A.S. _láf_. Burns has “the _lave_.”
Lametable, lamentable, 3265.
The omission of the _n_ occurs again in l. 2718, where we have
_lemytable_.
Larges, liberality, 608, 1681, 1750.
Fr. _largesse_.
Larg, prodigal, profuse, 2434.
Lat, impediment, 958.
A.S. _lǽtan_, means (1) to suffer, (2) to hinder.
Lat, to let, permit (used as an auxiliary verb), 803.
Latith, preventeth, 1927.
Lawrare, a laurel, 82.
Ch. _laurer_.
Learis, liars, 493.
Led, put down, beat down, depressed, overpowered, 2663.
It is the past tense of A.S. _lecgan_, to lay, to cause to submit,
to kill.
Lef, to live, 564, 3230.
Leful, lawful, 1427.
Legis, lieges, subjects, 1957.
R. _lige_; Lat. _ligatus_.
Leich, leech, physician, 106.
A.S. _lǽce_; Dan. _læge_.
See 520, 2056.
Leif, to live, 952, 1392.
A.S. _lybban_; Goth. _liban_.
Leir, to learn, 1993.
Comp. D. _leeren_.
Lest, to list, to please, 555, 621.
A.S. _lystan_.
Lest, to last out against, sustain, 811.
A.S. _lǽstan_.
Lest, least, 1628.
Let, hindrance, 2495.
Leuch, laughed, 3240.
A.S. _hlihan_, past tense _ic hloh_.
Lewis, liveth, 1209.
Lewith, left, deserted, 1854.
Liging, 376.
The sense requires _lay_, i.e. the _3rd p. s. pt. t. indic._,
but properly the word is the present participle, _lying_.
Longith, belongeth, 738, 1921, 2429, 2778.
Compare Dan. _lange_, to reach.
Longith, belonged, 3242.
Longyne, belonging, 433.
Lorn, lost, 2092;
destroyed, 2740.
See _For-lorn_.
Loß, praise, 1777.
Lat. _laus_. Ch. has _losed_, praised.
{ Low, Lowe, } (1) law, 1602, 1628, 1636, etc.
(2) love, 29, 1620.
It is sometimes hard to say which is meant.
Compare Dan. _lov_, law; A.S. _luf_, love.
Luges, tents, 874, 881, 2500, 2680.
Fr. _loge_, _logis_; Ger. _laube_, a bower, from _laub_, foliage;
Gothic _laúf_, a leaf.
Lugyne, a lodging, tent, 891.
Lyt, a little, 1233.
At lyte, in little, used as an expletive, 143.
Ma, short form of Make, 953.
Maad, made, 697.
Magre of, in spite of, 500, 960, 2679, 2702, 2711.
Sometimes “magre” is found without “of.”
Fr. _mal gré_.
{ Matalent, Matelent, } displeasure, anger, 2169, 2660.
In both cases Mr Stevenson wrongly has _maltalent_. R. _maltalent,
mautalent_.
Mayne, 1026.
See _Men_.
Medyre, mediator (?), 1624.
I am not at all sure of this word, but we find in R. many strange
forms of “mediator,” such as _méener, méeisneres_, etc. In the
Supplement to the “Dictionnaire de l’Academie” we find
_mediaire_, qui occupe le milieu, from Low Lat. _mediarius_.
N.B. In the MS. the “d” is indistinct.
See _mediare_ in Ducange.
Meit, to dream, 363.
A.S. _mætan_.
Mekill, much, 876, 1236.
Mokil, 1265.
Melle, contest, battle, 2619.
Fr. _melée_, J.
Memoratyve, mindful, bearing in remembrance, 1430.
Fr. _mémoratif_.
Men, mean, way; “be ony men” = by any means, 2366;
so, too, “be ony mayne,” 1026.
Fr. _moyen_.
Men, to tell, declare, 510.
A.S. _mænan_.
Menye, a company, multitude (without special reference to number);
whence “a few menye,” a small company, 751.
Apparently from A.S. _menigu_; Ger. _menge_; but it may have
nothing to do with the modern word _many_, and is more probably
from the O.F. _maisnée_, a household.
Met, dreamt, 440.
See _Meit_.
Meyne, 41.
See _Men_.
Misgyit, misguided, 1663.
