List of English Words
A Ba-Bl Bo-By Ca-Cn Co-Cu D E G IJ K L M
N O Pa-Pi Pl-Py Q R Sa-Sk So-Sy T UV W Y
aduenture:
in a., likely, in danger, 48/10.
after (rendering Flemish achter, Fr. aval), throughout, 38/2, 46/16.
Alemayne, Almayne, Germany, 14/17, 22/27.
Alemaynes, Germans, 42/40.
all, used as adverb, 31/7;
alle, with subj., even if, 49/28;
all halowes, the feast of All Saints, 28/18.
alleway, always, 9/23.
almesse, alms, 33/8.
alouses, shad, 12/7.
amendes, penalty, fine, 44/9.
Andwerp, Antwerp, 18/37.
andyrons, andirons, 8/8.
anenst, towards, in the sight of, 48/28.
angre, refl., be angry, 31/6.
anone, immediately, 25/26.
apostomes, imposthumes, abscesses, 41/23.
apotecarie, apothecary, 19/34.
appereth, apperith, 37/34, 38/2.
arblastrer, crossbowman, 36/26.
Ardane, Ardennes, 43/38.
auantage, advantage, 46/11.
auaunte, refl., boast, 30/14.
auctour, author, 3/33.
Austyns, Augustine friars, 24/5.
Auynyon, Auinion, Avignon, 22/20, 45/21.
axe, ask, 21/16, 33/16, 48/40;
ayenst, against, 31/31, 47/13.
bales, balls (of alum), 20/36.
banerett, knight banneret, 24/33;
double banerette, 24/36.
bankers, coverings for benches, 7/1.
barke, bark (used in dyeing), 34/29.
ba[r]terye, pots and pans, 38/26.
basenne, sheep leather, 19/26.
bastard, a wine, 14/7.
baylly, bailiff, 30/10.
be, = been, 32/6.
Beane, Beaune, 14/5.
becke:
drink b. to b., drink together (Fr. bec à bec).
bedes, beads, 46/3.
Beghyns, Beguines, 24/11.
beldame, mother-in-law, 6/2.
belfadre, father-in-law, 6/2.
Beme, Bohemia, 22/38.
benes, beans, 13/39.
Benet (seynt), St. Benedict, 24/2.
bere, bear (animal), 11/21.
bergayne, bargain for, 14/28.
berne, barn, 40/2.
betes, beetroot, 13/32.
beuer, beaver (for hats), 40/39;
beuers, beavers (animals), 9/1.
bileue, believe;
I you b. well, 15/26.
blyew, blue, 14/36.
bochiers, 2/31.
bocherie, meat-market, 37/32.
bocle, buckle, 21/28.
boden, bid, offered, 15/35.
Boloyne, Boulogne, 49/4, 50/14.
boor, boar, 10/26.
bordclothes, table cloths, 8/24.
born, carried, 32/3.
boulye, a drink, 14/19.
bourghmaistre, burgomaster, 44/13.
Bousser (= Fr. Bourshier), vycounte of B., 24/30.
brasyll, brazil wood, 20/18, 34/27.
brede, breadth, 16/23.
brede, bread, 26/39.
brekynge, rupture, hernia, 41/28.
brembles, brambles;
bremble beries (Fr. grouselles, gooseberries), 13/23.
bremes, bream, 12/7.
brenne, burn, 30/26.
briches, breeches, 8/37.
bridelmakers, 1/16.
brigge, bridge, 49/9.
brocorage, brokerage, 42/35.
brocour, broker, 42/34;
brokers, 2/30.
broun peper, black pepper, 10/28;
broun sugre, 20/1.
browet, stew, broth, 10/20;
browettys, 41/15.
broythures, embroideries, 22/5.
bueff, beef, 10/14.
bukke, buck, 19/23.
Burgoyne, Burgundy, 24/19.
butores, bitterns, 10/40.
buxom, polite, 9/39.
by cause that, because, 46/32.
byleding, translation of Fr. deduit, delight, 29/12.
byre, beer, 14/17.
bystowe, lay out (money), 20/20.
bythynke, remember, think upon, 50/24.
callyng, invocation (of the Trinity), 1/5.
