Courtesy; England -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485 -- Sources
Apayer, l. 399 H., appeyre, O., worsen, impair.
Apish, don't let your dress be, l. 486.
Appose, l. 519, question. _See_ Oppose.
Avale, l. 457, lower, take off.
Ave Maria, say, l. 27, 77.
Avoyde, l. 271, emptying.
Austin, St, tells men how to behave at table, l. 158.
Author is old, l. 414-18.
Authors, the right ones to read, l. 323, 335, 351, 365, 393.
Bearing, men praised or blamed for their, l. 153.
Belch not, l. 202.
Beware of ruskyn, l. 451.
Birds and beasts, don't throw stones at, l. 64.
Blow not in your drink, l. 190.
Brecheles, l. 300, without breeches, of flogging.
Breth, l. 203, wind.
Capron, H., chappron, O., l. 457. O. Fr. _Chaperon_, "habillement de
tête." Roquefort. Provençal, _capayron,_ from Lat. _caput_. Skeat.
_Chaperon_ ... any hood, bonnet ... _Vn Chaperon fait à i'en veux_, A
notable whipster or twigger; a good one I warrant her. Cotgrave. 'Capron
hardy' must then be 'a bold or saucy young scamp.'
Cantelmele, l. 409, piecemeal: _cantel_, a corner, bit.
CHAUCER, read his works full of pleasance, l. 335-350.
Chere, l. 131, face, expression on it.
Childly, _adj._ l. 523, O., childy, H., fitted for children.
Children are like wax, l. 6.
Church, how to behave at, l. 71-98.
Clappe, l. 80, noise.
Claw not your visage, l. 194.
Comb your head, l. 36.
Communicative, be, l. 316.
Compace, l. 469. Fr. _compas_, a compasse, a circle, a round.
Constaunce, l. 102. Fr. _constance_, stabilitie, firmenesse. Cot.
Couenable, l. 487. Fr. _convenable_, apt, fit, meet for, beseeming,
seemlie, &c. Cot.
Crede, say it, l. 77.
Cross yourself on rising, l. 25.
Cumpenable, l. 151. Fr. _compagnable_, companable, friendlie, sociable.
Cunning, (knowing) men, take heed to them, l. 478, l. 498-504.
Cup, soil not yours, l. 186.
Dancing, right for a child, l. 305.
Deprave, l. 157, backbite, run down. Fr. _despraver_, spoyle, marre,
make crooked, wrest, wry to bad purposes. Cot.
Detraction, the vice of, l. 163.
Disauayle, l. 290, harm, damage.
Discreue, l. 392, describe.
Disculede, l. 460, O., dissheveled.
Disteyne, l. 407, stain, spot.
Dogs, don't irritate them, l. 67.
Dress, to be manerly, l. 47, 52; to be reasonable, l. 485.
Ears, clean yours, l. 37.
Entredet, l. 524, O., entretyde, H., taught.
Envy, keep clear of, l. 528.
Estate, l. 122, lord noble.
Exercyse, excersyf, l. 318, _?_ practised, able to handle a subject. Fr.
_exercer_, to handle, manage. Cot.
Eye, cast not yours aside, l. 101.
Face, have no spots on it, l. 38.
Farsyone, l. 186, H., stuffing: _farse_ (or _ferce_, 1. 191), to stuff;
_farsure_, stuffing. Cp. Chaucer's _ferthyng_, of the Prioress, _Prol.
Cant. T._, and the Oriel text.
Fetis, l. 443, O., fashions. Fr. _faict_, feat, pranke, part. Cot.
Fewe, l. 171, little, few words.
First place, don't take it, l. 493.
Follow virtue, l. 481.
Founders of our language; revive their praise, l. 431.
Fulsom, l. 257, _?_ full, satisfied; or helpful, A.S. _fylst_, help,
assistance.
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