R. _guier_.
Mo, more, 3187, etc.
A.S. _má_.
Mon, man, 96.
Moneth, month, 569.
A.S. _mónáð_; Goth. _menoth_.
Morow, morning, 1, 30, 64, 341.
Goth. _maúrgins_.
Mot, must, 195.
A.S. _ic mót_.
Mys, a fault, 1888, 1937, 3230.
A.S. _mis_. Do o myß, to commit a fault, 1926.
Mysour, measure, 1830.
Myster, need, 1877, 2322.
Ch. _mistere_; R. _mester_; Lat. _ministerium_. Cf. Ital.
_mestiere_.
Nat, naught, 703.
Shortened from A.S. _ná wuht_, i.e. _no whit_.
Nece, nephew, 2200, 2245, 2720.
R. _niez_.
Nedlyngis, of necessity, 2337, J.
A.S. _neádinga_.
Nemmyt, considered, estimated, 649, 2852.
A.S. _nemnan_, to name, call.
Ner, near, 441.
Neulyngis, newly, again, 36, J.
A.S. _níwe-líce_ (?).
Newis, for Nevis, nieves, fists, 1222.
Icel. _hnefi_. Dan. _næve_. Burns has _nieve_; Shakspeare _neif_.
Noght, not, 1182.
Noiß, nose, 2714.
R. _néis_.
Nome, name, 226, 320, 1546, 3341.
Fr. _nomme_.
Nome, took, 591, 1048.
A.S. _niman_, past tense, _ic nám_.
Northest, north-east, 677.
Not (shortened from Ne wot), know not, 522, 3144.
A.S. _nát_, from _nitan_ = _ne witan_.
Not, naught, 720.
See _Nat_.
Noyith, annoyeth, 904.
Fr. _nuire_. Lat. _nocere_.
Noyt, annoyed, offended, 471.
{ Nys, Nyce, } (nice), foolish, 127, 1946.
Fr. _niais_.
O, a, an, _passim_; one, a single, 2998, 3003, 3393, etc.
Obeisand, obedient, 641.
Obeß, obey, 2134.
Oblist, obliged, 969.
Occupye, to use, employ, 3457;
to dwell, 75.
Lat. _occupare_.
Of, with, 66.
Oft-syß, oft-times, 2304, 2594, 2789, 2885, 2929.
See _Syß_.
On, and, 519.
Possibly a mistake.
One, on, often used for In; One to = unto.
{ Onan, Onone, Onon, } anon, 158, 1466, 2602, etc.
The form “onan,” l. 3086, suggests the derivation of _anon_; viz.
from A.S. _on-án_, in one; hence, forthwith, immediately.
Onys, once, at some time or other, 3013;
at onys, at once, 3187.
{ Opin, 1286, Opine, 13, } open.
Or, ere, before, 77, 1887, 2545.
A.S. _ǽr_.
Ordand, to set in array, 784;
to prepare, procure, 1713.
R. _ordener_; Lat. _ordinare_.
Ordan, to provide, 2416, 2777.
Ordynat, ordained, 490.
See l. 507.
Orest (= Arest), to arrest, stop, 3186.
Orient, east, 5.
Oucht, it; it is the duty of (= Lat. _debet_), 2995.
Strictly, we should here have had “it owes” (_debet_), not “it
ought” (_debuit_).
See _Aw_.
Ourfret, over-adorned, decked out, 71, 2480.
A.S. _frætwian_, to trim, adorn.
Out-throng (= Lat. _expressit_), expressed, uttered, 65.
A.S. _út_, out, and _þringan_, to press.
Owtrag, outrage, 3454.
R. _outrage_; Ital. _oltraggio_, from Lat. _ultra_.
The MS. has _outray_, probably owing to confusion with _affray_
in the same line.
We find “owtrag” in l. 2578.
Oyß, to use, 1701, J.
Paid, pleased; ill paid, displeased, 908.
Low Lat. _pagare_, to pay, satisfy.
Palȝonis, pavilions, tents, 734;
_plural of_
Palȝoune, a pavilion, a tent, 1305.
R. gives _pavillon_, a tent; cf. Low Lat. _papilio_, a tent.
Pan, pain, 1273.
Pas hyme, to pace, go, 362.