Camerik, Cambray, 23/19.
cammelle,? for cannelle, cinnamon, 20/2.
can, knows, is skilled in, 33/13; see conne.
cannes, cans (tin), 7/17; earthen pots, 7/10.
carier, wagoner, 45/9.
castelayn, castellan (of Dover), 24/29.
castell, cattle, 40/1.
catell, money, 15/12;
catayllys, chattels, furniture, 1/8.
Cathon, Dionysius Cato, 9/27;
catons, copies of Cato’s ‘Disticha,’ 38/38.
caudell, caudle, 14/1.
Cecile, Sicily, 22/36.
certainly, definitely, 16/1.
chalon,? blanket, coverlet (but used to render F. calys, apparently ‘couch’), 7/2.
change, exchange office, 45/34.
changer, money-changer, 45/33;
chaungers, 45/33.
chanons, canons, 23/30.
chapell, chapel:
a fre ch., 45/23.
chapitre, chapter, 14/4.
chappelains, chaplains, 24/7.
charge:
haue no c. of, don’t care for, 31/4.
Chartre hous:
monkes of C., Carthusians, 24/4.
chekens, chickens, 10/32.
chepe, bargain for, 10/24.
chertes, shirts, 8/37.
cheruyll, chervil, 13/32.
cheuissheth her, is successful, 42/11.
chirche haliday, church feast, fair, 19/7.
chorle, peasant, 30/8.
Cistiauls, Citeaux, 23/37.
clarey, a spiced wine, 14/12.
clergesses, members of female religious orders, 24/11.
cnoppes, lumps (in yarn), 32/30.
coddelynges, codfish, 12/3.
coffyns, caskets, 21/33.
coler, collar (for horses), 46/27;
coliers, 46/28.
colermaker, (horse)collar maker, 46/26.
Coleyne, Cologne, 23/8.
commaunde, commend, 5/21, 6/12.
complyn, late evening service, 27/30.
comyn, common, 1/17.
comyne, cummin, 19/40.
conduyte, guide, 5/24.
confyte, comfrey (see the Notes), 13/19.
congres, conger-eels, 12/8.
conne, know, be skilled in, 37/39; see can.
contre, country, 5/2.
conyes, rabbits, 9/2.
cool, cabbage, 13/30.
cordewan, Cordovan leather, 19/24.
cordewanner, shoemaker, 35/35.
corffes, baskets, 38/21.
corse, girdle, 21/27.
coryer, currier, 46/14;
coriars, 1/25.
coryeth, curries, 46/17.
cosen alyed, cousin by marriage, 29/13.
cosyns germayns, cousins german, 6/5.
couerar of tyles, tiler, 40/23.
couerlettes, coverlets, 6/40.
couper, cooper, 44/6;
coupers, 2/31.
coursour, courser, 45/29.
courtosye, courtesy, 18/16.
courtoys, courteous, 5/12.
coyfes for men, coifs, 21/38.
crafte, trade, 46/15;
craftes, 25/23.
creuyches, crayfish, 12/15.
cristall (for beads), 46/3.
crosse:
neuer a c., not a farthing, 15/40.
cubibes, cubebs, 19/39.
curattes, curates, 24/7.
cure, church benefice, 45/23.
damoyselle, damyselle, young lady, 4/19, 4/30, 5/29, 15/39.
dampned, damned, 45/37.
Danes men, Danes, 43/7.
dangerous, hard to manage, cross-tempered, 32/12.
daubed, plastered, 40/35.
dawber, plasterer, 40/36.
dedicace, parish festival, 46/2.
dene, dean (of a trade guild), 44/7.
dere chepe, high buying prices, 35/34.
deuyse, explain, 14/27.
dight, prepare (food), 10/28.
discouered, uncovered, 40/28.
do, = done, 47/11; see doo.
doctrinals, copies of the Doctrinale (a grammar), 38/38.
dokes, ducks, 12/32.
doluen, dug, 45/14.
donettis, copies of Donatus’s grammar, 38/40.
dong, dung, 45/11.
doo, as a causative auxiliary, 26/5, 37/21;
doo of, doff, put off, 4/18, 4/20;
do on, don, put on, 25/39.
