Presence, _sb._ == bearing, dignity, [presauns]. RG. 485 Present, _sb._ == gift. RG. 485 ---- _v. a._ == give. Wright’s L. P. p. 96 ---- == introduce a person to another. part. ‘ipresented.’ 231 B. Press, _sb._ == throng. 2469 B. ---- _v. a._ part, ‘ypreost.’ Alys. 2342 Prest, _adj._ == ready. RG. 485. Ital. presto Prey, _sb._ RG. 15, 376 Price, _sb._ 150 B.; ‘to have the price’ == to be highly esteemed. Pol. S. 153 Prick, _v. n._ hasten. RG. 459 ---- _v. a._ == spur, pierce (as a horse). RG. 553. AS. priccian ---- == adorn. Body and Soul, 12. ON. prýda, to adorn Pricker, _sb._ == rider. Pol. S. 150 Pride, _sb._ RG. 376. AS. prýt Priest, _sb._ 364 B.; [prost]. O. and N. 733 Priesthood, _sb._ 1032 B. Priestless, _adj._ RG. 544 Prime, _sb._ == the first hour of prayer, or 6 A. M. 219 B. Ritson’s AS. viii. 196 Primerole, _sb._ == primrose. Wright’s L. P. p. 26 Prince, _sb._ RG. 367, 402. In Alys. 4727 Weber suggests that ‘prynces’ is a mistake for ‘traitors,’ but may it not be another form of ‘prenches’ == stratagems, tricks? see ‘at-prenche,’ supra Principal, _adj._ RG. 446 Prior, _sb._ == head of a priory. 2462 B. Priory, _sb._ RG. 369, 370 Pris, _sb._ == a note of a horn blown on the death of the deer. Body and Soul, 214. Fr. pris, from prendre Prison, _sb._ RG. 376 ---- == prisoner. RG. 550 Privilege, _sb._ Pol. S. 157 Privily, _adv._ RG. 518. Alys. 3765 Privity, _sb._ RG. 468 Privy, _adj._ RG. 435 Procession, _sb._ (of friars). RG. 405, 530 Procurator, _sb._ 352 β Procure, _v. a._ RG. 551 Professe, _sb._ == a professed person. RG. 434 Profession, _sb._ == a professing. 1407 B. Proffer, _v. a._ Alys. 3539 Proper, _adj._ == suitable, fit. 934 B. Prophecy, _sb._ RG. 132 Prophet, _sb._ RG. 38 Prou, _sb._ == advantage. Ritson’s AS. viii. 88. Fr. prod Proud, _adj._ RG. 377, 465 Proudly, _adv._ Alys. 3413 Prove, _v. n._ == turn out, result. 2400 B. ---- _v. a._ == try; part, ‘yproved.’ RG. 457 ---- == confirm, prove. Ritson’s AS. xviii. 30 Provender, _sb._ Pol. S. 239 Prow, _sb._ == prowess. RG. 65 Prowess, _sb._ RG. 462, 453 Psalm, _sb._ Ps. lxv. 4 ---- _v. n._ == sing psalms. Ps. vii. 18 Psaltery, _sb._ Ps. xxxii. 2 Pudding, _sb._ Cok. 57. Dan. budding. Fr. boudin Puff, _v. n._ [pofte]. Rel. Ant. ii. 211 Pulte, _v. a._ == push. RG. 376; put. RG. 459. 1316 B. Pulting, _sb._ == pushing. RG. 212 Punge, _sb._ == purse. Alys. 1728. AS. pung. ON. pung, our Engl. ‘bung’ Puppet, _sb._ == small figure. Alys. 77 Purblind, _adj._ RG. 376, written divisim == entirely blind; not as in the modern sense == one whose sight is impaired. Probably therefore from ‘pure’ == entire, and blind. Cf. ‘purewhite.’ RG. 8. In Wiclif, Ex. xxi. 26, it means, ‘blind of one eye,’ and is still written divisim; the later version gives ‘oon iȝed’ Purchase, _v. a._ == procure. RG. 472, 499; to procure food. Alys. 5197. Fr. pourchacer. Ital. procacciare Purchase, _sb._ RG. 381, 516 Pure, _adj._ == entire, complete. RG. 546