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the first time. At prime face: At first appear- | Puterie, n. Fr. Whoredom.
Puteurs, n. pl. Whoremongers.
Pythagoras, pr. n.
Aurora.

Prime, n. The first quarter of the artificial day.
Half way prime: Prime half spent. Prime
large: Prime far advanced. In ver. 10387, it
seems to be used metaphorically for the season
of action or business.

Primerole, n. Fr. A primrose.
Primetemps, n: Fr. Spring.

Pris, n. Fr. Price, praise. Or it be prys, or it be
blame. Conf. Am. 165.

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.
Proheme, n. Fr. Gr. A preface.

Proine, v. Fr. Provigner. It seems to have signi-
fied originally, to take cuttings from vines, in
order to plant them out. From hence it has
been used for the cutting away of the superfiu-
ous shoots of all trees; which we now call prun-
ing; and for that operation, which birds, and
particularly hawks, perform upon themselves,
of picking out their superfluous or damaged fea-
thers. In allusion to this last sense, Damian is
said to proine and pike himself. Gower,
ing of an eagle, says,

For there he pruneth him and piketh,
As doth an hauke, whan him wel liketh.

See the passage quoted in v.

Quad, Quade, adj. Teut. Bad. None quad: No-
thing evil.

Quaile-pipe, n. A pipe used to call quails.
Quaire, n. Fr. A quire of paper, a book.
Quakke, n. seems to be put for an inarticulate
noise, occasioned by any obstruction in the
throat.

raven.

Qualme, n. Sax. Sickness, the noise made by a
Quappe, v. To tremble, to quake.
Quarels, n. pl. Fr. Square arrows.
Queint, n. See Junii Etymolog. in v.

Queinte, adj. Fr. Strange. I made of that lefe
full queint. He made it strange.—Cunning, art-
ful, trim, neat.

Queinte, pa. t. and part. of Quench, v. Sax. Quenched. Queintise, n. Trimness, neatness, excessive trimness, cunning.

A queen, a harlót.
A hand-mill.

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.
Provable, adj. Fr. Capable of being demonstrated.
Provinde, n. Fr. Præbenda. Lat. A prebend; a
daily or annual allowance or stipend. See Du
Cange, in v. Præbenda.

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:
The most expeditious way.
Quiken, v. Sax. To make alive.
Quiked, part. pa. Made alive.

Quiked, pa. t. of the same v. used in a neutral sense,
Became alive.

Provostry, n. Fr. The office of provost, or prefect. Quinible, n. is the instrument, I suppose, which is Præfectura.

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Pruce, adj. Prussian.

Pruned, pa. t. as Proined.
Ptholomee, pr. n.

Puella and Rubeus. "The names of two figures
in geomancie, representing two constellations in
heaven: Puella signifieth Mars retrograde, and
Rubeus Mars direct." Sp.
Pulchritude, n. Lat. Beauty.
Pullaile, n. Fr. Poultry.

Pulled hen. I have been told that a hen whose
feathers are pulled, or plucked off, will not lay
any eggs. If that be true, there is more force
in the epithet than I apprehended.
Punice, v. Fr. To punish.
Pure, adj. Fr. Mere, very.
Pured, part. pa. Purified.

Purfiled, part. pa. Guarded or fringed.

Purpos, n. Fr. Purpose, design, proposition in dis

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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
it signifies a scullion; un garçon de cuisine.
Quite, adj. Fr. Free, quiet.
Quite, v. Fr. To requite, to pay for, to acquit.
Quitte, part. pa. Requited.
Quitely, adv. Freely, at liberty.
Qued, pa. t. of Quethe. Said.
2uoke, pa. t. of Quake, v. Sax. Trembled, shook.

R.

Ra, n. Sax. A roe-deer.
Racine, n. Fr. A root.
Rad, Radde, pa. t. of Rede, v. Sax. Advised, ex-
plained.

Radevore. Tapestry. "Ras in Fr. signifies any
stuff, as Ras de Chalons, Ras de Gennes, Ras de
Vore, or Vaur, may be a stuff made at such a
place. Gloss. Ur." There is a town in Langue-
doc, called La Vaur; but I know not that it was
ever famous for tapestry.

Rafles, n. pl. Fr. Plays with dice,

Rafte, pa. t. of Reve, v. Sax. Took away.
Rage, v. Fr.
Ragerie, n.

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.
Rakel, adj. Hasty, rash.
Rakelnesse, n. Rashness.

Raket. To play raket, nettle in, dock out, seems
to be used as a proverbial expression, signifying,
to be inconstant. What the original of the
phrase may have been is not so clear.
Ramage, adj. Fr. Wild.

Rammish, adj. Sax. Rank, like a ram.
Rampe, v. Fr. To climb. She rampeth in my
face: She rises against me, flies in my face.
Ran, pa. t. of Renne, Rennen, pl.
Rope, adv. Quickly, speedily.

-, n. Haste.

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Rather, comp. d.

Sooner.