Dornyk, Tournay, 18/30.
doseyns, dozens, 46/4.
doughter,
mistranslation of fille, prostitute, 46/30; of filleule, god-daughter, 44/26.
dresse, serve up (food), 31/23;
d. to ete, prepare a meal, 26/38.
dyerye, dyer’s business, 20/37.
dyse, dice, 44/38;
dysemaker, 44/37.
dystaf, distaff, 32/27.
thelle, the ell, 15/8.
Elzeter, Alsace, 14/4.
eme, uncle, 6/3.
en, redundant negative (a Flemicism), 18/18.
enfourme, instruct, 9/33.
enke hornes, inkhorns, 21/35.
enleuen, eleven, 51/9.
enlumined, illuminated (of a manuscript), 39/1.
enlyghte, enlighten, 51/39.
enprinted, printed, 38/36, 51/34.
entremete, refl., undertake, 20/40.
entreprise, undertake, 3/38.
er, before, 26/2.
ered, ploughed, 45/12.
erst, first, before doing something else, 27/8.
Esterlynges, Easterlings, 43/1.
estre, Easter, 28/13.
eternalite, what is eternal, 45/39.
eueryche, euerich, everybody, 2/39, 31/1;
one euerich, 51/35.
euyll, bad (in quality), 40/20;
e. auenture, ill luck, 29/10.
euyll, badly, 11/12.
eyrekakis, egg cakes,? omelets, 13/1.
failled:
ye f., you wanted (anything), 18/4.
fair syre, my good sir, 18/3.
falle, occur, be met with, 25/11.
fatte, vat, cask, 26/19.
fauconers, falconers, 43/36.
faucons, falcons, 43/37.
faulte:
without f., without fail, 37/14.
fayres, fairs, 1/19.
felaw, felawe, as a polite term of address, 4/34, 49/23;
my felaws, my companions, 18/23.
felawship, society, companionship, 31/5.
feldeseed, ‘field seed,’ 20/10.
fellis, skins, 19/23.
ferdyng, farthing, 51/31.
ferme, rent, annual payment, 37/5.
festes, festivals, 28/3.
feuerer, February, 27/39.
fichews, polecats, 11/18.
flawnes, flawns, 12/34.
flesh, meat, 37/33.
flesshshamels, shambles, 10/8.
flued, made the ink run, 47/16.
folke, people, folks, 9/40;
f. of ordre, members of religious orders, 2/5.
folye, folly, 45/38.
for:
for to, = to (with infinitive), 2/40, 4/5;
for this that, because, 32/34.
forbere, bear with, defer to, 9/25.
forcer, forcyer, forcier, chest with a lock, 8/20, 36/7, 46/35.
forgeten, forgotten, 13/2.
formaketh, repairs, mends, 44/17, 46/24.
foryere, last year, 32/5.
fourbysshour, furbisher, 33/26.
fourmes, (printers’) forms, 51/34.
franchise, freedom (of a trade guild), 32/17.
franchyn, a sort of parchment, 47/17.
frere, friar:
freres menours, Minorites, Franciscans, 24/3;
lewd freris, lay brothers, Beghards, 24/6.
fro, from, 4/1.
frockes, = Fr. sourcorps, 8/30.
fulcome, accomplish (a journey), 50/20.
fuldoo, perform, 48/5.
furmenty, furmety, 13/40.
galles, gall-nuts, 34/27.
galoches, overshoes, 35/39.
ganselyn, a garlic sauce, 42/26.
garettis, garrets, 6/28.
Garnade,? Granada:
wyn of G., 14/8.
Gaunt, Ghent, 18/28.
geloffres, cloves, 13/35.
gerfaucons, gerfalcons, 43/38.
germayns:
see cosyns germayns.
Germole:
wyn of G., 14/5.
ghees, geese, 12/31.
gheet, goats, 12/30, 19/23 (but ghotes, 11/24); used as singular, 10/23.
ghestes, guests, 42/39.
ghyrle, girl, 44/27.
gloues of yron, gauntlets, 33/37.