Paß, to go, 1213.
Pasing, pacing, departing, 371;
surpassing, 303, 346, 689, etc.
Pens, to think of, 1431.
Fr. _penser_.
Planly, at once, 3319.
J. gives “Playn, out of hand, like Fr. _de plain_.” In the same
line “of” = off.
Plant, plaint, complaint, 137.
Fr. _plainte_.
Plesance, Plesans, pleasure, 941, 1939.
Plessith, pleases, 68.
Possede, to possess, 578.
Fr. _posseder_.
Poware, a power, a strong band of men, 2647. We now say _force_.
Powert, poverty, 1330, 1744.
Pref, to prove, 2229, 3476.
Prekand, pricking, spurring, 3089.
See the very first l. of Spenser’s _Faerie Queene_.
Prekyne, 2890, showy(?), gaudy(?).
J. gives “Preek, to be spruce; to crest; as ‘A bit _preekin_
bodie,’ one attached to dress; _to prick_, to dress oneself.”
Compare D. _prijcken_.
Pretend, to attempt, aspire to, 3282, 3465.
Fr. _prétendre_. So, too, in lines 559, 583.
Pretendit, endeavour, attempt, 3442.
Process, narration, 316.
Wright gives “Proces, a story or relation, a process.” The writer
is referring to his prologue or introduction.
Promyt, to promise, 965.
Proponit, proposed, 361, 445.
Pupil, people, 285.
Puple, people, 1367, 1498, 1520.
{ Pur, 1648, Pure, 1697, Pwre, 1655, } poor.
Quh-. Words beginning thus begin in modern English with Wh. Thus,
Quhen = when, etc.
Quhilk (whilk), which, 184.
A.S. _hwylc_ = Lat. _qualis_ rather than _qui_.
Quhill, while, _used as a noun_, 1229, 1293.
A.S. _hwíl_, a period of time.
Quhill, until, 24, 198.
See _Whill_.
Quhy; the quhy = the why, the reason, 123, 1497.
Qwhelis, wheels, 736.
A.S. _hweol_.
Qwheyar, whether, 1187.
{ Quhois, Qwhois, } whose, 171, 1297.
Rachis, hounds, 531.
Su-G. _racka_, a bitch, which from the v. _racka_, to race,
course. Perhaps connected with _brach_.
Radur, fear, 1489, J.
From Su-G. _rædd_, fearful; Dan. _ræd_.
{ Raddour, 2133, Radour, 1835, 3465, } fear.
Raid, rode, 3070, 3260, etc.
Ralef, relieve, 3364.
Ramed, remedy, 117.
See _Remed_.
Randoune, in, 2542.
The corresponding line (l. 739) suggests that _in Randoune_ =
_al about_, i.e. in a circuit. But if we translate it by “in
haste,” or “in great force,” we keep nearer to the true
etymology. In Ogilvie’s Imperial Dictionary, _s.v._ Random,
we find the Nor. Fr. _randonnée_ explained to mean the “sweeping
circuit made by a wounded and frightened animal;” but the true
meaning of _randonnée_ is certainly _force, impetuosity_; see
R., Cotgrave, etc. In Danish, _rand_ is a surrounding edge or
margin; while in Dutch we find _rondom_ round about.
Raquer, require, 2409.
Raß, race, swift course, 3088.
A.S. _rǽs_. Compare Eng. _mill-race_, and D. _ras_.
Recidens, delay, 2359.
R. _residier_, to defer.
Recist, resist, 566, 660, 2578.
Recounterit, met (in a hostile manner), encountered, 2958.
Fr. _rencontrer_.
Record, witness, testimony; hence value, 388.
R. _record_.
Recorde, to speak of, mention;
hard recorde, heard say, 121, 595.
Recorde, speak out, 454, 481.
See R. _recorder_.
Recordith, is suitable, belongs, 606.
Recourse, to return, 1798.
Lat. _recurrere_.
Red, to advise, 1027, 1198.
A.S. _rǽdan_; Goth. _rêdan_.
Relewit (relieved), lifted up again, rescued, 2617.
Fr. _relever_. J.
{ Remede, 89, Remed, 718, } remedy.
Remuf, remove, 655.
Report, to narrate, 266;
to explain, 294;
to state, 320.
