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
AUGRIM-STONES, _pl._ stones or counters for calculating, A 3210.
AUG['U]RIE, _s._ augury, T. iv. 116, v. 380.
AUNCESSOUR, _s._ ancestor; Auncessours, _pl._ R. 391.
AUNCESTRE, _s._ ancestor, 5. 41; D 1156; Auncestres, _pl._ D 1160, 1172; L.
2536.
AUNCETRYE, _s._ ancestry, A 3982.
AUNGEL, _s._ angel, R. 916; 5. 191; A 1055; Aungels, _gen._ angel's, 5.
356; Aungels, _pl._ I 137; Aung['e]les, B 642. See ANGEL.
AUNGELLYK, _adj._ angelical, T. i. 102.
AUNGELLYKE, _adv._ like an angel, L. 236.
AUNTRE IT, _v._ risk it, A 4209; Auntred him, _pt. s._ adventured himself,
A 4205.
AUNTROUS, _adj._ adventurous, B 2099. Short for _aventrous_.
AUTENTYKE, _adj._ authentic, 3. 1086.
AUTER, _s._ altar, 5. 249; T. v. 1466; A 1905, 2252, B 451, 1826, I 582.
AUTHOUR. See AUCTOUR.
AUTOMPNE, _s._ autumn, B. 1. m 2. 17; Autumpne, B 1. p 4. 17, B 4. m 6. 22.
AUTORITEE; see AUCTORITEE.
AUTOUR; see AUCTOUR.
AVAILE, _v._ avail, aid, 2. 49; Avaylle, I 90; Availle, B 3950; be useful,
E 1194; Avayle, aid, T. i. 756; Availleth, _pr. s._ prevails, A 3040;
Availeth, avails, 2. 78; _impers._ (it) avails, 11. 15; Avayled, _pp._ done
good, 9. 25.
AVALE, _v._ fall down, T. iii. 626; doff, take off, A 3122; Avalen, _pr.
pl._ sink down, B 4. m 6. 19. O.F. _avaler_.
AVANTAGE, _s._ advantage, F 772, G 731; _to don his a._, to suit his own
interests, B 729; _as adj._ advantageous, B 146; Avauntage, A 1293.
AVANTE; see AVAUNTE.
AVARICE, _s._ Avarice, R. 1155; Avaryce, C 428.
AVAUNCE, _v._ promote, L. 2022; _ger._ T. i. 518; be profitable, A 246;
aid, cause to prosper, HF. 640; help, 10. 31; Avaunced, _pp._ advanced, C
410; Avaunsed, helped forward, B 2. p 4. 48.
AVAUNT, _s._ vaunt, boast, A 227, E 1457, F 1576; T. i. 1050, ii. 727;
Avauntes, _pl._ T. iii. 289.
AVAUNTAGE; see AVANTAGE.
AVAUNTE (her), _v. refl._ boast (herself), 7. 296; _ger._ to extol, HF.
1788; Avante, _v. refl._ boast, vaunt himself, D 1014; Avanten, B 2741;
Avaunte, _1 pr. s._ boast, D 403; 5. 470; _pr. pl. refl._ T. iii. 318;
Avauntede, _1 p. pt. s._ (I) boasted, B 1. p 4. 158; _2 pt. pl._ B 1. m 1.
21.
AVAUNTING, _s._ boasting, A 3884; Avauntinge, I 391.
AVAUNTOUR, _s._ boaster, 5. 430; T. ii. 724, iii. 308, 309, 314; B 4107, I
393.
AVENAUNT, _adj._ graceful, comely, R. 1263. O.F. _avenant_.
AVENTAYLE, _s._ ventail, T. v. 1558 _n_; Aventaille, E 1204 (see note).
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