G. you kepe, 4/24;
G. give you good daye, 4/32;
G. reward you, 5/14;
G. late me deserue it, 5/15;
G. you haue in his holy kepyng, 5/26;
goo to god (= adieu), 6/13.
Goddes peny, broker’s commission, 42/36.
gogeorns, gudgeons, 12/16.
good chepe, cheap, 15/11.
goodlynes, pleasant manners, 18/17.
gorelmakers, horsecollar makers, 2/37.
gorgette, armour for the neck, 33/36.
gramercy, many thanks, 5/11, 18/11.
graye, vair, fur, 46/21.
grayne, grain:
scarlet in g., 15/1;
graynes of paradys, 20/3.
graywerker, furrier, 46/19.
grene of Spayne, 20/17.
grene sauce (eaten with pork), 10/11.
grete, great:
in g., wholesale, 46/4.
greue, (of food) disagree with, 11/6.
greywerke, furriery, 2/36.
grote, groat, coin, 51/29;
grotes, grotis, 17/21, 44/31, 51/28.
growell, gruel, 14/2.
guldrens, guilders, gulden, 17/31.
gyuing oute, expenditure, 3/9.
habergeon, 33/35,
haddoks, haddocks, 12/3.
halting, lame, 32/32.
handwerker, farm labourer, 45/17.
happe, luck, fortune, 29/22.
hardy, bold, brave, 24/32.
haue right (= avez droit), 15/20.
hawgher, heifer, 10/20.
heberow, lodging, 5/31.
heeryng, heryng, herring, 12/8, 12/9.
hegge, hedge, 45/19.
hekell, heckle, 45/7.
heklester, (female) heckler, 45/5.
hem, them, themselves, 45/36.
Henaud, Hainault, 24/28.
herber, garden, 45/13.
herthe, hearth, 8/6.
hether, hither, 31/27.
heth hennes, moor hens, 11/1.
hewke, a sort of cloak, 16/18;
heukes, 8/31, mantle.
heye, hay, 13/27.
Heynewiers, people of Hainault, 43/7.
hiere, here, 29/23, 24.
hit, it, 6/27, 9/21, 25/37, &c.
holde:
holde you companye, accompany you, 26/5.
hole, whole, 15/7; in good health, 35/13.
honde, hand;
take on h., undertake, 3/38.
hooled, holed, torn, 34/15.
hosteler, innkeeper, 42/38;
hosteliers, 2/30.
hound, dog (skin), 41/3.
houres, hours (of divine service), 48/30; see oures.
howsed, provided with a house, 34/20.
hye dayes, festival days, 31/31.
hyndecalf, fawn, 10/27.
jaquet, jacket, 33/40.
Jenewys, Genoese, 43/6.
in longe tyme, for a long time, 5/1.
joustynges, tiltings, 25/2.
joynar, joiner, 46/34;
joyners, 2/37.
justes, tiltings, 45/26.
Juyll, July, 28/2.
Juyn, June, 27/1.
kawdrons, cauldrons, 7/6.
kembyth, combs (wool), 32/21.
kempster, female woolcomber, 32/18;
kempsters, 2/15.
kersses, creases, 13/36.
ketelmaker, kettle-maker, 47/2;
ketelmakers, 2/23.
keuerchief (see the Notes), 8/36;
keuerchifs, kerchiefs, 43/14.
keupis, tubs, barrels, 44/17.
kien, kyen, cows, 12/29, 19/21.
knowlechid, confessed, 43/24.
kreme, cream, 12/38.
langyng, belonging, 1/8.
lastes, lasts (weight), 21/13.
late, let, 27/12.
lauendre, laundress, 31/26.
lauours, wash-hand basins, 7/8.
lede, lead, cart (dung), 45/11.
leed, lead (metal), 21/22.
lelyes, lilies, 13/20.
lengthe, lengthen, 57/31.
lese, lose, 15/39.
letews, lettuce, 13/34.
leuain, leaven, 14/20.
leue, leave:
take l., 5/22.
leue, make an abatement, 16/3.
leuer, rather, 15/37.
leuyng, leaving;
used to translate relief (de la table), 9/7.
lewd freris, lay brothers, Beghards, 24/6.
leyzer, leisure;
by l., in a leisurely way (i.e. finding little custom), 46/20.
librariers, booksellers, 2/23.
lichorous, dainty, fond of good living, 33/20.
loches, loach, 12/16.
loftes, upper rooms, 6/28.
lokyer, locksmith, 46/32;
lokyers, 2/36.
longhe, lung, 26/28.
