breadth, &c., XVII 123, 125, 259, 520; (introd. actual
measurement), IX 155, XVII 126; _objective gen._, at, for, on acc. of,
&c., II 471, 573, VIII _a_ 38, 117, XI _b_ 10 (first), XII _a_ 144, &c.;
_grame ... of_, wrath against, XVII 90; _partitive_, of, among, in, VII
43 (_see_ Oþere), VIII _a_ 259, IX 182, XI _a_ 39, XVI 388 (_cf._ note
to II 388); after Fr. idiom, IX 158, 227, 275, XII _a_ 66; _see_ Ony,
Oþer(e), Owen; _adverbial_ (of _time_), for VIII _a_ 253; in, XI _b_
136. _Of the whiche ... offe_, _of whom ... from_, of which, from whom
(mixed E. and Fr. constr.), IX 25, 77; _of preiere of holy lif_ (XI _b_
83), _see_ Vnderstonden; for other idiomatic uses see the nouns, &c.,
concerned. [OE. _of_.]
#Offend#, _v._ to offend, XVII 108. [OFr. _of(f)endre_.]
#Office#, _n._ duty, XI _b_ 18, 21, 47, 60; _houses of offyce_,
quarters, stables (orig. places set apart for menial duties), XVII 134.
[OFr. _office_.]
#Offringis#, _n. pl._ offerings, offertories, XI _b_ 300. [OE.
_offring_.]
#Of-hild#, _pa. t. sg._ withheld, III 10. [OE. _of-héaldan_, pa. t.
_-hēold_.]
#Of-sende#, _v._ to send for, II 428. [OE. _of-séndan_.] _See_ Assent.
#Oft#, #Ofte(n)#, _adv._ often, II 1, 197, III 39, &c.; _ofte(n)
tyme(s)_, IX 61, 129, XVI 370. [OE. _oft_.]
#Oftesithes#, #Oft(e)sythes#, _adv._ often, IV _b_ 27, VII 182, IX 63.
[OE. _on oft-sīþas_.] _See_ Sithes.
#Oghne#. _See_ Owen(e).
#Oght(e)#, #Oȝt#, #Ought#, #Ouȝt#, _pron._ anything, IV _b_ 45, V
147, XII _b_ 99, 107, XVI 100; _adv._ in any way, at all, XIV _c_ 69.
[OE. _ō(wi)ht_.]
#Oghte#. _See_ Owe.
#Oȝain#; #Oȝe#; #Oȝene#. _See_ Aȝayn; Owe, _v._; Owen(e).
#Oyl(l)e#, _n._ oil, IX 35; _fig._ XVII 46. [OFr. _oile_.]
#Ok#, _n._ oak, XIV _c_ 57. [OE. _āc_.]
#Old(e)#, #Alde#, _adj._ old, V 114, VII 5, XII _introd._ (_see_ Dai),
&c.; as _sb._, in _old or ȝong_, _ȝong and alde_, any one, every
one, II 221, IV _a_ 49; _of olde_, of old, VII 26, 182. [OE. _áld_.]
#Olif-tre#, _n._ olive-tree, XVII 510. [OFr. _olive_ + Tre.]
#On#, _adv._ on, II 343 (_see_ Do); (still) V 232; (with _infin._ or
_relative_), upon, at, in, I 89, II 367, VII 15, XV _f_ 9, 10, XVI 179.
[OE. _on_.] _See_ Þer(e).
#On#; #O#, VII 106, IX 250, XV _a_ 5, _g_ 28; _prep._ on. (i) On, upon,
I 92, 194, II 303, XV _c_ 24 (following pron.), &c.; _on him seiȝe_,
saw he had, II 325; _on my frenship_, as you value my f., XVII 362. (ii)
At, V 112 (first), XV _c_ 15, _h_ 3, 22, XVII 137, &c.; (iii) In, I 99,
XIV _b_ 79, XV _a_ 5, XVII 422, &c.; _see_ Bodi, Lyte, Lud, &c.; after
'believe', I 89, VI 65; with _manere_, _wise_, I 80, V 124, VII 65, 77,
XI _a_ 11, XIV _b_ 95, &c.; (reference) II 455, XV _c_ 13, &c.; _on
Englyssh tunge_, into English, I _introd._ (iv) Of (after 'think') I
221, &c. (v) A, in _on a day_, a day, VI 150 (OE. _on dæg_). (vi) A-, on
(in adv. expressions), as _on haukin_, a-hawking, II 308; _see_ Behalue,
Fote, Lofte, Slep, &c. [OE. _on_.] _See_ A-; A(n), _prep._; Vpon.
