A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300Coleridge, Herbert
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A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language: From the Semi-Saxon Period of A.D. 1250 to 1300
Coleridge, Herbert
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Upperest, _adj._ Alys. 7068
Uprear, _v. a._ Ps. cxliv. 14
Uprise, _v. n._ Ps. vii. 7; pret. ‘upras.’ Ps. cxxxviii. 18; part.
‘uprisynde.’ Alys. 2270
Uprising, _sb._ RG. 379. F. and P. 6
Upstand, _v. n._ == stand up. Ps. ii. 2
Upsteghing, _sb._ Ps. ciii. 3
Upstie, _v. n._ == go up. pret. ‘upstegh.’ Creed of St Athan. 75
Uptake, _v. a._ RG. 387; pret. ‘uptoke.’ Ps. xxvi. 10
Upward, _adv._ RG. 321
Urling, _sb._ == edge. Ps. cxxxii. 2. Fr. orle. Ital. orlo
Urne, _v. n._ == run. O. and N. 638; pret. ‘ourne.’ RG. 405; ‘orn.’
Wright’s L. P. p. 58; part. ‘urmynde,’ a mistake for ‘urnynge.’ RG. 402;
‘y-eornd.’ Alys. 4357. AS. yrnan
Usage, _sb._ == custom. Alys. 4211. RG. 191
Use, _v. a._ Alys. 5256; part. ‘y-used.’ 476 B.
Usurer, _sb._ Manuel des Pecches, 2453
Ute, _adv._ == let us; used with verbs. M. Ode, st. 168. AS. ute
Utenlad, _sb._ == a foreigner. HD. 2153. AS. utlænd
Uthalve, _adv._ == on the outer part. O. and N. 110
Uthest, _sb._ == outcry. O. and N. 1696
Utschute, _sb._ == outbreak, excess. O. and N. 1466. AS. útscyte
Utterest, _adj._ == uttermost. Ps. cxxxiv. 7
Uvel. See Evil
Uȝten, _sb._ == morning, the dawn. K. Horn, 1424. AS. uhta
Uȝtening, _sb._ == the dawn. Ps. c. 8; lxxii. 14
V
Vacant, _adj._ RG. 472
Vad, _adj._ == dirty, faded. Fragm. Sci. 273
Valley, _sb._ RG. 55
Vault, _sb._ == cellar. Alys. 7210. Fr. volte, from Lat. volutus, volvere
Vauntward, _sb._ RG. 457
Vavassor, _sb._ == a subtenant of a fief, or tenant paravail, who held of
a mesne lord. Alys. 3827. Ducange derives it from vassus vassorum
Vawe, == fain, _q. v._
Vaȝt, ‘vor vaȝt;’ probably a mistake for ‘vor naȝt,’ or ‘vor noȝt.’ RG.
253
Vein, _sb._ RG. 28. Alys. 2414
Veir, _adv._ == truly. Alys. 1001, 5676; ‘in veire.’ Alys. 5679
Velasour, _sb._ A corruption of ‘valvassor,’ another form of ‘vavassor.’
Alys. 3305
Vengeance, _sb._ RG. 333, 429
Venison, _sb._ RG. 243. Alys. 6353
Venom, _sb._ RG. 43, 106. Fr. venin. Lat. venenum
---- _adj._ == envenomed. Alys. 2860
Venomed, _part._ [i-wenemyd], Legend of St Patrick, in Warton, H. E. P.
vol. i. p. 17
Venomous, _adj._ 440 B.
Veolthe, == filth, _q. v._
Verade, _sb._ == a multitude. K. Horn, 172. AS. werod
Verament, _adv._ == truly. Alys. 1346
Verdict, _sb._ RG. 141
Verger, _sb._ == orchard. Alys. 1938. Fr. vergier, from ‘vert’
Vermin, _sb._ Alys. 6128
Verse, _sb._ 219 β
Verss, == fresh, _q. v._
Vert, _v. n._ == go to harbour among fern, said of a buck. Ritson’s AS.
iii. 8. Fr. vert?
Vestment, _sb._ 954 B.
Vetuse, _adj._ == old. Alys. 7948. Lat. vetus
Vice, _sb._ RG. 195
Victual, _sb._ [vitaile]. Alys. 5817
Vie, _sb._ == life. Marg. 1
Vie, _v. n._ == succeed, do well. Fr. Sci. 319; 658 B. Fr. voie, avoier,
to excite, irritate; hence, challenge; and lastly, to succeed in a
contest. See Burguy, _s. v._ Voie
Vigorous, _adj._ Alys. 6923
Vigour, _sb._ == strength. Alys. 1431. Lat. vigor
Vigour, _sb._ == idol. See Figure
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