Reprefe, reproof, defeat, 764.
Reput, he reputed, i.e. thought, considered, 743.
Resauit, received, 2796.
Resawit, received, kept, 2106.
We should have expected to find “reseruit.”
Resonite, resounded, 66.
Resydens, delay, 670.
See _Recidens_.
{ Revare, 275, Rewar, 2893, Rewere, 2812, } river.
Reweyll, proud, haughty, 2853.
R. _revelé_, fier, hautain, orgueilleux. Compare Lat. _rebellare_.
Richwysneß, righteousness, 1406.
A.S. _rihtwísnes_.
{ Rigne, 94, 1527, Ring, 1468, Ringe, 1325, } a kingdom.
Fr. _régne_. Ch. _regne_.
Rignis, kingdoms, 1858.
Rignis, Rignith, reigneth, 1825, 782.
Ringne, a kingdom, 1952.
Rout, a company, a band, 812, 2956, 3403.
Rowt, 2600.
Rowmyth, roometh, i.e. makes void, empties, 3390.
A.S. _rúmian_.
Rown, run; _past part._ 2488, 2820.
Rwn, run, 2545.
Rygnis, kingdoms, 1904.
Ryne, to run, 113. See 2952.
Ryng, to reign, 1409, 2130.
Sa, so, 3322, 3406.
Dan. _saa_.
Saade, said, 698.
Salust, saluted, 546, 919, 1553, 2749.
Ch. _salewe_.
Salosing, salutation, 1309.
Sar, sorely, 1660.
Sauch, saw, 817, 1219, 1225.
A.S. _ic seáh_, from _seón_.
Schawin, shewn, 2387.
Schent, disgraced, ruined, 1880.
A.S. _scendan_; Dan. _skiænde_.
Schrewit, accursed, 1945.
Scilla, the name of a bird, also called Ciris, 2483.
----“plumis in avem mutata vocatur
Ciris, et a tonso est hoc nomen adepta capillo.”
--(Ovid, Met. viii. 150.)
Screwis, shrews, ill-natured persons, 1053.
More often used of males than females in old authors.
Sedulis, letters, 142.
R. _cedule_.
Sege, a seat, 2258.
Fr. _siége_.
Semble, a warlike assembly, hostile gathering, 988, 2206.
Semblit, assembled, 845.
G. _sammeln_; from Goth. _sama_, _samana_.
Semblyng, encountering, 2951.
See _Assemble_.
Sen, since, 709, 800, etc.
Sen at, since that. In Piers Plowman we find _syn_.
Septure, sceptre, 666.
Sere, several, various, 594, 731, 746.
“Su-G. _sær_, adv. denoting separation.” J. Cf. Lat. _se-_.
Sess, to cease, 14, etc.
Fr. _cesser_.
Set, although.
Sew, to follow up, seek, 2326.
R. _suir_; Fr. _suivre_.
Sew, to follow up, go, proceed, 3145.
Sewyt, 2614.
Shauyth, shewith, 412.
Sice, such, 2115.
Scotch, _sic_.
Snybbyth, snubs, checks, 3387.
Comp. D. _sneb_, a beak; _snebbig_, snappish.
Sobing, sobbing, moaning, 2658.
{ Socht, Soght, } sought to go; and hence, made his (or their) way,
proceeded, went, 2619, 3179, 3357, 3428.
Sought one, advanced upon, attacked, 3149, 3311.
Sought to, made his way to, 3130.
A.S. _sécan_, past tense _ic sóhte_, to seek, approach, go towards.
Sor, sorrow, anxiety, 74.
A.S. _sorh_; Goth. _saúrga_.
Sort, lot, fate, 26.
Fr. _sort_.
Sound, to be consonant with, 149.
See Gloss. to Tyrwhitt’s Chaucer.
Lat. _sonare_.
Soundith, 1811. “So the puple soundith,” so the opinion of the
people tends.
“As fer as _souneth_ into honestee.”
(Chaucer: _Monkes Prologue_.)
Soundith, tend, 1943;
tends, 149.
Sown, sound, 1035.
Fr. _son_.
Sownis, sounds, 772, 3436.
Spent, fastened, clasped, 2809.
A.S. _spannan_, to clasp, join. Comp. Dan. _spænde_, to stretch,
span, buckle together.