#Onderuonge#, _pp._ received, III 28. [OE. _under-fōn_, pp.
_underfángen_.] _See_ Fonge.
#On(e)#; #Oon(e)#, XI _a_ 41, XVII 2, &c.; #Oo#, I 180, 231; #O#, I 49,
&c.; _adj._ one, a single, II 306, V 83, VI 170, IX 17, XI _a_ 45, XIII
_b_ 45, XIV _d_ 8, XVII 136, &c.; one (and the same), I 49, 231, II 95
(_see_ Cri); one (indivisible), VII 2, IX 334, XVII 2, 169; one (as
opposed to 'other'), I 180, IX 180, &c. (_see_ Þe, Ton); _o_, a certain,
II 308; _oone or two_, one or two, some, XVII 133, 484; _quasi-sb._ in
_into on_, together, XV _i_ 6; _at on_, at one, in harmony, VI 18; _al
oon_, (all) one and the same thing, XI _a_ 41. [OE. _ān_.] _See_
A(n), Ane, One.
#On(e)#, _pron._ one (thing _or_ person), V 348, VI 197, IX 24, XI _b_
223, XIII _a_ 24, XV _b_ 23, 34, &c.; #Oone#, XVII 209; #Onen#, _dat.
sg._ III 4; one (opposed to 'another'), IX 53, XIII _b_ 16; _boþe þat on
and þat oþer_, both, V 344; _see_ Þe, Ton; (some) one, a certain person,
V 149, VII 54 (with name). [As prec.]
#One#, _adj._ alone, only, V 6, VIII _b_ 54, XIV _b_ 61; strengthened
with _al_, V 87, XII _a_ 131, _b_ 15; _a ... one_, one ... only, V 181,
277; _oure one_, by ourselves, V 177 (note); _let ... one_, leave alone,
avoid (_cf._ OE. _ān-forlǣtan_), v 50. [OE. _āna_.]
#Onehed#, _n._ unity, _or_ ? simplicity; _onehed of wit_, the uniformity
of men's understanding (interpretation) of the Bible, _or_ ? the ease of
understanding it, XI _a_ 32. [OE. _ān_ + _*-hǣdu_.]
#Onely#, _adj._ in _onely alepy_, a single solitary, I 159; #Oon(e)ly#,
_adv._ only, XVII 288, 307. [OE. _ān-lic_, adj.] _See_ Anely.
#Ones#, #Oneȝ# (V), #Onys# (XVII), _adv._ once, on a single occasion,
I 182, II 122, V 212, XII _b_ 92; formerly, V 150, VIII _a_ 202; at some
(future) time or other, XVII 207, 389. [OE. _ānes_.]
#Onest#, _adj._ trustworthy, VII 48. [OFr. _honeste_.]
#Ony#, _adj._ any, IX 85, 245, XI _b_ 300, &c.; _most of ony þing_,
above all things, more than anything, II 33; _pron._ any, IX 326, XI _b_
147. [OE. _ǣnig_, infl. by _ān_.] _See_ Ani, Eny.
#Onone#. _See_ Anon(e).
#Oo#, _adv._ ever, continually, XV _b_ 7. [OE. _ā_.]
#Oo#, #Oon(e)#, &c. _See_ On(e), &c.
#Oostré#, _n._ inn, lodging, XVII 329. [OFr. _host(e)rie_.]
#Opan#, #Opon#. _See_ Vpon.
#Opyn#, #Open#, _adj._ open, V 2, XVII 344; manifest, XI _b_ 42.
#Opynly#, _adv._ manifestly, XI _b_ 52; publicly, XI _b_ 62. [OE.
_open_, _open-līce_.]
#Opynne#, #Oppen#, _v._ to open, XVI 122, 194. [OE. _openian_.]
#Oplondysch#. _See_ Vplondysch.
#Or#, _conj._^1 or, I 1, &c.; _or ... or_, either ... or, VIII _a_ 244.
[Reduced form of Oþer, _conj._]
#Or#, _conj._^2 before, ere (usually with _subj._), VIII _a_ 79, X 2,
XVI 154 (_see_ Ware), _adj._ 156, 278, XVII 110 (_see_ Blyn), 153, 263,
&c.; (postponed) XVII 130; lest, XIV _d_ 11. [_See_ next.]
