ance. the first time. At prime face: At first appear- | Puterie, n. Fr. Whoredom. Prime, n. The first quarter of the artificial day. Primerole, n. Fr. A primrose. Pris, n. Fr. Price, praise. Or it be prys, or it be Prive, adj. Fr. Private. Privé and apert: Private and publick. Privé man: A man entrusted with private business. Prively, adv. Privately. Privetre, n. Private business. Processe, n. Lat. Progress. Profession, n. Fr. The monastic professioun. Proine, v. Fr. Provigner. It seems to have signi- For there he pruneth him and piketh, See the passage quoted in v. Quad, Quade, adj. Teut. Bad. None quad: No- Quaile-pipe, n. A pipe used to call quails. raven. Qualme, n. Sax. Sickness, the noise made by a Queinte, adj. Fr. Strange. I made of that lefe Queinte, pa. t. and part. of Quench, v. Sax. Quenched. Queintise, n. Trimness, neatness, excessive trimness, cunning. A queen, a harlót. Quelle, v. Sax. To kill, to destroy. Queme, v. Sax. To please. Wel me quemeth. Conf. Am. 68. Quene, n. Sax. Querne, n. Sax. speak-Querrour, n, Fr. One that works in a stone-quarry. Queste, n. Fr. A prayer or demand. Quest-mongers, n. pl. Packers of inquests, or juries. Quethe, v. Sax. To say, to declare. I quethe him quite, is a translation of an old technical term in the law; Clamo illi quietum. The original Fr. has only Je quitte. Conf. Am. 139. Prolle, v. To go about in search of a thing. Provendre, n. A prebendary. Proverbe, n. Fr. Lat. A prudential maxim. Proverbe, v. To speak proverbially. Quik, adj. Sax. Alive. Quikkest, superl. d. Speediest. The quikkest strete: Quiked, pa. t. of the same v. used in a neutral sense, Provostry, n. Fr. The office of provost, or prefect. Quinible, n. is the instrument, I suppose, which is Præfectura. Pruce, adj. Prussian. Pruned, pa. t. as Proined. Puella and Rubeus. "The names of two figures Pulled hen. I have been told that a hen whose Purfiled, part. pa. Guarded or fringed. Purpos, n. Fr. Purpose, design, proposition in dis called in Barb. Lat. Quinterna and Quintaria. See Du Cange, and Carpentier, in v. Quinternizare; and Mehus, Vita d'Ambr. Camald, p. 323. Lyrâ, limbutâ, quintariâ, ribebâ, avená, tibiisque. Quishen, n. Fr. A cushion. Quistron, n. A beggar. Gl. Ur. I rather believe R. Ra, n. Sax. A roe-deer. Radevore. Tapestry. "Ras in Fr. signifies any Rafles, n. pl. Fr. Plays with dice, Rafte, pa. t. of Reve, v. Sax. Took away. To toy wantonly. Wantonness. Ragounces. Should probably be Jagonces, as in the orig. Fr. The precious stones called jacinths, or byacinths. Raines, pr. n. The city of Rennes in Bretagne. Rake-stele, n. Sax. The handle of a rake. Raket. To play raket, nettle in, dock out, seems Rammish, adj. Sax. Rank, like a ram. -, n. Haste. Rather, comp. d. Sooner. Rathest, superl. d. Soonest. Rather, adj. Sax. comp. d. Former. Raught, pa. t. of Ræcan, v. Sax. Reached. On Ravisable, adj. Fr. Ravenous. Ravishing, part. pr. Fr. Rapid. With a ravishing sweigh. Rapido turbine. Orig. See Swegh. Raunson, n. Fr. Ransom. Rayed, part. pa. Fr. Streaked, or striped. Real, adj. Fr. Royal. Realler, comp. d. More royal. Reallee, n. Royalty. Reallich, adv. Royally. Rebekke, pr. n. Rebeccah. Rebekke, n. Fr. A musical instrument. Rechased, pa. t. Fr. A term in hunting. Reclaime, v. Fr. A term in falconry, for bringing Record, n. Fr. Witness, testimony. Recorde, v. Fr. To remember. In ver. 1747, it seems to be used in a technical legal sense, for what is called to enter upon record in judicial proceedings. Recreandise, n. Fr. signifies fear, cowardice, desertion of principal. Recreant, adj. One who yields himself to his adversary to single combat. For the full import of these two words see Du Cange, in v. Recredentia. Recure, n. Fr. Recovery. Redresse, v. Fr. To recover, to make amends for. Refiguring, part. pr. Fr. Figuring again. Refreide, v. Fr. To cool. Refrete, n. The same as Refrain. At regard of, with respect to, in A kingdom. Rehete, v. Fr. Rehaiter. To revive, to cheer. Reheling, D. According to several Mss." And all the reheting of his sikes sore." "Some Mss. and most of the printed editions read richesse instead of reheting. Gloss. Ur." Richesse, though almost as aukward an expression as the