{ Spere, Spir, } sphere, 6, 170;
speris, spheres, circuits, 24.
Spere, to inquire, 1170.
A.S. _spirian_, to track. Cf. G. _spur_.
Sperithis, spear’s, 810.
Spill, to destroy, ruin, 1990.
A.S. _spillan_.
Spreit, spirit, 81, 364.
Stak, 226. J. gives “to the steeks, _completely_;” and this is the
sense here.
See Jamieson: s.v. “Steik.” Halliwell gives _stake_, to block up;
also _steck_, a stopping place (cf. Shakespeare’s
_sticking-place_, Macb. i. vii. l. 60). In the N. of France it
is said of one killed or severely wounded, _il a eu son
estoque_, he has had his belly-ful; from _estoquer_, to cram,
satiate, “stodge.”
Compare Ital. _stucco_, cloyed. It has also been suggested that
_to the stak_ may mean to the _stock_, i.e. up to the hilt,
very deeply.
Start, started up, leapt, 994, 1094.
Stede, stead, place, 218, 1124.
A.S. _stede_.
Steir, to stir, 817.
A.S. _stirian_.
Stekith, shuts, 1651.
Ger. _stecken_. Burns has _steek_.
Stek, shut, concluded, 316.
Stell, steel, 809.
Stell commonly means a stall, or fixed place; but the form
_stell_ for _steel_ occurs; e.g. “Brounstelle was heuy and
also kene.” _Arthur_, l. 97.
{ Sterapis, 3056, Steropis, 3132, } stirrups.
A.S. _stí-rap_ or _stíge-ráp_, from _stígan_, to mount, and
_ráp_, rope.
Stere, ruler, arbiter, 1020;
control, guidance, 1974.
Stere, to rule, control, 1344, 2884,
A.S. _stýran_.
Stere, to stir, move, go, 3430.
See _Steir_.
Sterith, stirreth, 2829.
Sterf, to die, 1028.
A.S. _steorfan_.
Sterit, governed, 612.
A.S. _stýran_.
Stert, started, 377.
Stok, the stake to which a baited bear is chained, 3386.
Stour, conflict, 1108, 2607, 3124.
R. _estour_.
Straucht, stretched out, 3090.
A.S. _streccan_, past part. _gestreht_.
Strekith, stretcheth, i.e. exciteth to his full stride, 3082.
{ Subiet, 1799, Subeitis, 1828, Subiettis, 1878, } subject;
subjects.
Sudandly, Sodandly, suddenly, 1009, 1876.
Suet, sweet, 331.
Suppris, (surprise), overwhelming power, 691, 860, 2651;
oppression, 1352.
Fr. _surprendre_, to catch unawares.
Supprisit, overwhelmed, 1237, 1282;
overpowered, 2705, 3208.
Supprisit ded, suddenly killed, 3125.
Surryȝenis, surgeons, 2726.
Suth, sooth, true, 110.
A.S. _sóð_.
Suthfastnes, truth, 1183.
A.S. _sóðfæstnes_.
Sutly, soothly, truly, 963.
Swelf, a gulf such as is in the centre of a whirlpool, a vortex,
1318, J.
A.S. _swelgan_, to swallow up.
Sweuen, a dream, 440.
A.S. _swefn_.
Swth, sooth, true, 2753.
See _Suth_.
{ Syne, 2026, Synne, 2029, } sin.
Syne, afterwards, next. J. 45, 794, etc.
Syß, times, 3054.
A.S. _sið_.
{ Tais, 1095, 3005, Taiis, 1141. } takes. Abbreviated, as “ma” is
from “make.”
See _Ma_.
Tane, taken, 264.
Ten, grief, vexation, 2646, 3237.
A.S. _teonan_, to vex.
Tennandis, tennants, vassals holding fiefs, 1729.
R. _tenancier_.
Than, then, 3111.
The, (1) they, (2) thee, (3) thy.
Thelke, that, 709.
See l. 629, where _the ilk_ occurs; and see _Ilk_.
Thir, these, those, 2734, 2745, 2911, 3110, etc.
Thithingis, tidings, 2279.
A.S. _tidan_, to happen.
Tho, then, 545, 2221;
them, 2368.
Thoore, there, 628. Thore, 1102.