Luke, Liege, 23/18.
luses, luces, pike (fish), 12/12.
luste, desire, 32/36.
lyef, ladylove, 29/14.
lyfte honde, left hand, 48/12.
lynweuar, linen weaver, 38/9;
lynweuers, 2/22.
lystes (translation of lesons, settees), 7/5.
makerell, mackerel, 12/6.
maluesey, malmsey, 14/10.
mandemaker, basket maker, 38/19;
maundemakers, 2/24.
mandis, baskets, 38/21.
maners, sorts, kinds, 18/24, 19/36, 38/3.
marchans, merchants, 21/17.
marcke, mark (coin), 51/24.
mareshall, marshal (of France), 30/2.
maroners, sailors, 11/39.
marte, market, fair, 19/1.
Mase, the Meuse, 12/18.
masone, do mason’s work, 40/9.
mastrye, maystrye, rule, 43/28;
has them to mastrye, has them in his power, 43/25.
matynes, matins, 27/17.
mayde Marie, the Virgin Mary, 48/17.
mayntene, keep a stock of, 6/29.
me, one (= Fr. on), 6/19, 8/12, 12/38, 14/22, 26/12, &c.
mecop, poppy;
oyle of m., 20/11.
mede, mead (drink), 14/15.
medle with, deal in, 18/6.
medleyed, mixed, 14/34.
medliers, medlars, 13/7.
meesen, tomtits, 10/37 (a Flemish word).
membres, limbs, 27/4.
Mence, Mayence, 23/10.
merceryes, mercer’s goods, 1/28.
meruaylle, marvel, 32/31.
meschief, misfortune, 29/8.
messager, messenger, 45/1;
messagiers, 2/32.
mestelyn, mixed corn, 44/22.
metar, measurer, 16/34, 44/20;
metars, 2/32.
mete (verb), measure, 16/29;
meten, moten, measured, 26/25, 40/15, 44/21.
meuyd, moved, disposed, 48/37.
meyne, household, 5/35.
mo, moo, more (as adv. and with a plural), 3/2, 3/34, 11/9, 30/21.
moche, very, 26/6, 32/12, 50/35.
molettis, mullets, fish, 12/6.
morberies, mulberries, 13/6.
mormale, gangrene, 41/40.
morreey, murrey (colour), 14/38.
mortier, mortar (kitchen utensil), 26/40.
mote, may (in wishes), 4/38, 5/25.
moten:
see mete.
mottes, hillocks, mounds, 13/25.
mowe, be able, 3/22, 11/7, 50/37.
muscadel (wine), 14/7.
mylnars, millers, 2/21.
myntemakers, coiners, 2/34.
myte, half farthing, 51/31.
nayled, studded with nails, 31/36.
naylle, clove (wool weight), 19/13.
ne, nor, 10/34, 20/5; not, 19/20; redundant negative, 12/22, 20/4, 29/26.
nether court, farm yard, 40/2.
neueus, nephews, 6/6.
nobles, half-marks (6s. 8d.), 51/24; see ryallis nobles.
nokertree, walnut tree, 13/14.
noppe, to burl (cloth), 33/15.
nopster, burler, 33/12.
notes, nuts, 13/6.
nothyng, not at all, 5/18.
noyeng, annoyance, harm, 29/8.
of the, of, = Fr. partitive article, 10/9, 41/7, 47/22.
olifaunts, elephants, 11/19.
ooke, oak, 13/3.
orfrayes, borders of gold lace, 36/8.
Oseye, Alsace;
wyn of O., 14/8.
