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C.

Calde, callyd. p. 8. called.
Can, cane. p. 27. 29. 'gan.
p. 26. began to cry.
Capull hyde. horfe- hide.
Carebed. bed of care.

intend.

Carpe of care. p. 15. complain
thro' care.
Caft. p. 7. mean,
Caytiffe. p. 44. caitif. flave,
defpicable wretch.
Cetywall. p. 307. fetiwall. the
herb valerian: also mountain
Spikenard. See Gerard's ber-
bal.

Chantecleere. the cock.
Chays. p. 7. chace.

Check. to rate at.

Check. to flop.

See vol. 3.

Child.p. 107. knight. Children. p. 44. knights. p. 54. Christentye. p. 68. christiantè. christendom. Churl. one of low birth, a villain, or vaffal. Chyf, chyfe. chief. Clawed. tore, fcratched. p. 174. figuratively, beat. Cleaped, cleped, called, named. Clerke. fcholar.

Coate. cot, cottage. Cockers. p. 308. a fort of bufkins or short boots faftened with laces or buttons, and often worn by Farmers or Shepherds. In Scotland they are called Cutikins, from Cute, the ankle.-"Cokers. "Fishermen's boots." (Littleton's Diction.)

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Coyntrie. p. 308 Coventry.
Crage. p. 22. cragg.

Crancke. merry, sprightly, ex-
ulting.
Credence. belief.

Crevis. crevice, chink. Cricke. s. properly an ant: but in p. 189. means probably any small infect. Criftes cors. p. 8. Chriff's curse. Crowch. crutch (in p. 174. it ought perhaps to be clowch. clutch, grafp.) Cryance. belief. f. creance. But in p. 43, &c. it feems to fignify "fear." f. crainte. Cum. s. come. p. 19. came.

D.

Dampned. condemned.
De, dey, dy. p. 7. 15. 10. die.
Deepe-fette. deep fetched.
Deid. s. dede, deed. Item, dead.
Deip, s. depe, deep.

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Dochter. s. daughter.
Dole. p. 40. grief.

Doleful dumps. p. 181. 264.
forrowful gloom; or heavi-
nefs of heart.
Dolours. dolorous, mournful.
Doth, dothe, doeth. do.
Doughte, doughete, doughetic,
doughty, formidable.
Doughetie. i. e. doughty man.
Downae.s. p. 38. am not able.
properly, cannot take the
trouble.

Doute. doubt. Item. fear.
Doutted. doubted, feared.
Deis. s. doys. does.
Drap. s. drop.

Dre. p. 13. drie. p. 119. drye. p. 29. fuffer.

Dreid. s. dreede. drede, dread.
Dreips. s. drips, drops.
Drovyers. drovers. p. 255.
fuch as drive herds of cattle,
deer, &c.
Dryvars. p. 5. idem.
Drye. p. 29. fuffer.
Dryghnes. dryness.

Duble dyfe. double dice. i. e.
falfe dice.
Dughtie. doughty.
Dule. s. dole. grief.
Dyd. dyde. did.

Dyght. f. 12. dight. p. 54.
dreffed, put on, put.
Dynte. p. 12. dint, blow,
Airoke.
Dyfgyfynge, difguifing. mask-

ing.

E.

Eame, eme. p. 26. uncle.
Eathe. eafy.

Ee. s. eie. eye.

Een, eyne. eyes.

Ech, eche, eiche. each.
Ein. s. even.
Eir, evir. s. e'er, ever.
Eke. alfo.

Eldern. s. elder.
Elke. p. 29. each.
Ellumynynge. p. 99. embel-
libing to illumine a book,
was to ornament it with
paintings in miniature.
Ellyconys. Helicon's.
Endyed. dyed.

Enharpid, &c. p. 99. hoaked, or edged with mortal dread. Enkankered. cankered. Envie. p. 23. envye. p. 26. malice, ill-will, injury. Erft. s. heretofore. Etermynable. p. 102. interminable, unlimited. Everychone. every-one. Exed. p. 105. asked.

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Fach, feche. fetch.
Fain, fayne. glad, fond.
Faine of fighte. p. 68. fond of
fighting.

Faine, fayne. feign.
Fals. falfe. Item.falleth.
Fare. p. 58. pafs.

Farden. p. 51. fared, flashed.
Farley. wonder.
Faulkone. faulcon.
Fay. faith.
Fayere, p. 25. fair.
Faytors. p. 101. deceivers,
diffemblers, cheats.
Fe. fee, reward: alfo, bribe.
But properly Fee is applied to
Lands and Tenements, which
are held by perpetual right,
and by acknowledgment of
fuperiority to a higher Lord.
Thus p. 101. in fee. i. e. in
Feudal Service. L. Feudum,
&c. (Blount.)
Feat. p. 296. nice, neat.
Featoully. neatly, dextroufy.
Feere, fere. mate: companion.
Feir. s. fere. fear.

Fendys pray, &c. p. 102. from

being the prey of the fiends.