Thrid, third, 370, 2347, 2401.
A.S. _þridda_.
Throng, closely pressed, crowded, 3366.
A.S. _þringan_.
Til, to; til have, to have, 706.
Tint, lost, 1384.
See _Tyne_.
Tithandis, tidings, 2310.
Tithingis, tidings, 902, 2336.
To, too, besides, 3045.
Togidder, together, 254.
To-kerwith, carves or cuts to pieces; al to-kerwith, cuts all to
pieces, 868.
A.S. _to-ceorfian_. The prefix _to-_ is intensive, and forms a
part of the verb. See Judges ix. 53: “All to-brake his skull;”
i.e. utterly brake; sometimes misprinted “all to break” (!).
Ton, taken, 1054, 1071.
Ton, one; the ton, the one, 1822.
The tone = A.S. _þæt áne_.
To-schent, disfigured, 1221.
The intensive form of the A.S. verb _scendan_, to shame, destroy.
In the same line we have _to-hurt_, and in the next line
_to-rent_, words modelled on the same form. We find, e.g.,
in Spenser, the forms _all to-rent_, _all to-brus’d_. (See the
note on the prefix _To-_ in the Glossary to William of Palerne.)
Tothir, the other, 2536.
The tothir = A.S. _þæt oþere_, where _þæt_ is the neuter gender
of the definite article. Burns has _the tither_.
Toyer (= tother), the other;
_y_ being written for the A.S. _þ_ (_th_), 2571, 2584.
Traist, to trust, to be confident, 390, 1129, 1149, J.
Trast, 1659.
Traisting of (trusting), reliance upon, or expectation of, 25, J.
{ Translat, 508, Transulat, 2204, } to transfer, remove.
Tratory, treachery, 3224.
See R. _traïtor_.
Trety, treatise, 145.
Fr. _traité_.
Trewis, truce, 1568, 2488, 2545.
{ Tronsione, 239, Trunscyoune, 2962, Trownsciown, 2890, }
a truncheon, a stump of a spear.
Fr. _tronçon_; from Lat. _truncus_.
In the last passage it means a sceptre, _bâton_.
“One hytte hym vpon the oldé wounde
Wyth A tronchon of an ore;” (oar.)
(Le Morte Arthur, l. 3071.)
Troucht, truth, 161.
{ Tueching, 403, Tweching, 386, } touching.
Tyne, to lose, 1258, 1387.
Icel. _týna_.
Tynith, loseth, 1761.
Tynt, lost, 175, 1384, 1521.
Unwist, unknown, 1140.
Valis, falls; we should read “falis,” 2475.
Valkyne, to waken, 8.
See _Awalk_.
Vall, billow, wave, 1317.
Ger. _welle_, a wave; _quelle_, a spring; Icel. _vella_, to _well_
up, boil. Cf. also A.S. _wæl_; Du. _wiel_; Lancashire _weele_,
an eddy, whirlpool. So, too, in Burns:--
“Whyles owre a linn the burnie plays,
As thro’ the glen it wimpl’t;
Whyles round a rocky scaur it stays,
Whyles in a _wiel_ it dimpl’t.”
Varand, to warrant, protect, 3411.
R. _warandir_.
Varnit, warned, 622.
Vassolag, a deed of prowess.
Pasing vassolag, surpassing valour, 257.
R. has _vasselage_, courage, valour, valourous deeds, as
indicative of the fulfilment of the duties of a _vassal_.
We now speak of rendering _good service_.
Vassolage, valour, 2724.
Veir, were, 818.
Veris, wars, 305.
See _Were_.
Veryng, were, 2971.
A.S. _wǽron_.
Vicht, a wight, a person, 10, 55, 67.
A.S. _wiht_.
Virslyng, wrestling, struggling, 3384.
J. gives the forms _warsell, wersill_.
Visare, wiser, 607.
Viting, to know, 410.
A.S. _witan_.
Vncouth, lit. _unknown_; hence little known, rare, valuable, 1734.
A.S. _uncúð_.
Vodis, woods, 1000.
Vombe, womb, bowels, 375.
Goth. _wamba_.
Vondit, wounded, 700.
Vpwarpith, warped up, i.e. drawn up, 63.