Ostryche, Austria, 24/20.
othirwhyle, sometimes, 40/21.
ouermoche, too much, 5/5.
oughteth, ought, 40/3.
our lady in heruest, the Assumption, Aug. 15, 28/23.
our lady in marche, Lady-day, Mar. 25, 28/21.
oures, books of hours, 38/39.
owe, ought, 37/23;
oweth to, is to (do something), 31/34.
oynementis, ointments, 41/24.
paintures, pigments, paints, 20/16.
palfreye, 45/20.
parchemyn, perchemyn, parchment, 2/38, 39/5, 47/15.
pardon, parish festival, 28/33.
parfourmed, finished making, 33/39.
partie, part, 21/2.
partis, books on the parts of speech, 38/40.
partrichs, partridges, 11/1.
pasteyes, pies, 12/37.
pauntcher, girdle to hold up the breeches, 8/35.
pauteners, pawteners, purses, 36/22, 41/5.
paynefull weke, the Passion week, 28/28.
pece:
the p., apiece, 47/5.
pelowes, pillows, 8/35.
pendants of silke,? ribbons worn as trimmings for dress, 21/39.
penners, writing cases, 21/33.
pens, pence, 3/8, 17/25, &c.; as a weight, 31/37.
penyworthes, wares, 18/1.
perche, pole to hang cloth on, 8/28.
perchemyn:
see parchemyn.
peres, pears, 13/4.
persely, parsley, 13/32.
pesen, peas, 13/39, 22/11.
pesibly, peaceably, 9/17.
pesshes, peaches, 12/7.
pestyll, pestel, pestle, 8/28, 27/1.
pikerellis (fish), 12/13.
pikes (fish), 12/13.
pilchemaker, pelisse maker, 14/23; cf. pylche.
plaise, plese, please:
if you plaise ony thyng, 5/6;
yf it you plese you, 15/16.
platers, platters, trays, 7/30.
playne, refl., complain, 31/12.
plete, go to law, 47/13.
pleyers, minstrels, 2/35.
plouier, plover, 10/35.
polettes, pullets, fowls, 44/2; see poullet.
pomyce, pumice-stone, 47/21.
Poole, Poland, 22/39.
porreette, leeks, 13/3.
porselane, purslain, 13/34.
Portingale, Portugal, 23/2.
Portingalers, Portuguese, 42/5.
portoses, breviaries, 39/8.
potages, pot-herbs, 1/16; soups or stews, 20/32.
potterye, crockery market, 7/13.
poullet, pullet, 10/32; see polettes.
pourchaced, obtained, 38/37.
poure, poor, 37/35.
pourpays, porpoises, 12/2.
powches, pouches, 41/7.
poyntels, pencils for ruling lines, 21/34.
poyntes, tags for dress, 21/30.
Poytevins, men of Poitou, 43/5.
preysith, praises, 32/26.
printed cakes, 12/36.
pris, price, 26/20.
proctour, proctor, 47/9.
prouostye, provostship, 30/11.
pryelle, meadow, close, 45/18.
prys, prize, 45/32.
pulter, poulterer, 44/1.
pultrie, poultry market, 10/30.
pursser, purse-maker, 41/4;
pursers, 2/28.
pybakers, pastry cooks, 2/34.
pylche, pelisse, 46/21;
pylches, 9/2;
cf. pilchemaker.
pylle (verb), peel (garlic), 27/7.
qultes paynted, counterpanes, 6/31.
quysshons, cushions, 50/10.
raye, striped cloth, 14/39.
Raynes, Reims, 23/9.
recche, reck, care, 27/35; used impersonally (me reccheth), 27/18.
receyuour, receiver of taxes, 44/35.
recommaunde me to, salute for me, 5/36.
recyte, receipts, income, 3/9.
reed, red, 22/1.
rekenynges, accounts, 37/1.
remeuyd, removed, 34/20.
renomed, notorious, 40/19.
rente, income, 37/3.
rented, endowed with a stipend, 23/30.
repreuud, reproved, 33/4.
respyte, truce, 30/4.
rightfull, just (said of God), 47/40.
roches, roach, 12/15.
Roen, Rouen, 23/9.
rogettis, red mullet, 12/5.
Romeneye, wine of Romanée, 14/10.
royames, kingdoms, 29/37.
ryallis nobles (English coin), 17/33.
rynysshe, rynysh, Rhenish (wine), 14/4;
(guilders), 17/31.