#Or#, _prep._ before, ere, XVI 224, XVII 317, 481. [? OE. _ǣr_, pos.
and compar. (once late Nth. _ar_) infl. by ON. _ár_, pos.] _See_ Ar(e),
Er(e).
#Orchard#, _n._ garden, orchard, II 66, 91, 163; #Orchard-side#, II 134.
[OE. _ort-geard_, _orceard_.]
#Ordayn(e)#, #Ordainy#, _v._ to decree, establish, appoint, direct,
arrange, contrive, fashion, &c., II 205, XVII 309; #Ordand#, XVII 119,
468; #Ordeigne#, XII _b_ 216; #Ordeyn(e)#, I 55, 148, VIII _b_ 57, XI
_b_ 125, 132, &c.; #Ordand#, #Ordanit#, _pa. t._ X 11, 34, XVI 25, 226;
_ordaynede to_, destined to, IV _b_ 54. [OFr. _ordener_, 3 sg.
_ordei(g)ne_, _-aine_.]
#Ordynal(e)#, #-alle#, _n._ a book setting out the order and manner of
church services and ceremonies, XI _b_ 1, 183, 186. [Med.L.
_ordināle_.]
#Ordenaunse#, #Ordynaunce#, _n._ ordinance, decree, law, XI _a_ 15, _b_
100, &c.; _preie oure ... ordynaunce_, say the prayers we have
appointed, XI _b_ 38. [OFr. _ordenance_.]
#Ordre#, #Order#, #-yre#, _n._ order, rank, VIII _a_ 159, XI _b_ 20;
_pl._ religious orders, XI _a_ 61; the (nine) orders of angels, XVII 10;
moderation, in _holde þe ordyre of_, keep the rule of, observe
moderation in, IV _b_ 22. [OFr. _ordre_.]
#Orgon#, _n._ diaphony; singing in two parts, XI _b_ 138 (note). [OE.
_organ_, song, from L. _organum_.]
#Orysun#, _n._ praying; _yn orysun_, at prayer, I 17. [OFr. _oreisoun_.]
#Oritore#, _n._ oratory, chapel, V 122. [OFr. _oratour_, infl. by prec.]
#Orpedly#, _adv._ actively, V 164. [OE. _orped-līce_.]
#Ost#, #Host#, _n._ (armed) host, army, II 290, X 43, 45; multitude,
XIII _a_ 32. [OFr. _(h)ost_, army.]
#Oþeȝ#, #Othes#, _n. pl._ oaths, V 55, XII _b_ 44. [OE. _āþ_.]
#Oþer(e)#, #Other(e)#, #-ir(e)#, #-yre#; #Oder#, XVII 160; #Ouþer#, I,
(i) _Adj._, other, another, other kinds of, I 18, 258, IV _b_ 16, 45, V
274, IX 227, XII _b_ 170, XVII 298 (_see_ Garn), &c.; #Othre#, _pl._ XII
_a_ 82, 136; _many oþer folde_, _see_ Folde; _othere gude_, some other
good (thing), IV _b_ 9; _oþer mani_, many other, II 496; _þat oþer_,
_see_ Þe; _þis othir daye_, the other day, XVI 148. (ii) _Pron. sg._
another, some one (something) else, the other, I 101, II 324, VI 89, X
22 (_see_ Aither), &c.; #Oþereȝ#, _gen. sg._ VI 90; _ichon other_,
each man to his neighbour, XVII 112; _non other_, nothing different
(from what has been said), VII 42, VIII _introd._, _a_ 173; _oþer oþer_,
_þat oþer_, _see_ next and Þe; _pl._ (uninflected), others, I 211, IV
_b_ 67, 78, V 355, VII 48, X 154, &c.; #Othre#, _pl._ XII _introd._, _a_
41; #Oþren#, _dat. pl._ III 53; _derrist of other_, most excellent of
(illogically for 'more worthy than') all others, VII 39. [OE.
_ōþer_.] _See_ Anoþire, Toþer.