Rathest, superl. d. Soonest.

Rather, adj. Sax. comp. d. Former.
Ratouns, n. pl. Fr. Rats.

Raught, pa. t. of Ræcan, v. Sax. Reached. On
his way he raught: He sprang forth on his way.
Raught, pa. of Reccan, v. Sax. Cared, rekked.
Raveners, (Ravinours), n. pl. Plunderers.
Ravine, n. Fr. Rapine. Foules of ravine: Birds
of prey.

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.
Recche, Rekke, v. Sax. To care.
Reccheles adj. Careless.
Recchelesnesse, n. Carelessness.

Reclaime, v. Fr. A term in falconry, for bringing
the hawk to the fist, by a certain call.
Reclaiming, n. Calling, in the sense of Reclaime.
Recomfort, v. Fr. To comfort.

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.

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Redresse, v. Fr. To recover, to make amends for.
Refect, part. pa. Lat. Recovered.

Refiguring, part. pr. Fr. Figuring again.
Refrain, n. Fr. The burthen of a song.
Refraining, n. The singing of the burthen of a
song.

Refreide, v. Fr. To cool.

Refrete, n. The same as Refrain.
Refte, Rifte, n. Sax. A chink, or crevice.
Refute, n. Fr. Refuge.
Regals, a. pl. Fr. Royalties.
Regard, n. Fr.
comparison of.
Regne, n. Fr.

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.

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A relick. Relikes, pl.

Remenant, n. Fr. A remnant, a remaining part.
Remes, n. pl. Fr. Realms.

Remissails, n. pl. Fr. Orts, leavings.
Remorde, v. Fr. To cause remorse, to afflict.
Remuable, adj. Fr. Moveable, inconstant.

Remue, Remewe, Remeve, v. Fr. To remove. Remued, pa. t.

Renably, adv. Fr. Reasonably.
Renegate, n. Fr.
Reneie, v. Fr.
Renges, n. pl.
Renne, v. Sax.
Renomee, n. Fr.
Renovelaunce, n. Fr. A renewing.
Renovelle, v. Fr. To renew.
Rent, v. Sax. To tear, or rend.
Repaire, n. Fr. Resort.
Repaire, v. Fr. To return.
Repentant, part. pr. Fr. Repenting.
Reprefe, Repreve, n. Fr. Reproof.

An apostate from christianity.
To renounce, to abjure.
Ranks, the steps of a ladder.
To run, to rend. q?
Renown.

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Revert, v. Fr.

To turn back.

Revest, v. Fr.

To cloath again.

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Rogge, v. Sax. To shake. Roggyn or mevyn.
Agito. Prompt. Parv.

Rer, n.
A row, or line. On a rew: In a line. Roigne, n. Fr. A scab, mange, &c.
All by rew. See A'row.

Rewake, v. Sax. To waken again.
Reward, n. Fr. Regard, respect. Take reward of
thine owen value: Have regard to t. o. v. In
reward of: In comparison with. See Regard.
Rew, v. Sax. To have compassion, to suffer, to
have cause to repent.
Royrs, n. pl. Dances, in use among the Dutch.
Reye. Belg. Chorea celerior, chorea in longam
seriem. Kilian.

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Rysed. Journeyed. "Les Gandois firent une
rese sur les marches, de Haynault, et dedans le
pays pillerent, bruslerent, et firent moult de
maux. Mem. de la Marche, p. 384. Where
a note in the margin says, "Reyse en bas Alc-
mand signifie un voyage ou course."
Ribaning's, n. pl. Seems to signifie borders.
Ribaude, n. A poor labourer. But the word gene-
rally implies profligacy of manners as well as
meanness of condition.. See Du Cange in v.
Ribaldus.

Ribaudric, n. Ribaldry, indecent words, or ac-
tions.

R bibe, n.
The same as Rebekke.
Ribible, n. A small ribibe.
Richard, pr. n. I. king of England.
Richesse, n. Fr. Wealth. Richesses, pl. Riches.
Ritdeled, part. pa. Plaited. Gl. Ur. In one place
the French orig. has-Et'fut si bien cueillie et
jointe, which Chaucer has translated-Lorde!
it was riddeled fetisly.

Roignous adj. Fr. Scabby, rough.

Rokette, n. Fr. A loose upper garment.
Roking, part. pr. of Rokke, or Rogge, v. neut. Sax.
Shaking, trembling. Roggyn or waveryn. Vacillo.
Prompt. Parv.

Romances, reales. Royal romances.
Rombel, n. A rumbling noise, rumour.
Rome, v. Sax. To walk about.

Rondel, n. Fr. “ A rime or sonnet which ends as it
begins." Cotgrave.

Rone, pr. n. Rouen in Normandy.
Rone, pa. t. of Rain, v. Sax. Rained.
Ropien, part. pa. of Repe, v. Sax. Reaped.
Rosalgar. Red arsenic; a preparation of orpiment.
Chambers, in v. Realgar. It should rather per-
haps have been written Rysalgar, with Ms. C. 1.
as the Latin name is Risigallum.
Rosen, adj. Rosy.