other, is more agreeable to the corresponding passage in the Filostrato "E sospir che gli avea a gran dovicia”. and one can hardly conceive that it could come from any hand but that of the author. I can make no sense of reheting; but at the same time I must allow that it is not likely to have been inserted by way of a gloss. Reile, v. neut. To roll. Reileth diversly. Vagatur. A relick. Relikes, pl. Remenant, n. Fr. A remnant, a remaining part. Remissails, n. pl. Fr. Orts, leavings. Remue, Remewe, Remeve, v. Fr. To remove. Remued, pa. t. Renably, adv. Fr. Reasonably. An apostate from christianity. Revert, v. Fr. To turn back. Revest, v. Fr. To cloath again. Rogge, v. Sax. To shake. Roggyn or mevyn. Rer, n. Rewake, v. Sax. To waken again. " Rysed. Journeyed. "Les Gandois firent une Ribaudric, n. Ribaldry, indecent words, or ac- R bibe, n. Roignous adj. Fr. Scabby, rough. Rokette, n. Fr. A loose upper garment. Romances, reales. Royal romances. Rondel, n. Fr. “ A rime or sonnet which ends as it Rone, pr. n. Rouen in Normandy. Roser, n. Fr. A rose-bush. Role. A root, in astrology. See Expans yeres. Rote, v. Sax. To rot. Ridden, part. pa. of Ride. He is ridden. They Rother, n. Sax. The rudder of a ship. ben ridden, He had ridden. Ride, v. Sax. He rideth him. Rife, Rive, v. Sax. To thrust through. Roughi for Raught, pa. t. of Recche. Rouke, v. Sax. To lie close. But now they rucken in her nest. Conf. Am. 72. Right, n. Sax. A right, or due. At alle rightes: Roule, v. neut. Sax. To roll, to run easily. In At all points. Right, adj. Good, true. verse 6235 some copies have royle. See Reile. Rouncevall, pr. n. Perhaps the name of some Rouncie, n. Barb. Lat. A common hackney horse. | Sanguin, adj. Fr. Of a blood-red colour. See Du Cange, in v. Runcinus. Roundel, D. Fr. A sort of song. See Rondel.-A circular figure. Route, n. Fr. A company. Route, v. To assemble in a company. Routhe, n. Sax. Compassion, the object of compassion. Routheles, adj. Without compassion. A line of writing. See Rew. Rough. He loked wel rowe. Row, n. Rowne, v. Sax. To whisper. Rubeus. See Puella. Rubins, n. pl. Fr. Rubies. Rucking, part. pa. of Rucke, or Rouke, v. Sax. Rudde, n. Sax. Complexion. See Rode. Russel, pr. n. The fox is call Dan Russel in ver. 15340, from his red colour, I suppose. S. Sachelles, n. pl. Fr. Small sacks. Sacked freres. Friars wearing a coarse upper garment called saccus. Mat. Paris, ad an. 1257. Eodem tempore novus ordo apparuit Londini de quibusdam fratribus ignotis et non prævisis, qui, quia saccis incedebant induti, Fratres Saccati vocabantur. Sacre, n. Fr. A sacred solemnity. Sade, adj. Sax. Grave, steady, sorrowful, repen tant. Sadly, adv. Steadily, carefully. This messager drank sadly ale and wine: This messenger applied himself to drink a. & w. Sadness, n. Gravity, steadiness. Saffron, v. Fr. To tinge with saffron. Saie for Srie, pa. t. of Se, v. Sax. Saw. Saile, v. Fr. To assail. Sailours, n. pl. May mean dancers, from the Lat. Fr. So in Pierce Ploughman 68. For I canneither saylen, ne saute, ne syng to the gyterne. The lines which Chaucer has here translated are not in the best edit. of the Rom. de la Rose. Paris. 1735. but they are quoted by Junius, Etym. Ling. Angl. in v. Timbestere, from an edit. of 1529. Apres y eut farces joyeuses, Where it is plain that the author is speaking of jugglers rather than dancers. Saine, for Seine, part. pa. of S., v. Sax. Seen. Salade, n. Fr. A sort of armour for the head. Salewe, Salue, v. Fr. To salute. Salued, part. pa. Suluinges, n. pl. Salutations. Sumite, n. Fr. Gr. A rich silk. See Du Cange, in V. Examitus. Sarlinishe. Should perhaps be Sarsinishe, from the Fr. Sarrasinois; a sort of fine silk, used for veils. See Du Cange, in v. Saracenicum and Sarà. cenum. It is still called sarcenet. Sarpleres, n. pl. Packages of a larger size than sacks. See Du Cange, in v. Sarplerium. Sarpillére, Fr. A piece of canvas, &c. to wrap or pack up wares in. Cotgrave. Saten, pa. t. pl. of Sit, v. Sax. Satalie, pr. n. Save, n. Lat. The ancient Attalia. The herb sage. Safe. See Vouche.