See Note to this line. It occurs in Gawain Douglas’s prologue to
his translation of the 12th Book of the Æneid.
Du. _opwerpen_, from Goth. _waírpan_, to cast.
Vsyt, used, 1197, 1208.
Vyre, a cross-bow bolt, 1092.
R. _vire_; cf. Lat. _vertere_.
Wald, would, 419, 470, etc.
Walkin, to waken, wake, 1239.
See _Awalk_.
Wapnis, weapons, 241.
A.S. _wǽpen_, or _wǽpn_.
Ward, world, 3184.
Grose’s Provincial Dictionary gives _Ward_ = world; and the
omission of the _l_ is not uncommon; see _Genesis and Exodus_
(E.E.T.S.), ll. 32, 1315.
Wassolage, valour, 2708.
See _Vassolag_.
Wat, know, 512.
Wawasouris, vavasours, 1729.
A _Vavasour_ was a sub-vassal, holding a small fief dependent on
a larger fief; a sort of esquire.
R. _vavaseur_.
Weil, very. Weil long, a very long time, 79.
Comp. Ger. _viel_, J.
Wencussith, vanquisheth, 3331;
vanquished, 3337.
Wencust, vanquished, 2841.
Wend, (1) to go, 2191;
(2) weened, thought, 3481.
Wentail, ventaile, a part of the helmet which opened to admit air,
1056.
R. _ventaile_; from Lat. _ventus_.
Were, (1) war. Fr. _guerre_. R. _werre_, 308, etc.
(2) doubt, 84, etc. “But were,” without doubt. A.S. _wǽr_,
cautious, _wary_.
(3) worse, 1930. Burns has _waur_.
Wering, weary, 58.
A.S. _wérig_.
Werray, very, true, 1262, 2017.
Werroure, warrior, 248.
Weriour, warrior, 663.
Wers, worse, 515.
Weryng, were, 2493.
Wex, to be grieved, be vexed, 156.
Weyn, vain, 382, 524.
Weyne, _in phr._ but weyne, without doubt, 2880.
A.S. _wénan_, to ween, to suppose.
Whill, until, 1136, J. Formed from A.S. _hwíl_, a period of time.
Wice, advice, counsel, 1909.
Shortened from Awys.
Wichsaif, vouchsafe, 355, 1391.
Wichsauf, _id._ 2364.
Wicht, wight, person, 131.
Wicht, strong, nimble, 248.
“Su-G. _wig_” J. Sw. _vig_.
Wight, with, 918. Possibly miswritten.
Wist, knew, 225, 1047.
See _Wit_.
Wit, to know, 268.
A.S. _witan_; pres. _ic wát_, past tense, _ic wiste_.
Wit, knowledge, 2504.
With, by, 723.
Withschaif, vouchsafe, 1458.
With-thy, on this condition, 961.
See _For-thy_.
Wnkouth, little known, 146.
See _Vncouth_.
Wnwemmyt, undefiled, 2097.
A.S. _wam, wem_, a spot.
Wnwyst, unknown, secretly, 219, 269.
Wod (wood), mad, 3334, 3440.
A.S. _wód_. Goth. _wôds_.
Woid, mad, 2695. Perhaps we should read _woud_.
Wonde, wand, rod, or sceptre of justice, 1601, 1891. J.
Wonk, winked, 1058.
Wonne, to dwell, 2046.
A.S. _wunian_.
Worschip, honour, 1158, 1164.
A.S. _weorð-scipe_.
Wot, know, 192, etc.
See _Wit_.
Wox, voice, 13.
Lat. _vox_.
Woyß, voice, 3473.
Wrechitnes, misery, 2102;
miserliness, niggardliness, 1795, 1859.
Wy, reason; “to euery wy,” for every reason, on all accounts, 2356.
Compare _Quhy_.
Wycht, strong, nimble, 2592.
See _Wicht_.
Wynyth, getteth, acquireth, 1832.
Wyre, a cross-bow bolt, 3290.
See _Vyre_.
Wys, vice, 1795.
Wysis, 1540.
Y, written for “th.” Thus we find “oyer” for “other,” etc. The
error arose with scribes who did not understand either the
true form or force of the old symbol þ.
Yaf, gave, 387.
Yald, yield, 553;
yielded, 558.
A.S. _gildan_.
