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
ATEMPRE, _v._; Atempreth, _pr. s._ attempers, B 1. m 2. 15, B 4. p 6. 102;
regulates, B 4. m 1. 20; _refl._ controls himself, B 2704.
ATEMPRELY, _adv._ temperately, I 861; Attemprely, temperately, B 2570, E
1679; moderately, B 2728, D 2053.
ATEMPRINGE, _s._ controlling, B 5. p 4. 62.
ATEYNE; see ATTEINE.
ATHAMAUNT, _s._ adamant, A 1305.
ATHINKEN, _v._ displease, T. v. 878; Athinketh, _pr. s. impers._ (it)
repents, T. i. 1050.
AT-ONES, _adv._ at once, at one and the same time, B 670, 2225, E 1178; L.
1815, 1840; A. pr. 32.
ATOON, _adv._ at one, E 437.
AT-REDE, _v._ surpass in counsel, T. iv. 1456; A 2449.
AT-RENNE, _v._ surpass in running, T. iv. 1456; A 2449.
ATTAMED, _pp._ broached, B 4008. From Low Lat. _attaminare_, to
contaminate, from an obsolete Lat. _taminare_; cf. F. _entamer_, from a
form _intaminare_.
ATTAYNE; see ATTEINE.
ATTE, _for_ at the, D 404, F 1369; 3. 619, 652, 4. 25; HF. 821; Atte beste,
in the best way, A 29, 749; Atte fan, at the fan, H 42; Atte fulle, at the
full, completely, A 651, B 203, E 749, F 1069; Atte gate, at the gate, B
1563; Atte hasard, at dice, C 608; Atte laste, at the last, B 506, C 844;
HF. 955; R. 521; Atte leste, at the least, at least, B 38, D 73, E 130; 5.
452; Atte Bowe, at Bow, A 125.
ATTEINE, _v._ attain; Atteyne, _v._ R. 1495; 10. 79, 11. 22; A 1243, E 447,
F 775; Attayne, B 3774; Ateyne, succeed in, 4. 161; Atteyneth, _pr. s._
appertains, B 2. p 7. 100; Ateint, _pp._ apprehended, B 3. p 3. 15; Ataynt,
experienced, B 2. p 1. 41.
ATTEMPERAUNCE; see ATEMPRAUNCE.
ATTEMPRE; see ATEMPRE.
ATTENDAUNCE, _s._; Attendaunces, _pl._ attentions, T. i. 339.
ATTRICIOUN, _s._ attrition, T. i. 557.
ATTRY, _adj._ venomous, I 583. A.S. _[=a]ttor_, _[=a]tor_, poison.
A-TWEYN, _adv._ in two, 3. 1193.
A-TWINNE, _adv._ apart, T. iii. 1666, iv. 1614; A 3589, G 1170; asunder, B
3. p 11. 106.
ATWIXE, _prep._ betwixt, R. 854.
A-TWIXEN, _prep._ between, T. v. 472.
A-TWO, in twain, 7. 94; L. 758, 2347; T. iii. 1475; B 600, 697, C 677, 936,
E 1169, G 528, H 341, I 888.
A-TYR, _s._ attire, dress, T. i. 181; I 430; Atyre, 5. 225.
AUCTOR; see AUCTOUR.
AUCTORITEE, _s._ authority, B 2355, C 387; 5. 506; HF. 2158; L. 2394; B 1.
p 4. 29; recognized text, A 3000; statements of good authors, D 1, F 482;
Auctoritees, _pl._ authorities, D 1276; texts of authors, E 2276;
Autoritees, L. 83 a.
AUCTOUR, _s._ author, HF. 314; L. 470; E 1141, I 882; originator, H 359;
Auctor, author, creator, T. iii. 1765; author, T. ii. 49, iii. 502; Autour,
T. i. 394; L. 1228; Authour, R. 7; Auctours, _pl._ authors, L. 575; A. ii.
39. 23; D 1212; Autours, _pl._ L. 88 _a_; B 2. p 7. 63.
AUDIENCE, _s._ hearing, 5. 308; T. v. 255; E 329, 637, 1179; audience, B
3991; open assembly, D 1032.
AUDITOUR, _s._ auditor, A 594; Auditours, _pl._ hearers, D 1937.
AUGHT, _s._ anything, A 389; _as adv._ in any way, B 1034.
AUGRIM, _s._ algorism, i.e. numeration, A. i. 7. 4; Arabic numerals, A. i.
8. 4.
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