-Saved, or ex Safety. Sauf, adj. Fr. cepted. Savete, n. Fr. Saule for Soule. Savour, v. neût. Fr. To taste, to relish. Savouring, n. Fr. The sense of tasting. Savourous, adj. Sweet, pleasant. Sausefleme. Pimpled. But Ms. Bodl. 2463. furnishes another etymology, which I think more probable. "Unguentum contra salsum flegma, scabiem, &c." See Galen. in Hippoc. de Aliment. Comment. iii. p. 277. λaxnv γίνεται από ΦΛΕΓΜΑΤΟΣ ΑΛΜΥΡΟΥ και της ξανθης χολης. And again, ὁ άλφος ύπο το ΦΛΕΓΜΑΤΟΣ ΕΧ ΑΛΥΚΟΥ. Sautes, n. pl. Fr. Assaults. Sautrie, n. Fr. Gr. A musical string-instrument. See Rote. Sawe, n. Sax. Speech, discourse, a proverb, or wise saying. Say for Sey, pa. t. of Se, v. Sax. Saw. Scalled, adj. Scabby, scurfy. Judas Iscariot. Scochons, n. pl. Fr. Scutcheons of arms. Scriptures, n. pl. Fr. Writings, books. Seames, n. pl. Sax. Seames: Suturæ. Secrenesse, n. Privacy. May God keep you, or him, in his sight! On to see: To look on. That-Ye wolde sometime friendly on me see: That ye would sometimes look friendly on me. See, n. Sax. The sea. The grete see. A learned friend has suggested to me, that the sea on the coast of Palestine is called the Great Sea in the Bible (See Numb. xxxiv. 6. 7. Josh. xv. 12.); which puts the meaning of the appellation in this passage verse 59 out of all doubt. Sege, n. Fr. A seige. Seie, Sey, pa. t. of See, v. Sax. Saw, part. pa. Seurement, n. Fr. Security, in a legal sense. Seen. Seignorie, n. Fr. Power. Sein, part. pa. of Sec, v. Sax. Seen. Seinde, part. pa. of Senge, v. Sax. Singed. Seint, n. Fr. Ceinct. A girdle. Senge, v. Sax. To singe. Senior, pr. n. Senior Zadith, a chemical writer. Serapion, pr. n. Joannes Serapion, an Arabian A squier, attendant upon a prince or nobleman. A sergeant of the lawe. See his Character, ver. 311-332. His name is derived from his having been originally a servant of the king in his law-business; serviens ad legem, just as serviens ad arma. The king had formerly a serjeant in every county. Spelman, in v. Serviens. Serie, n. Fr. Series. Sermoning, n. Fr. Preaching. Sethe for Sethed, pa. Sette, v. Sax. To place, to put. Setteth him doun: Placeth himself on a seat. Yet sette I cas: Yet I put the case, or suppose. To put a a value on a thing; to rate. In'olde sette his sorrow at a myte: I would not value b. s.-To sette a man's cappe: To make a fool of him. Seuretee, n. Fr. Certainty, surety, in a legal sense. Sewe, v. Fr. To follow. Sewes, n. pl. Fr. Dishes. Sey. See Seie. Shadde, pa. t. of Shede, v. Sax. Fell in drops. Shadde, pa. t. of Shade, v. Sax. Shaded, covered with shade. Shadowy, adj. Sax. Unsubstantial. Shaft, n. Sax. An arrow. Shal, auxil. v. Sax. is used sometimes with an ellipsis of the infinitive mode, which ought to follow it. Beth swiche as I have ben to you and shal, i. e. shall be. First tell me whither I shal, i. e. shall go. Yet all is don or shal, i. e. shall be done. Shale, n. Sax. A shell, or husk. But all n'is worthe a nutte shale. Conf. Am. 66. Shalmirs, n. pl. Shalms; musical string-instruments, otherwise called psalteries or sautries. See Role. Shume, n. Sax. Shames dethe: A death of shame; a shameful death. To York he did him lede, schames dede to deie. Shamefast, adj. Sax. Modest. Shape, n. Sax. Form, figure. Shapelich, adj. Sax. Fit, likely. Shapen, Shape, part. pa. of Shape, v. Sax. Formed, figured, prepared. Shawe, n. Sax. A shade of trees, a grove. Shefe, n. Sax. A bundle, a sheaf of arrowes. Shefeld, pr. n. Sheffield, in Yorkshire. Sheldes, pl. French Shere, v. Sax. To cut, to shave. Sherte, n. Sax. A shirt. I hadde lever than my sherte. I would give my shirt, i. e. all that T have. It seems to mean the linen in which a new-born child is wrapped. That shapen was my dethe erst than my sherte. Compare Troilus iii. 734. O fatal sustren, whiche or any clothe and Legende of goode Women, 2618. Sens first that day, that shapen was my sherte, In Troilus iv. 96. Alas! that I ne had brought her in my sherte! it seems to be put for skirt (or lap), which perhaps was the original word. Shete, v. Sax. To shoot. Shetes, n. pl. Sax. Sheets. Shette, Shet, v. Sax. To close, or shut. Shette, Shet, pa. t. and part. So was hire herte shette in hire distresse: So was her heart overwhelmed with h. d. Shift, v. Sax. To divide. Shipman, n. Sax. A mariner, the master of a barge. |