Yclepit, called, 414.
Yef, give, 563.
Yeif, give, 923.
Yer, year, 610.
Used instead of the plural “yeris,” as in l. 3243.
Yewyne, given, 1500.
Ygrave, buried, 1800.
Comp. Ger. _begraben_.
Yhere, ear, 1576.
Yher, year, 2064.
Used instead of “yheris,” 3243.
Yhis, yes, 1397.
Yis, yes, 514;
this, 160.
Ylys, isles, 2858, 2882.
Ymong, among, 821.
Yneuch, enough, 2135.
A.S. _genog_.
Yolde, yielded (to be), 951, 1088.
Ystatut, appointed, 2529.
Fr. _statuer_.
Ywyß, certainly, 1798, 1942.
See _Iwyß_.
Ȝeme, to take of, regard, have respect to, 665.
A.S. _géman_.
Ȝere, year, 342.
Ȝerys, years, 23, 1432.
Ȝewith, giveth, 1772.
Ȝha, yes, 2843.
Ger. _ja_.
Ȝhe, ye, 921.
Observe that, as in this line, _ye_ (A.S. _ge_) is the _nominative_,
and _you_ (A.S. _eów_) the _objective_ case.
Ȝhed, went, 1486.
Ch. has _yede_.
A.S. _ic eóde_, past tense of _gán_, to go.
Goth. _ik ïddja_, past tense of _gaggan_, to go.
Ȝher, year, 2064, 2274.
Ȝhing, young, 2868.
Ȝhis, yes, 1397.
Ȝhouth-hed, youth-hood, youth, 2772.
Ȝhud, went, 2696.
See _Ȝhed_.
Ȝis, yes, 3406.
Ȝolde, yielded, 291, 380, 951.
A.S. _ic geald_, past tense of _gyldan_, to pay, to yield.
Ȝude, went, 2944.
See _Ȝhed_.
INDEX OF NAMES, ETC.
Albanak, 202, 1447.
Alexander, 1837.
Alphest, 57.
Amytans, 1304, 2446.
Angus, 2858.
April, 1.
Arachell, 434.
Aries, 336.
Arthur (_passim_).
Ban, 202, 1447.
Bible, the, 1483.
Brandellis, 3086.
Brandymagus, 2884, 3430.
Camelot, 275, 280, 357, 407.
Cardole, 2153.
Carlisle, 347.
Christ, 2046.
Clamedeus, 2881, 3259.
Dagenet, 278.
Daniel, 1365.
Danȝelome, 435.
Esquyris, 2591, 2609, etc.
First-conquest king, 1064, etc.; 2568, etc.
Gahers, 3087.
Galiot (_passim_).
Galys Gwyans, 2605, 2613, etc.
Galygantynis, 599.
Galloway, 2690.
Gawane (_passim_).
Gwynans or Gwyans. See _Galys_.
Gyonde or Gyande, 302, 551, 637.
Harwy, 2853, 3206, etc.
Herynes (_i.e._ Hermes), 436.
Hundred knights, king of, 1545, 1554.
Jhesu, 2046, 2096.
Kay, 254, 355, 3081, etc.
Lady of the Lake, 220, 223.
Lancelot (_passim_);
appears as the _red_ knight, 991, etc.;
as the _black_ knight, 2430, etc.
Logris, 2301.
Maleginis, 806.
See _Malenginys_.
Malenginys, 2873, 3151, 3155.
See also _Hundred knights, king of_.
May, 12.
Melyhalt, 283, 895.
Melyhalt, lady of (_passim_).
Moses, 436.
Nembrot (_i.e._ Nimrod), 435.
Nohalt, 255.
Phœbus, 24, 2472, 2486.
Priapus, 51.
Round Table, 795, 3213.
Saturn, 2474.
Scilla, 2483.
Solomon, 1378.
Sygramors, 3083.
Titan, 335.
Valydone, 3249.
See _Walydeyne_.
Vanore, 575.
See _Wanore_.
Virgin (Mary), 2049, 2087, etc.
Venus, 309.
Wales, 599, 2153.
Walydeyne, 2879.
Wanore, 230.
Wryne, 2867.
Ydrus, 2851, 3152.
Ywan, 2606, 2618, etc.
Ywons, 2861.
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