Ferfly. fiercely.

a

Fit. p. 9. fyt. p. 151. fytte. p. 81. Part or Divifion of a Jong. Hence in p. 72. fitt is frain of mufic. See vol. 2. p. 166, and Glofs. Flyte. p. 189, 282. to contend with words, fcold Foo. p. 31. foes. For. on account of. Forbode.commandment.p.171. Over God's forbode. [Prater Dei præceptum fit.] q. d. God forbid. Forefend. prevent, defend. Formare.former: Forthynketh. p. 154. repenteth, vexeth, troubleth. Forfede. p. 98. regarded,

beeded.

Forft. p. 73. forced, compelled. Fofters of the fe. p. 167. for

refters of the king's demefnes. Fou, fow. s. full. alfo, fuddled. Fowarde, vawarde. the van. Fre-bore. p. 81. free-born. Freake, freke, freyke. man, perfon, human creature. Also, a whim, or maggot." Freckys. p. 10.

Frie. s. fre. free.

perfons.

Fetteled, fettled. prepared, ad- Fuyfon, foifon. plenty. also,

Fefante. pheasant.

Freits. s. ill omens, ill luck.*

Fette. fetched.

Fruward, p. 99. froward.

dreffed, made ready.

fubftance.

Filde: field.

Fykkill. p. 100. fickle.

feiture.

Fyr. fire.

VOL. I.

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Finaunce. p. 102. fine, for- Fyll. p. 97. fell.

* An ingenious correspondent in the north, thinks FREIT is not an unlucky omen, but "That thing which terrifies." viz. Terrors will purfue them that look after frightful things. FRIGHT is pronounced by the common people in the north, FREET.

G.

Gair. s. geer, dress.
Gamon. p. 45. To make game,
to fport. A. S. Lamenian,
jocari. Hence Backgamon.
Gane, gan. began.
Garde. p. 10. made.
Ganyde. p. 10. gained.
Gare, gar. s. make, caufe;
force, compel.
Gargeyld. p. 104. from Gar-
gouille. f. the Spout of a
gutter. The tower was a-
dorned with spouts cut in the
figures of gray-bounds, lions,
&c.
Garland. p. 87. the ring, with-
in which the prick or mark
was fet.
Gear. s. geer. p. 324. goods.
Getinge. p. 25. what be had
got, his plunder, booty.
Geve, gevend. give, given.
Gi, gie. s. give.
Gife, giff. if.

Gin. s. an, if.
Give owre. s, furrender.
Glede. p. 7. a red hot coal.
Glent. p. 5. glanced.
Glofe. p. 96. fet a falfe glofs,
or colour.
Gode, good.
Goddes. p. 99. goddess.
Goggling eyen. goggle eyes.
Gone. p. 51. go.
Gowd. s. gould. gold.
Graine. p. 190. 146. fcarlet.
Gramercye. i. e. 1 thank you.
fr. Grand-mercie.

Graunge. p. 295. granary: alfo, a lone Country Houfe.

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Haried, harried, harowed. p. 154. 22. robbed; pillaged, plundered, "He harried a bird's neft." Vulg. Harlocke. p. 307. perhaps Charlocke, or Wild Rape, which bears a yellow flower, and grows among corn, &t. Hartly luft. p. 100. hearty defire.

Haftarddis.p.95.perhaps Hafty rafh fellows.

Haviour. behaviour.

Hauld. s. to bold. Item. bold, Arong bold.

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Hawberk.

Hawberk. a coat of mail.
Hayll. advantage, profit.p.25.
for the profit of all England.
A. S. Hel. falus.
He. p. 5. hee. p. 24. hye. high.
He. p. 162. hye. to hie, or
baften.
Heal. p. 10. hail.
Hear. p. 11. bere.
Heare, heares. hair, hairs.
Hed, hede. head.
Heere. p. 91. hear.

Heighte. p. 27. on high, aloud.
Hend. kind, gentle.
Heir. s. here. p. 9.

Heft. p.

baft.

bear.

Helt. p. 46. command, injunction.

Hether. p. 163. hither. Heawyng, hewinge. hewing, hacking.

Hewyne in to. hewn in two.
Hi, hie. p. 8o. be.
Hie, hye, he, hee. high.
Hight. p. 47. p. 11. engage,
engaged, promifed. (p. 143.
named, called.)
Hillys. hills.
Hinde, hend. gentle.
Hir. s. her.

Hirfel. s. herself.

Hit. p. 11. it.

Hoo, ho. p. 20. an interejction of fopping or defifting: bence ftoppage.

Hode. p. 153. hood, cap. Hole. p. 97. whole. holl. idem. Holtes. woods, groves. In Norfolk a Plantation of cherry-trees is called a "cherry-holt."-Query, alfo whether it may not jometimes fignify "bills*".

Holy. p. 101. wholly. Or perhaps hole, whole. Hom, hem. them.

Hondrith, hondred. hundred. Honge. bang, bung. Hontyng. hunting. Hoved. p. 104. heaved; or perhaps, hovered, hung moving. (Glofs. Chauc.) Hoved or hoven means in the north, fwelled". Hount. p. 7. hunt.

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*HOLTES feems evidently to fignify HILLS in the following paffage

from Turberville's "Songs and Sonets

12mo. 1567. fol. 56.

"Yee that frequent the hilles,

"And highest HOLTES of all;

"Affift mee with your fkilfull quilles,

"And liften when I call."

As alfo in this other Verfe of an ancient Poet,

"Underneath the HOLTES fo hoar."

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