Ryselle, Lille, 18/31.
sad blew, dark blue, 14/38.
salewe, salute, 4/23;
salewyng, 4/27.
salews, saluts (coin of Lyons), 17/34.
sallyers, salt-cellars, 7/32.
samon, salmon, 12/17.
sarges, blankets, 6/37.
sauete, safety, 50/18.
sauf your grace, by your leave, 17/3, 28/36.
sauge, sage, 13/33.
saussers, sauce boats, 7/31.
sawters, psalters, 39/1.
saye, a kind of cloth, 14/40.
sayme of hereng (heryngs), lard, grease, 20/33, 46/18.
scallyd, scabbed, 36/5.
scoutes (Flemish municipal officers), 43/28.
scryne, casket, 46/36.
scutes, écus, crowns, 17/32.
seeke, seke, sick, 11/5, 14/1.
seethe, boil, 30/23.
selers, cellars, 6/30.
seten, sat, 45/34.
seuen salmes, books containing the seven penitential psalms, 39/1.
sextain, sacristan, 45/20.
sextiers (measure of capacity), 1/8.
shal wylle, 3/37.
shame (refl.), to be ashamed, 37/14.
shelynges, shillings, 3/8, 15/15.
shepster, tailoress, 42/10;
shepsters, 2/29.
shere, shear (cloth), 32/14.
sheremen, shearers (of cloth), 2/15.
sheres, shears, scissors, 21/36.
shette, shut, 50/12.
shold, should (= would), 3/3.
shrewest, worst-tempered, 44/27.
siewet, suet (renders Fr. sieu, tallow), 20/30.
siluer, = money, 18/12, 18/19.
skaylles,? flat tiles, 40/25.
skepyns, Flemish aldermen, 43/29.
soden, boiled, 12/25;
wyn s., boiled wine, 14/11.
solas, comfort, 29/7.
solere, upper story, 50/7.
sommonce, summons, 47/10.
somone, summon, 47/11.
sooles, solos (fish), 12/4.
sowers, sewing-men, 34/9.
sowned, rung (of a bell), 30/15.
sperehaukes, sparrow-hawks, 43/39.
speres, lances, 45/31.
spete, spit (for roasting), 31/21.
spinster, female spinner, 32/24;
spynsters, 2/15.
sponne, spun, 32/27.
spores, spurs, 25/40.
spoylle, 26/37 (see the Notes).
sprotte, sprat, 12/5.
spycier, grocer, 19/34;
spycers, 2/29.
squyer, squire, 45/25.
stall, stole, 36/6.
stede, steed, 45/30.
Sterbrigge, Stourbridge (fair), near Cambridge, 19/3.
sterlyngis pens, sterling pennies, 17/35;
a pound sterlings, 51/22.
stewed, heated with hot-air baths, 42/30.
stewes:
see styewe.
steyres, stairs, 14/32.
stope, quart measure, 7/18.
stoppe, mend (clothes), 34/14.
stratch, stretch, extend to, 3/26.
strawe, give straw to (horses), 49/35.
surcote, overcoat, 14/16.
suster, sister, 6/8;
sustres, 6/9.
swerde, sword, 33/30.
syre, sire, sir, 4/24, 5/4, 16/20.
syth, sith, since, seeing that, 17/4, 7; then, 26/1;
syth... sith, first... and then, 25/18;
syth that, since, after, 32/16.
syther, cider, 14/18.
take on honde, = take in hand, 3/38.
tapytes, bed hangings, 6/37.
taryeng, tarrying, 14/25.
tasses, satchels, 21/32.
tauerner, tavern-keeper, 35/17.
taweth, tans, 46/13.
tawyer, tanner, 46/10;
tawyers, 2/25.
telle, count, 17/17.
temmesis, sieves, 38/22.
temporalite, temporal concerns, 45/40.
termes of the yere, 2/12, 28/8.