#Oþer#, #Other#; #Auþer#, V 225; #Ouþer#, #Outhire#, #Owthyre#, IV _b_
8, 23, IX 276; _adv._ and _conj._ or, I 3, II 350, V 39, VIII _a_ 305,
&c.; _oþer oþer_, or any one else, V 34; _oþer ... oþer_, either ... or,
V 148; _oþer ... or_, I 197, IV _b_ 8, 23, IX 276; introducing
alternative questions, VIII _b_ 34, 35; _adv._ in _or oþer_, or else, I
6; _oþer ... auþer_, or else, V 225. [OE. _ā-hwæþer_, _ā(w)þer_;
_ō-hwæþer_, _ōwþer_.] _See_ Or^2, Ayther, Euþer.
#Oþer-while#, #Other-while#, #Oþer-wyle# (VIII _b_), _adv._ on another
occasion, XVII 213; at other times, II 289, 297; now and again, VIII _b_
52; _other while ... other while_, sometimes ... sometimes, XII _a_ 128.
[Oþer, _adj._ + While.]
#Ou#. _See_ Ȝe.
#Ouer(e)#, #Our(e)#, _prep._ over, I 177, V 246, X 84, 112, &c.; over
and above, XI _b_ 150; (of _time_) through, VII 166 (following noun);
_adv._ over, II 578, V 164, &c.; _all ... ouer_, all over, in all parts,
VII 134 (_cf._ next); too, I 130, IV _b_ 23, 24, VI 113, VII 36, &c.
[OE. _ofer_.]
#Oueral#, _adv._ everywhere, II 62, 208, XII _introd._, _b_ 184. [OE.
_ofer all_.]
#Ouercast#, _pp._ overcast, clouded, VII 107, XVII 353. [OE. _ofer-_ +
ON. _kasta_.]
#Ouercoms#, _3 sg. pres._ overcomes, IV _a_ 68. [OE. _ofer-cuman_.]
#Ouergrowen#, _pp._ overgrown, V 113, 122. [OE. _ofer_ + _grōwen_,
pp.]
#Ouerheghede#, _pp._ raised too high, IV _b_ 5. [Ouer, _adv._ + ME.
_heiȝen_ from Heigh.]
#Ouerlaide#, _pp._ covered over, submerged, XVII 306. [OE.
_oferlecgan_.] _See_ Lay.
#Ouermoche#, _adj._ and _n._ too much, VIII _a_ 255, XI _b_ 219; _cf._
IV _b_ 23. [OE. _ofer-mycel_.] _See_ Mochel.
#Ouerraght#, _pa. t._ revised, VII 69. [OE. _ofer_ + ? _rǣcan_ ?
_reccan_.]
#Ouersen#, _v._ to supervise, VIII _a_ 107. [OE. _ofer-sēon_.]
#Ouerset#, _pp._ overthrown, defeated, XIII _a_ 59. [OE. _ofer_ +
_settan_.]
#Ouertake#, _v._ to (re)gain, V 319 (note). [OE. _ofer_ + ON. _taka_.]
#Ouerte#, _adj._ open, plain to see, VI 233. [OFr. _overt_.]
#Ouerturnyt#, _pp._ overturned, VII 148. [OE. _ofer_ + _túrnian_ (_see_
Turne).]
#Ought#, #Ouȝt#, #Ouhte#. _See_ Oght, Owe.
#Oune#. _See_ Owen.
#Oure#, _n._ hour, time, I 188, 189, VI 170, 191, &c.; #Houre#, I 190,
VI 195. [OFr. _(h)oure_.]
#Our(e)#; #Our(e)#, #Ous#, &c.; #Ourn#. _See_ Ouer(e); We; Eorne.
#Out(e)#, #Owt(e)#, _adv._ out, I 50, IV _b_ 3, XI _b_ 26 (_see_
Charité), XVI 18, &c.; abroad, out of doors, VIII _b_ 16; as exclam. of
anger, dismay, &c., XVI 185, 195, 343; _out(e) apon the_, fie on thee,
XVII 229, 408. [OE. _ūt_, _ūte_.]
#Outguoinge#, _n._ _ate outguoinge of_, on departing from, III 4. [From
OE. _ūt-gān_.] _See_ Go(n).
#Ouþer#, #Outhire#. _See_ Oþer(e), _adj._ and _conj._
#Outraye#, _v._ to transgress, XIV _c_ 69 (_ouȝt_ is adv.). [OFr.
_outreier_.]
#Oway#. _See_ Awai.
