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.
Butter, _sb._ HD. 643
Button, _sb._ Pol. S. 239
---- _v. n._ == break out. St Swithin, 151. Fr. boutonner. Cotgr.
Buxomness, _sb._ == obedience. RG. 234, 318. AS. buhsomnes, from ‘bugan,’
to bow
Buy, _v. a._ [biggen]. Moral Ode, st. 33. [buggen]. O. and N. 1366. pret.
‘bouȝte.’ RG. 379, 496. ‘bu,’ imper. RG. 390
---- == to exact atonement for. K. Horn, 912
---- == redeem. Ps. xxv. 11
Buyer, _sb._ == redeemer. Ps. xviii. 15
Buzzard, _sb._ Alys. 3049
By, _prep._ == beside (of place). 1213 B. ‘Nolde God that ich bi thé sete’
---- == according to. 169 B. ‘bi his rede.’
---- == during (of time). 649 B. ‘bi myn ancestors daye.’ 2498 B. ‘bi a
Tuesdai’
---- == against. 871 B. ‘bi the Bischop of L. thulke word he sede.’ Cf. 1
Cor. iv. 4
---- == concerning, of. O. and N. 46
By. For verbs compounded with ‘By,’ see under ‘Bi’
Bycase, _adv._ == by chance. RG. 490
Byefþe. See Behoof
Byquide. See Bequest
Byȝyte. See Beget
C.
Cable, _sb._ RG. 148
Cacherel, _sb._ == catch poll. Pol. S. 151
Cage, _sb._ Alys. 5011
Caitiff, _sb._ Body and Soul, 229
Cake, _sb._ Cok. 55
Cales, _sb._ == a kind of serpent. Alys. 7094
Calf, _sb._ (the animal). Alys. 6351
Call, _v. n._ Wright’s L. P. p. 59
Call, _sb._ == cap worn on the head. Pol. S. 158. Fr. cale
Caluȝ, _adj._ == bald. Alys. 5950. AS. calo, caluw
Camel, _sb._ Alys. 854
Can, _vb._ == am able [con]. Wright’s L. P. p. 82. [cunne]. 2 s. pres.
‘cost.’ Wright’s L. P. p. 91. O. and N. 47. pret. ‘cowþe.’ RG. 29
---- == know [con]. RG. 443. [cunne]. O. and N. 48. 2 s. pres. ‘canst.’ O.
and N. 560
Candle, _sb._ RG. 290, 561
Candlemas, _sb._ St Dunstan, 3
Canel, _sb._ == cinnamon. Wright’s L. P. p. 27. Fr canelle. Lat. canna
Cankerfret, _adj._ RG. 299
Canon, _sb._ RG. 510
Capel, _sb._ == horse, nag. Cok. 32. Lat. caballus
Capelclawer, _sb._ == horse-scrubber. Pol. S. 239
Capital, _sb._ (of a column). Cok. 67
Carbuncle, _sb._ Alys. 5252. HD. 2145
Cardinal, _sb._ 1280 B.
Care, _sb._ RG. 457
Care, _v. n._ == be anxious. RG. 71. Wright’s L. P. p. 54
Careful, _adj._ == full of care. 639 B.
Carie, _sb._ == carat. Alys. 6695
Carke, _v. n._ == pine away. Wright’s L. P. p. 54
Carol, _sb._ RG. 53
Carol, _v. n._ Alys. 196, 1045
Caronye, _sb._ == carcass. RG. 265
Carp, _v. n._ == complain. Pol. S. 149
Carpenter, _sb._ RG. 537
Carrion, _sb._ (caraing). Pol. S. 203
Cart, _sb._ RG. 189
Cartload, _sb._ HD. 895
Cartstave, _sb._ RG. 99
Carve, _v. a._ RG. 560. == cut, flay. part. ‘corven.’ Wright’s L. P. p.
35. ‘curven.’ HD. 189
Case, _sb._ == chance, event. RG. 528
---- == condition. Alys. 4428
Cast, _v. a._ RG. 511, 375
Castle, _sb._ RG. 371, 510; pl. ‘kasteles’ == tents. Ps. lxxvii. 28
Cat, _sb._ Alys. 5275
Catathleba (κατώβλεπας), == a noxious monster, mentioned in Alys. 6564.
See Pliny, H. N. viii. 32
Catch, _v. a._ RG. 28. pret. ‘caught.’ RG. 375. part. ‘cacchynge.’ RG. 265
Cathedral, _adj._ RG. 282
Caudle, _sb._ RG. 561
Cauldron, _sb._ 158 β
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