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
ARMURERS, _pl._ armourers, A 2507.
ARN, _pr. pl._ are, HF. 1008; T. i. 1006, v. 1374; B 2833, E 342, I 734.
AROOS; see ARYSE.
A-ROUME, _adv._ at large, in an open space, HF. 540.
A-ROWE, _adv._ in a row, HF. 1835; L. 554.
AROWE, _s._; see ARWE.
ARRACE; see ARACE.
ARRAY, ARRAYE; see ARAY, ARAYE.
ARRERAGE, _s._ arrears, A 602.
ARRETTE; see ARETTEN.
ARRIVAGE, _s._ coming to shore, HF. 223.
ARROG['A]NCE, _s._ D 1112, I 391.
ARROGANT, _adj._ I 396.
ARRYVE, _v._ arrive, come to land, 10. 38; Arriveth, _pr. s._ (it) arrives,
L. 2309; Aryvede, _pt. s._ drove ashore, B 4. m 3. 1; Aryved, _pp._ come to
land, L. 1049; _yvel-a._, ill-fated, R. 1068.
ARSENIK, _s._ arsenic, G 798.
ARS-METR['Y]KE, _s._ arithmetic, D 2222; Ars-m['e]trik, A 1898.
ART, _s._ art, A 476, 3191, 3209; Cunning, 5. 245; kind, sort, E 1241;
Artes, _pl._ arts, F 1120.
ART, _2 pr. s._ art, A 1154, E 838.
ARTELLERIES, _s. pl._ engines for shooting, B 2523.
ARTEN, _ger._ to constrain, urge, T. i. 388. L. _artare_.
ARTIFICIAL, _adj._ A. ii. 7. _rub._; B 2. The _day artificial_ is the
length of the day, from the moment of sunrise to that of sunset.
ARTIK, arctic, northern, A. i. 14. 6, A. ii. 22. 2.
ARTOW, art thou, A 1141, 3157, B 102, 308, 1885, 3195; T. iv. 533; B 1. p
4. 2; thou art, L. 986.
ARWE, _s._ arrow, T. ii. 641; F 1112; Arowe, 7. 185; Arwes, _pl._ arrows, A
107, 1966, B 3448, D 1381, E 1203, F 1194; 5. 512, 16. 26; L. 972; B 4. m
7. 24; Arowes, R. 939.
ARYSE, _v._ arise, be raised, T. iv. 1480; Aryseth, _pr. s._ rises, I 971;
Arist, _pr. s._ (_contr. from_ ariseth) arises, B 265; Ar[`o][`o]s, _pt.
s._ arose, 5. 575; stood up, L. 831; Arisen, _pt. pl._ arose, T. ii. 1598;
Aryse, _pr. s. subj._ may arise; Fro the sonne aryse, from the point where
the sun rises, A. ii. 11. 10, A. ii. 12. 4; Aryseth, _imp. pl._ rise up, T.
ii. 221.
ARYSING, _s._ rising, rise, A. ii. 12. 1; Arysinges, _pl._ (Lat. _ortus_),
B 1. m 5. 9.
ARYVE, _s._ lit. arrival; landing, disembarkation of troops, A 60.
(_Pronounced_ n[`o]bl' ar['y]v[:e].)
ARYVE; see ARRYVE.
AS, so (in asseverations), 3. 838, 1235; an expletive, expressing a wish,
commonly used with an imperative, e.g. _as lat_, pray let, B 859; _as
lene_, pray lend, A 3777; _as go we_, pray let us go, T. v. 523; _as
dooth_, pray do, C 166; _as have_, may (he) have, B 1061; _as make_, be
sure to make, T. ii. 1025; cf. D 191:--As, as if, 3. 1323; R. 428; A 81,
199, 636, B 1636; like, B 1864; as that, F 1018; As after, according to, B
3555; As ferforth as, as far as, B 19, G 1087; As in, i.e. for, B 3688; As
now, at present, at this time, A 2264, B 740, F 652; HF. 1617; on the
present occasion, G 944; for the present, G 1019; As nouthe, as at this
time, at present, A 462; As of, with respect to, 5. 26; F 17; As swythe, as
soon as possible, at once, 7. 226; G 1030, 1194, 1294; As that, as soon as,
F 615; as though, 3. 1200; As ther, there, 4. 117; As to, with reference
to, F 107; As to my wit, as it seems to me, 5. 547.
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