#Owe#, #Owyn#, #Oȝe#, _v._ to have; to have (to), be bound (to),
ought, XI _b_ 6, XV _i_ 4; with mixed _pers._ and _impers._ constr., in
_vus oȝe_, we ought, VI 192; to owe, VI 183; #Awe#, _2 sg. pres._
XVII 171; #Oghte#, _pa. t._ possessed, XII _b_ 48; #Ouhte#, ought to,
VIII _b_ 73; #Auȝt#, was bound to, II 555. [OE. _āgan_, pa. t.
_ā̆hte_.]
#Owen(e)#, #Owne#, _adj._ own, I 126, V 291, VIII _b_ 63, IX 185, &c.;
#Oghne#, XII _a_ 4; #Oȝene#, III _introd._; #Oune#, XIII _a_ 47, _b_
18, &c.; #Owhen#, II 163, &c.; #Awen#, V 73, 233; #Awne#, XVI 237, XVII
74; _quasi-sb._ in _of hire owne_, of their own, IX 188; _haue of myn
owen_, have property of my own, VIII _a_ 77. [OE. _āgen_.]
#Owher#, _adv._ anywhere, II 17. [OE. _ō-hwǣr_.]
#Owy#; #Owr(e)#; #Owte#. _See_ Awai; We; Out(e).
#Owth#, _adv._ on top, X 6. [? Reduction of OE. _ufan_, _ufe-_ + _wiþ_;
cf. ME. _out-wiþ_.]
#Owthyre#. _See_ Oþer, _conj._
#Oxe#, _n._ ox, XV _f_ 5; Oxen, _pl._ IX 253, 255. [OE. _oxa_.]
#Page#, _n._ knave, fellow, XVI 125. [OFr. _page_.]
#Pay#, _n._ pay, V 179. [OFr. _paie_.]
#Paie#, #Pay(e)#, _v._ to please, satisfy, VIII _a_ 304; _payes to_, is
pleasing to, IV _a_ 29; _impers._ in _me paies_, I am pleased, XVI 82;
to pay, II 451, VI 164 (_fut._), VIII _a_ 87, XIV _d_ 10; #Paied#,
#Paid(e)#, &c., _pp._ satisfied, content, V 273, XVI 325, XVII 283;
paid, VI 224, 243. [OFr. _payer_.] _See_ Apayed.
#Paiement#, #Payment#, _n._ payment, VI 238, XII _b_ 151. [OFr.
_paiement_.]
#Payn(e)#, #Peyne#, _n._^1 pain, suffering, torment, I 163, XI _b_ 32,
XVI 4, 122, XVII 547, &c. [OFr. _peine_.] _See_ Peynen.
#Payne#, _n._^2 bread, VIII _a_ 144. [OFr. _pain_.]
#Payneme#, _n._ pagan, IX 171. [OFr. _pai(e)nisme_, sg. collect.,
pagans.]
#Palays#, _n._ palace, II 85, 157 (_see_ note), 439. [OFr. _palais_.]
#Pale#, _adj._ pale, II 110, IV _a_ 10; wan, chill (connoting 'fatal',
'ill-omened'), VII 100, 116, 125. [OFr. _pale_.]
#Palfray#, _n._ palfrey, saddle-horse (_esp._ for use of women), II 156.
[OFr. _palefrei_.]
#Palmer#, _n._ pilgrim (properly one that had been to the Holy Land and
bore a palm-branch in token of this), VIII _a_ 66. [OFr. _palm(i)er_.]
#Pans#. _See_ Pené.
#Panter#, _n._ snare (for birds); _fig._ XI _b_ 220. [OFr. _pantiere_.]
#Pappe#, _n._ breast, XV _f_ 12. [Children's language.]
#Par#, #Per# (XII), _prep._ (with French words), by, through, for, VI
129, VIII _a_ 250, XII _a_ 7, _b_ 18, &c. (_see_ the nouns); transl. (in
Fr. phrases) by _for_, _thurgh_, XII _b_ 8, XV _d_ 5, XVII 557, &c.
[OFr. _par_, _per_.] _See_ Paramoure, -aunter, -fay, Perdé.
#Paradys#, #Paradis(e)#, _n._ Paradise, II 45, 376, XVI 48, &c. [OFr.
_paradis_.]
#Parage#, _n._ (noble) lineage, VI 59, XIV _c_ 109. [OFr. _parage_.]
#Paramoure#, _adv._ with all (his) heart, XVII 80. [OFr. _par amour_.]
_See_ Par.
#Paraunter#, #Peraunter# (IX), #Peraventure# (XVII), _adv._ perhaps, V
275, VI 228, IX 272, XVII 503. [OFr. _par aventure_.] _See_ Auentur(e),
Par.