Terrewyne, Terouenne, 23/20.
tesyke, phthisis, 41/40.
that one... that other, the one, the other, 35/7.
theder, thither, 32/3.
thornbake, thornback (fish), 12/4.
thourgh, through, 8/26.
thre kynges, day of, Epiphany, 28/27.
tofor, tofore, before, 32/4, 38/7.
togyder, together, 33/1.
tollar, toll collector, 44/29.
tonge, pair of tongs, 8/9.
tornoye, tourney, 45/27.
tour, tower;
kepar of the t., 43/9.
tournemens, tournaments, 25/1.
tree, wood, 7/34.
trenchours, trenchers, 7/32.
treuet, trivet, stand for a pot, 8/5.
Treyer, Treves, 23/10.
triacle, ‘treacle,’ antidote to poison, 11/31;
triacle boxe, 31/39.
triews, truce, 29/38.
trippes, tripe, 26/27.
tweyne, two, 51/6.
tyerse, tierce (canonical hour), 27/35.
tylers, tilers, 2/26.
tymbre, do the woodwork of, 40/3.
tymbre wood, wood for building, timber, 40/6.
vannes, winnowing baskets, ‘fans,’ 38/20.
verdures, green herbs, 38/20.
verry, true, 48/4.
vessches, vetches, 22/10.
viage, journey, 48/38.
vnces, ounces, 21/10.
vpholster, old clothes man, 34/13;
vpholdsters, 2/17.
vsuriers, usurers, 2/25.
vylonye, bad manners, rudeness, 29/1.
wan, begat, 46/33.
wardeyns, wardens (of a guild), 44/14.
wastles, cakes, 13/1.
waye, wey (wool weight), 19/12.
weeshe, wish, 46/39.
well, will, 26/3.
wene, think, 16/14;
wende, thought, 11/10.
werres, wars, 25/3.
weuar, weaver, 31/39;
weuers, 2/13.
weue, weave, 31/40.
weyeng, weighing, 31/37.
wherof:
if ye haue w., if you can afford it, 7/14.
whiler, a while ago, 46/20; = Flemish wilen eer.
whutche, box, 8/20.
whyte mete, butter, cheese, eggs, &c. 1/12, 12/33.
wo is me, I am sorry for it, 46/8.
wolde:
ye w. saye, you mean, 30/17;
I w., I could wish, 46/8.
woned, accustomed, 34/21.
wood, woad, 20/38.
worshippe, vb., reverence (parents), 9/24.
wortes, potherbs, 14/2.
wote, (I) know, 21/4.
wrastlyng, wrestling, 33/5.
wreton, written, 25/13.
wull, wool, 1/20.
wullen, woollen, 14/29.
wurte (renders F. tercheul, bran), 14/21.
Wyllemyns, Guillelmin friars, 24/3.
wylough, willow, 13/15.
wyndowed:
well w., 6/24.
wyn[n]e, win, earn, 46/47.
wyneman, wine maker, 46/37.
wyte, know, 18/12.
yelde, render (accounts), 37/1.
yeres minde, anniversary, 25/32.
yeue, give, 15/24 (but gyue, 16/14, &c.).
ynche, ynke, ink, 30/23, 39/5; see enke hornes.
youris, yours, your family, 5/20.
ypocras, a medicated wine, 14/12.
ysope, hyssop, 13/33.
Notes
accidents, books of accidence, 38/40.
bacenet, bassinet, helmet, 33/34.
bocher, butcher, 37/31;
calle, headdress, 42/18.
cobelers, cobblers, 2/28.
dame, lady, 4/33, 15/5, 49/22.
galentyne, sauce, 42/24.
Janiver, January, 27/39.
kalenders, calendars, 39/4.
laces, latchets, ties, 21/40.
maistre, prefix to the name of a physician, 34/38.
Nauerne, Navarre, 22/37.
officials (of the church), 2/4, 23/25.
paintours, painters, 2/25.
plackes, placks (Scots copper coin), 17/23.
quarte (measure: = stope), 7/27.
rapes, turnips, 13/36.
Sacrament, day of, Corpus Christi day, 28/30.
so, = O.Fr. si (emphasizing a statement), 4/21.
taillour, tailor, 34/1.
valure, rank, dignity, 4/17.
wafres, wafers, milk cakes, 12/40.
y-asured, azure-tinted, 14/36.