Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
AREDE, _v._ explain, disclose, T. ii. 1505, iv. 1570; counsel, T. iv. 1112;
interpret, 3. 289; _ger._ to divine, T. ii. 132. A.S. _[=a]r[=ae]dan_.
AREISE, _v._ raise; Areysen, _ger._ to levy, I 567; Areyseth, _pr. s._
raises, B 4. m 1. 7; Araiseth, arouses, B 4. m 2. 7; Areysen, _2 pr. pl._
exalt, B 2. p 6. 3; Areysed, _pp._ praised, L. 1525; Areisid, raised, A.
ii. 2. 5.
AREST, _s._ rest (for a spear), A 2602.
ARESTE, _s._ arrest, B 4090; detention, A 1310; responsibility, E 1282;
delay, L. 806; hesitation, L. 1929; deliberation, L. 397.
ARESTE, _v._ stop (a horse), A 827; Do aresten, cause to be stopped, B
4210; Aresten, _ger._ to arrest, B 2. p 1. 81.
ARETTEN, _v._ impute, B 2. p 4. 9; Arretteth upon, _pr. s._ accuses, I 580;
Arrette, _pr. pl. subj._ ascribe, I 1082; _ye n'arette it nat_, ye impute
it not, consider it not, A 726; Aretted, _pp._ imputed, A 2729. O.F.
_areter_, to reckon; from Lat. _ad_ and _reputare_.
A-REWE, _adv._ successively, lit. in a row, D 1254.
AREYSE; see AREISE.
ARGOILE, _s._ crude tartar (see note), G 813.
ARG['U]E, _v._ argue, T. ii. 694; Arg['u]we, T. iv. 497; Argued, _pt. s._
3. 504.
ARGUINGE, _s._ argument, L. 475.
ARGUMENT, _s._ T. iv. 956, 1179; Arguments, _pl._ 5. 538; 'arguments', in
astronomy (see note), F 1277; Argumentes, E 1619; T. ii. 1025, iv. 969.
ARGUMENTE, _v._ argue; Argumenten, _pr. pl._ B 212; Argumented, _pt. s._ T.
i. 377.
ARIGHT, _adv._ rightly, well, A 267, 3115, 3426; T. ii. 1261, iii. 462, v.
871; aright, G 1418; properly, F 694; wholly, A 189; exactly, T. v. 364;
certainly, B 3135, 4641.
ARISEN, ARIST; see ARYSE.
ARISTE, _s._ arising, rising, A. ii. 12. 10.
ARK, _s._ arc, referring to the arc of the horizon extending from sunrise
to sunset, B 2 (see note); daily course of the sun, E 1795; arc, the
apparent angular distance passed over by the sun in a day and a night, A.
ii. 7. 7; Arch (the same), A. ii. 9. 2; Arches, _pl._ arcs, A. ii. 7. 9.
ARM, _s._ arm, A 111, 158; Arm in arm, T. ii. 823, 1116, 1725; Armes, _pl._
arms (an oath), D 833; arms, 3. 953; T. iii. 1247.
ARMEE, _s._ army (_error for_ ariuee = arive), A 60 _n_. See ARYVE.
ARMEN, _ger._ to arm, A 1651; Armeth, _imp. pl._ G 385; Armed, _pp._ 2. 38;
T. ii. 625.
ARMES, _pl._ arms, weapons, 7. 1; Man of armes, valiant man-at-arms, T. ii.
631; coat-of-arms, A 1012.
ARM-GREET, _adj._ thick as one's arm, A 2145.
ARMHOLES, _s. pl._ A. i. 21. 53.
ARMINGE, _s._ arming, putting on of armour, B 2037.
ARMIPOTENTE, _adj._ powerful in arms, A 1982, 2441.
ARMLEES, _adj._ armless, without an arm, B 3393.
ARMONIAK, _adj._ ammoniac; applied to _bole_, G 790, and _sal_, G 798. It
is a corruption of Lat. _armeniacum_, i.e. Armenian, belonging to Armenia;
see notes.
ARMONYE, _s._ harmony, 3. 313, 5. 63, 191; HF. 1396; T. v. 1812.
ARMURE, _s._ defensive armour, 4. 130; R. 1271; B 936, 2523, F 158, G 385;
Armoure, B. 2009; Armures, _pl._ defensive armour, B 1. p 2. 6, B 2. m 5.
17, B 4. m 2. 4.
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