Roser, n. Fr. A rose-bush.
Rose-red, adj. Red as a rose.
Role, n. Sax. A root.

Role. A root, in astrology. See Expans yeres.
Rote, n. A musical instrument. See Du Cange,
in v. Rocta. Notker, who lived in the xth cen-
tury, says, that it was the ancient Psalterium,
but altered in its shape and with an additional
number of strings. Schilter, in v. Rotta.
Rote, n. Fr. Practice. By rote: By heart. Par
rotine. Cotg.

Rote, v. Sax. To rot.
Raten, part. pa.

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.
Right, adv. Truely, rightly, exactly, comple-
tely. It is frequently joined to adjectives, as
the adverbs, well and full are, to augment their
force.

verse 6235 some copies have royle. See Reile.
Roume, n. Sax. Room, space.
Roume, adj. Wide, spacious.
Roumer, comp. d. Wider.

Rouncevall, pr. n. Perhaps the name of some
fraternity now unknown.

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.

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Route, n. Fr. A company.

Route, v. To assemble in a company.
Route, v. Fr. To snore, to roar.

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.
Row, adj. Sax.

Rowne, v. Sax.

To whisper.

Rubeus. See Puella.

Rubins, n. pl. Fr. Rubies.

Rucking, part. pa. of Rucke, or Rouke, v. Sax.
Lying close.

Rudde, n. Sax. Complexion. See Rode.
Ruddock, n. Sax. A bird, called robin red-breast.
Rufus, pr. n. A Greek physician, of whose works
some are extant. See Fabric. Bibl. Gr. L. iv. c. 3.
Ruggy, adj. Rough.

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,
Et batelleurs et batelleuses,
Qui de passe passe jouoyent,
Et en l'air ung bassin ruoyent,
Puis le scavoyent bien recueillir
Sur ung doy, sans point y faillir.

Where it is plain that the author is speaking of jugglers rather than dancers.

Saine, for Seine, part. pa. of S., v. Sax. Seen.
Saine, pr. n. The river Seine.

Salade, n. Fr. A sort of armour for the head.
Salades, u. pl. Fr. Sallads of herbs.

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.
Scall, n. Sax. A scale or scab. Ch. words to his
Scrivener. 3.

Scalled, adj. Scabby, scurfy.
Scantilone, n. Fr. A pattern, a scantling.
Scarce, adj. Fr. Sparing, stingy.
Scariot, pr. n.

Judas Iscariot.
Scarmishe, n. Fr. A skirmish, a battle.
Scathe, n. Sax. Harm, damage.
Scatheful, Scathelicke, adj. Pernicious.
Scatheles, adj. Without harm.
Sclaundre, n. Fr. Slander.
Sclendre, adj. Slender.

Scochons, n. pl. Fr. Scutcheons of arms.
Scolaie, v. Fr. To attend school, to studie.
Script, n. Fr. A writing.

Scriptures, n. pl. Fr. Writings, books.
Scriven-like. Like a scrivener, or writing-master;
Comme un escrivain.

Seames, n. pl. Sax. Seames: Suturæ.
Secree, adj. Fr. Secret.

Secrenesse, n. Privacy.

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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.

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Senge, v. Sax. To singe.

Senior, pr. n. Senior Zadith, a chemical writer.
Sentence, n. Fr. Sense, meaning, judgement.
Septe, pr. n. Ceuta, formerly Septa, in Africa,
over-against Gibraltar.
Sepulture, n. Fr. Grave.

Serapion, pr. n. Joannes Serapion, an Arabian
physician of the xith century. Fabric. Bibl.
Gr. t. xIII. p. 299.
Sere, adj. Sax. Dry.
Sergeant, n. Fr.

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.
Servage, n. Fr. Servitude, slavery.
Servand, part. pr. of Serve. Serving.
Serve, v. Fr. To serve, to behave to.
Set for Setteth, or for Seite, pa. t.
Setewale, n. Sax. The herb Valerian.
Sethe, v. Sax. To boil.

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.

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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.

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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.
Shevees, pl. of corn.

Shefeld, pr. n. Sheffield, in Yorkshire.
Sheld, n. Sax. A shield.

Sheldes, pl. French
crowns, called in Fr. Ecus, from their having on
one side the figure of a shield.
Shemering, n. Sax. A glimmering.
Shend, v. Sax. To ruin.
Shendship, n. Ruin, punishment.
Shene, adj. Sax. Bright, shining.
Shent, part. pa. of Shend.
Shepen, n. Sax. A stable.

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
Me shapen was, my destinee me sponne-

and Legende of goode Women, 2618.

Sens first that day, that shapen was my sherte,
Or by the fatal suster had my dome.-

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.
Shilde, Shelde, v. Sax. To shield. God shilde:
God shield, or forbid !

Shipman, n. Sax. A mariner, the master of a barge.
See his character, ver. 390-412.

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