Glossary
Accloyeth, encumbereth.
Accoyed, daunted.
Adawed, daunted.
Adays, every day.
Albe, although.
Alegge, assuage.
Algate, at all events.
All, although.
All be it, although it be.
All-to, entirely.
All-to rathe, too early.
Als, also.
Arede, declare, repeat, explain.
Assayed, affected.
Assert, befall.
Assot, stupid.
As weren overwent, as if we were overcome.
At erst, at last.
Attone, also.
Attones, at same time.
Availe, bring down, lower.
Availes, is lowered.
Babes, dolls.
Bale, ruin.
Balk, miss.
Bate, bated, fed.
Bedight, affected.
Behight, behote, called.
Belive, promptly.
Bellibone (belle et bonne), good and beautiful one.
Bend, band.
Bene, are.
Benempt, named, mentioned.
Bent, obedient.
Besprint, besprent, besprinkled.
Betight, betide, happened.
Bett, better.
Bidding base, game of prison base.
Biggen, cap.
Bin, be.
Black bower, i.e., hell.
Bloncket liveries, gray coats.
Blont, unpolished.
Borrell, rustic.
Borrow, pledge, surety, Saviour.
Brace, compass.
Brag, bragly, proudly.
Breme, sharp.
Brent, burnt.
Brere, brier.
Brocage, pimping.
Bugle, beads.
But, unless.
Buxom, yielding.
Can, knows.
Careful, sorrowful.
Careful case, unhappy condition.
Cark, sorrow.
Chaffred, sold or exchanged.
Chamfred, wrinkled.
Charm, temper, tune.
Chevisance, performance, result, bargain.
Chips, fragments.
Collusion, cunning.
Con, know.
Cond, learned.
Confusion, destruction.
Contempt, contemned.
Convenable, conformable.
Corb, crooked.
Cosset, lamb.
Cote, sheepfold.
Courage, mind.
Couth, knew how, could.
Cracknels, biscuits.
Crag, neck.
Crank, courageous.
Crumenall, purse.
Dapper ditties, pretty songs.
Deed, doing, composing.
Defast, defaced.
Dempt, deemed.
Depeincten, painted.
Derring, manly deeds.
Derring-do, daring deeds.
Devoir, duty.
Dight, adorn, prepare; adorned, prepared, dealt with.
Dint, pang of grief.
Dirk, darkly.
Dirks, darkens.
Disease, disturb.
Dole, dool, sorrow, grief.
Doom, judgment.
Doubted, redoubted.
Drent, drowned, perished.
Eath, easy.
Eft, quickly, soon.
Eftsoons, immediately.
Eked, increased.
Eld, age.
Embrave, adorn.
Emprise, enterprise.
Enaunter, lest, lest that.
Enchased, engraved.
Encheason, occasion.
Entrailed, intwined.
Erst, before, at once.
Expert, experience.
Faitours, villains, vagabonds.
Falsers, deceivers.
Fay, faith.
File, defile.
Fined, sifted.
Fon, fool.
Fond, foolish.
Fondness, folly.
Fonly, foolishly.
Foresaid, banished.
Foreslow, impede, obstruct.
Forestall, prevent.
Forhaile, distress.
For-say, forsake.
Forswat, spent with heat.
Forswonk, overlaboured.
Forthy, therefore, on that account.
Frenne, stranger.
Frorne, frozen.
Frowy, musty.
Galage, wooden shoe.
Gang, go.
Gars, makes.
Gastful, dreary.
Gate, way.
Gelt, a gilded girdle.
Giant, Atlas.
Giusts, tournaments.
Go, gone.
Gree, degree.
Greet, weep; mourning.
Gride, gryde, pierced.
Gross, whole.
Harbrough, habitation.
Hask, basket.
Haveour, demeanour.
Heme, home.
Hent, took, taken.
Hentst, takest.
Herdgrooms, herdsmen.
Herie, hery, honour, praise.
Herse, rehearsal, tale.
Heydeguys, dances.
Hidder and shidder, him and her.
Hight, purports; was named.
Hote, mentioned; was called.
If, unless.
Ilk, the same.
Inly, inwardly.
Inn, abode.
Jovisance, joyousness.
Keep, care, charge.
Ken, know.
Kend, known.
Kenst, knowest.
Kerns, farmers.
Kirk, church.
Knack, trick.
Knaves, servants.
Kydst, knowest.
Laid, faint.
Larded, fattened.
Latched, caught.
Lays, leas, fields.
Leasing, falsehood, lies.
Lere, lore, lesson; learn.
Lever, rather.
Levin, lightning.
Lewd, foolish.
Lewdly, foolishly.
Lief, dear, beloved.
Lig, ligg, liggen, lie.
Loord, fellow.
Lope, leaped.
Lorn, left, lost.
Lorrell, ignorant, worthless fellow.
Louted, did honour.
Lust, wishest.
Lustihed, pleasure.
Lustless, languid.
Maintenance, behaviour.
Make, versify.
Maugre, in spite of.
May, maid.
May-buskets, May-bushes.