#Parceyuet#, #Persauit#, _pp._ perceived, X 76, XIII _a_ 13. [OFr.
_parceiv-re_.]
#Pardoun#, _n._ forgiveness of sins, VIII _a_ 66. [OFr. _pardun_.]
#Parfay#, _interj._ by my troth, II 315, 339, 382. [OFr. _par fei_
(_fai_).] _See_ Fai.
#Parfyt#, #Perfyte#, #-fite#, _adj._ perfect, IV _b_ 84, VIII _b_ 88, IX
338. [OFr. _parfit(e)_.]
#Parfytnesse#, _n._ perfection, perfect conduct, VIII _b_ 94. [From
prec.]
#Parforme#, #Performe#, _v._ to complete, IX 170; to perform, XI _b_
194, 286. [OFr. _parfourmer_.]
#Parische#, #Parysshe#, _n._ parish; _attrib._ in _p. prest_, _p.
chirchis_, I 201, XI _b_ 97. [OFr. _paroche_, _paroisse_.]
#Parlement#, _n._ parliament, council, II 216. [OFr. _parlement_.]
#Parloures#, _n. pl._ parlours, living rooms, XVII 133. [OFr.
_parlour_.]
#Part#, _n._ part, share, VI 213, IX 31, 325, XI _b_ 57, &c.; _more be
an hundred part_, more (by) a hundred times, IX 301 (_lit._ more by the
hundredth part: the use seems modelled on that of ME. _dele_; see
_N.E.D._, s.v. _Deal_, I _e_). [OFr. _part_.]
#Part(e)#, _v._ to divide, share, XII _b_ 201; separate, I 103; _refl._
in _part me ... with_, part with, leave, VII 96; #Partinge#, #-yng#,
_n._ distribution, XI _b_ 275; separation, IV _a_ 31. [OFr. _partir_.]
#Partener(e)#, _n._ sharer, IX 325; _parteners of þe endes_, sharers (in
their linguistic peculiarities) with the extremes, XIII _b_ 55. [OFr.
_parson(i)er_, infl. by Part.]
#Party#, #Partie#, _n._ part, IX 1, 2, X 156, XIII _b_ 52, &c.; side, IX
72; party (in legal proceeding), XII _b_ 215; _most party_, most (part)
of, XVII 49. [OFr. _parti_, _partie_.]
#Pas#, _n._ pace, gait; _queynt pas_ (as _adv._), with skilful steps, II
300. [OFr. _pas_.]
#Passage#, _n._ passage, pass, IX 205, 206. [OFr. _passage_.]
#Passe(n)#, #Pas#, #Pasi# (III), _v._; #Passed#, #-it#, #Past(e)#, _pa.
t._ and _pp._ (i) _Intr._ to pass, proceed, go, get, IV _b_ 34, VII 125,
VIII _a_ 78, XVI 296, &c.; go one's way, depart, pass on, V 61, VII 112,
VIII _a_ 196, XVI 66, 96, 152, 194, &c.; pass away, XI _a_ 9; _passe bi_
(_be_), pass (by), V 36, &c.; go over (through), IX 8, 137, &c.; _passe
the see_, go abroad, IX 308, XIII _b_ 39; _was past to_, had reached,
VII 100; _pp._ past, gone by, over, VII 9, IX 317, XVI 105, XVII 181,
&c. (ii) _Trans._ to cross, go over (through), pass (safely), V 3, VII
116, 171, IX 308, XIII _b_ 39, &c.; to surpass, VI 68; _passynge_,
exceeding(ly), IX 11, 232; to pass (time), III 44. #Passed#, #Passit#,
_pp._ as _prep._ past, VI 168, X 2. _Cf._ Apassed. [OFr. _passer_.]
#Pater#, #Pater-noster#, _n._ the 'Our Father', Lord's prayer, VI 125,
VIII _b_ 48, 91, IX 323, XI _a_ 33, 35.
#Patrones#, _n. pl._ patrons, those holding advowson, or right of
presentation to benefices (earliest use in E.), VIII _b_ 82. [OFr.
_patron_.]
#Pauement#, _n._ pavement, I 194. [OFr. _pavement_.]
#Pece#, _n._ piece, VIII _a_ 304, IX 46. [OFr. _pece_.]
#Pees#, #Pesse#, _n._ peace, XIV _d_ 15, XVI 66, 296. [OFr. _pais_,
_pes_.]
