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.
Intermit, _v. a._ == interfere with. Alys. 4025
Inward, _sb._ == stomach. RG. 135; pl. ‘inwards’ == interior parts. Ps.
cviii. 18. AS. innóð
Inwardly, Ps. iv. 2
Inwit, _sb._ == mind, conscience. 561 β. AS. inwit
Inwon, _v. a._ == dwell in. Ps. lxvii. 7
Ioupe, _sb._ == a jacket. HD. 1767. Cf. ‘jopen,’ in the ‘Cambriæ Epitome,’
App. to Mapes. p. 350. Fr. jupon
Irain, _sb._ == a spider. Ps. xxxviii. 12. Lat. aranea
Ire, _sb._ == anger. Alys. 906
Irened, _adj._ == made of iron. Ps. ii. 9
Iron, _sb._ RG. 461, 2, 6; [ire]. O. and N. 1028
---- _adj._ [yren]. RG. 399
Is, _vb._ RG. 405; [esse], Ps. xci. 16
---- == art. Ps. l. 6
Ischire, _v. a._ == give, return. O. and N. 1530. AS. scéran
Isle, _sb._ RG. 405; [ydle]. Alys. 4856
Iso, == see. _q. v._
Isome, _adv._ == together. O. and N. 1733. AS. gesam
---- _adj._ == reconciled, united. Rel. S. v. 254
Itoȝen, _part._ == educated. O. and N. 1723. See ‘i-teon,’ in Gloss, to
Laȝ. See Te
Ivored, _adj._ == of ivory. Ps. xliv. 9
Ivory, _sb._ Alys. 7666
Iwarte, Iwarness, == ware, wariness, _q. v._
Iweived, _part._ == waved or strayed. RG. 526. (Hearne)
Iwis, _adv._ == certainly. RG. 439, 370. AS. gewís
Iwrne, == formerly? O. and N. 637. See ‘i-uurn,’ in Gloss, to Laȝ.; or
perhaps for ‘ge-urnen,’ part, of ‘yrnan,’ to run, so that ‘i-wrne’ would
mean ‘current’
J.
Jacinth, _sb._ Alys. 5682
Jangler, _sb._ == musician. Alys. 3426
Jasper, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 25
Jay, _sb._ Wright’s L. P. p. 52
Jealous, _adj._ O. and N. 1075
Jest, _sb._ Alys. 30
Jewel, _sb._ RG. 508
Join, _v. a._ RG. 71
Joliflich, _adj._ == pleasantly. Alys. 4753
Jollity, _sb._ [jolyfté], Wright’s L. P. p. 89
Jolly, _adj._ [jolyf]. Wright’s L. P. p. 52; [joly]. Alys. 1967, 2467
Journey, _sb._ St Kath. 297. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 178
Joust, _sb._ == encounter in a tournament. RG. 137. Fr. jouste. Lat. juxta
Jouster, _sb._ Alys. 3325
Joustynde, _part._ == jingling, justling. Pol. S. 104
Joy, _sb._ RG. 401; [ȝoe]. RG. 187
---- _v. n._ == rejoice. Wright’s L. P. p. 27
Joyful, _adj._ Alys. 30. RG. 53
Joying, _sb._ HD. 2087
Joyous, _adj._ St Swithin, 36
Judge, _v. a._ RG. 345
---- _v. n._ == conceive. RG. 456
Juggler, _sb._ Alys. 159
July,--the month. RG. 395
Juster, _sb._ == a horse. Alys. 1400
Justice, _sb._ == judge. RG. 496, 498, 523
K.
Kaite, _sb._ == a dresser of wool. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176. (Halliwell)
Kaldhed, _sb._ == coldness. Ps. lxv. 12
Kambe, _sb._ See Comb
Kan, == to know. See Con
Kaske, _adj._ == lively, fierce. HD. 1841. ON. kaskr
Kayn, _sb._ == thane. HD. 31, 1327. Cf. ‘cake’ and ‘cate;’ ‘wake,’
‘watch,’ and ‘wait’
Keen, _adj._ RG. 496
Keep, _v. n._ == care. RG. 177, 191
---- == take heed [ikeep]. O. and N. 1226
---- _v. a._ == observe, watch for. Wright’s L. P. p. 35
---- == receive or get. Body and Soul, 40
---- == protect; part. ‘kepande.’ Ps. cxlvi. 6
---- _sb._ == heed, caution. Wright’s L. P. p. 103. Ps. lxxix. 2
Keft, _part._ == caught. HD. 2005. AS. cépan
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