Mazer, bowl.
Medle, mingle.
Meint, mingled.
Melling, meddling.
Men of the lay, laymen.
Ment, mingled.
Merciable, merciful.
Mickle, much.
Miller’s round, a dance.
Mirk, very obscure.
Miscreance, unbelief.
Misgone, gone astray.
Missay, say evil.
Mister men, kind of men.
Mister saying, kind of speech.
Miswent, gone astray.
Mizzle, to rain a little.
Mochell, much.
Moe, more.
Most what, affairs.
Most-what, for the most part.
Musical, music.
Narre, nearer.
N’as, has not.
Newell, novelty.
Nighly, nearly so much.
Nill, will not.
N’is, is not.
N’ote, know not.
Nought seemeth, is unseemly.
Nould, would not.
Overcrawed, overcrowed.
Overgone, surpassed.
Overhale, draw over.
Overture, open place.
Paddocks, toads.
Pained, exerted himself.
Paramours, lovers.
Paunce, pansy.
Perdie, in truth, truly.
Peregall, equal.
Perk, pert.
Pert, open.
Pieced, imperfect.
Pight, put, placed.
Plainful, lamentable.
Prick, mark.
Pricket, buck.
Prief, proof.
Prime, spring.
Primrose, chief flower.
Pumie, pumice.
Purchase, obtain.
Purpose, conversation.
Quaint, strange.
Quell, abate.
Queme, please.
Quick, alive.
Quit, deliver.
Rathe, early.
Rather, born early.
Record, repeat.
Rede, saying; advise, tell.
Reliven, live again.
Ribaudry, ribaldry.
Rife, frequent.
Rifely, abundantly.
Rine, rind.
Romish Tityrus, Virgil.
Ronts, young bullocks.
Roundel, roundelay.
Routs, companies.
Roved, shot.
Sale, wicker net.
Sam, together.
Sample, example.
Saye, silk.
Scope, mark aimed at.
Seely, simple.
Sheen, bright.
Shend, disgrace.
Shepheard, Abel, p. 56; Endymion, p. 55; Orpheus, p. 84; Paris, p. 57.
Shield, forbid.
Sib, related.
Sich, such.
Sicker, siker, surely, truly.
Sike, such.
Site, situation.
Sithence, sithens, since, since that time.
Siths, times.
Sits, becomes.
Sits not, is not becoming.
Skill in making, in writing poetry.
Slipper, slippery, uncertain.
Smirk, nice.
Snebbe, revile.
Somdele, somewhat, in some degree.
Some quick, something alive.
Sommed, feathered.
Soote, sweetly.
Sooth, soothsaying.
Sops-in-wine, a flower.
Sovenance, remembrance.
So well the wed, of such sound morals.
Sperr, shut.
Spill, spoil, ruin, injure.
Stank, weary.
State, stoutly.
Steven, noise.
Stound, effort; hour.
Stounds, pains; occasions.
Stour, assault.
Stoure, occasion.
Stoures, attacks.
Stowre, affliction, violence.
Strain, imbody in strains.
Strait, strict.
Strow, display.
Stud, trunk.
Sullen, sad.
Surquedry, pride.
Swink, toil.
Tabrere, taborer.
Teen, sorrow.
That, that which.
Thereto, also.
Thick, thicket.
Thilk, this, these, this same, that same.
Tickle, uncertain.
Tinct, coloured.
Tityrus, Chaucer.
Tod, thick bush.
To-force, perforce.
Tooting, looking about.
Totty, wavering.
Trace, go.
Trains, snares.
Trode, troad, tread, path.
Truss, bundle.
Tway, two.
Uncouth, unknown.
Underfong, tamper with, undertake.
Undersay, say in contradiction.
Uneath, scarcely.
Unkempt, unpolished.
Unkent, unknown.
Unlustiness, feebleness.
Unnethes, scarcely.
Unsoot, unsweet.
Uprist, uprisen.
Utter, put forth.
Venteth, snuffeth.
Vetchy, of pease straw.
Virelays, songs.
War, worse.
Warre, ware.
Weanel wast, weaned youngling.
Weed, dress.
Weet, know.
Weighed, esteemed.
Weld, wield, bear.
Welked, decreased, shortened.
Well apaid, in good condition.
Wellaway, alas!
Wend, go.
What, matter, thing.
What is he for a lad? what sort of lad is he?
Whilome, formerly.
Widder, wider.
Wight, active.
Wightly, quickly.
Wimble, nimble.
Wisards, learned men.
Wist, knew.
Witen, blame.
Wonned, dwelt.
Wood, mad, wild.
Worthy wite, deserved blame.
Wot, wote, know.
Wot ne, know not.
Woundless, unwounded.
Wrack, violence.
Wroken, avenged.
Yblent, blinded.
Yconned, conned.
Yede, go, went.
Yeven, given.
Yfere, together.
Ygo, ygoe, gone.
Yode, went.
Yond, yonder.
Ypent, pent, confined.
Yshend, disparage.
Ytake, taken, overcome.
Ytost, be harassed.
Ywis, truly.