#Pees#. _See_ Pese.
#Peiere#, _v._ to impair, damage, XI _b_ 250; _peierid_ imperfect, XI
_b_ 26. [Shortened from Ap(p)eyre, Empeyre.]
#Peyne#. _See_ Payn(e), _n._^1
#Peynen#, _v. refl._ to take pains, endeavour, IX 272. [OFr. _se pener_,
3 sg. _peine_.] _See_ Payne, _n._^1
#Peler#, _n._ robber, XIV _a_ 15. [From ME. _pelen_, OFr. _peler_, rob.]
#Pelrinage#. _See_ Pilgrimage.
#Penaunce#, _n._ penance, V 324, VI 117, VIII _a_ 78, _b_ 88. [OFr.
_pen(e)ance_.]
#Pené# (VI), #Peny#, #Penny#, _n._ penny (a silver coin, a twelfth of
the shilling), III 13, VI 150, 186, VIII _a_ 275, &c.; _penny doyll_,
_see_ Dele, Doyll; #Pans#, _pl._ pence, III 6, 10, &c. (_cf._ ME.
_paneyes_, and OFris. _panning_). [OE. _peni(n)g_, _pæn(n)ing_.] _See_
Halpeny.
#Peny-ale#, _n._ ale at a penny a gallon, thin ale, VIII _a_ 304 (_cf._
Halpeny-ale). [Prec. + OE. _alu_.]
#Pennes#, _n. pl._ quills, barrels of the feathers, IX 257. [OFr.
_penne_.]
#Peopull#, #People#, _n._ people, VII 16, 82, XIII _b_ 1, &c.; #Peple#,
VIII _a_ 287, IX 165, XI _b_ 19, &c.; #Pepul(l)#, VII 145, XVI 194;
#Poeple#, VIII _a_ 156; #Puple#, XI _a_ 13, 20, _b_ 268, XIV _b_ 67, &c.
[OFr. _people_, _poeple_, _puple_, &c.]
#Peraventure#, #-aunter#. _See_ Paraunter.
#Perce(n)#, _v._ to pierce, penetrate, IX 224, XII _a_ 104. [OFr.
_percer_.]
#Percil#, _n._ parsley, VIII _a_ 281. [OFr. _persil_.]
#Perdé#, _interj._ (by God), indeed, XVII 512. [OFr. _pardieu_, _-dé_.]
_See_ Par.
#Pereles#, _adj._ peerless; unequalled, XVI 4. [From ME., OFr. _per_.]
#Perfite#, #-fyte#. _See_ Parfyt.
#Peril#, _n._ peril, VIII _a_ 87, 111, &c.; #Perellis#, _pl._ VII 116.
[OFr. _peril_.]
#Peril(l)ous#, #Perelous#, #Perlous#, _adj._ perilous, dangerous,
parlous, V 29, VIII _a_ 45, XI _b_ 44, XVII 431, &c. [OFr. _perillous_.]
#Perish#, _v._ to perish, XVII 94, 155. [OFr. _perir_, _periss-_.]
#Perl(e)#, _n._ pearl, V 296, VI 16, IX 66, &c. [OFr. _perle_.]
#Persauit#. _See_ Parceyuet.
#Person(e)#, _n._ person, IX 304, XI _a_ 46, XII _a_ 115, XVII 2. [OFr.
_persone_.]
#Pese#, #Pees#, _n._ a pea, V 296, IX 48; _at a pees_, at nought, VIII
_a_ 162; #Pesen#, _pl._ peas, pease, VIII _a_ 189, 293; Peses, VIII _a_
180. [OE. _pise_, _peose_.]
#Pese-coddes#, _n. pl._ peascods, pea-pods, VIII _a_ 287; #Pese-lof#,
_n._ loaf made of pease-meal, VIII _a_ 172. [Prec. + OE. _codd_,
_hlāf_.]
#Pesible#, _adj._ tranquil, *XI _b_ 67 (MS. posible). [OFr. _paisible_,
_pesible_.]
#Pesse#; #Pet#; #Peté#. _See_ Pees; Pyt; Pité.
#Philosophie#, _n._ philosophy, natural science, IX 77. [OFr.
_philosophie_.]
#Phisik#, _n._ (art, practice, of) medicine, VIII _a_ 266; (personified)
VIII _a_ 264. [OFr. _fisique_, L. _physica_.]