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
ASSAYE, _v._ try, make trial of, B 3149; try, 3. 574; endeavour, F 1567;
Assayen, _ger._ to assail, T. i. 928; Assayeth, _pr. s._ experiences, B 3.
m 2. 13; Assayen, _pr. pl._ try, L. 487; Assay, _imp. s._ try, B 2406, D
942; make trial of, L. 1884; Assayeth, _imp. pl._ try, E 1740; Assaye, let
him try, E 1229; Assayed, _pp._ proved, tested, B 2. p 7. 86; D 286;
proved, B 2279; tried, E 1054; experienced, B 2. p 4. 70; T. iii. 1220,
1447; A 1811.
ASSAYLE; see ASSAILE.
ASSE, _s._ ass, 5. 255; B 1. p 4. 2; B 4. p 3. 83; T. i. 731; Asses, _gen._
D 954, 976; T. ii. 1042; Asses, _pl._ D 285.
ASSEGE, _s._ siege, T. i. 464, ii. 107, 123.
ASSEGE, _v._ besiege; Assegeden, _pt. pl._ T. i. 60; Asseged, _pp._ A 881.
ASSEMBLE, _v._; Assemblen, _v._ come together, I 909; Asemble, _ger._ to
amass, B 3. p 8. 5; Assembled, _pp._ 5. 367; A 717; united, G 50, I 905.
ASSEMBLEE, _s._ assembly, R. 635; coming together, I 907.
ASSEMBLINGE, _s._ union, I 904, 917.
ASSENDENT; see ASCENDENT.
ASSENT, _s._ assent, agreement, 4. 52; A 777, 817; consent, A 852;
conspiracy, C 758; opinion, E 1532; _of thyn assent_, consenting to thee,
T. iv. 535.
ASSENTE, _v._ agree to, A 374; assent, A 3092; consent, B 3469; agree, E
11, 88, 129; Assenten, _pr. pl._ agree, E 176; Assentedest, _2 pr. s._
consentedest, didst pay heed, G 233; Assenteden, _pt. pl._ assented, E
1570; Assented, _pp._ agreed, 2. 53; agreed to, C 146.
ASSHE (1), _s._ ash-tree, 5. 176; Ash, A 2922; Asshe, _collectively_,
ash-trees, R. 1384.
ASSHE (2), _s._ ash (of something burnt); Ash, ash (of burnt wood), L.
2649; Asshen, _pl._ ashes, 7. 173; A 1302, 1364, 3882, C 209, F 255, G 807;
T. ii. 539, iv. 119; Asshes, G 807. A.S. _asce_, _aesce_, a cinder.
ASSHY, _adj._ strewn with ashes, A 2883.
ASSIGNE, _v._ assign, T. v. 1302; Assigned, _pp._ B 4. p 6. 238.
ASSOILEN, _ger._ to discharge, pay, B 5. p 1. 9; _v._ loosen, B 5. p 3. 21;
Assoile, _1 pr. s._ absolve, pardon, C 913; Assoille, C 387; Assoilen, _pr.
pl._ investigate, explain, B 5. p 4. 17; Assoileth, _imp. pl._ resolve,
answer, E 1654; Assoiled, _pp._ explained, B 5. p 6. 198.
ASSOILING, _s._ absolution, A 661.
ASSURE, _s._ assurance, protestation, 7. 331.
ASSURE, _v._ feel secure, trust, T. v. 870; rely, T. v. 1624; declare (to
be) sure, 7. 90; Assure her, _refl._ be bold enough, L. 908; Assure, _1 pr.
s._ promise, 18. 15; comfort, give confidence to, 5. 448; Assureth, _pr.
s._ renders secure, A 926; vows, I 379; Assuren, _pr. pl._ make secure, A
1924; Assure, _imp. s._ trust, rely, T. i. 680; Assured, _pp._ assured, HF.
581; self-reliant, 2. 40; self-possessed, T. i. 182; secured, B 1. p 4. 77.
ASSWAGE; see ASWAGE.
ASSYSE, _s._ assize, session, A 314; judgement, 1. 36; position, R. 900,
1237, 1392.
ASTAT, _s._ state, B 2. p 1. 10 _n_; Astate, I 325 _n_.
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